Country Music 1948

Events

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

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

• April 8th - "Anytime" - Eddy Arnold
• June 5th - "Boquet of Roses" - Eddy Arnold
• June 5th - "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 25th - "A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)" - Eddy Arnold

Note : Both charts, the "Best Selling Folk Retail Records" and the "Most Played Jukebox Folk Records", are evaluated.

More hits

• " Tennessee Waltz " - Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart
• "Sweeter Than The Flowers" - Moon Mullican
• "Life Gets Tee Jus Don't It" - Carson Robison
• "Suspicion" - Tex Williams
• "Never Trust A Woman" - Tex Williams
• "Don't 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 AND Delivered" - 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 Knight
• "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
• June 5th - Gail Davies
• August 12 - Sam Neely
• October 2 - Chris LeDoux
• November 6 - Glenn Frey
• November 10 - Hugh Moffatt
• December 25 - Barbara Mandrell

Died

• January 25 - Jack Guthrie
• September 14 - Vernon Dalhart