1945 in country music

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1945 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1945.
As certified by Billboard magazine)

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

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Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

February 3 - "I'm Losing My Mind Over You" - Al Dexter
Al Dexter

Al Dexter was an American country musician and songwriter. He is best known for "Pistol Packin' Mama", a 1942 hit that was one of the most popular recordings of the World War II years and would later become a hit again with a cover by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters....
March 17 - "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" - Jimmie Davis
Jimmie Davis

James Houston Davis , better known as Jimmie Davis, was a noted singer of both sacred and popular songs who served two nonconsecutive terms as a Democratic Party governor of Louisiana ....
March 31 - "Shame on You
Shame On You (Cooley song)

"Shame On You" is a Western swing song written by Spade Cooley and became his signature song.The title comes from the refrain that starts each verse:In the song, the singer is rebuking his straying girlfriend....
" - Spade Cooley
Spade Cooley

Donnell Clyde 'Spade' Cooley was an United States Western Swing musician, big band leader, actor, and television personality. His career ended when he was arrested and convicted for the murder of his second wife, Ella Mae Evans....
April 14 - "Smoke on the Water" - (Bob Wills)
May 19 - "At Main Call Today" - Gene Autry
Gene Autry

Orvon Gene Autry was an United States performing arts who gained fame as "Singing cowboy" on the Radio in the United States, in Cinema of the United States and on Television in the United States for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s....
July 7 - "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Bob Wills

James Robert Wills was an United States Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader, considered by many music authorities one of the fathers of Western swing and called by his fans the "King of Western Swing."...
July 28 - "Oklahoma Hills
Oklahoma Hills

"Oklahoma Hills" is a song written by Woody Guthrie. Jack Guthrie, Woody's cousin, later improved the lyrics and music and in 1945 recorded a Western swing version....
" - Jack Guthrie
Jack Guthrie

Jack Guthrie was born Leon Jerry Guthrie in Olive, Oklahoma, USA. He was a cousin of Woody Guthrie. His rewritten version of a Woody Guthrie song "Oklahoma Hills" reached #1 in 1945, staying on the charts for 19 weeks.....
August 25 - "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" - Tex Ritter
Tex Ritter

Tex Ritter was an United States of America Country music singer and actor and the father of actor John Ritter....
October 27 - "With Tears in My Eyes" - Wesley Tuttle
November 17 - "Sioux City Sue" - Dick Thomas
November 24 - "Shame on You" - Lawrence Welk Orchestra
Lawrence Welk

Lawrence Welk was a musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, hosting The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. His style came to be known to his large number of radio, television, and live-performance fans as "champagne music." He is a 1961 inductee of North Dakota's Roughrider Award....
with Red Foley
Red Foley

Clyde Julian "Red" Foley was an United States singer and musician who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II....
December 8 - "It's Been So Long Darling" - Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb

Ernest Dale Tubb , nicknamed the "Texas Troubadour", was an United States singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song "Walking the Floor Over You" marked the rise of the honky-tonk style of music....
December 15 - "Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Bob Wills

James Robert Wills was an United States Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader, considered by many music authorities one of the fathers of Western swing and called by his fans the "King of Western Swing."...

Other Major Hits

Careless Darlin' - Ernest Tubb
Christmas Carols At The Old Corral - Tex Ritter
Don't Fence Me In - Gene Autry
Don't Hang Around Me Anymore - Gene Autry
Each Minute Seems A Million Years - Eddy Arnold
Each Night At Nine - Floyd Tillman
Hang Your Head In Shame - Bob Wills
Hang Your Head In Shame - Red Foley
Headin' Down The Wrong Highway - Ted Daffan
Hitler's Last Letter To Hirohito - Carson Robinson
I Never Let You Worry My Mind - Red Foley
I'll Wait For You Dear - Al Dexter
I'm A Branding My Darling With My Heart - Jack Guthrie
I'm A Convict With Old Glory In My Heart - Elton Britt
I'm Gonna Build A Big Fence Around Texas - Gene Autry
I'm Lost Without You - Al Dexter
I've Taken All I'm Gonne Take - Gene Autry
Jealous Heart - Tex Ritter
Keep My Memory In Your Heart - Ernest Tubb
Mexico Joe - Ivie Anderson

A Pair Of Broken Hearts - Spade Cooley
Shadow On Your Heart - Ted Daffan
Smoke On The Water - Boyd Heath
Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima - Sons Of The Pioneers
Texas Playboy Rag - Bob Wills
Time Won't Heal My Broken Heart - Ted Daffan
Tomorrow Never Comes - Ernest Tubb
Triflin' Gal - Al Dexter
You Don't Care What Happens To Me - Bob Wills
You're Breaking My Heart - Ted Daffan

1945 in country music

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Number one hits

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