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See also: 1943 in country music, 1944 in music, other events of 1944, 1945 in country music, 1940s in music and the List of years in Country Music See also: 1942 in country music, 1943 in music, other events of 1943, 1944 in country music, 1940s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Events Top hits of the year Home in San Antone - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys No Letter Today - Ted Daffans...
See also: 1943 in music, other events of 1944, 1945 in music and the list of years in music. // Events Jo Stafford launches her solo career Frank Sinatra begins his film career with the musical Higher And Higher Frankie Laine cuts his first singles for the Beltone and Atlas labels...
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
<bg color=fff567> // 1940 in music International trends Allied servicemen help bring American and European popular music to Asian countries when they are stationed in Hawaii and the Philippines; this especially includes popularizing the guitar and ukulele in Papua New Guinea Disneys Fantasia introduces stereo sound Music of Argentina...
This page indexes the individual year in country music pages. ...
Events
- January 8 — Billboard magazine publishes its first "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" chart, the first widespread method of tracking the nationwide popularity of current country music songs. The first No. 1 song is "Pistol Packin' Mama" by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters. The new chart is the predecessor to today's Hot Country Songs chart.
- February 26 - Less than two months after the chart's inception, jazz and rhythm & blues performer Louis Jordan becomes the first African-American performer to top the Most Played Juke Box Folk chart (with "Ration Blues"). It is a big year for African-American performers: Jordan has a second No. 1 hit later in the year with "Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)," while the Nat King Cole-led trio reach the top with "Straighten Up and Fly Right." Jordan and Cole are the only black performers to have a No. 1 hit until 1969, when Charley Pride breaks the streak.
January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
An example of a Billboard Magazine. ...
Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903? – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ...
The Andrews Sisters on the cover of the reissue collection The Best of the Andrew Sisters: The Millennium Collection. ...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ...
February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
An African American is a U.S. citizen who is socially perceived as being at least part black, especially one with ancestors imported to America during slavery. ...
For other uses, see King Cole (disambiguation). ...
Charley Pride on the cover of one of his several greatest hits albums, from 2003 Charley Frank Pride (born March 18, 1938 in Sledge, Mississippi) is a former Negro League baseball player who became one of the only African Americans to have a successful career in modern country music. ...
Top hits of the year
Number one hits (As certified by Billboard magazine) An example of a Billboard Magazine. ...
January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903? – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ...
The Andrews Sisters on the cover of the reissue collection The Best of the Andrew Sisters: The Millennium Collection. ...
February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Al Dexter (May 4, 1902 in Jacksonville, Texas - January 28, 1984 in Lewisville, Texas) is an American country musician and songwriter, best known for Pistol Packin Mama, a 1942 hit that was one of the most popular recordings of the World War 2 years. ...
February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Louis Jordan swinging on sax, Paramount Theatre, NYC, 1946 (Photo: William P. Gottlieb) Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 - February 4, 1975) was a pioneering and hugely influential African-American jazz and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. ...
March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ...
Al Dexter (May 4, 1902 in Jacksonville, Texas - January 28, 1984 in Lewisville, Texas) is an American country musician and songwriter, best known for Pistol Packin Mama, a 1942 hit that was one of the most popular recordings of the World War 2 years. ...
March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ...
March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ...
Al Dexter (May 4, 1902 in Jacksonville, Texas - January 28, 1984 in Lewisville, Texas) is an American country musician and songwriter, best known for Pistol Packin Mama, a 1942 hit that was one of the most popular recordings of the World War 2 years. ...
April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ...
Al Dexter (May 4, 1902 in Jacksonville, Texas - January 28, 1984 in Lewisville, Texas) is an American country musician and songwriter, best known for Pistol Packin Mama, a 1942 hit that was one of the most popular recordings of the World War 2 years. ...
June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ...
For other uses, see King Cole (disambiguation). ...
July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ...
Louis Jordan swinging on sax, Paramount Theatre, NYC, 1946 (Photo: William P. Gottlieb) Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 - February 4, 1975) was a pioneering and hugely influential African-American jazz and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. ...
September 2 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (246th in leap years). ...
Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 - September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. ...
September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ...
Clyde Julian Red Foley ( June 17, 1910 - September 19, 1968) was a country music singer. ...
December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ...
Tex Ritter Tex Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was an American country singer and actor. ...
Other major hits Gene Autry Gene Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998) was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television. ...
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. "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.
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