1947 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1947.

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Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

• January 18 - "Rainbow at Midnight" - Ernest Tubb
• February 8 - "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" - Merle Travis
• May 17 - "New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)" - Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
• May 24 - "What is Life Without Love" - Eddy Arnold
• June 7 - "Sugar Moon" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
• June 1 - "It's a Sin" - Eddy Arnold
• July 19 - "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" - Tex Williams
• November 1 - "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" - Eddy Arnold

Other major hits

• "Baby Doll" — Sons of the Pioneers
• "Bang Bang" — Jimmie Davis
• "Cigarettes Whiskey And Wild Wild Women" — Sons of the Pioneers
• "Don't Look Now" — Ernest Tubb
• "Fat Gal" — Merle Travis
• "Feudin' And Fightin'" — Dorothy Shay
• "Filipino Baby" — Ernest Tubb
• "Freight Train Boogie" — Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
• "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" — Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
• "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" — Gene Autry
• "I Couldn' Believe It Was True" — Eddy Arnold
• "I'll Step Aside" — Ernest Tubb
• "Missouri" — Merle Travis
• "Move It On Over" — Hank Williams
• "Never Trust a Woman" — Red Foley
• "Never Trust a Woman" — Tex Williams
• "Our Own Jolie Blon" — Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
• "Pretty Blond" — Moon Mullican
• "That's How Much I Love You" — Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
• "So Round So Firm So Fully Packed" — Johnny Bond
• "So Round So Firm So Fully Packed" — Ernest Tubb
• "Steel Guitar Rag" — Merle Travis
• "Teardrops in My Heart" — Sons of the Pioneers
• "Temptation" — Red Ingle and The Natural Seven feat. Jo Stafford
• "That's What I Like About The West" — Tex Williams
• "To My Sorrow" — Eddy Arnold

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 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 (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.