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1938 In Country Music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1938. Events Top Hillbilly-Folk (Country) Recordings 1938 The following songs were extracted from records included in Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954, record sales reported on the " Discography of American Historical Recordings" website, and other sources as specified. Numerical rankings are approximate, they are only used as a frame of reference. Births * January 30 - Norma Jean, female singer of the 1960s and regular on ''The Porter Wagoner Show'' from 1961 to 1967. * March 12 – Lew DeWitt, songwriter and former member of The Statler Brothers (he sang tenor) (died 1990). * March 18 – Charley Pride, the most successful African-American country music performer, active since the mid-1960s. * April 4 – Norro Wilson, prominent songwriter and record producer (died 2017). * August 18 – Allen Reynolds, prominent record producer, best known for his association with Garth Brooks. * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming in the United States. The weekly tracking period for sales was initially Monday to Sunday when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. This tracking period also applies to compiling online streaming data. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming, is readily available on a real-time basis, is also tracked on a Friday to Thursday cycle effective with the chart dated July 17, 2021 (previously Monday to Sunday and before July 2015, Wednesday to Tuesday). A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by ''Billboard'' on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday. The first number-one song of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 was " Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
