1962 in country music

none This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1962. 1962 1962 country music Events September 25 – Loretta Lynn is inducted into the Grand Ole Opry at 30 years of age. November 3 — Billboard renames its Hot C&W Sides chart "Hot Country Singles," a name it will keep for the next 27 years. The chart length remains 30 positions. No dates Rhythm and blues singer Ray Charles releases his landmark album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. The album of pop-styled covers of country standards is vastly influential in the genre. Top hits of the year Number one hits United States (as certified by Billboard) DateSingle NameArtistWks. No.1Spec. NoteMarch 10Misery Loves CompanyPorter Wagoner2ref_2[2] Returns to Number One March 24. Wagoner's first Billboard Number One since "A Satisfied Mind" in 1955.March 17That's My PaSheb Wooley1ref_C[C]March 31She's Got YouPatsy Cline5ref_2[2], ref_B[B] Returns to Number One May 5.April 28Charlie's ShoesBilly Walker2ref_2[2],ref_C[C] Returns to Number One May 12.May 19She Thinks I Still CareGeorge Jones6June 30Wolverton MountainClaude King9ref_1[1], ref_C[C]September 1Devil WomanMarty Robbins8October 27Mama Sang a SongBill Anderson7ref_2[2], ref_A[A] Returns to Number One on November 17, and then on December 22.November 10I've Been EverywhereHank Snow2ref_2[2] Returns to Number One December 15. Snow's first Billboard Number One since "Let Me Go, Lover!" in 1954.December 29Don't Let Me Cross OverCarl Butler and Pearl11ref_2[2], ref_C[C] Returns to Number One on January 12, January 26, and then on February 16. Notes 1endnote_1^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard. 2endnote_2^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot. Aendnote_A^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist. Bendnote_B^ Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist. Cendnote_C^ Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date. Other major hits USSingleArtist5Aching, Breaking HeartGeorge Jones2Adios AmigoJim Reeves7After Loving YouEddy Arnold11Air Mail to HeavenCarl Smith5Alla My LoveWebb Pierce13Anywhere There's PeopleLawton Williams16The Best Dressed Beggar (In Town)Carl Smith12Big Fool of the YearGeorge Jones16Black CloudLeroy Van Dyke10The Burning of AtlantaClaude King16The Cajun QueenJimmy Dean3Call Me Mr. In-BetweenBurl Ives10Cold Dark WatersPorter Wagoner7The ComancherosClaude King4The ComebackFaron Young5Cow TownWebb Pierce2CrazyPatsy Cline8Crazy Wild DesireWebb Pierce20Daddy Stopped InClaude Gray10Day Into NightKitty Wells9Dear IvanJimmy Dean18Don't Go Near the EskimosBen Colder4Don't Go Near the IndiansRex Allen3Everybody but MeErnest Ashworth7Footsteps of a FoolJudy Lynn9Funny Way of Laughin'Burl Ives14Get a Little Dirt on Your HandsBill Anderson3A Girl I Used to KnowGeorge Jones13Go On HomePatti Page10Happy JourneyHank Locklin11He Stands Real TallDel Reeves8Hello Out ThereCarl Belew11Honky Tonk ManJohnny Horton7(How Can I Write On Paper) What I Feel in My HeartJim Reeves5I Can Mend Your Broken HeartDon Gibson17I Can't Stop (My Lovin' You)Buck Owens9I Guess I'll Never LearnCharlie Phillips2I'm Gonna Change EverythingJim Reeves16I'm Looking High and Low for My BabyErnest Tubb12I've Just Destroyed the World (I'm Loving In)Ray Price3If a Woman Answers (Hang Up the Phone)Leroy Van Dyke6If You Don't Know I Ain't Gonna Tell YouGeorge Hamilton IV8In the Jailhouse NowJohnny Cash6In the Middle of a HeartacheWanda Jackson4It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'Johnny Tillotson16Just Ain'tFlatt & Scruggs20Kentucky Means ParadiseGlen Campbell8Kickin' Our Hearts AroundBuck Owens9LeonaStonewall Jackson20A Letter to My HeartJim Reeves2A Little Bitty TearBurl Ives10Little Black BookJimmy Dean3A Little HeartacheEddy Arnold2Lonesome Number OneDon Gibson2Losing Your LoveJim Reeves12Love Can't WaitMarty Robbins7My Name Is MudJames O'Gwynn11Nobody's Fool but YoursBuck Owens3Old RiversWalter Brennan11One Look at HeavenStonewall Jackson13Open Pit MineGeorge Jones3PT-109Jimmy Dean5PrideRay Price18Pride Goes Before a FallJim Reeves20Sally Was a Good Old GirlHank Cochran11Save the Last Dance for MeBuck Owens18Second ChoiceStonewall Jackson11Send Me the Pillow You Dream OnJohnny Tillotson18Shame on MeBobby Bare16Silver Threads and Golden NeedlesThe Springfields17Slow PoisonJohnnie & Jack14So WrongPatsy Cline16Somebody Save MeFerlin Husky12Sometimes I'm TemptedMarty Robbins17Sometimes You Just Can't WinGeorge Jones19Sooner or LaterWebb Pierce6SuccessLoretta Lynn7Take TimeWebb Pierce7Tears Broke Out on MeEddy Arnold11Tennessee Flat Top BoxJohnny Cash8Then a Tear FellEarl Scott17There's Always One (Who Loves a Lot)Roy Drusky7Three DaysFaron Young15To a Sleeping BeautyJimmy Dean7Touch MeWillie Nelson4Trouble's Back in TownThe Wilburn Brothers18Under the Cover of NightDave Dudley5Unloved UnwantedKitty Wells10The Violet and the RoseLittle Jimmy Dickens5Wall to Wall LoveBob Gallion11Waltz of the AngelsGeorge Jones and Margie Singleton13The Waltz You Saved for MeFerlin Husky7We Missed YouKitty Wells14We're Gonna Go Fishin'Hank Locklin10When I Get Through with YouPatsy Cline9Where I Ought to BeSkeeter Davis15Where the Old Red River FlowsJimmie Davis8Will Your Lawyer Talk to GodKitty Wells5Willie the WeeperBilly Walker10WillinglyWillie Nelson and Shirley Collie3A Wound Time Can't EraseStonewall Jackson15You Take the Future (And I'll Take the Past)Hank Snow Top new album releases AlbumArtistRecord LabelAll Aboard the Blue TrainJohnny CashSunGeorge Jones Sings Bob WillsGeorge JonesUnited ArtistsHappy JourneyHank LocklinRCAHomecoming in HeavenGeorge JonesUnited ArtistsHymns from the HeartJohnny CashColumbiaModern Sounds in Country and Western MusicRay CharlesABC-ParamountMy Favorites of Hank WilliamsGeorge JonesUnited ArtistsSentimentally YoursPatsy ClineDeccaThe Sound of Johnny CashJohnny CashColumbiaWonderful WandaWanda JacksonCapitol Other top releases AlbumArtistRecord LabelAccording to My HeartGoldie HillDeccaBashful Brother OswaldBashful Brother OswaldStardayBill Anderson Sings Country Heart SongsBill AndersonDeccaCaribbean GuitarChet AtkinsRCACross CountryWebb PierceDeccaDevil WomanMarty RobbinsColumbiaDown HomeChet AtkinsRCAFamily FavoritesWilma Lee and Stoney Cooper with the Clinch Mountain ClanHickoryHank LocklinHank LocklinRCAHomer and Jethro and the ConventionHomer and JethroRCALive It Up, Laugh it UpJohnny BondStardayThe Lightning Fingers of Roy ClarkRoy ClarkCapitolMarty After MidnightMarty RobbinsColumbiaThe New Favorites of George JonesGeorge JonesUnited ArtistsNight LifeRay PriceColumbiaOld RiversWalter BrennanLibertyOne More TimeEddy ArnoldRCAOur Man Down SouthEddy ArnoldRCAPorter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis Sing DuetsPorter Wagoner and Skeeter DavisRCAA Touch of VelvetJim ReevesRCAA Tribute to Roy Acuff: The King of Country MusicHank LocklinRCAYou're for MeBuck OwensCapitol Births January 13 — Trace Adkins, singer-songwriter whose style meshes honky-tonk and dance-influenced rock. February 4 — Clint Black, first major new star of the 1990s and key player in the new traditionalist movement. February 6 — Richie McDonald, former lead singer of Lonestar. February 7 — Garth Brooks, the man who revolutionalized country music and forever changed its direction during the 1990s. February 11 — Sheryl Crow, pop singer who has also had substantial success as a country singer starting in the 2000s. April 2 — Billy Dean, contemporary-styled singer-songwriter who had the peak of his success in the 1990s. May 2 — Ty Herndon, contemporary-styled singer who had most of his success in the mid-to-late 1990s. July 13 - Victoria Shaw, singer-songwriter since the 1990s. August 23 — Emilio Navaira, singer-songwriter of country and Tejano music (died 2016). October 13 - John Wiggins, singer-songwriter since the 1990s. November 26 — Linda Davis, prominent backing vocalist who had a series of solo hits in the 1990s. December 7 - Andy Childs, singer-songwriter since the 1990s. Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees Roy Acuff (1903–1992) Major awards Grammy Awards Best Country and Western Recording — "Funny Way of Laughin'", Burl Ives 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 Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame External links Country Music Hall of Fame Country Category:Country music by year