- 1940 in country music
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1939 in country music ,1940 in music ,
other events of 1940,1941 in country music and theList of years in Country Music Events
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April 4 –Ernest Tubb makes his first recordings forDecca Records , a label where he will remain for more than 30 years.Top hits of the year
* "Blue Eyed Ellaine" -
Ernest Tubb
* "Blueberry Hill" -Gene Autry
* "El Rancho Grande" - Gene Autry
* "Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye" -Gene Autry
* "I'll Get Along Somehow" -Ernest Tubb
* "Ida Red " -Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
* "Just To Ease My Worried Mind" - Roy Acuff
* "New San Antonio Rose " – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
* "Old Age Pension Check" –Roy Acuff
* "Old Fashioned Love" - Roy Acuff
* "Streamlined Cannonball" - Roy Acuff
* "There's A Chill On The Hill" - Jimmie Davis
* "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" -Bing Crosby
* "Worried Mind" - Ted Daffan's Texans
* "Worried Mind" -Jimmie Davis
* "Yearning" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
* "You Are My Sunshine" -Jimmie Davis Top new album releases
Births
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).
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