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Revision as of 05:06, 26 September 2006
See also: 1961 in country music, 1962 in music, other events of 1962, 1963 in country music, 1960s in music and the List of years in Country Music
Events
Top hits of the year
Number one hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
- March 10 - "Misery Loves Company" - Porter Wagoner
- March 17 - "That's My Pa" - Sheb Wooley
- "Misery Loves Company" by Porter Wagoner returns to No. 1 on March 24
- March 31 - "She's Got You" - Patsy Cline
- April 28 - "Charlie's Shoes" - Billy Walker
- "She's Got You" by Patsy Cline returns to No. 1 on May 5.
- "Charlie's Shoes" by Billy Walker returns to No. 1 on May 12
- May 19 - "She Thinks I Still Care" - George Jones
- June 30 - "Wolverton Mountain" - Claude King
- September 1 - "Devil Woman" - Marty Robbins
- October 27 - "Mama Sang a Song" - Bill Anderson
- November 10 - "I've Been Everywhere" - Hank Snow
- "Mama Sang a Song" by Bill Anderson returns to No. 1 on November 17
- "I've Been Everywhere" by Hank Snow returns to No. 1 on November 24
- "Mama Sang a Song" by Bill Anderson returns to No. 1 on December 1
- December 29 - "Don't Let Me Cross Over" - Carl and Pearl Butler
Other major hits
- "Crazy" - Patsy Cline
- "Don't Go Near the Indians" - Rex Allen
- "Old Rivers" - Walter Brennan
- "Cow Town"-Webb Pierce–]
- "Success" - Loretta Lynn
- "Everybody But Me"-Ernest Ashworth–
- "When I Get Thru With You" - Patsy Cline
- "Three Days" - Faron Young
- "Unloved, Unwanted" - Kitty Wells
"A Little Bitty Tear"-Burl Ives "Lonesome #1-Don Gibson "A Wound Time Can't Erase"-Stonewall Jackson "Losing Your Love"-Jim Reeves "Alla My Love"-Webb Pierce "Aching Breaking Heart"-George Jones "If A Woman Answers"-Leroy Van Dyke "Adios Amigo"-Jim Reeves "The Comeback"-Faron Young "Trouble's Back In Town"-Wilburn Brothers "A Little Heartache"-Eddy Arnold "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin"-Johnny Tillotson "Call Me Mr. In-Between"-Burl Ives "I'm Gonna Change Everything"-Jim Reeves "A Girl I Used To Know"-George Jones "Pride"-Ray Price "Touch Me"-Willie Nelson
Top new album releases
- According to My Heart – Goldie Hill (Capitol)
- Bashful Brother Oswald - Bashful Brother Oswald (Starday)
- Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs – Bill Anderson (Decca)
- Caribbean Guitar - Chet Atkins (RCA)
- Sentimentally Yours - Patsy Cline (Decca)
- Cross Country – Webb Pierce (Decca)
- Devil Woman – Marty Robbins (Columbia)
- Down Home - Chet Atkins (RCA)
- Family Favorites – Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper with the Clinch Mountain Clan (Hickory)
- George Jones Sings Bob Wills - George Jones (United Artists)
- Homecoming in Heaven – George Jones (United Artists)
- Homer and Jethro and the Convention – Homer and Jethro (RCA)
- Hymns From the Heart - Johnny Cash (Columbia)
- Live It Up, Laugh it Up - Johnny Bond (Starday)
- Marty After Midnight - Marty Robbins (Columbia)
- Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)
- The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark – Roy Clark (Capitol)
- The New Favorites of George Jones - George Jones (United Artists)
- Night Life - Ray Price (Columbia)
- Old Rivers - Walter Brennan (Liberty)
- One More Time - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
- Our Man Down South - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
- Sings Duets (with Porter Wagoner) - Skeeter Davis (RCA)
- The Sound of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash (Columbia)
- A Touch of Velvet – Jim Reeves (RCA)
- You're For Me - Buck Owens (Capitol)
Births
- February 4 - Clint Black, first major new star of the 1990s and key player in the new traditionalist movement.
- February 7 - Garth Brooks, the man who revolutionalized country music and forever changed its direction during the 1990s.
Deaths
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
Major Awards
Grammy awards
Further reading
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.