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