1937 in country music

1937 in country music

"See also:"
1936 in country music,
1937 in music,
other events of 1937,
1938 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

Events

* October 30 - Johnnie Wright and Kitty Wells are married.

Top hits of the year

* "Breezin' Along With the Breeze" - Hoosier Hot Shots
* "You're The Only Star In My Blue Heaven"-Roy Acuff
* "Steel Guitar Rag"-Bob Wills
* "Great Speckled Bird"-Roy Acuff
* "Right Or Wrong"-Bob Wills

Births

* April 6 - Merle Haggard, innovator of the Bakersfield Sound and a huge country star since the 1960s.
* June 15 - Waylon Jennings, influential rock-styled country performer and originator of the 1970s "outlaw" movement (d. 2002).

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.


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