title: 1922 in country music
text: # 1922 in country music
  
  This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1922.
  
  ## Events
  
  * June 30 – A.C. "Eck" Robertson became the first fiddler and country musician on record when he recorded eight tracks for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York City.
  * September 9 – First radio broadcast of Fiddlin' John Carson on WSB-Atlanta.
  
  ## 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" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate.
  
  | Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Vernon Dalhart and the Criterion Trio | "Tuck Me to Sleep (In My Old 'Tucky Home)" | Victor 18807 | September 1, 1921 (1921-09-01) | November 1921 (1921-11) | US BB 1922 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, 1,040,811 sales |
  | 2 | Vernon Dalhart | "Weep No More, My Mammy" | Columbia 3500 | October 11, 1921 (1921-10-11) | January 1922 (1922-01) | US BB 1922 #59, US #5 for 1 week, 3 total weeks |
  | 3 | Vernon Dalhart | "Dear Old Southland" | Edison 50905 | December 23, 1921 (1921-12-23) | May 1922 (1922-05) | US BB 1922 #140, US #12 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
  | 4 | Al Bernard and Vernon Dalhart | "I Want My Mammy" | Columbia 3520 | November 19, 1921 (1921-11-19) | February 1922 (1922-02) | US BB 1922 #114, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
  | 5 | California Ramblers | "My Honey's Lovin' Arms" | Vocalion 14329 | April 6, 1922 (1922-04-06) | May 1922 (1922-05) | US BB 1922 #115, US #10 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |
  
  ## Births
  
  * July 26 – Jim Foglesong, Music Row executive who helped lay foundation for country music's boom period in the 1970s through early 1990s. (died 2013)
  * December 20 — Geoff Mack, Australian singer-songwriter (died 2017)
  