1922 in country music explained

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1922.

Events

• June 30 – A.C. "Eck" Robertson became the first fiddler and country musician on record when he recorded eight tracks for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York City.
• September 9 – First radio broadcast of Fiddlin' John Carson on WSB-Atlanta.

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Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings

The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954,^[1] record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate.

Rank	Artist	Title	Label	Recorded	Released	Chart Positions
1		"Tuck Me to Sleep (In My Old 'Tucky Home)"^[2]	Victor 18807			US BB 1922 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, 1,040,811 sales^[3]
2	Vernon Dalhart	"Weep No More, My Mammy"^[4]	Columbia 3500			US BB 1922 #59, US #5 for 1 week, 3 total weeks
3	Vernon Dalhart	"Dear Old Southland"^[5]	Edison 50905			US BB 1922 #140, US #12 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
4	Al Bernard and Vernon Dalhart	"I Want My Mammy"^[6]	Columbia 3520			US BB 1922 #114, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks
5	California Ramblers	"My Honey's Lovin' Arms"	Vocalion 14329			US BB 1922 #115, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks

Births

• July 26 – Jim Foglesong, Music Row executive who helped lay foundation for country music's boom period in the 1970s through early 1990s. (died 2013)
• December 20 — Geoff Mack, Australian singer-songwriter (died 2017)

See also

• • 1922 in music List of years in country music

Further reading

• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993
• Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Record Research . 1986.
2. Web site: Victor matrix B-25532. Tuck me to sleep (In my old 'Tucky home) / Criterion Trio ; Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-14 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
3. Web site: The Victor Talking Machine Company . 2022-04-06 . davidsarnoff.org.
4. Web site: Columbia matrix 80019. Weep no more (my mammy) / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-06 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
5. Web site: Edison matrix 8325. Dear old Southland / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-06 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
6. Web site: Columbia matrix 80076. I want my mammy / Al Bernard ; Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-14 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.