Hillbilly-Music.com - Sources & The Publications Through the Years

Publications
Through the years, much has been written about the genre of music that was known as hillbilly and evolved into folk, western, cowboy and country. During that time, magazines and other publications came about as part of the popularity of the music of the times.

Whether some were imitators of other successful publications at the time is for discussion but at least we have these publications to give us more of a first-hand feel of what was being said about the artists, the groups and bands and the shows of that era in American musical history. But we'd still wonder - what would be considered the first hillbilly / country music publication?

We have started to use our database to update this section. You will see examples of publication covers, the editorial staff if any were listed and other notes as well. By no means are we done with our efforts.

Publications

Country & Western Jamboree Maher Publications, Inc. 1955 — 1958	KMA Guide Tom Thumb Publishing Co. 1944 — 1975
Country and Western Hit Parade Charlton Publishing Corporation 1967 — 1972	Mountain Broadcast and Prairie Recorder Mountain Broadcast Pub. Co. 1941 — 1947
Country Music Life Frank Harris 1965 — 1969	National Hillbilly News Poster Show Printing Company and Orville and Jenny Via 1945 — 1950
Country Music Report Devvy Davenport 1963 — 1963	National Jamboree Words To Songs, Inc. 1949 — 1949
Country Music Reporter Wayne Beckham, Editor 1970 — 1974	On the Trail Trail Publications, Inc. 1958 — 1959
Country Music Review Devvy Davenport 1964 — 1965	Pickin' and Singin' News Charles G. Neese and Fountain Publications, Inc. 1953 — 1955
Country Song Roundup Charlton Publishing Corporation & American folk Publications 1949 — 2000	Radio Varieties F. L. Rosenthal 1939 — 1941
Country Songs and Stars American Folk Publications, Inc. 1964 — 1968	Rural Radio News Rural Radio, Inc. 1938 — 1939
Cowboy Music World (Texas Frank) Karpinski 1944 — 1947	Rustic Rhythm Rustic Rhythm, Inc., A Filosa Publication 1957 — 1957
Cowboy Songs American Folk Publications, Inc. 1948 — 1964	Song and Picture Barn Dance Magazine Song and Picture Barn Dance Magazine 1947 — 1948
Folk and Country Songs American Folk Publications, Inc. 1956 — 1959	Songmakers Magazine Lee Young 1949 — 1950
Hillbilly and Cowboy Hit Parade Capitol Stories, Inc. 1953 — 1967	Steel Guitarist Tom Bradshaw 1979 — 1981
Hillbilly and Western Hoedown Artist Publications, Inc. 1953 — 1954	The Grinder's Switch Gazette Grinder's Switch Gazette, Inc. 1944 — 1946
Hillbilly Western Songs Capitol Stories, Inc. 1950 — 1950	The Jamboree Len Trissell 1939 — 1941
Hoedown Heather Publications, Inc. 1966 — 1966	WIBW Round-Up WIBW Round-Up 1945 — 1955
Jamboree Magazine Western Song Club 1948 — 1949	WLS Stand-By Prairie Famer Publishing Co. 1935 — 1938

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