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The Great Depression in the United States, which started with the 1929 Wall Street crash, had a severe impact on the country. In 1932, 25 percent of American men were unemployed. [1] [2] After his appliance business went bankrupt, Yip Harburg had gone into the music business, working as a lyricist. [3]
January 31, 1930 () July 1930 () US BB 1930 #11, US #1 for 2 weeks, 19 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1930 #3 4: Beverly Hill Billies "When the Bloom is on the Sage" [7] Brunswick 421: January 31, 1930 () May 1930 () US BB 1930 #73, US #7 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1930 #4 5
The country survived both World War I and the Great Depression before entering World War II in December 1941. Americans endured great loss and hardship but found hope and encouragement in music. The genres and styles present during this period were Native American music, blues and gospel, jazz, swing, Cajun and Creole music, and country. The ...
If two or more artists have the same claimed sales, they are then ranked by certified units. The claimed sales figure and the total of certified units (for each country) within the provided sources include sales of albums, singles, compilation-albums, music videos as well as downloads of singles and full-length albums.
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The American Epic collection was conceived by director Bernard MacMahon during the ten years of research preparing the American Epic documentary series. [11] “ When we set out to make this set”, MacMahon explained “the first task was culling a representative sample of 100 tracks from that vast body of [1920s and 1930s] recordings.
Marty Robbins, one of the most popular artists in country music history. Named artist of the decade (1960–1969) by the Academy of Country Music; Jeannie C. Riley, sexy girl in a miniskirt who socked it to the pop charts with "Harper Valley PTA." Kenny Rogers, unique-voiced storyteller who also recorded love ballads and more rock material. He ...
[106] [107] It is the best-selling song of country music's first decade. [108] Bix Beiderbecke joins the Wolverine Orchestra, making his first recordings; he will be more influential than any white composer or performer in Chicago in the era, [70] and will be perhaps the first white jazz performer to be widely respected by African-American jazz ...