1926 in country music
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Template:Short description This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1926.
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Events
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Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings
The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954,[1] record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
| Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
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| 1 | Vernon Dalhart | "The Prisoner's Song"[2] | Victor 19427 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US BB 1926 #2, US #1 for 5 weeks, 20 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #1, 1,320,356 sales thru 1930[3] |
| 2 | Poole's North Carolina Ramblers | "Whitehouse Blues"[4] | Columbia 15099 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US Hillbilly 1926 #2 |
| 3 | Vernon Dalhart | "There's A New Star In Heaven Tonight - Rudolph Valentino"[5] | Columbia 718 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US BB 1926 #37, US #4 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #3 |
| 4 | Carl T. Sprague | "O Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie (The Dying Cowboy)"[6] | Victor 20122 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US Hillbilly 1926 #4 |
| 5 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "Turkey in the Straw"[7] | Columbia 15084 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US BB 1926 #176, US #14 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #5 |
| 6 | Uncle Dave Macon with Sam McGhee | "Way Down the Old Plank Road"[8] | Vocalion 15321 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US Hillbilly 1926 #6 |
| 7 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "Ya Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Around"[9] | Columbia 15084D | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US Hillbilly 1926 #7 |
| 8 | Vernon Dalhart | "The Governor's Pardon"[10] | Victor 19983 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US BB 1926 #90, US #8 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #8 |
| 9 | Kelly Harrell | "Butcher's Boy"[11] | Victor 20242 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US Hillbilly 1926 #9 |
| 10 | Riley Puckett and Bob Nichols (Clayton McMichen) | "My Carolina Home"[12] | Columbia 15095D | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US BB 1927 #205, US #16 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #10 |
| 11 | Vernon Dalhart | "The Miami Storm"[13] | Columbia 15100 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US BB 1927 #174, US #14 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #11 |
| 12 | Johnny Marvin (Ukelele Ace) | "Breezin' Along with the Breeze"[14] | Columbia 699D | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US BB 1926 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #12 |
| 13 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "Bully of the Town"[15] | Columbia 15074D | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US Hillbilly 1926 #13 |
| 14 | Al Craver (Vernon Dalhart) | "The Freight Wreck At Altoona"[16] | Columbia 15065D | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US Hillbilly 1926 #14 |
| 15 | Poole's North Carolina Ramblers | "Monkey On A String"[17] | Columbia 15099 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US Hillbilly 1926 #15 |
| 16 | Blind Lemon Jefferson | "Jack O Diamond Blues"[18] | Paramount 12373 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US Hillbilly 1926 #16 |
| 17 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane"[19] | Columbia 15091D | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US Hillbilly 1926 #17 |
| 18 | Blind Blake | "Early Morning Blues"[18] | Paramount 12387 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US Hillbilly 1926 #18 |
| 19 | Blind Lemon Jefferson | "Long Lonesome Blues"[18] | Paramount 12354 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US Hillbilly 1926 #19 |
| 20 | Uncle Dave Macon | "Last Night When My Willie Come Home"[20] | Vocalion 15319 | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Script error: No such module "Date time".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | US Hillbilly 1926 #20 |
Births
- January 2 – Harold Bradley, session guitarist. (died 2019).
- January 12 – Ray Price, "The Cherokee Cowboy," multi-faceted country performer from the 1950s onward (died 2013).
- December 21 – Freddie Hart, best known for his string of early to mid-1970s hits, including "Easy Loving" (died 2018).
Deaths
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References
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Further reading
- Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (Template:ISBN)
- Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (Template:ISBN)
- Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.