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1925 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1925.

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Events

  • November 28 – Nashville radio station WSM begins a national institution with its first broadcast of the "WSM Barn Dance" - the weekly program that would go on to be known as the Grand Ole Opry.

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  • Radio station WSM signs on the air, and is credited for helping spread the popularity of the fledgling country music genre.
  • "The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart becomes country music's first-ever million-seller, and has two waves of popularity — during the early summer months and again at the end of the year. The song goes on to sell 7 million copies.
  • Beginning of "Old Familiar Melodies" series on Columbia Records.
  • Bradley Kincaid joins the cast of WLS Barn Dance.

    • Top hits of the year

  • "The Death of Floyd Collins" - Vernon Dalhart
  • "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" - Charlie Poole
  • "In the Baggage Coach Ahead" - Vernon Dalhart
  • "Letter Edged in Black" - Vernon Dalhart
  • "Old Dan Tucker" - Fiddlin' John Carson
  • "Roving Gambler" - Kelly Harrell
  • "Way Down Home" - Gene Austin and Carson Robison
  • "When the Work's All Done This Fall" - Carl T. Sprague

    • Births

  • February 16 - Jo Walker-Meador, music executive.
  • May 23 – Mac Wiseman, leading bluegrass artist from the 1940s onward.
  • August 7 - Felice Bryant, songwriter (with husband Boudleaux) of many 1950s and 1960s hits (died 2003).
  • August 15 - Rose Maddox, fiddle player, leader of the Maddox Brothers and Rose, and early innovator of rockabilly (died 1998).
  • August 28 - Billy Grammer, Grand Ole Opry member best known for his hit "Gotta Travel On." (died 2011)
  • September 3 - Hank Thompson, singer who fused western swing and honky tonk for a series of successful records from the 1940s through 1970s (died 2007).
  • September 26 - Marty Robbins, multi-genre singer-songwriter and television host (died 1982).
  • December 3 - Ferlin Husky, honky-tonk styled singer of the 1950s through early 1970s, best known for "Gone" and "Wings of a Dove," and hits under his comic alias "Simon Crum" ("Country Music is Here to Stay")(died 2011).

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    1925 in country music Wikipedia
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