1950 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1950.

Contents

Events

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

USSingleArtist
January 7"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", 7,000,000 sold by 1969 [1] Gene Autry
January 7"Blue Christmas" Ernest Tubb
January 14"I Love You Because" Leon Payne
January 14"Blues Stay Away From Me" Delmore Brothers
January 21"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" Red Foley
January 28"Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me" Eddy Arnold
April 22"Long Gone Lonesome Blues" Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
May 27"Birmingham Bounce"Red Foley
June 17"Why Don't You Love Me"Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
June 17"I'll Sail My Ship Alone" Moon Mullican
July 15"M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I"Red Foley
August 19"I'm Movin' On" Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
August 26"Goodnight Irene"Red Foley and Ernest Tubb
December 23"If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time" Lefty Frizzell
December 3"Moanin' the Blues"Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played Juke Box Folk (Country & Western) Records," "Best Selling Retail Folk (Country & Western) Records" and "Country & Western Records Most Played by Folk Disk Jockeys" charts.

Other major hits

USSingleArtist
5Ain't Nobody's Business by My Own Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford
6A-Sleeping at the Foot of the Bed Little Jimmy Dickens
7Beyond the Sunset The Three Suns with Elton Britt and Rosalie Allen
4Bloodshot Eyes Hank Penny
7Blues, Stay Away from Me Owen Bradley Quintet
10 Bonaparte's Retreat Pee Wee King
2Broken Down Merry-Go-Round Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
6 A Bushel and a Peck Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
8Careless Kisses Red Foley
5Choc'late Ice Cream ConeRed Foley
8Choc'late Ice Cream Cone Kenny Roberts
2Cincinnati Dancing PigRed Foley
7Cry of the Dying Duck in a Thunder-Storm Cactus Pryor
2The Cry of the Wild GooseTennessee Ernie Ford
2Cuddle Buggin' Baby Eddy Arnold
6Daddy's Last Letter Tex Ritter
7Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age Ernest Tubb and Red Foley
6Enclosed, One Broken HeartEddy Arnold
8 Faded Love Bob Wills
4 Frosty the Snow Man Gene Autry
9Give Me a Little Old Fashioned LoveErnest Tubb
9God Please Protect America Jimmie Osborne
3The Gods Were Angry with MeMargaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
5 Goodnight, Irene Moon Mullican
3Hillbilly FeverLittle Jimmy Dickens
9Hillbilly Fever No. 2Ernest Tubb and Red Foley
4I Gotta Have My Baby Back Floyd Tillman
10I Gotta Have My Baby BackRed Foley
5I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin' Hank Williams
2 I Love You Because Ernest Tubb
8 I Love You Because Clyde Moody
3(I Won't Go Huntin', Jake) But I'll Go Chasin' Women Stuart Hamblen
2 I'll Never Be Free Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford
8I'll Take a Back Seat for YouErnest Tubb
10 Ida Red Likes the Boogie Bob Wills
9 Just a Closer Walk with Thee Red Foley
2Let's Go to Church (Next Sunday Morning)Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
2Letters Have No ArmsErnest Tubb
3Little Angel with the Dirty FaceEddy Arnold
7Lose Your Blues Red Kirk
8Love Song in 32 Bars Johnny Bond
2The Lovebug ItchEddy Arnold
6Mama and Daddy Broke My HeartEddy Arnold
4 Mona Lisa Moon Mullican
10 Mona Lisa Jimmy Wakely
9 My Son Calls Another Man Daddy Hank Williams
9 Nobody's Lonesome for Me Hank Williams
8 Our Lady of Fatima Red Foley
7Pan American Boogie The Delmore Brothers
3 Peter Cottontail Gene Autry
6Peter Cottontail Mervin Shiner
7Peter CottontailJimmy Wakely
7Peter Cottontail Johnnie Lee Wills
10A Prison Without WallsEddy Arnold
3 Quicksilver Elton Britt and Rosalie Allen
2 Rag Mop Johnnie Lee Wills
2 (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You Stuart Hamblen
5(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves YouErnest Tubb
5 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry
7Slippin' Around with Jole Blon Bud Messner
8 Stampede Roy Rogers
9 Steal Away Red Foley
4 Sugarfoot Rag Red Foley
3Sunday Down in TennesseeRed Foley
2Tennessee Border – No. 2Red Foley and Ernest Tubb
6There's No Wings on My AngelEddy Arnold
5 They'll Never Take Her Love from Me Hank Williams
3Throw Your Love My WayErnest Tubb
8Unfaithful OneErnest Tubb
3Why Should I Cry?Eddy Arnold
9 Why Should We Try Anymore Hank Williams
10 You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry Ernest Tubb

Births

Deaths

Further reading

References

  1. Murrells, Joseph (1978). The book of golden discs. Internet Archive. London : Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN   978-0-214-20512-5.
  2. Oklahoma music artist Steve Ripley dies