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1932 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1932.

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Top hits of the year

  • "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon" – Jimmie Rodgers

    • Births

  • February 3 – Bill Mack, country music radio personality best known for hosting Country Crossroads, and songwriter ("Blue" and "Drinking Champagne")
  • February 25 – Faron Young, honky tonk singer whose popularity spanned the 1950s through mid-1970s. (died 1996)
  • February 26 – Johnny Cash, vastly influential in all genres of American popular music, most notably country (died 2003)
  • April 14 – Loretta Lynn, leading country singer-songwriter of the 1960s and 1970s.
  • August 8 – Mel Tillis, singer-songwriter who overcame a speech impediment to become one of the genre's biggest stars of the 1950s through 1980s.
  • September 8 – Patsy Cline, one of the most influential singers in American popular music, first female country singer to cross over to the pop charts (died 1963)
  • October 11 – Dottie West, female vocalist who successfully transferred from the Nashville Sound (of the 1960s) to more straight-ahead pop country during the late 1970s and early 1980s. (died 1991)
  • November 13 – Buddy Killen, record producer and music publishing owner (died 2006)

    • References

    1932 in country music Wikipedia
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