1940 in country music

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Contents 1 Events 2 Top hits of the year 3 Top new album releases 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Further reading

[edit] Events

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

[edit] Top hits of the year

• "Blue Eyed Ellaine" - Ernest Tubb
• "Blueberry Hill" - Gene Autry
• "El Rancho Grande" - Gene Autry
• "Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye" - Gene Autry
• "I'll Get Along Somehow" - Ernest Tubb
• "Ida Red" - Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
• "Just To Ease My Worried Mind" - Roy Acuff
• "New San Antonio Rose" – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
• "Old Age Pension Check" – Roy Acuff
• "Old Fashioned Love" - Roy Acuff
• "Streamlined Cannonball" - Roy Acuff
• "There's A Chill On The Hill" - Jimmie Davis
• "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" - Bing Crosby
• "Worried Mind" - Ted Daffan's Texans
• "Worried Mind" - Jimmie Davis
• "Yearning" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
• "You Are My Sunshine" - Jimmie Davis

[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] 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).