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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1935.

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Events

Top hits of the year

1 Originally recorded in 1931, but did not become a national hit until 1935.

Other major hits

Top new album releases

Births

  • January 8 — Elvis Presley, "The King" and cross-genre singer (d. 1977).
  • April 14 — Loretta Lynn, leading country singer-songwriter of the 1960s and 1970s.
  • September 25 — Royce Kendall, father half of The Kendalls (d. 1998).
  • September 29 — Jerry Lee Lewis, pianist whose successfully fused honky tonk with rock music, making him one of the genre's most successful performers of the 1950s through 1980s; cousin of Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart.

Deaths

  • August 15 - Will Rogers, 55, beloved humorist who had appeal with both country and popular music audiences (plane crash).

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. "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.







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