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Events

March 1963 marked a dark time for country music, as it lost no less than five people in a seemingly endless string of tragedies.

On March 5, three of the genre's top stars - Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Cowboy Copas - are killed in a small plane crash near Camden, Tennessee, while on their way to Nashville from St. Louis, Missouri. The pilot, Randy Hughes, is also killed.

En route to Cline's funeral, Jack Anglin - one half of the duo Johnnie and Jack - is killed in a car accident.

On March 29, Texas Ruby, of the duo Curly Fox and Texas Ruby, is killed in a trailer fire while Fox was performing on the Grand Ole Opry [1].

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

January 5 - "Ruby Ann" - Marty Robbins
January 19 - "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" - Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
April 13 - "Still" - Bill Anderson
May 4 - "Lonesome 7-7203" - Hawkshaw Hawkins
June 15 - "Act Naturally" - Buck Owens
July 27 - "Ring of Fire" - Johnny Cash
September 14 - "Abilene" - George Hamilton IV
October 12 - "Talk Back Trembling Lips" - Ernest Ashworth
October 19 - "Love's Gonna Live Here" - Buck Owens

Other major hits

"Before I'm Over You" - Loretta Lynn
"BJ the DJ" - Stonewall Jackson
"Is This Me" - Jim Reeves
"I'm Saving My LOve" - Skeeter Davis
"Leavin' on Your Mind" - Patsy Cline
"Pearl, Pearl, Pearl" - Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
"Sweet Dreams" - Patsy Cline
"Take a Letter Miss Gray" - Justin Tubb
"Thanks a Lot" - Ernest Tubb
"Faded Love" - Patsy Cline
"Will Your Lawyer Talk to God" - Kitty Wells

"End Of The World"-Skeeter Davis
"Second Hand Rose"-Roy Drusky
"Jack To A King"-Ned Miller
"Sing A Little Song Of Heartache"-Rose Maddox
"T For Texas"-Grandpa Jones
"The Matador"-Johnny Cash
"Mountain Of Love"-David Houston
"Make The World Go Away"-Ray Price
"Ninety Miles An Hour"-Hank Snow
"Detroit City"-Bobby Bare
"Five Hundred Miles Away From Home"-Bobby Bare–

Top new album releases

Blood, Sweat and Tears – Johnny Cash (Columbia)
Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins - Buck Owens (Capitol)
Cattle Call - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
Country Music Hootenanny - Various Artists (Capitol)
Detroit City and Other Hits by Bobby Bare - Bobby Bare (RCA)
End of the World - Skeeter Davis (RCA)
Great Gospel Songs - Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol)
The Guitar Genius - Chet Atkins (RCA)
Our Man in Nashville - Chet Atkins (RCA)
On the Bandstand - Buck Owens (Capitol)
The Patsy Cline Story - Patsy Cline (Decca)
Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash (Columbia)
Songs I Love to Sing - Eddy Arnold (Capitol)
Songs That Made Him Famous - Johnny Bond (Starday)
Still - Bill Anderson (RCA)
Teen Scene - Chet Atkins (RCA)
Tips of My Fingers - Roy Clark (Capitol)
Travelin' Guitar - Chet Atkins (RCA)
Yodeling Hits – Grandpa Jones (Monument)

Births

Deaths

March 5 - Patsy Cline, 30, premiere female country vocalist who became even more legendary after her death (plane crash).
March 5 - Cowboy Copas, 49, country singer from the 1940s through 1960s, best known for his 1960 hit, "Alabam" (plane crash).
March 5 - Hawkshaw Hawkins, 41, country singer since the 1940s, best known for his pothsumous No. 1 hit, "Lonesome 7-7203" (plane crash).
March 8 - Jack Anglin, 47, country entertainer since the 1930s, late of the duo Johnnie and Jack (with Johnnie Wright) (car accident).
March 29 - Texas Ruby, 52, half of the comedy-old-time country duo Curly Fox and Texas Ruby (mobile home fire).

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major Awards

Grammy awards

External links

Country Music Hall of Fame