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Overview of the events of 1954 in country music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1954.
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (May 2015) |
(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]
|
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 |
---|---|---|
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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