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Susan Raye, Buck Owens' protégée who became a solo star with moderate success. Jim Reeves, crossover artist, invented Nashville Sound with Chet Atkins. Charlie Rich, '50s rock star who enjoyed greatest success in '70s country. Marty Robbins, one of the most popular artists in country music history. Named artist of the decade (1960–1969) by ...
No dates. Just four songs – five, if one counts " El Paso " by Marty Robbins, which spent five of its seven weeks at No. 1 in 1960 – ascend to the No. 1 spot on Billboard ' s Hot C&W Sides chart. Those songs – listed below – would spend 14, 14, 12 and 10 weeks at No. 1, compared to 10 No. 1 songs in 1959 and eight for all of 1961.
This is an alphabetical list of country music performers. It includes artists who played country music at some point in their career, ... (1891–1960) Anita Carter ...
The Amboy Dukes. Ambrose Slade. Amen Corner. The American Breed. The Ames Brothers. The Andrew Oldham Orchestra. Andromeda. Andy Kim. Andy Williams.
Solo music artists make up 60 of the members, seven of whom have mostly retired from performing (Stu Phillips, Barbara Mandrell, Jeanne Pruett, Randy Travis, Ricky Van Shelton, Patty Loveless and Ronnie Milsap), but may make occasional appearances. Two of the members are stand-up comedians (Henry Cho and Gary Mule Deer).
Contents. List of Hot C&W Sides number ones of 1960. Hank Locklin spent 14 consecutive weeks at number one with " Please Help Me, I'm Falling ". Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1960, five different songs topped the chart, which at the time ...
2001 in country music, Tributes to those killed in the September 11 attacks. Death of Johnny Russell. 2002 in country music, Toby Keith / Natalie Maines feud; comeback albums from Shania Twain, Faith Hill and the Dixie Chicks, The Statler Brothers final concert and retirement. Death of Waylon Jennings.
Connie Smith held the record for the longest run at number one by a female artist for nearly 50 years. Sonny James achieved 16 consecutive number ones in the late 1960s and early 1970s. " More Than a Memory " by Garth Brooks was the first song to debut at number one in the history of Billboard' s country charts.