{"product_id":"country-no-1s-of-the-40s-various-country-no-1s-of-the-40s-various-cd","title":"Country No. 1s Of The '40s \/ Various - Country No. 1s Of The '40s \/ Various [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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\u0026amp;B No. 1s of the '50s\" (ACSCD6003), \"America's R\u0026amp;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 \u0026amp; Western\" replaced Hillbilly in the nomenclature, with a \"Country \u0026amp; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBing Crosby ; The Andrews Sisters - Pistol Packin' Mama\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAl Dexter ; His Troopers - Pistol Packin' Mama\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLouis Jordan And His Tympani Five - Ration Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAl Dexter ; His Troopers - Rosalita\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFloyd Tillman And His Favorite Playboys - They Took The Stars Out Of Heaven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAl Dexter ; His Troopers - So Long Pal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAl Dexter ; His Troopers - Too Late To Worry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe King Cole Trio - Straighten Up And Fly Right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLouis Jordan And His Tympani Five - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eErnest Tubb - Soldier's Last Letter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRed Foley - Smoke On The Water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTex Ritter And His Texans - I'm Wastin' My Tears On You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAl Dexter ; His Troopers - I'm Losing My Mind Over You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJimmie Davis - There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpade Cooley ; His Orchestra - Shame On You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBob Wills ; His Texas Playboys - Smoke On The Water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGene Autry - At Mail Call Today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBob Wills - Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJack Guthrie And His Oklahomans - Oklahoma Hills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTex Ritter And His Texans - You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWesley Tuttle - With Tears In My Eyes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLawrence Welk ; His Orchestra with Red Foley - Shame On You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDick Thomas - Sioux City Sue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eErnest Tubb - It's Been So Long Darling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBob Wills' Texas Playboys - Silver Dew On The Blue Grass Tonight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBob Wills' Texas Playboys - White Cross On Okinawa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTex Ritter - You Will Have To Pay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAl Dexter ; His Troopers - Guitar Polka\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBob Wills' Texas Playboys - New Spanish Two Step\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAl Dexter ; His Troopers - Wine Women And Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMerle Travis - Divorce Me C.O.D.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eErnest Tubb - Rainbow At Midnight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMerle Travis - So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRed Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys - New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys - What Is Life Without Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBob Wills ; His Texas Playboys - Sugar Moon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys - It's A Sin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTex Williams And His Western Caravan - Smoke! 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