Years in country music:	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
Years:	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926

See also: 1923 in music and the List of years in country music

Events

• First radio barn dance on WBAP in Fort Worth, Texas
• First recordings of Fiddlin' John Carson on June 13.
• First recordings of Henry Whitter.
• Eck Robertson's ("Sally Gooden") became the first released country music recording in April and Fiddlin' John Carson's record, ("Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane"/"The Old Hen Cackled and the Rooster's Going to Crow"), became the second on July 13.

Top hits of the year

• "Arkansaw Traveler" - Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland
• "It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" - Wendell Hall
• "Little Old Cabin In the Lane" - Fiddlin' John Carson
• "Sally Gooden" - Eck Robertson
• "Turkey In the Straw" - Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland
• "Wreck On the Southern Old 97" - Henry Whitter

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