1948 in country music, Eddy Arnold has five of the year's six new No. 1 songs, with "Bouquet of Roses" and "Anytime" the biggest of the lot. "Bouquet of Roses" No. 1 hit of all time based on total chart performance.
1958 in country music, The Nashville sound becomes country music's response to continued encroachment of genre by rock artists; Billboard magazine consolidates best-sellers and disc jockeys' charts into one all-encompassing "Hot C&W Sides" chart.
^"Victor matrix B-26664. Sallie Gooden / Eck Robertson - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
^"Victor matrix B-28741. It ain't gonna rain no mo' / Wendell W. Hall - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
^"The Victor Talking Machine Company". davidsarnoff.org. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
^"Victor matrix B-30633. The prisoner's song / Vernon Dalhart - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
^"Columbia matrix W140789. Don't let your deal go down blues / North Carolina Ramblers; Charlie Poole - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
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^"Victor matrix BVE-39750. Bury me under the weeping willow / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
^"Victor matrix BVE-40753. Blue yodel / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
^ abcd"Complete National Recording Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
^"Victor matrix BVE-45029. Wildwood flower / Carter Family - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
^"Victor matrix BVE-56607. Anniversary blue yodel / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
^"Victor matrix PBVE-54863. Blue yodel no. 8 / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
^"Victor matrix PBVE-54850. Why should I be lonely? / Jimmie Rodgers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
^"Decca matrix DLA 11. Tumbling tumbleweeds / Sons of the Pioneers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
^"Decca matrix 64504. It makes no difference now / Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
^"The Billboard pg 84" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com. April 29, 1939. Retrieved 2022-01-06.