1945 in country music
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See also: 1944 in country music, 1945 in music, other events of 1945, 1946 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

Events

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

• February 3 - "I'm Losing My Mind Over You" - Al Dexter
• March 17 - "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" - Jimmie Davis
• March 31 - "Shame on You" - Spade Cooley
• April 14 - "Smoke on the Water" - (Bob Wills)
• May 19 - "At Main Call Today" - Gene Autry
• July 7 - "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
• July 28 - "Oklahoma Hills" - Jack Guthrie
• August 25 - "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" - Tex Ritter
• October 27 - "With Tears in My Eyes" - Wesley Tuttle
• November 17 - "Sioux City Sue" - Dick Thomas
• November 24 - "Shame on You" - Lawrence Welk Orchestra with Red Foley
• December 8 - "It's Been So Long Darling" - Ernest Tubb
• December 15 - "Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Other Major Hits

• Careless Darlin' - Ernest Tubb
• Christmas Carols At The Old Corral - Tex Ritter
• Don't Fence Me In - Gene Autry
• Don't Hang Around Me Anymore - Gene Autry
• Each Minute Seems A Million Years - Eddy Arnold
• Each Night At Nine - Floyd Tillman
• Hang Your Head In Shame - Bob Wills
• Hang Your Head In Shame - Red Foley
• Headin' Down The Wrong Highway - Ted Daffan
• Hitler's Last Letter To Hirohito - Carson Robinson
• I Never Let You Worry My Mind - Red Foley
• I'll Wait For You Dear - Al Dexter
• I'm A Branding My Darling With My Heart - Jack Guthrie
• I'm A Convict With Old Glory In My Heart - Elton Britt
• I'm Gonna Build A Big Fence Around Texas - Gene Autry
• I'm Lost Without You - Al Dexter
• I've Taken All I'm Gonne Take - Gene Autry
• Jealous Heart - Tex Ritter
• Keep My Memory In Your Heart - Ernest Tubb
• Mexico Joe - Ivie Anderson

• A Pair Of Broken Hearts - Spade Cooley
• Shadow On Your Heart - Ted Daffan
• Smoke On The Water - Boyd Heath
• Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima - Sons Of The Pioneers
• Texas Playboy Rag - Bob Wills
• Time Won't Heal My Broken Heart - Ted Daffan
• Tomorrow Never Comes - Ernest Tubb
• Triflin' Gal - Al Dexter
• You Don't Care What Happens To Me - Bob Wills
• You're Breaking My Heart - Ted Daffan

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. "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.