1947 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1947.

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Events

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

"Baby Doll" — Sons of the Pioneers
"Bang Bang" — Jimmie Davis
"Cigarettes Whiskey And Wild Wild Women" — Sons of the Pioneers
"Don't Look Now" — Ernest Tubb
"Fat Gal" — Merle Travis
"Feudin' And Fightin'" — Dorothy Shay
"Filipino Baby" — Ernest Tubb
"Freight Train Boogie" — Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" — Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
"Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" — Gene Autry
"I Couldn' Believe It Was True" — Eddy Arnold
"I'll Step Aside" — Ernest Tubb
"Missouri" — Merle Travis
"Move It On Over" — Hank Williams
"Never Trust A Woman" — Red Foley
"Never Trust A Woman" — Tex Williams
"Our Own Jolie Blon" — Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
"Pretty Blond" — Moon Mullican
"That's How Much I Love You" — Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
"So Round So Firm So Fully Packed" — Johnny Bond
"So Round So Firm So Fully Packed" — Ernest Tubb
"Steel Guitar Rag" — Merle Travis
"Teardrops in My Heart" — Sons of the Pioneers
"Temptation" — Red Ingle and The Natural Seven feat. Jo Stafford
"That's What I Like About The West" — Tex Williams
"To My Sorrow" — Eddy Arnold

April 2 — Emmylou Harris, country-rock and alternative country-styled singer who enjoyed mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s.
May 24 — Mike Reid, football player-turned-singer-songwriter during the 1980s.
July 22 — Don Henley, member of the country-rock group Eagles.
September 26 — Lynn Anderson, top female country singer of the 1970s; best-remembered for her crossover pop smash, "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden".
November 10 — Dave Loggins, singer-songwriter who wrote a number of successful country songs during the 1980s.
December 19 — Janie Fricke, 1970s session/backup singer who grew to indivdiual stardom during the early and mid 1980s.