This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1947.
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
| US | Single | Artist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 18 | "Rainbow at Midnight" | Ernest Tubb | |
| February 8 | "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" | Merle Travis | |
| May 17 | "New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)" | Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys | |
| May 24 | "What is Life Without Love | Eddy Arnold | |
| June 7 | "Sugar Moon" | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | |
| June 1 | "It's a Sin" | Eddy Arnold | |
| July 19 | "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" | Tex Williams | |
| Nov 1 | "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" | Eddy Arnold |
Here is a year-end list compiled from The Billboard's Most-Played Folk Records weekly chart of 1947. Records that enter the chart in December of the previous year, or remain on the chart after December of the current year, receive points for their full chart runs. Each week, a score of 15 points is assigned for the no. 1 record, 9 points for no. 2, 8 points for no. 3, and so on, and the total of all weeks determined the final rank.
| Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)"[1] | RCA Victor 20-2332 | US Billboard 1947 #134, US #22 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #1, USHB #1 for 21 weeks, 46 total weeks | ||||
| 2 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "It's a Sin"[2] | RCA Victor 2241 | US Billboard 1947 #188, US #14, US Hillbilly 1947 #2, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 38 total weeks | |||
| 3 | "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)"[3] | Capitol 40001 | US Billboard 1947 #6, US #1 for 6 weeks, 17 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #3, USHB #1 for 16 weeks, 23 total weeks | ||||
| 4 | "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed"[4] | Capitol 349 | US Billboard 1947 #161, US #12, US Hillbilly 1947 #4, USHB #1 for 14 weeks, 22 total weeks | ||||
| 5 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "What Is Life Without Love"[5] | RCA Victor 20-2058 | US Hillbilly 1947 #5, USHB #1 for 1 week, 22 total weeks | |||
| 6 | "Rainbow at Midnight"[6] | Decca 46018 | US Hillbilly 1947 #6, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks | ||||
| 7 | "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)" | Capitol 412 | US Billboard 1947 #15, US #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #7, USHB #2 for 11 weeks, 18 total weeks | ||||
| 8 | "New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)"[7] | Decca 46034 | US Hillbilly 1947 #8, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks | ||||
| 9 | "New Pretty Blonde (Jole Blon)"[8] | King 578 | US Billboard 1947 #320, US #21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #9, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks | ||||
| 10 | Tex Williams and His Western Caravan | "Never Trust A Woman" | Capitol Americana 40054 | US BB 1947 #178, US #26, US Hillbilly 1947 #10, USHB #2 for 1 week, 22 total weeks | |||
| 11 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "To My Sorrow"[9] | RCA Victor 2481 | US Hillbilly 1947 #11, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 21 total weeks | |||
| 12 | Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys | "Never Trust A Woman"[10] | Decca 46074 | US BB 1947 #226, US #16, US Hillbilly 1947 #13, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks | |||
| 13 | "Sugar Moon" | Columbia 37113 | US Hillbilly 1947 #15, USHB #3 for 8 weeks, 24 total weeks | ||||
| 14 | Tex Williams and The Western Caravan | "That's What I Like About the West" | Capitol Americana 40031 | US Hillbilly 1947 #17, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks | |||
| 15 | Al Dexter | Al Dexter and His Troopers | "Down At The Roadside Inn" | Columbia 37303 | US Hillbilly 1947 #22, USHB #2 for 1 week, 15 total weeks | ||
| 16 | "Feudin' And Fightin'" | Columbia 37189 | US Billboard 1947 #125, US #4 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #20, USHB #3 for 1 weeks, 22 total weeks | ||||
| 17 | "(Our Own) Jole Blon"[11] | Columbia 37287 | US Hillbilly 1947 #14, USHB #4 for 4 weeks, 6 total weeks | ||||
| 18 | Ernest Tubb | "Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing)"[12] | Decca 46040 | US Hillbilly 1947 #4, USHB #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks | |||
| 19 | "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" | Columbia 37255 | US Hillbilly 1947 #14, USHB #5 for 1 week, 14 total weeks | ||||
| 20 | Merle Travis | "Three Times Seven" | Capitol 384 | US BB 1947 #226, US #16, US Hillbilly 1947 #19, USHB #3 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks | |||
| 21 | "Oakie Boogie"[13] | Columbia 36935 | US Hillbilly 1947 #15, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks | ||||
| 22 | "Move It On Over"[14] | MGM 10033 | US Hillbilly 1947 #22, USHB #4 for 1 week, 3 total weeks | ||||
| 23 | Merle Travis | "Steel Guitar Rag" | Capitol 384 | US BB 1947 #226, US #16, US Hillbilly 1947 #23, USHB #4 for 2 weeks, 3 total weeks | |||
| 44 | Gene Autry | "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)"[15] | Columbia 37942 | US Billboard 1947 #87, US #9 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1947 #44, USHB #5 for 1 week, 1 total weeks | |||
| 52 | "My Adobe Hacienda" | Columbia 37332 | US BB 1947 #201, US #16, US Hillbilly 1947 #52, USHB #5 for 1 week, 1 total weeks |