1945: ‘I’m Losing My Mind Over You’ by Al Dexter
April 10, 2021
Number of weeks spent as #1: 6
Texan Al Dexter helped popularize the honky-tonk genre with songs about a man who’s “lonely and blue,” losing his mind over a woman. Dexter was a regular feature on the Billboard Juke Box Folk Record charts in the ’40s, with other big hits like “Pistol Packin’ Mama” and “Guitar Polka.”