1932 in country music

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

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Top hits of the year

• "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon" - Jimmie Rodgers

Births

• 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).
• 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.
• 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)

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.