1925 in country music

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cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1922
yp2=1923
yp3=1924
year=1925
ya1=1926
ya2=1927
ya3=1928
dp3=1890s
dp2=1900s
dp1=1910s
d=1920s
dn1=1930s
dn2=1940s
dn3=1950s

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.

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* 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.

Top hits of the year

* "The Death of Floyd Collins" - Vernon Dalhart
* "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" - Charlie Poole
* "In the Baggage Coach Ahead" - Vernon Dalhart
* "Letter Edged in Black" - Vernon Dalhart
* "Old Dan Tucker" - Fiddlin' John Carson
* "Roving Gambler" - Kelly Harrell
* "Way Down Home" - Gene Austin and Carson Robison
* "When the Work's All Done This Fall" Carl T. Sprague

Births

Deaths

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. "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954: The History of American Popular Music", Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1986 (ISBN 0-89820-083-0).