1945 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1945.

1945 in music
By location
By genre
By topic
List of years in country music (table)

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

US Single Artist
February 3 "I'm Losing My Mind Over You" Al Dexter
"March 17 "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" Jimmie Davis
March 31 "Shame on You" Spade Cooley
"April 14 "Smoke on the Water" Bob Wills
May 19 "At Mail Call Today" Gene Autry
July 7 "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
July 28 "Oklahoma Hills" Jack Guthrie
August 25 "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" Tex Ritter
October 27 "With Tears in My Eyes" Wesley Tuttle
Nov 17 "Sioux City Sue" Dick Thomas
Nov 24 "Shame on You" Lawrence Welk Orchestra with Red Foley
Dec 8 "It's Been So Long Darling" Ernest Tubb
Dec 15 "Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Top Hillbilly-Folk (Country) Recordings 1945

The following songs were extracted from records included in The Billboard's "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" chart, and is supplemented with record sales information (the new chart only rates jukebox plays) and other factors. As always, numerical rankings are approximate.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions
1Tex Ritter and His Texans"You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often"[1]Capitol 206May 1, 1945 (1945-05-01)July 25, 1945 (1945-07-25)US Hillbilly 1945 #1, USHB #1 for 11 weeks, 24 total weeks
2Spade Cooley and His Western Band"Shame on You"[2]Okeh 6731December 4, 1944 (1944-12-04)January 1945 (1945-01)US Hillbilly 1945 #2, USHB #1 for 9 weeks, 38 total weeks
3Gene Autry"At Mail Call Today"[2]Okeh 6737December 6, 1944 (1944-12-06)March 10, 1945 (1945-03-10)US Hillbilly 1945 #3, USHB #1 for 8 weeks, 30 total weeks
4Al Dexter and His Troopers"I'm Losing My Mind Over You"[2]Okeh 6727March 21, 1942 (1942-03-21)December 11, 1944 (1944-12-11)US Hillbilly 1945 #4, USHB #1 for 7 weeks, 34 total weeks
5Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans"Oklahoma Hills"[1]Capitol 201October 16, 1944 (1944-10-16)June 20, 1945 (1945-06-20)US Hillbilly 1945 #5, USHB #1 for 6 weeks, 24 total weeks
6Dick Thomas"Sioux City Sue"[3]National 5007February 6, 1945 (1945-02-06)July 1945 (1945-07)US BB 1945 #226, US #16, US Hillbilly 1945 #6, USHB #1 for 4 weeks, 37 total weeks
7Wesley Tuttle"With Tears in My Eyes"[1]Capitol 216July 16, 1945 (1945-07-16)September 1945 (1945-09)US Hillbilly 1945 #7, USHB #1 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks
8Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys"Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight"[4]Columbia 36841April 20, 1945 (1945-04-20)September 1945 (1945-09)US Hillbilly 1945 #8, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 22 total weeks
9Ernest Tubb"It's Been So Long Darling"[5]Decca 6112August 14, 1945 (1945-08-14)September 26, 1945 (1945-09-26)US Hillbilly 1945 #9, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 22 total weeks
10Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys"Smoke on the Water"[2]Okeh 6736January 24, 1945 (1945-01-24)February 20, 1945 (1945-02-20)US Hillbilly 1945 #10, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks
11Jimmie Davis"There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder"[6]Decca 6105March 23, 1944 (1944-03-23)November 2, 1944 (1944-11-02)US Hillbilly 1945 #11, USHB #1 for 1 week, 30 total weeks
12Lawrence Welk Orchestra with Red Foley"Shame on You"[7]Decca 18698June 26, 1945 (1945-06-26)July 28, 1945 (1945-07-28)US BB 1945 #195, US #13, US Hillbilly 1945 #12, USHB #1 for 1 week, 22 total weeks
13Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys"Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima"[2]Okeh 6742April 20, 1945 (1945-04-20)May 1945 (1945-05)US Hillbilly 1945 #13, USHB #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks
14Al Dexter and His Troopers"Triflin' Gal"[2]Okeh 6740April 11, 1945 (1945-04-11)June 4, 1945 (1945-06-04)US Hillbilly 1945 #14, USHB #2 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks
15Tex Ritter and His Texans"Jealous Heart"[1]Capitol 179September 20, 1944 (1944-09-20)December 1944 (1944-12)US Hillbilly 1945 #15, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 31 total weeks
16Ted Daffan's Texans"Headin' Down the Wrong Highway"[2]Okeh 6744January 10, 1945 (1945-01-10)June 1945 (1945-06)US Hillbilly 1945 #16, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 25 total weeks
17Al Dexter and His Troopers"I'll Wait For You Dear"[2]Okeh 6727March 20, 1942 (1942-03-20)November 12, 1944 (1944-11-12)US Hillbilly 1945 #17, USHB #2 for 1 week, 20 total weeks
18Gene Autry"Gonna Build a Big Fence Around Texas"[2]Okeh 6728November 29, 1944 (1944-11-29)December 1944 (1944-12)US Hillbilly 1945 #18, USHB #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks
19Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys"Hang Your Head In Shame"[2]Okeh 6736January 26, 1945 (1945-01-26)February 20, 1945 (1945-02-20)US Hillbilly 1945 #19, USHB #3 for 3 weeks, 22 total weeks
20Ernest Tubb"Careless Darlin'"[8]Decca 6110January 13, 1944 (1944-01-13)June 6, 1945 (1945-06-06)US Hillbilly 1945 #20, USHB #3 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks

Births
  • January 16 — Ronnie Milsap, blind, blue-eyed soul-styled singer who became one of country music's most popular entertainers of the 1970s and 1980s.
  • March 14 — Michael Martin Murphey, Western-styled singer-songwriter who enjoyed mainstream success in the 1980s as a country-pop performer.
  • May 23 – Misty Morgan, singer-songwriter who, with husband Jack Blanchard, had a string of animal-themed hit recordings in the 1970s.
  • June 5 — Don Reid, lead singer and main songwriter of The Statler Brothers.
  • June 20 — Anne Murray, Canadian vocalist who became one of that country's most successful country music performers during the 1970s and 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.

References
  1. "Capitol 100 - 499, 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  2. "OKeh (by CBS) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6500 - 6747 (end of series)". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  3. "NATIONAL 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  4. "COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36500 - 37000". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  5. "Decca matrix C 25424. It's been so long darling / Ernest Tubb - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  6. "Decca matrix L 3364. There's a new moon over my shoulder / Jimmie Davis - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  7. "Decca matrix 72958. Shame on you / Lawrence Welk Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  8. "Decca matrix L 50150. Careless darlin' / Ernest Tubb - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
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