1929 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1929.

Top hits of the year

• "Farm Relief Song" – Vernon Dalhart (as Al Craver)
• "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" – Carter Family
• "Little Darling, Pal of Mine" – Carter Family
• "Oh Dem Golden Slippers" – Frank Luther
• "Soldier's Joy" – Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers
• "The Utah Trail" – Frank Luther and Carson Robison
• "Waiting For a Train" – Jimmie Rodgers

Births

• January 17 – Grady Martin, session guitarist and member of Nashville's "A Team" (died 2001)
• March 27 – Don Warden, best known for his years on The Porter Wagoner Show and as the manager of Wagoner and Dolly Parton (died 2017).
• May 1 – Sonny James, singer of the 1950s through early 1980s who once had 16 consecutive No. 1 songs—many of them covers of pop hits—on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart; "The Southern Gentleman." (died 2016)
• June 23 – June Carter Cash, member of the legendary Carter Family and wife of Johnny Cash (died 2003)
• August 12 – Buck Owens, key innovator of the "Bakersfield Sound," which resulted in immense popularity from the 1960s onward; co-host of Hee Haw from 1969–1986. (died 2006)

Further reading

• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 ( ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 ( ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.