This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1926.
Events
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
The Discography of American Historical Recordings (DAHR) is a database of master recordings made by American record companies during the 78rpm era. The DAHR provides some of these original recordings, free of charge, via audio streaming, along with ...
" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
Births
* January 2 –
Harold Bradley
Harold Ray Bradley (January 2, 1926 – January 31, 2019) was an American guitarist and entrepreneur, who played on many country, rock and pop recordings and produced numerous TV variety shows and movie soundtracks. Having started as a session ...
, 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).
Deaths
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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