1950 in country music
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See also: 1949 in country music, 1950 in music, other events of 1950, 1951 in country music and the List of years in Country Music
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[edit] Events
- August 19 — Hank Snow begins a 21-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard magazine country charts with his landmark "I'm Movin' On." The song is one of just three that will stay as long atop the charts in chart history.
- September 30 — The Grand Ole Opry is televised for the first time.
[edit] Top hits of the year
[edit] Number one hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
- January 7 - "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - Gene Autry
- January 7 - "Blue Christmas" - Ernest Tubb
- January 14 - "I Love You Because" - Leon Payne
- January 14 - "Blues Stay Away From Me" - Delmore Brothers
- January 21 - "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" - Red Foley
- January 28 - "Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me" - Eddy Arnold
- April 22 - "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
- May 27 - "Birmingham Bounce" - Red Foley
- June 17 - "Why Don't You Love Me" - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
- June 17 - "I'll Sail My Ship Alone" - Moon Mullican
- July 15 - "Mississippi" - Red Foley
- August 19 - "I'm Movin' On" - Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
- August 26 - "Goodnight Irene" - Red Foley and Ernest Tubb
- December 23 - "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time" - Lefty Frizzell
- December 30 - "Moanin' the Blues" - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
- Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played Juke Box Folk (Country & Western) Records," "Best Selling Retail Folk (Country & Western) Records) and "Country & Western Records Most Played by Folk Disk Jockeys" charts.
[edit] Top new album releases
[edit] Births
- August 7 – Rodney Crowell, singer-songwriter who enjoyed mainstream fame in the late 1980s before becoming a leader in the alternative country movement; ex-husband of Roseanne Cash.
[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.
