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Top Country Songs of the 1940s

1930s <-1940-> 1950s
    

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1943
1.
08/1943
166

15
US
6
country
✫1
R&B
vocals by Jimmy Mitchelle
[Bluebird 30-0813]
written by Jimmy Mitchelle (as Jimmy Mitchell) & Sammy Lowe
2.
08/1943
394

✫1
US
✫1
country
5
R&B
as Al Dexter and His Troopers
[Okeh 6708]
written by Al Dexter
3.
11/1943
352

2
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
[Decca 23277]
written by Al Dexter
1944
4.
01/1944
106

22
US
✫1
country


as Al Dexter and His Troopers
[Okeh 6708]
written by Al Dexter
5.
01/1944
131

15
US
2
country


[Decca 6093]
written by Ernest Tubb
6.
01/1944
200

11
US
✫1
country
✫1
R&B
as Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
[Decca 8654]
written by Antonio Cosey, Collenane Clark & Louis Jordan
7.
01/1944
168

15
US
4
country
✫1
R&B
vocals by Trevor Bacon
[Decca 18569]
written by Al Neiburg (as Al J. Neiburg), Lucky Millinder & Henri Woode (as William Henri Woode)
8.
02/1944
136

23
US
2
country
2
R&B
vocals by Savannah Churchill
[Capitol 144]
written by Richard Larkin & Benny Carter
9.
02/1944
133

13
US
4
country


as Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
[Okeh 6716]
written by Fred Rose (as Floyd Jenkins)
10.
03/1944
121

18
US
✫1
country


as Al Dexter and His Troopers
US B side to So Long Pal
[Okeh 6718]
written by Al Dexter
11.
03/1944
160

18
US
2
country
✫1
R&B
vocals by Ella Johnson
[Decca 8655]
written by Buddy Johnson & J. Mayo Williams
12.
03/1944
101

22
US
2
country


as Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra
[Decca 18587]
written by Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh & Irving Mills
13.
04/1944
118

16
US
4
country


with Ceele Burke's Orchestra
[Exclusive 3113]
written by Leon René & Johnny Lange
14.
04/1944
222

9
US
✫1
country
✫1
R&B
US B side to Straighten Up and Fly Right
[Capitol 154]
written by Nat King Cole & Irving Mills
15.
04/1944
165

14
US
2
country
3
R&B
[Beacon 7120]
written by Joe Davis
16.
05/1944
133

24
US
2
country
2
R&B
[Capitol 154]
written by Nadine Robinson & Dok Stanford
17.
05/1944
130

16
US
✫1
country


[Decca 6098]
written by Redd Stewart & Ernest Tubb
18.
06/1944
92

23
US
4
country


[Decca 6098]
written by Ernest Tubb
19.
06/1944
99

21
US
3
country


[Decca 4442]
written by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston
20.
07/1944
352

2
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
as Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
[Decca 8659]
written by Louis Jordan & Billy Austin
21.
07/1944
147

18
US
4
country
2
R&B
vocals by Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson ; aka Cherry Red Blues
[Hit 7084]
written by Bob Haggart
22.
07/1944
100

20
US
4
country


vocals by Wynonie Harris
[Decca 18609]
written by Benny Carter & Richard Larkin
23.
08/1944
205

7
US
✫1
country


[Decca 6102]
written by Zeke Clements & Earl Nunn
24.
09/1944
151

11
US
2
country


vocals by Leon Huff
[Okeh 6722]
written by Johnny Bond
25.
09/1944
134

14
US
2
country


vocals by Leon McAuliffe
[Okeh 6722]
written by Cindy Walker
26.
11/1944
99

21
US
3
country


as Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
[Okeh 6723]
written by Joe L. Frank & Pee Wee King
27.
11/1944
156

11
US
✫1
country


as Tex Ritter and His Texans
[Capitol 174]
written by Frank Harford
28.
11/1944
104

21
US
2
country


as Tex Ritter and His Texans
[Capitol 174]
written by Jimmie Davis, Ekko Whelan & Lee Blastic
1945
29.
01/1945
36



✫1
country


[Okeh 6727]
written by Al Dexter & James B. Paris
30.
02/1945
36



✫1
country


[Decca 6105]
written by Jimmie Davis, Ekko Whelan & Lee Blastic
31.
03/1945
36



✫1
country


with Tex Williams & Oakie
[Okeh 6731]
written by Spade Cooley
32.
03/1945
36



✫1
country


[Okeh 6736]
written by Earl Nunn & Zeke Clements
33.
04/1945
36



✫1
country


[Okeh 6737]
written by Gene Autry
34.
06/1945
36



✫1
country


[Okeh 6742]
written by Bob Wills & Cliff Johnson
35.
07/1945
36



✫1
country


[Capitol 201]
written by Woody Guthrie
36.
08/1945
36



✫1
country


as Tex Ritter and His Texans
[Capitol 206]
written by Jenny Lou Carson
37.
09/1945
148

13
US
✫1
country


as Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra & Red Foley
[Decca 18698]
written by Spade Cooley
38.
09/1945
133

16
US
✫1
country


[National 5007]
written by Dick Thomas & Max C. Freedman (as Ray Freedman)
39.
10/1945
36



✫1
country


as Wesley Tuttle and His Texas Stars
[Capitol 216]
written by Paul Howard
40.
11/1945
36



✫1
country


[Decca 6112]
written by Ernest Tubb
41.
11/1945
36



✫1
country


[Columbia 36841]
written by Ed Burt
1946
42.
02/1946
132

16
US
✫1
country


as Al Dexter and His Troopers
[instrumental]
[Columbia 36898]
written by Al Dexter & James B. Paris
43.
02/1946
143

12
US
3
country


written by Jimmie Hodges
44.
03/1946
110

19
US
3
country


[RCA Victor 20-1789]
written by Willie Stein (as William Stein) & Frank Loesser
45.
05/1946
114

20
US
✫1
country


vocals by Tommy Duncan
[Columbia 36966]
written by Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan
1947
46.
01/1947
106

21
US
2
country


[King 578]
written by traditional
47.
02/1947
129

14
US
4
country


vocals by Jimmy Castle
[Columbia 37210]
written by Morey Amsterdam
48.
05/1947
36



✫1
country


as Eddy Arnold & his Tennessee Plowboys
[RCA Victor 20-2241]
written by Zeb Turner & Fred Rose
49.
06/1947
366

✫1
US
2
country


featuring Jo Stafford on vocals
written by Arthur Freed & Nacio Brown (as Nacio Herb Brown)
50.
07/1947
371

✫1
US
✫1
country


[Capitol Americana 40001]
written by Merle Travis & Tex Williams
51.
07/1947
253

4
US
4
country


[Columbia 37189]
written by Al Dubin & Burton Lane
52.
07/1947
118

16
US
5
country


#1 hit for Bob Roberts in 1912
[Majestic 1155]
written by Lewis F. Muir, Maurice Abrahams & Grant Clarke
53.
08/1947
36



✫1
country


as Eddy Arnold & his Tennessee Plowboys
[RCA Victor 20-2332]
written by Eddy Arnold, Hal Horton & Tommy Dilbeck
54.
08/1947
212

6
US
5
country


[Capitol 443]
written by Al Dubin & Burton Lane
55.
12/1947
167

9
US
5
country


[Christmas]
[Columbia 37942]
written by Gene Autry & Oakley Haldeman
1948
56.
03/1948
128

17
US
✫1
country


as Eddy Arnold & his Tennessee Plowboys
[RCA Victor 2700]
written by Herbert "Happy" Lawson
57.
03/1948
83

29
US
2
country


as Eddy Arnold & his Tennessee Plowboys
US b side to Anytime
[RCA Victor 2700]
written by Stu Davis
58.
05/1948
167

9
US
7
country


vocals by Frankie Yankovic & Johnny Pecon
[Columbia 12359]
written by Joe Shelton, Sydney Robin & Bob Shelton
59.
05/1948
152

13
US
✫1
country


as Eddy Arnold & his Tennessee Plowboys
[RCA Victor 2806]
written by Steve Nelson & Bob Hilliard
60.
05/1948
124

18
US
✫1
country


as Eddy Arnold & his Tennessee Plowboys
US b side to Bouquet of Roses
[RCA Victor 2806]
written by Cottonseed Clark & Fred Rose
61.
08/1948
134

14
US
3
country


as Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys
[MGM 10224]
written by Carson Robison
62.
08/1948
150

13
US
✫1
country


63.
09/1948
71

30
US
5
country


[Decca 46134]
written by Ernest Tubb, Ike Cargill & Johnny Bond
64.
10/1948
112

17
US
6
country


[Columbia 20469]
written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
65.
10/1948
172

10
US
✫1
country


[Capitol 15162]
written by Eddie Dean, Dearest Dean & Hal Blair
66.
11/1948
106

23
US
✫1
country


[RCA Victor 3174]
written by Eddy Arnold, Steve Nelson & Ray Soehnel
67.
11/1948
80

27
US
5
country


[Capitol 15271]
written by Carson Robison (as Carson J. Robinson)
68.
11/1948
80

30
US
2
country


US b side to A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)
written by Red Fortner
69.
11/1948
184

8
US
4
country


[R]
[Christmas]
[Columbia 37942]
written by Gene Autry & Oakley Haldeman
70.
12/1948
113

21
US
✫1
country


[Capitol 15243]
written by Floyd Tillman
71.
12/1948
38



12
country
6
R&B
as Roy Brown and His Orchestra
US B side to Rainy Weather Blues
[Deluxe 3198]
written by Roy Brown
1949
72.
36



✫1
country


[Columbia 20547]
written by George Morgan
73.
36



✫1
country


written by Billy Hughes
74.
02/1949
110

16
US
13
country


[Decca 24547]
written by traditional
75.
02/1949
107

23
US
✫1
country


US b side to There's Not a Thing (I Wouldn't Do fo You)
[RCA 48-0042]
written by Jenny Lou Carson
76.
03/1949
140

12
US
7
country


as Frankie Yankovic & His Yanks & the Marlin Qisters
[Columbia 12394]
written by Mitchell Parish & Václav Bláha
77.
04/1949
80

30
US
2
country


written by Ernest Tubb, Ernie Benedict (as Ernest Benedict), Roy West & Lenny Sanders
78.
04/1949
69

27
US
15
country


[Mercury 5251]
written by Garner Eckler
79.
04/1949
375

✫1
US
2
country


written by Stan Jones
80.
04/1949
94

21
US
8
country


[Columbia 38485]
written by Stan Jones
81.
05/1949
104

24
US
✫1
country


as Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys
[MGM 10352]
written by Cliff Friend & Irving Mills
82.
05/1949
107

23
US
✫1
country


[RCA 48-0083]
written by Steve Nelson, Ed Nelson Jr. & Eddy Arnold
83.
07/1949
122

19
US
✫1
country


84.
07/1949
252

4
US
8
country


[London 30001]
written by Jenny Lou Carson
85.
07/1949
110

22
US
✫1
country


[King 791]
written by Wayne Raney & Lonnie Glosson
86.
08/1949
89

22
US
9
country


with June Carter
[RCA Victor 48-0075]
written by Frank Loesser
87.
08/1949
76

26
US
10
country


[RCA Victor 48-0060]
written by Tim Spencer
88.
09/1949
174

9
US
4
country


[Coral 64012]
written by Everett Lynton & Harry Tilsley
89.
09/1949
380

✫1
US
✫1
country


written by Floyd Tillman
90.
09/1949
69

30
US
6
country


[Capitol 57-40224]
written by Claude Bonne
91.
09/1949
36



✫1
country


92.
10/1949
89

25
US
4
country


[Columbia 20594]
written by Tim Spencer
93.
11/1949
36



✫1
country


[Capitol 40238]
written by Leon Payne
94.
11/1949
193

8
US
2
country


written by Floyd Tillman
95.
11/1949
185

9
US
✫1
country


[Capitol 40258]
written by Johnny Lange, Hy Heath & Fred Glickman
96.
11/1949
128

17
US
✫1
country


[Decca 46173]
written by Floyd Tillman
97.
12/1949
107

23
US
✫1
country


[Christmas]
[Decca 46186]
written by Billy Hayes & Jay W. Johnson
98.
12/1949
145

11
US
7
country


with Jack Shook & Dottie Dillard
[Coral 60107]
written by Rabon Delmore, Wayne Raney, Henry Glover & Alton Delmore
99.
12/1949
378

✫1
US
✫1
country


as Gene Autry & The Pinafores
[Christmas]
[Columbia 38610]
written by Johnny Marks
100.
12/1949
84

24
US
8
country


[R]
[Christmas]
written by Gene Autry & Oakley Haldeman

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