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January 1 — Johnny Cash performs at San Quentin Prison.One of the audience members is Merle Haggard, in the midst of a two-year prison term for burglary.; February — Struggling singer-songwriter Don Gibson finally gets a career break when his first major hit, "Oh Lonesome Me" reaches No. 1 on Billboard's "C&W Best Sellers in Stores" and "Most Played C&W by Jockeys" charts.
Ray Price was at number one on the first combined sales and airplay chart in October and remained in the top spot until the end of the year. At the start of 1958, Billboard magazine published two charts specifically covering the top-performing country music songs in the United States. The C&W Best Sellers in Stores chart ranked records based on their "current national selling importance at the ...
Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1: Domenico Modugno: Volare: 1958: US BB 1 – Aug 1958, US CashBox 1 of 1958, Italy 1 of 1958, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Mar 1958, Grammy in 1958, Canada 2 – Jul 1958, Norway 2 – Oct 1958, South Africa 5 of 1958, Australia 6 of 1958, UK 10 – Sep 1958, RYM 29 of 1958, Europe 34 of the 1950s, DDD 56 of 1958
Johnny Cash had three of the year's top 10 country & western singles: "Guess Things Happen That Way"/"Come in, Stranger" at No. 3; "The Ways of a Woman in Love"/"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" at No. 6; and "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" at No. 7. RCA Victor led all labels with 13 of the top 50 singles.
Bobby Day was the stage name of the artist who made “Rockin’ Robin” a No. 2 national hit in 1958. Day was born in Fort Worth on July 1, 1928. Little is known of his life before he went to I ...
July 3 – 1958 US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement signed in Washington, D.C. July 7 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law. July 9 – 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami: A 7.8 M w strike-slip earthquake in Southeast Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami.
It was 1957 -- sixty years ago -- when a 16-year-old Paul Anka used an uncle's gift of $100 to travel to New York City. He auditioned for ABC's Dan Costa.
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