Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1957
Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1957 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top country and western records based on record sales, and jockey plays.[1][2]
Best selling |
Jockeys | Peak[note 1][3] | Title | Artist(s) | Label |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 1 | "Gone" | Ferlin Husky | Capitol |
2 | 6 | 1 | "Fraulein" | Bobby Helms | Decca |
3 | 5 | 1 | "Bye Bye Love" | The Everly Brothers | Cadence |
4 | 8 | 1 | "A White Sport Coat" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
5 | 1 | 1 | "Young Love" | Sonny James | Capitol |
6 | 3 | 1 | "Four Walls" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
7 | 7/27 | 1/7 | "There You Go"/"Train of Love" | Johnny Cash | Sun |
8 | 12 | 1 | "Wake Up Little Susie" | Everly Brothers | Cadence |
9 | 9 | 3 | "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" | Marvin Rainwater | M-G-M |
10 | 30 | 1 | "Jailhouse Rock" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor |
11 | 4 | 1 | "Singing the Blues" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
12 | 33 | 1 | "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" | Jerry Lee Lewis | Sun |
13 | 31 | 1 | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"/"Loving You" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor |
14 | 13 | 1 | "Honky Tonk Song" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
15 | 23 | 1 | "My Special Angel" | Bobby Helms | Decca |
16 | 19 | 1 | "All Shook Up" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor |
17 | 11 | 1 | "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" | Ray Price | Columbia |
18 | 21 | 2 | "Walkin' After Midnight" | Patsy Cline | Decca |
19 | 28 | 4 | "Geisha Girl" | Hank Locklin | RCA Victor |
20 | 10 | 3 | "I'm Tired" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
21 | 16/37 | 2/4 | "I've Got a New Heartache"/"Wasted Words" | Ray Price | Columbia |
22 | NR | 2 | "A Fallen Star" | Jimmy Newman | Dot |
23 | 35 | 1 | "I Walk the Line" | Johnny Cash | Sun |
24 | 25 | 1 | "Crazy Arms" | Ray Price | Columbia |
25 | 32 | 3 | "Too Much" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor |
26 | 17 | 3 | "Knee Deep in the Blues" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
27 | 24 | 3 | "Home of the Blues" | Johnny Cash | Sun |
28 | NR | 4 | "Tangled Mind" | Hank Snow | RCA Victor |
29 | 41 | 8 | "A Fallen Star" | Ferlin Husky | Capitol |
30 | 14 | 3 | "Am I Losing You" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
31 | 34 | 7 | "Bye Bye Love" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
32 | 38 | 9 | "Next in Line" | Johnny Cash | Sun |
33 | 22 | 3 | "Holiday for Love" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
34 | NR | 9 | "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" | Warner Mack | Decca |
35 | 18 | 2 | "Why, Why?" | Carl Smith | Columbia |
36 | NR | 7 | "Honeycomb" | Jimmie Rodgers | Roulette |
37 | 26 | 5 | "I Miss You Already" | Faron Young | Capitol |
38 | NR | 3 | "Love Me Tender" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor |
39 | 43 | 9 | "First Date, First Kiss, First Love" | Sonny James | Capitol |
40 | NR | 10 | "(I'll Always Be Your) Fraulein" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
41 | NR | 1 | "The Story of My Life" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
42 | NR | 13 | "Your True Love" | Carl Perkins | Sun |
43 | NR | 3 | "Searching (For Someone Like You)" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
44 | 35 | 7 | "Stolen Moments" | Hank Snow | RCA Victor |
45 | 20 | 4 | "I Heard the Bluebirds Sing" | The Browns | RCA Victor |
46 | 47 | 7 | "Three Ways (To Love You)" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
47 | 50 | 6 | "Repenting" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
48 | NR | 11 | "Please Don't Blame Me" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
49 | NR | 5 | "I Found My Girl in the U.S.A." | Jimmie Skinner | Mercury |
50 | NR | 6 | "Raunchy" | Bill Justis | Phillips International |
NR | 29 | 6 | "You're the Reason (I'm in Love)" | Sonny James | Capitol |
NR | 39 | 11 | "I'm Coming Home" | Johnny Horton | Columbia |
NR | 40 | 8 | "Oh, So Many Years" | Kitty Wells, Webb Pierce | Decca |
NR | 42 | 6 | "Go Away with Me" | Wilburn Brothers | Decca |
NR | 44 | 7 | "Missing You" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
NR | 45 | 9 | "Two Shadows on Your Window" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
NR | 46 | 4 | "According to My Heart" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
NR | 48 | 11 | "Don't Laugh" | Louvin Brothers | Capitol |
NR | 49 | 12 | "On My Mind Again" | Billy Walker | Columbia |
See also
Notes
- This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.
References
- "1957's Best Selling Records". The Billboard. December 23, 1957. p. 20.
- "1957's Most Played Records by Jockeys". The Billboard. December 23, 1957. p. 21.
- Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.
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