1957 in country music

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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
7 Other links

[edit] Events

June 24 - Billboard magazine terminates its "Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes" chart, leaving just the "Most Played C&W by Jockeys" and "C&W Best Sellers in Stores" charts to gauge a song's popularity.

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

February 2 - "Young Love" - Sonny James
March 2 - "There You Go" - Johnny Cash
April 6 - "Gone" - Ferlin Husky
May 13 - "All Shook Up" - Elvis Presley
May 20 - "A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)" - Marty Robbins
May 20 - "Honky Tonk Song" - Webb Pierce
May 27 - "Four Walls" - Jim Reeves
July 15 - "Bye Bye Love" - Everly Brothers
August 5 - "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" - Elvis Presley
September 9 - "A Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On" - Jerry Lee Lewis
September 16 - "Fraulein" - Bobby Helms
September 16 - "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" - Ray Price
October 14 - "Wake Up Little Susie" - Everly Brothers
December 2 - "Jailhouse Rock" - Elvis Presley
December 9 - "My Special Angel" - Bobby Helms

Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes," "Most Played C&W by Jockeys" and "C&W Best Sellers in Stores" charts.

[edit] Other major hits

"Am I Losing You" - Jim Reeves
"Auctioneer" - Leroy Van Dyke
"Bye Bye Love" - Webb Pierce
"Don't Stop the Music" - George Jones
"A Fallen Star" - Jimmy C. Newman
"First Date, First Kiss, First Love" - Sonny James
"Walkin' After Midnight" - Patsy Cline
"Geisha Girl" - Hank Locklin
"Gonna Find Me A Bluebird" - Marvin Rainwatwer
"Holiday for Love" - Webb Pierce
"Home of the Blues" - Johnny Cash
"Honeycomb" - Jimmie Rodgers
"I Miss You Already (and You're Not Even Gone)" - Faron Young
"I'm Coming Home" - Johnny Horton
"I'm Tired" - Webb Pierce
"Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" — Warner Mack
"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" - Jimmie Rodgers
"Knee Deep in the Blues" - Marty Robbins
"Missing You" - Webb Pierce
"Mister Love" - Ernest Tubb and The Wilburn Brothers
"My Arms are a House" - Hank Snow
"Next in Line" - Johnny Cash
"Oh So Many Years" - Webb Pierce and Kitty Wells
"Playing For Keeps" - Elvis Presley
"Repenting" - Kitty Wells
"Stolen Moments" - Hank Snow
"A Tangled Mind" - Hank Snow
"Talkin' To The Blues" — Jim Lowe
"Three Ways (To Love You)" - Kitty Wells
"Too Much" - Elvis Presley
"Train of Love" - Johnny Cash
"The Woman I Need" - Johnny Horton
"Why Why" — Carl Smith
"Yearning" - George Jones and Jeanette Hicks
"You're the Reason I'm in Love" - Sonny James

[edit] Top new album releases

Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar -- Johnny Cash

[edit] Births

January 4 - Patty Loveless, top female vocalist of the late 1980s and 1990s, thanks to her voice combining bluegrass, blues and rock.
April 12 - Vince Gill, top male vocalist and prominent member of the new traditionalist movement of the late 1980s/1990s.
July 24 - Pam Tillis, daughter of Mel Tillis and popular female vocalsit of the 1990s.
August 22 - Holly Dunn, female star and another artist who helped popularize country music during the late 1980s/early 1990s.
November 1 - Lyle Lovett, alternative country star.

[edit] Deaths

March 24 - Carson Robison, 66, early C&W signer-songwriter.

[edit] Further reading

Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
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.