| Rank
|
Artist
|
Title
|
Label
|
Recorded
|
Released
|
Chart Positions
|
| 1 |
Roy Acuff and the Crazy Tennesseans |
"Wabash Cannon Ball"[2] |
Vocalion 4466 |
October 21, 1936 (1936-10-21) |
November 1938 (1938-11) |
US BB 1938 #223, US #12 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1938 #1, 1,000,000 sales,[1] National Recording Registry 2005
|
| 2 |
Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers |
"It Makes No Difference Now"[3] |
Decca 5604 |
September 13, 1938 (1938-09-13) |
September 30, 1938 (1938-09-30) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #2
|
| 3 |
Shelton Brothers |
"Aura Lee"[4] |
Decca 5533 |
February 17, 1937 (1937-02-17) |
June 1938 (1938-06) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #3 (this melody was used for Elvis Presley's "Love Me Tender")
|
| 4 |
Hoosier Hot Shots |
"The Man with the Whiskers"[5] |
Vocalion 4502 |
October 28, 1938 (1938-10-28) |
December 1938 (1938-12) |
US BB 1938 #207, US #11 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1938 #4
|
| 5 |
Roy Acuff with The Crazy Tennesseans |
"Great Speckled Bird"[6] |
Melotone 70159 |
October 20, 1936 (1936-10-20) |
January 1937 (1937-01) |
US BB 1938 #236, US #13 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1938 #5
|
| 6 |
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
"Steel Guitar Stomp"[7] |
Vocalion 3997 |
June 7, 1937 (1937-06-07) |
February 1938 (1938-02) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #6
|
| 7 |
Gene Autry |
"Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle"[2] |
Vocalion 4172 |
October 18, 1937 (1937-10-18) |
June 1938 (1938-06) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #7
|
| 8 |
Claude Casey's Pinestate Playboys |
"Pine State Honky Tonk"[8] |
Bluebird 7883 |
September 27, 1938 (1938-09-27) |
October 19, 1938 (1938-10-19) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #8
|
| 9 |
Roy Acuff and the Crazy Tennesseans |
"Freight Train Blues"[2] |
Vocalion 4466 |
October 21, 1936 (1936-10-21) |
November 1938 (1938-11) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #9
|
| 10 |
Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians |
"The One Rose That's Left in My Heart"[9] |
Bluebird B-7280 |
July 7, 1930 (1930-07-07) |
December 1, 1937 (1937-12-01) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #10
|
| 11 |
Roy Rogers |
"Hi-Ho Silver"[2] |
Vocalion 4190 |
June 15, 1938 (1938-06-15) |
July 1938 (1938-07) |
US BB 1938 #250, US #13 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1938 #10
|
| 12 |
Jimmie Davis w_Charles <Mitchell |
"Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland"[10] |
Decca 5616 |
September 22, 1938 (1938-09-22) |
November 1938 (1938-11) |
US BB 1938 #253, US #13 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1938 #11
|
| 13 |
Light Crust Doughboys |
"Beautiful Ohio"[2] |
Vocalion 4158 |
May 14, 1938 (1938-05-14) |
June 1938 (1938-06) |
US BB 1938 #18, US #2 for 1 week, 8 total weeks
|
| 14 |
Hoosier Hot Shots |
"Red Hot Fannie"[2] |
Vocalion 4289 |
June 6, 1938 (1938-06-06) |
August 1938 (1938-08) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #13
|
| 15 |
Girls of the Golden West |
"Ragtime Cowboy Joe"[2] |
Vocalion 4292 |
February 28, 1938 (1938-02-28) |
August 1938 (1938-08) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #14
|
| 16 |
Jimmie Revard And His Oklahoma Playboys |
"Tulsa Waltz"[11] |
Bluebird 7371 |
February 26, 1937 (1937-02-26) |
January 19, 1938 (1938-01-19) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #15
|
| 17 |
Joe Werner's Ramblers |
"Running Around".[12] |
Bluebird 4994 |
April 1, 1938 (1938-04-01) |
April 20, 1938 (1938-04-20) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #16
|
| 18 |
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
"The Maiden's Prayer"[7] |
Vocalion 3924 |
September 23, 1935 (1935-09-23) |
February 1938 (1938-02) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #17
|
| 19 |
W Lee O'Daniel and His Hillbilly Boys |
"Beautiful Texas"[2] |
Vocalion 4185 |
May 15, 1938 (1938-05-15) |
July 1938 (1938-07) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #18
|
| 20 |
Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers |
"Girl Of My Dreams"[13] |
Decca 5560 |
December 8, 1937 (1937-12-08) |
July 1938 (1938-07) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #19
|
| 21 |
Gene Autry |
"End of My Round-Up Days"[2] |
Vocalion 4146 |
October 15, 1937 (1937-10-15) |
May 1938 (1938-05) |
US Hillbilly 1938 #20
|
