1946 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1946.
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Top hits of the year
Number one hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
- January 5 - "You Will Have To Pay" - Tex Ritter
- January 5 - "White Cross on Okinawa" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
- February 2 - "Guitar Polka" - Al Dexter
- May 18 - "New Spanish Two Step" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
- September 14 - "Wine Women and Song" - Al Dexter
- October 12 - "Divorce Me C.O.D." - Merle Travis
Other major hits
- Chained To A Memory – Eddy Arnold
- Cincinnati Lou - Merle Travis
- No Vacancy - Merle Travis
- Detour - Spade Cooley
- Detour - Wesley Tuttle
- Detour - Elton Britt
- Drivin' Nails In My Coffin - Floyd Tillman
- Driving Nails In My Coffin - Ernest Tubb
- Freight Train Boogie - Delmore Brothers
- Get Yourself A Red Head - Hank Penny
- Steel Guitar Stomp - Hank Penny
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Gene Autry
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Tex Ritter
- I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine - Gene Autry
- I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine - Wesley Tuttle
- Kentucky Waltz - Bill Monroe
- All Alone In This World Without You - Eddy Arnold
- Roly Poly - Bob Wills
- Sioux City Sue - Tiny Hill
- Sioux City Sue - Hoosier Hot Shots
- Sioux City Sue - Zeke Manners
- Someday - Hoosier Hot Shots
- Someday - Elton Britt
- Someday - Gene Autry
- Stay A Little Longer - Bob Wills
- I Can't Go On This Way - Bob Wills
- Filipino Baby - T. Texas Tyler
- Filipino Baby - Cowboy Copas
- Filipino Baby - Ernest Tubb
- That's How Much I Love You - Eddy Arnold
- Wave To Me My Lady - Elton Britt
- Wave To Me My Lady - Gene Autry
- When You Leave Don't Slam The Door - Tex Ritter
- You Can't Break My Heart - Spade Cooley
- ″No One to Cry To″ — Sons of the Pioneers
- ″Harriet″ — Red Foley & Roy Ross & His Ramblers
- ″Long Time Gone″ — Tex Ritter
- ″Honey Do You Think It′s Wrong″ — Al Dexter
- ″Silver Spurs (On the Golden Stairs)″ — Gene Autry
- ″You Only Want Me When You`re Lonely″ — Gene Autry
- ″Blueberry Lane″ — Elton Britt
- ″Blue Texas Moonlight″ — Elton Britt and The Skytoppers
- ″Gotta Get Together with My Gal″ — Elton Britt
- ″The California Polka″ — Tex Williams
- ″Tho′ I Tried ( I Can`t Forget You)″ — Wesley Tuttle
- ″Footprints In The Snow″ — Bill Monroe
- ″A Little White Cross on the Hill″ — Roy Rogers
Births
- January 11 — Naomi Judd, mother half of The Judds.
- January 19 — Dolly Parton, major multi-faceted country star since the 1960s.
- March 20 — Ranger Doug, "The Idol of American Youth", member of Riders in the Sky
- July 15 — Linda Ronstadt, singer-songwriter with strong influences in both country and rock music.
- August 11 — John Conlee, former mortician and disc jockey who became one of the most consistent performers of the late 1970s and 1980s.
- November 2 — Howard Bellamy, of The Bellamy Brothers.
- November 5 — Gram Parsons, influential country rock and alt-country singer-songwriter-guitarist who was a member of such bands as The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, as well as a solo act (died 1973).
- December 11 — Tony Brown, record producer.
- December 25 — Jimmy Buffett, singer best known for his "island escapism"-styled music.
Deaths
- July 13 - Riley Puckett, 52, vocalist with the Skillet Lickers (blood poisoning).
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.
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