# 1932 in country music

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

## Events

1932 marked the lowest trough the recording industry would experience during the Great Depression, as sales tumbled to pre-1905 levels. In the United States, revenues went from 104 million units in 1927 to 6 million in 1932, and did not start to rebound until 1937.

## Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings 1932

The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954, 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 | Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians | "Why Should I Be Lonely" | Victor 23609 | June 30, 1930 (1930-06-30) | December 4, 1931 (1931-12-04) | US Hillbilly 1932 #1, 20,506 sales |
| 2 | Gene Autry and Jimmy Long | "That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine" | Banner 32349 | October 29, 1931 (1931-10-29) | January 1932 (1932-01) | US Hillbilly 1932 #2 |
| 3 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Gambling Polka Dot Blues" | Victor 23636 | June 15, 1931 (1931-06-15) | February 26, 1932 (1932-02-26) | US Hillbilly 1932 #3, 13,265 sales |
| 4 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon" | Victor 23651 | February 2, 1932 (1932-02-02) | April 8, 1932 (1932-04-08) | US BB 1932 #223, US #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1932 #4, 12,448 sales |
| 5 | Dick Robertson | "Twenty-One Years (Is a Long Time)" | Victor 23616 | October 22, 1931 (1931-10-22) | December 1931 (1931-12) | US Hillbilly 1932 #5, 11,225 sales |
| 6 | Jimmie Rodgers | "My Time Ain’t Long" | Victor 23669 | February 4, 1932 (1932-02-04) | May 20, 1932 (1932-05-20) | US Hillbilly 1932 #6, 9,578 sales |
| 7 | Kentucky Ramblers | "Ginseng Blues" | Broadway 8271 | September 10, 1930 (1930-09-10) | October 1932 (1932-10) | US Hillbilly 1932 #7 |
| 8 | Renfro Valley Boys | "Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet" | Paramount 3321 | December 6, 1931 (1931-12-06) | June 1932 (1932-06) | US Hillbilly 1932 #8 |
| 9 | Renfro Valley Boys | "My Renfro Valley Home" | Paramount 3315 | December 6, 1931 (1931-12-06) | February 1932 (1932-02) | US Hillbilly 1932 #9 |
| 10 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Blue Yodel No. 10 (Ground Hog Rootin' In My Back Yard)" | Victor 21757 | October 24, 1931 (1931-10-24) | January 1932 (1932-01) | US Hillbilly 1932 #10, 7,746 sales |
| 11 | Stuart Hamblen | "My Mary" | Victor 23685 | November 13, 1931 (1931-11-13) | June 11, 1932 (1932-06-11) | US Hillbilly 1932 #11 |
| 12 | Delmore Brothers | "Alabama Lullaby" | Columbia 15724 | October 28, 1931 (1931-10-28) | December 1931 (1931-12) | US Hillbilly 1932 #12 |
| 13 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Rock All Our Babies To Sleep" | Victor 23721 | August 11, 1932 (1932-08-11) | October 21, 1932 (1932-10-21) | US Hillbilly 1932 #13, 6,241 sales |
| 14 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Down The Old Road To Home" | Victor 23711 | February 5, 1932 (1932-02-05) | September 23, 1932 (1932-09-23) | US Hillbilly 1932 #14, 6,078 sales |
| 15 | Carter Family | "Motherless Children" | Victor 23641 | November 2, 1929 (1929-11-02) | March 30, 1932 (1932-03-30) | US Hillbilly 1932 #15 |
| 16 | Carson Robison Trio | "Twenty One Years" | Perfect 12759 | October 23, 1931 (1931-10-23) | December 1931 (1931-12) | US Hillbilly 1932 #16 |
| 17 | Carter Family | "Room In Heaven For Me" | Victor 23618 | November 24, 1930 (1930-11-24) | January 26, 1932 (1932-01-26) | US Hillbilly 1932 #17, 5,088 sales |
| 18 | Jimmie Rodgers | "She Was Happy Till She Met You" | Victor 21757 | June 12, 1932 (1932-06-12) | December 2, 1932 (1932-12-02) | US Hillbilly 1932 #18 |
| 19 | Carter Family | "Weary Prodigal Son" | Victor 23626 | May 25, 1931 (1931-05-25) | January 17, 1932 (1932-01-17) | US Hillbilly 1932 #19, 4,329 sales |
| 20 | Carter Family | "I Never Loved but One" | Victor 23656 | February 24, 1932 (1932-02-24) | April 8, 1932 (1932-04-08) | US Hillbilly 1932 #20, 3,360 sales |
| 21 | Renfro Valley Boys | "Twenty-One Years" | Paramount 3311 | December 6, 1931 (1931-12-06) | January 1932 (1932-01) | US Hillbilly 1932 #21 |

## Births

* January 31 – Rick Hall, songwriter and producer (died 2018).
* February 3 – Bill Mack, country music radio personality best known for hosting Country Crossroads, and songwriter ("Blue" and "Drinking Champagne").(died 2020)
* 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 (died 2022).
* 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 (died 2017).
* 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 6 – Paul English, drummer for Willie Nelson (died 2020).
* November 13 – Buddy Killen, record producer and music publishing owner (died 2006).