Rank
|
Artist
|
Title
|
Label
|
Recorded
|
Released
|
Chart Positions
|
1 |
Elton Britt |
"
There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere"
[3] |
Bluebird 9000 |
March 19, 1942 (1942-03-19) |
May 8, 1942 (1942-05-08) |
US Billboard 1942 #96, US Pop #14, US Hillbilly 1942 #1, 1943 #3, Hillbilly #1 for 30 weeks, 68 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales
[2]
|
2 |
Carson Robison |
"1942 Turkey in the Straw"
[4] |
Bluebird 11460 |
January 26, 1942 (1942-01-26) |
March 21, 1942 (1942-03-21) |
US Billboard 1942 #159, US Pop #22, US Hillbilly 1942 #2, Hillbilly #1 for 8 weeks, 66 total weeks
|
3 |
Gene Autry |
"Tweedle-O-Twill"
[5] |
Okeh 6680 |
February 24, 1942 (1942-02-24) |
May 8, 1942 (1942-05-08) |
US BB 1944 #170, US Pop #30, US Hillbilly 1942 #3, Hillbilly #1 for 13 weeks, 59 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales
[2]
|
4 |
Ernest Tubb |
"When the World Has Turned You Down"
[6] |
Decca 6023 |
April 26, 1941 (1941-04-26) |
March 14, 1942 (1942-03-14) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #4, Hillbilly #2 for 3 weeks, 49 total weeks
|
5 |
Elton Britt |
"I Hung My Head And Cried"
[7] |
Bluebird 9023 |
March 19, 1942 (1942-03-19) |
July 1942 (1942-07) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #5, Hillbilly #2 for 2 weeks, 38 total weeks
|
6 |
Zeke Manners |
"When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again"
[8] |
Bluebird 9020 |
March 4, 1942 (1942-03-04) |
July 17, 1942 (1942-07-17) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #6, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 29 total weeks
|
7 |
Al Dexter and His Troopers |
"Meet Me Down in Honky Tonk Town"
[9] |
Okeh 6483 |
March 4, 1941 (1941-03-04) |
November 1941 (1941-11) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #7, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 20 total weeks
|
8 |
Jimmie Revard And His Oklahoma Playboys |
"My Little Girl I Love You"
[10] |
Bluebird 6877 |
February 26, 1937 (1937-02-26) |
October 1941 (1941-10) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #8, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 27 total weeks
|
9 |
Jimmy Wakely |
"Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You"
[11] |
Decca 5997 |
October 27, 1941 (1941-10-27) |
November 3, 1941 (1941-11-03) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #9, Hillbilly #1 for 2 weeks, 20 total weeks
|
10 |
Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys |
"
Wreck On The Highway"
[5] |
Okeh 6685 |
June 20, 1942 (1942-06-20) |
July 1942 (1942-07) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #10, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 19 total weeks
|
11 |
Gene Autry |
"
Deep in the Heart of Texas"
[5] |
Okeh 6643 |
February 24, 1942 (1942-02-24) |
April 1942 (1942-04) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #11, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 13 total weeks
|
12 |
Darrell Fischer and his Log-Jammers |
"Turkey In The Straw" |
Standard T-2061 |
June 1942 (1942-06) |
July 1942 (1942-07) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #12, Hillbilly #4 for 3 week, 22 total weeks
|
13 |
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
"Cherokee Maiden"
[5] |
Okeh 6685 |
June 20, 1942 (1942-06-20) |
July 1942 (1942-07) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #13, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 16 total weeks
|
14 |
Carson Robison |
"We're Gonna Slap The Dirty Little Jap"
[12] |
Bluebird 11414 |
December 18, 1941 (1941-12-18) |
January 1942 (1942-01) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #14, Hillbilly #1 for 1 week, 18 total weeks
|
15 |
Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys |
"Fireball Mail"
[5] |
Okeh 6685 |
June 20, 1942 (1942-06-20) |
July 1942 (1942-07) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #15, Hillbilly #2 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks
|
16 |
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
"
Corrine Corrina"
[5] |
Okeh 6530 |
April 15, 1940 (1940-04-15) |
December 1941 (1941-12) |
US Billboard 1942 #229, US #22, US Hillbilly 1942 #16, Hillbilly #2 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks
|
17 |
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
"Oh! You Pretty Woman"
[5] |
Okeh 6685 |
June 20, 1942 (1942-06-20) |
July 1942 (1942-07) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #17, Hillbilly #2 for 1 week, 14 total weeks
|
18 |
Denver Darling And His Texas Cowhands |
"Modern Cannon Ball"
[13] |
Decca 6063 |
July 14, 1942 (1942-07-14) |
July 27, 1942 (1942-07-27) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #18, Hillbilly #2 for 2 weeks, 33 total weeks
|
19 |
Ernest Tubb |
"I Ain't Honky Tonkin' Anymore"
[14] |
Decca 6007 |
November 17, 1941 (1941-11-17) |
December 16, 1941 (1941-12-16) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #19, Hillbilly #2 for 1 week, 36 total weeks
|
20 |
Gene Autry |
"Rainbow On The Rio Colorado"
[5] |
Okeh 6685 |
June 20, 1942 (1942-06-20) |
July 1942 (1942-07) |
US Hillbilly 1942 #20, Hillbilly #2 for 1 week, 36 total weeks
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