1947 in country music

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

Events

(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
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

"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
"It's a Sin" — Eddy Arnold
"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 From My Eyes" — Sons of the Pioneers
"Temptation" — Red Engles and Jo Stafford
"That's What I Like About The West" — Tex Williams
"To My Sorrow" — Eddy Arnold

May 24 — Mike Reid, football player-turned-singer-songwriter during the 1980s.
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".
December 19 — Janie Fricke, 1970s session/backup singer who grew to indivdiual stardom during the early and mid 1980s.