1933 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1933.

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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,^[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
1	Gene Autry and Jimmy Long	"The Yellow Rose Of Texas"[2]	Melotone 12700	March 1, 1933 (1933-03-01)	June 5, 1933 (1933-06-05)	US Hillbilly 1933 #1
2	Gene Autry	"The Last Round-Up"[2]	Melotone 12832	October 9, 1933 (1933-10-09)	November 1933 (1933-11)	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"[3]	Victor 23781	August 15, 1932 (1932-08-15)	April 7, 1933 (1933-04-07)	US Hillbilly 1933 #3
4	Tex Ritter	"Rye Whiskey"[2]	Melotone 12664	February 14, 1933 (1933-02-14)	June 11, 1933 (1933-06-11)	US Hillbilly 1933 #4
5	Jimmie Rodgers	"Blue Yodel No. 12 (Barefoot Blues)"[4]	Victor 24456	May 17, 1933 (1933-05-17)	June 27, 1933 (1933-06-27)	US Hillbilly 1933 #5
6	The Allen Brothers	"Lightning Bug Blues"[5]	Victor 23805	December 5, 1932 (1932-12-05)	January 1933 (1933-01)	US Hillbilly 1933 #6
7	Jimmie Rodgers	"No Hard Times - Blue Yodel"[6]	Victor 23751	August 15, 1932 (1932-08-15)	February 1933 (1933-02)	US Hillbilly 1933 #7, 4,258 sales
8	Gene Autry and Jimmy Long	"Cowboy's Heaven"[2]	Melotone 12652	March 1, 1933 (1933-03-01)	April 1933 (1933-04)	US Hillbilly 1933 #8
9	Jimmie Davis and Rubye Blevins (Patsy Montana)	"Jealous Lover"[7]	Victor 23778	November 4, 1932 (1932-11-04)	March 24, 1933 (1933-03-24)	US Hillbilly 1933 #9
10	Rambling Red Foley with the Cumberland Ridge Runners	"The Lone Cowboy"[2]	Melotone 12718	April 11, 1933 (1933-04-11)	June 1933 (1933-06)	US Hillbilly 1933 #10
11	Jimmie Rodgers	"Gambling Barroom Blues"[8]	Victor 23766	August 16, 1932 (1932-08-16)	February 24, 1933 (1933-02-24)	US Hillbilly 1933 #11
12	Rambling Red Foley with the Cumberland Ridge Runners	"Single Life Is Good Enough For Me"[2]	Melotone 12718	April 11, 1933 (1933-04-11)	June 1933 (1933-06)	US Hillbilly 1933 #12
13	Jimmie Rodgers	"Miss the Mississippi and You"[9]	Victor 23736	August 29, 1932 (1932-08-29)	December 22, 1932 (1932-12-22)	US Hillbilly 1933 #13, 3,791 sales[10]
14	Carter Family	"The Church in the Wildwood"[11]	Victor 40317	October 13, 1932 (1932-10-13)	March 24, 1933 (1933-03-24)	US Hillbilly 1933 #14
15	Jimmie Rodgers	"Blue Yodel No. 11 (I’ve Got a Gal)"[12]	Victor 23796	November 27, 1929 (1929-11-27)	June 1933 (1933-06)	US Hillbilly 1933 #15
16	Bing Crosby	"The Last Round-Up"[2]	Melotone 12832	October 9, 1933 (1933-10-09)	November 1933 (1933-11)	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	April 11, 1933 (1933-04-11)	September 1933 (1933-09)	US Hillbilly 1933 #17
18	Jimmie Rodgers	"Mississippi Delta Blues"[13]	Victor 23816	May 24, 1933 (1933-05-24)	July 28, 1933 (1933-07-28)	US Hillbilly 1933 #18
19	Jimmie Rodgers	"I’m Free (From the Chain Gang Now)"[14]	Victor 23830	May 17, 1933 (1933-05-17)	September 8, 1933 (1933-09-08)	US Hillbilly 1933 #19
20	Gene Autry and Jimmy Long	"Answer To Twenty-One Years"[2]	Melotone 12690	March 1, 1933 (1933-03-01)	August 1933 (1933-08)	US Hillbilly 1933 #20

Births

• March 10 – Ralph Emery, radio and television personality.
• 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

• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
2. "MELOTONE 78rpm numerical listing discography: 12500 - 12999". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
3. "Victor matrix BS-58970. Peach picking time down in Georgia / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
4. "Victor matrix BS-76138. Blue yodel no. 12 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
5. "Victor matrix BS-74806. Lightning bug blues / Allen Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
6. "Victor 23751 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
7. "Victor matrix BS-59065. Jealous lover / Jimmie Davis ; Patsy Montana - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
8. "Victor matrix BS-58971. Gambling barroom blues / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
9. "Victor matrix BS-73326. Miss the Mississippi and you / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
10. "Victor 23736 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
11. "Victor matrix BS-59028. The church in the wildwood / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
12. "Victor matrix BVE-56617. Blue yodel no. 11 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
13. "Victor matrix BS-76328. Mississippi Delta blues / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
14. "Victor matrix BS-76141. I'm free (From the chain gang now) / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.