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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.
Glen Travis Campbell (April 22, 1936 – August 8, 2017) was an American country singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actor. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television from 1969 until 1972. [ 2 ] He released 64 albums in a career that spanned five decades ...
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 ...
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 ...
Jessie James Decker (born 1988) Cole Deggs & The Lonesome. Del McCoury Band. Diana DeGarmo (born 1987) Penny DeHaven (1948–2014) Ilse DeLange (born 1977) The Delmore Brothers. Martin Delray (born 1949) Delta Rae.
Roy Linwood Clark (April 15, 1933 – November 15, 2018) was an American singer, musician, and television presenter. He is best known for having hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and in helping to popularize the genre.
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. Reba McEntire spent time at number one in four different decades.
In 1980, she was the only woman to be named "Artist of the Decade" for the 1970s by the Academy of Country Music. Lynn was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1988 [21] and the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1999. [101] She was also the recipient of Kennedy Center Honors, an award given the President of the United States, in 2003.