1957 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1957.

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Events

• April — Jimmy Dean hosts his first nationally televised series, a 30-minute daytime variety series airing on CBS named The Jimmy Dean Show. The show has a prime-time run from June to September (as a summer replacement series); the daytime show will run until 1959. This is the first of three country music-oriented series bearing Dean's name and hosting duties.
• June 24 — Billboard terminates its "Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes" chart, leaving just the "Most Played C&W by Jockeys" and "C&W Best Sellers in Stores" charts to gauge a song's popularity.
• November 4 — The Nos. 1 and 2 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, and Billboard's R&B and country charts are identical: Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" and the Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie." In addition, the No. 6 hit on the Hot 100 and R&B charts — Jimmie Rodgers' "Honeycomb" — is also climbing the country chart.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

United States

(as certified by Billboard)

Date	Single name	Artist	Wks. No.1	Notes
February 2	Young Love	Sonny James	9	[A] Also reached Number One on the Billboard Pop Chart.
March 2	There You Go	Johnny Cash	5	[2]
April 6	Gone	Ferlin Husky	10	[1] Husky's first Number One since "A Dear John Letter in 1953.
May 13	All Shook Up	Elvis Presley	1	Also reached Number One on the Billboard Pop and R&B charts.
May 20	A White Sport Coat	Marty Robbins	5
May 20	Honky Tonk Song	Webb Pierce	1	[B]
May 27	Four Walls	Jim Reeves	8	[2] Reeves' first Number One since "Bimbo" in 1954.
July 15	Bye Bye Love	The Everly Brothers	7	[A]
August 5	(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear	Elvis Presley	1	Also reached Number One on the Billboard Pop and R&B charts.
September 9	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On	Jerry Lee Lewis	2	[A] Also reached Number One on the Billboard R&B chart.
September 16	Fraulein	Bobby Helms	4	[2], [A]
September 16	My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You	Ray Price	4	[2]
October 14	Wake Up Little Susie	The Everly Brothers	8	[2] Also reached Number One on the Billboard Pop and R&B charts.
December 2	Jailhouse Rock	Elvis Presley	1	Also reached Number One on the Billboard Pop and R&B charts.
December 9	My Special Angel	Bobby Helms	4	[B]

Notes

• 1^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard.
• 2^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
• A^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
• B^ Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.

Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes," "Most Played C&W by Jockeys" and "C&W Best Sellers in Stores" charts.

Other major hits

• "Am I Losing You" - Jim Reeves
• "Auctioneer" - Leroy Van Dyke
• "Bye Bye Love" - Webb Pierce
• "Don't Stop the Music" - George Jones
• "A Fallen Star" - Jimmy C. Newman
• "First Date, First Kiss, First Love" - Sonny James
• "Geisha Girl" - Hank Locklin
• "Gonna Find Me A Bluebird" - Marvin Rainwater
• "Holiday for Love" - Webb Pierce
• "Home of the Blues" - Johnny Cash
• "Honeycomb" - Jimmie Rodgers
• "I Miss You Already (and You're Not Even Gone)" - Faron Young
• "I'm Coming Home" - Johnny Horton
• "I'm Tired" - Webb Pierce
• "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" — Warner Mack
• "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" - Jimmie Rodgers
• "Knee Deep in the Blues" - Marty Robbins
• "Missing You" - Webb Pierce
• "Mister Love" - Ernest Tubb and The Wilburn Brothers
• "My Arms are a House" - Hank Snow
• "Next in Line" - Johnny Cash
• "Oh So Many Years" - Webb Pierce and Kitty Wells
• "Playing For Keeps" - Elvis Presley
• "Repenting" - Kitty Wells
• "Stolen Moments" - Hank Snow
• "A Tangled Mind" - Hank Snow
• "Talkin' To The Blues" — Jim Lowe
• "Three Ways (To Love You)" - Kitty Wells
• "Too Much" - Elvis Presley
• "Train of Love" - Johnny Cash
• "The Woman I Need" - Johnny Horton
• "Walkin' After Midnight" - Patsy Cline
• "Why Why" — Carl Smith
• "Yearning" - George Jones and Jeanette Hicks
• "You're the Reason I'm in Love" - Sonny James

Top new album releases

• Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar -- Johnny Cash

Births

• January 4 — Patty Loveless, top female vocalist of the late 1980s and 1990s, thanks to her voice combining bluegrass, blues and rock.
• April 12 — Vince Gill, top male vocalist and prominent member of the new traditionalist movement of the late 1980s/1990s.
• July 24 — Pam Tillis, daughter of Mel Tillis and popular female vocalsit of the 1990s.
• August 22 — Holly Dunn, female star and another artist who helped popularize country music during the late 1980s/early 1990s.
• November 1 — Lyle Lovett, alternative country star.

Deaths

• March 24 — Carson Robison, 66, early C&W singer-songwriter.

References

Further reading

• Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.

Other links

• Country Music Association