1941 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1941.
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Events
- January 1 – Radio programmers begin a 10-month ban on the ASCAP catalog when they fail to reach an agreement. Instead, disc jockeys begin to rely on BMI and its catalog of "hillbilly" music.
- October – The Grand Ole Opry organizes a "Camel Country" tour in a show of support for American servicemen, many of whom would be off to war two months later.
Top hits of the year
| Single | Artist |
|---|---|
| "You Are My Sunshine" | Gene Autry |
| "Be Honest With Me" | Gene Autry |
| "New Worried Mind" | Roy Rogers |
| "Only in Dreams" | Bob Skyles & His Skyrockets |
| "San Antonio Rose" | Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys |
| "Repasz Band" | The Jesters |
| "Maiden's Prayer" | Bob Wills |
| "Walking the Floor Over You" | Ernest Tubb |
| "Let's All Have Another Beer" | Karl And Harty |
| "Spin The Bottle" | Tiny Hill & His Orch |
| "You Are My Sunshine" | The Airport Boys |
| "You Waited Too Long" | Gene Autry |
| "Those Blue Eyes Don't Sparkle Anymore" | Ted Daffan and his Texans |
| "I'm Gonna Change All My Ways" | Floyd Tillman |
| "Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman" | Texas Jim Lewis |
| "She Won't Be My Little Darling" | Delmore Brothers |
Other hits of the year
| Single | Artist |
|---|---|
| "A Year Ago Tonight" | Gene Autry |
| "Alamo Rag" | Adolph Hofner |
| "Along the Santa Fe Trail" | Bing Crosby |
| "Big Beaver" | Bob Wills |
| "Draftee Blues" | Johnny Bond |
| "Gone and Left Me Blues" | Jimmy Wakely |
| "I Hung My Head and I Cried" | Jimmie Davis |
| "I'll Never Let You Go Little Darling" | Gene Autry |
| "In My Adobe Hacienda" | Louise Massey |
| "It Makes No Difference Now" | Gene Autry |
| "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" | Patsy Montana |
| "I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye" | Ernest Tubb |
| "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" | Jimmy Wakely |
| "Lil Liza Jane" | Bob Wills |
| "Live and Let Live" | Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan |
| "Mean Mama Blues" | Ernest Tubb |
| "My Mary" | Jimmie Davis |
| "New San Antonio Rose" | Bing Crosby |
| "Old Shep" | Red Foley |
| "Please Remember Me" | Ernest Tubb |
| "The Precious Jewel" | Roy Acuff |
| "Sweethearts or Strangers" | Jimmie Davis |
| "Take Me Back To Tulsa" | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
| "Tears on My Pillow" | Gene Autry |
| "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" | Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan |
| "Worried Mind" | Texas Jim Lewis |
Births
- January 18 – Bobby Goldsboro, middle-of-the-road artist best known for 1968's "Honey."
- February 8 – Henson Cargill, best known for 1968's "Skip a Rope" (died 2007).
- March 28 – Charlie McCoy, harmonica specialist.
- April 2 – Sonny Throckmorton, songwriter.
- May 31 – Johnny Paycheck, outlaw country-styled singer best known for "Take This Job and Shove It" (died 2003).
- June 8 — Alf Robertson, Swedish country musician (died 2008).
- August 14 – Connie Smith, female vocalist who grew to fame in the 1960s; Grand Ole Opry mainstay.
- September 21 – Dickey Lee, pop-country singer-songwriter.
- September 26 – David Frizzell, brother of Lefty Frizzell who grew into a country star in his own right.
- October 17 – Earl Thomas Conley, singer-songwriter who became one of country's biggest stars of the 1980s (died 2019).
- November 6 – Guy Clark, alternative-outlaw country singer-songwriter (died 2016).
- November 27 – Eddie Rabbitt, singer-songwriter who crossed over to pop in the early 1980s with hits such as "I Love a Rainy Night" and "Drivin' My Life Away" (died 1998).
- November 29 – Jody Miller, female vocalist best known for "Queen of the House" (answer song to Roger Miller's "King of the Road").
Deaths
- November 7 – Henry Whitter, 49, early country musician.
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. "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954: The History of American Popular Music," Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1986 (ISBN 0-89820-083-0).
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