1962 in country music
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[edit] Events
- November 3 — Billboard magazine renames its Hot C&W Sides chart "Hot Country Singles," a name it will keep for the next 27 years. The chart length remains 30 positions.
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- Rhythm and blues singer Ray Charles releases his landmark album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. The album of pop-styled covers of country standards is vastly influential in the genre.
[edit] Top hits of the year
[edit] Number one hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
- March 10 - "Misery Loves Company" - Porter Wagoner
- March 17 - "That's My Pa" - Sheb Wooley
- "Misery Loves Company" by Porter Wagoner returns to No. 1 on March 24
- March 31 - "She's Got You" - Patsy Cline
- April 28 - "Charlie's Shoes" - Billy Walker
- "She's Got You" by Patsy Cline returns to No. 1 on May 5.
- "Charlie's Shoes" by Billy Walker returns to No. 1 on May 12
- May 19 - "She Thinks I Still Care" - George Jones
- June 30 - "Wolverton Mountain" - Claude King
- September 1 - "Devil Woman" - Marty Robbins
- October 27 - "Mama Sang a Song" - Bill Anderson
- November 10 - "I've Been Everywhere" - Hank Snow
- "Mama Sang a Song" by Bill Anderson returns to No. 1 on November 17
- "I've Been Everywhere" by Hank Snow returns to No. 1 on November 24
- "Mama Sang a Song" by Bill Anderson returns to No. 1 on December 1
[edit] Other major hits
- "Aching Breaking Heart" - George Jones
- "Adios Amigo" - Jim Reeves
- "Alla My Love" - Webb Pierce
- "Back In Baby's Arms" – Patsy Cline
- "Call Me Mr. In-Between" - Burl Ives
- "The Comeback" - Faron Young
- "Cow Town" - Webb Pierce
- "Crazy" - Patsy Cline
- "Don't Go Near the Indians" - Rex Allen
- "Everybody But Me" Ernest Ashworth
- "A Girl I Used To Know" - George Jones
- "I Can Mend Your Broken Heart" – Don Gibson
- "Imagine That" – Patsy Cline
- "If A Woman Answers" - Leroy Van Dyke
- "I'm Gonna Change Everything" - Jim Reeves
- "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin" - Johnny Tillotson
- "A Little Bitty Tear"- Burl Ives
- "A Little Heartache" - Eddy Arnold
- "Lonesome Number One - Don Gibson
- "Losing Your Love" - Jim Reeves
- "Old Rivers" - Walter Brennan
- "Pride" - Ray Price
- "So Wrong" – Patsy Cline
- "Success" - Loretta Lynn
- "Trouble's Back In Town" - Wilburn Brothers
- "Three Days" - Faron Young
- "Touch Me" - Willie Nelson
- "Unloved, Unwanted" - Kitty Wells
- "When I Get Thru' With You" - Patsy Cline
- "A Wound Time Can't Erase" - Stonewall Jackson
[edit] Top new album releases
- All Aboard the Blue Train - Johnny Cash (Sun)
- George Jones Sings Bob Wills - George Jones (United Artists)
- Homecoming in Heaven - George Jones (United Artists)
- Hymns from the Heart - (Johnny Cash) (Columbia)
- Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)
- My Favorites of Hank Williams - George Jones (United Artists)
- Sentimentally Yours - Patsy Cline (Decca)
- The Sound of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash (Columbia)
[edit] Other top releases
- According to My Heart – Goldie Hill (Capitol)
- Bashful Brother Oswald - Bashful Brother Oswald (Starday)
- Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs – Bill Anderson (Decca)
- Caribbean Guitar - Chet Atkins (RCA)
- Cross Country – Webb Pierce (Decca)
- Devil Woman – Marty Robbins (Columbia)
- Down Home - Chet Atkins (RCA)
- Family Favorites – Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper with the Clinch Mountain Clan (Hickory)
- Homer and Jethro and the Convention – Homer and Jethro (RCA)
- Live It Up, Laugh it Up - Johnny Bond (Starday)
- The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark – Roy Clark (Capitol)
- Marty After Midnight - Marty Robbins (Columbia)
- The New Favorites of George Jones - George Jones (United Artists)
- Night Life - Ray Price (Columbia)
- Old Rivers - Walter Brennan (Liberty)
- One More Time - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
- Our Man Down South - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
- Sings Duets (with Porter Wagoner) - Skeeter Davis (RCA)
- A Touch of Velvet – Jim Reeves (RCA)
- You're For Me - Buck Owens (Capitol)
[edit] Births
- February 4 - Clint Black, first major new star of the 1990s and key player in the new traditionalist movement.
- February 7 - Garth Brooks, the man who revolutionalized country music and forever changed its direction during the 1990s.
[edit] Deaths
[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
johnny cash
[edit] Major Awards
[edit] Grammy awards
[edit] Further reading
[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.
