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1962 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1962.

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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.

    • United States

    (as certified by Billboard)

    Top new album releases

  • All Aboard the Blue Train - Johnny Cash (Sun)
  • George Jones Sings Bob Wills - George Jones (United Artists)
  • Homecoming in Heaven - George Jones (United Artists)
  • Hymns from the Heart - (Johnny Cash) (Columbia)
  • Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)
  • My Favorites of Hank Williams - George Jones (United Artists)
  • Sentimentally Yours - Patsy Cline (Decca)
  • The Sound of Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash (Columbia)

    • Other top releases

  • According to My Heart – Goldie Hill (Capitol)
  • Bashful Brother Oswald - Bashful Brother Oswald (Starday)
  • Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs – Bill Anderson (Decca)
  • Caribbean Guitar - Chet Atkins (RCA)
  • Cross Country – Webb Pierce (Decca)
  • Devil Woman – Marty Robbins (Columbia)
  • Down Home - Chet Atkins (RCA)
  • Family Favorites – Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper with the Clinch Mountain Clan (Hickory)
  • Homer and Jethro and the Convention – Homer and Jethro (RCA)
  • Live It Up, Laugh it Up - Johnny Bond (Starday)
  • The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark – Roy Clark (Capitol)
  • Marty After Midnight - Marty Robbins (Columbia)
  • The New Favorites of George Jones - George Jones (United Artists)
  • Night Life - Ray Price (Columbia)
  • Old Rivers - Walter Brennan (Liberty)
  • One More Time - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
  • Our Man Down South - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
  • Sings Duets (with Porter Wagoner) - Skeeter Davis (RCA)
  • A Touch of Velvet – Jim Reeves (RCA)
  • You're For Me - Buck Owens (Capitol)

    • 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.
  • August 23 — Emilio Navaira, singer-songwriter of country and Tejano music (died 2016).
  • November 26 — Linda Davis, prominent backing vocalist who had a series of solo hits in the 1990s.

    • Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

  • Roy Acuff (1903–1992)

    • Grammy Awards

  • Best Country and Western Recording — "Funny Way of Laughin'," Burl Ives
  • Country Music Association
  • Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

    • References

    1962 in country music Wikipedia
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