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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1941.

Events

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  • January 1 – Radio programmers begin a 10-month ban on the ASCAP catalog when they fail to reach an agreement. Instead, disc jockeys begin to rely on BMI and its catalog of "hillbilly" music.
  • October – The Grand Ole Opry organizes a "Camel Country" tour in a show of support for American servicemen, many of whom would be off to war two months later.

Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings

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The following songs achieved the highest positions in Billboard magazine's 'Best Sellers in Stores' chart, monthly 'Hillbilly Hits' chart, supplemented by 'Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954' and record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website,[1] and other sources as specified, during 1941. Numerical rankings are approximate.

Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Released Chart Positions
1Gene Autry"You Are My Sunshine"[2]Okeh 6274June 18, 1941July 10, 1941US Billboard 1941 #131, US Pop #23 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #1, Hillbilly #1 for 20 weeks, 50 total weeks, 403 points, 1,000,000 sales[3]
2Ernest Tubb"Walking the Floor Over You"[4]Decca 5958April 26, 1941May 28, 1941US Billboard 1941 #154, US Pop #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #2, Hillbilly #1 for 10 weeks, 72 total weeks, 292 points, 1,000,000 sales[1] (see 1942, 8 more weeks at #1), Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, presented gold record 1964.
3Gene Autry"Be Honest with Me"[5]Okeh 5980August 20, 1940January 17, 1941US Billboard 1941 #147, US Pop #23 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #3, Hillbilly #1 for 6 week, 58 total weeks, 262 points, 1941 Best Original Song Nominee
4Louise Massey and the Westerners"My Adobe Hacienda"[2]Okeh 6077January 27, 1941March 1941US Billboard 1941 #99, US Pop #13 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #4, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 107 points
5Curly Hicks And His Taproom Boys"Frisky Fiddler Polka"[6]Bluebird 8740October 8, 1940July 11, 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #5, Hillbilly #4 for 2 weeks, 34 total weeks, 101 points
6Gene Autry"Tears On My Pillow"[2]Okeh 6239August 22, 1940June 12, 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #6, Hillbilly #4 for 3 weeks, 41 total weeks, 100 points
7Gene Autry"You Waited Too Long"[5]Okeh 5781August 22, 1941September 5, 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #7, Hillbilly #2 for 6 weeks, 21 total weeks, 95 points
8Roy Rogers and his Saddle Pals"New Worried Mind"[7]Decca 5906November 29, 1940December 29, 1940US Hillbilly 1941 #8, Hillbilly #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 90 points
9Jimmie Davis"I'm Sorry Now"[8]Decca 5926February 21, 1941March 12, 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #9, Hillbilly #3 for 3 weeks, 27 total weeks, 84 points
10Tennessee Ramblers"Come Swing With Me"[9]Bluebird 8742October 12, 1940July 11, 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #10, Hillbilly #3 for 4 weeks, 21 total weeks, 81 points
11Rice Brothers' Gang"My Carolina Sunshine Girl"[10]Decca 5959March 11, 1941April 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #11, Hillbilly #3 for 5 weeks, 26 total weeks, 75 points
12Karl And Harty"Let's All Have Another Beer"[2]Okeh 6066January 24, 1941March 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #12, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 72 points
13Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys"Take Me Back to Tulsa"[2]Okeh 6101February 24, 1941March 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #13, Hillbilly #1 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 72 points, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
14Delmore Brothers"When It's Time For The Whip-Poor-Will To Sing"[11]Decca 5925September 11, 1940February 28, 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #14, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 72 points
15Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys"Maiden's Prayer"[2]Okeh 6205February 24, 1941May 16, 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #15, Hillbilly #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks, 69 points
16Roy Rogers and his Saddle Pals"Time Changes Everything"[12]Decca 5906November 29, 1940December 29, 1940US Hillbilly 1941 #16, Hillbilly #2 for 2 weeks, 21 total weeks, 69 points
17Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys"New Worried Mind"[2]Okeh 6101February 24, 1941March 1941US Billboard 1941 #108, US Pop #14 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #17, Hillbilly #2 for 3 weeks, 17 total weeks, 64 points
18Sons of the Pioneers"Cool Water"[13]Decca 5844March 27, 1941April 25, 1941US Billboard 1941 #142, US Pop #17 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #18, Hillbilly #1 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 63 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1986
19Delmore Brothers"She Won't Be My Little Darling"[14]Decca 5907September 11, 1940February 28, 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #19, Hillbilly #2 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 60 points
20Texas Jim Robertson"I'll Be Back In A Year (Little Darlin')"[15]Bluebird 8606November 27, 1940February 1941US Billboard 1941 #204, US Pop #21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #20, Hillbilly #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 59 points
21Adolph Hofner And His San Antonians"Alamo Rag"[2]Okeh 6139February 28, 1941April 12, 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #21, Hillbilly #1 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 57 points
22Louise Massey and the Westerners"Beer and Skittles"[5]Okeh 5916October 11, 1940December 1940US Billboard 1941 #129, US Pop #16 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #22, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 54 points
23Bill Boyd And His Cowboy Ramblers"If You'll Come Back"[16]Bluebird 8533February 12, 1940October 4, 1940US Hillbilly 1941 #23, Hillbilly #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 54 points
24Tiny Hill and His Orchestra"Spin The Bottle"[2]Okeh 6160March 11, 1941April 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #24, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 53 points
25Prairie Ramblers"I'll Be Back In A Year (Little Darlin')"[2]Okeh 6053January 22, 1941February 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #25, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 53 points
26Ted Daffan and his Texans"Those Blue Eyes Don't Sparkle Anymore"[2]Okeh 6160March 11, 1941April 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #7, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 52 points
28Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys"Mule Skinner Blues"[17]Bluebird 8568October 7, 1940November 10, 1940US Hillbilly 1941 #28, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 17 total weeks, 47 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2009
29Shelton Brothers"What's The Matter With Deep Elm"[18]Decca 5898April 7, 1940November 1940US Hillbilly 1941 #32, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 46 points
31The Jesters"Repasz Band"[19]Decca 3719April 2, 1941April 1941US Billboard 1941 #205, US Pop #21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1941 #30, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks, 44 points
32Jimmie Davis and Jimmy Wakely"Too Late"[20]Decca 5940February 20, 1941April 18, 1941US Hillbilly 1941 #31, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 16 total weeks, 43 points

Births

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Deaths

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Further reading

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  • Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
  • Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
  • Whitburn, Joel. "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954: The History of American Popular Music," Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1986 (ISBN 0-89820-083-0).

References

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  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Record Research.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "OKeh (by CBS) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 6000 - 6500". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  3. ↑ "TSHA | Autry, Orvon Gene". www.tshaonline.org. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
  4. ↑ "Decca matrix 93673. Walking the floor over you / Ernest Tubb - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  5. 1 2 3 "OKeh (by CBS) numerical listing discography: 5600 - 5999". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  6. ↑ "Victor matrix BS-054534. Frisky fiddler / Curly Hicks; Taproom Boys - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  7. ↑ "Decca matrix DLA 2247. New worried mind / Roy Rogers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  8. ↑ "Decca matrix 68724. I'm sorry now / Jimmie Davis - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  9. ↑ "Victor matrix BS-056535. Come swing with me / Cecil Campbell; Tennessee Ramblers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  10. ↑ "Decca matrix 93696. My Carolina sunshine girl / Rice Brothers Gang - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  11. ↑ "Decca matrix 68074. When it's time for the whip-poor-will to sing / Delmore Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  12. ↑ "Decca matrix DLA 2247. New worried mind / Roy Rogers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  13. ↑ "Decca matrix 93632. Cool water / Sons of the Pioneers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  14. ↑ "Decca matrix 68077. She won't be my little darlin' / Delmore Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  15. ↑ "Victor matrix BS-057797. I'll be back in a year, little darling / Texas Jim Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  16. ↑ "Victor matrix BS-047667. If you'll come back / Bill Boyd; Cowboy Ramblers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  17. ↑ "Victor matrix BS-054518. Mule skinner blues / Blue Grass Boys; Bill Monroe - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  18. ↑ "Decca matrix 92037. What's the matter with deep Elem / The Shelton Brothers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  19. ↑ "Decca matrix 68729. Repasz band / The Jesters - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  20. ↑ "Decca matrix DLA 2096. Too late / Rough Riders; Jimmy Wakely - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
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