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1947 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1947.

Contents

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

  • January 18 - "Rainbow at Midnight" - Ernest Tubb
  • February 8 - "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" - Merle Travis
  • May 17 - "New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)" - Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
  • May 24 - "What is Life Without Love" - Eddy Arnold
  • June 7 - "Sugar Moon" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  • June 1 - "It's a Sin" - Eddy Arnold
  • July 19 - "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" - Tex Williams
  • November 1 - "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" - Eddy Arnold

    • Other major hits

  • "Baby Doll" — Sons of the Pioneers
  • "Bang Bang" — Jimmie Davis
  • "Cigarettes Whiskey And Wild Wild Women" — Sons of the Pioneers
  • "Don't Look Now" — Ernest Tubb
  • "Fat Gal" — Merle Travis
  • "Feudin' And Fightin'" — Dorothy Shay
  • "Filipino Baby" — Ernest Tubb
  • "Freight Train Boogie" — Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
  • "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" — Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
  • "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" — Gene Autry
  • "I Couldn' Believe It Was True" — Eddy Arnold
  • "I'll Step Aside" — Ernest Tubb
  • "Missouri" — Merle Travis
  • "Move It On Over" — Hank Williams
  • "Never Trust a Woman" — Red Foley
  • "Never Trust a Woman" — Tex Williams
  • "Our Own Jolie Blon" — Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
  • "Pretty Blond" — Moon Mullican
  • "That's How Much I Love You" — Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
  • "So Round So Firm So Fully Packed" — Johnny Bond
  • "So Round So Firm So Fully Packed" — Ernest Tubb
  • "Steel Guitar Rag" — Merle Travis
  • "Teardrops in My Heart" — Sons of the Pioneers
  • "Temptation" — Red Ingle and The Natural Seven feat. Jo Stafford
  • "That's What I Like About The West" — Tex Williams
  • "To My Sorrow" — Eddy Arnold

    • Births

  • April 2 — Emmylou Harris, country-rock and alternative country-styled singer who enjoyed mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • May 24 — Mike Reid, football player-turned-singer-songwriter during the 1980s.
  • July 22 — Don Henley, member of the country-rock group Eagles.
  • September 26 — Lynn Anderson, top female country singer of the 1970s; best-remembered for her crossover pop smash, "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" (died 2015).
  • November 10 — Dave Loggins, singer-songwriter who wrote a number of successful country songs during the 1980s.
  • December 19 — Janie Fricke, 1970s session/backup singer who grew to individual stardom during the early and mid-1980s.

    • References

    1947 in country music Wikipedia
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