1948 in country music

Events

• April 3 - KWKH Louisiana Hayride sends, which is exceeded in the 1950s only by the Grand Ole Opry in popularity for the first time.
• May 15 - The Billboard Magazine introduces a second hit parade of country music: the Best Selling Folk Retail Records. Thus, it was possible to have two number-one title.
• July 24 - Roy Acuff announces his candidacy for the office of governor of Tennessee. Acuff, who is competing for the Republican Party will lose the election, however.
• Eddy Arnold dominated the charts with five number one hits; the only artist other than Arnold, who reached the top of the charts in 1948, is Jimmy Wakely with "One Has My Name ( The Other Has My Heart ) ".
• The Big D Jamboree is in Dallas, Texas, for the first time on the air
• The Chippewa Valley Barn Dance is in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for the first time on the air
• The Country Barn Dance Carnival is in San Gabriel, California, for the first time on the air

Top hits of the year

Number - one hits

• April 8 - " Anytime " - Eddy Arnold
• June 5 - " Boquet of Roses " - Eddy Arnold
• June 5 - " Texarkana Baby" - Eddy Arnold
• September 18 - " Just a Little Lovin ' ( Will Go a Long, Long Way ) " - Eddy Arnold
• November 13 - " One Has My Name ( the Other Has My Heart ) " - Jimmy Wakely
• December 25 - "A Heart Full of Love ( For a Handful of Kisses ) " - Eddy Arnold

More Hits

• " Tennessee Waltz" - Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart
• " Sweeter Than The Flowers " - Moon Mullican
• "Life Gets Teejus Do It" - Carson Robison
• " Suspicion" - Tex Williams
• "Never Trust A Woman" - Tex Williams
• "Do not Telegraph (Tell A Woman ) " - Tex Williams
• " Humpty Dumpty Heart" - Hank Thompson
• "Deck Of Cards " - T. Texas Tyler
• " What A Fool I Was" - Eddy Arnold
• " My Daddy Is Only A Picture" - Eddy Arnold
• "Then I Turned And Walked Slowly Away" - Eddy Arnold
• " Banjo Polka" - Tex Williams
• " Signed Sealed Delivered AND " - Cowboy Copas
• " Tennessee Moon" - Cowboy Copas
• "Blue Shadows On The Trail " - Roy Rogers
• " Seaman 's Blues " - Ernest Tubb
• " Forever Is Ending Today" - Ernest Tubb
• " Rye Whiskey" - Tex Ritter
• "Rock and Rye Rag " - Tex Ritter
• " Buttons And Bows " - Gene Autry
• " Honky Tonkin ' " - Hank Williams
• "Bubbles In My Beer" - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
• "Waltz Of The Wind " - Roy Acuff
• " Who Me? " - Tex Williams
• "I Love You So Much It Hurts " - Floyd Tillman
• "Green Light" - Hank Thompson
• " Chime Bells" - Elton Britt
• " Cool Water " - Sons Of The Pioneers
• " Peepin ' Through The Keyhole ' - Cliffie Stone
• "I'm My Own Grandpa " - Lonzo and Oscar
• " Molly Darling " - Eddy Arnold
• " Doghouse Boogie" - Hawkshaw Hawkins
• "Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello" - Ernest Tubb
• " Have You Ever Been Lonely " - Ernest Tubb

Born

• March 29 - Johnny Dowd
• May 2 - Larry Gatlin
• August 12 - Sam Neely
• September 1 - Gail Davies
• November 6 - Glenn Frey
• November 10 - Hugh Moffatt
• December 25 - Barbara Mandrell

Died

• January 25 - Jack Guthrie
• September 15 - Vernon Dalhart

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