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Overview of the events of 1938 in country music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1938.
The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954,[1] record sales reported on the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference.
Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
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1 | Roy Acuff and the Crazy Tennesseans | "Wabash Cannon Ball"[2] | Vocalion 4466 | October 21, 1936 | November 1938 | US BB 1938 #223, US #12 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1938 #1, 1,000,000 sales,[1] National Recording Registry 2005 |
2 | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | "It Makes No Difference Now"[3] | Decca 5604 | September 13, 1938 | September 30, 1938 | US Hillbilly 1938 #2 |
3 | Shelton Brothers | "Aura Lee"[4] | Decca 5533 | February 17, 1937 | June 1938 | US Hillbilly 1938 #3 (this melody was used for Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender") |
4 | Hoosier Hot Shots | "The Man with the Whiskers"[5] | Vocalion 4502 | October 28, 1938 | December 1938 | US BB 1938 #207, US #11 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1938 #4 |
5 | Roy Acuff with The Crazy Tennesseans | "Great Speckled Bird"[6] | Melotone 70159 | October 20, 1936 | January 1937 | US BB 1938 #236, US #13 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1938 #5 |
6 | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | "Steel Guitar Stomp"[7] | Vocalion 3997 | June 7, 1937 | February 1938 | US Hillbilly 1938 #6 |
7 | Gene Autry | "Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle"[2] | Vocalion 4172 | October 18, 1937 | June 1938 | US Hillbilly 1938 #7 |
8 | Claude Casey's Pinestate Playboys | "Pine State Honky Tonk"[8] | Bluebird 7883 | September 27, 1938 | October 19, 1938 | US Hillbilly 1938 #8 |
9 | Roy Acuff and the Crazy Tennesseans | "Freight Train Blues"[2] | Vocalion 4466 | October 21, 1936 | November 1938 | US Hillbilly 1938 #9 |
10 | Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians | "The One Rose That's Left in My Heart"[9] | Bluebird B-7280 | July 7, 1930 | December 1, 1937 | US Hillbilly 1938 #10 |
11 | Roy Rogers | "Hi-Ho Silver"[2] | Vocalion 4190 | June 15, 1938 | July 1938 | US BB 1938 #250, US #13 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1938 #10 |
12 | Jimmie Davis w_Charles <Mitchell | "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland"[10] | Decca 5616 | September 22, 1938 | November 1938 | US BB 1938 #253, US #13 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1938 #11 |
13 | Light Crust Doughboys | "Beautiful Ohio"[2] | Vocalion 4158 | May 14, 1938 | June 1938 | US BB 1938 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 8 total weeks |
14 | Hoosier Hot Shots | "Red Hot Fannie"[2] | Vocalion 4289 | June 6, 1938 | August 1938 | US Hillbilly 1938 #13 |
15 | Girls of the Golden West | "Ragtime Cowboy Joe"[2] | Vocalion 4292 | February 28, 1938 | August 1938 | US Hillbilly 1938 #14 |
16 | Jimmie Revard And His Oklahoma Playboys | "Tulsa Waltz"[11] | Bluebird 7371 | February 26, 1937 | January 19, 1938 | US Hillbilly 1938 #15 |
17 | Joe Werner's Ramblers | "Running Around".[12] | Bluebird 4994 | April 1, 1938 | April 20, 1938 | US Hillbilly 1938 #16 |
18 | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | "The Maiden's Prayer"[7] | Vocalion 3924 | September 23, 1935 | February 1938 | US Hillbilly 1938 #17 |
19 | W Lee O'Daniel and His Hillbilly Boys | "Beautiful Texas"[2] | Vocalion 4185 | May 15, 1938 | July 1938 | US Hillbilly 1938 #18 |
20 | Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers | "Girl Of My Dreams"[13] | Decca 5560 | December 8, 1937 | July 1938 | US Hillbilly 1938 #19 |
21 | Gene Autry | "End of My Round-Up Days"[2] | Vocalion 4146 | October 15, 1937 | May 1938 | US Hillbilly 1938 #20 |
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