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Events
- November 3 — Billboard magazine renames its Hot C&W Sides chart "Hot Country Singles," a name it will keep for the next 27 years. The chart length remains 30 positions.
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- Rhythm and blues singer Ray Charles releases his landmark album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. The album of pop-styled covers of country standards is vastly influential in the genre.
Top hits of the year
Number one hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
- March 10 - "Misery Loves Company" - Porter Wagoner
- March 17 - "That's My Pa" - Sheb Wooley
- "Misery Loves Company" by Porter Wagoner returns to No. 1 on March 24
- March 31 - "She's Got You" - Patsy Cline
- April 28 - "Charlie's Shoes" - Billy Walker
- "She's Got You" by Patsy Cline returns to No. 1 on May 5.
- "Charlie's Shoes" by Billy Walker returns to No. 1 on May 12
- May 19 - "She Thinks I Still Care" - George Jones
- June 30 - "Wolverton Mountain" - Claude King
- September 1 - "Devil Woman" - Marty Robbins
- October 27 - "Mama Sang a Song" - Bill Anderson
- November 10 - "I've Been Everywhere" - Hank Snow
- "Mama Sang a Song" by Bill Anderson returns to No. 1 on November 17
- "I've Been Everywhere" by Hank Snow returns to No. 1 on November 24
- "Mama Sang a Song" by Bill Anderson returns to No. 1 on December 1
Other major hits
- "Aching Breaking Heart" - George Jones
- "Adios Amigo" - Jim Reeves
- "Alla My Love" - Webb Pierce
- "Back In Baby's Arms" – Patsy Cline
- "Call Me Mr. In-Between" - Burl Ives
- "The Comeback" - Faron Young
- "Cow Town" - Webb Pierce
- "Crazy" - Patsy Cline
- "Don't Go Near the Indians" - Rex Allen
- "Everybody But Me" Ernest Ashworth
- "A Girl I Used To Know" - George Jones
- "I Can Mend Your Broken Heart" – Don Gibson
- "Imagine That" – Patsy Cline
- "If A Woman Answers" - Leroy Van Dyke
- "I'm Gonna Change Everything" - Jim Reeves
- "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin" - Johnny Tillotson
- "A Little Bitty Tear"- Burl Ives
- "A Little Heartache" - Eddy Arnold
- "Lonesome Number One - Don Gibson
- "Losing Your Love" - Jim Reeves
- "Old Rivers" - Walter Brennan
- "Pride" - Ray Price
- "So Wrong" – Patsy Cline
- "Success" - Loretta Lynn
- "Trouble's Back In Town" - Wilburn Brothers
- "Three Days" - Faron Young
- "Touch Me" - Willie Nelson
- "Unloved, Unwanted" - Kitty Wells
- "When I Get Thru' With You" - Patsy Cline
- "A Wound Time Can't Erase" - Stonewall Jackson
Top new album releases
- All Aboard the Blue Train - Johnny Cash (Sun)
- George Jones Sings Bob Wills - George Jones (United Artists)
- Homecoming in Heaven - George Jones (United Artists)
- Hymns from the Heart - (Johnny Cash) (Columbia)
- Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)
- My Favorites of Hank Williams - George Jones (United Artists)
- Sentimentally Yours - Patsy Cline (Decca)
- The Sound of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash (Columbia)
Other top releases
- According to My Heart – Goldie Hill (Capitol)
- Bashful Brother Oswald - Bashful Brother Oswald (Starday)
- Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs – Bill Anderson (Decca)
- Caribbean Guitar - Chet Atkins (RCA)
- Cross Country – Webb Pierce (Decca)
- Devil Woman – Marty Robbins (Columbia)
- Down Home - Chet Atkins (RCA)
- Family Favorites – Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper with the Clinch Mountain Clan (Hickory)
- Homer and Jethro and the Convention – Homer and Jethro (RCA)
- Live It Up, Laugh it Up - Johnny Bond (Starday)
- The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark – Roy Clark (Capitol)
- Marty After Midnight - Marty Robbins (Columbia)
- The New Favorites of George Jones - George Jones (United Artists)
- Night Life - Ray Price (Columbia)
- Old Rivers - Walter Brennan (Liberty)
- One More Time - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
- Our Man Down South - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
- Sings Duets (with Porter Wagoner) - Skeeter Davis (RCA)
- A Touch of Velvet – Jim Reeves (RCA)
- You're For Me - Buck Owens (Capitol)
Births
- February 4 - Clint Black, first major new star of the 1990s and key player in the new traditionalist movement.
- February 7 - Garth Brooks, the man who revolutionalized country music and forever changed its direction during the 1990s.
Deaths
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
johnny cash
Major Awards
Grammy awards
Further reading
Further reading
- Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
- 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.
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