1947 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1947.
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Top hits of the year
Number one hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
| US | Single | Artist |
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| 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
| Single | Artist |
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| "Baby Doll" | Sons of the Pioneers |
| "Bang Bang" | Jimmie Davis |
| "Blue Moon of Kentucky" | Bill Monroe |
| "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 |
| "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 How Much I Love You" | Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys |
| "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 16 - Sonny LeMaire, member of the 1980s group Exile.
- 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.
Deaths
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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.