1941 in country music

none This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1941. 1941 1941 country music Events January 1 – Radio programmers begin a 10-month ban on the ASCAP catalog when they fail to reach an agreement. Instead, disc jockeys begin to rely on BMI and its catalog of "hillbilly" music. October – The Grand Ole Opry organizes a "Camel Country" tour in a show of support for American servicemen, many of whom would be off to war two months later. Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings The following songs achieved the highest positions in Billboard magazine's 'Best Sellers in Stores' chart, monthly 'Hillbilly Hits' chart, supplemented by 'Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954' and record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website,Whitburn Joel Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 Record Research 1986 and other sources as specified, during 1941. Numerical rankings are approximate. Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions 1 Gene Autry "You Are My Sunshine"OKeh (by CBS) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6000 - 6500 https://www.78discography.com/OK6000.htm 2022-01-06 www.78discography.com Okeh 6274 1941 6 18 1941 7 10 US Billboard 1941 #131, US Pop #23 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #1, Hillbilly #1 for 20 weeks, 50 total weeks, 403 points, 1,000,000 salesTSHA Autry, Orvon Gene https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/autry-orvon-gene 2022-04-26 www.tshaonline.org 2 Ernest Tubb "Walking the Floor Over You"Decca matrix 93673. Walking the floor over you / Ernest Tubb - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000285024/93673-Walking_the_floor_over_you 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5958 1941 4 26 1941 5 28 US Billboard 1941 #154, US Pop #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #2, Hillbilly #1 for 10 weeks, 72 total weeks, 292 points, 1,000,000 sales (see 1942, 8 more weeks at #1), Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, presented gold record 1964. 3 Gene Autry "Be Honest with Me"OKeh (by CBS) numerical listing discography: 5600 - 5999 https://www.78discography.com/OK5600.htm 2022-01-06 www.78discography.com Okeh 5980 1940 8 20 1941 1 17 US Billboard 1941 #147, US Pop #23 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #3, Hillbilly #1 for 6 week, 58 total weeks, 262 points, 1941 Best Original Song Nominee 4 Louise Massey and the Westerners "My Adobe Hacienda" Okeh 6077 1941 1 27 1941 3 US Billboard 1941 #99, US Pop #13 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #4, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 107 points 5 Curly Hicks And His Taproom Boys "Frisky Fiddler Polka"Victor matrix BS-054534. Frisky fiddler / Curly Hicks; Taproom Boys - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200045831/BS-054534-Frisky_fiddler 2022-08-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 8740 1940 10 8 1941 7 11 US Hillbilly 1941 #5, Hillbilly #4 for 2 weeks, 34 total weeks, 101 points 6 Gene Autry "Tears On My Pillow" Okeh 6239 1940 8 22 1941 6 12 US Hillbilly 1941 #6, Hillbilly #4 for 3 weeks, 41 total weeks, 100 points 7 Gene Autry "You Waited Too Long" Okeh 5781 1941 8 22 1941 9 5 US Hillbilly 1941 #7, Hillbilly #2 for 6 weeks, 21 total weeks, 95 points 8 Roy Rogers and his Saddle Pals "New Worried Mind"Decca matrix DLA 2247. New worried mind / Roy Rogers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268670/DLA_2247-New_worried_mind 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5906 1940 11 29 1940 12 29 US Hillbilly 1941 #8, Hillbilly #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 90 points 9 Jimmie Davis "I'm Sorry Now"Decca matrix 68724. I'm sorry now / Jimmie Davis - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296837/68724-Im_sorry_now 2022-08-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5926 1941 2 21 1941 3 12 US Hillbilly 1941 #9, Hillbilly #3 for 3 weeks, 27 total weeks, 84 points 10 Tennessee Ramblers "Come Swing With Me"Victor matrix BS-056535. Come swing with me / Cecil Campbell; Tennessee Ramblers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200047009/BS-056535-Come_swing_with_me 2022-08-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 8742 1940 10 12 1941 7 11 US Hillbilly 1941 #10, Hillbilly #3 for 4 weeks, 21 total weeks, 81 points 11 Rice Brothers' Gang "My Carolina Sunshine Girl"Decca matrix 93696. My Carolina sunshine girl / Rice Brothers Gang - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000285047/93696-My_Carolina_sunshine_girl 2022-08-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5959 1941 3 11 1941 4 US Hillbilly 1941 #11, Hillbilly #3 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 75 points 12 Karl And Harty "Let's All Have Another Beer" Okeh 6066 1941 1 24 1941 3 US Hillbilly 1941 #12, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 72 points 13 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys "Take Me Back to Tulsa" Okeh 6101 1941 2 24 1941 3 US Hillbilly 1941 #13, Hillbilly #1 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 72 points, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500 14 Delmore Brothers "When It's Time For The Whip-Poor-Will To Sing"Decca matrix 68074. When it's time for the whip-poor-will to sing / Delmore Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296187/68074-When_its_time_for_the_whip-poor-will_to_sing 2022-08-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5925 1940 9 11 1941 2 28 US Hillbilly 1941 #14, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 72 points 15 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys "Maiden's Prayer" Okeh 6205 1941 2 24 1941 5 16 US Hillbilly 1941 #15, Hillbilly #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks, 69 points 16 Roy Rogers and his Saddle Pals "Time Changes Everything"Decca matrix DLA 2247. New worried mind / Roy Rogers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268670/DLA_2247-New_worried_mind 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5906 1940 11 29 1940 12 29 US Hillbilly 1941 #16, Hillbilly #2 for 2 weeks, 21 total weeks, 69 points 17 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys "New Worried Mind" Okeh 6101 1941 2 24 1941 3 US Billboard 1941 #108, US Pop #14 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #17, Hillbilly #2 for 3 weeks, 17 total weeks, 64 points 18 Sons of the Pioneers "Cool Water"Decca matrix 93632. Cool water / Sons of the Pioneers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000284983/93632-Cool_water 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5844 1941 3 27 1941 4 25 US Billboard 1941 #142, US Pop #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #18, Hillbilly #1 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 63 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1986 19 Delmore Brothers "She Won't Be My Little Darling"Decca matrix 68077. She won't be my little darlin' / Delmore Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296190/68077-She_wont_be_my_little_darlin 2022-08-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5907 1940 9 11 1941 2 28 US Hillbilly 1941 #19, Hillbilly #2 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 60 points 20 Texas Jim Robertson "I'll Be Back In A Year (Little Darlin')"Victor matrix BS-057797. I'll be back in a year, little darling / Texas Jim Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200047641/BS-057797-Ill_be_back_in_a_year_little_darling 2022-08-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 8606 1940 11 27 1941 2 US Billboard 1941 #204, US Pop #21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #20, Hillbilly #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 59 points 21 Adolph Hofner And His San Antonians "Alamo Rag" Okeh 6139 1941 2 28 1941 4 12 US Hillbilly 1941 #21, Hillbilly #1 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 57 points 22 Louise Massey and the Westerners "Beer and Skittles" Okeh 5916 1940 10 11 1940 12 US Billboard 1941 #129, US Pop #16 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #22, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 54 points 23 Bill Boyd And His Cowboy Ramblers "If You'll Come Back"Victor matrix BS-047667. If you'll come back / Bill Boyd; Cowboy Ramblers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200042762/BS-047667-If_youll_come_back 2022-08-16 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 8533 1940 2 12 1940 10 4 US Hillbilly 1941 #23, Hillbilly #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 54 points 24 Tiny Hill and His Orchestra "Spin The Bottle" Okeh 6160 1941 3 11 1941 4 US Hillbilly 1941 #24, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 53 points 25 Prairie Ramblers "I'll Be Back In A Year (Little Darlin')" Okeh 6053 1941 1 22 1941 2 US Hillbilly 1941 #25, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 53 points 26 Ted Daffan and his Texans "Those Blue Eyes Don't Sparkle Anymore" Okeh 6160 1941 3 11 1941 4 US Hillbilly 1941 #7, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 52 points 28 Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys "Mule Skinner Blues"Victor matrix BS-054518. Mule skinner blues / Blue Grass Boys; Bill Monroe - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200045815/BS-054518-Mule_skinner_blues 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Bluebird 8568 1940 10 7 1940 11 10 US Hillbilly 1941 #28, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 17 total weeks, 47 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2009 29 Shelton Brothers "What's The Matter With Deep Elm"Decca matrix 92037. What's the matter with deep Elem / The Shelton Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000283388/92037-Whats_the_matter_with_deep_Elem 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5898 1940 4 7 1940 11 US Hillbilly 1941 #32, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 46 points 31 The Jesters "Repasz Band"Decca matrix 68729. Repasz band / The Jesters - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000296842/68729-Repasz_band 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 3719 1941 4 2 1941 4 US Billboard 1941 #205, US Pop #21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #30, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks, 44 points 32 Jimmie Davis and Jimmy Wakely "Too Late"Decca matrix DLA 2096. Too late / Rough Riders; Jimmy Wakely - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000268519/DLA_2096-Too_late 2022-01-06 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 5940 1941 2 20 1941 4 18 US Hillbilly 1941 #31, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 43 points Births January 18 – Bobby Goldsboro, middle-of-the-road artist best known for 1968's "Honey." February 8 – Henson Cargill, best known for 1968's "Skip a Rope" (died 2007). March 28 – Charlie McCoy, harmonica specialist. April 2 – Sonny Throckmorton, songwriter. May 31 – Johnny Paycheck, outlaw country-styled singer best known for "Take This Job and Shove It" (died 2003). June 8 — Alf Robertson, Swedish country musician (died 2008). August 14 – Connie Smith, female vocalist who grew to fame in the 1960s; Grand Ole Opry mainstay. September 21 – Dickey Lee, pop-country singer-songwriter. September 26 – David Frizzell, brother of Lefty Frizzell who grew into a country star in his own right. October 17 – Earl Thomas Conley, singer-songwriter who became one of country's biggest stars of the 1980s (died 2019). November 6 – Guy Clark, alternative-outlaw country singer-songwriter (died 2016). November 27 – Eddie Rabbitt, singer-songwriter who crossed over to pop in the early 1980s with hits such as "I Love a Rainy Night" and "Drivin' My Life Away" (died 1998). November 29 – Jody Miller, female vocalist best known for "Queen of the House" (answer song to Roger Miller's "King of the Road") (died 2022). Deaths November 7 – Henry Whitter, 49, early country musician. Further reading Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (0-8118-3572-3) Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (0-06-273244-7) Whitburn, Joel. "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954: The History of American Popular Music," Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1986 (0-89820-083-0). References Country Category:Country music by year