1945 in country music
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
- March 17 – "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" – Jimmie Davis
- March 31 – "Shame on You" – Spade Cooley
- April 14 – "Smoke on the Water" – (Bob Wills)
- May 19 – "At Mail Call Today" – Gene Autry
- July 7 – "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
- July 28 – "Oklahoma Hills" – Jack Guthrie
- August 25 – "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" – Tex 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 with Red Foley
- December 8 – "It's Been So Long Darling" – Ernest Tubb
- December 15 – "Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
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
- ″I′ll Be Back″ — Gene Autry
- ″I Want To Be Sure″ — Gene Autry
- ″Don′t Live a Lie″ — Gene Autry
Births
- January 16 — Ronnie Milsap, blind, blue-eyed soul-styled singer who became one of country music's most popular entertainers of the 1970s and 1980s.
- March 14 — Michael Martin Murphey, Western-styled singer-songwriter who enjoyed mainstream success in the 1980s as a country-pop performer.
- May 23 – Misty Morgan, singer-songwriter who, with husband Jack Blanchard, had a string of animal-themed hit recordings in the 1970s.
- June 5 — Don Reid, lead singer and main songwriter of The Statler Brothers.
- June 20 — Anne Murray, Canadian vocalist who became one of that country's most successful country music performers during the 1970s and 1980s.
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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