1941 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1941.
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Events
- January 1 – Radio programmers begin a 10-month ban on the ASCAP catalog when they fail to reach an agreement. Instead, disc jockeys begin to rely on BMI and its catalog of "hillbilly" music.
- October – The Grand Ole Opry organizes a "Camel Country" tour in a show of support for American servicemen, many of whom would be off to war two months later.
Top hits of the year
- "A Year Ago Tonight" – Gene Autry
- "Alamo Rag" – Adolph Hofner
- "Along the Santa Fe Trail" – Bing Crosby
- "Be Honest With Me" – Roy Acuff
- "Be Honest With Me" – Gene Autry
- "Be Honest With Me" – Red Foley
- "Be Honest With Me" – Jimmy Wakely
- "Big Beaver" – Bob Wills
- "Come Back Little Pal" – Roy Acuff
- "Cool Water" – Sons of the Pioneers
- "Draftee Blues" – Johnny Bond
- "Gone And Left Me Blues" – Jimmy Wakely
- "I Hung My Head And I Cried" – Jimmie Davis
- "I'll Never Let You Go Little Darling" – Gene Autry
- "I'll Never Let You Go Little Darling" – Jimmy Wakely
- "In My Adobe Hacienda" – Louise Massey
- "It Makes No Difference Now" – Gene Autry
- "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" – Patsy Montana
- "I Wonder Why You Said Gooebye" – Ernest Tubb
- "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" – Jimmy Wakely
- "Lil Liza Jane" – Bob Wills
- "Live and Let Live" – Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
- "Maiden's Prayer" – Bob Wills
- "My Mary" – Jimmie Davis
- "Mean Mama Blues" – Ernest Tubb
- "New San Antonio Rose" – Bing Crosby
- "Old Shep" – Red Foley
- "Please Remember Me" – Ernest Tubb
- "The Precious Jewel" – Roy Acuff
- "Sweethearts Or Strangers" – Jimmie Davis
- "Take Me Back To Tulsa" – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
- "Tears On My Pillow" – Gene Autry
- "Time Changes Everything" – Bob Wills
- "Too Late" – Jimmie Davis
- "Twin Guitar Special" – Bob Wills
- "You Are My Sunshine" – Gene Autry
- "Walking the Floor Over You" – Ernest Tubb
- "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" – Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
- "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon" – Hank Penny
- "Worried Mind" – Roy Acuff
- "Worried Mind" – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
- "Worried Mind" – Texas Jim Lewis
- "Worried Mind" – Roy Rogers
Births
- January 18 – Bobby Goldsboro, middle-of-the-road artist best known for 1968's "Honey."
- February 8 – Henson Cargill, best known for 1968's "Skip a Rope." (died 2007)
- March 28 – Charlie McCoy, harmonica specialist.
- April 2 – Sonny Throckmorton, songwriter.
- May 31 – Johnny Paycheck, outlaw country-styled singer best known for "Take This Job and Shove It" (died 2003).
- August 14 – Connie Smith, female vocalist who grew to fame in the 1960s; Grand Ole Opry mainstay.
- September 21 – Dickey Lee, pop-country singer-songwriter.
- September 26 – David Frizzell, brother of Lefty Frizzell who grew into a country star in his own right.
- October 17 – Earl Thomas Conley, singer-songwriter who became one of country's biggest stars of the 1980s.
- November 6 – Guy Clark, alternative-outlaw country singer-songwriter.
- November 27 – Eddie Rabbitt, singer-songwriter who crossed over to pop in the early 1980s with hits such as "I Love a Rainy Night" and "Drivin' My Life Away" (died 1998)
- November 29 – Jody Miller, female vocalist best known for "Queen of the House" (answer song to Roger Miller's "King of the Road").
Deaths
- November 7 – Henry Whitter, 49, early country musician.
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. "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954: The History of American Popular Music," Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1986 ( ISBN 0-89820-083-0).
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