Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1954

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Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1954 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top country and western records based on record sales and juke box plays. [1]

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Hank Snow's "I Don't Hurt Anymore" was the year's No. 1 record on both the record sales and juke box charts.

"One by One", a duet by Kitty Wells and Red Foley, ranked No. 2 on both charts.

Webb Pierce had four of the year's top 10 best-selling records with "Slowly" (No. 3), "Even Tho" (No. 4), "More and More" (No. 6), and "There Stands the Glass" (No. 8). [1]

Other artists with multiple records on the year-end lists included Slim Whitman and Eddy Arnold with three each.

Retail
year-end [1]
Juke box
year-end [1]
Peak [note 1] [2] TitleArtist(s)Label
111"I Don't Hurt Anymore" Hank Snow RCA Victor
221"One by One" Kitty Wells, Red Foley Decca
331"Slowly" Webb Pierce Decca
441"Even Tho"Webb PierceDecca
551"I Really Don't Want to Know" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor
6141"More and More"Webb PierceDecca
772"You Better Not Do That" Tommy Collins Capitol
8131"There Stands the Glass"Webb PierceDecca
964"Rose Marie" Slim Whitman Imperial
10182"I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" Ray Price Columbia
11111"Bimbo" Jim Reeves Abbott
12203"This Is the Thanks I Get (For Loving You)"Eddy ArnoldRCA Victor
13262"This Ole House" Stuart Hamblen RCA Victor
14104"Sparkling Brown Eyes"Webb PierceDecca
1584"Looking Back to See" Goldie Hill, Justin Tubb Decca
16NR2"Secret Love"Slim WhitmanImperial
17162"Back Up Buddy" Carl Smith Columbia
1892"Wake Up Irene" Hank Thompson Capitol
19156"Release Me"Ray PriceColumbia
20213"Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" Johnnie & Jack RCA Victor
21221"Let Me Be the One" Hank Locklin 4 Star
22263"If You Don't Someone Else Will" Jimmy & Johnny Chess
23NR5"Release Me" Jimmy Heap Capitol
24238"As Far As I'm Concerned"Red FoleyDecca
25NR1"(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely"Johnnie & JackRCA Victor
26257"Hep Cat Baby"Eddy ArnoldRCA Victor
27283"I Love You" Ginny Wright, Jim ReevesFabor
28NR4"Whatcha Gonna Do Now"Tommy CollinsCapitol
29NR4"Go, Boy Go"Carl SmithColumbia
30NR4"Honky Tonk Girl"Hank ThompsonCapitol
NR123"Courtin' in the Rain" T. Texas Tyler 4 Star
NR174"Don't Drop It" Terry Fell X
NR18"Such a Night"Slim WhitmanImperial
NR244"Cry, Cry, Darling" Jimmy C. Newman Dot
NR299"River of No Return" Tennessee Ernie Ford Capitol
NR308"Release Me"Kitty WellsDecca

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Notes

  1. This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "1954's Top C & W Records". The Billboard. December 25, 1954. p. 17.
  2. Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN   0823076326.