1945 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1945.
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Top hits of the year
Number one hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
| US | Single | Artist |
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| February 3 | "I'm Losing My Mind Over You" | Al Dexter |
| "March 17 | "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" | Jimmie Davis |
| March 31 | "Shame on You" | Spade Cooley |
| "April 14 | "Smoke on the Water" | Bob Wills |
| May 19 | "At Mail Call Today" | Gene Autry |
| July 7 | "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
| July 28 | "Oklahoma Hills" | Jack Guthrie |
| August 25 | "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" | Tex Ritter |
| October 27 | "With Tears in My Eyes" | Wesley Tuttle |
| Nov 17 | "Sioux City Sue" | Dick Thomas |
| Nov 24 | "Shame on You" | Lawrence Welk Orchestra with Red Foley |
| Dec 8 | "It's Been So Long Darling" | Ernest Tubb |
| Dec 15 | "Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
Other Major Hits
| Single | Artist |
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| "Careless Darlin'" | Ernest Tubb |
| "Christmas Carols At The Old Corral" | Tex Ritter |
| "Don't Fence Me In" | Gene Autry |
| "Don't Hang Around Me Anymore" | Gene Autry |
| "Don′t Live a Lie" | Gene Autry |
| "Each Minute Seems a Million Years" | Eddy Arnold |
| "Each Night at Nine" | Floyd Tillman |
| "Hang Your Head In Shame" | Bob Wills |
| "Hang Your Head In Shame" | Red Foley |
| "Headin' Down the Wrong Highway" | Ted Daffan |
| "Hitler's Last Letter to Hirohito" | Carson Robison |
| "I Never Let You Worry My Mind" | Red Foley |
| "I Want To Be Sure" | Gene Autry |
| "I′ll Be Back" | Gene Autry |
| "I'll Wait For You Dear" | Al Dexter |
| "I'm A Branding My Darling With My Heart" | Jack Guthrie |
| "I'm A Convict With Old Glory in My Heart" | Elton Britt |
| "I'm Gonna Build a Big Fence Around Texas" | Gene Autry |
| "I'm Lost Without You" | Al Dexter |
| "I've Taken All I'm Gonne Take" | Gene Autry |
| "Jealous Heart" | Tex Ritter |
| "Keep My Memory In Your Heart" | Ernest Tubb |
| "Mexico Joe" | Ivie Anderson |
| "A Pair of Broken Hearts" | Spade Cooley |
| "Shadow on Your Heart" | Ted Daffan |
| "Smoke on the Water" | Boyd Heath |
| "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" | Sons of the Pioneers |
| "Texas Playboy Rag" | Bob Wills |
| "Time Won't Heal My Broken Heart" | Ted Daffan |
| "Tomorrow Never Comes" | Ernest Tubb |
| "Triflin' Gal" | Al Dexter |
| "You Don't Care What Happens to Me" | Bob Wills |
| "You're Breaking My Heart" | Ted Daffan |
Births
- January 16 — Ronnie Milsap, blind, blue-eyed soul-styled singer who became one of country music's most popular entertainers of the 1970s and 1980s.
- March 14 — Michael Martin Murphey, Western-styled singer-songwriter who enjoyed mainstream success in the 1980s as a country-pop performer.
- May 23 – Misty Morgan, singer-songwriter who, with husband Jack Blanchard, had a string of animal-themed hit recordings in the 1970s.
- June 5 — Don Reid, lead singer and main songwriter of The Statler Brothers.
- June 20 — Anne Murray, Canadian vocalist who became one of that country's most successful country music performers during the 1970s and 1980s.
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.