1927 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1927.

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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.

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

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References

  1. Acuff, Roy (1983). Roy Acuff's Nashville : the life and good times of country music. New York: Putnam. p. 109. ISBN   0399508740.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  3. "Victor matrix BVE-39750. Bury me under the weeping willow / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  4. "Columbia matrix W143799. John Henry / Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  5. "Victor matrix BVE-39768. Sleep, baby, sleep / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  6. "BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 100 series". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  7. "Brunswick matrix E22475-E22476. Pan American blues / DeFord Bailey - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  8. "Columbia matrix W144213. Lindbergh / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  9. "Victor matrix BVE-38743. My Carolina home / Vernon Dalhart ; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  10. "Victor matrix BVE-38150. My blue ridge mountain home / Vernon Dalhart ; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  11. "Victor matrix BVE-39767. The soldier's sweetheart / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  12. "Columbia matrix W144212. Lucky Lindy / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  13. "Victor matrix BVE-39752. The poor orphan child / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  14. "Victor matrix BVE-38495. The Mississippi flood / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  15. "Columbia matrix W143929. Salty dog blues / Allen Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  16. "Victor matrix BVE-39754. Single girl, married girl / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  17. "Brunswick matrix E4935-E4936. Sail away, ladies / Fruit-Jar Drinkers ; Uncle Dave Macon - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  18. "Victor matrix BVE-39753. The storms are on the ocean / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  19. "Edison matrix 10620. Cluck old hen / Fiddlin' Powers & Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  20. "Victor matrix BVE-39715. Don't grieve after me / Holiness Quartet ; Ernest Phipps - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  21. "Columbia matrix W143308. The wreck of Number Nine / Al Craver - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  22. "Columbia matrix W143796. Run, nigger, run / Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  23. "Victor matrix BVE-39755. The wandering boy / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.