1951 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1951.

Contents

Events

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

USSingleArtist
January 6"I Love You a Thousand Ways" Lefty Frizzell
January 6"The Golden Rocket" Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
January 13"The Shotgun Boogie" Tennessee Ernie Ford
February 10"There's Been a Change in Me" Eddy Arnold
March 31"The Rhumba Boogie"Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
May 12"Cold Cold Heart" Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
May 19"Kentucky Waltz"Eddy Arnold
May 26"I Want to Be With You Always"Lefty Frizzell
July 14"I Wanna Play House With You"Eddy Arnold
August 11"Hey, Good Lookin'"Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
September 1"Always Late with Your Kisses"Lefty Frizzell
November 3"Slow Poke" Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys (feat. Redd Stewart)
December 22"Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way" Carl Smith
Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played Juke Box Folk (later Country & Western) Records," "Best Selling Retail Folk (later Country & Western) Records) and – starting December 10 – "Country & Western Records Most Played by Folk Disk Jockeys" charts.

Other major hits

USSingleArtist
3 Alabama Jubilee Red Foley
5 Beautiful Brown Eyes Jimmy Wakely and the Les Baxter Chorus
9 Blue Christmas Ernest Tubb
4Bluebird Island Hank Snow and Anita Carter
7Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh-Aleena) Moon Mullican
8Chew Tobacco Rag Zeb Turner
4 Crazy Heart Hank Williams
5Cryin' Heart Blues Johnnie & Jack
8 Dear John Hank Williams
9Don't Stay Too LongErnest Tubb
2Down the Trail of Achin' HeartsHank Snow and Anita Carter
5 Down Yonder Del Wood
7Driftwood On the RiverErnest Tubb
5Heart Strings Eddy Arnold
6Hey La LaErnest Tubb
8Hobo BoogieRed Foley
5 Hot Rod Race Arkie Shibley
7Hot Rod Race Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan
7Hot Rod RaceRed Foley
7Hot Rod Race Tiny Hill
3 Howlin' at the Moon Hank Williams
2 I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) Hank Williams
5I Don't Want to Be Free Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
8I Love You a Thousand Ways Hawkshaw Hawkins
10 I'll Sail My Ship Alone Tiny Hill
8I'm Waiting Just for YouHawkshaw Hawkins
8 If Teardrops Were Pennies Carl Smith
8 It Is No Secret Stuart Hamblen
9Lonesome WhistleHank Williams
4Look What Thoughts Will Do Lefty Frizzell
8 May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You Eddy Arnold
3 Mockin' Bird Hill The Pinetoppers
7Mockin' Bird Hill Les Paul and Mary Ford
2Mom and Dad's WaltzLefty Frizzell
2Mr. and Mississippi Tennessee Ernie Ford
4Mr. MoonCarl Smith
6 My Heart Cries for You Evelyn Knight and Red Foley
7My Heart Cries for YouJimmy Wakely
9Old Soldiers Never Die Gene Autry
8 On Top of Old Smoky The Weavers and Terry Gilkyson
4Poison LoveJohnnie & Jack
7Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday)Lefty Frizzell
7Sick, Sober and Sorry Johnny Bond
2Somebody's Been Beating My TimeEddy Arnold
4Something Old, Something NewEddy Arnold
10 Sparrow in the Treetop Rex Allen
5The Strange Little Girl Cowboy Copas
9The Strange Little GirlRed Foley and Ernest Tubb
9The Strange Little GirlTennessee Ernie Ford
8Tailor Made WomanTennessee Ernie Ford and Joe "Fingers" Carr
2 Tennessee Waltz, 6,000,000 sold by 1967 [1] Patti Page
6Tennessee Waltz Pee Wee King
5 (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me) Red Foley
6Travelin' BluesLefty Frizzell
6Unwanted Sign Upon Your HeartHank Snow
7 When You and I Were Young, Maggie Blues Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely

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Further reading

References

  1. Murrells, Joseph (1978). The book of golden discs. Internet Archive. London : Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN   978-0-214-20512-5.