1940 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1940.
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Events
- April 4 — Ernest Tubb makes his first recordings for Decca Records, a label where he will remain for more than 30 years.
Top hits of the year
| Single | Artist |
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| "Blue Eyed Darling" | Roy Acuff |
| "Blue Eyed Ellaine" | Ernest Tubb |
| "Blueberry Hill" | Gene Autry |
| "Cimmaron" | Jimmy Wakely |
| "Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye" | Gene Autry |
| "I'll Get Along Somehow" | Ernest Tubb |
| "I'll Keep On Loving You" | Floyd Tillman |
| "I'll Keep On Loving You" | Cliff Bruner |
| "I'll Never Cry Over You" | Ernest Tubb |
| "Ida Red" | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
| "Just To Ease My Worried Mind" | Roy Acuff |
| "Lone Star Rag" | Bob Wills |
| "My Baby and My Wife" | Ernest Tubb |
| "My Window Faces the South" | Bob Wills |
| "New San Antonio Rose" | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
| "Old Age Pension Check" | Roy Acuff |
| "Old Fashioned Love" | Roy Acuff |
| "El Rancho Grande" | Gene Autry |
| "Smokey Mountain Rag" | Roy Acuff |
| "South Of The Border" | Gene Autry |
| "Streamlined Cannonball" | Roy Acuff |
| "There's a Chill on the Hill" | Jimmie Davis |
| "Too Late" | Jimmy Wakely |
| "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" | Bing Crosby |
| "Weary River" | Roy Acuff |
| "Worried Mind" | Ted Daffan's Texans |
| "Worried Mind" | Jimmie Davis |
| "You Are My Sunshine" | Bob Atcher |
| "You Are My Sunshine" | Jimmie Davis |
Births
- January 8 — Cristy Lane, Christian singer who also enjoyed secular success as a country performer in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
- June 23 – Diana Trask, Australian-born singer who enjoyed American success in the early 1970s.
- August 5 — Bobby Braddock, prominent songwriter with more than 40 years of success; later, producer for Blake Shelton.
- August 10 – Jerry Kennedy, prominent producer from the 1960s through early 1990s.
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. "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890–1954: The History of American Popular Music," Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1986 (ISBN 0-89820-083-0).
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