List of number one country hits in the US (1946)

This is a list of the number one hits on Billboard's Most Played Juke Box Folk Records (Hillbillies, Spirituals, Cowboy Songs, etc.) in the United States in 1946. These charts are considered the predecessors of the Hot Country Songs introduced in 1958 . There were nine number one songs that year.

← 1945 ←	List of number one country hits in the US			1947 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 29, 1945 - January 4, 1946 1 week (total 3) 3 Ernest Tubb It's Been So Long Darling Ernest Tubb - January 5, 1946 - January 11, 1946 1 week (total 2/1/1) 2/1/1 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Vocal by Tommy Duncan Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Vocal by Tommy Duncan Tex Ritter Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight White Cross on Okinawa You Will Have to Pay Ed Burt Bob Wills, Cliff Johnson, Cliff Sundin Sarah Jane Cooper, Bonnie Dodd, Tex Ritter - January 12, 1946 - January 18, 1946 1 week (4 in total) 4th Ernest Tubb It's Been So Long Darling Ernest Tubb - January 19, 1946 - January 25, 1946 1 week (total 2) 2 Tex knight You Will Have to Pay Sarah Jane Cooper, Bonnie Dodd, Tex Ritter - January 26, 1946 - February 1, 1946 1 week (total 2) 2 Dick Thomas Sioux City Sue Ray Freedman, Dick Thomas - February 2, 1946 - February 8, 1946 1 week (total 3/3/3/2) 3/3/3/2 Dick Thomas Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Vocal by Tommy Duncan Tex Ritter Al Dexter & His Troopers Sioux City Sue Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight You Will Have to Pay Guitar Polka Ray Freedman, Dick Thomas Ed Burt Sarah Jane Cooper, Bonnie Dodd, Tex Ritter Al Dexter - February 9, 1946 - February 15, 1946 1 week (4 in total) 4th Dick Thomas Sioux City Sue Ray Freedman, Dick Thomas - February 16, 1946 - May 17, 1946 13 weeks (total 14) 14th Al Dexter & His Troopers Guitar Polka Al Dexter - May 18, 1946 - May 24, 1946 1 week (total 15/1) 15/1 Al Dexter & His Troopers Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Vocal by Tommy Duncan Guitar Polka New Spanish Two Step Al Dexter Bob Wills, Tommy Duncan - May 25, 1946 - May 31, 1946 1 week (16 total) 16 Al Dexter & His Troopers Guitar Polka Al Dexter - June 1, 1946 - September 13, 1946 15 weeks (16 total) 16 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Vocal by Tommy Duncan New Spanish Two Step Bob Wills, Tommy Duncan - September 14, 1946 - October 11, 1946 4 weeks (4 in total) 4th Al Dexter & His Troopers Wine Women and Song Al Dexter, Aubrey Gass - October 12, 1946 - October 18, 1946 1 week (total 1) 1 Merle Travis Divorce Me COD Cliffie Stone , Merle Travis - October 19, 1946 - October 25, 1946 1 week (total 2) 2 Al Dexter & His Troopers Wine Women and Song Al Dexter, Aubrey Gass - October 26, 1946 - December 27, 1946 9 weeks (total 10) 10 Merle Travis Divorce Me COD Cliffie Stone, Merle Travis -
← 1945				→ 1947 →

See also

• List of number one hits in the US (1946)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Discogs (Ernest Tubb - It's Been So Long Darling)
2. ↑ Discogs (Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Vocal by Tommy Duncan - Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight)
3. ↑ Discogs (Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Vocal by Tommy Duncan - White Cross on Okinawa)
4. ↑ Discogs (Tex Ritter - You Will Have to Pay)
5. ↑ Discogs (Dick Thomas - Sioux City Sue)
6. ↑ Discogs (Al Dexter & His Troopers - Guitar Polka)
7. ↑ Discogs (Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Vocal by Tommy Duncan - New Spanish Two Step)
8. ↑ Discogs (Al Dexter & His Troopers - Wine Women and Song)
9. ↑ Discogs (Merle Travis - Divorce Me COD)