1952 in country music

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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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Top Hits Of 1952

United States

(as certified by Billboard)

Year End RankSingle NameArtistPeak DateWeeks At PeakSpec. Note
001 The Wild Side of Life Hank Thompson and His Brazo Valley Boys May 1015 [1]
002 Jambalaya (On the Bayou) Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Sept 614 [2]
003 (When You Feel Like You're in Love) Don't Just Stand There Carl Smith March 298 [2]
004 It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Kitty Wells August 236 [A]
  • The answer song to "The Wild Side of Life"
005Wondering Webb Pierce March 14 [A]
006 Back Street Affair Webb PierceDec 64 [2]
007A Full-Time JobEddy ArnoldAugust 164
008Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses) Lefty Frizzell February 23 [2]
009That Heart Belongs to MeWebb PierceJuly 123 [2]
010Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes Skeets McDonald Dec 273 [B]
011 Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes Slim Willet Dec 61 [B]
012Are You Teasing MeCarl SmithJuly 191
013 Easy on the Eyes Eddy Arnold May 31
Notes
  • 1 ^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard .
  • 2 ^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
  • A ^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B ^ Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.

Other major hits

USSingleArtist
2Almost George Morgan
4 Baby, We're Really in Love Hank Williams
6Blackberry Boogie Tennessee Ernie Ford
5 Blue Christmas Ernest Tubb
4Bundle of Southern Sunshine Eddy Arnold
8Busybody Pee Wee King
9Call Her Your SweetheartEddy Arnold
4 Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes Ray Price
2Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold) Lefty Frizzell
6Forever (And Always)Lefty Frizzell
5Fortunes in MemoriesErnest Tubb
2The Gold Rush Is Over Hank Snow
2 Half as Much Hank Williams
2 Honky Tonk Blues Hank Williams
7How 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
9I'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
2Lady's ManHank Snow
2Let's Live a LittleCarl Smith
10 Love Song of the Waterfall Slim Whitman
8Married by the Bible, Divorced by the LawHank Snow
8Milk Bucket Boogie Red Foley
3Missing in ActionErnest Tubb
4Music Makin' Mama from MemphisHank Snow
10My Heart Is Broken in ThreeSlim Whitman
10The New Wears Off Too Fast Hank Thompson
6Our HoneymoonCarl Smith
8 Salty Dog Rag Red Foley
2 Settin' the Woods on Fire Hank Williams
5Silver and GoldPee Wee King
7 Slow Poke Hawkshaw Hawkins
9Somebody's Stolen My HoneyErnest Tubb
3Talk to Your HeartRay Price
7Three Ways of Knowing Johnnie & Jack
10Till 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
5Too Old to Cut the MustardErnest Tubb and Red Foley
6Too Old to Cut the Mustard The Carlisles
3Waiting in the Lobby of Your HeartHank Thompson
6 The Wild Side of Life Burl Ives and Grady Martin
10 You Win Again Hank Williams

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References

  1. Thiel, John. "Why Did Hank Williams Get Banned From the Opry?". Music Industry. Retrieved 23 November 2022.