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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.
Hank Williams, regarded as one of the most important singers and songwriters in the history of country music, gains his first number one. [1] [4] 1950: Lefty Frizzell, one of the most influential artists in the transition of country music to mainstream acceptance, reaches number one for the first time. [19] [20] 1951
Country Music Time is an album recorded by Kitty Wells and released in 1962 on the Decca label (DL 4197). Wells was accompanied on the album by the Jordanaires. [1] The album included two Top 10 country singles: "Password" (No. 4) and "This White Circle on My Finger" (No. 7). Thom Owens of Allmusic called the album "a strong mid-'60s album." [2]
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. Just a quarter of a century later, it was common for 50 songs per year to play musical chairs atop Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.
"Crying Time" is a song from 1964 written and originally recorded by the American country music artist Buck Owens. [3] It gained greater success in the version recorded by Ray Charles, which won two Grammy Awards in 1967. Numerous other cover versions have been performed and recorded over the intervening years.
Artist Title Year Country Chart entries 1: Elvis Presley: It's Now Or Never: 1960: US: UK 1 – Feb 2005, US BB 1 – Jul 1960, Canada 1 – Jul 1960, Norway 1 – Sep 1960, Australia 1 of 1960, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Feb 1960, South Africa 1 of 1960, US CashBox 2 of 1960, Germany 2 – Jan 1961, RYM 2 of 1960, US BB 9 of 1960, POP 9 of 1960, Italy 17 of 1960, DDD 19 of 1960, Germany 35 of ...
Buck Owens had four number ones in 1966.. Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1966, 13 different singles topped the chart, which was published at the time under the title Hot Country Singles, in 53 issues of the magazine.
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1965, 19 different singles topped the chart, which was published at the time under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine.