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1935 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1935.

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Top hits of the year

  • "Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)" - Carter Family
  • "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" - Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers
  • "Just Because" - Shelton Brothers
  • "Ole Faithful" - Gene Autry
  • "St. Louis Blues" - Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies
  • "Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" - Gene Autry and Jimmy Long1
  • "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" - Gene Autry
  • "Under the Double Eagle" - Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers
  • "Nobody's Darling But Mine"- Jimmie Davis (Governor of Louisiana) 1944-1948, 1960–1964
    • 1 Originally recorded in 1931, but did not become a national hit until 1935.

    Births

  • January 8 - Elvis Presley, "The King" and cross-genre singer (died 1977).
  • August 2 – Hank Cochran, songwriter best known for writing hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold and others (d. 2010).
  • September 25 - Royce Kendall, father half of The Kendalls (died 1998)
  • September 29 - Jerry Lee Lewis, pianist whose successfully fused honky tonk with rock music, making him one of the genre's most successful performers of the 1950s through 1980s; cousin of Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart.
  • November 30 - George Richey, songwriter and record producer; husband of Tammy Wynette (died 2010).

    • Deaths

  • August 15 - Will Rogers, 55, beloved humorist who had appeal with both country and popular music audiences (plane crash).

    • References

    1935 in country music Wikipedia
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