1940 In Country Music ,
1941 In Music ,
Other Events Of 1941 ,
1942 In Country Music and the List Of Years In Country Music
- January 1 - Radio programmers begin a 10-month ban on the ASCAP catalog when they fail to reach an agreement. Instead, disc jockeys begin to rely on BMI and its catalog of "hillbilly" music.
- October - The '' Grand Ole Opry '' organizes a "Camel Country" tour in a show of support for American servicemen, many of whom would be off to war two months later.
- January 18 - Bobby Goldsboro , middle-of-the-road artist best known for 1968's " Honey ."
- February 8 - Henson Cargil , best known for 1968's "Skip a Rope."
- March 28 - Charlie McCoy , harmonica specialist.
- April 2 - Sonny Throckmorton , outstanding songwriter.
- May 31 - Johnny PayCheck , Outlaw Country -styled singer best known for " Take This Job And Shove It " (d. 2003 ).
- September 14 - Connie Smith , female vocalist who grew to fame in the 1960s; ''Grand Ole Opry'' mainstay.
- September 21 - Dickey Lee , pop-country singer-songwriter.
- September 26 - David Frizzell , brother of Lefty Frizzell who grew into a country star in his own right.
- October 17 - Earl Thomas Conley , singer-songwriter who became one of country's biggest stars of the 1980s.
- November 6 - Guy Clark , alternative-outlaw country singer-songwriter.
- November 27 - Eddie Rabbitt , singer-songeriter who crossed over to pop in the early 1980s with hits such as " I Love A Rainy Night " and " Drivin' My Life Away " (d. 1998 )
- November 29 - Jody Miller , female vocalist best known for "Queen of the House" (answer song to Roger Miller's "King of the Road").
- 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).
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