1942 in country music

Events

  • October 3 - The music publisher Acuff - Rose was founded by composer Fred Rose and Roy Acuff musician. It is the first publisher that marketed exclusively country music.
  • The WJOB Hoosierland Jamboree is in Hammond, Indiana, for the first time on the air
  • The WNOX Tennessee Barn Dance is in Knoxville, Tennessee, for the first time on the air.

Top hits of the year

  • "In 1942 Turkey in the Straw " - Carson Robison
  • " Cherokee Maiden " - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
  • " Deep In Th Heart Of Texas " - Gene Autry
  • " Deep in the Heart of Texas " - Bing Crosby
  • "Fireball Mail" - Roy Acuff
  • "Goodbye Mama I'm Off To Yokohama" - Teddy Powell
  • " The Honey Song" - Louise Massey and the Westerners
  • " I Is not Honky Tonkin Anymore " - Ernest Tubb
  • "I'm A Prisoner Of War" - Johnny Bond
  • " Jingle Jangle Jingle " - Gene Autry
  • "Mean Mama Blues " - Ernest Tubb
  • "My Life 's Been a Pleasure " - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
  • " Mussolini 's Letter to Hitler" - Carson Robison
  • " Please Do not Leave Me" - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
  • " Remember Pearl Harbor " - Carson Robison
  • "Ten Years " - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
  • " There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere" - Elton Britt
  • " Tweedle -O- Twill " - Gene Autry
  • " We're Gonna Slap The Dirty Little Jap " - Carson Robison
  • " Wreck on the Highway " - Roy Acuff

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