Top Country Songs of the 1940s Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

as Al Dexter and His Troopers
[Okeh 6708]
written by Al Dexter

written by Floyd Tillman

as Gene Autry & The Pinafores
Christmas
[Columbia 38610]
written by Johnny Marks

written by Stan Jones

[Capitol Americana 40001]
written by Merle Travis & Tex Williams

featuring Jo Stafford on vocals
written by Arthur Freed & Nacio Herb Brown

as Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
[Decca 8659]
written by Louis Jordan & Billy Austin

[Decca 23277]
written by Al Dexter

[Columbia 37189]
written by Al Dubin & Burton Lane

[London 30001]
written by Jenny Lou Carson

US B side to Straighten Up and Fly Right
[Capitol 154]
written by Nat King Cole & Irving Mills

[Capitol 443]
written by Al Dubin & Burton Lane

[Decca 6102]
written by Zeke Clements & Earl Nunn

as Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
[Decca 8654]
written by Antonio Cosey, Collenane Clark & Louis Jordan

written by Floyd Tillman

R Christmas
[Columbia 37942]
written by Gene Autry & Oakley Haldeman

[Capitol 40258]
written by Johnny Lange, Hy Heath & Fred Glickman

[Coral 64012]
written by Everett Lynton & Harry Tilsley

[Capitol 15162]
written by Eddie Dean, Dearest Dean & Hal Blair

vocals by Trevor Bacon
[Decca 18569]
written by Al J. Neiburg, Lucky Millinder & William Henri Woode

vocals by Frankie Yankovic & Johnny Pecon
[Columbia 12359]
written by Joe Shelton, Sydney Robin & Bob Shelton

Christmas
[Columbia 37942]
written by Gene Autry & Oakley Haldeman

[Beacon 7120]
written by Joe Davis

vocals by Jimmy Mitchelle
[Bluebird 30-0813]
written by Jimmy Mitchell & Sammy Lowe

vocals by Ella Johnson
[Decca 8655]
written by Buddy Johnson & J. Mayo Williams

as Tex Ritter and His Texans
[Capitol 174]
written by Frank Harford

as Eddy Arnold & his Tennessee Plowboys
[RCA Victor 2806]
written by Steve Nelson & Bob Hilliard

vocals by Leon Huff
[Okeh 6722]
written by Johnny Bond

written by Eddy Arnold & Zeke Clements

as Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra & Red Foley
[Decca 18698]
written by Spade Cooley

vocals by Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson ; aka Cherry Red Blues
[Hit 7084]
written by Bob Haggart

with Jack Shook & Dottie Dillard
[Coral 60107]
written by Rabon Delmore, Wayne Raney, Henry Glover & Alton Delmore

written by Jimmie Hodges

as Frankie Yankovic & His Yanks & The Marlin Qisters
[Columbia 12394]
written by Mitchell Parish & Václav Bláha

vocals by Savannah Churchill
[Capitol 144]
written by Richard Larkin & Benny Carter

as Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys
[MGM 10224]
written by Carson Robison

vocals by Leon McAuliffe
[Okeh 6722]
written by Cindy Walker

[National 5007]
written by Dick Thomas & Ray Freedman

[Capitol 154]
written by Nadine Robinson & Dok Stanford

as Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
[Okeh 6716]
written by Floyd Jenkins

as Al Dexter and His Troopers
instrumental
[Columbia 36898]
written by Al Dexter & James B. Paris

[Decca 6093]
written by Ernest Tubb

[Decca 6098]
written by Redd Stewart & Ernest Tubb

vocals by Jimmy Castle
[Columbia 37210]
written by Morey Amsterdam

as Eddy Arnold & his Tennessee Plowboys
[RCA Victor 2700]
written by Herbert "Happy" Lawson

[Decca 46173]
written by Floyd Tillman

as Eddy Arnold & his Tennessee Plowboys
US b side to Bouquet of Roses
[RCA Victor 2806]
written by Cottonseed Clark & Fred Rose

written by Ed Nelson Jr., Eddy Arnold & Steve Nelson

as Al Dexter and His Troopers
US B side to So Long Pal
[Okeh 6718]
written by Al Dexter

with Ceele Burke's Orchestra
[Exclusive 3113]
written by Leon René & Johnny Lange

#1 hit for Bob Roberts in 1912
[Majestic 1155]
written by Lewis F. Muir, Maurice Abrahams & Grant Clarke

vocals by Tommy Duncan
[Columbia 36966]
written by Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan

[Capitol 15243]
written by Floyd Tillman

[Columbia 20469]
written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans

[RCA Victor 20-1789]
written by William Stein & Frank Loesser

[Decca 24547]
written by traditional

[King 791]
written by Wayne Raney & Lonnie Glosson

[RCA Victor 3174]
written by Eddy Arnold, Steve Nelson & Ray Soehnel

US b side to There's Not a Thing (I Wouldn't Do fo You)
[RCA 48-0042]
written by Jenny Lou Carson

[RCA 48-0083]
written by Steve Nelson, Ed Nelson Jr. & Eddy Arnold

Christmas
[Decca 46186]
written by Billy Hayes & Jay W. Johnson

as Al Dexter and His Troopers
[Okeh 6708]
written by Al Dexter

[King 578]
written by traditional

as Tex Ritter and His Texans
[Capitol 174]
written by Jimmie Davis, Ekko Whelan & Lee Blastic

as Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys
[MGM 10352]
written by Cliff Friend & Irving Mills

as Ella Fitzgerald & Her Famous Orchestra
[Decca 18587]
written by Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh & Irving Mills

vocals by Wynonie Harris
[Decca 18609]
written by Benny Carter & Richard Larkin

as Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
[Okeh 6723]
written by Joe L. Frank & Pee Wee King

[Decca 4442]
written by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman & Jerry Livingston

[Columbia 38485]
written by Stan Jones

[Decca 6098]
written by Ernest Tubb

[Columbia 20594]
written by Tim Spencer

with June Carter
[RCA Victor 48-0075]
written by Frank Loesser

R Christmas
written by Gene Autry & Oakley Haldeman

as Eddy Arnold & his Tennessee Plowboys
US b side to Anytime
[RCA Victor 2700]
written by Stu Davis

[Capitol 15271]
written by Carson J. Robinson

US b side to A Heart Full of Love (For a Handful of Kisses)
written by Red Fortner

written by Ernest Tubb, Ernest Benedict, Roy West & Lenny Sanders

[RCA Victor 48-0060]
written by Tim Spencer

[Decca 46134]
written by Ernest Tubb, Ike Cargill & Johnny Bond

[Capitol 57-40224]
written by Claude Bonne

[Mercury 5251]
written by Garner Eckler

as Roy Brown and His Orchestra
US B side to Rainy Weather Blues
[Deluxe 3198]
written by Roy Brown

[Capitol 40238]
written by Leon Payne

with Tex Williams & Oakie
[Okeh 6731]
written by Spade Cooley

[King 803]
written by Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Wayne Raney & Henry Glover

[Okeh 6737]
written by Gene Autry

as Eddy Arnold & his Tennessee Plowboys
[RCA Victor 20-2332]
written by Eddy Arnold, Hal Horton & Tommy Dilbeck

as Tex Ritter and His Texans
[Capitol 206]
written by Jenny Lou Carson

[Okeh 6727]
written by Al Dexter & James B. Paris

written by Billy Hughes

[Columbia 20547]
written by George Morgan

[Capitol 201]
written by Woody Guthrie

[Decca 6105]
written by Jimmie Davis, Ekko Whelan & Lee Blastic

[Okeh 6736]
written by Earl Nunn & Zeke Clements

as Wesley Tuttle and His Texas Stars
[Capitol 216]
written by Paul Howard

[Columbia 36841]
written by Ed Burt

as Eddy Arnold & his Tennessee Plowboys
[RCA Victor 20-2241]
written by Zeb Turner & Fred Rose

[Decca 6112]
written by Ernest Tubb

[Okeh 6742]
written by Bob Wills & Cliff Johnson