1947 in country music

none This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1947. 1947 1947 country music Top hits of the year Number one hits (As certified by Billboard magazine) USSingleArtistJanuary 18"Rainbow at Midnight"Ernest TubbFebruary 8"So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed"Merle TravisMay 17"New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)"Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley BoysMay 24"What is Life Without Love"Eddy ArnoldJune 7"Sugar Moon"Bob Wills and His Texas PlayboysJune 1"It's a Sin"Eddy ArnoldJuly 19"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)"Tex WilliamsNov 1"I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)"Eddy Arnold Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings 1947 Here is a year-end list compiled from The Billboard's Most-Played Folk Records weekly chart of 1947. Records that enter the chart in December of the previous year, or remain on the chart after December of the current year, receive points for their full chart runs. Each week, a score of 15 points is assigned for the no. 1 record, 9 points for no. 2, 8 points for no. 3, and so on, and the total of all weeks determined the final rank. Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions 1 Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)"RCA Victor 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20-2000 - 20-2499 https://www.78discography.com/RCA202000.htm 2022-05-03 www.78discography.com RCA Victor 20-2332 1947 5 18 1947 7 10 US Billboard 1947 #134, US #22 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #1, USHB #1 for 21 weeks, 46 total weeks 2 Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys "It's a Sin"Victor matrix D6VB-2893. It's a sin / Eddy Arnold - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300007599/D6VB-2893-Its_a_sin 2022-07-05 adp.library.ucsb.edu RCA Victor 2241 1946 9 24 1947 4 21 US Billboard 1947 #188, US #14, US Hillbilly 1947 #2, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 38 total weeks 3 Tex Williams and The Western Caravan "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)"78rpm Numerical Listing Discography for Capitol 40000: Americana https://www.78discography.com/Capitol40000.htm 2022-07-05 www.78discography.com Capitol 40001 1947 3 27 1947 5 10 US Billboard 1947 #6, US #1 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #3, USHB #1 for 16 weeks, 23 total weeks 4 Merle Travis "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed"Capitol 100 - 499, 78rpm numerical listing discography https://www.78discography.com/Capitol100.htm 2022-04-14 www.78discography.com Capitol 349 1946 10 19 1947 1 23 US Billboard 1947 #161, US #12, US Hillbilly 1947 #4, USHB #1 for 14 weeks, 22 total weeks 5 Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys "What Is Life Without Love"RCA Victor 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20-1500 - 20-2000 https://www.78discography.com/RCA201500.htm 2022-05-03 www.78discography.com RCA Victor 20-2058 1946 3 20 1946 12 10 US Hillbilly 1947 #5, USHB #1 for 1 week, 22 total weeks 6 Ernest Tubb "Rainbow at Midnight"Decca matrix 73680. Rainbow at midnight / The Texas Troubadours; Ernest Tubb - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301897/73680-Rainbow_at_midnight 2022-07-05 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 46018 1947 9 17 1947 10 US Hillbilly 1947 #6, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks 7 Red Ingle and The Natural Seven vocal by Cinderella G Stump "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)" Capitol 412 1947 3 14 1947 5 US Billboard 1947 #15, US #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #7, USHB #2 for 11 weeks, 18 total weeks 8 Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys "New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)"Decca matrix 73778. New pretty blonde / Red Foley - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301995/73778-New_pretty_blonde 2022-07-05 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 46034 1947 1 9 1947 3 22 US Hillbilly 1947 #8, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks 9 Moon Mullican and The Showboys "New Pretty Blonde (Jole Blon)"KING 78rpm numerical listing discography: Hillbilly series #500 - 1000 https://www.78discography.com/King500.htm 2022-07-04 www.78discography.com King 578 1946 10 2 1946 12 US Billboard 1947 #320, US #21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #9, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks 10 Tex Williams and His Western Caravan "Never Trust A Woman" Capitol Americana 40054 1945 11 13 1947 1 US BB 1947 #178, US #26, US Hillbilly 1947 #10, USHB #2 for 1 week, 22 total weeks 11 Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys "To My Sorrow"Victor matrix D6VB-2892. To my sorrow / Eddy Arnold - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300007598/D6VB-2892-To_my_sorrow 2022-07-05 adp.library.ucsb.edu RCA Victor 2481 1947 9 17 1947 9 29 US Hillbilly 1947 #11, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 21 total weeks 12 Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys "Never Trust A Woman"Decca matrix NT 114. Never trust a woman / Red Foley - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000345653/NT_114-Never_trust_a_woman 2022-07-05 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 46074 1947 3 18 1947 5 12 US BB 1947 #226, US #16, US Hillbilly 1947 #13, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks 13 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys "Sugar Moon" Columbia 37113 1946 9 5 1947 3 23 US Hillbilly 1947 #15, USHB #3 for 8 weeks, 24 total weeks 14 Tex Williams and The Western Caravan "That's What I Like About the West" Capitol Americana 40031 1947 1 24 1947 10 14 US Hillbilly 1947 #17, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks 15 Al Dexter and His Troopers "Down At The Roadside Inn" Columbia 37303 1945 4 4 1947 1 US Hillbilly 1947 #22, USHB #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks 16 Dorothy Shay "Feudin' And Fightin'" Columbia 37189 1945 7 24 1947 2 18 US Billboard 1947 #125, US #4 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #20, USHB #3 for 1 weeks, 22 total weeks 17 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys "(Our Own) Jole Blon"COLUMBIA (USA) 37000-37500 78rpm numerical listing discography https://www.78discography.com/COL37000.htm 2022-07-05 www.78discography.com Columbia 37287 1947 1 28 1947 3 US Hillbilly 1947 #14, USHB #4 for 4 weeks, 6 total weeks 18 Ernest Tubb "Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing)"Decca matrix C 25510. Don't look now / Ernest Tubb - Discography of American Historical Recordings https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000359217/C_25510-Dont_look_now 2022-07-05 adp.library.ucsb.edu Decca 46040 1947 2 10 1947 4 US Hillbilly 1947 #4, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks 19 Johnny Bond and His Red River Valley Boys "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" Columbia 37255 1946 11 1 1947 9 2 US Hillbilly 1947 #14, USHB #5 for 1 week, 14 total weeks 20 Merle Travis "Three Times Seven" Capitol 384 1947 3 18 1947 5 12 US BB 1947 #226, US #16, US Hillbilly 1947 #19, USHB #3 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks 21 Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans "Oakie Boogie"COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36500 - 37000 https://www.78discography.com/COL36500.htm 2022-07-05 www.78discography.com Columbia 36935 1947 1 3 1947 2 18 US Hillbilly 1947 #15, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks 22 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys "Move It On Over"MGM 78rpm numerical listing discography: 10000 - 10500 https://www.78discography.com/MGM10000.htm 2022-07-04 www.78discography.com MGM 10033 1947 4 21 1947 6 US Hillbilly 1947 #22, USHB #4 for 1 week, 3 total weeks 23 Merle Travis "Steel Guitar Rag" Capitol 384 1947 3 18 1947 5 12 US BB 1947 #226, US #16, US Hillbilly 1947 #23, USHB #4 for 2 weeks, 3 total weeks 44 Gene Autry "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)"COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 37500 - 38000 https://www.78discography.com/COL37500.htm 2022-08-09 www.78discography.com Columbia 37942 1947 8 28 1947 10 6 US Billboard 1947 #87, US #9 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #44, USHB #5 for 1 week, 1 total weeks 52 Louise Massey and the Westerners "My Adobe Hacienda" Columbia 37332 1941 1 27 1947 4 21 US BB 1947 #201, US #16, US Hillbilly 1947 #52, USHB #5 for 1 week, 1 total weeks Births April 2 – Emmylou Harris, country-rock and alternative country-styled singer who enjoyed mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. May 24 – Mike Reid, football player-turned-singer-songwriter during the 1980s. July 22 – Don Henley, member of the country-rock group Eagles. September 16 – Sonny LeMaire, member of the 1980s group Exile. 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" (died 2015). November 10 – Dave Loggins, singer-songwriter who wrote a number of successful country songs during the 1980s. December 19 – Janie Fricke, 1970s session/backup singer who grew to individual stardom during the early and mid-1980s. 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. Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition. 2005. References Country Category:Country music by year