1947 in country music
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[edit] Events
[edit] Top hits of the year
[edit] Number one hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
- January 18 - "Rainbow at Midnight" - Ernest Tubb
- February 8 - "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" - Merle Travis
- May 17 - "New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)" - Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
- May 24 - "What is Life Without Love" - Eddy Arnold
- June 7 - "Sugar Moon" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
- July 19 - "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" - Tex Williams
- November 1 - "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" - Eddy Arnold
[edit] Other major hits
- Baby Doll - Sons Of The Pioneers
- Bang Bang - Jimmie Davis
- Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Roy Acuff
- Cigarettes Whiskey And Wild Wild Women - Sons Of The Pioneers
- Don't Look Now - Ernest Tubb
- Fat Gal - Merle Travis
- Feudin' And Fightin' - Dorothy Shay
- Filipino Baby - Ernest Tubb
- Here Comes Santa Claus - Gene Autry
- I Couldn' Believe It Was True - Eddy Arnold
- I'll Step Aside - Ernest Tubb
- Lil Liza Jane - Bob Wills
- Move It On Over - Hank Williams
- Never Trust A Woman - Red Foley
- Never Trust A Woman - Tex Williams
- Our Own Jolie Blon - Roy Acuff
- Pretty Blond - Moon Mullican
- Remember Me (When The Candlelights Are Gleaming) - T. Texas Tyler
- Steel Guitar Rag - Merle Travis
- Teardrops From My Eyes - Sons Of The Pioneers
- Temptation - Red Engles and Jo Stafford
- That's What I Like About The West - Tex Williams
- To My Sorrow - Eddy Arnold
[edit] Births
- September 26 - Lynn Anderson, top female country singer of the 1970s; best-remembered for her crossover pop smash, "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden".
- December 19 - Janie Fricke, 1970s session/backup singer who grew to indivdiual stardom during the early and mid 1980s.
[edit] Deaths
[edit] 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.
