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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1954.
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(as certified by Billboard)
| Date | Single name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | Notes |
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| January 19 | Bimbo | Jim Reeves | 3 | [2] |
| February 20 | Slowly | Webb Pierce | 17 | |
| February 20 | Wake Up, Irene | Hank Thompson and His Brazo Valley Boys | 2 | |
| May 15 | I Really Don't Want to Know | Eddy Arnold | 1 | |
| June 12 | (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely | Johnnie & Jack | 2 | [A] |
| June 19 | I Don't Hurt Anymore | Hank Snow (The Singing Ranger) and His Rainbow Ranch Boys | 20 | [1]
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| July 3 | Even Tho | Webb Pierce | 2 | |
| July 31 | One By One | Red Foley and Kitty Wells | 1 | |
| November 6 | More and More | Webb Pierce | 10 | [2] |
| US | Single | Artist |
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| 8 | As Far as I'm Concerned | Red Foley and Betty Foley [5] |
| 2 | Back Up Buddy | Carl Smith |
| 15 | Backward, Turn Backward | Pee Wee King |
| 9 | Beware of "It" | Johnnie & Jack |
| 9 | Bimbo | Pee Wee King |
| 10 | Breakin' the Rules | Hank Thompson |
| 14 | Call Me Up (And I'll Come Calling On You) | Marty Robbins |
| 4 | Changing Partners | Pee Wee King |
| 9 | Cheatin's a Sin | Kitty Wells |
| 12 | Christmas Can't Be Far Away | Eddy Arnold |
| 3 | Courtin' in the Rain | T. Texas Tyler |
| 4 | Cry, Cry, Darling | Jimmy C. Newman |
| 7 | Dog-Gone It, Baby, I'm in Love | Carl Smith |
| 4 | Don't Drop It | Terry Fell |
| 9 | A Fooler, A Faker | Hank Thompson |
| 4 | Go, Boy, Go | Carl Smith |
| 8 | Good Deal, Lucille | Al Terry |
| 3 | Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight | Johnnie & Jack |
| 7 | Hep Cat Baby | Eddy Arnold |
| 14 | Hernando's Hideaway | Homer and Jethro |
| 15 | Honey, I Need You | Johnnie & Jack |
| 12 | Honey Love | The Carlisles |
| 9 | Honky-Tonk Girl | Hank Thompson |
| 9 | Hootchy Kootchy Henry (From Hawaii) | Mitchell Torok |
| 3 | I Love You | Ginny Wright and Jim Reeves |
| 2 | I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) | Ray Price |
| 12 | I'm a Stranger in My Home | Kitty Wells and Red Foley |
| 3 | I'm Walking the Dog | Webb Pierce |
| 3 | If You Don't Somebody Else Will | Jimmy & Johnny |
| 8 | If You Don't Somebody Else Will | Ray Price |
| 7 | Jilted | Red Foley |
| 4 | Looking Back to See | Goldie Hill and Justin Tubb |
| 8 | Looking Back to See | The Browns |
| 13 | Much Too Young to Die | Ray Price |
| 7 | My Everything | Eddy Arnold |
| 15 | Never | Marilyn Myers and Wesley Tuttle |
| 3 | The New Green Light | Hank Thompson |
| 9 | Out Behind the Barn | Little Jimmy Dickens |
| 8 | Place for Girls Like You | Faron Young |
| 12 | Pretty Words | Marty Robbins |
| 5 | Release Me | Jimmy Heap and Perk Williams |
| 6 | Release Me | Ray Price |
| 8 | Release Me | Kitty Wells |
| 9 | River of No Return | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| 4 | Rose-Marie | Slim Whitman |
| 8 | Run 'Em Off | Lefty Frizzell |
| 2 | Secret Love | Slim Whitman |
| 15 | Shake-a-Leg | The Carlisles |
| 14 | She Done Give Her Heart to Me | Sonny James |
| 4 | Singing Hills | Slim Whitman |
| 4 | Sparking Brown Eyes | Webb Pierce and The Wilburn Brothers |
| 5 | Tain't Nice (To Talk Like That) | The Carlisles |
| 8 | Thank You for Calling | Billy Walker |
| 10 | That Crazy Mambo Thing | Hank Snow |
| 15 | Then I'll Stop Loving You | Jim Reeves |
| 3 | This Is the Thanks I Get (For Loving You) | Eddy Arnold |
| 2 | This Ole House | Stuart Hamblen |
| 14 | Thou Shalt Not Steal | Kitty Wells |
| 11 | Two Glasses, Joe | Ernest Tubb |
| 10 | We've Gone Too Far | Hank Thompson |
| 4 | Whatcha Gonna Do Now | Tommy Collins |
| 7 | You All Come | Arlie Duff |
| 2 | You Better Not Do That | Tommy Collins |
| 8 | You Can't Have My Love | Wanda Jackson with Billy Gray |
| 4 | You're Not Mine Anymore | Webb Pierce |
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"Heartbreak Hotel" is a song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley. It was released as a single on January 27, 1956, Presley's first on his new record label RCA Victor. It was written by Mae Boren Axton and Tommy Durden, with credit being given also to Presley. A newspaper article about the suicide of a lonely man who jumped from a hotel window inspired the song. Axton presented the song to Presley in November 1955 at a country music convention in Nashville. Presley recorded it on January 10, 1956, in a session with his band, the Blue Moon Boys, the guitarist Chet Atkins and the pianist Floyd Cramer. "Heartbreak Hotel" comprises an eight-bar blues progression, with heavy reverberation throughout the track, to imitate the character of Presley's Sun recordings.
Winfield Scott Moore III was an American guitarist who formed The Blue Moon Boys in 1954, Elvis Presley's backing band. He was studio and touring guitarist for Presley between 1954 and 1968.
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. It dates back to the early 1950s in the United States, especially the South. As a genre it blends the sound of Western musical styles such as country with that of rhythm and blues, leading to what is considered "classic" rock and roll. Some have also described it as a blend of bluegrass with rock and roll. The term "rockabilly" itself is a portmanteau of "rock" and "hillbilly", the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style. Other important influences on rockabilly include western swing, boogie-woogie, jump blues, and electric blues.
William Patton Black Jr. was an American musician and bandleader who is noted as one of the pioneers of rock and roll. He played in Elvis Presley's early trio, The Blue Moon Boys. Black later formed Bill Black's Combo.
"That's All Right" is a song written and originally performed by the American blues singer Arthur Crudup and recorded in 1946. It was rereleased in early March 1949 by RCA Victor under the title "That's All Right, Mama", which was issued as RCA's first rhythm and blues record on its new 45 rpm single format.
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Floyd Cramer was an American pianist who became famous for his use of melodic "whole-step" attacks. He was inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His signature playing style was a cornerstone of the pop-oriented "Nashville sound" of the 1950s and 1960s. Cramer's "slip-note" or "bent-note" style, in which a passing note slides almost instantly into or away from a chordal note, influenced a generation of pianists. His sound became popular to the degree that he stepped out of his role as a sideman and began touring as a solo act. In 1960, his piano instrumental solo, "Last Date" went to number two on the Billboard Hot 100 pop music chart and sold over one million copies. Its follow-up, "On the Rebound", topped the UK Singles Chart in 1961. As a studio musician, he became one of a cadre of elite players dubbed the Nashville A-Team and he performed on scores of hit records.
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1958.
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1957.
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 1955.
From Elvis in Memphis is the ninth studio album by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley. It was released by RCA Records on June 2, 1969. It was recorded at American Sound Studio in Memphis in January and February 1969 under the direction of producer Chips Moman and backed by its house band, informally known as the Memphis Boys. Following the success of Presley's TV special Elvis and its soundtrack, the album marked Presley's return to non-soundtrack albums after the completion of his film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Elvis is the second studio album by American rock and roll singer Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor on October 19, 1956 in mono. Recording sessions took place on September 1, September 2, and September 3 at Radio Recorders in Hollywood, with one track left over from the sessions for Presley's debut album at the RCA Victor recording studios on January 30 in New York. It spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart that year, making Presley the first recording artist to have both albums go straight to number one in the same year. It would go on to spend 5 weeks at #1 in total. It was certified Gold on February 17, 1960, and Platinum on August 10, 2011, by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Elvis' Christmas Album is the third studio album and first Christmas album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley on RCA Victor, LOC -1035, a deluxe limited edition, released October 15, 1957, and recorded at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. It has been reissued in numerous different formats since its first release. It spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, and was the first of two Christmas-themed albums Presley would record, the other being Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas, released in 1971. The publication Music Vendor listed Elvis' Christmas Album on their singles charts for two weeks in December 1957 – January 1958, with a peak position of No. 49.
From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee is the twenty-third studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Records in May 1976. It became Presley's fourth album to reach #1 on the Billboard country music album sales chart within the last four years.
Sunrise is a two-disc compilation of Elvis Presley's studio recordings at Sun Studio from 1953 to 1955, released in 1999, RCA 67675-2. This set features all of the surviving master recordings made by Presley and his accompanists, Scotty Moore and Bill Black, occasionally augmented by other musicians, prior to his arrival on RCA Records in 1956.
Elvis at Sun is a compact disc compilation of Elvis Presley's studio recordings at Sun Studio from 1954 to 1955, released in June 2004, BMG Heritage 61205. This set features master recordings made by Presley and his accompanists, Scotty Moore and Bill Black, occasionally augmented by other musicians, prior to his arrival on RCA Records in early 1956.
Suspicious Minds: The Memphis 1969 Anthology is a two-disc compilation of Elvis Presley's studio recordings at American Sound Studio during the winter of 1969, released in 1999, RCA 67677-2. This set features all of the master recordings made by Presley that would eventually feature on multiple singles as well as the albums From Elvis in Memphis and the studio disk of From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis. Original recordings produced by Chips Moman and Felton Jarvis.