1953 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1953.
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Events
- January 1 — Hank Williams, Jr. - then 3, would become a star in his own right. The last song released in his lifetime was "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive."[citation needed]
Top hits of the year
Number one hits
United States
(as certified by Billboard)
Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | Spec. Note |
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January 10 | Midnight | Red Foley | 1 |
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January 24 | I'll Go on Alone
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Marty Robbins | 2 | [A], [2] |
January 24 | I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | 1 |
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January 31 | No Help Wanted | The Carlisles
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4 | [B] |
January 31 | Eddy's Song | Eddy Arnold | 3 | |
February 7 | I Let the Stars Get In My Eyes | Goldie Hill | 3 | [B]
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February 21 | Kaw-Liga
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Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | 13 | [1] |
April 11 | Your Cheatin' Heart | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | 6 | [2] |
May 9 | Mexican Joe | Jim Reeves | 9 | [A], [2] |
June 6 | Take These Chains from My Heart | Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys | 4 | [2] |
July 11 | It's Been So Long | Webb Pierce | 8 | [2] |
August 1 | Rub-a-Dub-Dub | Hank Thompson and His Brazo Valley Boys | 3 | [2] |
August 22 | Hey Joe
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Carl Smith
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8 | [2] |
August 29 | A Dear John Letter | Ferlin Husky and Jean Shepard | 6 | [B] – Jean Shepard [2] |
October 17 | I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know | The Davis Sisters
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8 | [B], [2]
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November 21 | There Stands the Glass | Webb Pierce | 12 | [2] |
December 12 | Caribbean | Mitchell Torok | 2 | [B] |
December 19 | Let Me Be the One | Hank Locklin | 3 | [A], [2] |
- Notes
- Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played in Juke Boxes," "Most Played by Jockeys" and "National Best Sellers" charts.
Other major hits
US | Single | Artist |
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5 | Bumming Around
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Jimmy Dean |
5 | Bumming Around | T. Texas Tyler |
4 | Crying in the Chapel | Rex Allen |
4 | Crying in the Chapel | Darrell Glenn |
7 | Dear Joan | Jack Cardwell |
3 | Death of Hank Williams | Jack Cardwell |
9 | Divorce Granted | Ernest Tubb |
6 | Do I Like It? | Carl Smith
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8 | Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes | Red Foley |
9 | Don't Throw Your Life Away | Webb Pierce |
3 | Fool Such as I | Hank Snow |
10 | For Now and Always | Hank Snow |
4 | Forgive Me, John | Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky |
4 | Free Home Demonstration | Eddy Arnold |
4 | The Gal Who Invented Kissin' | Hank Snow |
6 | Gambler's Guitar | Rusty Draper |
2 | Goin' Steady | Faron Young |
8 | Hey Joe
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Kitty Wells |
8 | Hey, Mr. Cotton Picker | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
7 | (Honey, Baby, Hurry!) Bring Your Sweet Self Back to Me | Lefty Frizzell |
9 | Honeymoon on a Rocket Ship | Hank Snow |
6 | Hot Toddy | Red Foley |
2 | (How Much Is) That Hound Dog in the Window?
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Homer and Jethro |
4 | How's the World Treating You | Eddy Arnold |
5 | I Can't Wait (For the Sun to Go Down) | Faron Young |
5 | I Couldn't Keep from Crying | Marty Robbins |
10 | I Found Out More Than You Ever Knew | Betty Cody |
5 | I Haven't Got the Heart | Webb Pierce |
10 | (I Just Had a Date) A Lover's Quarrel | George Morgan |
4 | I Won't Be Home No More | Hank Williams |
4 | I'll Go on Alone
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Webb Pierce |
3 | I'm an Old, Old Man | Lefty Frizzell |
2 | Is Zat You, Myrtle | The Carlisles
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7 | Just Wait 'Til I Get You Alone | Carl Smith |
3 | Keep It a Secret | Slim Whitman |
3 | Knothole | The Carlisles |
4 | The Last Waltz | Webb Pierce |
4 | Mama, Come Get Your Baby Boy | Eddy Arnold |
10 | Marriage of Mexican Joe | Carolyn Bradshaw |
9 | No Help Wanted | Hank Thompson |
7 | No Help Wanted #2 | Ernest Tubb |
8 | North Wind | Slim Whitman |
3 | Older and Bolder | Eddy Arnold |
4 | Orchids Mean Goodbye | Carl Smith |
6 | Paying for That Back Street Affair | Kitty Wells |
7 | Satisfaction Guaranteed | Carl Smith |
7 | Seven Lonely Days | Bonnie Lou |
6 | Shake a Hand | Red Foley |
8 | Slaves of a Hopeless Love Affair | Red Foley |
3 | Spanish Fire Ball | Hank Snow |
6 | Tennessee Wig Walk | Bonnie Lou |
4 | That's All Right | Autry Inman |
4 | That's Me Without You | Webb Pierce |
9 | That's Me Without You | Sonny James |
9 | That's the Kind of Love I'm Looking For | Carl Smith |
7 | Till I Waltz Again with You | Tommy Sosebee |
4 | Too Young to Tango | Sunrise Ruby
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2 | Trademark | Carl Smith |
7 | Weary Blues from Waitin' | Hank Williams |
6 | When Mexican Joe Met Jole Blon | Hank Snow |
8 | Yesterday's Girl | Hank Thompson |
Top new album releases
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Births
- April 9 — Hal Ketchum, popular country artist of the early 1990s. (d. 2020)
- June 1 — Ronnie Dunn, one half of Brooks & Dunn.
- July 9 - David Ball - Singer-Songwriter prominent in the mid 1990's & early 2000's (Thinking Problem), (Riding With Private Malone)
- October 8 - Ricky Lee Phelps - Former lead singer of The Kentucky Headhunters (Dumas Walker), (Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine)
- November 4 – Van Stephenson, singer-songwriter and member of the 1990s group BlackHawk (d. 2001)
Deaths
- January 1 — Hank Williams, 29, country music singing-songwriting giant and pioneer.
Further reading
- Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
- Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
- Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.