Country Music 1941

Events

• January 1: Radio stations start a 10-month strike against ASCAP; as a result, mainly pieces of hillbilly music are played that were often still license-free.
• October: The WSM Grand Ole Opry hosts Camel Country , an entertainment tour for American soldiers.

Top hits of the year

• "Alamo Rag" - Adolph Hofner
• "Along the Santa Fe Trail" - Bing Crosby
• "Be Honest With Me" - Roy Acuff
• "Be Honest With Me" - Gene Autry
• "Be Honest With Me" - Red Foley
• "Come Back Little Pal" - Roy Acuff
• "Cool Water" - Sons of the Pioneers
• "It Makes No Difference Now" - Gene Autry
• "Live and Let Live" - Wiley Walker & Gene Sullivan
• "New San Antonio Rose" - Bing Crosby
• "Old Shep" - Red Foley
• "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
• "Time Changes Everything" - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
• "Walking The Floor Over You" - Ernest Tubb
• "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" - Wiley Walker & Gene Sullivan
• "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon" - Hank Penny
• "Worried Mind" - Roy Acuff
• "Worried Mind" - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
• " You Are My Sunshine " - Gene Autry
• "You Are My Sunshine" - Bing Crosby
• "Too Late" - Jimmie Davis
• "I'll Never Let You Go Little Darling" - Jimmy Wakely
• "Twin Guitar Special" - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
• "Lil Liza Jane" - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
• "My Mary" - Jimmie Davis
• "In My Adobe Hacienda" - Louise Massey
• "Draftee Blues" - Johnny Bond
• "A Year Ago Tonight" - Gene Autry
• "I'll Never Let You Go Little Darling" - Gene Autry
• "I Hung My Head And I Cried" - Jimmie Davis

Born

• February 5 - Henson Cargill
• March 28 - Charlie McCoy
• August 14 - Connie Smith
• September 26 - David Frizzell
• October 17 - Earl Thomas Conley
• November 6 - Guy Clark
• November 6 - Douglas Wayne Sahm
• November 9 - Tom Fogerty
• November 27 - Eddie Rabbitt
• November 29 - Jody Miller
• December 6 - Helen Cornelius
• December 26th - Rattlesnake Annie

Died

• November 17th - Henry Whitter