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Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings 1940 [ edit ] The following songs achieved the highest positions in Billboard magazine 's ' Best Sellers in Stores ' chart, monthly 'Hillbilly Hits' chart, supplemented by 'Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954' and record sales reported on the " Discography of American Historical Recordings " website, [ 1 ...
Bill Anderson, singer who is still a major songwriter of new hits; Liz Anderson, as famous for her songwriting as her singing; mother of Lynn Anderson; Lynn Anderson, a California blonde who became a major country star in the 70s; helped by regular exposure on national television, was one of the first female artists to achieve major crossover success.
1932 in country music, "Why Should I Be Lonely" [13] by Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians Top Country Record. 1933 in country music, Jimmie Rodgers dies in May 1933. "Yellow Rose Of Texas" [14] by Gene Autry and Jimmy Long Top Country Record. 1934 in country music, "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" [15] [9] recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers ...
Cristy Lane (born 1940) Matt Lang; k.d. lang (born 1961) Ella Langley (born 1999) Jon Langston (born 1992) Larry the Cable Guy; Blaine Larsen (born 1986) Nicolette Larson (1952–1997) Stoney LaRue (born 1977) Jim Lauderdale (born 1957) Lauren-Ashley; Lavender Country; JJ Lawhorn (born 1993) Amber Lawrence; Tracy Lawrence (born 1968) Doyle ...
As the decade progressed, the style was picked up by Floyd Tillman and Hank Williams, and by the end of the 1940s was the predominant style in country music. Hank Williams. Williams, a Butler County, Alabama native, began earning a reputation as both a songwriter and a performing artist. Using traditional honky-tonk themes, Williams grew to ...
Billboard Hot 100 & Best Sellers in Stores number-one singles by decade Before August 1958 1940–1949 1950–1958 After August 1958 1958–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029 US Singles Chart Billboard magazine Billboard number-one singles chart (which preceded the Billboard Hot 100 chart), which was updated weekly by the Billboard magazine, was the ...
(Top) 1 Usage. Toggle the table of contents. Category: 1940s in music by country. ... 1940 in music by country (3 C) 1941 in music by country (3 C) 1942 in music by ...
March 19 – Bob Kingsley, radio personality and longtime host of American Country Countdown and Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 (died 2019). [18] April 20 – Johnny Tillotson, 1960s country singer ("It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'"). May 27 – Don Williams, baritone-voiced "Gentle Giant", one of country's biggest stars of the 1970s and 1980s (died ...