# 1926 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1926.

## 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 | Vernon Dalhart | "The Prisoner's Song" | Victor 19427 | August 13, 1924 (1924-08-13) | November 1924 (1924-11) | US BB 1926 #2, US #1 for 5 weeks, 20 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #1, 1,320,356 sales thru 1930 |
| 2 | Poole's North Carolina Ramblers | "Whitehouse Blues" | Columbia 15099 | September 20, 1926 (1926-09-20) | October 1926 (1926-10) | US Hillbilly 1926 #2 |
| 3 | Vernon Dalhart | "There's A New Star In Heaven Tonight - Rudolph Valentino" | Columbia 718 | August 27, 1926 (1926-08-27) | October 1926 (1926-10) | US BB 1926 #37, US #4 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #3 |
| 4 | Carl T. Sprague | "O Bury Me Not On the Lone Prairie (The Dying Cowboy)" | Victor 20122 | June 22, 1926 (1926-06-22) | December 1926 (1926-12) | US Hillbilly 1926 #4 |
| 5 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "Turkey in the Straw" | Columbia 15084 | April 17, 1926 (1926-04-17) | June 1926 (1926-06) | US BB 1926 #176, US #14 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #5 |
| 6 | Uncle Dave Macon with Sam McGhee | "Way Down the Old Plank Road" | Vocalion 15321 | April 14, 1926 (1926-04-14) | June 1926 (1926-06) | US Hillbilly 1926 #6 |
| 7 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "Ya Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Around" | Columbia 15084D | April 17, 1926 (1926-04-17) | June 1926 (1926-06) | US Hillbilly 1926 #7 |
| 8 | Vernon Dalhart | "The Governor's Pardon" | Victor 19983 | March 2, 1926 (1926-03-02) | May 1926 (1926-05) | US BB 1926 #90, US #8 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #8 |
| 9 | Kelly Harrell | "Butcher's Boy" | Victor 20242 | June 8, 1926 (1926-06-08) | November 1926 (1926-11) | US Hillbilly 1926 #9 |
| 10 | Riley Puckett and Bob Nichols (Clayton McMichen) | "My Carolina Home" | Columbia 15095D | April 22, 1926 (1926-04-22) | October 1926 (1926-10) | US BB 1927 #205, US #16 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #10 |
| 11 | Vernon Dalhart | "The Miami Storm" | Columbia 15100 | September 23, 1926 (1926-09-23) | October 1926 (1926-10) | US BB 1927 #174, US #14 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #11 |
| 12 | Johnny Marvin (Ukelele Ace) | "Breezin' Along with the Breeze" | Columbia 699D | June 29, 1926 (1926-06-29) | September 1926 (1926-09) | US BB 1926 #10, US #1 for 2 weeks, 10 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1926 #12 |
| 13 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "Bully of the Town" | Columbia 15074D | April 17, 1926 (1926-04-17) | June 1926 (1926-06) | US Hillbilly 1926 #13 |
| 14 | Al Craver (Vernon Dalhart) | "The Freight Wreck At Altoona" | Columbia 15065D | January 15, 1926 (1926-01-15) | March 1926 (1926-03) | US Hillbilly 1926 #14 |
| 15 | Poole's North Carolina Ramblers | "Monkey On A String" | Columbia 15099 | September 17, 1926 (1926-09-17) | October 1926 (1926-10) | US Hillbilly 1926 #15 |
| 16 | Blind Lemon Jefferson | "Jack O Diamond Blues" | Paramount 12373 | June 12, 1926 (1926-06-12) | August 1926 (1926-08) | US Hillbilly 1926 #16 |
| 17 | Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett | "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane" | Columbia 15091D | April 17, 1926 (1926-04-17) | September 1926 (1926-09) | US Hillbilly 1926 #17 |
| 18 | Blind Blake | "Early Morning Blues" | Paramount 12387 | September 11, 1926 (1926-09-11) | October 1926 (1926-10) | US Hillbilly 1926 #18 |
| 19 | Blind Lemon Jefferson | "Long Lonesome Blues" | Paramount 12354 | March 18, 1926 (1926-03-18) | May 1926 (1926-05) | US Hillbilly 1926 #19 |
| 20 | Uncle Dave Macon | "Last Night When My Willie Come Home" | Vocalion 15319 | April 14, 1926 (1926-04-14) | May 1926 (1926-05) | US Hillbilly 1926 #20 |

## Births

* January 2 – Harold Bradley, session guitarist. (died 2019).
* January 12 – Ray Price, "The Cherokee Cowboy," multi-faceted country performer from the 1950s onward (died 2013).
* December 21 – Freddie Hart, best known for his string of early to mid-1970s hits, including "Easy Loving" (died 2018).