Country-Musik 1947

Ereignisse

• Der WFIL Hayloft Hoedown geht in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, erstmals auf Sendung
• Das WTOD Maumee Valley Jamboree geht in Toledo, Ohio, erstmals auf Sendung
• Das WVOK Dixie Jamboree geht in Birmingham, Alabama, erstmals auf Sendung

Top-Hits des Jahres

Nummer-Eins Hits

• 18. Januar - "Rainbow at Midnight" - Ernest Tubb
• 8. Februar - "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" - Merle Travis
• 17. Mai - "New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)" - Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
• 24. Mai - "What is Life Without Love" - Eddy Arnold
• 7. Juni - "Sugar Moon" - Bob Wills and Hhis Texas Playboys
• 19. Juli - "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" - Tex Williams
• 1. November - "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" - Eddy Arnold

Weitere Hits

• "Baby Doll" - Sons Of The Pioneers
• "Bang Bang" - Jimmie Davis
• "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" - Roy Acuff
• "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
• "Here Comes Santa Claus" - Gene Autry
• "I Couldn' Believe It Was True" - Eddy Arnold
• "I'll Step Aside" - Ernest Tubb
• "Lil' Liza Jane" - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
• "Move It On Over" - Hank Williams
• "Never Trust A Woman" - Red Foley and his Cumberland Valley Boys
• "Never Trust A Woman" - Tex Williams
• "Our Own Jolie Blon" - Roy Acuff
• "Pretty Blond" - Moon Mullican
• "Remember Me (When The Candlelights Are Gleaming)" - T. Texas Tyler
• "Steel Guitar Rag" - Merle Travis
• "Teardrops From My Eyes" - Sons Of The Pioneers
• "Temptation" - Red Engles & Jo Stafford
• "That's What I Like About The West" - Tex Williams
• "To My Sorrow" - Eddy Arnold

Geboren

• 15. März - Ry Cooder
• 2. April - Emmylou Harris
• 13. Juni - John Kahn
• 26. September - Lynn Anderson
• 19. Dezember - Janie Fricke

Siehe auch

Liste der erfolgreichsten Countrysongs in den USA (1947)