This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1939.

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Contents 1 Events 2 Top hits of the year 3 Births 4 See also 5 Further reading

[edit] Events

Billboard Magazine begins Country music charts. They appeared, primarily on a monthly basis, until early 1942.

[edit] Top hits of the year

• "Annabelle" - Hoosier Hot Shots
• "Back In The Saddle Again" - Gene Autry
• "Convict And The Rose" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
• "It Makes No Difference Now" - Jimmie Davis
• "San Antonio Rose" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
• "Silver Bell" – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
• "Whoa Babe"-[Bob Wills]
• "Truck Driver Blues"-[Cliff Bruner]
• "Yearning"-[Bob Wills]
• "It Makes No Difference Now"-[Floyd Tillman]
• "That's What I Like About The South" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
• "Truck Driver Blues" - Ted Daffan's Texans

[edit] Births

• January 12 - William Lee Golden, baritone (and long-bearded) member of the Oak Ridge Boys.
• January 19 - Phil Everly, of the Everly Brothers.
• January 24 - Ray Stevens, country-pop singer who released a long string of novelty-themed songs.
• February 14 - Razzy Bailey, blues-styled country vocalist of the 1980s.
• April 20 - Johnny Tillotson, 1960s country singer ("It Keeps Right On A'Hurtin'").
• May 27 - Don Williams, baritone-voiced "Gentle Giant" who was one of country's biggest stars of the 1970s and 1980s.
• June 11 - Wilma Burgess, 1960s country singer. (d. 2003)
• June 13 - Billy "Crash" Craddock, "Mr. Country Rock," who gained fame in the 1970s.
• August 8 - Phil Balsley, baritone-voiced member of the Statler Brothers.
• August 21 - Harold Reid, member of the Statler Brothers (he sang bass).
• September 6 - David Allen Coe, singer-songwriter and key member of the outlaw country movement of the 1970s.
• October 27 - Dallas Frazier, songwriter best known for "Elvira."
• October 27 - Ruby Wright, daughter of Johnnie Wright and Kitty Wells (and member of their touring show).
• December 29 — Ed Bruce, singer-songwriter, best known for writing "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys."

[edit] See also

• Western music (North America)

[edit] Further reading

• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.