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Overview of the events of 1959 in country music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1959.
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(as certified by Billboard)
Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | Spec. Note |
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January 19 | Billy Bayou | Jim Reeves | 5 | |
February 23 | Don't Take Your Guns to Town | Johnny Cash | 6 | |
April 6 | When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below) | Johnny Horton | 1 | [A] |
April 13 | White Lightning | George Jones | 5 | [A] |
May 18 | The Battle of New Orleans | Johnny Horton | 10 | [1]
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July 27 | Waterloo | Stonewall Jackson | 5 | [A] |
August 31 | The Three Bells | The Browns | 11 | [A]
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November 9 | Country Girl | Faron Young | 4 | |
December 7 | The Same Old Me | Ray Price | 2 | |
December 21 | El Paso | Marty Robbins | 7 |
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US | Single | Artist |
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18 | All the Time | Kitty Wells |
9 | Am I That Easy to Forget | Carl Belew |
13 | Anybody's Girl | Hank Thompson |
15 | The Best Years of Your Life | Carl Smith |
11 | Beyond the Shadow | The Browns |
19 | Big Harlan Taylor | George Jones |
4 | Big Midnight Special | Wilma Lee Cooper and Stoney Cooper |
5 | Black Land Farmer | Frankie Miller |
9 | Cabin in the Hills | Flatt & Scruggs |
17 | Chain Gang | Freddie Hart |
6 | Chasin' a Rainbow | Hank Snow |
12 | Chip Off the Old Block | Eddy Arnold |
13 | Cigarettes and Coffee Blues | Lefty Frizzell |
20 | Come and Knock (On the Door of My Heart) | Roy Acuff |
4 | Come Walk with Me | Wilma Lee Cooper and Stoney Cooper |
2 | Country Music is Here to Stay | Simon Crum |
7 | Dark Hollow | Jimmie Skinner |
13 | Dark Hollow | Luke Gordon |
11 | The Deck of Cards | Wink Martindale |
19 | Doggone That Train | Hank Snow |
5 | Don't Tell Me Your Troubles | Don Gibson |
11 | Draggin' the River | Ferlin Husky |
7 | Family Man | Frankie Miller |
14 | Five Feet High and Rising | Johnny Cash |
9 | Frankie's Man, Johnny | Johnny Cash |
13 | Frankie's Man, Johnny | Johnny Seay |
5 | Gotta Travel On | Billy Grammer |
15 | Gotta Travel On | Bill Monroe |
9 | Grin and Bear It | Jimmy C. Newman |
16 | Half-Breed | Marvin Rainwater |
15 | The Hanging Tree | Marty Robbins |
2 | Heartaches by the Number | Ray Price |
2 | Home | Jim Reeves |
15 | Homebreaker | Skeeter Davis |
13 | How Can I Think of Tomorrow | James O'Gwynn |
2 | I Ain't Never | Webb Pierce |
12 | I Cried a Tear | Ernest Tubb |
4 | I Got Stripes | Johnny Cash |
18 | I'd Like to Be | Jim Reeves |
16 | I'll Catch You When You Fall | Charlie Walker |
17 | I'm Beginning to Forget You | Jim Reeves |
3 | I'm in Love Again | George Morgan |
7 | I've Run Out of Tomorrows | Hank Thompson |
19 | It's All My Heartache | Carl Smith |
5 | Jimmy Brown the Newsboy | Mac Wiseman |
17 | John Wesley Hardin | Jimmie Skinner |
10 | Johnny Reb | Johnny Horton |
11 | Katy Too | Johnny Cash |
18 | The Knoxville Girl | The Wilburn Brothers |
19 | The Knoxville Girl | The Louvin Brothers |
20 | Last Night at a Party | Faron Young |
3 | The Last Ride | Hank Snow |
2 | Life to Go | Stonewall Jackson |
20 | Little Dutch Girl | George Morgan |
11 | Lonesome Old House | Don Gibson |
6 | Long Black Veil | Lefty Frizzell |
16 | A Long Time Ago | Faron Young |
8 | Luther Played the Boogie | Johnny Cash |
5 | Mommy for a Day | Kitty Wells |
9 | My Baby's Gone | The Louvin Brothers |
15 | My Love and Little Me | Margie Bowes |
14 | My Reason for Leaving | Ferlin Husky |
14 | Next Time | Ernest Tubb |
13 | Ninety-Nine | Bill Anderson |
7 | Old Moon | Betty Foley[1] |
9 | Partners | Jim Reeves |
10 | Poor Old Heartsick Me | Margie Bowes |
17 | Problems | The Everly Brothers |
16 | Sailor Man | Johnnie & Jack |
19 | Sal's Got a Sugar Lip | Johnny Horton |
5 | Set Him Free | Skeeter Davis |
16 | So Many Times | Roy Acuff |
19 | So Soon | Jimmy C. Newman |
15 | Soldier's Joy | Hawkshaw Hawkins |
6 | Somebody's Back in Town | The Wilburn Brothers |
9 | Ten Thousand Drums | Carl Smith |
5 | Tennessee Stud | Eddy Arnold |
12 | Thanks a Lot | Johnny Cash |
14 | That's the Way It's Gotta Be | Faron Young |
7 | That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome | Ray Price |
12 | That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome | Bill Anderson |
3 | There's a Big Wheel | Wilma Lee Cooper and Stoney Cooper |
6 | A Thousand Miles Ago | Webb Pierce |
8 | (Till) I Kissed You | The Everly Brothers |
4 | Under Your Spell Again | Buck Owens |
5 | Under Your Spell Again | Ray Price |
19 | What Am I Living For | Ernest Tubb |
4 | Which One Is to Blame | The Wilburn Brothers |
3 | Who Cares | Don Gibson |
7 | Who Shot Sam | George Jones |
9 | A Woman's Intuition | The Wilburn Brothers |
17 | Yankee, Go Home | Goldie Hill |
13 | You Dreamer You | Johnny Cash |
18 | You Take the Table and I'll Take the Chairs | Bob Gallion |
7 | You're Makin' a Fool Out of Me | Jimmy C. Newman |
12 | Your Wild Life's Gonna Get You Down | Kitty Wells |
Single | Artist | Record Label |
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Greatest! | Johnny Cash | Sun |
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
Hymns by Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too | Skeeter Davis | RCA |
'Satan Is Real | The Louvin Brothers | Capitol |
Songs of Our Soil | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
Single | Artist | Record Label |
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After Dark | Kitty Wells | Decca |
Beside the Still Waters | Mac Wiseman | Dot |
Chet Atkins in Hollywood | Chet Atkins | RCA |
George Jones Sings White Lightning and Other Favorites | George Jones | Mercury |
Great Folk Ballads | Mac Wiseman | Dot |
Have Guitar Will Travel | Eddy Arnold | RCA |
Hum & Strum Along with Chet Atkins | Chet Atkins | RCA |
Sweet Sounds by the Browns | The Browns | RCA |
Thereby Hangs a Tale | Eddy Arnold | RCA |
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