1941 in country music

"See also:"
1940 in country music,
1941 in music,
other events of 1941,
1942 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

Events

* January 1 - Radio programmers begin a 10-month ban on the ASCAP catalog when they fail to reach an agreement. Instead, disc jockeys begin to rely on BMI and its catalog of "hillbilly" music.
* October - The "Grand Ole Opry" organizes a "Camel Country" tour in a show of support for American servicemen, many of whom would be off to war two months later.

Top hits of the year

* "Alamo Rag"- Adolph Hofner–
* "Along the Santa Fe Trail" - Bing Crosby
* "Be Honest With Me"-Roy Acuff
* "Be Honest With Me" - Gene Autry
* "Be Honest With Me"-Red Foley
* "Come Back Little Pal"-Roy Acuff
* "Cool Water" - Sons of the Pioneers
* "Draftee Blues"-Johnny Bond
* "I Hung My Head And I Cried"-Jimmie Davis
* "I'll Never Let You Go Little Darling"-Gene Autry
* "I'll Never Let You Go Little Darling"-Jimmy Wakely
* "In My Adobe Hacienda"-Louise Massey
* "It Makes No Difference Now" - Gene Autry
* "Lil Liza Jane"-Bob Wills
* "Live and Let Live" - Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
* "My Mary"-Jimmie Davis
* "New San Antonio Rose" - Bing Crosby
* "Old Shep"- Red Foley
* "The Precious Jewel"-Roy Acuff
* "Sweethearts Or Strangers"-Jimmie Davis
* "Take Me Back To Tulsa" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
* "Tears On My Pillow"-Gene Autry
* "Time Changes Everything"-Bob Wills
* "Too Late"-Jimmie Davis
* "Twin Guitar Special"-Bob Wills
* "Walking The Floor Over You" — Ernest Tubb
* "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" - Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
* "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon"-Hank Penny
* "Worried Mind"-Roy Acuff
* "Worried Mind" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
* "A Year Ago Tonight"-Gene Autry
* "You Are My Sunshine" - Gene Autry
* "You Are My Sunshine" - Bing Crosby

Births

* January 18 - Bobby Goldsboro, middle-of-the-road artist best known for 1968's "Honey."
* February 8 - Henson Cargill, best known for 1968's "Skip a Rope." (d. 2007)
* March 28 - Charlie McCoy, harmonica specialist.
* April 2 - Sonny Throckmorton, outstanding songwriter.
* May 31 - Johnny PayCheck, outlaw country-styled singer best known for "Take This Job and Shove It" (d. 2003).
* September 14 - Connie Smith, female vocalist who grew to fame in the 1960s; "Grand Ole Opry" mainstay.
* September 21 - Dickey Lee, pop-country singer-songwriter.
* September 26 - David Frizzell, brother of Lefty Frizzell who grew into a country star in his own right.
* October 17 - Earl Thomas Conley, singer-songwriter who became one of country's biggest stars of the 1980s.
* November 6 - Guy Clark, alternative-outlaw country singer-songwriter.
* November 27 - Eddie Rabbitt, singer-songeriter who crossed over to pop in the early 1980s with hits such as "I Love a Rainy Night" and "Drivin' My Life Away" (d. 1998)
* November 29 - Jody Miller, female vocalist best known for "Queen of the House" (answer song to Roger Miller's "King of the Road").

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. "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954: The History of American Popular Music," Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1986 (ISBN 0-89820-083-0).