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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1932.
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,[1] and did not start to rebound until 1937.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians | "Why Should I Be Lonely"[3] | Victor 23609 | June 30, 1930 | December 4, 1931 | US Hillbilly 1932 #1, 20,506 sales[4] |
| 2 | Gene Autry and Jimmy Long | "That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine"[2][5] | Banner 32349 | October 29, 1931 | January 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #2 |
| 3 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Gambling Polka Dot Blues"[6] | Victor 23636 | June 15, 1931 | February 26, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #3, 13,265 sales[7] |
| 4 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon"[8] | Victor 23651 | February 2, 1932 | April 8, 1932 | US BB 1932 #223, US #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1932 #4, 12,448 sales[9] |
| 5 | Dick Robertson | "Twenty-One Years (Is a Long Time)"[10] | Victor 23616 | October 22, 1931 | December 1931 | US Hillbilly 1932 #5, 11,225 sales[11] |
| 6 | Jimmie Rodgers | "My Time Ain’t Long"[12] | Victor 23669 | February 4, 1932 | May 20, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #6, 9,578 sales[13] |
| 7 | Kentucky Ramblers | "Ginseng Blues"[14] | Broadway 8271 | September 10, 1930 | October 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #7 |
| 8 | Renfro Valley Boys | "Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet"[15] | Paramount 3321 | December 6, 1931 | June 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #8 |
| 9 | Renfro Valley Boys | "My Renfro Valley Home"[15] | Paramount 3315 | December 6, 1931 | February 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #9 |
| 10 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Blue Yodel No. 10 (Ground Hog Rootin' In My Back Yard)"[16] | Victor 21757 | October 24, 1931 | January 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #10, 7,746 sales[17] |
| 11 | Stuart Hamblen | "My Mary"[18] | Victor 23685 | November 13, 1931 | June 11, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #11 |
| 12 | Delmore Brothers | "Alabama Lullaby"[19] | Columbia 15724 | October 28, 1931 | December 1931 | US Hillbilly 1932 #12 |
| 13 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep"[20] | Victor 23721 | August 11, 1932 | October 21, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #13, 6,241 sales[21] |
| 14 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Down The Old Road To Home"[22] | Victor 23711 | February 5, 1932 | September 23, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #14, 6,078 sales[23] |
| 15 | Carter Family | "Motherless Children"[24] | Victor 23641 | November 2, 1929 | March 30, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #15 |
| 16 | Carson Robison Trio | "Twenty One Years"[25] | Perfect 12759 | October 23, 1931 | December 1931 | US Hillbilly 1932 #16 |
| 17 | Carter Family | "Room In Heaven For Me"[26] | Victor 23618 | November 24, 1930 | January 26, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #17, 5,088 sales [27] |
| 18 | Jimmie Rodgers | "She Was Happy Till She Met You"[28] | Victor 21757 | June 12, 1932 | December 2, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #18 |
| 19 | Carter Family | "Weary Prodigal Son"[29] | Victor 23626 | May 25, 1931 | January 17, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #19, 4,329 sales[30] |
| 20 | Carter Family | "I Never Loved but One"[31] | Victor 23656 | February 24, 1932 | April 8, 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #20, 3,360 sales[32] |
| 21 | Renfro Valley Boys | "Twenty-One Years"[15] | Paramount 3311 | December 6, 1931 | January 1932 | US Hillbilly 1932 #21 |
- 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).[33]
- November 13 – Buddy Killen, record producer and music publishing owner (died 2006).
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- 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.
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