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April 4 – Ernest Tubb makes his first recordings for Decca Records , a label where he will remain for more than 30 years.

TOP HITS OF THE YEAR

"Blue Eyed Ellaine" - Ernest Tubb

"Blueberry Hill" - Gene Autry

"Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye" - Gene Autry

"I'll Get Along Somehow" - Ernest Tubb

"Ida Red" - Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys

"New San Antonio Rose" — Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys

"Old Age Pension Check" Roy Acuff

"Too Late" - Jimmy Wakely and Jimmie Davis

"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" - Bing Crosby

"Worried Mind" - Ted Daffan's Texans

"Worried Mind" - Jimmie Davis

"Yearning" - Bob Wills

"You Are My Sunshine" - Jimmie Davis

TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES

BIRTHS

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. "Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954: The History of American Popular Music," Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1986 (ISBN 0-89820-083-0).