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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1948.

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Events

  • April 3 — Radio station KWKH of Shreveport, Louisiana airs the Louisiana Hayride for the first time.
  • May 15 — Billboard begins a sales-based Best Selling Folk Retail Records chart, the magazine's second chart to track the popularity of country songs. The new chart complements the existing Most Played Juke Box Folk Records chart, and begins a practice of multiple charts (and possible simultaneous No. 1 songs) that will continue for the next 10 years.
  • July 24 — Roy Acuff announces his intent to run for governor of Tennessee. Running as the Republican candidate, he will lose to Democratic candidate Gordon Browning in the November election.

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  • Eddy Arnold dominates the Billboard charts, scoring five No. 1 songs (six, if one counts Arnold's "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms)," which had been No. 1 since November 1947). Only Jimmy Wakely's "One Has My Name (the Other Has My Heart)" breaks Arnold's streak. Four other songs by Arnold also make the country charts.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

  • April 8 - "Anytime" - Eddy Arnold
  • June 5 - "Boquet of Roses" - Eddy Arnold
  • June 5 - "Texarkana Baby" - Eddy Arnold
  • September 18 - "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long, Long Way)" - Eddy Arnold
  • November 13 - "One Has My Name (the Other Has My Heart)" - Jimmy Wakely
  • December 25 - "A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)" - Eddy Arnold
Note: Starting May 15, a second chart - the Best Selling Folk Retail Records chart - begins tracking the popularity of country songs, in addition to the Most Played Juke Box Folk Records chart. This means that for the first time, there could be more than one No. 1 hit on a given date.

Other major hits

  • Tennessee Waltz - Peewee King and Redd Stewart
  • "Tennessee Waltz"-(Cowboy Copas]
  • Sweeter Than The Flowers - Moon Mullican
  • Life Gets Teejus Don't It - Carson Robinson
  • Life Gets Teejus Don't It?-[Tex Williams]
  • Suspicion - Tex Williams
  • Never Trust A Woman - Tex Williams
  • Don't Telegraph (Tell A Woman)- Tex Williams
  • Humpty Dumpty Heart - Hank Thompson
  • Deck Of Cards- T. Texas Tyler
  • "Deck Of Cards"-[Tex Ritter]
  • What A Fool I Was - Eddy Arnold
  • My Daddy Is Only A Picture - Eddy Arnold
  • Then I Turned And Walked Slowly Away - Eddy Arnold
  • Banjo Polka - Tex Williams
  • Signed Sealed AND Delivered - Cowboy Copas
  • "Signed Sealed And Delivered"-[Jimmy Wakely]
  • Signed Sealed And Delivered-[Bob Atcher]
  • Tennessee Moon - Cowboy Copas
  • Blue Shadows On The Trail - Roy Rogers
  • Seaman's Blues - Ernest Tubb
  • Forever Is Ending Today - Ernest Tubb
  • Rye Whiskey - Tex Ritter
  • Rock and Rye Rag - Tex Ritter
  • Buttons And Bows - Gene Autry
  • Honky Tonkin' - Hank Williams
  • Bubbles In My Beer - Bob Wills
  • Waltz Of The Wind - Roy Acuff
  • Who Me? - Tex Williams
  • I Love You So Much It Hurts - Floyd Tillman
  • Green Light - Hank Thompson
  • Chime Bells - Elton Britt
  • Cool Water - Sons Of The Pioneers
  • Peepin' Through The Keyhole - Cliffie Stone
  • I'm My Own Grandpa - Lonzo and Oscar
  • Molly Darling - Eddy Arnold
  • Doghouse Boogie - Hawkshaw Hawkins
  • Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello - Ernest Tubb
  • Have You Ever Been Lonely - Ernest Tubb
  • I'm A Long Gone Daddy- [Hank Williams]

Top new album releases

Births

  • February 8 — Dan Seals, singer-songwriter who successfully turned from pop music to country during the 1980s (d. 2009).
  • April 21 — Paul Davis, pop-styled singer-songwriter who had several hits during the 1980s (d. 2008).
  • May 2 — Larry Gatlin, singer-songwriter who enjoyed mainstream success in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • May 18 — Joe Bonsall, member of the country-gospel group The Oak Ridge Boys (he's the first tenor).
  • November 6 — Glenn Frey, one of the founding members of country-rock band Eagles.
  • December 7 — Gary Morris, country-pop singer of the 1980s.
  • December 25 — Barbara Mandrell, country-pop singer and multi-instrumentalist of the 1970s and 1980; host of own television series.

Deaths

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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