Talk:1944 in country music
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MOST PLAYED JUKE BOX FOLK RECORDS was also Race chart for six months
editCountry editors, something has always been wrong with this chart, where did all the R&B, HHP stuff come from? I can't answer at this time, but
January 8, 1944
MOST PLAYED JUKE BOX FOLK RECORDS
(Hillbillies, Race, Spirituals, Cowboy Songs, Etc.)
Special reports received from The Billboard representatives last week show the Folk records listed below are currently the most popular Folk records on automatic phonographs thruout the nation. These reports stem from all the country's leading operating centers and are averaged together.
Billboard woke up the end of August 1944
Sept 2, 1944
x = item deleted
Artist Selection 08/26/44 09/02/44
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) 1 x
5 Red Caps, I Learned A Lesson, I'll Never Forget 2 x
The King Cole Trio, Straighten Up And Fly Right 4 x
Cootie Williams and His Orchestra Cherry Red Blues 4 x
the no. 1, 2 and 4s ended 8/26/44
Beginning Sept 1944. this became a Country chart!
Nat, Jordan and Ella returned to the Harlem Hit Parade forever
I do not plan to edit the MOST PLAYED JUKE BOX FOLK RECORDS 1944
However, I am sure I can modify 1944 in Country music so we can keep our word
I will prepare a draft, no hurry, right? this needs to be good
I have several months Jan-March with the Hillbilly column, and Sept - Dec 1944 chart
MOST PLAYED JUKE BOX FOLK RECORDS
(Hillbillies, Spirituals, Cowboy Songs, Etc.)
Race, <<<GONE
Tillywilly17 (talk) 12:59, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- removed
- February 26 – Less than two months after the chart's inception, jazz and rhythm & blues performer [[Louis Jordan]] becomes the first [[African-American]] performer to top the Most Played Juke Box Folk chart (with "[[Ration Blues]]"). It is a big year for African-American performers: Jordan has a second No. 1 hit later in the year with "[[Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby]]", while the [[Nat King Cole]]-led trio reach the top with "[[Straighten Up and Fly Right]]". Jordan and Cole are the only black performers to have a No. 1 hit until 1969, when [[Charley Pride]] breaks the streak.
No, Joel Whitburn made many mistakes, Charlie Pride was the first !
Nat and Jordan were not Cowboy/hillbilly performers in 1944. Billboard quietly covered their mistake for years. I will prepare article (small) for Country project
Tillywilly17 (talk) 13:02, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- In response to the growing popularity of Hillbilly (Country) music, The Billboard's "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" chart, began on January 8, 1944, but for reasons unknown, included "Race" records, despite a chart already existing for those. On September 2, race records were abruptly removed, including the two top records from the prior week. Our chart does not include R&B records, and is also supplemented with record sales information (the new chart only rates jukebox plays) and other factors. As always, numerical rankings are approximate. Tillywilly17 (talk) 04:10, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
Number one hits (non-race)
editNumber one hits
editfrom The Billboard's "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" chart (As certified by Billboard magazine)
| US | Single | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| January 8 (tie) | "Pistol Packin' Mama"[1] | Al Dexter and His Troopers |
| January 8 (tie) | "Pistol Packin' Mama"[2] | Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters |
| February 26 (tie) | "They Took the Stars Out of Heaven"[3] | Floyd Tillman |
| February 26 (tie) | "Rosalita"[1] | Al Dexter and His Troopers |
| February 26 (tie) | "Pistol Packin' Mama" | Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters |
| March 4 (tie) | "Pistol Packin' Mama"[1] | Al Dexter and His Troopers |
| March 4 (tie) | "No Letter Today"[1] | Ted Daffan's Texans |
| March 11 (tie) | "Rosalita"[1] | Al Dexter and His Troopers |
| March 11 (tie) | "Pistol Packin' Mama" | Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters |
| March 18 | "They Took the Stars Out of Heaven" | Floyd Tillman |
| March 25 | "So Long Pal"[1] | Al Dexter and His Troopers |
| April 1 | "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry"[1] | Al Dexter and His Troopers |
| April 8 | "So Long Pal"[1] | Al Dexter and His Troopers |
| April 29 | "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry"[1] | Al Dexter and His Troopers |
| May 6 | "So Long Pal"[1] | Al Dexter and His Troopers |
| August 19 | "Soldiers Last Letter"[4] | Ernest Tubb |
| August 26 | "So Long Pal"[1] | Al Dexter and His Troopers |
| September 2 | "Soldiers Last Letter" | Ernest Tubb |
| September 23 (tie) | "Smoke on the Water"[5] | Red Foley |
| September 23 (tie) | "So Long Pal"[1] | Al Dexter and His Troopers |
| September 23 (tie) | "Soldiers Last Letter" | Ernest Tubb |
| September 30 | "Smoke on the Water" | Red Foley |
| December 23 | "I'm Wastin' My Tears on You" | Tex Ritter |
Tillywilly17 (talk) 07:14, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cite error: The named reference
okeh1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "The Billboard Jan 16, 1943 pg 59". google books. 16 January 1943. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "Decca matrix 93739. They took the stars out of heaven / Floyd Tillman - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Decca matrix L 50149. Soldier's last letter / Ernest Tubb - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "Decca matrix 72135. Smoke on the water / Red Foley - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.