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href="/wiki/1933_in_country_music" title="1933 in country music">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_country_music" title="1934 in country music">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_country_music" title="1935 in country music">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_country_music" title="1936 in country music">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_country_music" title="1937 in country music">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_country_music" title="1938 in country music">1938</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_in_country_music" title="1939 in country music">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_country_music" title="1940 in country music">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_country_music" title="1941 in country music">1941</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1942</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_country_music" title="1943 in country music">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_in_country_music" title="1944 in country music">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_in_country_music" title="1945 in country music">1945</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_country_music" title="1946 in country music">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_in_country_music" title="1947 in country music">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_country_music" title="1948 in country music">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_country_music" title="1949 in country music">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_country_music" title="1950 in country music">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_country_music" title="1951 in country music">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_country_music" title="1952 in country music">1952</a> <a href="/wiki/Category:Country_music_by_year" title="Category:Country music by year">…</a></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_art" title="1942 in art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_archaeology" title="1942 in archaeology">Archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_architecture" title="1942 in architecture">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_literature" title="1942 in literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_music" title="1942 in music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_philosophy" title="1942 in philosophy">Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_science" title="1942 in science">Science</a></li></ul> </div><i><a href="/wiki/Category:1942" title="Category:1942">+...</a></i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1942_in_country_music&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>March 18, 20, 21 - Al Dexter holds 3-day recording sessions at CBS Sunset Studios, jamming with top session musicians, and recording around 20 songs. The coming musicians strike was not foreseen at the time, but the extensive recording helped Dexter release singles until 1945, when Columbia finally settled with the union, and Dexter was able to record new material.</li> <li>August 1 – The <a href="/wiki/American_Federation_of_Musicians" title="American Federation of Musicians">American Federation of Musicians</a> authorizes a <a href="/wiki/1942-43_musicians%27_strike" class="mw-redirect" title="1942-43 musicians' strike">ban on recording</a> by bands following a dispute over musicians' royalties; many country and popular music singers opt to continue recording without musical backing. The strike – which came to be known as the Petrillo ban – lingers into 1943.</li> <li>October 3 – <a href="/wiki/Acuff-Rose_Music" title="Acuff-Rose Music">Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.</a>, is incorporated in Tennessee. <a href="/wiki/Fred_Rose_(songwriter)" title="Fred Rose (songwriter)">Fred Rose</a> is the chief of creative activities, while Mildred Acuff takes care of business matters. Subsidiary corporations formed were Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (for BMI affiliated artists) and Milene Music, Inc. (ASCAP affiliated publisher). The former published four songs on January 28, 1943, all Fred Rose compositions under the pseudonym "Floyd Jenkins."<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Low and lonely" and "Pins and Needles (In My Heart)" were two of the songs (see <a href="/wiki/1943_in_country_music" title="1943 in country music">1943 Top Hits of the Year</a>).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Top_Hillbilly-Folk_(Country)_Recordings_1942"><span id="Top_Hillbilly-Folk_.28Country.29_Recordings_1942"></span>Top Hillbilly-Folk (Country) Recordings 1942</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1942_in_country_music&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Top Hillbilly-Folk (Country) Recordings 1942"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Top Hillbilly-Folk Records of the Year chart was derived from <a href="/wiki/Billboard_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Billboard magazine">Billboard magazine</a>'s 'Hillbilly Hits' chart from January and February 1942, then The Billboard's weekly "American Folk Records" columns Feb-December 1942, with raw reports from nationwide jukebox operators, and summaries of the top records in the nation. Supplemental information came from 'Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954',<sup id="cite_ref-PopMemories_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopMemories-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> record sales reported on the "<a href="/wiki/Discography_of_American_Historical_Recordings" title="Discography of American Historical Recordings">Discography of American Historical Recordings</a>" website, and other sources as specified. As always, numerical rankings are approximate. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th><big>Rank</big> </th> <th><big>Artist</big> </th> <th><big>Title</big> </th> <th><big>Label</big> </th> <th><big>Recorded</big> </th> <th><big>Released</big> </th> <th><big>Chart Positions</big> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elton_Britt" title="Elton Britt">Elton Britt</a></td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/There%27s_a_Star_Spangled_Banner_Waving_Somewhere" class="mw-redirect" title="There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere">There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Bluebird 9000</td> <td>March 19, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-03-19</span>)</span></td> <td>May 8, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-05-08</span>)</span></td> <td>US Billboard 1942 #96, US Pop #14, US Hillbilly 1942 #1, 1943 #3, Hillbilly #1 for 30 weeks, 68 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<sup id="cite_ref-PopMemories_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopMemories-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carson_Robison" title="Carson Robison">Carson Robison</a></td> <td>"1942 Turkey in the Straw"<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Bluebird 11460</td> <td>January 26, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-01-26</span>)</span></td> <td>March 21, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-03-21</span>)</span></td> <td>US Billboard 1942 #159, US Pop #22, US Hillbilly 1942 #2, Hillbilly #1 for 8 weeks, 66 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gene_Autry" title="Gene Autry">Gene Autry</a></td> <td>"Tweedle-O-Twill"<sup id="cite_ref-Okeh650_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Okeh650-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Okeh 6680</td> <td>February 24, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-02-24</span>)</span></td> <td>May 8, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-05-08</span>)</span></td> <td>US BB 1944 #170, US Pop #30, US Hillbilly 1942 #3, Hillbilly #1 for 13 weeks, 59 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<sup id="cite_ref-PopMemories_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PopMemories-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Ernest Tubb</td> <td>"When the World Has Turned You Down"<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Decca 6023</td> <td>April 26, 1941<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1941-04-26</span>)</span></td> <td>March 14, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-03-14</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #4, Hillbilly #2 for 3 weeks, 49 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Elton Britt</td> <td>"I Hung My Head And Cried"<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Bluebird 9023</td> <td>March 19, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-03-19</span>)</span></td> <td>July 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-07</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #5, Hillbilly #2 for 2 weeks, 38 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zeke_Manners" title="Zeke Manners">Zeke Manners</a></td> <td>"When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again"<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Bluebird 9020</td> <td>March 4, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-03-04</span>)</span></td> <td>July 17, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-07-17</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #6, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 29 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Al_Dexter" title="Al Dexter">Al Dexter and His Troopers</a></td> <td>"Meet Me Down in Honky Tonk Town"<sup id="cite_ref-Okeh600_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Okeh600-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Okeh 6483</td> <td>March 4, 1941<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1941-03-04</span>)</span></td> <td>November 1941<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1941-11</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #7, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Hofner" title="Adolph Hofner">Jimmie Revard And His Oklahoma Playboys</a></td> <td>"My Little Girl I Love You"<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Bluebird 6877</td> <td>February 26, 1937<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1937-02-26</span>)</span></td> <td>October 1941<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1941-10</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #8, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 27 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Wakely" title="Jimmy Wakely">Jimmy Wakely</a></td> <td>"Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You"<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Decca 5997</td> <td>October 27, 1941<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1941-10-27</span>)</span></td> <td>November 3, 1941<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1941-11-03</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #9, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Acuff" title="Roy Acuff">Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys</a></td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Wreck_on_the_Highway_(1938_song)" title="Wreck on the Highway (1938 song)">Wreck On The Highway</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-Okeh650_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Okeh650-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Okeh 6685</td> <td>June 20, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-06-20</span>)</span></td> <td>July 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-07</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #10, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 19 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Gene Autry</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Deep_in_the_Heart_of_Texas" title="Deep in the Heart of Texas">Deep in the Heart of Texas</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-Okeh650_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Okeh650-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Okeh 6643</td> <td>February 24, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-02-24</span>)</span></td> <td>April 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-04</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #11, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 13 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Darrell Fischer and his Log-Jammers</td> <td>"Turkey In The Straw"</td> <td>Standard T-2061</td> <td>June 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-06</span>)</span></td> <td>July 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-07</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #12, Hillbilly #4 for 3 week, 22 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys</td> <td>"Cherokee Maiden"<sup id="cite_ref-Okeh650_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Okeh650-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Okeh 6685</td> <td>June 20, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-06-20</span>)</span></td> <td>July 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-07</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #13, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 16 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Carson Robison</td> <td>"We're Gonna Slap The Dirty Little Jap"<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Bluebird 11414</td> <td>December 18, 1941<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1941-12-18</span>)</span></td> <td>January 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-01</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #14, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 18 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys</td> <td>"Fireball Mail"<sup id="cite_ref-Okeh650_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Okeh650-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Okeh 6685</td> <td>June 20, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-06-20</span>)</span></td> <td>July 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-07</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #15, Hillbilly #2 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys</td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/Corrine,_Corrina" title="Corrine, Corrina">Corrine Corrina</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-Okeh650_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Okeh650-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Okeh 6530</td> <td>April 15, 1940<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1940-04-15</span>)</span></td> <td>December 1941<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1941-12</span>)</span></td> <td>US Billboard 1942 #229, US #22, US Hillbilly 1942 #16, Hillbilly #2 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys</td> <td>"Oh! You Pretty Woman"<sup id="cite_ref-Okeh650_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Okeh650-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Okeh 6685</td> <td>June 20, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-06-20</span>)</span></td> <td>July 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-07</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #17, Hillbilly #2 for 1 week, 14 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver_Darling" title="Denver Darling">Denver Darling And His Texas Cowhands</a></td> <td>"Modern Cannon Ball"<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Decca 6063</td> <td>July 14, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-07-14</span>)</span></td> <td>July 27, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-07-27</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #18, Hillbilly #2 for 2 weeks, 33 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td>Ernest Tubb</td> <td>"I Ain't Honky Tonkin' Anymore"<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Decca 6007</td> <td>November 17, 1941<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1941-11-17</span>)</span></td> <td>December 16, 1941<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1941-12-16</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #19, Hillbilly #2 for 1 week, 36 total weeks </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td>Gene Autry</td> <td>"Rainbow On The Rio Colorado"<sup id="cite_ref-Okeh650_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Okeh650-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>Okeh 6685</td> <td>June 20, 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-06-20</span>)</span></td> <td>July 1942<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1942-07</span>)</span></td> <td>US Hillbilly 1942 #20, Hillbilly #2 for 1 week, 36 total weeks </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1942_in_country_music&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>January 21 – <a href="/wiki/Mac_Davis" title="Mac Davis">Mac Davis</a>, singer-songwriter who rose to prominence in the 1970s. (died <a href="/wiki/2020_in_country_music" title="2020 in country music">2020</a>)</li> <li>March 15 – <a href="/wiki/Wayland_Holyfield" title="Wayland Holyfield">Wayland Holyfield</a>, songwriter whose compositions were popular during the 1970s and 1980s.</li> <li>March 19 – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dobson" title="Richard Dobson">Richard Dobson</a>, singer-songwriter (died <a href="/wiki/2017_in_country_music" title="2017 in country music">2017</a>).</li> <li>March 26 – <a href="/wiki/Larry_Butler_(producer)" title="Larry Butler (producer)">Larry Butler</a>, producer best known for his association with <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Rogers" title="Kenny Rogers">Kenny Rogers</a> (<a href="/wiki/2012_in_country_music" title="2012 in country music">died 2012</a>).</li> <li>May 5 – <a href="/wiki/Tammy_Wynette" title="Tammy Wynette">Tammy Wynette</a>, "The First Lady of Country Music" (<a href="/wiki/1998_in_country_music" title="1998 in country music">died 1998</a>).</li> <li>May 8 – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Blanchard_%26_Misty_Morgan" title="Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan">Jack Blanchard</a>, singer-songwriter who, with wife Misty Morgan, had a string of animal-themed hit recordings in the 1970s.</li> <li>May 15 – <a href="/wiki/K._T._Oslin" title="K. T. Oslin">K. T. Oslin</a>, singer who rose to fame during the 1980s, after she had reached her mid-40s (<a href="/wiki/2020_in_country_music" title="2020 in country music">died 2020</a>).</li> <li>August 7 – <a href="/wiki/B._J._Thomas" title="B. J. Thomas">B.J. Thomas</a>, pop-styled vocalist of the 1970s and 1980s. 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title="1948 in country music">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_country_music" title="1949 in country music">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_country_music" title="1950 in country music">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_country_music" title="1951 in country music">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_country_music" title="1952 in country music">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_country_music" title="1953 in country music">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_country_music" title="1954 in country music">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_country_music" title="1955 in country music">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_country_music" title="1956 in country music">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_country_music" title="1957 in country music">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_country_music" title="1958 in country music">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_country_music" title="1959 in country music">1959</a></li></ul> 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title="1971 in country music">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_in_country_music" title="1972 in country music">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_in_country_music" title="1973 in country music">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_in_country_music" title="1974 in country music">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_in_country_music" title="1975 in country music">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_in_country_music" title="1976 in country music">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_in_country_music" title="1977 in country music">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_in_country_music" title="1978 in country music">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_in_country_music" title="1979 in country music">1979</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1980_in_country_music" title="1980 in country music">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_in_country_music" title="1981 in country music">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_in_country_music" title="1982 in country music">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_in_country_music" title="1983 in country music">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_in_country_music" title="1984 in country music">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_in_country_music" title="1985 in country music">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_in_country_music" title="1986 in country music">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_in_country_music" title="1987 in country music">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_in_country_music" title="1988 in country music">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_in_country_music" title="1989 in country music">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_in_country_music" title="1990 in country music">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_in_country_music" title="1991 in country music">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_in_country_music" title="1992 in country music">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_in_country_music" title="1993 in country music">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_in_country_music" title="1994 in country music">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_in_country_music" title="1995 in country music">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_in_country_music" title="1996 in country music">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_in_country_music" title="1997 in country music">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_in_country_music" title="1998 in country music">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_in_country_music" title="1999 in country music">1999</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_in_country_music" title="2000 in country music">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_in_country_music" title="2001 in country music">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_in_country_music" title="2002 in country music">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_in_country_music" title="2003 in country music">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_in_country_music" title="2004 in country music">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_in_country_music" title="2005 in country music">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_in_country_music" title="2006 in country music">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_in_country_music" title="2007 in country music">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_country_music" title="2008 in country music">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_country_music" title="2009 in country music">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_country_music" title="2010 in country music">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_country_music" title="2011 in country music">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_in_country_music" title="2012 in country music">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_in_country_music" title="2013 in country music">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_in_country_music" title="2014 in country music">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_in_country_music" title="2015 in country music">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_in_country_music" title="2016 in country music">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_in_country_music" title="2017 in country music">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_in_country_music" title="2018 in country music">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_in_country_music" title="2019 in country music">2019</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_in_country_music" title="2020 in country music">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_in_country_music" title="2021 in country music">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_in_country_music" title="2022 in country music">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_in_country_music" title="2023 in country music">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_in_country_music" title="2024 in country music">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_in_country_music" title="2025 in country music">2025</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1942_in_country_music&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit 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