1951 in country music

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Contents 1 Events 2 Top hits of the year 2.1 Number one hits 2.2 Other major hits 3 Top new album releases 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Further reading

[edit] Events

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

• January 6 - "I Love You a Thousand Ways" - Lefty Frizzell
• January 6 - "The Golden Rocket" - Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
• January 13 - "The Shot Gun Boogie" - Tennessee Ernie Ford
• February 10 - "There's Been a Change in Me" - Eddy Arnold
• March 31 - "The Rhumba Boogie" - Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
• May 12 - "Cold, Cold Heart" - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
• May 19 - "Kentucky Waltz" - Eddy Arnold
• May 26 - "I Want To Be With You Always" - Lefty Frizzell
• July 14 - "I Wanna Play House With You" - Eddy Arnold
• August 11 - "Hey, Good Lookin'" - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
• September 1 - "Always Late (With Your Kisses)" - Lefty Frizzell
• November 3 - "Slow Poke" - Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys (feat. Redd Stewart)
• December 22 - "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way" - Carl Smith

Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played Juke Box Folk (later Country & Western) Records," "Best Selling Retail Folk (later Country & Western) Records) and - starting December 10 - "Country & Western Records Most Played by Folk Disk Jockeys" charts.

[edit] Other major hits

• "Let's Live A Little" Carl Smith
• "Mister Moon" Carl Smith
• "If Teardrops Were Pennies" Carl Smith
• "Howlin' At The Moon" Hank Williams
• "I Can't Help It" Hank Williams
• "Dear John" Hank Williams"
• "Crazy Heart" Hank Williams
• "May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You" Eddy Arnold
• "something Old Something New" Eddy Arnold
• "Heartstrings" Eddy Arnold
• "Somebody's Been Beatin'My Time" Eddy Arnold
• "Hot Rod Race" Red Foley, Jimmy Dolan, Tiny Hill
• "Down Yonder" Del Wood
• "Peace In The Valley" Red Foley
• "Poison Love" Johnny and Jack
• "Cryin" Heart Blues" Johnny & Jack
• "Beautiful Brown Eyes" Jimmy Wakely
• "My Heart Cries For You" Jimmy Wakely
• "On Top Of Old Smokey" Weavers
• "Mocking Bird Hill" Pinetoppers
• "Mister And Mississippi" Tennessee Ernie
• "Strange Little Girl" Cowboy Copas, Tennessee Ernie
• "Look What Thoughts Will Do" Lefty Frizzell
• "Travelin' Blues" Lefty Frizzell
• "Mom And Dad's Waltz" Lefty Frizzell—
• "Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart" Hank Snow
• "Bluebird Island" Hank Snow
• "Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts" Hank Snow
• "Cherokee Boogie" Moon Mullican

[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Further reading

• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.