1936 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1936.
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[edit] Top hits of the year
- "Great Speckled Bird" - Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans
- "Steel Guitar Rag" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
[edit] Births
- January 2 - Roger Miller, singer-songwriter best known for honky-tonk novelty songs, and the non-novelty "King of the Road" (died 1992).
- March 9 — Mickey Gilley, pianist and nightclub owner who enjoyed success throughout the 1970s and 1980s; cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart.
- April 22 — Glen Campbell, pop-country singer and guitarist, host of The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
- May 25 - Tom T. Hall, singer-songwriter who became known as "The Storyteller."
- June 22 - Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor who grew to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- November 5 — Billy Sherrill, record producer for numerous acts in the 1960s through 1980s, most famously Tammy Wynette.
[edit] Deaths
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[edit] 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.