1935 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1935.

Top hits of the year

"Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)" – Carter Family
"I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" – Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers
"Just Because" – Shelton Brothers
"Ole Faithful" – Gene Autry
"St. Louis Blues" – Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies
"Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" – Gene Autry and Jimmy Long¹
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" – Gene Autry
"Under the Double Eagle" – Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers
"Nobody's Darling But Mine" – Jimmie Davis (Governor of Louisiana) 1944–1948, 1960–1964

¹ Originally recorded in 1931, but did not become a national hit until 1935.

January 8 – Elvis Presley, "The King" and cross-genre singer (died 1977).
April 5 – Warner Mack, countrypolitan-styled singer-songwriter from the late 1950s through late 1960s.
August 2 – Hank Cochran, songwriter best known for writing hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold and others (d. 2010).
September 25 – Royce Kendall, father half of The Kendalls (died 1998)
September 29 – Jerry Lee Lewis, pianist whose successfully fused honky tonk with rock music, making him one of the genre's most successful performers of the 1950s through 1980s; cousin of Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart.
November 30 – George Richey, songwriter and record producer; husband of Tammy Wynette (died 2010).

August 15 – Will Rogers, 55, beloved humorist who had appeal with both country and popular music audiences (plane crash).