1955 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1955.

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Events

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Top hits of the year

Number-one hits

United States

(as certified by Billboard)

DateSingle NameArtistWks. No.1Spec. Note
January 8 Loose Talk Carl Smith 7
January 29 Let Me Go, Lover! Hank Snow 2
February 26 In the Jailhouse Now Webb Pierce 21 [1]
June 18 Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young Faron Young 3
July 9 A Satisfied Mind Porter Wagoner 4 [A]
  • Country artists Red Foley (with wife Betty) and Jean Shepard both recorded versions of the song that reached the Top 5 on the Billboard country chart in 1955.
July 16 I Don't Care Webb Pierce12
October 8 The Cattle Call Eddy Arnold 2
October 22 Love Love Love Webb Pierce13 [2]
October 22That Do Make It NiceEddy Arnold2
December 17 Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie Ford 10
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.
Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played in Juke Boxes," "Most Played by Jockeys" and "Best Sellers in Stores" charts.

Other major hits

USSingleArtist
2All Right Faron Young
13Annie Over Hank Thompson
2Are You Mine Ginny Wright and Tom Tall
6Are You Mine Myrna Lorrie and Buddy DeVal
14Are You Mine Red Sovine and Goldie Hill
3As Long as I Live Kitty Wells and Red Foley
5 Baby Let's Play House Elvis Presley
4 The Ballad of Davy Crockett Tennessee Ernie Ford
10 The Ballad of Davy Crockett Mac Wiseman
4 Beautiful Lies Jean Shepard
7Blue Darlin' Jimmy C. Newman
5Born to Be Happy Hank Snow
7Breakin' In Another HeartHank Thompson
11 The Cattle Call Slim Whitman
7Company's Comin' Porter Wagoner
14 Cry! Cry! Cry! Johnny Cash
7Cryin', Prayin', Waitin', Hopin'Hank Snow
5Cuzz Yore So Sweet Simon Crum
8Daddy, You Know What?Jim Wilson
7Daydreamin'Jimmy C. Newman
12Don't Forget Eddy Arnold
5Don't Take It Out On MeHank Thompson
11Don't Tease Me Carl Smith
9Drinking Tequila Jim Reeves
11Go Back You FoolFaron Young
4 Hearts of Stone Red Foley
7Here Today and Gone Tomorrow The Browns
13His HandsTennessee Ernie Ford
10I Dreamed of a Hill-Billy Heaven Eddie Dean
6I Feel Better All Over (More Than Anywhere's Else) Ferlin Husky
8I Gotta Go Get My Baby Justin Tubb
13 I Guess I'm Crazy Tommy Collins
11I Love You Mostly Lefty Frizzell
10 I Thought of You Jean Shepard
6I Walked Alone Last NightEddy Arnold
13I Wanna Wanna Wanna The Wilburn Brothers
14I'll Baby Sit with YouFerlin Husky
7I'm Glad I Got to See You Once AgainHank Snow
10I'm Gonna Fall Out of Love with You Webb Pierce
12I'm in Love with YouKitty Wells
2I've Been ThinkingEddy Arnold
7I've Kissed You My Last TimeKitty Wells
12If Lovin' You Is WrongHank Thompson
2 If You Ain't Lovin' Faron Young
7If You Were MeWebb Pierce
7 In the Jailhouse Now No. 2 Jimmie Rodgers
6In TimeEddy Arnold
5It TicklesTommy Collins
2 Just Call Me Lonesome Eddy Arnold
8The Kentuckian SongEddy Arnold
7Kiss-Crazy Baby Johnnie & Jack
5Kisses Don't LieCarl Smith
7Little TomFerlin Husky
5Mainliner (The Hawk with Silver Wings)Hank Snow
6Make Believe ('Til We Can Make It Come True)Kitty Wells and Red Foley
2 Making Believe Kitty Wells
5 Making Believe Jimmy Work
9 Maybellene Marty Robbins
13 Mister Sandman Chet Atkins
5More Than Anything Else in the WorldCarl Smith
6Most of AllHank Thompson
15The Next Voice You HearHank Snow
13No, I Don't Believe I WillCarl Smith
14No One Dear but YouJohnnie & Jack
11Old Lonesome TimesCarl Smith
5 Penny Candy Jim Reeves
9Please Don't Let Me Love You Hank Williams
10The Richest Man (In the World)Eddy Arnold
15S.O.S.Johnnie & Jack
3 A Satisfied Mind Red Foley and Betty Foley [3]
4 A Satisfied Mind Jean Shepard
15Silver BellHank Snow and Chet Atkins
14So Lovely, Baby Rusty & Doug
11Sure Fire KissesJustin Tubb and Goldie Hill
13 Take Possession Jean Shepard
7 That's All Right Marty Robbins
6That's What Makes the Juke Box PlayJimmy Work
3There She GoesCarl Smith
9There's Poison in Your HeartKitty Wells
7Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) Ernest Tubb
14Time Goes ByMarty Robbins
9Two Kinds of LoveEddy Arnold
10UntiedTommy Collins
12Wait a Little Longer Please, JesusCarl Smith
8When I Stop Dreaming The Louvin Brothers
7Whose Shoulder Will You Cry OnKitty Wells
4 Why Baby Why George Jones
5 Wildwood Flower Hank Thompson and Merle Travis
3Would You Mind?Hank Snow
7 The Yellow Rose of Texas Ernest Tubb
3Yellow RosesHank Snow
4Yonder Comes a SuckerJim Reeves
15You Oughta See Pickles NowTommy Collins

Top new album releases

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References

  1. Rolling Stone Rock Almanac: The Chronicles of Rock & Roll," Collier Books, MacMillan Publishing Co., New York and London, 1983, p. 15. ISBN   0-02-081320-1
  2. Rolling Stone Rock Almanac, p. 15.
  3. Barry McCloud (1995) Definitive Country: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Country Music and Its Performers, p. 290 , ISBN   0-399-52144-5
  4. The Man in the Picture songwriter, Garry Koehler of The Bobkatz, dies aged 64

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