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

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).