Billboard year-end top 50 country & western singles of 1959

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This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country and western singles of 1959. [1]

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Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans" ranked as the year's No. 1 country and western record. [1] It was released in April 1959, spent 10 weeks at the No. 1 spot, and remained on Billboard's country and western chart for 21 weeks. [2] It was also the No. 1 record of 1961 on the year-end pop chart. [3]

"The Three Bells" by The Browns ranked No. 2 on the year-end country and western chart. [1] It also ranked No. 7 on the year-end pop chart. [3]

"Waterloo" by Stonewall Jackson was another cross-over hit, finishing at No. 4 on the year-end country chart and No. 32 on the year-end pop chart. [1] [3]

Columbia Records led all of the labels with 16 records on the year-end chart. RCA Victor followed with eight records on the chart. Decca was third with seven records. [1]

RankPeak [note 1] [4] TitleArtist(s)Label
11"The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton Columbia
21"The Three Bells" The Browns RCA Victor
32"Heartaches by the Number" Ray Price Columbia
41"Waterloo" Stonewall Jackson Columbia
51"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" Johnny Cash Columbia
61"White Lightning" George Jones Mercury
71"Country Girl" Faron Young Capitol
82"I Ain't Never" Webb Pierce Decca
91"When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)" Johnny Horton Columbia
101"Billy Bayou" Jim Reeves RCA Victor
112"Home"Jim ReevesRCA Victor
124"Big Midnight Special" Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper Hickory
133"I'm in Love Again" George Morgan Columbia
142"Country Music is Here to Stay"Simon Crum (Ferlin Husky)Capitol
154"Come Walk with Me"Wilma Lee & Stoney CooperHickory
163"Who Cares" Don Gibson RCA Victor
172"Life to Go" Stonewall Jackson Columbia
184"I Got Stripes"Johnny CashColumbia
195"Tennessee Stud"Eddy ArnoldColumbia
205"Black Land Farmer" Frankie Miller Starday
211"City Lights"Ray PriceColumbia
227"I've Run Out of Tomorrow"Hank ThompsonCapitol
234"Which One Is to Blame"Wilburn BrothersDecca
242"Pick Me Up on Your Way Down"Charlie WalkerColumbia
257"That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome"Ray PriceColumbia
265"Partners"Jim ReevesRCA Victor
276"A Thousand Miles Ago"Webb PierceDecca
281"The Same Old Me"Ray PriceColumbia
299"Cabin in the Hills"Flatt & ScruggsColumbia
306"Somebody's Back in Town"Wilburn BrothersDecca
319"Am I That Easy to Forget"Carl BelewDecca
325"Set Him Free"Skeeter DavisRCA Victor
335"Jimmy Brown the Newsboy"Mac WisemanDot
345"Gotta Travel On"Billy GrammerMonument
357"Who Shot Sam"George JonesMercury
365"Don't Tell Me Your Troubles"Don GibsonRCA Victor
375"Mommy for a Day"Kitty WellsDecca
385"Ten Thousand Drums"Carl SmithColumbia
394"Under Your Spell Again"Buck OwensCapitol
4012"That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome"Bill AndersonDecca
418"Luther Plays the Boogie"Johnny CashSun
427"Dark Hollow"Jimmie SkinnerMercury
436"Treasure of Love"George JonesMercury
446"Long Black Veil"Lefty FrizzellColumbia
4510"Poor Old Heartsick Me" Margie Bowes Hickory
467"Family Man"Frankie MillerStarday
479"Grin and Bear It"Jimmy C. NewmanM-G-M
483"The Last Ride"Hank SnowRCA Victor
493"There's a Big Wheel"Wilma Lee & Stoney CooperHickory
509"My Baby's Gone"Louvin BrothersCapitol

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Notes

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

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This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country and western singles of 1961.

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This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the top country singles of 1966.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hot C&W and R&B sides of the year" (PDF). The Billboard. December 14, 1959. p. 80.
  2. ↑ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 149. ISBN   0823076326.
  3. 1 2 3 "Top Sides of 1959-Hot 100 of the year" (PDF). The Billboard . December 14, 1959. p. 78.
  4. ↑ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN   0823076326.
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