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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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(as certified by Billboard)
| Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | Spec. Note |
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| January 8 | Loose Talk | Carl Smith | 7 | |
| January 29 | Let Me Go, Lover! | Hank Snow | 2 |
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| February 26 | In the Jailhouse Now | Webb Pierce | 21 | [1]
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| June 18 | Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young | Faron Young | 3 | |
| July 9 | A Satisfied Mind | Porter Wagoner | 4 | [A]
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| July 16 | I Don't Care | Webb Pierce | 12 | |
| October 8 | The Cattle Call | Eddy Arnold | 2 | |
| October 22 | Love Love Love | Webb Pierce | 13 | [2] |
| October 22 | That Do Make It Nice | Eddy Arnold | 2 | |
| December 17 | Sixteen Tons | Tennessee Ernie Ford | 10 |
| US | Single | Artist |
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| 2 | All Right | Faron Young |
| 13 | Annie Over | Hank Thompson |
| 2 | Are You Mine | Ginny Wright and Tom Tall |
| 6 | Are You Mine | Myrna Lorrie and Buddy DeVal |
| 14 | Are You Mine | Red Sovine and Goldie Hill |
| 3 | As 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 |
| 7 | Blue Darlin' | Jimmy C. Newman |
| 5 | Born to Be Happy | Hank Snow |
| 7 | Breakin' In Another Heart | Hank Thompson |
| 11 | The Cattle Call | Slim Whitman |
| 7 | Company's Comin' | Porter Wagoner |
| 14 | Cry! Cry! Cry! | Johnny Cash |
| 7 | Cryin', Prayin', Waitin', Hopin' | Hank Snow |
| 5 | Cuzz Yore So Sweet | Simon Crum |
| 8 | Daddy, You Know What? | Jim Wilson |
| 7 | Daydreamin' | Jimmy C. Newman |
| 12 | Don't Forget | Eddy Arnold |
| 5 | Don't Take It Out On Me | Hank Thompson |
| 11 | Don't Tease Me | Carl Smith |
| 9 | Drinking Tequila | Jim Reeves |
| 11 | Go Back You Fool | Faron Young |
| 4 | Hearts of Stone | Red Foley |
| 7 | Here Today and Gone Tomorrow | The Browns |
| 13 | His Hands | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| 10 | I Dreamed of a Hill-Billy Heaven | Eddie Dean |
| 6 | I Feel Better All Over (More Than Anywhere's Else) | Ferlin Husky |
| 8 | I Gotta Go Get My Baby | Justin Tubb |
| 13 | I Guess I'm Crazy | Tommy Collins |
| 11 | I Love You Mostly | Lefty Frizzell |
| 10 | I Thought of You | Jean Shepard |
| 6 | I Walked Alone Last Night | Eddy Arnold |
| 13 | I Wanna Wanna Wanna | The Wilburn Brothers |
| 14 | I'll Baby Sit with You | Ferlin Husky |
| 7 | I'm Glad I Got to See You Once Again | Hank Snow |
| 10 | I'm Gonna Fall Out of Love with You | Webb Pierce |
| 12 | I'm in Love with You | Kitty Wells |
| 2 | I've Been Thinking | Eddy Arnold |
| 7 | I've Kissed You My Last Time | Kitty Wells |
| 12 | If Lovin' You Is Wrong | Hank Thompson |
| 2 | If You Ain't Lovin' | Faron Young |
| 7 | If You Were Me | Webb Pierce |
| 7 | In the Jailhouse Now No. 2 | Jimmie Rodgers |
| 6 | In Time | Eddy Arnold |
| 5 | It Tickles | Tommy Collins |
| 2 | Just Call Me Lonesome | Eddy Arnold |
| 8 | The Kentuckian Song | Eddy Arnold |
| 7 | Kiss-Crazy Baby | Johnnie & Jack |
| 5 | Kisses Don't Lie | Carl Smith |
| 7 | Little Tom | Ferlin Husky |
| 5 | Mainliner (The Hawk with Silver Wings) | Hank Snow |
| 6 | Make 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 |
| 5 | More Than Anything Else in the World | Carl Smith |
| 6 | Most of All | Hank Thompson |
| 15 | The Next Voice You Hear | Hank Snow |
| 13 | No, I Don't Believe I Will | Carl Smith |
| 14 | No One Dear but You | Johnnie & Jack |
| 11 | Old Lonesome Times | Carl Smith |
| 5 | Penny Candy | Jim Reeves |
| 9 | Please Don't Let Me Love You | Hank Williams |
| 10 | The Richest Man (In the World) | Eddy Arnold |
| 15 | S.O.S. | Johnnie & Jack |
| 3 | A Satisfied Mind | Red Foley and Betty Foley [3] |
| 4 | A Satisfied Mind | Jean Shepard |
| 15 | Silver Bell | Hank Snow and Chet Atkins |
| 14 | So Lovely, Baby | Rusty & Doug |
| 11 | Sure Fire Kisses | Justin Tubb and Goldie Hill |
| 13 | Take Possession | Jean Shepard |
| 7 | That's All Right | Marty Robbins |
| 6 | That's What Makes the Juke Box Play | Jimmy Work |
| 3 | There She Goes | Carl Smith |
| 9 | There's Poison in Your Heart | Kitty Wells |
| 7 | Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) | Ernest Tubb |
| 14 | Time Goes By | Marty Robbins |
| 9 | Two Kinds of Love | Eddy Arnold |
| 10 | Untied | Tommy Collins |
| 12 | Wait a Little Longer Please, Jesus | Carl Smith |
| 8 | When I Stop Dreaming | The Louvin Brothers |
| 7 | Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On | Kitty Wells |
| 4 | Why Baby Why | George Jones |
| 5 | Wildwood Flower | Hank Thompson and Merle Travis |
| 3 | Would You Mind? | Hank Snow |
| 7 | The Yellow Rose of Texas | Ernest Tubb |
| 3 | Yellow Roses | Hank Snow |
| 4 | Yonder Comes a Sucker | Jim Reeves |
| 15 | You Oughta See Pickles Now | Tommy Collins |
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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 1954.
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1950.
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