Country Music 1947
Events
- The WFIL Hayloft Hoedown is in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , for the first time on air
- The WTOD Maumee Valley Jamboree goes on air for the first time in Toledo , Ohio
- The WVOK Dixie Jamboree goes on air for the first time in Birmingham , Alabama
Top hits of the year
Number one hits
- January 18 - "Rainbow at Midnight" - Ernest Tubb
- February 8th - "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" - Merle Travis
- May 17 - "New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)" - Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
- May 24th - "What is Life Without Love" - Eddy Arnold
- June 7th - "Sugar Moon" - Bob Wills and Hhis Texas Playboys
- July 19 - "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" - Tex Williams
- November 1 - "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" - Eddy Arnold
More hits
- "Baby Doll" - Sons Of The Pioneers
- "Bang Bang" - Jimmie Davis
- "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" - Roy Acuff
- "Cigarettes Whiskey And Wild Wild Women" - Sons Of The Pioneers
- "Don't Look Now" - Ernest Tubb
- "Fat Gal" - Merle Travis
- "Feudin 'And Fightin'" - Dorothy Shay
- "Filipino Baby" - Ernest Tubb
- "Here Comes Santa Claus" - Gene Autry
- "I Couldn 'Believe It Was True" - Eddy Arnold
- "I'll Step Aside" - Ernest Tubb
- "Lil 'Liza Jane" - Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
- "Move It On Over" - Hank Williams
- "Never Trust A Woman" - Red Foley and his Cumberland Valley Boys
- "Never Trust A Woman" - Tex Williams
- "Our Own Jolie Blon" - Roy Acuff
- "Pretty Blond" - Moon Mullican
- "Remember Me (When The Candlelights Are Gleaming)" - T. Texas Tyler
- "Steel Guitar Rag" - Merle Travis
- "Teardrops From My Eyes" - Sons Of The Pioneers
- "Temptation" - Red Engles & Jo Stafford
- "That's What I Like About The West" - Tex Williams
- "To My Sorrow" - Eddy Arnold
Born
- March 15 - Ry Cooder
- April 2 - Emmylou Harris
- June 13 - John Kahn
- September 26 - Lynn Anderson
- December 19 - Janie Fricke