This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1945.
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(As certified by Billboard magazine)
| US | Single | Artist |
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| February 3 | "I'm Losing My Mind Over You" | Al Dexter |
| "March 17 | "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" | Jimmie Davis |
| March 31 | "Shame on You" | Spade Cooley |
| "April 14 | "Smoke on the Water" | Bob Wills |
| May 19 | "At Mail Call Today" | Gene Autry |
| July 7 | "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
| July 28 | "Oklahoma Hills" | Jack Guthrie |
| August 25 | "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" | Tex Ritter |
| October 27 | "With Tears in My Eyes" | Wesley Tuttle |
| Nov 17 | "Sioux City Sue" | Dick Thomas |
| Nov 24 | "Shame on You" | Lawrence Welk Orchestra with Red Foley |
| Dec 8 | "It's Been So Long Darling" | Ernest Tubb |
| Dec 15 | "Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
1945's year-end list of The Billboard's "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" represented the first Country music (referred to at the time as "Hillbilly") chart in the lineage of today's "Hot Country Songs". Note that it was based on weekly reports supplied by a sampling of Juke Box operators nationwide; Billboard would not add Country Sales and Air Play charts until 1948. Each week, a score of 15 points was assigned for the no. 1 record, 9 points for no. 2, 8 points for no. 3, and so on, and the total of all weeks determined the final rank. Records that entered the chart in December 1944, or remained on the chart after December 1945 received points for their full chart runs. Appearances on other Billboard charts had no effect on ranking, but are listed for reference. Additional information can be found at List of Most Played Juke Box Folk Records number ones of 1945.
| Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions |
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| 1 | Spade Cooley and His Western Band | "Shame on You" [2] | Okeh 6731 | December 4, 1944 | January 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #1, USHB #1 for 9 weeks, 38 total weeks |
| 2 | Tex Ritter and His Texans | "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" [3] | Capitol 206 | May 1, 1945 | July 25, 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #2, USHB #1 for 11 weeks, 22 total weeks |
| 3 | Gene Autry | "At Mail Call Today" [2] | Okeh 6737 | December 6, 1944 | March 10, 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #3, USHB #1 for 8 weeks, 30 total weeks |
| 4 | Dick Thomas | "Sioux City Sue" [4] | National 5007 | February 6, 1945 | July 1945 | US BB 1945 #243, US #21, US Hillbilly 1945 #4, USHB #1 for 4 weeks, 37 total weeks |
| 5 | Al Dexter and His Troopers | "I'm Losing My Mind Over You" [2] | Okeh 6727 | March 21, 1942 | November 12, 1944 | US Hillbilly 1945 #5, USHB #1 for 7 weeks, 34 total weeks |
| 6 | Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans | "Oklahoma Hills" [3] | Capitol 201 | October 16, 1944 | June 20, 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #6, USHB #1 for 6 weeks, 24 total weeks |
| 7 | Tex Ritter and His Texans | "Jealous Heart" [3] | Capitol 179 | September 20, 1944 | December 1944 | US Hillbilly 1945 #7, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 31 total weeks |
| 8 | Jimmie Davis | "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" [5] | Decca 6105 | March 23, 1944 | November 2, 1944 | US Hillbilly 1945 #8, USHB #1 for 1 week, 30 total weeks |
| 9 | Wesley Tuttle | "With Tears in My Eyes" [3] | Capitol 216 | July 16, 1945 | September 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #9, USHB #1 for 4 weeks, 18 total weeks |
| 10 | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | "Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" [6] | Columbia 36841 | April 20, 1945 | September 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #10, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 22 total weeks |
| 11 | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | "Smoke on the Water" [2] | Okeh 6736 | January 24, 1945 | February 20, 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #11, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks |
| 12 | Ernest Tubb | "It's Been So Long Darling" [7] | Decca 6112 | August 14, 1945 | September 26, 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #12, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 22 total weeks |
| 13 | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | "Hang Your Head In Shame" [2] | Okeh 6736 | January 26, 1945 | February 20, 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #13, USHB #3 for 3 weeks, 22 total weeks |
| 14 | Lawrence Welk Orchestra with Red Foley | "Shame on You" [8] | Decca 18698 | June 26, 1945 | July 28, 1945 | US BB 1945 #212, US #18, US Hillbilly 1945 #14, USHB #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks |
| 15 | Ted Daffan's Texans | "Headin' Down the Wrong Highway" [2] | Okeh 6744 | January 10, 1945 | June 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #15, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 25 total weeks |
| 16 | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" [2] | Okeh 6742 | April 20, 1945 | May 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #17, USHB #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks |
| 17 | Ernest Tubb | "Tomorrow Never Comes" | Decca 6106 | January 13, 1944 | January 22, 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #18, USHB #4 for 3 weeks, 21 total weeks |
| 18 | Al Dexter and His Troopers | "Triflin' Gal" [2] | Okeh 6740 | April 11, 1945 | June 4, 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #19, USHB #2 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks |
| 19 | Al Dexter and His Troopers | "I'll Wait For You Dear" [2] | Okeh 6727 | March 20, 1942 | November 12, 1944 | US Hillbilly 1945 #20, USHB #2 for 1 week, 20 total weeks |
| 20 | Ernest Tubb | "Careless Darlin'" [9] | Decca 6110 | January 13, 1944 | June 6, 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #21, USHB #3 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks |
| 21 | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | "Texas Playboy Rag" [2] | Okeh 6736 | January 26, 1945 | February 20, 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #23, USHB #4 for 4 weeks, 18 total weeks |
| 22 | Gene Autry | "Gonna Build a Big Fence Around Texas" [2] | Okeh 6728 | November 29, 1944 | December 1944 | US Hillbilly 1945 #24, USHB #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks |
| 26 | Tex Ritter | "Christmas Carols By The Old Corral" [3] | Capitol 223 | July 27, 1945 | November 1945 | US Hillbilly 1945 #28, USHB #4 for 2 weeks, 7 total weeks |
| 28 | Gene Autry | "Don't Fence Me In" [2] | Okeh 6728 | November 29, 1944 | December 1944 | US Hillbilly 1945 #30, USHB #5 for 1 week, 14 total weeks |
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