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Overview of the events of 1927 in country music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1927.
The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954,[2] 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 | Carter Family | "Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow"[3] | Victor 21074 | August 1, 1927 | November 1927 | US BB 1927 #101, US #10 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #1 |
2 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "John Henry (Steel-Drivin' Man)"[4] | Columbia 15142 | March 29, 1927 | June 1927 | US BB 1927 #248, US #20 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #2 |
3 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Sleep, Baby, Sleep"[5] | Victor 20864 | August 4, 1927 | November 5, 1927 | US Hillbilly 1927 #3 |
4 | Deford Bailey | "Pan American Blues"[6][7] | Brunswick 146 | April 18, 1927 | November 1927 | US Hillbilly 1927 #4 |
5 | Vernon Dalhart | "Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.)"[8] | Columbia 1000 | May 24, 1927 | June 1927 | US BB 1927 #49, US #4 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #5 |
6 | Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison | "My Carolina Home"[9] | Victor 20795 | April 17, 1927 | June 1927 | US BB 1927 #79, US #7 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #6 |
7 | Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison | "My Blue Ridge Mountain Home"[10] | Victor 20539 | August 24, 1927 | November 1927 | US BB 1928 #67, US #7 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #7 |
8 | Jimmie Rodgers | "The Soldier's Sweetheart"[11] | Victor 20864 | August 4, 1927 | November 5, 1927 | US BB 1928 #90, US #8 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #8 |
9 | Vernon Dalhart | "Lucky Lindy"[12] | Columbia 1000 | May 1, 1927 | June 1927 | US BB 1927 #137, US #11 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #9 |
10 | Carter Family | "The Poor Orphan Child"[13] | Victor 20877 | August 1, 1927 | November 18, 1927 | US Hillbilly 1927 #10 |
11 | Vernon Dalhart | "The Mississippi Flood"[14] | Victor 20611 | April 27, 1927 | July 1927 | US BB 1927 #207, US #17 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #11 |
12 | The Allen Brothers | "Salty Dog Blues"[15] | Columbia 15175 | April 7, 1927 | August 12, 1927 | US Hillbilly 1927 #12 |
13 | Carter Family | "Single Girl Married Girl"[16] | Victor 20937 | August 2, 1927 | October 14, 1927 | US Hillbilly 1927 #13 |
14 | Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers | "Sail Away Ladies"[17] | Vocalion 5155 | May 7, 1927 | June 1927 | US Hillbilly 1927 #14 |
15 | Carter Family | "The Storms Are on the Ocean"[18] | Victor 20937 | August 1, 1927 | October 1927 | US Hillbilly 1927 #15 |
16 | Fiddlin' Powers and Family | "Cluck Old Hen"[19] | Edison 52083 | October 6, 1925 | December 1926 | US Hillbilly 1927 #16 |
17 | Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Quartet | "Don't Grieve After Me"[20] | Victor 20834 | July 26, 1927 | October 10, 1927 | US Hillbilly 1927 #17 |
18 | Al Craver (Vernon Dalhart) | "The Wreck Of Number Nine"[21] | Columbia 15121 | January 14, 1927 | April 1927 | US BB 1927 #198, US #16 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #18 |
19 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "Run Nigger Run"[22] | Columbia 15158 | March 29, 1927 | August 1927 | US Hillbilly 1927 #19 |
20 | Carter Family | "The Wandering Boy"[23] | Victor 20877 | August 2, 1927 | November 18, 1927 | US Hillbilly 1927 #20 |
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