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1922 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1922.

List of years in country music (table)
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Events

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Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings

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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.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions
1 Vernon Dalhart and the Criterion Trio "Tuck Me to Sleep (In My Old 'Tucky Home)"[2] Victor 18807 September 1, 1921 (1921-09-01) November 1921 (1921-11) US BB 1922 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, 1,040,811 sales[3]
2 Vernon Dalhart "Weep No More, My Mammy"[4] Columbia 3500 October 11, 1921 (1921-10-11) January 1922 (1922-01) US BB 1922 #59, US #5 for 1 week, 3 total weeks
3 Vernon Dalhart "Dear Old Southland"[5] Edison 50905 December 23, 1921 (1921-12-23) May 1922 (1922-05) US BB 1922 #140, US #12 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
4 Al Bernard and Vernon Dalhart "I Want My Mammy"[6] Columbia 3520 November 19, 1921 (1921-11-19) February 1922 (1922-02) US BB 1922 #114, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
5 California Ramblers "My Honey's Lovin' Arms" Vocalion 14329 April 6, 1922 (1922-04-06) May 1922 (1922-05) US BB 1922 #115, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks

Births

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  • July 26 – Jim Foglesong, Music Row executive who helped lay foundation for country music's boom period in the 1970s through early 1990s. (died 2013)
  • December 20 — Geoff Mack, Australian singer-songwriter (died 2017)

Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  2. ^ "Victor matrix B-25532. Tuck me to sleep (In my old 'Tucky home) / Criterion Trio ; Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  3. ^ "The Victor Talking Machine Company". davidsarnoff.org. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  4. ^ "Columbia matrix 80019. Weep no more (my mammy) / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  5. ^ "Edison matrix 8325. Dear old Southland / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  6. ^ "Columbia matrix 80076. I want my mammy / Al Bernard ; Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.

Further reading

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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.