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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1951.
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(As certified by Billboard magazine)
| US | Single | Artist |
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| 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 |
| US | Single | Artist |
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| 3 | Alabama Jubilee | Red Foley |
| 5 | Beautiful Brown Eyes | Jimmy Wakely and the Les Baxter Chorus |
| 9 | Blue Christmas | Ernest Tubb |
| 4 | Bluebird Island | Hank Snow and Anita Carter |
| 7 | Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh-Aleena) | Moon Mullican |
| 8 | Chew Tobacco Rag | Zeb Turner |
| 4 | Crazy Heart | Hank Williams |
| 5 | Cryin' Heart Blues | Johnnie & Jack |
| 8 | Dear John | Hank Williams |
| 9 | Don't Stay Too Long | Ernest Tubb |
| 2 | Down the Trail of Achin' Hearts | Hank Snow and Anita Carter |
| 5 | Down Yonder | Del Wood |
| 7 | Driftwood On the River | Ernest Tubb |
| 5 | Heart Strings | Eddy Arnold |
| 6 | Hey La La | Ernest Tubb |
| 8 | Hobo Boogie | Red Foley |
| 5 | Hot Rod Race | Arkie Shibley |
| 7 | Hot Rod Race | Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan |
| 7 | Hot Rod Race | Red Foley |
| 7 | Hot 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 |
| 5 | I Don't Want to Be Free | Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely |
| 8 | I Love You a Thousand Ways | Hawkshaw Hawkins |
| 10 | I'll Sail My Ship Alone | Tiny Hill |
| 8 | I'm Waiting Just for You | Hawkshaw Hawkins |
| 8 | If Teardrops Were Pennies | Carl Smith |
| 8 | It Is No Secret | Stuart Hamblen |
| 9 | Lonesome Whistle | Hank Williams |
| 4 | Look What Thoughts Will Do | Lefty Frizzell |
| 8 | May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You | Eddy Arnold |
| 3 | Mockin' Bird Hill | The Pinetoppers |
| 7 | Mockin' Bird Hill | Les Paul and Mary Ford |
| 2 | Mom and Dad's Waltz | Lefty Frizzell |
| 2 | Mr. and Mississippi | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| 4 | Mr. Moon | Carl Smith |
| 6 | My Heart Cries for You | Evelyn Knight and Red Foley |
| 7 | My Heart Cries for You | Jimmy Wakely |
| 9 | Old Soldiers Never Die | Gene Autry |
| 8 | On Top of Old Smoky | The Weavers and Terry Gilkyson |
| 4 | Poison Love | Johnnie & Jack |
| 7 | Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday) | Lefty Frizzell |
| 7 | Sick, Sober and Sorry | Johnny Bond |
| 2 | Somebody's Been Beating My Time | Eddy Arnold |
| 4 | Something Old, Something New | Eddy Arnold |
| 10 | Sparrow in the Treetop | Rex Allen |
| 5 | The Strange Little Girl | Cowboy Copas |
| 9 | The Strange Little Girl | Red Foley and Ernest Tubb |
| 9 | The Strange Little Girl | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| 8 | Tailor Made Woman | Tennessee Ernie Ford and Joe "Fingers" Carr |
| 2 | Tennessee Waltz, 6,000,000 sold by 1967 [1] | Patti Page |
| 6 | Tennessee Waltz | Pee Wee King |
| 5 | (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me) | Red Foley |
| 6 | Travelin' Blues | Lefty Frizzell |
| 6 | Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart | Hank Snow |
| 7 | When You and I Were Young, Maggie Blues | Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely |
Country is a genre of popular music that originated with blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, old-time, and American folk music forms including Appalachian, Cajun, Creole, and the cowboy Western music styles of New Mexico, Red Dirt, Tejano, and Texas country. Its popularized roots originate in the Southern and Southwestern United States of the early 1920s.
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations, music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that.
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States. The genre derives its name from the band Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. Like mainstream country music, it largely developed out of old-time string music, though in contrast, bluegrass is traditionally played exclusively on acoustic instruments and also has roots in traditional English, Scottish, and Irish ballads and dance tunes as well as in blues and jazz. Bluegrass was further developed by musicians who played with Monroe, including 5-string banjo player Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt. Monroe characterized the genre as: "Scottish bagpipes and ole-time fiddlin'. It's a part of Methodist, Holiness and Baptist traditions. It's blues and jazz, and it has a high lonesome sound."
Folk rock is a hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers such as Bob Dylan and the Byrds—several of whose members had earlier played in folk ensembles—attempted to blend the sounds of rock with their pre-existing folk repertoire, adopting the use of electric instrumentation and drums in a way previously discouraged in the U.S. folk community. The term "folk rock" was initially used in the U.S. music press in June 1965 to describe the Byrds' music.
The music of Turkey includes mainly Turkic and Byzantine elements as well as partial influences ranging from Ottoman music, Middle Eastern music and Music of Southeastern Europe, as well as references to more modern European and American popular music. Turkey is a country on the northeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and is a crossroad of cultures from across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus and South and Central Asia.
The music of the United States reflects the country's pluri-ethnic population through a diverse array of styles. It is a mixture of music influenced by the music of the United Kingdom, West Africa, Ireland, Latin America, and mainland Europe, among other places. The country's most internationally renowned genres are traditional pop, jazz, blues, country, bluegrass, rock, rock and roll, R&B, pop, hip hop, soul, funk, gospel, disco, house, techno, ragtime, doo-wop, folk music, americana, boogaloo, tejano, reggaeton, surf, and salsa. American music is heard around the world. Since the beginning of the 20th century, some forms of American popular music have gained a near global audience.
The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as traditional music, traditional folk music, contemporary folk music, or roots music. Many traditional songs have been sung within the same family or folk group for generations, and sometimes trace back to such origins as the British Isles, Mainland Europe, or Africa. Musician Mike Seeger once famously commented that the definition of American folk music is "...all the music that fits between the cracks."
The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s. The group started as a San Francisco Bay Area nightclub act with an original lineup of Dave Guard, Bob Shane, and Nick Reynolds. It rose to international popularity fueled by unprecedented sales of LP records and helped alter the direction of popular music in the U.S.
"Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite" is a popular song that was a hit during the mid-1950s. It was written by Calvin Carter and James "Pookie" Hudson in 1951, and was first recorded by The Spaniels in 1953. It has also been released by some artists as "Goodnight, Well It's Time to Go".
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1956.
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1950.
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1949.
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1945.
Contemporary folk music refers to a wide variety of genres that emerged in the mid 20th century and afterwards which were associated with traditional folk music. Starting in the mid-20th century a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. The most common name for this new form of music is also "folk music", but is often called "contemporary folk music" or "folk revival music" to make the distinction. The transition was somewhat centered in the US and is also called the American folk music revival. Fusion genres such as folk rock and others also evolved within this phenomenon. While contemporary folk music is a genre generally distinct from traditional folk music, it often shares the same English name, performers and venues as traditional folk music; even individual songs may be a blend of the two.
