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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1953.
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(as certified by Billboard)
| Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | Spec. Note |
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| January 10 | Midnight | Red Foley | 1 |
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| January 24 | I'll Go on Alone | Marty Robbins | 2 | [A], [2] |
| January 24 | I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | 1 |
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| January 31 | No Help Wanted | The Carlisles | 4 | [B] |
| January 31 | Eddy's Song | Eddy Arnold | 3 | |
| February 7 | I Let the Stars Get In My Eyes | Goldie Hill | 3 | [B]
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| February 21 | Kaw-Liga | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | 13 | [1] |
| April 11 | Your Cheatin' Heart | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | 6 | [2] |
| May 9 | Mexican Joe | Jim Reeves | 9 | [A], [2] |
| June 6 | Take These Chains from My Heart | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | 4 | [2] |
| July 11 | It's Been So Long | Webb Pierce | 8 | [2] |
| August 1 | Rub-a-Dub-Dub | Hank Thompson and His Brazo Valley Boys | 3 | [2] |
| August 22 | Hey Joe | Carl Smith | 8 | [2] |
| August 29 | A Dear John Letter | Ferlin Husky and Jean Shepard | 6 | [B] – Jean Shepard [2] |
| October 17 | I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know | The Davis Sisters | 8 | [B], [2]
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| November 21 | There Stands the Glass | Webb Pierce | 12 | [2] |
| December 12 | Caribbean | Mitchell Torok | 2 | [B] |
| December 19 | Let Me Be the One | Hank Locklin | 3 | [A], [2] |
| US | Single | Artist |
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| 5 | Bumming Around | Jimmy Dean |
| 5 | Bumming Around | T. Texas Tyler |
| 4 | Crying in the Chapel | Rex Allen |
| 4 | Crying in the Chapel | Darrell Glenn |
| 7 | Dear Joan | Jack Cardwell |
| 3 | Death of Hank Williams | Jack Cardwell |
| 9 | Divorce Granted | Ernest Tubb |
| 6 | Do I Like It? | Carl Smith |
| 8 | Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes | Red Foley |
| 9 | Don't Throw Your Life Away | Webb Pierce |
| 3 | Fool Such as I | Hank Snow |
| 10 | For Now and Always | Hank Snow |
| 4 | Forgive Me, John | Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky |
| 4 | Free Home Demonstration | Eddy Arnold |
| 4 | The Gal Who Invented Kissin' | Hank Snow |
| 6 | Gambler's Guitar | Rusty Draper |
| 2 | Goin' Steady | Faron Young |
| 8 | Hey Joe | Kitty Wells |
| 8 | Hey, Mr. Cotton Picker | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| 7 | (Honey, Baby, Hurry!) Bring Your Sweet Self Back to Me | Lefty Frizzell |
| 9 | Honeymoon on a Rocket Ship | Hank Snow |
| 6 | Hot Toddy | Red Foley |
| 2 | (How Much Is) That Hound Dog in the Window? | Homer and Jethro |
| 4 | How's the World Treating You | Eddy Arnold |
| 5 | I Can't Wait (For the Sun to Go Down) | Faron Young |
| 5 | I Couldn't Keep from Crying | Marty Robbins |
| 10 | I Found Out More Than You Ever Knew | Betty Cody |
| 5 | I Haven't Got the Heart | Webb Pierce |
| 10 | (I Just Had a Date) A Lover's Quarrel | George Morgan |
| 4 | I Won't Be Home No More | Hank Williams |
| 4 | I'll Go on Alone | Webb Pierce |
| 3 | I'm an Old, Old Man | Lefty Frizzell |
| 2 | Is Zat You, Myrtle | The Carlisles |
| 7 | Just Wait 'Til I Get You Alone | Carl Smith |
| 3 | Keep It a Secret | Slim Whitman |
| 3 | Knothole | The Carlisles |
| 4 | The Last Waltz | Webb Pierce |
| 4 | Mama, Come Get Your Baby Boy | Eddy Arnold |
| 10 | Marriage of Mexican Joe | Carolyn Bradshaw |
| 9 | No Help Wanted | Hank Thompson |
| 7 | No Help Wanted #2 | Ernest Tubb |
| 8 | North Wind | Slim Whitman |
| 3 | Older and Bolder | Eddy Arnold |
| 4 | Orchids Mean Goodbye | Carl Smith |
| 6 | Paying for That Back Street Affair | Kitty Wells |
| 7 | Satisfaction Guaranteed | Carl Smith |
| 7 | Seven Lonely Days | Bonnie Lou |
| 6 | Shake a Hand | Red Foley |
| 8 | Slaves of a Hopeless Love Affair | Red Foley |
| 3 | Spanish Fire Ball | Hank Snow |
| 6 | Tennessee Wig Walk | Bonnie Lou |
| 4 | That's All Right | Autry Inman |
| 4 | That's Me Without You | Webb Pierce |
| 9 | That's Me Without You | Sonny James |
| 9 | That's the Kind of Love I'm Looking For | Carl Smith |
| 7 | Till I Waltz Again with You | Tommy Sosebee |
| 4 | Too Young to Tango | Sunrise Ruby |
| 2 | Trademark | Carl Smith |
| 7 | Weary Blues from Waitin' | Hank Williams |
| 6 | When Mexican Joe Met Jole Blon | Hank Snow |
| 8 | Yesterday's Girl | Hank Thompson |
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