1932 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1932.
Top hits of the year
- "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon" - Jimmie RodgersJimmie Rodgers (country singer)James Charles Rodgers , known as Jimmie Rodgers, was an American country singer in the early 20th century known most widely for his rhythmic yodeling...
Births
- February 25 - Faron YoungFaron YoungFaron Young was an American country music singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s and one of its most successful and colorful stars...
, honky tonk singer whose popularity spanned the 1950s through mid-1970s. (d. 19961996 in country musicThis is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1996.-Events:* June 28 — First annual Country Stampede Music Festival begins* October 6 — Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are married, and quickly become country music's most visible couple...
). - February 26 - Johnny CashJohnny CashJohn R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
, vastly influential in all genres of American popular music, most notably country (d. 20032003 in country musicThis is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 2003.-Events:*March 10 — During a concert in London, England, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines said that the band was "ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas"...
). - August 8 — Mel TillisMel TillisLonnie Melvin Tillis , known professionally as Mel Tillis, is an American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....
, singer-songwriter who overcame a speech impediment to become one of the genre's biggest stars of the 1950s through 1980s. - September 8 - Patsy ClinePatsy ClinePatsy Cline , born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Gore, Virginia, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s...
, one of the most influential singers in American popular music, first female country singer to cross over to the pop charts (d. 19631963 in country musicThis is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1963.-Events:*March — The month marks a dark time for country music, as it lost no less than five people in a seemingly endless string of tragedies.-United States:...
) - October 11 - Dottie WestDottie WestDottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists...
, 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. (d. 19911991 in country musicThis is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1991.-Events:* March 16 — The country music world is stunned when seven members of Reba McEntire's band and her road manager are killed in a plane crash in California...
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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.