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1956 in country music, Ray Price, Marty Robbins and Johnny Horton emerge, resurrect traditional country music after the influx of rock and roll threatens the heart of country music. 1957 in country music, Rock-flavored acts — Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Everly Brothers and Ricky Nelson — dominate charts; Patsy Cline debuts on the charts.
Reeves' death comes just 16 months after the airplane crash deaths of Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas, leaving a huge void among country music fans. November 28 — " Once a Day ," by Connie Smith , begins an eight-week stay at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
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 was published under the title Hot C&W Sides, C&W being an abbreviation for country and western.
This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country singles of 1964. [1] Buck Owens had two of the top three singles with "My Heart Skips a Beat" (No. 1) and "Together Again" (No. 3). Owens had two additional No. 1 hits with "Love's Gonna Live Here" and "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)".
In 1964 "Saginaw, Michigan" became his final number one. Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1964, 11 different singles topped the chart, published at the time under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine.
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 a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country and western singles of 1961. [1] Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" ranked as the year's No. 1 country and western record. [1] It was released in January 1961, entered the Top 40 on Billboard ' s country and western chart on April 3, and spent a total of 39 weeks on the ...
The session was produced by the studio's co-founder, renowned country music producer Owen Bradley. Three additional tracks were recorded during this session. [1] "Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be" reached number eleven on the Billboard Hot Country Singles survey in 1964. It was included on their studio album, Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be (1965). [2]