1923 in country music

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See also: 1923 in music and the List of years in country music

Contents 1 Events 2 Top hits of the year 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Further reading

[edit] Events

• First radio barn dance on WBAP in Fort Worth, Texas
• First recordings of Fiddlin' John Carson on June 13, 1923.
• First recordings of Henry Whitter.
• Fiddlin' John Carson's record, ("Little Old Log Cabin In the Lane"/"The Old Hen Cackled and the Rooster's Going to Crow"), became the first released country music recording on July 13, 1923. Eck Robertson's ("Sally Gooden"/"Ragtime Annie") was released shortly afterwards.

[edit] Top hits of the year

• "Arkansas Traveler" - Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland
• "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" - Wendell Hall
• "Little Old Cabin In the Lane" - Fiddlin' John Carson
• "Sally Gooden" - Eck Robertson
• "Turkey In the Straw" - Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland
• "Wreck On the Southern Old 97" - Henry Whitter

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] 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.