This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1948.
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
| US | Single | Artist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 8 | "Anytime" | Eddy Arnold | |
| June 5 | "Bouquet of Roses" | Eddy Arnold | |
| June 5 | "Texarkana Baby" | Eddy Arnold | |
| September 18 | "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)" | Eddy Arnold | |
| November 13 | "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" | Jimmy Wakely | |
| December 25 | "A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)" | Eddy Arnold |
1948 was the year Eddy Arnold and Country music crossed over to the Billboard magazine mainstream popular charts. Nine of the top ten Country records entered the popular charts, with "Bouquet of Roses" spending 28 weeks, in addition to a record 54 weeks on the Country charts.
The 1948 year-end Country rankings include 'Most-Played Juke Box Folk Records' and 'Best Selling Retail Folk Records' (starting May 15, 1948). With few exceptions, records included entered the charts between November 1947 and December 1948, and received 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 from both charts determined the final rank. Number of weeks at number one or total weeks on the chart do not include duplicates; if a record was #1 on both charts on July 15, that counts as one week, not two. Additional information from other sources is reported, but not used for ranking. This includes dates from the "Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, cross-over information from R&B and Pop charts, 'Cashbox', and other sources as noted.
| Rank | Artist | Title | Label | Recorded | Released | Chart Positions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Bouquet of Roses"[1] | RCA Victor 20-2806 | US Billboard 1948 #99, US #13 for 2 weeks, 28 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #1, USHB #1 for 19 weeks, 54 total weeks, 980 points | ||||
| 2 | "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)"[2] | Capitol 15162 | US Billboard 1948 #81, US #10 for 1 weeks, 8 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #2, USHB #1 for 11 weeks, 32 total weeks, 562 points | ||||
| 3 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "Anytime" | RCA Victor 20-2700 | US Billboard 1948 #136, US #17 for 1 weeks, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #3, USHB #1 for 9 weeks, 39 total weeks, 546 points | |||
| 4 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)"[3] | RCA Victor 20-3013 | US Billboard 1948 #103, US #13 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #4, USHB #1 for 8 weeks, 32 total weeks, 431 points | |||
| 5 | "Humpty Dumpty Heart"[4] | Capitol Americana 40065 | US Hillbilly 1948 #5, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 38 total weeks, 327 points | ||||
| 6 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "Texarkana Baby" | RCA Victor 20-2806 | US Billboard 1948 #144, US #18 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #6, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 26 total weeks, 316 points | |||
| 7 | "Tennessee Waltz" | RCA Victor 20-2680 | US Billboard 1948 #349, US #30 for 1 weeks, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #7, USHB #3 for 2 weeks, 35 total weeks, 272 points | ||||
| 8 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)" | RCA Victor 20-3174 | US Billboard 1948 #243, US #23 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #8, USHB #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 248 points | |||
| 9 | "Life Gets Tee-Jus Don't It"[5] | MGM 10224 | US Billboard 1948 #112, US #14 for 1 week, 9 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #9, USHB #3 for 2 week, 28 total weeks, 176 points | ||||
| 10 | Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar | "Then I Turned and Walked Slowly Away" | RCA Victor 20-3174 | US Billboard 1949 #305, US #29 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #10, USHB #2 for 1 week, 17 total weeks, 160 points | |||
| 11 | "Sweeter Than The Flowers"[6] | King 673 | US Hillbilly 1948 #11, USHB #3 for 1 weeks, 26 total weeks, 158 points | ||||
| 12 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "What A Fool I Was" | RCA Victor 20-2700 | US Billboard 1948 #338, US #29 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #12, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 29 total weeks, 130 points | |||
| 13 | "Signed Sealed and Delivered" | King 658 | US Hillbilly 1948 #13, USHB #2 for 3 weeks, 20 total weeks, 111 points | ||||
| 14 | "Deck of Cards"[7] | 4 Star 1228 | US Billboard 1948 #198, US #21 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #14, USHB #2 for 1 weeks, 13 total weeks, 96 points | ||||
| 15 | "Suspicion" | Capitol 40109 | US Billboard 1948 #287, US #24 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #15, USHB #4 for 1 weeks, 12 total weeks, 83 points | ||||
| 16 | MGM 10116 | US Hillbilly 1948 #16, USHB #3 for 8 weeks, 24 total weeks, 81 points | |||||
| 17 | Tex Williams and His Western Caravan | "Don't Telephone - Don't Telegraph (Tell A Woman)" | Capitol Americana 40081 | US Billboard 1948 #330, US #27 for 1 weeks, 1 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #17, USHB #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 71 points | |||
| 18 | Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys | "My Daddy is Only a Picture" | RCA Victor 20-3013 | US Hillbilly 1948 #18, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 29 total weeks, 68 points | |||
| 19 | Cowboy Copas | "Tennessee Waltz" | King 696 | US Hillbilly 1948 #19, USHB #1 for 5 weeks, 15 total weeks, 64 points | |||
| 20 | "I Love You So Much It Hurts"[8] | Columbia 20430 | US Hillbilly 1948 #20, USHB #2 for 4 weeks, 14 total weeks, 51 points | ||||
| 21 | Tex Williams and His Western Caravan | "Banjo Polka" | Capitol 15101 | US Hillbilly 1948 #21, USHB #5 for 1 week, 14 total weeks, 47 points | |||
| 22 | "Forever Is Ending Today'"[9] | Decca 46134 | US Hillbilly 1948 #22, USHB #3 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 42 points | ||||
| 23 | Ernest Tubb | "Seaman's Blues'"[10] | Decca 46119 | US Hillbilly 1948 #23, USHB #3 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 39 points | |||
| 24 | "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)" | Columbia 20377 | US Billboard 1948 #56, US #8 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #24, USHB #1 for 1 weeks, 12 total weeks, 35 points | ||||
| 30 | Gene Autry | "Buttons and Bows"[11] | Columbia 37942 | US Billboard 1948 #134, US #17 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #30, USHB #1 for 1 weeks, 12 total weeks, 17 points | |||
| 41 | "I'm a Long Gone Daddy" | MGM 10401 | US Hillbilly 1949 #41, USHB #2 for 2 weeks, 29 total weeks, 5 points |