List of number-one country hits of 1947 (U.S.)

These are the U.S. number-one country songs of 1947

1947 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1947.-Number one hits:* January 18 - "Rainbow at Midnight" - Ernest Tubb* February 8 - "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" - Merle Travis...

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Most Played Juke Box Folk Records

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

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Note that for the Issue Dates between (September 6 - November 1) were issued as Most Played Juke Box Hillbilly Records and than changed back.

Issue date	Title	Artist
January 4	Divorce Me C.O.D. Divorce Me C.O.D. "Divorce Me C.O.D." is a 1946 song by Merle Travis. The song was Merle Travis' first release to make it to number one on the Folk Juke Box charts where it stayed for fourteen weeks and a total of twenty-three weeks on the chart...	Merle Travis Merle Travis Merle Robert Travis was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the life and exploitation of coal miners. Among his many well-known songs are "Sixteen Tons", "Re-Enlistment Blues" and "Dark as a Dungeon"...
January 11
January 18	Rainbow at Midnight Rainbow at Midnight "Rainbow at Midnight" is a a novelty song written by Lost John Miller. The song originally made the Juke Box Folk chart when it was recorded by The Carlisle Brothers...	Ernest Tubb Ernest Tubb Ernest Dale Tubb , nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American 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...
January 25	Divorce Me C.O.D.	Merle Travis
February 1	Rainbow at Midnight	Ernest Tubb
February 8	So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" is a 1947 song by Merle Travis, written by Travis, Eddie Kirk, and Cliffie Stone. The song would be his second number one on the Folk Juke Box charts where it stayed at number one for 14 weeks and a total of 21 weeks on the chart...	Merle Travis
February 15
February 22
March 1
March 8
March 15
March 22
March 29
April 5
April 12
April 19
April 26
May 3
May 10
May 17	New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde) New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde) "New Jolie Blonde " is a 1947 song by Red Foley. The song was Foley's third number one on the Folk Juke Box chart, spending two weeks at number one and a total of sixteen weeks on the chart....	Red Foley Red Foley Clyde Julian Foley , better known as Red Foley, was an American singer, musician, and radio and TV personality who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II....
May 24	What Is Life Without Love What Is Life Without Love "What Is Life Without Love" is a 1947 song by Eddy Arnold. The song was Arnold's first number one on the country chart in the US, spending one week at the top and a total of twenty-two weeks on the chart....	Eddy Arnold Eddy Arnold Richard Edward Arnold , known professionally as Eddy Arnold, was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a so-called Nashville sound innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more...
May 31	New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)	Red Foley
June 7	Sugar Moon Sugar Moon "Sugar Moon" is a Western swing love song written by Bob Wills and Cindy Walker. The title comes from a refrain in the chorus:It has been covered by Willie Nelson, k.d. lang , Asleep at the Wheel, and other artists....	Bob Wills Bob Wills James Robert Wills , better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western Swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader, considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western Swing and universally known as the pioneering King of Western Swing.Bob Wills' name will forever be associated with...
June 14	It's a Sin It's a Sin (Eddy Arnold song) "It's a Sin" is a country song written by country guitarist Zeb Turner and music publisher Fred Rose. The 1947 version by Eddy Arnold was his second number one on the Country & Western charts, spending five weeks at number one and a total of thirty-eight weeks on the chart...	Eddy Arnold
June 21
June 28
July 5
July 12
July 19	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! is a Western swing novelty song written by Merle Travis and Tex Williams for Tex Williams and his talking blues style of singing. Merle Travis wrote the bulk of the song....	Tex Williams Tex Williams Sollie Paul Williams , known professionally as Tex Williams, was an American Western swing musician from Ramsey, Illinois....
July 26
August 2
August 9
August 16
August 23
August 30
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
October 4
October 11
October 18
October 25
November 1	I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) "I'll Hold You in My Heart " is a 1947 song by Eddy Arnold. The song was Eddy Arnold's third number one on the Juke Box Folk Records chart. "I'll Hold You in My Heart " spent forty-six weeks on the chart and twenty-one at number one.The song went on to become a major country standard...	Eddy Arnold
November 8	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Tex Williams
November 15	I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)	Eddy Arnold
November 22
November 29
December 6
December 13
December 20
December 27

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