1944 in country music

Events

  • January 8 - Billboard first published in the Most Played Juke Box Folk Records, predecessor of the Hot Country Songs. The first number - one hit was Pistol Packin ' Mama by Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters. As the first black musician Louis Jordan ends up with the ration blues a hit.
  • The KOMA Bluff Creek Round Up is in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for the first time on the air
  • The WFAA Saturday Night Shindig is in Dallas, Texas, for the first time on the air

Top hits of the year

No. 1 Hits

  • January 8 - " Pistol Packin ' Mama" - Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters
  • February 5 - " Pistol Packin ' Mama" - Al Dexter
  • February 26 - " Ration Blues" - Louis Jordan
  • March 11 - " Rosalita " - Al Dexter
  • March 18 - " They Took the Stars Out of Heaven" - Floyd Tillman
  • March 25 - " So Long Pal " - Al Dexter
  • April 1 - "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry " - Al Dexter
  • June 10 - " Straighten Up and Fly Right" - The King Cole Trio
  • July 29 - " Is You Is Or Is You Is not (Ma 'Baby ) " - Louis Jordan
  • September 2 - " Soldier's Last Letter " - Ernest Tubb
  • September 23 - "Smoke on the Water" - Red Foley
  • December 23 - "I'm Wastin ' My Tears on You " - Tex Ritter

More Hits

  • " Born To Lose " - Ted Daffan
  • " G.I. Blues" - Floyd Tillman
  • " I Hang My Head And Cry" - Gene Autry
  • "I'll Forgive You But I Can not Forget" - Roy Acuff
  • "I'm Sending You Red Roses " - Jimmy Wakely
  • " I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes" - Gene Autry
  • "If It 's Wrong To Love You " - Charley Mitchell
  • "Is It Too Late Now? " - Jimmie Davis
  • " Look Who's Talkin ' " - Ted Daffan
  • " New San Antonio Rose" - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
  • "No Letter Today" - Ted Daffan
  • " The Prodigal Son " - Roy Acuff
  • "She Broke My Heart In Three Pieces " - The Hoosier Hot Shots
  • " There's A Blue Star Shining Bright" - Red Foley
  • " There's A Chill On The Hill " - Jimmie Davis
  • " There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder " - Tex Ritter
  • " Texas Blues" - Foy Willing
  • " Try Me One More Time " - Ernest Tubb
  • " When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" - Cindy Walker
  • "We Might As Well Forget It " - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
  • " Write Me Sweetheart" - Roy Acuff
  • "Yesterday's Tears" - Ernest Tubb
  • " You're From Texas " - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys

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