1957 in country music
See also: 1956 in country music, 1957 in music, other events of 1957, 1958 in country music, 1950s in music and the List of years in Country Music
Events
- June 24 - Billboard magazine 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.
Top hits of the year
Number one hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
- February 2 - "Young Love" - Sonny James
- March 2 - "There You Go" - Johnny Cash
- April 6 - "Gone" - Ferlin Husky
- May 13 - "All Shook Up" - Elvis Presley
- May 20 - "A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)" - Marty Robbins
- May 20 - "Honky Tonk Song" - Webb Pierce
- May 27 - "Four Walls" - Jim Reeves
- July 15 - "Bye Bye Love" - Everly Brothers
- August 5 - "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" - Elvis Presley
- September 9 - "A Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On" - Jerry Lee Lewis
- September 16 - "Fraulein" - Bobby Helms
- September 16 - "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" - Ray Price
- October 14 - "Wake Up Little Susie" - Everly Brothers
- December 2 - "Jailhouse Rock" - Elvis Presley
- December 9 - "My Special Angel" - Bobby Helms
- 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
- "Walkin' After Midnight" - Patsy Cline
- "Geisha Girl" - Hank Locklin
- "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
- "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
- "Three Ways (To Love You)" - Kitty Wells
- "Too Much" - Elvis Presley
- "Train of Love" - Johnny Cash
- "The Woman I Need" - Johnny Horton
- "Yearning" - George Jones and Jeanette Hicks
- "You're the Reason I'm in Love" - Sonny James
"Gonna Find Me A Bluebird"-Marvin Rainwatwer "Is It Wrong"-Warner Mack "Why Why"-Carl Smith "Talkin' To The Blues"-Jim Lowe–
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 signer-songwriter.
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.