Talk:1944 in country music

MOST PLAYED JUKE BOX FOLK RECORDS was also Race chart for six months
Country editors, something has always been wrong with this chart, where did all the R&B, HHP stuff come from? I can't answer at this time, but

January 8, 1944

MOST PLAYED JUKE BOX FOLK RECORDS

(Hillbillies, Race, Spirituals, Cowboy Songs, Etc.)

Special reports received from The Billboard representatives last week show the Folk records listed below are currently the most popular Folk records on automatic phonographs thruout the nation. These reports stem from all the country's leading operating centers and are averaged together.

Billboard woke up the end of August 1944

Sept 2, 1944

x = item deleted

Artist					Selection                                                                                       08/26/44	09/02/44

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five	Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)	               1              x

5 Red Caps, I Learned A Lesson, I'll Never Forget                                                     2              x

The King Cole Trio, Straighten Up And Fly Right                                                         4               x

Cootie Williams and His Orchestra	Cherry Red Blues                                                 4               x

the no. 1, 2 and 4s  ended 8/26/44

Beginning Sept 1944. this became a Country chart!

Nat, Jordan and Ella returned to the Harlem Hit Parade forever

I do not plan to edit the MOST PLAYED JUKE BOX FOLK RECORDS 1944

However, I am sure I can modify 1944 in Country music so we can keep our word

I will prepare a draft, no hurry, right? this needs to be good

I have several months Jan-March with the Hillbilly column, and Sept - Dec 1944 chart

MOST PLAYED JUKE BOX FOLK RECORDS

(Hillbillies, Spirituals, Cowboy Songs, Etc.)

Race, <<<GONE

Tillywilly17 (talk) 12:59, 28 April 2022 (UTC)


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 * February 26 – Less than two months after the chart's inception, jazz and rhythm & blues performer [[Louis Jordan ]] becomes the first  [[African-American ]] performer to top the Most Played Juke Box Folk chart (with " [[Ration Blues ]]"). It is a big year for African-American performers: Jordan has a second No. 1 hit later in the year with " [[Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby ]]", while the  [[Nat King Cole ]]-led trio reach the top with " [[Straighten Up and Fly Right ]]". Jordan and Cole are the only black performers to have a No. 1 hit until 1969, when  [[Charley Pride ]] breaks the streak.

No, Joel Whitburn made many mistakes, Charlie Pride was the first !

Nat and Jordan were not Cowboy/hillbilly performers in 1944. Billboard quietly covered their mistake for years. I will prepare article (small) for Country project

Tillywilly17 (talk) 13:02, 28 April 2022 (UTC)


 * In response to the growing popularity of Hillbilly (Country) music, The Billboard's "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" chart, began on January 8, 1944, but for reasons unknown, included "Race" records, despite a chart already existing for those. On September 2, race records were abruptly removed, including the two top records from the prior week. Our chart does not include R&B records, and is also supplemented with record sales information (the new chart only rates jukebox plays) and other factors. As always, numerical rankings are approximate. Tillywilly17 (talk) 04:10, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Number one hits
from The Billboard's "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" chart (As certified by Billboard magazine) Tillywilly17 (talk) 07:14, 30 April 2022 (UTC)