This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1932.
1932 marked the lowest trough the recording industry would experience during the Great Depression, as sales tumbled to pre-1905 levels. In the United States, revenues went from 104 million units in 1927 to 6 million in 1932,[1] and did not start to rebound until 1937.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians | "Why Should I Be Lonely"[3] | Victor 23609 | US Hillbilly 1932 #1, 20,506 sales[4] | |||
| 2 | Gene Autry and Jimmy Long | "That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine"[5] | Banner 32349 | US Hillbilly 1932 #2 | |||
| 3 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Gambling Polka Dot Blues"[6] | Victor 23636 | US Hillbilly 1932 #3, 13,265 sales[7] | |||
| 4 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon"[8] | Victor 23651 | US BB 1932 #223, US #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1932 #4, 12,448 sales[9] | |||
| 5 | "Twenty-One Years (Is a Long Time)"[10] | Victor 23616 | US Hillbilly 1932 #5, 11,225 sales[11] | ||||
| 6 | Jimmie Rodgers | "My Time Ain’t Long"[12] | Victor 23669 | US Hillbilly 1932 #6, 9,578 sales[13] | |||
| 7 | "Ginseng Blues"[14] | Broadway 8271 | US Hillbilly 1932 #7 | ||||
| 8 | "Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet"[15] | Paramount 3321 | US Hillbilly 1932 #8 | ||||
| 9 | Renfro Valley Boys | "My Renfro Valley Home" | Paramount 3315 | US Hillbilly 1932 #9 | |||
| 10 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Blue Yodel No. 10 (Ground Hog Rootin' In My Back Yard)"[16] | Victor 21757 | US Hillbilly 1932 #10, 7,746 sales[17] | |||
| 11 | "My Mary"[18] | Victor 23685 | US Hillbilly 1932 #11 | ||||
| 12 | "Alabama Lullaby"[19] | Columbia 15724 | US Hillbilly 1932 #12 | ||||
| 13 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep"[20] | Victor 23721 | US Hillbilly 1932 #13, 6,241 sales[21] | |||
| 14 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Down The Old Road To Home"[22] | Victor 23711 | US Hillbilly 1932 #14, 6,078 sales[23] | |||
| 15 | "Motherless Children"[24] | Victor 23641 | US Hillbilly 1932 #15 | ||||
| 16 | "Twenty One Years"[25] | Perfect 12759 | US Hillbilly 1932 #16 | ||||
| 17 | Carter Family | "Room In Heaven For Me"[26] | Victor 23618 | US Hillbilly 1932 #17, 5,088 sales [27] | |||
| 18 | Jimmie Rodgers | "She Was Happy Till She Met You"[28] | Victor 21757 | US Hillbilly 1932 #18 | |||
| 19 | Carter Family | "Weary Prodigal Son"[29] | Victor 23626 | US Hillbilly 1932 #19, 4,329 sales[30] | |||
| 20 | Carter Family | "I Never Loved but One"[31] | Victor 23656 | US Hillbilly 1932 #20, 3,360 sales[32] | |||
| 21 | Renfro Valley Boys | "Twenty-One Years" | Paramount 3311 | US Hillbilly 1932 #21 |