1951 in country music

none May 2015 May 2015 This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1951. 1951 1951 country music Events 1951 Top hits of the year Number one hits (As certified by Billboard magazine) USSingleArtistJanuary 6"I Love You a Thousand Ways"Lefty FrizzellJanuary 6"The Golden Rocket"Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch BoysJanuary 13"The Shotgun Boogie"Tennessee Ernie FordFebruary 10"There's Been a Change in Me"Eddy ArnoldMarch 31"The Rhumba Boogie"Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch BoysMay 12"Cold Cold Heart"Hank Williams with His Drifting CowboysMay 19"Kentucky Waltz"Eddy ArnoldMay 26"I Want to Be With You Always"Lefty FrizzellJuly 14"I Wanna Play House With You"Eddy ArnoldAugust 11"Hey, Good Lookin'"Hank Williams with His Drifting CowboysSeptember 1"Always Late with Your Kisses"Lefty FrizzellNovember 3"Slow Poke"Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys (feat. Redd Stewart)December 22"Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way"Carl Smith Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played Juke Box Folk (later Country & Western) Records," "Best Selling Retail Folk (later Country & Western) Records) and – starting December 10 – "Country & Western Records Most Played by Folk Disk Jockeys" charts. Other major hits USSingleArtist3Alabama JubileeRed Foley5Beautiful Brown EyesJimmy Wakely and the Les Baxter Chorus9Blue ChristmasErnest Tubb4Bluebird IslandHank Snow and Anita Carter7Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh-Aleena)Moon Mullican8Chew Tobacco RagZeb Turner4Crazy HeartHank Williams5Cryin' Heart BluesJohnnie & Jack8Dear JohnHank Williams9Don't Stay Too LongErnest Tubb2Down the Trail of Achin' HeartsHank Snow and Anita Carter5Down YonderDel Wood7Driftwood On the RiverErnest Tubb5Heart StringsEddy Arnold6Hey La LaErnest Tubb8Hobo BoogieRed Foley5Hot Rod RaceArkie Shibley7Hot Rod RaceRamblin' Jimmie Dolan7Hot Rod RaceRed Foley7Hot Rod RaceTiny Hill3Howlin' at the MoonHank Williams2I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)Hank Williams5I Don't Want to Be FreeMargaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely8I Love You a Thousand WaysHawkshaw Hawkins10I'll Sail My Ship AloneTiny Hill8I'm Waiting Just for YouHawkshaw Hawkins8If Teardrops Were PenniesCarl Smith8It Is No SecretStuart Hamblen9Lonesome WhistleHank Williams4Look What Thoughts Will DoLefty Frizzell8May the Good Lord Bless and Keep YouEddy Arnold3Mockin' Bird HillThe Pinetoppers7Mockin' Bird HillLes Paul and Mary Ford2Mom and Dad's WaltzLefty Frizzell2Mr. and MississippiTennessee Ernie Ford4Mr. MoonCarl Smith6My Heart Cries for YouEvelyn Knight and Red Foley7My Heart Cries for YouJimmy Wakely9Old Soldiers Never DieGene Autry8On Top of Old SmokyThe Weavers and Terry Gilkyson4Poison LoveJohnnie & Jack7Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday)Lefty Frizzell7Sick, Sober and SorryJohnny Bond2Somebody's Been Beating My TimeEddy Arnold4Something Old, Something NewEddy Arnold10Sparrow in the TreetopRex Allen5The Strange Little GirlCowboy Copas9The Strange Little GirlRed Foley and Ernest Tubb9The Strange Little GirlTennessee Ernie Ford8Tailor Made WomanTennessee Ernie Ford and Joe "Fingers" Carr2Tennessee Waltz, 6,000,000 sold by 1967Murrells Joseph http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr The book of golden discs 1978 London : Barrie & Jenkins Internet Archive 978-0-214-20512-5Patti Page6Tennessee WaltzPee Wee King5(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me)Red Foley6Travelin' BluesLefty Frizzell6Unwanted Sign Upon Your HeartHank Snow7When You and I Were Young, Maggie BluesMargaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely Births January 19 — Crystal Gayle, younger sister of Loretta Lynn who became a star in her own right, mainly in the country-pop vein. May 23 — Judy Rodman, backing vocalist who enjoyed fame in the 1980s as a solo performer. December 7 — Lyle Evans, bass guitarist of the Western Underground. Deaths Deaths in 1951 Category:1951 deaths Further reading 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