1932 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1932.

List of years in country music (table)

Top hits of the year

Single Artist
"Lightnin' Bug Blues" The Allen Brothers
"Roll Along, Kentucky Moon" Jimmie Rodgers
"Sweet As The Flowers In May Time" The Carter Family

Births

  • 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").
  • 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.
  • 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).[1]
  • November 13 – Buddy Killen, record producer and music publishing owner (died 2006).

References

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.
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