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1946 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1946.

Contents

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

  • January 5 - "You Will Have To Pay" - Tex Ritter
  • January 5 - "White Cross on Okinawa" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  • February 2 - "Guitar Polka" - Al Dexter
  • May 18 - "New Spanish Two Step" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  • September 14 - "Wine Women and Song" - Al Dexter
  • October 12 - "Divorce Me C.O.D." - Merle Travis

    • Other major hits

  • Chained To A Memory – Eddy Arnold
  • Cincinnati Lou - Merle Travis
  • No Vacancy - Merle Travis
  • Detour - Spade Cooley
  • Detour - Wesley Tuttle
  • Detour - Elton Britt
  • Drivin' Nails In My Coffin - Floyd Tillman
  • Driving Nails In My Coffin - Ernest Tubb
  • Freight Train Boogie - Delmore Brothers
  • Get Yourself A Red Head - Hank Penny
  • Steel Guitar Stomp - Hank Penny
  • Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Gene Autry
  • Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Tex Ritter
  • I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine - Gene Autry
  • I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine - Wesley Tuttle
  • Kentucky Waltz - Bill Monroe
  • All Alone In This World Without You - Eddy Arnold
  • Roly Poly - Bob Wills
  • Sioux City Sue - Tiny Hill
  • Sioux City Sue - Hoosier Hot Shots
  • Sioux City Sue - Zeke Manners
  • Someday - Hoosier Hot Shots
  • Someday - Elton Britt
  • Someday - Gene Autry
  • Stay A Little Longer - Bob Wills
  • I Can't Go On This Way - Bob Wills
  • Filipino Baby - T. Texas Tyler
  • Filipino Baby - Cowboy Copas
  • Filipino Baby - Ernest Tubb
  • That's How Much I Love You - Eddy Arnold
  • Wave To Me My Lady - Elton Britt
  • Wave To Me My Lady - Gene Autry
  • When You Leave Don't Slam The Door - Tex Ritter
  • You Can't Break My Heart - Spade Cooley
  • ″No One to Cry To″ — Sons of the Pioneers
  • ″Harriet″ — Red Foley & Roy Ross & His Ramblers
  • ″Long Time Gone″ — Tex Ritter
  • ″Honey Do You Think It′s Wrong″ — Al Dexter
  • ″Silver Spurs (On the Golden Stairs)″ — Gene Autry
  • ″You Only Want Me When You`re Lonely″ — Gene Autry
  • ″Blueberry Lane″ — Elton Britt
  • ″Blue Texas Moonlight″ — Elton Britt and The Skytoppers
  • ″Gotta Get Together with My Gal″ — Elton Britt
  • ″The California Polka″ — Tex Williams
  • ″Tho′ I Tried ( I Can`t Forget You)″ — Wesley Tuttle
  • ″Footprints In The Snow″ — Bill Monroe
  • ″A Little White Cross on the Hill″ — Roy Rogers

    • Births

  • January 11 — Naomi Judd, mother half of The Judds.
  • January 19 — Dolly Parton, major multi-faceted country star since the 1960s.
  • March 20 — Ranger Doug, "The Idol of American Youth", member of Riders in the Sky
  • July 15 — Linda Ronstadt, singer-songwriter with strong influences in both country and rock music.
  • August 11 — John Conlee, former mortician and disc jockey who became one of the most consistent performers of the late 1970s and 1980s.
  • November 2 — Howard Bellamy, of The Bellamy Brothers.
  • November 5 — Gram Parsons, influential country rock and alt-country singer-songwriter-guitarist who was a member of such bands as The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, as well as a solo act (died 1973).
  • December 11 — Tony Brown, record producer.
  • December 25 — Jimmy Buffett, singer best known for his "island escapism"-styled music.

    • Deaths

  • July 13 - Riley Puckett, 52, vocalist with the Skillet Lickers (blood poisoning).

    • References

    1946 in country music Wikipedia
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