This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1927.
The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954,[2] record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions | |
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1 | "Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow"[3] | Victor 21074 | US BB 1927 #101, US #10 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #1 | ||||
2 | "John Henry (Steel-Drivin' Man)"[4] | Columbia 15142 | US BB 1927 #248, US #20 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #2 | ||||
3 | "Sleep, Baby, Sleep"[5] | Victor 20864 | US Hillbilly 1927 #3 | ||||
4 | "Pan American Blues"[6] [7] | Brunswick 146 | US Hillbilly 1927 #4 | ||||
5 | "Lindbergh (The Eagle of the U.S.A.)"[8] | Columbia 1000 | US BB 1927 #49, US #4 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #5 | ||||
6 | "My Carolina Home"[9] | Victor 20795 | US BB 1927 #79, US #7 for 1 week, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #6 | ||||
7 | Vernon Dalhart and Carson Robison | "My Blue Ridge Mountain Home"[10] | Victor 20539 | US BB 1928 #67, US #7 for 1 week, 8 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #7 | |||
8 | Jimmie Rodgers | "The Soldier's Sweetheart"[11] | Victor 20864 | US BB 1928 #90, US #8 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #8 | |||
9 | Vernon Dalhart | "Lucky Lindy"[12] | Columbia 1000 | US BB 1927 #137, US #11 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #9 | |||
10 | "The Poor Orphan Child"[13] | Victor 20877 | US Hillbilly 1927 #10 | ||||
11 | Vernon Dalhart | "The Mississippi Flood"[14] | Victor 20611 | US BB 1927 #207, US #17 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #11 | |||
12 | The Allen Brothers | "Salty Dog Blues"[15] | Columbia 15175 | US Hillbilly 1927 #12 | |||
13 | "Single Girl Married Girl"[16] | Victor 20937 | US Hillbilly 1927 #13 | ||||
14 | "Sail Away Ladies"[17] | Vocalion 5155 | US Hillbilly 1927 #14 | ||||
15 | "The Storms Are on the Ocean"[18] | Victor 20937 | US Hillbilly 1927 #15 | ||||
16 | Fiddlin' Powers and Family | "Cluck Old Hen"[19] | Edison 52083 | US Hillbilly 1927 #16 | |||
17 | "Don't Grieve After Me"[20] | Victor 20834 | US Hillbilly 1927 #17 | ||||
18 | "The Wreck Of Number Nine"[21] | Columbia 15121 | US BB 1927 #198, US #16 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1927 #18 | ||||
19 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "Run Nigger Run"[22] | Columbia 15158 | US Hillbilly 1927 #19 | |||
20 | Carter Family | "The Wandering Boy"[23] | Victor 20877 | US Hillbilly 1927 #20 |