The Country No. 1s Of The '40s - Acrobat already has on catalogue collections which present "America's No. 1s of the '50s" (ACFCD7501), "America's No. 1s of the '40s" (ACSCD6005), "America's R&B No. 1s of the '50s" (ACSCD6003), "America's R&B No. 1s Of The '40s" (ACQCD7168), and "Country No. 1s of the '50s" (ACTRCD9034), and this release completes that set with presenting the "Country No. 1s of the '40s". Billboard published it's first country chart in January 1944 under the name "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records", becoming the "Most Played Juke Box Hillbilly Records" chart in 1947, and adding a Best Sellers chart the same year. In 1948 "Country & Western" replaced Hillbilly in the nomenclature, with a "Country & Western Records Most Played by Disk Jockeys" chart added in 1949. This 69-track 3-CD comprises records which made No. 1 in any of those three charts from the first chart in 1944 through to the end of 1950, apart from a couple which were unavailable for copyright reasons - it's always a moot point as to whether a year like 1950 is the last year of one decade or the first year of the next one. In this case, because so many records spent long periods at No. 1 during these years, there were rather fewer chart-toppers than one might expect, so we were able to include the 1950 No. 1s within the 3-CD set format. As noted, the chart was often dominated by certain records, and Eddy Arnold in particular had an extraordinary run of success, spending many weeks at the top with several of his records, while one of two western swing artists like Bob Wills, Al Dexter and Tex Williams also having some long chart runs, with other big names of the era - Red Foley, Ernest Tubb and the emerging forces of Hank Snow and Hank Williams also featuring. It includes a 10,000-word booklet with notes on every record, and full chart information, and is a fascinating journey through an era when the commercial country scene developed it's character as Nashville emerged as a major force.
Tracklist:
Bing Crosby ; The Andrews Sisters - Pistol Packin' Mama
Al Dexter ; His Troopers - Pistol Packin' Mama
Louis Jordan And His Tympani Five - Ration Blues
Al Dexter ; His Troopers - Rosalita
Floyd Tillman And His Favorite Playboys - They Took The Stars Out Of Heaven
Al Dexter ; His Troopers - So Long Pal
Al Dexter ; His Troopers - Too Late To Worry
The King Cole Trio - Straighten Up And Fly Right
Louis Jordan And His Tympani Five - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Ernest Tubb - Soldier's Last Letter
Red Foley - Smoke On The Water
Tex Ritter And His Texans - I'm Wastin' My Tears On You
Al Dexter ; His Troopers - I'm Losing My Mind Over You
Jimmie Davis - There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder
Spade Cooley ; His Orchestra - Shame On You
Bob Wills ; His Texas Playboys - Smoke On The Water
Gene Autry - At Mail Call Today
Bob Wills - Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima
Jack Guthrie And His Oklahomans - Oklahoma Hills
Tex Ritter And His Texans - You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often
Wesley Tuttle - With Tears In My Eyes
Lawrence Welk ; His Orchestra with Red Foley - Shame On You
Dick Thomas - Sioux City Sue
Ernest Tubb - It's Been So Long Darling
Bob Wills' Texas Playboys - Silver Dew On The Blue Grass Tonight
Bob Wills' Texas Playboys - White Cross On Okinawa
Tex Ritter - You Will Have To Pay
Al Dexter ; His Troopers - Guitar Polka
Bob Wills' Texas Playboys - New Spanish Two Step
Al Dexter ; His Troopers - Wine Women And Song
Merle Travis - Divorce Me C.O.D.
Ernest Tubb - Rainbow At Midnight
Merle Travis - So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys - New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys - What Is Life Without Love
Bob Wills ; His Texas Playboys - Sugar Moon
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys - It's A Sin
Tex Williams And His Western Caravan - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys - I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms)
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys - Anytime
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys - Texarkana Baby
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys - Bouquet Of Roses
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys - Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long Way)
Jimmy Wakely - One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys - A Heart Full Of Love (For A Handful Of Kisses)
Jimmy Wakely - I Love You So Much It Hurts
Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys - Tennessee Saturday Night
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys - Don't Rob Another Man's Castle
George Morgan - Candy Kisses
Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys - Lovesick Blues
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys - One Kiss Too Many
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys - I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)
Wayne Raney - Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me
Ernest Tubb - Slipping Around
Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely - Slipping Around
Tennessee Ernie - Mule Train
Ernest Tubb - Blue Christmas
Gene Autry - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
Leon Payne - I Love You Because
Eddy Arnold - Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me
Red Foley - Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys - Long Gone Lonesome Blues
Red Foley - Birmingham Bounce
Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys - Why Don't You Love Me
Red Foley - M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Red Foley ; Ernest Tubb - Goodnight Irene
Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On
Lefty Frizzell - If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time
Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys - Moanin' The Blues
UPC: 824046914325 Label: Acrobat Release Date: 2.2.24 Format: CD
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