1947 in country music
See also: 1946 in country music, 1947 in music, other events of 1947, 1948 in country music, 1940s in music and the List of years in Country Music
Events
Top hits of the year
Number one hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
- January 18 - "Rainbow at Midnight" - Ernest Tubb
- February 8 - "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 24 - "What is Life Without Love" - Eddy Arnold
- June 7 - "Sugar Moon" - Bob Wills and His 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
Other major hits
- "It's Mighty Dark to Travel" - Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
- "Kentucky" - Blue Sky Boys
- "New Pretty Blonde (New Jole Blon)" - Moon Mullican
- "The Tramp on the Street" - Molly O'Day with the Cumberland Mountain Folks
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Top new album releases
Births
Deaths
Further reading
- 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. "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.