1946 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1946.

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Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

• January 5 – "You Will Have To Pay" – Tex Ritter
• January 5 – "White Cross on Okinawa" – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
• February 2 – "Guitar Polka" – Al Dexter
• May 18 – "New Spanish Two Step" – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
• September 14 – "Wine, Women and Song" – Al Dexter
• October 12 – "Divorce Me C.O.D." – Merle Travis

Other major hits

• Chained To A Memory – Eddy Arnold
• Cincinnati Lou – Merle Travis
• No Vacancy – Merle Travis
• Detour – Spade Cooley
• Detour – Wesley Tuttle
• Detour – Elton Britt
• Drivin' Nails In My Coffin – Floyd Tillman
• Driving Nails In My Coffin – Ernest Tubb
• Freight Train Boogie – Delmore Brothers
• Get Yourself A Red Head – Hank Penny
• Steel Guitar Stomp – Hank Penny
• Have I Told You Lately That I Love You – Gene Autry
• Have I Told You Lately That I Love You – Tex Ritter
• I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine – Gene Autry
• I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine – Wesley Tuttle
• Kentucky Waltz – Bill Monroe
• All Alone In This World Without You – Eddy Arnold
• Roly Poly – Bob Wills
• Sioux City Sue – Tiny Hill
• Sioux City Sue – Hoosier Hot Shots
• Sioux City Sue – Zeke Manners
• Someday – Hoosier Hot Shots
• Someday – Elton Britt
• Someday – Gene Autry
• Stay A Little Longer – Bob Wills
• I Can't Go On This Way – Bob Wills
• Filipino Baby – T. Texas Tyler
• Filipino Baby – Cowboy Copas
• Filipino Baby – Ernest Tubb
• That's How Much I Love You – Eddy Arnold
• Wave To Me My Lady – Elton Britt
• Wave To Me My Lady – Gene Autry
• When You Leave Don't Slam The Door – Tex Ritter
• You Can't Break My Heart – Spade Cooley
• ″No One to Cry To″ — Sons of the Pioneers
• ″Harriet″ — Red Foley & Roy Ross & His Ramblers
• ″Long Time Gone″ — Tex Ritter
• ″Honey Do You Think It′s Wrong″ — Al Dexter
• ″Silver Spurs (On the Golden Stairs)″ — Gene Autry
• ″You Only Want Me When You`re Lonely″ — Gene Autry
• ″Blueberry Lane″ — Elton Britt
• ″Blue Texas Moonlight″ — Elton Britt and The Skytoppers
• ″Gotta Get Together with My Gal″ — Elton Britt
• ″The California Polka″ — Tex Williams
• ″Tho′ I Tried ( I Can`t Forget You)″ — Wesley Tuttle
• ″Footprints In The Snow″ — Bill Monroe
• ″A Little White Cross on the Hill″ — Roy Rogers

Births

• January 11 — Naomi Judd, mother half of The Judds.
• January 19 — Dolly Parton, major multi-faceted country star since the 1960s.
• March 20 — Ranger Doug, "The Idol of American Youth", member of Riders in the Sky
• July 15 — Linda Ronstadt, singer-songwriter with strong influences in both country and rock music.
• August 11 — John Conlee, former mortician and disc jockey who became one of the most consistent performers of the late 1970s and 1980s.
• November 2 — Howard Bellamy, of The Bellamy Brothers.
• November 5 — Gram Parsons, influential country rock and alt-country singer-songwriter-guitarist who was a member of such bands as The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, as well as a solo act (died 1973).
• December 11 — Tony Brown, record producer.
• December 25 — Jimmy Buffett, singer best known for his "island escapism"-styled music.

Deaths

• July 13 – Riley Puckett, 52, vocalist with the Skillet Lickers (blood poisoning).

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.