See also: 1935 in country music, 1936 in music, other events of 1936, 1937 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

Events

Top hits of the year

• "Great Speckled Bird" - Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans
• "Steel Guitar Rag" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Births

• April 22 – Glen Campbell, pop-country singer and guitarist, host of The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour.
• November 5 - Billy Sherrill, record producer for numerous acts in the 1960s through 1980s, most famously Tammy Wynette.

Deaths

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.