1959 In Country Music ,
1960 In Music ,
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1961 In Country Music , 1960s In Music and the List Of Years In Country Music
- Just four songs - five, if one counts "El Paso" by Marty Robbins , which spent five of its seven weeks at No. 1 in 1960 - ascend to the No. 1 spot on Billboard Magazine's Hot C&W Sides chart. Those songs - listed below - would spend 14, 14, 12 and 10 weeks at No. 1.
: Compare that to 10 No. 1 songs in 1959 and eight for all of 1961. Just a quarter of a century later, it was common for 50 songs per year to play musical chairs atop Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.
- While returning from a concert in Austin, Texas , Johnny Horton is killed November 5 in a car accident near Milano, Texas . Other passengers in his car - manager Tillman Franks and guitarist Tommy Tomlinson - are injured but survive.
- "," one of the most successful country music television programs, premieres late in the year. Norma Jean (Beasler) and comedian Speck Rhodes were the regulars, with guest performers appearing each week. The show ran in Syndication for 21 years, and at its peak ran in more than 100 markets, and is largely credited for breaking the career of a young singer named Dolly Parton (who replaced Norma Jean in 1967).
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- 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 (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.
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