This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1933.
Events sales grew approximately 15% over 1932
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 Gene Autry and Jimmy Long "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" Melotone 12700 US Hillbilly 1933 #1 2 Gene Autry "The Last Round-Up" Melotone 12832 US BB 1933 #133, US #12 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1933 #2 3 Jimmie Rodgers "Peach-Pickin’ Time Down in Georgia" Victor 23781 US Hillbilly 1933 #3 4 Tex Ritter "Rye Whiskey" Melotone 12664 US Hillbilly 1933 #4 5 Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel No. 12 (Barefoot Blues)" Victor 24456 US Hillbilly 1933 #5 6 The Allen Brothers "Lightning Bug Blues" Victor 23805 US Hillbilly 1933 #6 7 Jimmie Rodgers "No Hard Times - Blue Yodel" Victor 23751 US Hillbilly 1933 #7, 4,258 sales 8 Gene Autry and Jimmy Long "Cowboy's Heaven" Melotone 12652 US Hillbilly 1933 #8 9 Jimmie Davis and Rubye Blevins (Patsy Montana) "Jealous Lover" Victor 23778 US Hillbilly 1933 #9 10 Rambling Red Foley with the Cumberland Ridge Runners "The Lone Cowboy" Melotone 12718 US Hillbilly 1933 #10 11 Jimmie Rodgers "Gambling Barroom Blues" Victor 23766 US Hillbilly 1933 #11 12 Rambling Red Foley with the Cumberland Ridge Runners "Single Life Is Good Enough For Me" Melotone 12718 US Hillbilly 1933 #12 13 Jimmie Rodgers "Miss the Mississippi and You" Victor 23736 US Hillbilly 1933 #13, 3,791 sales 14 Carter Family "The Church in the Wildwood" Victor 40317 US Hillbilly 1933 #14 15 Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel No. 11 (I’ve Got a Gal)" Victor 23796 US Hillbilly 1933 #15 16 Bing Crosby "The Last Round-Up" Melotone 12832 US BB 1933 #20, US #2 for 2 weeks, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1933 #16 17 Cumberland Ridge Runners with John Lair "Sally's Not The Same Old Sally" Perfect 12914 US Hillbilly 1933 #17 18 Jimmie Rodgers "Mississippi Delta Blues" Victor 23816 US Hillbilly 1933 #18 19 Jimmie Rodgers "I’m Free (From the Chain Gang Now)" Victor 23830 US Hillbilly 1933 #19 20 Gene Autry and Jimmy Long "Answer To Twenty-One Years" Melotone 12690 US Hillbilly 1933 #20
Births March 10 – Ralph Emery, radio and television personality. (died 2022) April 15 – Roy Clark, singer and multi-instrumentalist, host of television's Hee Haw (died 2018). April 30 – Willie Nelson, songwriter and key member of the 1970s "outlaw" movement. September 1 – Conway Twitty, singer-songwriter who successfully defected from 1950s rock music career to become a giant in the country genre from the 1960s through the early 1990s (died 1993). September 3 – Tompall Glaser, member of Tompall & the Glaser Brothers and leading member of the 1970s "outlaw" movement (died 2013). October 27 – Floyd Cramer, session pianist who had a series of hits in his own right (died 1997). November 21 – Jean Shepard, legendary female vocalist of the 1950s–1970s and a longtime Grand Ole Opry favorite (died 2016).
Deaths May 26 – Jimmie Rodgers, 35, "The Singing Brakeman" who became country music's first bona fide superstar (tuberculosis).
Further reading Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music,” 1933 (p. 33) HarperCollins, New York, 1993 ()
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