1960 in country music

none May 2015 This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1960. 1960 1960 country music Events February 1 – Loretta Lynn signs her very first record deal with Zero Records. This launches the singer into country music stardom. March 29 — Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, destined to become one of the most prominent of the honky tonk bars in Nashville, Tennessee, opens. August 27 — Louisiana Hayride puts on its final performance. September 24 — Final telecast of ABC-TV's Jubilee USA. November 5 — Johnny Horton is killed in a car accident near Milano, Texas, while returning from a concert in nearby Austin. Other passengers in his car – manager Tillman Franks and guitarist Tommy Tomlinson – are injured but survive. No dates Just four songs – five, if one counts "El Paso" by Marty Robbins, which spent five of its seven weeks at No. 1 in 1960 – ascend to the No. 1 spot on Billboards Hot C&W Sides chart. Those songs – listed below – would spend 14, 14, 12 and 10 weeks at No. 1, compared to 10 No. 1 songs in 1959 and eight for all of 1961. Just a quarter of a century later, it was common for 50 songs per year to play musical chairs atop Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart. The Chicago-based National Barn Dance moves from WLS to WGN-AM, where it will remain for the rest of its run. The Porter Wagoner Show, one of the most successful country music television programs, premieres on CBS late in the year. Norma Jean (Beasler) and comedian Speck Rhodes were the regulars, with guest performers appearing each week. The show ran in syndication for 21 years, and at its peak aired in more than 100 markets, and is largely credited for breaking the career of a young singer named Dolly Parton (who replaced Norma Jean in 1967). Top hits of the year Number-one hits United States (as certified by Billboard) DateSingle NameArtistWks. No.1Spec. NoteFebruary 8He'll Have to GoJim Reeves14May 16Please Help Me, I'm FallingHank Locklin141 1A A Locklin's first Billboard Number One since "Let Me Be the One" in 1953.August 22AlabamCowboy Copas12B BNovember 14Wings of a DoveFerlin Husky102 2A A Husky's first Billboard Number One since "Gone" in 1957. Notes 1 1 No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard. 2 2 Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot. A A Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist. B B Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date. Other major hits USSingleArtist3Above and BeyondBuck Owens16Accidentally on PurposeGeorge Jones8Am I Losing YouJim Reeves11Am I That Easy to ForgetSkeeter Davis5Amigo's GuitarKitty Wells2Another (Just Like Me)Roy Drusky3AnymoreRoy Drusky12Are You Willing, WillieMarion Worth15Baby Rocked Her DollyFrankie Miller7The Ballad of Wild RiverGene Woods4Before This Day EndsGeorge Hamilton IV5Big IronMarty Robbins18A Broken DreamJimmy Smart16But You Use ToLaverne Downs16Carmel by the SeaKitty Wells9Cruel LoveLou Smith19Dead or AliveBill Anderson12Dear MamaMerle Kilgore17(Doin' the) Lover's LeapWebb Pierce11Drifting Texas SandWebb Pierce4Each Moment (Spent With You)Ernest Ashworth16Ev'rybody's Somebody's FoolErnest Tubb2Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)Buck Owens12Eyes of LoveMargie Singleton10Face to the WallFaron Young4Fallen AngelWebb Pierce10Family BibleClaude Gray11Far, Far AwayDon Gibson6He'll Have to StayJeanne Black5Heart to Heart TalkBob Wills and Tommy Duncan13Here I Am Drunk AgainClyde Beavers14Hot Rod LincolnCharlie Ryan17How Far to Little RockThe Stanley Brothers2(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling TooSkeeter Davis5I Don't Believe I'll Fall in Love TodayWarren Smith6I Know OneJim Reeves20I Love You BecauseJohnny Cash3I Missed MeJim Reeves7I Think I KnowMarion Worth5I Wish I Could Fall in Love TodayRay Price19I Wish You LoveBilly Walker14I'm a Honky Tonk GirlLoretta Lynn3I'm Gettin' BetterJim Reeves14I'm Movin' OnDon Gibson19Imitation of LoveAdrian Roland11Is It Wrong (For Loving You)Webb Pierce17It's Not WrongConnie Hall17Johnny, My Love (Grandma's Diary)Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper2Just One TimeDon Gibson18The Key's in the MailboxFreddie Hart5Left to RightKitty Wells9Let's Think About LivingBob Luman15Life of a Poor BoyStonewall Jackson20(Little Angel) Come Rock Me to SleepTed Self13A Little Guy Called JoeStonewall Jackson16Lonely River RhineBobby Helms11The Long WalkBill Leatherwood10Love Has Made You BeautifulMerle Kilgore6A Lovely Work of ArtJimmy C. Newman12Mary Don't You WeepStonewall Jackson9Miller's CaveHank Snow15Money to BurnGeorge Jones16The Moon Is CryingAlan RiddleTerry E. Gordon Alan Riddle: Original Releases http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/artist.php?key=ridd5000 Rockin' Country Style 16 November 2014Alan Riddle The Moon Is Crying Plaid 1001 Rockabilly M- http://www.popsike.com/Alan-Riddle-The-Moon-Is-Crying-Plaid-1001-Rockabilly-M/330449214953.html Popsike 16 November 201416Mule Skinner BluesThe Fendermen4No Love Have IWebb Pierce13Nobody's Darling but MineJohnny Sea20The Old LamplighterThe Browns2One More TimeRay Price13The One You Slip Around WithJan Howard8The PictureRay Godfrey13Pinball MachineLonnie Irving13Reasons to LiveJimmie Skinner4RiverboatFaron Young14Riverboat GamblerJimmie Skinner7Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)The Browns10Seasons of My HeartJohnny Cash15Second HoneymoonJohnny Cash14She's Just a Whole Lot Like YouHank Thompson6Sink the BismarckJohnny Horton10A Six Pack to GoHank Thompson13Smiling Bill McCallJohnny Cash4Softly and Tenderly (I'll Hold You in My Arms)Lewis Pruitt16Straight A's in LoveJohnny Cash5That's My Kind of LoveMarion Worth16This Ole HouseWilma Lee and Stoney Cooper10TimbrookLewis Pruitt7The Tip of My FingersBill Anderson19Too Much to LoseCarl Belew20Until TodayElmer Snodgrass11Wanting You with Me TonightJimmy C. Newman11Who Will Buy the WineCharlie Walker6Why I'm Walkin'Stonewall Jackson5Wishful ThinkingWynn Stewart18World So Full of LoveRay Sanders8You Can't Pick a Rose in DecemberErnest Ashworth4You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)George Morgan5Your Old Used to BeFaron Young Top new album releases AlbumArtistRecord LabelBlood on the SaddleTex RitterCapitolDutchman's GoldWalter BrennanDotEddy Arnold Sings Them AgainEddy ArnoldRCAGoldie HillGoldie HillDeccaI'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize TooSkeeter DavisRCAJohnny Horton Makes HistoryJohnny HortonColumbiaMidnight JamboreeErnest Tubb & His Texas Troubadors, featuring Various ArtistsDeccaMoreEddy ArnoldRCAThe Other Chet AtkinsChet AtkinsRCA Other album releases AlbumArtistRecord LabelGeorge Jones Salutes Hank WilliamsGeorge JonesMercurySeasons of My HeartKitty WellsDeccaSixteen TonsTennessee Ernie FordCapitolSmoke, Smoke, SmokeTex WilliamsCapitolTeensvilleChet AtkinsRCATown and CountryThe BrownsRCA VictorA Tribute to the Delmore BrothersLouvin BrothersCapitol Births February 10 — Lionel Cartwright, neotraditionalist of the late 1980s and early 1990s. February 16 — Doug Phelps, lead singer of the Kentucky Headhunters. April 8 — John Schneider, singer and actor, best known for his 1980s hits and role as Bo Duke on CBS-TV series The Dukes of Hazzard. August 22 — Collin Raye, a favorite country artist of the 1990s. September 26 — Doug Supernaw, singer of the early 1990s ("I Don't Call Him Daddy") (d. 2020) November 4 — Kim Forester, member of The Forester Sisters. November 25 — Amy Grant, contemporary Christian singer, wife of Vince Gill. December 28 — Marty Roe, lead singer of Diamond Rio. December 28 — Marcus Hummon, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("Bless the Broken Road") Deaths January 19 — Ralph Peer, 67, pioneer in record engineering and production (pneumonia). May 13 — Gid Tanner, 74, fiddler and leader of pioneering country group the Skillet Lickers. November 5 — Johnny Horton, 35, "The Singing Fisherman" and best known for his Americana-styled hits (car accident). November 7 — A.P. Carter, 68, a member of The Original Carter Family, one of country music's all-time pioneers (heart disease). Major awards Grammy AwardsBest Country and Western Performance' — "El Paso", Marty Robbins Hollywood Walk of Fame Country stars who got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, Glen Campbell, Lefty Frizzell, Red Foley, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Ferlin Husky, Sonny James, Pee Wee King, Frankie Laine, Buck Owens, Patti Page, Webb Pierce, Elvis Presley, Tex Ritter, Marty Robbins, Roy Rogers, Carl Smith, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, and Slim Whitman See also Country Music Association 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. References Country Category:Country music by year