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See also: 1946 in country music, 1947 in music, other events of 1947, 1948 in country music, 1940s in music and the List of years in Country Music See also: 1945 in country music, 1946 in music, other events of 1946, 1947 in country music, 1940s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Events Top hits of the year Number one hits (As certified by Billboard magazine) January 5 - You Will Have to Pay - Tex...
See also: 1946 in music, other events of 1947, 1948 in music and the list of years in music. // Events Patti Page signs with Mercury Frankie Laine earns his first, of 21, gold records Kay Starr signs with Capitol George Jones begins performing Jimmy Rogers begins recording the Weavers begin...
1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 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. ...
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Top hits of the year
Number one hits (As certified by Billboard magazine) An example of a Billboard Magazine. ...
January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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. ...
February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Merle Travis (November 29, 1917 - October 20, 1983) is an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician. ...
May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ...
Clyde Julian Red Foley ( June 17, 1910 - September 19, 1968) was a country music singer. ...
May 24 is the 144th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (145th in leap years). ...
Eddy Arnold (May 15, 1918) is an American country music singer. ...
June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ...
James Robert (Bob) Wills (March 6, 1905 – May 13, 1975) was an American country musician and songwriter. ...
July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ...
Tex Williams (August 23, 1917 - October 11, 1985) was an American country musician from Ramsey, Illinois. ...
November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ...
Eddy Arnold (May 15, 1918) is an American country music singer. ...
Other major hits - "It's Mighty Dark to Travel" - Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
- "Kentucky" - Blue Sky Boys
- "New Pretty Blonde (New Jole Blon)" - Moon Mullican
- "The Tramp on the Street" - Molly O'Day with the Cumberland Mountain Folks
- "Wabash Cannonball" - Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
Bill Monroe Bill Monroe (September 13, 1911 - September 9, 1996) developed the style of country music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the Blue Grass Boys, named for his home state of Kentucky. ...
Moon Mullican was an American country and western singer and pianist in the late 1940s and 1950s from Louisiana. ...
The Wabash Cannonball is an American folk song that is thought to have originated sometime in the late nineteenth century. ...
Roy Claxton Acuff (15 September 1903–23 November 1992) was an American country musician. ...
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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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