Country Music 1942
Events
- October 3rd - The music publisher Acuff-Rose is founded by the composer Fred Rose and the musician Roy Acuff . It is the first publisher to exclusively market country music.
- The WJOB Hoosierland Jamboree goes on air for the first time in Hammond , Indiana
- The WNOX Tennessee Barn Dance goes on air for the first time in Knoxville , Tennessee .
Top hits of the year
- "1942 Turkey in the Straw" - Carson Robison
- "Cherokee Maiden" - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
- "Deep In The 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 Ain't 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 Don't 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
Born
- January 21 - Mac Davis
- May 5th - Tammy Wynette