1937 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1937.

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Events

• October 30 - Johnnie Wright and Kitty Wells are married.

Top hits of the year

• "Breezin' Along With the Breeze" - Hoosier Hot Shots
• "You're The Only Star In My Blue Heaven"- Roy Acuff
• "Steel Guitar Rag"- Bob Wills
• "Great Speckled Bird"-Roy Acuff
• "Right Or Wrong"-Bob Wills

Births

• March 20 — Jerry Reed, "swamp rock"-styled singer and guitarist best known for novelty hits, most notably "When You're Hot, You're Hot." (died 2008)
• April 6 — Merle Haggard, innovator of the Bakersfield Sound and a huge country star since the 1960s.
• June 15 — Waylon Jennings, influential rock-styled country performer and originator of the 1970s "outlaw" movement (died 2002).
• August 26 — Don Bowman, musician, songwriter and comedian, original host of radio's American Country Countdown.
• November 1 — Bill Anderson, prolific singer-songwriter and television personality whose success has lasted more than 50 years; known as "Whisperin' Bill."
• December 16 — Jim Glaser, singer-songwriter and member of Tompall & the Glaser Brothers.

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.