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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1952.
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(as certified by Billboard)
| Year End Rank | Single Name | Artist | Peak Date | Weeks At Peak | Spec. Note |
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| 001 | The Wild Side of Life | Hank Thompson and His Brazo Valley Boys | May 10 | 15 | [1] |
| 002 | Jambalaya (On the Bayou) | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | Sept 6 | 14 | [2] |
| 003 | (When You Feel Like You're in Love) Don't Just Stand There | Carl Smith | March 29 | 8 | [2] |
| 004 | It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels | Kitty Wells | August 23 | 6 | [A]
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| 005 | Wondering | Webb Pierce | March 1 | 4 | [A] |
| 006 | Back Street Affair | Webb Pierce | Dec 6 | 4 | [2] |
| 007 | A Full-Time Job | Eddy Arnold | August 16 | 4 | |
| 008 | Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses) | Lefty Frizzell | February 2 | 3 | [2] |
| 009 | That Heart Belongs to Me | Webb Pierce | July 12 | 3 | [2] |
| 010 | Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes | Skeets McDonald | Dec 27 | 3 | [B] |
| 011 | Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes | Slim Willet | Dec 6 | 1 | [B] |
| 012 | Are You Teasing Me | Carl Smith | July 19 | 1 | |
| 013 | Easy on the Eyes | Eddy Arnold | May 3 | 1 | |
| US | Single | Artist |
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| 2 | Almost | George Morgan |
| 4 | Baby, We're Really in Love | Hank Williams |
| 6 | Blackberry Boogie | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| 5 | Blue Christmas | Ernest Tubb |
| 4 | Bundle of Southern Sunshine | Eddy Arnold |
| 8 | Busybody | Pee Wee King |
| 9 | Call Her Your Sweetheart | Eddy Arnold |
| 4 | Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes | Ray Price |
| 2 | Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold) | Lefty Frizzell |
| 6 | Forever (And Always) | Lefty Frizzell |
| 5 | Fortunes in Memories | Ernest Tubb |
| 2 | The Gold Rush Is Over | Hank Snow |
| 2 | Half as Much | Hank Williams |
| 2 | Honky Tonk Blues | Hank Williams |
| 7 | How Long Will It Take (To Stop Loving You) | Lefty Frizzell |
| 7 | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | Jimmy Boyd |
| 3 | I Went to Your Wedding | Hank Snow |
| 9 | I'd Trade All of My Tomorrows (For Just One Yesterday) | Eddy Arnold |
| 2 | Indian Love Call | Slim Whitman |
| 5 | It's a Lovely, Lovely World | Carl Smith |
| 2 | Lady's Man | Hank Snow |
| 2 | Let's Live a Little | Carl Smith |
| 10 | Love Song of the Waterfall | Slim Whitman |
| 8 | Married by the Bible, Divorced by the Law | Hank Snow |
| 8 | Milk Bucket Boogie | Red Foley |
| 3 | Missing in Action | Ernest Tubb |
| 4 | Music Makin' Mama from Memphis | Hank Snow |
| 10 | My Heart Is Broken in Three | Slim Whitman |
| 10 | The New Wears Off Too Fast | Hank Thompson |
| 6 | Our Honeymoon | Carl Smith |
| 8 | Salty Dog Rag | Red Foley |
| 2 | Settin' the Woods on Fire | Hank Williams |
| 5 | Silver and Gold | Pee Wee King |
| 7 | Slow Poke | Hawkshaw Hawkins |
| 9 | Somebody's Stolen My Honey | Ernest Tubb |
| 3 | Talk to Your Heart | Ray Price |
| 7 | Three Ways of Knowing | Johnnie & Jack |
| 10 | Till the End of the World | Bing Crosby and Grady Martin |
| 8 | 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered | Cowboy Copas |
| 9 | 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered | Flatt & Scruggs |
| 5 | Too Old to Cut the Mustard | Ernest Tubb and Red Foley |
| 6 | Too Old to Cut the Mustard | The Carlisles |
| 3 | Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart | Hank Thompson |
| 6 | The Wild Side of Life | Burl Ives and Grady Martin |
| 10 | You Win Again | Hank Williams |
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