# 1933 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1933.

## Events

sales grew approximately 15% over 1932

## Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings

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 | Gene Autry and Jimmy Long | "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" | Melotone 12700 | March 1, 1933 (1933-03-01) | June 5, 1933 (1933-06-05) | US Hillbilly 1933 #1 |
| 2 | Gene Autry | "The Last Round-Up" | Melotone 12832 | October 9, 1933 (1933-10-09) | November 1933 (1933-11) | US BB 1933 #133, US #12 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1933 #2 |
| 3 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Peach-Pickin’ Time Down in Georgia" | Victor 23781 | August 15, 1932 (1932-08-15) | April 7, 1933 (1933-04-07) | US Hillbilly 1933 #3 |
| 4 | Tex Ritter | "Rye Whiskey" | Melotone 12664 | February 14, 1933 (1933-02-14) | June 11, 1933 (1933-06-11) | US Hillbilly 1933 #4 |
| 5 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Blue Yodel No. 12 (Barefoot Blues)" | Victor 24456 | May 17, 1933 (1933-05-17) | June 27, 1933 (1933-06-27) | US Hillbilly 1933 #5 |
| 6 | The Allen Brothers | "Lightning Bug Blues" | Victor 23805 | December 5, 1932 (1932-12-05) | January 1933 (1933-01) | US Hillbilly 1933 #6 |
| 7 | Jimmie Rodgers | "No Hard Times - Blue Yodel" | Victor 23751 | August 15, 1932 (1932-08-15) | February 1933 (1933-02) | US Hillbilly 1933 #7, 4,258 sales |
| 8 | Gene Autry and Jimmy Long | "Cowboy's Heaven" | Melotone 12652 | March 1, 1933 (1933-03-01) | April 1933 (1933-04) | US Hillbilly 1933 #8 |
| 9 | Jimmie Davis and Rubye Blevins (Patsy Montana) | "Jealous Lover" | Victor 23778 | November 4, 1932 (1932-11-04) | March 24, 1933 (1933-03-24) | US Hillbilly 1933 #9 |
| 10 | Rambling Red Foley with the Cumberland Ridge Runners | "The Lone Cowboy" | Melotone 12718 | April 11, 1933 (1933-04-11) | June 1933 (1933-06) | US Hillbilly 1933 #10 |
| 11 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Gambling Barroom Blues" | Victor 23766 | August 16, 1932 (1932-08-16) | February 24, 1933 (1933-02-24) | US Hillbilly 1933 #11 |
| 12 | Rambling Red Foley with the Cumberland Ridge Runners | "Single Life Is Good Enough For Me" | Melotone 12718 | April 11, 1933 (1933-04-11) | June 1933 (1933-06) | US Hillbilly 1933 #12 |
| 13 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Miss the Mississippi and You" | Victor 23736 | August 29, 1932 (1932-08-29) | December 22, 1932 (1932-12-22) | US Hillbilly 1933 #13, 3,791 sales |
| 14 | Carter Family | "The Church in the Wildwood" | Victor 40317 | October 13, 1932 (1932-10-13) | March 24, 1933 (1933-03-24) | US Hillbilly 1933 #14 |
| 15 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Blue Yodel No. 11 (I’ve Got a Gal)" | Victor 23796 | November 27, 1929 (1929-11-27) | June 1933 (1933-06) | US Hillbilly 1933 #15 |
| 16 | Bing Crosby | "The Last Round-Up" | Melotone 12832 | October 9, 1933 (1933-10-09) | November 1933 (1933-11) | US BB 1933 #20, US #2 for 2 weeks, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1933 #16 |
| 17 | Cumberland Ridge Runners with John Lair | "Sally's Not The Same Old Sally" | Perfect 12914 | April 11, 1933 (1933-04-11) | September 1933 (1933-09) | US Hillbilly 1933 #17 |
| 18 | Jimmie Rodgers | "Mississippi Delta Blues" | Victor 23816 | May 24, 1933 (1933-05-24) | July 28, 1933 (1933-07-28) | US Hillbilly 1933 #18 |
| 19 | Jimmie Rodgers | "I’m Free (From the Chain Gang Now)" | Victor 23830 | May 17, 1933 (1933-05-17) | September 8, 1933 (1933-09-08) | US Hillbilly 1933 #19 |
| 20 | Gene Autry and Jimmy Long | "Answer To Twenty-One Years" | Melotone 12690 | March 1, 1933 (1933-03-01) | August 1933 (1933-08) | US Hillbilly 1933 #20 |

## Births

* March 10 – Ralph Emery, radio and television personality.
* April 15 – Roy Clark, singer and multi-instrumentalist, host of television's Hee Haw (died 2018).
* April 30 – Willie Nelson, songwriter and key member of the 1970s "outlaw" movement.
* September 1 – Conway Twitty, singer-songwriter who successfully defected from 1950s rock music career to become a giant in the country genre from the 1960s through the early 1990s (died 1993).
* September 3 – Tompall Glaser, member of Tompall & the Glaser Brothers and leading member of the 1970s "outlaw" movement (died 2013).
* October 27 – Floyd Cramer, session pianist who had a series of hits in his own right (died 1997).
* November 21 – Jean Shepard, legendary female vocalist of the 1950s–1970s and a longtime Grand Ole Opry favorite (died 2016).

## Deaths

* May 26 – Jimmie Rodgers, 35, "The Singing Brakeman" who became country music's first bona fide superstar (tuberculosis).