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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1933.

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Events

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sales grew approximately 15% over 1932

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, they are only used as a frame of reference.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions
1 Gene Autry and Jimmy Long "The Yellow Rose Of Texas"[2] Melotone 12700 March 1, 1933 (1933-03-01) June 5, 1933 (1933-06-05) US Hillbilly 1933 #1
2 Gene Autry "The Last Round-Up"[2] Melotone 12832 October 9, 1933 (1933-10-09) November 1933 (1933-11) US BB 1933 #133, US #12 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1933 #2
3 Jimmie Rodgers "Peach-Pickin’ Time Down in Georgia"[3] Victor 23781 August 15, 1932 (1932-08-15) April 7, 1933 (1933-04-07) US Hillbilly 1933 #3
4 Tex Ritter "Rye Whiskey"[2] Melotone 12664 February 14, 1933 (1933-02-14) June 11, 1933 (1933-06-11) US Hillbilly 1933 #4
5 Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel No. 12 (Barefoot Blues)"[4] Victor 24456 May 17, 1933 (1933-05-17) June 27, 1933 (1933-06-27) US Hillbilly 1933 #5
6 The Allen Brothers "Lightning Bug Blues"[5] Victor 23805 December 5, 1932 (1932-12-05) January 1933 (1933-01) US Hillbilly 1933 #6
7 Jimmie Rodgers "No Hard Times - Blue Yodel"[6] Victor 23751 August 15, 1932 (1932-08-15) February 1933 (1933-02) US Hillbilly 1933 #7, 4,258 sales
8 Gene Autry and Jimmy Long "Cowboy's Heaven"[2] Melotone 12652 March 1, 1933 (1933-03-01) April 1933 (1933-04) US Hillbilly 1933 #8
9 Jimmie Davis and Rubye Blevins (Patsy Montana) "Jealous Lover"[7] Victor 23778 November 4, 1932 (1932-11-04) March 24, 1933 (1933-03-24) US Hillbilly 1933 #9
10 Rambling Red Foley with the Cumberland Ridge Runners "The Lone Cowboy"[2] Melotone 12718 April 11, 1933 (1933-04-11) June 1933 (1933-06) US Hillbilly 1933 #10
11 Jimmie Rodgers "Gambling Barroom Blues"[8] Victor 23766 August 16, 1932 (1932-08-16) February 24, 1933 (1933-02-24) US Hillbilly 1933 #11
12 Rambling Red Foley with the Cumberland Ridge Runners "Single Life Is Good Enough For Me"[2] Melotone 12718 April 11, 1933 (1933-04-11) June 1933 (1933-06) US Hillbilly 1933 #12
13 Jimmie Rodgers "Miss the Mississippi and You"[9] Victor 23736 August 29, 1932 (1932-08-29) December 22, 1932 (1932-12-22) US Hillbilly 1933 #13, 3,791 sales[10]
14 Carter Family "The Church in the Wildwood"[11] Victor 40317 October 13, 1932 (1932-10-13) March 24, 1933 (1933-03-24) US Hillbilly 1933 #14
15 Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel No. 11 (I’ve Got a Gal)"[12] Victor 23796 November 27, 1929 (1929-11-27) June 1933 (1933-06) US Hillbilly 1933 #15
16 Bing Crosby "The Last Round-Up"[2] Melotone 12832 October 9, 1933 (1933-10-09) November 1933 (1933-11) US BB 1933 #20, US #2 for 2 weeks, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1933 #16
17 Cumberland Ridge Runners with John Lair "Sally's Not The Same Old Sally" Perfect 12914 April 11, 1933 (1933-04-11) September 1933 (1933-09) US Hillbilly 1933 #17
18 Jimmie Rodgers "Mississippi Delta Blues"[13] Victor 23816 May 24, 1933 (1933-05-24) July 28, 1933 (1933-07-28) US Hillbilly 1933 #18
19 Jimmie Rodgers "I’m Free (From the Chain Gang Now)"[14] Victor 23830 May 17, 1933 (1933-05-17) September 8, 1933 (1933-09-08) US Hillbilly 1933 #19
20 Gene Autry and Jimmy Long "Answer To Twenty-One Years"[2] Melotone 12690 March 1, 1933 (1933-03-01) August 1933 (1933-08) US Hillbilly 1933 #20

Births

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  • March 10 – Ralph Emery, radio and television personality.
  • April 15 – Roy Clark, singer and multi-instrumentalist, host of television's Hee Haw (died 2018).
  • April 30 – Willie Nelson, songwriter and key member of the 1970s "outlaw" movement.
  • September 1 – Conway Twitty, singer-songwriter who successfully defected from 1950s rock music career to become a giant in the country genre from the 1960s through the early 1990s (died 1993).
  • September 3 – Tompall Glaser, member of Tompall & the Glaser Brothers and leading member of the 1970s "outlaw" movement (died 2013).
  • October 27 – Floyd Cramer, session pianist who had a series of hits in his own right (died 1997).
  • November 21 – Jean Shepard, legendary female vocalist of the 1950s–1970s and a longtime Grand Ole Opry favorite (died 2016).

Deaths

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  • May 26 – Jimmie Rodgers, 35, "The Singing Brakeman" who became country music's first bona fide superstar (tuberculosis).

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.

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "MELOTONE 78rpm numerical listing discography: 12500 - 12999". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  3. ^ "Victor matrix BS-58970. Peach picking time down in Georgia / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  4. ^ "Victor matrix BS-76138. Blue yodel no. 12 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  5. ^ "Victor matrix BS-74806. Lightning bug blues / Allen Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  6. ^ "Victor 23751 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  7. ^ "Victor matrix BS-59065. Jealous lover / Jimmie Davis ; Patsy Montana - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  8. ^ "Victor matrix BS-58971. Gambling barroom blues / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  9. ^ "Victor matrix BS-73326. Miss the Mississippi and you / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  10. ^ "Victor 23736 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  11. ^ "Victor matrix BS-59028. The church in the wildwood / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  12. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-56617. Blue yodel no. 11 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  13. ^ "Victor matrix BS-76328. Mississippi Delta blues / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
  14. ^ "Victor matrix BS-76141. I'm free (From the chain gang now) / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
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