This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1932.
Events 1932 marked the lowest trough the recording industry would experience during the Great Depression, as sales tumbled to pre-1905 levels. In the United States, revenues went from 104 million units in 1927 to 6 million in 1932, and did not start to rebound until 1937.
Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings 1932
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 Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians "Why Should I Be Lonely" Victor 23609 US Hillbilly 1932 #1, 20,506 sales 2 Gene Autry and Jimmy Long "That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine" Banner 32349 US Hillbilly 1932 #2 3 Jimmie Rodgers "Gambling Polka Dot Blues" Victor 23636 US Hillbilly 1932 #3, 13,265 sales 4 Jimmie Rodgers "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon" Victor 23651 US BB 1932 #223, US #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1932 #4, 12,448 sales 5 Dick Robertson "Twenty-One Years (Is a Long Time)" Victor 23616 US Hillbilly 1932 #5, 11,225 sales 6 Jimmie Rodgers "My Time Ain’t Long" Victor 23669 US Hillbilly 1932 #6, 9,578 sales 7 Kentucky Ramblers "Ginseng Blues" Broadway 8271 US Hillbilly 1932 #7 8 Renfro Valley Boys "Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet" Paramount 3321 US Hillbilly 1932 #8 9 Renfro Valley Boys "My Renfro Valley Home" Paramount 3315 US Hillbilly 1932 #9 10 Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel No. 10 (Ground Hog Rootin' In My Back Yard)" Victor 21757 US Hillbilly 1932 #10, 7,746 sales 11 Stuart Hamblen "My Mary" Victor 23685 US Hillbilly 1932 #11 12 Delmore Brothers "Alabama Lullaby" Columbia 15724 US Hillbilly 1932 #12 13 Jimmie Rodgers "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep" Victor 23721 US Hillbilly 1932 #13, 6,241 sales 14 Jimmie Rodgers "Down The Old Road To Home" Victor 23711 US Hillbilly 1932 #14, 6,078 sales 15 Carter Family "Motherless Children" Victor 23641 US Hillbilly 1932 #15 16 Carson Robison Trio "Twenty One Years" Perfect 12759 US Hillbilly 1932 #16 17 Carter Family "Room In Heaven For Me" Victor 23618 US Hillbilly 1932 #17, 5,088 sales 18 Jimmie Rodgers "She Was Happy Till She Met You" Victor 21757 US Hillbilly 1932 #18 19 Carter Family "Weary Prodigal Son" Victor 23626 US Hillbilly 1932 #19, 4,329 sales 20 Carter Family "I Never Loved but One" Victor 23656 US Hillbilly 1932 #20, 3,360 sales 21 Renfro Valley Boys "Twenty-One Years" Paramount 3311 US Hillbilly 1932 #21
Births January 31 – Rick Hall, songwriter and producer (died 2018). February 3 – Bill Mack, country music radio personality best known for hosting Country Crossroads, and songwriter ("Blue" and "Drinking Champagne").(died 2020) February 25 – Faron Young, honky tonk singer whose popularity spanned the 1950s through mid-1970s (died 1996). February 26 – Johnny Cash, vastly influential in all genres of American popular music, most notably country (died 2003). April 14 – Loretta Lynn, leading country singer-songwriter of the 1960s and 1970s (died 2022). August 8 – Mel Tillis, singer-songwriter who overcame a speech impediment to become one of the genre's biggest stars of the 1950s through 1980s (died 2017). September 8 – Patsy Cline, one of the most influential singers in American popular music, first female country singer to cross over to the pop charts (died 1963). October 11 – Dottie West, female vocalist who successfully transferred from the Nashville Sound (of the 1960s) to more straight-ahead pop country during the late 1970s and early 1980s (died 1991). November 6 – Paul English, drummer for Willie Nelson (died 2020).Paul English, longtime Willie Nelson drummer, dies November 13 – Buddy Killen, record producer and music publishing owner (died 2006).
Further reading Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music,” 1932 (p. 32) HarperCollins, New York, 1993 ()
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