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See also: The 1930s in country music, 1940 in music, other events of 1940, 1941 in country music, 1940s in music and the List of years in Country Music

Events

Top hits of the year

"Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye" - Gene Autry
"New San Antonio Rose" — Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
"Too Late" - Jimmy Wakely and Jimmie Davis
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" - Bing Crosby
"Worried Mind" - Ted Daffan's Texans
"You Are My Sunshine" - Jimmie Davis

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. "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954: The History of American Popular Music," Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1986 (ISBN 0-89820-083-0).

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