This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1922.
Events
* June 30 –
A.C. "Eck" Robertson became the first fiddler and country musician on record when he recorded eight tracks for the
Victor Talking Machine Company
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in
New York City
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.
* September 9 – First radio broadcast of
Fiddlin' John Carson
"Fiddlin'" John Carson (March 23, 1868 – December 11, 1949) was an American old-time fiddler and singer who recorded what is widely considered to be the first country music song featuring vocals and lyrics.
Early life
Carson was born near Mc ...
on
WSB-
Atlanta
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.
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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
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" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate.
Births
* July 26 –
Jim Foglesong
James Staton Foglesong (July 26, 1922 – July 9, 2013) was an American country music producer and executive from the 1950s until the 1990s, based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Biography
Foglesong was born in Lundale, West Virginia. As a teenager, ...
,
Music Row
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executive who helped lay foundation for country music's boom period in the 1970s through early 1990s. (died
2013
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)
* December 20 —
Geoff Mack
Albert Geoffrey McElhinney OAM (20 December 1922 – 21 July 2017), better known by his stage name Geoff Mack, was an Australian country singer, songwriter and aircraft mechanic. As a songwriter, he wrote the song "I've Been Everywhere" which w ...
, Australian singer-songwriter (died
2017)
Deaths
See also
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1922 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1922.
Specific locations
*1922 in British music
* 1922 in Norwegian music
Specific genres
*1922 in country music
* 1922 in jazz
Events
*January 24 – Carl Nielsen conducts ...
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References
Further reading
* Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 ()
* Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 ()
* Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.
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