This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1929.

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Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings

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 Carter Family "Wildwood Flower"[2][3] Victor 40000 May 10, 1928 (1928-05-10) January 10, 1929 (1929-01-10) US BB 1928 #23, US Hillbilly 1929 #1, US #3 for 1 week, 10 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales,[1] National Recording Registry 2006
2 Jimmie Rodgers "Waiting For A Train"[4] Victor 40014 October 22, 1928 (1928-10-22) February 8, 1929 (1929-02-08) US BB 1929 #168, US #14 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #2, 1,000,000 sales[1][5]
3 Jimmie Rodgers "My Carolina Sunshine Girl"[6] Victor 40096 October 20, 1928 (1928-10-20) August 22, 1929 (1929-08-22) US Hillbilly 1929 #3, 1,000,000 sales[5]
4 Carter Family "I'm Thinking To-night Of My Blue Eyes"[7] Victor 40089 February 14, 1929 (1929-02-14) June 11, 1929 (1929-06-11) US BB 1929 #116, US #10 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #4
5 Ernest Phipps and His Holiness Singers "If The Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul"[8] Victor 40010 October 29, 1928 (1928-10-29) March 22, 1929 (1929-03-22) US Hillbilly 1929 #5, 11,376 sales[9]
6 Jimmie Rodgers "My Old Pal" / "Daddy and Home"[10] Victor 21757 June 12, 1928 (1928-06-12) January 1929 (1929-01) US Hillbilly 1929 #6, 1,000,000 sales[5]
7 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman "Corrine, Corrina"[11][12] Brunswick 7080 November 1928 (1928-11) August 1929 (1929-08) US Hillbilly 1929 #7
8 Al Craver (aka Vernon Dalhart) "Farm Relief Song"[13][1] Columbia 15449-D August 22, 1929 (1929-08-22) October 1929 (1929-10) US BB 1929 #77, US #7 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #8
9 Jimmie Rodgers "You and My Old Guitar" / "My Little Lady"[14] Victor 40072 June 12, 1928 (1928-06-12) June 7, 1929 (1929-06-07) US Hillbilly 1929 #9, 1,000,000 sales[5]
10 Jimmie Rodgers "Frankie and Johnnie" / "Everybody Does It in Hawaii"[15] Victor 22143 August 10, 1929 (1929-08-10) November 22, 1929 (1929-11-22) US Hillbilly 1929 #10
11 Blind Willie McTell "Statesboro Blues"[16][3] Victor 38001 October 17, 1928 (1928-10-17) January 4, 1929 (1929-01-04) US Hillbilly 1929 #11, National Recording Registry 2015
12 Jimmie Rodgers "I’m Lonely and Blue" / "The Sailor’s Plea"[17] Victor 40054 February 14, 1928 (1928-02-14) April 19, 1929 (1929-04-19) US Hillbilly 1929 #12, 236,231 sales[17][5]
13 Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton "Slow Wicked Blues"[18] Columbia 15419 April 15, 1929 (1929-04-15) May 31, 1929 (1929-05-31) US Hillbilly 1929 #13
14 Carolina Tar Heels "Peg And Awl"[19] Victor 40010 May 24, 1930 (1930-05-24) August 1930 (1930-08) US Hillbilly 1929 #14
15 Jimmie Rodgers "Blue Yodel No. 5 (It’s Raining Here)" / "I’m Sorry We Met"[20] Victor 22072 February 23, 1929 (1929-02-23) September 20, 1929 (1929-09-20) US Hillbilly 1929 #15
16 Carter Family "Lulu Wall"[21] Victor 40126 February 14, 1929 (1929-02-14) October 24, 1929 (1929-10-24) US Hillbilly 1929 #16
17 Bud Billings (Frank Luther) and Carson Robison "The Utah Trail"[22] Brunswick 4296 March 1929 (1929-03) August 1929 (1929-08) US BB 1929 #229, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1929 #17
18 Eck Robertson "There's a Brown Skin Girl Down the Road Somewhere"[23] Victor 40145 August 12, 1929 (1929-08-12) November 1929 (1929-11) US Hillbilly 1929 #18
19 Clarence Pinetop Smith "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"[24] Vocalion 1245 December 29, 1928 (1928-12-29) March 1929 (1929-03) US Hillbilly 1929 #19
20 Nelstone's Hawaiians Just Because[25] Victor 40273 November 30, 1929 (1929-11-30) December 1929 (1929-12) US Hillbilly 1929 #20

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References

  1. ^ a b c d Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  2. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-45029. Wildwood flower / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  3. ^ a b "Complete National Recording Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  4. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-47223. Waiting for a train / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Bluegrass Messengers - Jimmie Rodgers". www.bluegrassmessengers.com. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  6. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-47215. My Carolina sunshine girl / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  7. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-49859. I'm thinking to-night of my Blue Eyes / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  8. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-47237. If the light has gone out in your soul / Holiness Singers ; Ernest Phipps - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  9. ^ "Victor V-40010 (10-in. double-faced Hillbilly) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  10. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-45090. My old pal / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  11. ^ "Brunswick matrix NOR761. Corrine Corrina / Bo Carter ; Chas. McCoy - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  12. ^ "BRUNSWICK Records - 7000 "Race" series 78rpm numerical discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  13. ^ "Columbia matrix W148913. Farm relief song / Al Craver - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  14. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-45094. You and my old guitar / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  15. ^ "Victor 22143 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  16. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-47187. Statesboro blues / Blind Willie McTell - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  17. ^ a b "Victor V-40054 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  18. ^ "Columbia matrix W148296. Slow wicked blues / Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  19. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-47165. Peg and awl / Carolina Tar Heels - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  20. ^ "Victor 22072 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced). (Album WPT-22) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  21. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-49865. The foggy mountain top / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  22. ^ "Brunswick matrix E29474. The Utah Trail / Frank Luther ; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  23. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-55347. There's a brown skin girl down the road somewhere / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  24. ^ "Vocalion 78rpm numerical listing discography: 1000 - 1499 race series". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  25. ^ "Victor matrix BVE-56637. Just because / Nelstone's Hawaiians - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.

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