This is a list of notable events incountrymusic that took place in the year 1940. 1940 marked first year that sales exceeded 1929 levels April 4 — Ernest...
Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest...
This page indexes the individual year incountrymusic pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point. Pre-1920s - 1920s -...
The connection between music and politics has been seen in many cultures. People in the past and present – especially politicians, politically-engaged...
trends in popular musicin the 1940s. In the developed world, swing, big band, jazz, Latin and countrymusic dominated and defined the decade's music. After...
folk music refers to a wide variety of genres that emerged in the mid 20th century and afterwards which were associated with traditional folk music. Starting...
the Nazi Party, in1940. Escape via Berlin (De Gernika a Nueva York), written by José Antonio Aguirre, president of the Basque Country, describes his passage...
following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1940in Norwegian music. November 6 – Ivar F. Andresen, operatic singer (born 1896). February...
M. Seely (1932–2017), American admiral Jeannie Seely (born 1940), American countrymusic singer Kelly Seely (born 1982), PhD, Senior Lecturer of Linguistics...
notable events incountrymusic that took place in the year 1950. February 14 — "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" by Red Foley #1 selling Country record becomes...
This is a list of notable events incountrymusic that took place in the year 1944. January 8 – Billboard publishes its first "Most Played Juke Box Folk...
This is a list of the 155 inductees to the CountryMusic Hall of Fame and Museum, as of 2024[update], counting groups as a single inductee. Of these,...
1940 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1940. 1940 (MCMXL) was...
This is a list of notable events incountrymusic that took place in the year 1930. December 31 – Record sales dropped 50% from 1929. The following songs...
This is a summary of 1940inmusicin the United Kingdom. 30 January – Sophie Wyss gives the first complete performance of Benjamin Britten's Les Illuminations...
claims it was "among the top five countrymusic recordings of that year"), and it has enjoyed continual success since. In1940, the Vocalion version by Bob...
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Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American Countrymusic, a popular singer and actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the...
culture. In earlier years of the late 18th century the fiddle was the predominant instrument and the music tended to sound more like early countrymusic. Cajun...
in1940), some critics continued to state opinions that the pop-oriented sound was little more than repackaged pop music. In 2009, legendary country music...
Australian countrymusic singer and guitarist who often incorporated yodelling into his music. Born in the United Kingdom, Ifield grew up in rural Australia...
events incountrymusic that took place in the year 1936. In Knoxville, Tennessee the emerging media chain Scripps-Howard purchased the WNOX station in 1935...
This is a list of notable events incountrymusic that took place in the year 1935. sales remained approximately 14% of 1929 levels The following songs...
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