1928 in country music explained

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1928.

Events

• "The first edition of Bradley Kincaid's 1928 songbook called My Favorite Mountain Ballads sold more than 100,000 copies;[1]

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, they are only used as a frame of reference.

Rank	Artist	Title	Label	Recorded	Released	Chart Positions
1		"Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)"^[2] ^[3] / Away Out On the Mountain"	Victor 21142			US BB 1928 #20, US #2 for 1 weeks, 11 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #1, 2,000,000 sales
2	Jimmie Rodgers	"In the Jailhouse Now"^[4] / "Ben Dewberry’s Final Run"	Victor 21245			US BB 1928 #158, US #14 for 1 weeks, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #2, 1,000,000 sales
3	Jimmie Rodgers	"The Brakeman’s Blues"^[5]	Victor 21291			US BB 1928 #68, US #7 for 1 weeks, 7 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #3, 1,000,000 sales
4		"Keep on the Sunny Side"^[6]	Victor 21434			US BB 1928 #88, US #9 for 1 weeks, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #4, 141,981 sales, Grammy Hall of Fame 2006
5		"Red River Valley"^[7]	Columbia 15206			US Hillbilly 1928 #5
6	Jimmie Rodgers	""Blue Yodel No. 3 (Evening Sun Yodel)"^[8] / "Never No Mo’ Blues"	Victor 21531			US BB 1928 #108, US #10 for 1 weeks, 4 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #6, 1,000,000 sales^[9]
7	Jimmie Rodgers	"Blue Yodel No. II (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)"^[10]	Victor 21291			US Hillbilly 1928 #7, 1,000,000 sales
8	Darby and Tarlton	"Birmingham Jail"^[11]	Columbia 15212D			US Hillbilly 1928 #8, 200,000 sales^[12]
9		"Barbara Allen"^[13]	Silvertone 5186			US Hillbilly 1928 #9
10	Jimmie Rodgers	"Treasures Untold"^[14] / "Mother Was A Lady (If Brother Jack Were Here)"	Victor 21433			US Hillbilly 1928 #10, 1,000,000 sales
11		"Halleluja! I'm a Bum"^[15]	Columbia 1488			US BB 1928 #58, US #6 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #11
12	Jimmie Rodgers	"Lullaby Yodel"^[16] / "Memphis Yodel"	Victor 21636			, US Hillbilly 1928 #12, 1,000,000 sales
13	Jimmie Rodgers	"My Little Old Home Down in New Orleans" / "Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea"^[17]	Victor 21574			US Hillbilly 1928 #13, 1,000,000 sales
14		"The Picture On the Wall"^[18]	Victor 20943			US Hillbilly 1928 #14, 100,000 sales
15		"Little Darling Pal of Mine"^[19]	Victor 21638			US BB 1929 #166, US #14 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #15
16		"Casey Jones"^[20]	Columbia 15237			US BB 1928 #216, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #16
17		"A Memory That Time Cannot Erase"^[21]	Victor 21094			US BB 1928 #215, US #19 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1928 #17
18		"See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"^[22]	Paramount 12608			US Hillbilly 1928 #18
19	Darby and Tarlton	"Columbus Stockade Blues"	Columbia 15212			US Hillbilly 1928 #19
20		"The Dying Cowboy"^[23]	Victor 23834			US Hillbilly 1928 #20

Births

• March 31 – Lefty Frizzell, honky-tonk singer-songwriter (died 1975).
• April 3 – Don Gibson, singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1950s through late 1970s (died 2003).
• May 3 – Dave Dudley, singer best known for his truck-driving anthems ("Six Days on the Road") (died 2003).
• August 10 – Jimmy Dean, singer-songwriter best known for "Big Bad John" and other 1960s ballads; television host and businessman/founder of eponymously named sausage company (died 2010).
• December 17 – George Lindsey, comedian-actor who played Goober Pyle on television's The Andy Griffith Show and Hee Haw (died 2012).

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

1. ^ a b c d e f Bradley Kincaid, Nashville Songwriters Foundation Hall of Fame. Accessed 25 August 2007.

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Record Research . 1986.
2. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-40753. Blue yodel / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-11 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
3. Web site: Complete National Recording Registry Listing . 2022-04-18 . Library of Congress.
4. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-41740. In the jailhouse now / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-11 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
5. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-41738. The brakeman's blues / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-11 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
6. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-45022. Keep on the sunny side / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings. 2022-01-08. adp.library.ucsb.edu.
7. Web site: Columbia matrix W145091. Red River Valley / Hugh Cross ; Riley Puckett - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-16 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
8. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-41743. Blue yodel no. 3 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-11 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
9. Web site: Bluegrass Messengers - Jimmie Rodgers . 2022-04-09 . www.bluegrassmessengers.com.
10. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-41741. Blue yodel no. II / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-13 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
11. Web site: Columbia matrix W145202. Birmingham Jail / Darby & Tarlton - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-11 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
12. Book: Charles K. Wolfe . Classic Country: Legends of Country Music . 2002 . Routledge . 978-1-135-95734-6 . 90.
13. Web site: Silvertone 5000 series (from Gennett) 78rpm numerical listing discography . 2022-03-11 . www.78discography.com.
14. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-41737. Treasures untold / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-11 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
15. Web site: Columbia matrix W146821. Halleluja! I'm a bum / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-13 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
16. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-45098. Lullaby yodel / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-13 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
17. Web site: Victor 21574 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-13 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
18. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-39782. The picture on the wall / Georgia Yellow Hammers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-13 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
19. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-45021. Little darling, pal of mine / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-13 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
20. Web site: Columbia matrix W143785. Casey Jones / Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-11 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
21. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-39693. A memory that time cannot erase / Vernon Dalhart ; Carson Robison - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-13 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
22. Web site: Blind Lemon Jefferson Discography. Wirz.de. August 4, 2021.
23. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-50599. The dying cowboy / Jules Verne Allen - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-03-11 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.