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Once called " hillbilly music", the term country music gained popularity in the 1940s. The genre came to encompass western music, which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots, in the mid-20th century.
- Country and western
- 1920s, Southern United States
As the decade progressed, the style was picked up by Floyd Tillman and Hank Williams, and by the end of the 1940s was the predominant style in country music. Hank Williams. Williams, a Butler County, Alabama native, began earning a reputation as both a songwriter and a performing artist.
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Events. Top Hillbilly (Country) Recordings 1940. Births. Deaths. Further reading. References. 1940 in country music. This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1940. Events. 1940 marked first year that sales exceeded 1929 levels.
RankArtistTitleLabel1Vocalion 053702Vocalion 047553Vocalion 054634Bob Wills and His Texas PlayboysOkeh 05694History. Late 1920s to mid-30s: Beginnings. Late 1930s to mid-1940s: Height of popularity. Post-war decline. Origin of the name. Legacy. See also. References. Bibliography. External links. Western swing is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands.
- 1920s–1930s, Southwestern United States
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