1950 in country music

none May 2015 May 2015 This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1950. 1950 1950 country music Events February 14 — "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" by Red Foley #1 selling Country record becomes first Country cross over on Pop Best Seller chart. November 2019 August 19 — Hank Snow begins a 21-week run at No. 1 November 2019 on the Billboard country charts with his landmark "I'm Movin' On." Until 2013 (when changes to chart methodology will result in longer chart runs), the song – a 12-bar blues song metaphorically using a train trip to describe a young man's breakup with a high-class girlfriend – is one of just three that will stay as long atop the charts in chart history. September 30 — The Grand Ole Opry is televised for the first time. November 2019 Top hits of the year Number one hits (As certified by Billboard magazine) USSingleArtistJanuary 7"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", 7,000,000 sold by 1969Murrells Joseph http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr The book of golden discs 1978 London : Barrie & Jenkins Internet Archive 978-0-214-20512-5Gene AutryJanuary 7"Blue Christmas"Ernest TubbJanuary 14"I Love You Because"Leon PayneJanuary 14"Blues Stay Away From Me"Delmore BrothersJanuary 21"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy"Red FoleyJanuary 28"Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me"Eddy ArnoldApril 22"Long Gone Lonesome Blues"Hank Williams with His Drifting CowboysMay 27"Birmingham Bounce"Red FoleyJune 17"Why Don't You Love Me"Hank Williams with His Drifting CowboysJune 17"I'll Sail My Ship Alone"Moon MullicanJuly 15"M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I"Red FoleyAugust 19 "I'm Movin' On"Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch BoysAugust 26"Goodnight Irene"Red Foley and Ernest TubbDecember 23"If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time"Lefty FrizzellDecember 3"Moanin' the Blues"Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played Juke Box Folk (Country & Western) Records," "Best Selling Retail Folk (Country & Western) Records" and "Country & Western Records Most Played by Folk Disk Jockeys" charts. Other major hits USSingleArtist5Ain't Nobody's Business by My OwnKay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford6A-Sleeping at the Foot of the BedLittle Jimmy Dickens7Beyond the SunsetThe Three Suns with Elton Britt and Rosalie Allen4Bloodshot EyesHank Penny7Blues, Stay Away from MeOwen Bradley Quintet10Bonaparte's RetreatPee Wee King2Broken Down Merry-Go-RoundMargaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely6A Bushel and a PeckMargaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely8Careless KissesRed Foley5Choc'late Ice Cream ConeRed Foley8Choc'late Ice Cream ConeKenny Roberts2Cincinnati Dancing PigRed Foley7Cry of the Dying Duck in a Thunder-StormCactus Pryor2The Cry of the Wild GooseTennessee Ernie Ford2Cuddle Buggin' BabyEddy Arnold6Daddy's Last LetterTex Ritter7Don't Be Ashamed of Your AgeErnest Tubb and Red Foley6Enclosed, One Broken HeartEddy Arnold8Faded LoveBob Wills4Frosty the Snow ManGene Autry9Give Me a Little Old Fashioned LoveErnest Tubb9God Please Protect AmericaJimmie Osborne3The Gods Were Angry with MeMargaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely5Goodnight, IreneMoon Mullican3Hillbilly FeverLittle Jimmy Dickens9Hillbilly Fever No. 2Ernest Tubb and Red Foley4I Gotta Have My Baby BackFloyd Tillman10I Gotta Have My Baby BackRed Foley5I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'Hank Williams2I Love You BecauseErnest Tubb8I Love You BecauseClyde Moody3(I Won't Go Huntin', Jake) But I'll Go Chasin' WomenStuart Hamblen2I'll Never Be FreeKay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford8I'll Take a Back Seat for YouErnest Tubb10Ida Red Likes the BoogieBob Wills9Just a Closer Walk with TheeRed Foley2Let's Go to Church (Next Sunday Morning)Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely2Letters Have No ArmsErnest Tubb3Little Angel with the Dirty FaceEddy Arnold7Lose Your BluesRed Kirk8Love Song in 32 BarsJohnny Bond2The Lovebug ItchEddy Arnold6Mama and Daddy Broke My HeartEddy Arnold4Mona LisaMoon Mullican10Mona LisaJimmy Wakely9My Son Calls Another Man DaddyHank Williams9Nobody's Lonesome for MeHank Williams8Our Lady of FatimaRed Foley7Pan American BoogieThe Delmore Brothers3Peter CottontailGene Autry6Peter CottontailMervin Shiner7Peter CottontailJimmy Wakely7Peter CottontailJohnnie Lee Wills10A Prison Without WallsEddy Arnold3QuicksilverElton Britt and Rosalie Allen2Rag MopJohnnie Lee Wills2(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves YouStuart Hamblen5(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves YouErnest Tubb5Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerGene Autry7Slippin' Around with Jole BlonBud Messner8StampedeRoy Rogers9Steal AwayRed Foley4Sugarfoot RagRed Foley3Sunday Down in TennesseeRed Foley2Tennessee Border – No. 2Red Foley and Ernest Tubb6There's No Wings on My AngelEddy Arnold5They'll Never Take Her Love from MeHank Williams3Throw Your Love My WayErnest Tubb8Unfaithful OneErnest Tubb3Why Should I Cry?Eddy Arnold9Why Should We Try AnymoreHank Williams10You Don't Have to Be a Baby to CryErnest Tubb Births January 1 – Steve Ripley, leader/producer of The Tractors (died 2019).Oklahoma music artist Steve Ripley dies February 16 — Paul Worley, record producer whose success dates from the mid-1980s onward. March 26 — Ronnie McDowell, male vocalist of the 1970s and 1980s, who first rose to fame with his Elvis Presley tribute "The King Is Gone". August 7 — Rodney Crowell, singer-songwriter who enjoyed mainstream fame in the late 1980s before becoming a leader in the alternative country movement; ex-husband of Rosanne Cash. September 16 — David Bellamy, of The Bellamy Brothers. Deaths Deaths in 1950 Category:1950 deaths 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