See also: 1937 in country music, 1938 in music, other events of 1938, 1939 in country music and the List of years 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 // Brezin Along With the Breeze - Hoosier Hot Shots Nobodys Darling But Mine - Jimmie Davis April 6 - Merle Haggard, innovator of the Bakersfield Sound and... See also: 1937 in music, other events of 1938, 1939 in music and the list of years in music. // Events January 16 - Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall because black members of his orchestra are banned. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also: 1938 in country music, 1939 in music, other events of 1939, 1940 in country music, 1930s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Annabelle - Hoosier Hot Shots Back In The Saddle Again - Gene Autry San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys South of... This page indexes the individual year in country music pages. ...

Events

Top hits of the year

• "Hi-Yo, Silver" - Roy Rogers
• "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland" - Jimmie Davis
• "Red Hot Fannie" - Hoosier Hot Shots
• "Wabash Cannon Ball" - Roy Acuff

Dale Evans and Roy Rogers at the 61st Academy Awards Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), who became famous as Roy Rogers, was a singer and cowboy actor. ... James Houston Davis (September 11, 1899 - November 5, 2000), better known as Jimmie Davis, was a noted singer of both sacred and popular songs who served two nonconsecutive terms as a Democratic governor of Louisiana (1944-1948 and 1960-1964). ... The Hoosier Hot Shots were an American quartet of madcap musicians who entertained on stage, screen, radio, and records from the mid 1930s into the 1970s. ... The Wabash Cannonball is an American folk song that is thought to have originated sometime in the late nineteenth century. ... Roy Acuff on the cover of The Great Roy Acuff (1964) Roy Claxton Acuff (15 September 1903 – 23 November 1992) was an American country musician. ...

Births

• August 21 – Kenny Rogers, pop-styled country crooner who has enjoyed hits since the late 1960s.

is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Kenneth Donald Kenny Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas) is a prolific American country music singer, photographer, producer, songwriter, actor and businessman. ...

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.