See also: 1946 in country music, 1947 in music, other events of 1947, 1948 in country music and the List of years in Country Music
Events
Top hits of the year
Number one hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
Other major hits
- Baby Doll - Sons Of The Pioneers
- Bang Bang - Jimmie Davis
- Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Roy Acuff
- Cigarettes Whiskey And Wild Wild Women - Sons Of The Pioneers
- Don't Look Now - Ernest Tubb
- Fat Gal - Merle Travis
- Feudin' And Fightin' - Dorothy Shay
- Filipino Baby - Ernest Tubb
- Here Comes Santa Claus - Gene Autry
- I Couldn' Believe It Was True - Eddy Arnold
- I'll Step Aside - Ernest Tubb
- Lil Liza Jane - Bob Wills
- Move It On Over - Hank Williams
- Never Trust A Woman - Red Foley
- Never Trust A Woman - Tex Williams
- Our Own Jolie Blon - Roy Acuff
- Pretty Blond - Moon Mullican
- Remember Me (When The Candlelights Are Gleaming) - T. Texas Tyler
- Steel Guitar Rag - Merle Travis
- Teardrops From My Eyes - Sons Of The Pioneers
- Temptation - Red Engles and Jo Stafford
- That's What I Like About The West - Tex Williams
- To My Sorrow - Eddy Arnold
Births
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.
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