1959 in country music

none May 2015 May 2015 This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1959. 1959 1959 country music Events The first Grammy Award for outstanding performances in the country music genre is presented. The Kingston Trio wins the only country-specific award, for Best Country and Western Performance, with "Tom Dooley." It wouldn't be until 1965 when more country-specific Grammy categories were started. Until 1966 (when the Academy of Country Music began presenting awards), the Grammy Awards would be the only method to honor remarkable accomplishments in the genre. "Saga" songs, or stories where conflict was the central theme, rise in popularity. Notable examples include "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton, "The Long Black Veil" by Lefty Frizzell, "Waterloo" by Stonewall Jackson and "El Paso" by Marty Robbins. A young sharecropper's son named Buck Owens scores his first significant chart hit with "Second Fiddle." That song, plus the follow-up – "Under Your Spell Again", his first Billboard Top 10 hit – provides country fans with the earliest examples of Owens' trademark "Bakersfield" sound. Dolly Parton records for the first time, on the small Goldband Records label. Her first recorded song is a rockabilly song called "Puppy Love." George Jones scores the first No. 1 of his 50-plus year career with "White Lightnin'." 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 "I Always Get Lucky with You." Johnny Horton's "The Battle Of New Orleans" is named the Billboard Year-End No. 1 song of the year on both the Billboard country and Hot 100 charts. To date, it is the only time this feat has occurred. Top hits of the year Number one hits United States (as certified by Billboard) DateSingle NameArtistWks. No.1Spec. NoteJanuary 19Billy BayouJim Reeves5February 23Don't Take Your Guns to TownJohnny Cash6April 6When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)Johnny Horton1A AApril 13White LightningGeorge Jones5A AMay 18The Battle of New OrleansJohnny Horton101 1 Derived from an old American folk tune, "The 8th of January." Song explains about the 1815 Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American soldier.July 27WaterlooStonewall Jackson5A AAugust 31The Three BellsThe Browns11A A Also peaked at Number One on the Billboard Pop Chart.November 9Country GirlFaron Young4December 7The Same Old MeRay Price2December 21El PasoMarty Robbins7Also peaked at Number One on the Billboard Pop Chart. Notes 1 1 No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard. A A First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist. Other major hits USSingleArtist18All the TimeKitty Wells9Am I That Easy to ForgetCarl Belew13Anybody's GirlHank Thompson15The Best Years of Your LifeCarl Smith11Beyond the ShadowThe Browns19Big Harlan TaylorGeorge Jones4Big Midnight SpecialWilma Lee Cooper and Stoney Cooper5Black Land FarmerFrankie Miller9Cabin in the HillsFlatt & Scruggs17Chain GangFreddie Hart6Chasin' a RainbowHank Snow12Chip Off the Old BlockEddy Arnold13Cigarettes and Coffee BluesLefty Frizzell20Come and Knock (On the Door of My Heart)Roy Acuff4Come Walk with MeWilma Lee Cooper and Stoney Cooper2Country Music is Here to StaySimon Crum7Dark HollowJimmie Skinner13Dark HollowLuke Gordon11The Deck of CardsWink Martindale19Doggone That TrainHank Snow5Don't Tell Me Your TroublesDon Gibson11Draggin' the RiverFerlin Husky7Family ManFrankie Miller14Five Feet High and RisingJohnny Cash9Frankie's Man, JohnnyJohnny Cash13Frankie's Man, JohnnyJohnny Seay5Gotta Travel OnBilly Grammer15Gotta Travel OnBill Monroe9Grin and Bear ItJimmy C. Newman16Half-BreedMarvin Rainwater15The Hanging TreeMarty Robbins2Heartaches by the NumberRay Price2HomeJim Reeves15HomebreakerSkeeter Davis13How Can I Think of TomorrowJames O'Gwynn2I Ain't NeverWebb Pierce12I Cried a TearErnest Tubb4I Got StripesJohnny Cash18I'd Like to BeJim Reeves16I'll Catch You When You FallCharlie Walker17I'm Beginning to Forget YouJim Reeves3I'm in Love AgainGeorge Morgan7I've Run Out of TomorrowsHank Thompson19It's All My HeartacheCarl Smith5Jimmy Brown the NewsboyMac Wiseman17John Wesley HardinJimmie Skinner10Johnny RebJohnny Horton11Katy TooJohnny Cash18The Knoxville GirlThe Wilburn Brothers19The Knoxville GirlThe Louvin Brothers20Last Night at a PartyFaron Young3The Last RideHank Snow2Life to GoStonewall Jackson20Little Dutch GirlGeorge Morgan11Lonesome Old HouseDon Gibson6Long Black VeilLefty Frizzell16A Long Time AgoFaron Young8Luther Played the BoogieJohnny Cash5Mommy for a DayKitty Wells9My Baby's GoneThe Louvin Brothers15My Love and Little MeMargie Bowes14My Reason for LeavingFerlin Husky14Next TimeErnest Tubb13Ninety-NineBill Anderson7Old MoonBetty FoleyBarry McCloud (1995) Definitive Country: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Country Music and Its Performers, p. 290, 0-399-52144-59PartnersJim Reeves10Poor Old Heartsick MeMargie Bowes17ProblemsThe Everly Brothers16Sailor ManJohnnie & Jack19Sal's Got a Sugar LipJohnny Horton5Set Him FreeSkeeter Davis16So Many TimesRoy Acuff19So SoonJimmy C. Newman15Soldier's JoyHawkshaw Hawkins6Somebody's Back in TownThe Wilburn Brothers9Ten Thousand DrumsCarl Smith5Tennessee StudEddy Arnold12Thanks a LotJohnny Cash14That's the Way It's Gotta BeFaron Young7That's What It's Like to Be LonesomeRay Price12That's What It's Like to Be LonesomeBill Anderson3There's a Big WheelWilma Lee Cooper and Stoney Cooper6A Thousand Miles AgoWebb Pierce8(Till) I Kissed YouThe Everly Brothers4Under Your Spell AgainBuck Owens5Under Your Spell AgainRay Price19What Am I Living ForErnest Tubb4Which One Is to BlameThe Wilburn Brothers3Who CaresDon Gibson7Who Shot SamGeorge Jones9A Woman's IntuitionThe Wilburn Brothers17Yankee, Go HomeGoldie Hill13You Dreamer YouJohnny Cash18You Take the Table and I'll Take the ChairsBob Gallion7You're Makin' a Fool Out of MeJimmy C. Newman12Your Wild Life's Gonna Get You DownKitty Wells Top new album releases {|class="wikitable sortable" !width="250"|Album !width="125"|Artist !width="90"|Record Label |- |Greatest! |Johnny Cash |Sun |- |Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs |Marty Robbins |Columbia |- |Hymns by Johnny Cash |Johnny Cash |Columbia |- |I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too |Skeeter Davis |RCA |- |Satan Is Real|The Louvin Brothers |Capitol |- |Songs of Our Soil'' |Johnny Cash |Columbia |} Other top new releases AlbumArtistRecord LabelAfter DarkKitty WellsDeccaBeside the Still WatersMac WisemanDotChet Atkins in HollywoodChet AtkinsRCAGeorge Jones Sings White Lightning and Other FavoritesGeorge JonesMercuryGreat Folk BalladsMac WisemanDotHave Guitar Will TravelEddy ArnoldRCAHum & Strum Along with Chet AtkinsChet AtkinsRCASweet Sounds by the BrownsThe BrownsRCAThereby Hangs a TaleEddy ArnoldRCA Births January 7 — David Lee Murphy, singer-songwriter of the mid-1990s. March 2 — Larry Stewart, lead singer of the 1980s country pop group Restless Heart. May 4 — Randy Travis, key artist of the new traditionalist movement of the mid-1980s. June 15 – Jeff Stevens, singer, songwriter and producer. June 21 — Kathy Mattea, folk-styled country artist of the 1980s. June 27 — Lorrie Morgan, country star of the 1990s; daughter of Grand Ole Opry favorite George Morgan. July 20 — Radney Foster, songwriter and one half of the late-1980s duo Foster & Lloyd; also, a solo artist during the early 1990s. August 7 — Michael Peterson, singer of the latter half of the 1990s. September 14 — John Berry, singer-songwriter of the mid-1990s. October 13 — Marie Osmond, member of the Osmond family who enjoyed success in the country genre during the 1970s and 1980s. December 8 — Marty Raybon, lead singer of Shenandoah. Major awards Grammy AwardsBest Country and Western Performance''' — "Tom Dooley", The Kingston Trio 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 (0-8118-3572-3) Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (0-06-273244-7) Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005. Other links Country Music Association References Country Category:Country music by year