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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1939.

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Events

Billboard Magazine begins Country music charts. They appeared, primarily on a monthly basis, until early 1942.

Top hits of the year

  • "Annabelle" - Hoosier Hot Shots
  • "Back In The Saddle Again" - Gene Autry
  • "Convict And The Rose" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  • "It Makes No Difference Now" - Jimmie Davis
  • "San Antonio Rose" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  • "Silver Bell" – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  • "Whoa Babe"-[Bob Wills]
  • "Truck Driver Blues"-[Cliff Bruner]
  • "Yearning"-[Bob Wills]
  • "It Makes No Difference Now"-[Floyd Tillman]
  • "That's What I Like About The South" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  • "Truck Driver Blues" - Ted Daffan's Texans

Births

See also

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.







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