This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1935.
Events sales remained approximately 14% of 1929 levels
Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings
The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954, 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 1 Carter Family "Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By)" Melotone 13432 US Hillbilly 1935 #1, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998 2 Gene Autry and Jimmy Long "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" Vocalion 2991 US Hillbilly 1935 #2, 5,000,000 sold by 1940 3 Patsy Montana Acc. by Prairie Ramblers "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" Melotone 5-11-56 US Hillbilly 1935 #3, 1,000,000 sales, National Recording Registry 2011, Grammy Hall of Fame 2007 4 Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers "Under the Double Eagle" Bluebird 5945 US Hillbilly 1935 #4 5 Gene Autry Trio "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" Melotone 13315 US Hillbilly 1935 #5 6 Shelton Brothers "Just Because" Decca 5100 US Hillbilly 1935 #6 7 Jimmie Davis "Nobody's Darling But Mine" Decca 5090 US Hillbilly 1935 #7 8 The Westerners (Massey Family) "When The White Azaleas Start Blooming" Perfect 13109 US Hillbilly 1935 #8, 1,000,000 sales (unverified) 9 Shelton Brothers "Deep Elem Blues" Decca 5099 US Hillbilly 1935 #9 10 Gene Autry Trio "Ole Faithful" Melotone 13354 US Hillbilly 1935 #10 11 Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies "St. Louis Blues" Decca 46001 US Hillbilly 1935 #11 12 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys "Mexicali Rose" Vocalion 3086 US Hillbilly 1935 #12 13 Gene Autry and Jimmy Long "The Round-Up at Cheyenne" Melotone 13261 US Hillbilly 1935 #13 14 The Westerners (Massey Family) "Brown Skin Gal (Down The Lane)" Vocalion 2882 US Hillbilly 1935 #14 15 Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies "Beautiful Texas" Decca 5071 US Hillbilly 1935 #15
Births January 8 – Elvis Presley, "The King" and cross-genre singer (died 1977). April 5 – Warner Mack, countrypolitan-styled singer-songwriter from the late 1950s through late 1960s. August 2 – Hank Cochran, songwriter best known for writing hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold and others (died 2010). September 25 – Royce Kendall, father half of The Kendalls (died 1998). September 29 – Jerry Lee Lewis, pianist whose successfully fused honky tonk with rock music, making him one of the genre's most successful performers of the 1950s through 1980s; cousin of Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart (died 2022). November 30 – George Richey, songwriter and record producer; husband of Tammy Wynette (died 2010).
Deaths August 15 – Will Rogers, 55, beloved humorist who had appeal with both country and popular music audiences (plane crash).
Further reading Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 () Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 () Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.
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