1933 in country music explained

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1933.

Events

sales grew approximately 15% over 1932

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	Gene Autry and Jimmy Long	"The Yellow Rose Of Texas"	Melotone 12700			US Hillbilly 1933 #1
2	Gene Autry	"The Last Round-Up"^[2]	Melotone 12832			US BB 1933 #133, US #12 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1933 #2
3		"Peach-Pickin’ Time Down in Georgia"^[3]	Victor 23781			US Hillbilly 1933 #3
4		"Rye Whiskey"	Melotone 12664			US Hillbilly 1933 #4
5	Jimmie Rodgers	"Blue Yodel No. 12 (Barefoot Blues)"^[4]	Victor 24456			US Hillbilly 1933 #5
6		"Lightning Bug Blues"^[5]	Victor 23805			US Hillbilly 1933 #6
7	Jimmie Rodgers	"No Hard Times - Blue Yodel"^[6]	Victor 23751			US Hillbilly 1933 #7, 4,258 sales
8	Gene Autry and Jimmy Long	"Cowboy's Heaven"	Melotone 12652			US Hillbilly 1933 #8
9		"Jealous Lover"^[7]	Victor 23778			US Hillbilly 1933 #9
10	Rambling Red Foley with the Cumberland Ridge Runners	"The Lone Cowboy"	Melotone 12718			US Hillbilly 1933 #10
11	Jimmie Rodgers	"Gambling Barroom Blues"^[8]	Victor 23766			US Hillbilly 1933 #11
12		"Single Life Is Good Enough For Me"	Melotone 12718			US Hillbilly 1933 #12
13	Jimmie Rodgers	"Miss the Mississippi and You"^[9]	Victor 23736			US Hillbilly 1933 #13, 3,791 sales^[10]
14	Carter Family	"The Church in the Wildwood"^[11]	Victor 40317			US Hillbilly 1933 #14
15	Jimmie Rodgers	"Blue Yodel No. 11 (I’ve Got a Gal)"^[12]	Victor 23796			US Hillbilly 1933 #15
16		"The Last Round-Up"^[13]	Melotone 12832			US BB 1933 #20, US #2 for 2 weeks, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1933 #16
17	Cumberland Ridge Runners with John Lair	"Sally's Not The Same Old Sally"	Perfect 12914			US Hillbilly 1933 #17
18	Jimmie Rodgers	"Mississippi Delta Blues"^[14]	Victor 23816			US Hillbilly 1933 #18
19	Jimmie Rodgers	"I’m Free (From the Chain Gang Now)"^[15]	Victor 23830			US Hillbilly 1933 #19
20	Gene Autry and Jimmy Long	"Answer To Twenty-One Years"	Melotone 12690			US Hillbilly 1933 #20

Births

• March 10 – Ralph Emery, radio and television personality.
• April 15 – Roy Clark, singer and multi-instrumentalist, host of television's Hee Haw (died 2018).
• April 30 – Willie Nelson, songwriter and key member of the 1970s "outlaw" movement.
• September 1 – Conway Twitty, singer-songwriter who successfully defected from 1950s rock music career to become a giant in the country genre from the 1960s through the early 1990s (died 1993).
• September 3 – Tompall Glaser, member of Tompall & the Glaser Brothers and leading member of the 1970s "outlaw" movement (died 2013).
• October 27 – Floyd Cramer, session pianist who had a series of hits in his own right (died 1997).
• November 21 – Jean Shepard, legendary female vocalist of the 1950s–1970s and a longtime Grand Ole Opry favorite (died 2016).

Deaths

• May 26 – Jimmie Rodgers, 35, "The Singing Brakeman" who became country music's first bona fide superstar (tuberculosis).

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: MELOTONE 78rpm numerical listing discography: 12500 - 12999. 2022-01-06. www.78discography.com.
3. Web site: Victor matrix BS-58970. Peach picking time down in Georgia / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings. 2022-01-05. adp.library.ucsb.edu.
4. Web site: Victor matrix BS-76138. Blue yodel no. 12 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings. 2022-01-05. adp.library.ucsb.edu.
5. Web site: Victor matrix BS-74806. Lightning bug blues / Allen Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings. 2022-02-17. adp.library.ucsb.edu.
6. Web site: Victor 23751 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings. 2022-01-05. adp.library.ucsb.edu.
7. Web site: Victor matrix BS-59065. Jealous lover / Jimmie Davis ; Patsy Montana - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-16 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
8. Web site: Victor matrix BS-58971. Gambling barroom blues / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings. 2022-01-04. adp.library.ucsb.edu.
9. Web site: Victor matrix BS-73326. Miss the Mississippi and you / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-16 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
10. Web site: Victor 23736 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-16 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.
11. Web site: Victor matrix BS-59028. The church in the wildwood / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings. 2022-01-04. adp.library.ucsb.edu.
12. Web site: Victor matrix BVE-56617. Blue yodel no. 11 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings. 2022-01-05. adp.library.ucsb.edu.
13. Web site: MELOTONE 78rpm numerical listing discography: 12500 - 12999. 2022-01-06. www.78discography.com.
14. Web site: Victor matrix BS-76328. Mississippi Delta blues / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings. 2022-01-05. adp.library.ucsb.edu.
15. Web site: Victor matrix BS-76141. I'm free (From the chain gang now) / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings . 2022-04-16 . adp.library.ucsb.edu.