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Three songs by Bob Wills reached number one in 1946, including "New Spanish Two Step", which spent 15 consecutive weeks in the top spot.

From 1944 until 1957, Billboard magazine published a chart that ranked the top-performing country music songs in the United States, based on the number of times a song had been played in jukeboxes; until 1948 it was the magazine's only country music chart. In 1946, nine different songs topped the chart, which was published under the title Most Played Juke Box Folk Records. The chart was compiled based on a survey of jukebox operators nationwide, and its methodology allowed for the possibility of records tying for a position. On several occasions during 1946 two or more songs tied for the number-one spot, including the issue of Billboard dated February 2, when four songs tied for the peak position. The Juke Box Folk chart is considered part of the lineage of the current Hot Country Songs chart, which was first published in 1958.[1]

In 1946 the top spot was dominated by two songs which each spent 16 weeks at number one and which between them topped the chart from February to September. In the issue of Billboard dated February 2, "Guitar Polka" by Al Dexter reached number one for the first time, albeit jointly with three other songs. After one week out of the top spot it returned to number one, where it spent fifteen consecutive weeks, one of them jointly with "New Spanish Two Step" by Bob Wills, widely known as the "King of Western swing".[2] After Dexter's run at number one ended, Wills's song returned to the top spot and also spent fifteen consecutive weeks atop the chart. Wills had topped the chart earlier in the year with "Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" and "White Cross on Okinawa" and was the only artist to take three different songs to number one in 1946. Dexter, however, had the highest number of total weeks at number one, spending 21 weeks in total (including two tied weeks) atop the chart with "Guitar Polka" and "Wine Women and Song". Wills and Dexter were the only acts with more than one chart-topper during the year.

In October, Merle Travis achieved his first number one with "Divorce Me C.O.D.", which spent 11 non-consecutive weeks in the top spot in 1946 and was at number one at the end of the year.[3] Although Travis would only experience a short spell of chart success, achieving only one further chart-topping single,[4] he would remain active until his death in 1983 and come to be regarded as one of the most influential guitarists in the country genre.[5] Two singers who had each topped the chart several times in its first three years of publication did so for the last time in 1946. Al Dexter's second chart-topper of the year, "Wine Women and Song", would prove to be his final appearance in the top spot.[6] After 1948 he did not appear in the chart at all and concentrated on running his club in Dallas.[7] Tex Ritter also topped the chart for the last time in 1946.[8] He would be absent from the country chart altogether for more than a decade after 1950 but experience something of a career revival in the 1960s when he appeared regularly at the Grand Ole Opry.[9]

Chart history

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A man wearing a white cowboy hat and dark jacket, smiling broadly and holding a guitar
Al Dexter had two number ones in 1946.
A smiling man wearing a cowboy hat
Dick Thomas's "Sioux City Sue" was one of four songs that shared the top spot in the issue of Billboard dated February 2.
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"You Will Have to Pay" was the final number one for Tex Ritter.
Chart history
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 5[a] "Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" Bob Wills [10]
"White Cross on Okinawa"
"You Will Have to Pay" Tex Ritter
January 12 "It's Been So Long Darling" Ernest Tubb [11]
January 19 "You Will Have to Pay" Tex Ritter [12]
January 26 "Sioux City Sue" Dick Thomas [13]
February 2[a] [14]
"Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" Bob Wills [15]
"You Will Have to Pay" Tex Ritter
"Guitar Polka" Al Dexter
February 9 "Sioux City Sue" Dick Thomas
February 16 "Guitar Polka" Al Dexter [16]
February 23 [17]
March 2
March 9 [18]
March 16 [19]
March 23 [20]
March 30 [21]
April 6 [22]
April 13 [23]
April 20 [24]
April 27 [25]
May 4 [26]
May 11 [27]
May 18[a] [28]
"New Spanish Two Step" Bob Wills [29]
May 25 "Guitar Polka" Al Dexter
June 1 "New Spanish Two Step" Bob Wills [30]
June 8 [31]
June 15 [32]
June 22 [33]
June 29 [34]
July 6 [35]
July 13 [36]
July 20 [37]
July 27 [38]
August 3 [39]
August 10 [40]
August 17 [41]
August 24 [42]
August 31 [43]
September 7 [44]
September 14 "Wine Women and Song" Al Dexter [45]
September 21 [46]
September 28 [47]
October 5 [48]
October 12 "Divorce Me C.O.D." Merle Travis [49]
October 19 "Wine Women and Song" Al Dexter [50]
October 26 "Divorce Me C.O.D." Merle Travis [51]
November 2 [52]
November 9 [53]
November 16 [54]
November 23 [55]
November 30 [56]
December 7 [57]
December 14 [58]
December 21 [59]
December 28 [60]

a. ^ Multiple songs tied for the number one position.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005. Record Research. p. ix. ISBN 9780898201659.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Bob Wills Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  3. ^ Carlin, Richard (2005). Country. Infobase Publishing. p. 58. ISBN 9780816069774.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Watson-Guptill. p. 326. ISBN 9780823076321.
  5. ^ Eder, Bruce. "Merle Travis Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Watson-Guptill. p. 95. ISBN 9780823076321.
  7. ^ Bush, John. "Al Dexter Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  8. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Watson-Guptill. p. 269. ISBN 9780823076321.
  9. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Tex Ritter Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  10. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. January 5, 1946. p. 25. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  11. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. January 12, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  12. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. January 19, 1946. p. 27. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  13. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. January 26, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  14. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. February 2, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  15. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. February 9, 1946. p. 31. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  16. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. February 16, 1946. p. 35. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  17. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. March 2, 1946. p. 31. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
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  19. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. March 16, 1946. p. 31. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  20. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. March 23, 1946. p. 31. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  21. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. March 30, 1946. p. 31. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  22. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. April 6, 1946. p. 33. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
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  24. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. April 20, 1946. p. 31. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
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  26. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. May 4, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  27. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. May 11, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  28. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. May 18, 1946. p. 31. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  29. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. May 25, 1946. p. 31. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  30. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. June 1, 1946. p. 27. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  31. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. June 8, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  32. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. June 15, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  33. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. June 22, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  34. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. June 29, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  35. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. July 6, 1946. p. 31. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  36. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. July 13, 1946. p. 31. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  37. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. July 20, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  38. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. July 27, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  39. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. August 3, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  40. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. August 10, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  41. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. August 17, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  42. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. August 24, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  43. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. August 31, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  44. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. September 7, 1946. p. 29. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  45. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. September 14, 1946. p. 28. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  46. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. September 21, 1946. p. 25. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  47. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. September 28, 1946. p. 30. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  48. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. October 5, 1946. p. 26. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  49. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. October 12, 1946. p. 28. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
  50. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. October 19, 1946. p. 27. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  51. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. October 26, 1946. p. 30. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  52. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. November 2, 1946. p. 24. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  53. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. November 9, 1946. p. 30. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  54. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. November 16, 1946. p. 26. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  55. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. November 23, 1946. p. 28. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  56. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. November 30, 1946. p. 27. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  57. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. December 7, 1946. p. 28. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  58. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. December 14, 1946. p. 30. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  59. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. December 21, 1946. p. 25. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  60. ^ "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records". Billboard. December 28, 1946. p. 23. Retrieved June 26, 2018.

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