Talk:1932 in country music

That Silver-Haired Daddy
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/autry-orvon-gene

Autry was billed as the "Oklahoma Yodeling Cowboy" on Tulsa radio station KVOO. In 1929 he signed his first record deal and returned to New York. Two years later he recorded his first hit, "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine," which eventually sold a million copies. The recording set an industry record for sales and became part of the first album in history to go gold (500,000 units sold).

I didn't note my source below, but it is highly doubtful and I didn't use it

That Silver-Haired Daddy

“That Silver-Haired Daddy” was an immediate hit selling 30,000 copies within a month, and by 1933 over 500,000 had been sold

an occasion that American Records decided to mark with the public presentation of a gold-plated copy of the record. Autry received a second gold record when sales later broke one million. And that was where the notion of the Gold Record Award was born. The record also led him into a new career on the radio as Oklahoma's Yodeling Cowboy on the National Barn Dance show sponsored by WLS out of Chicago. It was there that Autry became a major national star -- his record sales rose assisted by his exposure on radio. Tillywilly17 (talk) 08:32, 26 April 2022 (UTC)