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See also: 1936 in country music, 1937 in music, other events of 1937, 1938 in country music and the List of years in Country Music
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Events
- October 30 - Johnnie Wright and Kitty Wells are married.
Top hits of the year
- "Breezin' Along With the Breeze" - Hoosier Hot Shots
- "You're The Only Star In My Blue Heaven"-Roy Acuff
- "Steel Guitar Rag"-Bob Wills
- "Great Speckled Bird"-Roy Acuff
- "Right Or Wrong"-Bob Wills
Births
- April 6 - Merle Haggard, innovator of the Bakersfield Sound and a huge country star since the 1960s.
- June 15 - Waylon Jennings, influential rock-styled country performer and originator of the 1970s "outlaw" movement (d. 2002).
Deaths
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.
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