1947 in country music

1947 in country music

"See also:"
1946 in country music,
1947 in music,
other events of 1947,
1948 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

Events

Top hits of the year

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

Other major hits

* Baby Doll - Sons Of The Pioneers
* Bang Bang - Jimmie Davis

* 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

* 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

* 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

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.

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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