1925 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1925.

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Events

November 28 – Nashville radio station WSM begins a national institution with its first broadcast of the "WSM Barn Dance" - the weekly program that would go on to be known as the Grand Ole Opry.

Radio station WSM signs on the air, and is credited for helping spread the popularity of the fledgling country music genre.
"The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart becomes country music's first-ever million-seller, and has two waves of popularity — during the early summer months and again at the end of the year. The song goes on to sell 7 million copies.
Beginning of "Old Familiar Melodies" series on Columbia Records.
Bradley Kincaid joins the cast of WLS Barn Dance.

February 16 - Jo Walker-Meador, music executive.
May 23 – Mac Wiseman, leading bluegrass artist from the 1940s onward.
August 7 - Felice Bryant, songwriter (with husband Boudleaux) of many 1950s and 1960s hits (died 2003).
August 15 - Rose Maddox, fiddle player, leader of the Maddox Brothers and Rose, and early innovator of rockabilly (died 1998).
August 28 - Billy Grammer, Grand Ole Opry member best known for his hit "Gotta Travel On." (died 2011)
September 3 - Hank Thompson, singer who fused western swing and honky tonk for a series of successful records from the 1940s through 1970s (died 2007).
September 26 - Marty Robbins, multi-genre singer-songwriter and television host (died 1982).
December 3 - Ferlin Husky, honky-tonk styled singer of the 1950s through early 1970s, best known for "Gone" and "Wings of a Dove," and hits under his comic alias "Simon Crum" ("Country Music is Here to Stay")(died 2011).