This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1945.
Overview of the events of 1945 in country music
Top hits of the year
Number one hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine )
Other Major Hits
Careless Darlin' – Ernest Tubb
Christmas Carols At The Old Corral – Tex Ritter
Don't Fence Me In – Gene Autry
Don't Hang Around Me Anymore – Gene Autry
Each Minute Seems A Million Years – Eddy Arnold
Each Night At Nine – Floyd Tillman
Hang Your Head In Shame – Bob Wills
Hang Your Head In Shame – Red Foley
Headin' Down The Wrong Highway – Ted Daffan
Hitler's Last Letter To Hirohito – Carson Robinson
I Never Let You Worry My Mind – Red Foley
I'll Wait For You Dear – Al Dexter
I'm A Branding My Darling With My Heart – Jack Guthrie
I'm A Convict With Old Glory In My Heart – Elton Britt
I'm Gonna Build A Big Fence Around Texas – Gene Autry
I'm Lost Without You – Al Dexter
I've Taken All I'm Gonne Take – Gene Autry
Jealous Heart – Tex Ritter
Keep My Memory In Your Heart – Ernest Tubb
Mexico Joe – Ivie Anderson
A Pair Of Broken Hearts – Spade Cooley
Shadow On Your Heart – Ted Daffan
Smoke On The Water – Boyd Heath
Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima – Sons Of The Pioneers
Texas Playboy Rag – Bob Wills
Time Won't Heal My Broken Heart – Ted Daffan
Tomorrow Never Comes – Ernest Tubb
Triflin' Gal – Al Dexter
You Don't Care What Happens To Me – Bob Wills
You're Breaking My Heart – Ted Daffan
″I′ll Be Back″ — Gene Autry
″I Want To Be Sure″ — Gene Autry
″Don′t Live a Lie″ — Gene Autry
Births
January 16 — Ronnie Milsap , blind, blue-eyed soul-styled singer who became one of country music's most popular entertainers of the 1970s and 1980s.
March 14 — Michael Martin Murphey , Western-styled singer-songwriter who enjoyed mainstream success in the 1980s as a country-pop performer.
May 23 – Misty Morgan , singer-songwriter who, with husband Jack Blanchard, had a string of animal-themed hit recordings in the 1970s.
June 5 — Don Reid , lead singer and main songwriter of The Statler Brothers .
June 20 — Anne Murray , Canadian vocalist who became one of that country's most successful country music performers during the 1970s and 1980s.
Further reading
Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3 )
Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7 )
Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.