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:'''''Note''': Starting May 15, a second chart - the Best Selling Folk Retail Records chart - begins tracking the popularity of country songs, in addition to the Most Played Juke Box Folk Records chart. This means that for the first time, there could be more than one No. 1 hit on a given date.
:'''''Note''': Starting May 15, a second chart - the Best Selling Folk Retail Records chart - begins tracking the popularity of country songs, in addition to the Most Played Juke Box Folk Records chart. This means that for the first time, there could be more than one No. 1 hit on a given date.


===Other major hits===
Tennessee Waltz Peewee King and Redd Stewart

Sweeter Than The Flowers Moon Mullican
* Tennessee Waltz Peewee King and Redd Stewart
Life Gets Teejus Don't It Carson Robinson
* Sweeter Than The Flowers Moon Mullican
Suspicion Tex Williams
* Life Gets Teejus Don't It Carson Robinson
Never Trust A Woman Tex Williams
Don't Telegraph (Tell A Woman) Tex Williams
* Suspicion Tex Williams
* Never Trust A Woman Tex Williams
Humpty Dumpty Heart Hank Thompson
* Don't Telegraph (Tell A Woman) Tex Williams
Deck Of Cards T. Texas Tyler
* Humpty Dumpty Heart Hank Thompson
What A Fool I Was Eddy Arnold
* Deck Of Cards T. Texas Tyler
My Daddy Is Only A Picture Eddy Arnold
Then I Turned And Walked Slowly Away Eddy Arnold
* What A Fool I Was Eddy Arnold
* My Daddy Is Only A Picture Eddy Arnold
Banjo Polka Tex Williams
* Then I Turned And Walked Slowly Away Eddy Arnold
Signed Sealed AND Delivered Cowboy Copas
* Banjo Polka Tex Williams
Tennessee Moon Cowboy Copas
* Signed Sealed AND Delivered Cowboy Copas
Blue Shadows On The Trail Roy Rogers
* Tennessee Moon Cowboy Copas
Seaman's Blues Ernest Tubb
* Blue Shadows On The Trail Roy Rogers
Forever Is Ending Today Ernest Tubb
* Seaman's Blues Ernest Tubb
Rye Whiskey Tex Ritter
* Forever Is Ending Today Ernest Tubb
Rock and Rye Rag Tex Ritter
* Rye Whiskey Tex Ritter
Buttons And Bows Gene Autry
* Rock and Rye Rag Tex Ritter
Honky Tonkin' Hank Williams
* Buttons And Bows Gene Autry
Bubbles In My Beer Bob Wills
* Honky Tonkin' Hank Williams
Waltz Of The Wind Roy Acuff
* Bubbles In My Beer Bob Wills
Who Me? Tex Williams
* Waltz Of The Wind Roy Acuff
I Love You So Much It Hurts Floyd Tillman
* Who Me? Tex Williams
Green Light Hank Thompson
* I Love You So Much It Hurts Floyd Tillman
Chime Bells Elton Britt
* Green Light Hank Thompson
Cool Water Sons Of The Pioneers
* Chime Bells Elton Britt
Peepin' Through The Keyhole Cliffie Stone
* Cool Water Sons Of The Pioneers
I'm My Own Grandpa Lonzo and Oscar
* Peepin' Through The Keyhole Cliffie Stone
Molly Darling Eddy Arnold
* I'm My Own Grandpa Lonzo and Oscar
Doghouse Boogie Hawkshaw Hawkins
* Molly Darling Eddy Arnold
Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello Ernest Tubb
* Doghouse Boogie Hawkshaw Hawkins
Have You Ever Been Lonely Ernest Tubb—
* Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello Ernest Tubb
* Have You Ever Been Lonely Ernest Tubb


==Top new album releases==
==Top new album releases==

Revision as of 23:04, 5 December 2006

See also: 1947 in country music, 1948 in music, other events of 1948, 1949 in country music, 1940s in music and the List of years in Country Music

Events

  • May 15 - Billboard magazine begins a sales-based Best Selling Folk Retail Records chart, the magazine's second chart to track the popularity of country songs. The new chart complements the existing Most Played Juke Box Folk Records chart, and begins a practice of multiple charts (and possible simultaneous No. 1 songs) that will continue for the next 10 years.

No dates

  • Eddy Arnold dominates the Billboard magazine charts, scoring five No. 1 songs (six, if one counts Arnold's "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms," which had been No. 1 since November 1947). Only Jimmy Wakely's "One Has My Name (the Other Has My Heart)" breaks Arnold's streak. Four other songs by Arnold also make the country charts.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

Note: Starting May 15, a second chart - the Best Selling Folk Retail Records chart - begins tracking the popularity of country songs, in addition to the Most Played Juke Box Folk Records chart. This means that for the first time, there could be more than one No. 1 hit on a given date.

Other major hits

  • Tennessee Waltz Peewee King and Redd Stewart
  • Sweeter Than The Flowers Moon Mullican
  • Life Gets Teejus Don't It Carson Robinson
  • Suspicion Tex Williams
  • Never Trust A Woman Tex Williams
  • Don't Telegraph (Tell A Woman) Tex Williams
  • Humpty Dumpty Heart Hank Thompson
  • Deck Of Cards T. Texas Tyler
  • What A Fool I Was Eddy Arnold
  • My Daddy Is Only A Picture Eddy Arnold
  • Then I Turned And Walked Slowly Away Eddy Arnold
  • Banjo Polka Tex Williams
  • Signed Sealed AND Delivered Cowboy Copas
  • Tennessee Moon Cowboy Copas
  • Blue Shadows On The Trail Roy Rogers
  • Seaman's Blues Ernest Tubb
  • Forever Is Ending Today Ernest Tubb
  • Rye Whiskey Tex Ritter
  • Rock and Rye Rag Tex Ritter
  • Buttons And Bows Gene Autry
  • Honky Tonkin' Hank Williams
  • Bubbles In My Beer Bob Wills
  • Waltz Of The Wind Roy Acuff
  • Who Me? Tex Williams
  • I Love You So Much It Hurts Floyd Tillman
  • Green Light Hank Thompson
  • Chime Bells Elton Britt
  • Cool Water Sons Of The Pioneers
  • Peepin' Through The Keyhole Cliffie Stone
  • I'm My Own Grandpa Lonzo and Oscar
  • Molly Darling Eddy Arnold
  • Doghouse Boogie Hawkshaw Hawkins
  • Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello Ernest Tubb
  • Have You Ever Been Lonely Ernest Tubb

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.