List of number-one country hits of 1945 (U.S.)

These are the U.S. number-one country songs of 1945

1944 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1944.-Events:* January 8 — Billboard publishes its first "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" chart, the first widespread method of tracking the nationwide popularity of current country music songs. The first No. 1 song is...

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Most Played Juke Box Folk Records

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

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Note that for the Issue Dates (July 14, August 4, September 1, November 24) multiple number ones were certified by Billboard

Issue date	Title	Artist
January 1	I'm Wastin' My Tears on You I'm Wastin' My Tears on You "I'm Wastin' My Tears on You" is a 1944 song by Tex Ritter. The song would be the first of three number ones on the Juke Box Folk records chart. I"m Wastin' My Tears on You" stayed at number one for six weeks with a total of twenty weeks on the chart. The B-side of the song, entitled, "There's a...	Tex Ritter Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice Ritter , better known as Tex Ritter, was an American country music singer and movie actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter family in acting...
January 13
January 20
January 27
February 3	I'm Losing My Mind Over You I'm Losing My Mind Over You "I'm Losing My Mind Over You" is a 1945 song by Al Dexter and His Troppers. The song was Al Dexter's fifth release as well as his fifth number one on the Folk/Juke Box charts. The B-side of the song, entitled, "I'll Wait For You Dear" peaked at number two on the same chart....	Al Dexter Al Dexter Al Dexter was an American country musician and songwriter. He is best known for "Pistol Packin' Mama," a 1944 hit that was one of the most popular recordings of the World War II years and later became a hit again with a cover by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters.-Biography:Born Clarence Albert...
February 10
February 17
February 24
March 3
March 10
March 17	There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" is a 1944 song originally performed by Tex Ritter. The song was the B-side to Tex Ritter's, "I'm Wastin' My Tears on You"...	Jimmie Davis Jimmie Davis James Houston Davis , better known as Jimmie Davis, was a noted singer of both sacred and popular songs who served two nonconsecutive terms as the 47th Governor of Louisiana...
March 24	I'm Losing My Mind Over You	Al Dexter
March 31	Shame on You Shame On You (Cooley song) "Shame on You" is a Western Swing song written by Spade Cooley and became his signature song.The title comes from the refrain that starts each verse:In the song, the singer is rebuking his straying girlfriend....	Spade Cooley Spade Cooley Donnell Clyde Cooley , better known as Spade Cooley, was an American Western swing musician, big band leader, actor, and television personality...
April 7
April 14	Smoke On The Water Smoke On The Water (Red Foley song) "Smoke On The Water" is a 1944 song by Red Foley. The patriotic song was Foley's first song to hit No. 1 on the Folk Records charts, spending 13 weeks at the top and a total of 24 weeks on the chart. "Smoke On The Water" also peaked at No. 7 on the pop charts. The B-side of "Smoke On The Water"...	Bob Wills Bob Wills James Robert Wills , better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western Swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader, considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western Swing and universally known as the pioneering King of Western Swing.Bob Wills' name will forever be associated with...
April 21	Shame on You	Spade Cooley
April 28	Smoke On The Water	Bob Wills
May 5	Shame on You	Spade Cooley
May 12	Shame on You	Spade Cooley
May 19	At Mail Call Today At Mail Call Today "At Mail Call Today" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Gene Autry. The song would be Gene Autry's most successful song on the Juke Box Folk charts, peaking at number one for eight weeks with a total of twenty-two weeks on the charts...	Gene Autry Gene Autry Orvon Grover Autry , better known as Gene Autry, was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television for more than three decades beginning in the 1930s...
May 26
June 2	Shame on You	Spade Cooley
June 9	At Mail Call Today	Gene Autry
June 16	Shame on You	Spade Cooley
June 23	Shame on You	Spade Cooley
June 30	At Mail Call Today	Gene Autry
July 7	Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" is a 1945 song by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. The song would be Bob Wills second number one on the Juke Box Folk charts, spending a single week at number one and a total of eleven weeks on the chart...	Bob Wills
July 14	Shame on You	Spade Cooley
July 14	At Mail Call Today	Gene Autry
July 21
July 28
July 28	Oklahoma Hills Oklahoma Hills "Oklahoma Hills" is a song written by Woody Guthrie.Jack Guthrie, Woody's cousin, later changed the lyrics and music and in 1945 recorded a Western swing version which he took to number one on the Juke Box Folk Records charts...	Jack Guthrie Jack Guthrie Jack Guthrie was a songwriter and performer whose rewritten version of the Woody Guthrie song "Oklahoma Hills" was a hit in 1945. The two musicians were cousins.-Early life:...
August 4	At Mail Call Today	Gene Autry
August 4	Oklahoma Hills	Jack Guthrie
August 11
August 18
August 25	You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" is a 1945 song by Tex Ritter. It was Ritter's second number one on the Juke Box Folk chart, spending eleven weeks at the top and a total of twenty weeks on the chart....	Tex Ritter
September 1		Tex Ritter
September 1	Oklahoma Hills	Jack Guthrie
September 8	You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often	Tex Ritter
September 15	Oklahoma Hills	Jack Guthrie
Septemper 23	You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often	Tex Ritter
Septemper 29
October 6
October 13
October 20
October 27	With Tears in My Eyes With Tears in My Eyes "With Tears in My Eyes" is a 1945 song by Wesley Tuttle and His Texas Stars. The song was Wesley Tuttle's first and most successful entry on the Juke Box Folk Chart. "With Tears in My Eyes" went number one for four weeks with a total of fourteen weeks on the chart ....	Wesley Tuttle Wesley Tuttle Wesley Tuttle was an American country music singer. He was raised in California and took up music at age four, relearning to play the guitar and ukulele after losing all but the thumb and one finger on his left hand...
November 3	You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often	Tex Ritter
November 10	You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often	Tex Ritter
November 17	With Tears in My Eyes	Wesley Tuttle
November 24	With Tears in My Eyes	Wesley Tuttle
November 24	You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often	Tex Ritter
November 24	Shame on You	Red Foley & The Lawrence Welk Orchestra Lawrence Welk Lawrence Welk was an American musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 to 1982...
November 24	Sioux City Sue Sioux City Sue "Sioux City Sue" is a 1945 song by Dick Thomas. The song was Thomas' first chart entry on the Juke Box Folk Records chart and was also his most successful release: "Sioux City Sue" spent four weeks at number one and a total of twenty-three weeks on the charts....	Dick Thomas Dick Thomas (singer) Richard Thomas Goldhahn , known professionally as Dick Thomas, was an American singing cowboy and actor. He was best known for his 1945 single "Sioux City Sue," a Number One country hit and #16 pop hit that year which later became a country music standard and was included in a Gene Autry movie...
December 1	With Tears in My Eyes	Wesley Tuttle
December 8	It's Been So Long Darling It's Been So Long Darling "It's Been So Long Darling" is a 1945 song by Ernest Tubb. "It's Been So Long Darling" was Ernest Tubb seventh chart entry on the country charts and his second to make it to number one, where it stayed for four weeks and a total of thirteen weeks on the chart....	Ernest Tubb Ernest Tubb Ernest Dale Tubb , nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" , marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music...
December 15	Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight "Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" is a 1945 song by Bob Wills. The song would be Bob Wills' third number one on the Juke Box Folk Record chart where it spent three weeks at the top with a total of fourteen weeks on the chart . The song was the B-side of " the instrumental, "Texas Playboy...	Bob Wills
December 22	It's Been So Long Darling	Ernest Tubb
December 29	It's Been So Long Darling	Ernest Tubb

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