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number-one country songs. Eddy Arnold, Conway Twitty and George Strait have all held the record for the greatest number of country number ones. Billboard magazine has published charts ranking the top-performing country music songs in the United States since 1944. The first country chart was published under the title Most Played Juke Box Folk ...
The artists with the most songs in the 1950 year-end charts were Red Foley with eight songs, Eddy Arnold with seven, Ernest Tubb with five, Hank Williams with four, and the duet pairing of Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely with four. [1] Billboard also ranked the year's top artists as follows: (1) Red Foley, (2) Ernest Tubb, (3) Hank Williams ...
In the first issue of Billboard of 1950, Christmas songs were at number one on two charts, with "Blue Christmas" by Ernest Tubb in the top spot on the juke box chart and Gene Autry 's recording of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" atop the jockeys chart. The number one on the best sellers chart was "Slipping Around" by Margaret Whiting and Jimmy ...
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 ...
This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on the weekly country music singles chart published by Billboard magazine. From January 8, 1944 to May 15, 1948, the only country music chart was the Juke Box chart. A Best Sellers chart debuted that week, followed by a Jockeys chart on the week of December 10, 1949. [1]
Little Jimmy Dickens took the novelty song "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" to number one in November. Sonny James had two chart-toppers during the year. The number-one hit "Yes, Mr. Peters" was one of a number of duets which Roy Drusky (pictured) recorded with Priscilla Mitchell. Hot Country Singles number ones of 1965.
Billboard Top Country Singles of 1964. 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 ...
This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the top country singles of 1969."Daddy Sang Bass" by Johnny Cash was ranked as the year's No. 1 country single.[1]The ranking was based on performance on the Billboard Country Chart during the period from January 4, 1969, to August 30, 1969. [1]