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1951 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1951.

Contents

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

  • January 6 - "I Love You a Thousand Ways" - Lefty Frizzell
  • January 6 - "The Golden Rocket" - Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
  • January 13 - "The Shotgun Boogie" - Tennessee Ernie Ford
  • February 10 - "There's Been a Change in Me" - Eddy Arnold
  • March 31 - "The Rhumba Boogie" - Hank Snow and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
  • May 12 - "Cold Cold Heart" - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
  • May 19 - "Kentucky Waltz" - Eddy Arnold
  • May 26 - "I Want to Be With You Always" - Lefty Frizzell
  • July 14 - "I Wanna Play House With You" - Eddy Arnold
  • August 11 - "Hey, Good Lookin'" - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
  • September 1 - "Always Late with Your Kisses" - Lefty Frizzell
  • November 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.

    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.

    • References

    1951 in country music Wikipedia
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