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1922 in country music

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

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See also: 1922 in music and the List of years in country music

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.

    • Top hits of the year

  • "Dear Old Southland" - Vernon Dalhart
  • "I Want My Mammy" - Vernon Dalhart
  • "Tuck Me to Sleep (In My Old 'Tucky Home)" - Vernon Dalhart

    • Births

  • July 26 - Jim Foglesong, Music Row executive who helped lay foundation for country music's boom period in the 1970s through early 1990s. (d. 2013)

    • References

    1922 in country music Wikipedia
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