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title="1959 in British music">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_Norwegian_music" title="1959 in Norwegian music">Norway</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> By genre</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_jazz" title="1959 in jazz">jazz</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> By topic</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_1959_albums" class="mw-redirect" title="List of 1959 albums">List of albums released</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Overview of the events of 1959 in country music</div> <table class="infobox"> <tbody><tr> <th style="font-size:larger;"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; width:15%;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_country_music" title="List of years in country music">List of years in country music</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right; width:15%;">(<a href="/wiki/Table_of_years_in_country_music" title="Table of years in country music">table</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Country_music_by_year" title="Category:Country music by year">…</a> <a href="/wiki/1949_in_country_music" title="1949 in country music">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_country_music" title="1950 in country music">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_country_music" title="1951 in country music">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_country_music" title="1952 in country music">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_country_music" title="1953 in country music">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_country_music" title="1954 in country music">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_country_music" title="1955 in country music">1955</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_country_music" title="1956 in country music">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_country_music" title="1957 in country music">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_country_music" title="1958 in country music">1958</a></li> <li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1959</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_country_music" title="1960 in country music">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_in_country_music" title="1961 in country music">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_in_country_music" title="1962 in country music">1962</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_in_country_music" title="1963 in country music">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_in_country_music" title="1964 in country music">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_in_country_music" title="1965 in country music">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_in_country_music" title="1966 in country music">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_in_country_music" title="1967 in country music">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_in_country_music" title="1968 in country music">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_in_country_music" title="1969 in country music">1969</a> <a href="/wiki/Category:Country_music_by_year" title="Category:Country music by year">…</a></li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_art" title="1959 in art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_archaeology" title="1959 in archaeology">Archaeology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_architecture" title="1959 in architecture">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_literature" title="1959 in literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_in_music" 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It wouldn't be until 1965 when more country-specific Grammy categories were started. Until 1966 (when the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Country_Music" title="Academy of Country Music">Academy of Country Music</a> began presenting awards), the Grammy Awards would be the only method to honor remarkable accomplishments in the genre.</li> <li>"Saga" songs, or stories where conflict was the central theme, rise in popularity. Notable examples include "<a href="/wiki/The_Battle_of_New_Orleans" title="The Battle of New Orleans">The Battle of New Orleans</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Horton" title="Johnny Horton">Johnny Horton</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Long_Black_Veil_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Long Black Veil (song)">The Long Black Veil</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Lefty_Frizzell" title="Lefty Frizzell">Lefty Frizzell</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Waterloo_(Stonewall_Jackson_song)" title="Waterloo (Stonewall Jackson song)">Waterloo</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stonewall Jackson (musician)">Stonewall Jackson</a> and "<a href="/wiki/El_Paso_(song)" title="El Paso (song)">El Paso</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Marty_Robbins" title="Marty Robbins">Marty Robbins</a>.</li> <li>A young sharecropper's son named <a href="/wiki/Buck_Owens" title="Buck Owens">Buck Owens</a> scores his first significant chart hit with "Second Fiddle." That song, plus the follow-up – "<a href="/wiki/Under_Your_Spell_Again" title="Under Your Spell Again">Under Your Spell Again</a>", his first <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> Top 10 hit – provides country fans with the earliest examples of Owens' trademark "<a href="/wiki/Bakersfield_sound" title="Bakersfield sound">Bakersfield" sound</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolly_Parton" title="Dolly Parton">Dolly Parton</a> records for the first time, on the small <a href="/wiki/Goldband_Records" title="Goldband Records">Goldband Records</a> label. Her first recorded song is a rockabilly song called "Puppy Love."</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a> scores the first No. 1 of his 50-plus year career with "<a href="/wiki/White_Lightnin%27" title="White Lightnin'">White Lightnin'</a>." Jones would go on to become the first artist to have No. 1 hits in four consecutive decades, his last No. 1 hit coming in 1983 with "<a href="/wiki/I_Always_Get_Lucky_with_You" title="I Always Get Lucky with You">I Always Get Lucky with You</a>."</li> <li>Johnny Horton's "The Battle Of New Orleans" is named the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Year-End" title="Billboard Year-End">Billboard Year-End</a> No. 1 song of the year on both the <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i> country and Hot 100 charts. To date, it is the only time this feat has occurred.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Top_hits_of_the_year">Top hits of the year</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_in_country_music&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Top hits of the year"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Number_one_hits">Number one hits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_in_country_music&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Number one hits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_States">United States</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_in_country_music&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: United States"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>(as certified by <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>)</i> </p> <table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse"> <tbody><tr style="background:#00AA00"> <th>Date </th> <th>Single Name </th> <th>Artist </th> <th width="40">Wks. 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Note </th></tr> <tr> <td>January 19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bayou" title="Billy Bayou">Billy Bayou</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Reeves" title="Jim Reeves">Jim Reeves</a> </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Take_Your_Guns_to_Town" title="Don't Take Your Guns to Town">Don't Take Your Guns to Town</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> </td> <td align="center">6 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/When_It%27s_Springtime_in_Alaska_(It%27s_Forty_Below)" title="When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)">When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Horton" title="Johnny Horton">Johnny Horton</a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_A"><a href="#endnote_A">[A]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/White_Lightning_(George_Jones_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="White Lightning (George Jones song)">White Lightning</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a> </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_A"><a href="#endnote_A">[A]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Battle_of_New_Orleans" title="The Battle of New Orleans">The Battle of New Orleans</a> </td> <td>Johnny Horton </td> <td align="center">10 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_1"><a href="#endnote_1">[1]</a></sup> <ul><li>Derived from an old American folk tune, "The 8th of January."</li> <li>Song explains about the 1815 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans" title="Battle of New Orleans">Battle of New Orleans</a> from the perspective of an American soldier.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Waterloo_(Stonewall_Jackson_song)" title="Waterloo (Stonewall Jackson song)">Waterloo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stonewall Jackson (musician)">Stonewall Jackson</a> </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_A"><a href="#endnote_A">[A]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>August 31 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Bells" title="The Three Bells">The Three Bells</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Browns" title="The Browns">The Browns</a> </td> <td align="center">11 </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_A"><a href="#endnote_A">[A]</a></sup> <ul><li>Also peaked at Number One on the <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Pop Chart</a>.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>November 9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_Girl_(Faron_Young_song)" title="Country Girl (Faron Young song)">Country Girl</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Faron_Young" title="Faron Young">Faron Young</a> </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Same_Old_Me" title="The Same Old Me">The Same Old Me</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Price_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray Price (musician)">Ray Price</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_(song)" title="El Paso (song)">El Paso</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marty_Robbins" title="Marty Robbins">Marty Robbins</a> </td> <td align="center">7 </td> <td> <ul><li>Also peaked at Number One on the <i>Billboard</i> Pop Chart.</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_1"><sup>1</sup></span> No. 1 song of the year, as determined by <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562" /><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_A"><sup>A</sup></span> First <i>Billboard</i> No. 1 hit for that artist.</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_major_hits">Other major hits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_in_country_music&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Other major hits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="50"><small>US</small> </th> <th>Single </th> <th>Artist </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center">18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_the_Time_(Kitty_Wells_song)" title="All the Time (Kitty Wells song)">All the Time</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Wells" title="Kitty Wells">Kitty Wells</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Am_I_That_Easy_to_Forget" title="Am I That Easy to Forget">Am I That Easy to Forget</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Belew" title="Carl Belew">Carl Belew</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <td>Anybody's Girl </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hank_Thompson_(musician)" title="Hank Thompson (musician)">Hank Thompson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15 </td> <td>The Best Years of Your Life </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Smith_(country_musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Smith (country musician)">Carl Smith</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <td>Beyond the Shadow </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Browns" title="The Browns">The Browns</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Harlan_Taylor" title="Big Harlan Taylor">Big Harlan Taylor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Midnight_Special_(song)" title="Midnight Special (song)">Big Midnight Special</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilma_Lee_Cooper" title="Wilma Lee Cooper">Wilma Lee Cooper</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stoney_Cooper" title="Stoney Cooper">Stoney Cooper</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td>Black Land Farmer </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Miller_(country_musician)" title="Frankie Miller (country musician)">Frankie Miller</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td>Cabin in the Hills </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Foggy_Mountain_Boys" class="mw-redirect" title="Foggy Mountain Boys">Flatt & Scruggs</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">17 </td> <td>Chain Gang </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Freddie_Hart_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Freddie Hart (musician)">Freddie Hart</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <td>Chasin' a Rainbow </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hank_Snow" title="Hank Snow">Hank Snow</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <td>Chip Off the Old Block </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eddy_Arnold" title="Eddy Arnold">Eddy Arnold</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <td>Cigarettes and Coffee Blues </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lefty_Frizzell" title="Lefty Frizzell">Lefty Frizzell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">20 </td> <td>Come and Knock (On the Door of My Heart) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roy_Acuff" title="Roy Acuff">Roy Acuff</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <td>Come Walk with Me </td> <td>Wilma Lee Cooper and Stoney Cooper </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_is_Here_to_Stay" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music is Here to Stay">Country Music is Here to Stay</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ferlin_Husky" title="Ferlin Husky">Simon Crum</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <td>Dark Hollow </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Skinner" title="Jimmie Skinner">Jimmie Skinner</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dark_Hollow_(song)" title="Dark Hollow (song)">Dark Hollow</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Luke_Gordon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Luke Gordon (page does not exist)">Luke Gordon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Deck_of_Cards" title="The Deck of Cards">The Deck of Cards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wink_Martindale" title="Wink Martindale">Wink Martindale</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">19 </td> <td>Doggone That Train </td> <td>Hank Snow </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td>Don't Tell Me Your Troubles </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Gibson" title="Don Gibson">Don Gibson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <td>Draggin' the River </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ferlin_Husky" title="Ferlin Husky">Ferlin Husky</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <td>Family Man </td> <td>Frankie Miller </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Five_Feet_High_and_Rising" title="Five Feet High and Rising">Five Feet High and Rising</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frankie%27s_Man,_Johnny" class="mw-redirect" title="Frankie's Man, Johnny">Frankie's Man, Johnny</a> </td> <td>Johnny Cash </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <td>Frankie's Man, Johnny </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Seay" title="Johnny Seay">Johnny Seay</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gotta_Travel_On" title="Gotta Travel On">Gotta Travel On</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Grammer" title="Billy Grammer">Billy Grammer</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15 </td> <td>Gotta Travel On </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Monroe" title="Bill Monroe">Bill Monroe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td>Grin and Bear It </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_C._Newman" title="Jimmy C. Newman">Jimmy C. Newman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">16 </td> <td>Half-Breed </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Rainwater" title="Marvin Rainwater">Marvin Rainwater</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Hanging_Tree_(Marty_Robbins_song)" title="The Hanging Tree (Marty Robbins song)">The Hanging Tree</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marty_Robbins" title="Marty Robbins">Marty Robbins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Heartaches_by_the_Number" title="Heartaches by the Number">Heartaches by the Number</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ray_Price_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray Price (musician)">Ray Price</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td>Home </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Reeves" title="Jim Reeves">Jim Reeves</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Homebreaker" title="Homebreaker">Homebreaker</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Skeeter_Davis" title="Skeeter Davis">Skeeter Davis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <td>How Can I Think of Tomorrow </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_O%27Gwynn" title="James O'Gwynn">James O'Gwynn</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/I_Ain%27t_Never" title="I Ain't Never">I Ain't Never</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Webb_Pierce" title="Webb Pierce">Webb Pierce</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <td>I Cried a Tear </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Tubb" title="Ernest Tubb">Ernest Tubb</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/I_Got_Stripes" title="I Got Stripes">I Got Stripes</a> </td> <td>Johnny Cash </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">18 </td> <td>I'd Like to Be </td> <td>Jim Reeves </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">16 </td> <td>I'll Catch You When You Fall </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Walker_(musician)" title="Charlie Walker (musician)">Charlie Walker</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">17 </td> <td>I'm Beginning to Forget You </td> <td>Jim Reeves </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>I'm in Love Again </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Morgan_(singer)" title="George Morgan (singer)">George Morgan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <td>I've Run Out of Tomorrows </td> <td>Hank Thompson </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">19 </td> <td>It's All My Heartache </td> <td>Carl Smith </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td>Jimmy Brown the Newsboy </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mac_Wiseman" title="Mac Wiseman">Mac Wiseman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">17 </td> <td>John Wesley Hardin </td> <td>Jimmie Skinner </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10 </td> <td>Johnny Reb </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Horton" title="Johnny Horton">Johnny Horton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Katy_Too" title="Katy Too">Katy Too</a> </td> <td>Johnny Cash </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Knoxville_Girl" title="The Knoxville Girl">The Knoxville Girl</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Wilburn_Brothers" title="The Wilburn Brothers">The Wilburn Brothers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Knoxville_Girl" title="The Knoxville Girl">The Knoxville Girl</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Louvin_Brothers" title="The Louvin Brothers">The Louvin Brothers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">20 </td> <td>Last Night at a Party </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Faron_Young" title="Faron Young">Faron Young</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>The Last Ride </td> <td>Hank Snow </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">2 </td> <td>Life to Go </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stonewall Jackson (musician)">Stonewall Jackson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">20 </td> <td>Little Dutch Girl </td> <td>George Morgan </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">11 </td> <td>Lonesome Old House </td> <td>Don Gibson </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Long_Black_Veil_(song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Long Black Veil (song)">Long Black Veil</a> </td> <td>Lefty Frizzell </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">16 </td> <td>A Long Time Ago </td> <td>Faron Young </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luther_Played_the_Boogie" title="Luther Played the Boogie">Luther Played the Boogie</a> </td> <td>Johnny Cash </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td>Mommy for a Day </td> <td>Kitty Wells </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td>My Baby's Gone </td> <td>The Louvin Brothers </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15 </td> <td>My Love and Little Me </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Margie_Bowes" title="Margie Bowes">Margie Bowes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 </td> <td>My Reason for Leaving </td> <td>Ferlin Husky </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 </td> <td>Next Time </td> <td>Ernest Tubb </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ninety-Nine_(song)" title="Ninety-Nine (song)">Ninety-Nine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bill_Anderson_(singer)" title="Bill Anderson (singer)">Bill Anderson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <td>Old Moon </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Betty_Foley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Betty Foley (page does not exist)">Betty Foley</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td>Partners </td> <td>Jim Reeves </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">10 </td> <td>Poor Old Heartsick Me </td> <td>Margie Bowes </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Problems_(The_Everly_Brothers_song)" title="Problems (The Everly Brothers song)">Problems</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Everly_Brothers" title="The Everly Brothers">The Everly Brothers</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">16 </td> <td>Sailor Man </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnnie_%26_Jack" title="Johnnie & Jack">Johnnie & Jack</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">19 </td> <td>Sal's Got a Sugar Lip </td> <td>Johnny Horton </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Set_Him_Free" title="Set Him Free">Set Him Free</a> </td> <td>Skeeter Davis </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">16 </td> <td>So Many Times </td> <td>Roy Acuff </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">19 </td> <td>So Soon </td> <td>Jimmy C. Newman </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">15 </td> <td>Soldier's Joy </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawkshaw_Hawkins" title="Hawkshaw Hawkins">Hawkshaw Hawkins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <td>Somebody's Back in Town </td> <td>The Wilburn Brothers </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td>Ten Thousand Drums </td> <td>Carl Smith </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Stud" title="Tennessee Stud">Tennessee Stud</a> </td> <td>Eddy Arnold </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thanks_a_Lot_(Johnny_Cash_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thanks a Lot (Johnny Cash song)">Thanks a Lot</a> </td> <td>Johnny Cash </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 </td> <td>That's the Way It's Gotta Be </td> <td>Faron Young </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/That%27s_What_It%27s_Like_to_Be_Lonesome" title="That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome">That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome</a> </td> <td>Ray Price </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <td>That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome </td> <td>Bill Anderson </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>There's a Big Wheel </td> <td>Wilma Lee Cooper and Stoney Cooper </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 </td> <td>A Thousand Miles Ago </td> <td>Webb Pierce </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/(Till)_I_Kissed_You" title="(Till) I Kissed You">(Till) I Kissed You</a> </td> <td>The Everly Brothers </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Under_Your_Spell_Again" title="Under Your Spell Again">Under Your Spell Again</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buck_Owens" title="Buck Owens">Buck Owens</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Under_Your_Spell_Again" title="Under Your Spell Again">Under Your Spell Again</a> </td> <td>Ray Price </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">24 </td> <td>The Wall </td> <td>Freddie Hart </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/What_Am_I_Living_For" title="What Am I Living For">What Am I Living For</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Tubb" title="Ernest Tubb">Ernest Tubb</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">4 </td> <td>Which One Is to Blame </td> <td>The Wilburn Brothers </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>Who Cares </td> <td>Don Gibson </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Who_Shot_Sam" title="Who Shot Sam">Who Shot Sam</a> </td> <td>George Jones </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 </td> <td>A Woman's Intuition </td> <td>The Wilburn Brothers </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">17 </td> <td>Yankee, Go Home </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Goldie_Hill" title="Goldie Hill">Goldie Hill</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/You_Dreamer_You" title="You Dreamer You">You Dreamer You</a> </td> <td>Johnny Cash </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">18 </td> <td>You Take the Table and I'll Take the Chairs </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Gallion" title="Bob Gallion">Bob Gallion</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 </td> <td>You're Makin' a Fool Out of Me </td> <td>Jimmy C. Newman </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">12 </td> <td>Your Wild Life's Gonna Get You Down </td> <td>Kitty Wells </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Top_new_album_releases">Top new album releases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_in_country_music&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Top new album releases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="250">Single </th> <th width="125">Artist </th> <th width="90">Record Label </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest!" title="Greatest!">Greatest!</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> </td> <td>Sun </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gunfighter_Ballads_and_Trail_Songs" title="Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs">Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marty_Robbins" title="Marty Robbins">Marty Robbins</a> </td> <td>Columbia </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hymns_by_Johnny_Cash" title="Hymns by Johnny Cash">Hymns by Johnny Cash</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> </td> <td>Columbia </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Sing_You_a_Song_and_Harmonize_Too" title="I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too">I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Skeeter_Davis" title="Skeeter Davis">Skeeter Davis</a> </td> <td>RCA </td></tr> <tr> <td>'<i><a href="/wiki/Satan_Is_Real" title="Satan Is Real">Satan Is Real</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Louvin_Brothers" title="The Louvin Brothers">The Louvin Brothers</a> </td> <td>Capitol </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Songs_of_Our_Soil" title="Songs of Our Soil">Songs of Our Soil</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> </td> <td>Columbia </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_top_new_releases">Other top new releases</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_in_country_music&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other top new releases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="343">Single </th> <th width="90">Artist </th> <th width="90">Record Label </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>After Dark</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kitty_Wells" title="Kitty Wells">Kitty Wells</a> </td> <td>Decca </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Beside the Still Waters</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mac_Wiseman" title="Mac Wiseman">Mac Wiseman</a> </td> <td>Dot </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chet_Atkins_in_Hollywood" title="Chet Atkins in Hollywood">Chet Atkins in Hollywood</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chet_Atkins" title="Chet Atkins">Chet Atkins</a> 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href="/wiki/Country_pop" title="Country pop">country pop</a> group <a href="/wiki/Restless_Heart" title="Restless Heart">Restless Heart</a>.</li> <li>May 4 — <a href="/wiki/Randy_Travis" title="Randy Travis">Randy Travis</a>, key artist of the <a href="/wiki/Neotraditional_country" title="Neotraditional country">new traditionalist</a> movement of the mid-1980s.</li> <li>June 15 – <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Stevens_(singer)" title="Jeff Stevens (singer)">Jeff Stevens</a>, singer, songwriter and producer.</li> <li>June 21 — <a href="/wiki/Kathy_Mattea" title="Kathy Mattea">Kathy Mattea</a>, folk-styled country artist of the 1980s.</li> <li>June 27 — <a href="/wiki/Lorrie_Morgan" title="Lorrie Morgan">Lorrie Morgan</a>, country star of the 1990s; daughter of <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a> favorite <a href="/wiki/George_Morgan_(singer)" title="George Morgan (singer)">George Morgan</a>.</li> <li>July 20 — <a href="/wiki/Radney_Foster" title="Radney Foster">Radney Foster</a>, songwriter and one half of the late-1980s duo <a href="/wiki/Foster_%26_Lloyd" title="Foster & Lloyd">Foster & Lloyd</a>; also, a solo artist during the early 1990s.</li> <li>August 7 — <a href="/wiki/Michael_Peterson_(singer)" title="Michael Peterson (singer)">Michael Peterson</a>, singer of the latter half of the 1990s.</li> <li>September 14 — <a href="/wiki/John_Berry_(country_singer)" title="John Berry (country singer)">John Berry</a>, singer-songwriter of the mid-1990s.</li> <li>October 13 — <a href="/wiki/Marie_Osmond" title="Marie Osmond">Marie Osmond</a>, member of the Osmond family who enjoyed success in the country genre during the 1970s and 1980s.</li> <li>December 8 — <a href="/wiki/Marty_Raybon" title="Marty Raybon">Marty Raybon</a>, lead singer of <a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_(band)" title="Shenandoah (band)">Shenandoah</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="1926 in country music">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_in_country_music" title="1927 in country music">1927</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_in_country_music" title="1928 in country music">1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_in_country_music" title="1929 in country music">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_in_country_music" title="1930 in country music">1930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_in_country_music" title="1931 in country music">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1932_in_country_music" title="1932 in country music">1932</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_in_country_music" title="1933 in country music">1933</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_in_country_music" title="1934 in country music">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_in_country_music" title="1935 in country music">1935</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_country_music" title="1936 in country music">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_country_music" title="1937 in country music">1937</a></li> <li><a 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title="1949 in country music">1949</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_in_country_music" title="1950 in country music">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_in_country_music" title="1951 in country music">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_in_country_music" title="1952 in country music">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_in_country_music" title="1953 in country music">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_in_country_music" title="1954 in country music">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_in_country_music" title="1955 in country music">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_in_country_music" title="1956 in country music">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_in_country_music" title="1957 in country music">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_in_country_music" title="1958 in country music">1958</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1959</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_in_country_music" title="1960 in country music">1960</a></li> <li><a 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