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1927 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1927.

List of years in country music (table)
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Events

Rodgers makes his first recordings August 4 for the Victor Talking Machine Company at Bristol, Tennessee; the songs are "The Soldier's Sweetheart" and "Sleep, Baby, Sleep."
The Carter Family's recordings are also made that month; their first release is the double-sided hit "Wandering Boy" and "Poor Orphan Child."
  • November 30 – Jimmie Rodgers participates in his second recording session, recording four sides at Camden, New Jersey: "Ben Dewberry's Final Run," "Mother Was a Lady (If Brother Jack Were Here)," "Blue Yodel ('T' for Texas)," and "Away Out on the Mountain."

Note: "MY MOTHER WAS A LADY" was originally titled "IF BROTHER JACK WERE HERE". First pressings of Victor 21433 show the incorrect title, subsequent pressings were corrected to read MY MOTHER WAS A LADY with IF BROTHER JACK WERE HERE in parenthesis.

Top hits of the year

Single Artist
"John Henry (Steel-Drivin' Man)" Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers
"Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.)" Vernon Dalhart
"Lucky Lindy!" Vernon Dalhart
"My Carolina Home" Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison
"Poor Orphan Child" Carter Family
"Sleep, Baby, Sleep" Jimmie Rodgers
"Wandering Boy" Carter Family
"Whitehouse Blues" Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers

Top new album releases

Births

Deaths

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.

References