Country Music 1935

Events

• The CJCH Saturday Night Hoedown goes on air for the first time in Halifax , Nova Scotia ( Canada )
• The KMBC Brush Creek Follies go to Kansas City , Missouri , for the first time on air
• The WHN Barn Dance goes on air for the first time in New York City . It is the first barn dance show to start in New York.

Top hits of the year

• "Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)" - The Carter Family
• "I Want to be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" - Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers
• "Just Because" - The Shelton Brothers
• "Ole Faithful" - Gene Autry
• "St. Louis Blues" - Milton Brown and his Brownies
• "Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" - Gene Autry & Jimmy Long ¹
• "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" - Gene Autry
• "Under the Double Eagle" - Bill Boyd and his Cowboy Ramblers
• "Nobody's Darling But Mine" - Jimmie Davis

¹ Recorded in 1931, it wasn't a national hit until 1935

Born

• January 8 - Elvis Presley
• February 2 - Glenn Barber
• April 7th - Bobby Bare
• April 22nd - WS “Fluke” Holland

Died

• August 15 - Will Rogers