Released June 12, 1990 Label Rhino Entertainment | Release date 12 June 1990 Genre Country music | |
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Billboard Top Country Hits 1959
(1990) Billboard Top Country Hits 1960
(1990) Artist Billboard Top Country Hits | ||
Billboard Top Country Hits: 1959 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1990, featuring 10 hit country music recordings from 1959. It is the first of 15 albums (to date) Rhino has released chronicling the top country songs of a given year, a series that spans the years 1959-1968 and 1986-1990.
Contents
Seven of the tracks included on this album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot C&W Sides chart during 1959. Included in the track lineup is the year's No. 1 song, "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton. Both "The Battle of New Orleans" and "The Three Bells (Les Trois Cloches)" by The Browns were also multi-week No. 1 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
The remaining three tracks on the album — "I Ain't Never" by Webb Pierce, "Under Your Spell Again" by Buck Owens and "There's a Big Wheel" by Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper — all peaked in the Top 5.
Track listing
- "The Battle of New Orleans" — Johnny Horton
- "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" — Johnny Cash
- "Billy Bayou" — Jim Reeves
- "I Ain't Never" — Webb Pierce
- "White Lightning" — George Jones
- "Waterloo" — Stonewall Jackson
- "The Three Bells (Les Trois Cloches)" — The Browns
- "Under Your Spell Again" — Buck Owens
- "Country Girl" — Faron Young
- "There's a Big Wheel" — Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper
Songs
1The Battle of New OrleansJohnny Horton2:35
2Don't Take Your Guns To TownJohnny Cash3:05
3Billy BayouJim Reeves2:07