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The Everly Brothers took the songs "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up Little Susie" to number one on both the best sellers and jockeys charts. In 1957, Billboard magazine published three charts covering the best-performing country music songs in the United States: Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes, which had appeared in Billboard since 1944, C&W Best Sellers in Stores, which had debuted in 1948, and Most ...
July 24 — Pam Tillis, daughter of Mel Tillis and popular female vocalist of the 1990s. July 27 – Bill Engvall, comedian and member of Blue Collar Comedy with Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White; August 22 — Holly Dunn, female star and artist who helped popularize country music during the late 1980s/early 1990s (died 2016).
Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1957 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top country and western records based on record sales and jockey plays. [1] [2] Ferlin Husky had the number one country and western record of the year with "Gone".
In 1957, the following five charts were produced: Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country. Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
Bobby Helms couldn't have asked for a better first year in the music business. Blessed with a soft nasal twang that bore a resemblance to Webb Pierce, one of the reigning kings of country music in ...
Elvis Presley had four songs on the year-end top 50, the most of any artist in 1957, including "All Shook Up", the number one song of the year. Fats Domino had three songs on the year-end top 50. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top 50 singles of 1957 according to retail sales. [1]
List of Billboard number-one country songs of 1957; List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1957; List of Cash Box Best Sellers number-one singles of 1957; List of number-one hits of 1957 (Germany) List of UK top-ten singles in 1957
1956 in country music, Ray Price, Marty Robbins and Johnny Horton emerge, resurrect traditional country music after the influx of rock and roll threatens the heart of country music. 1957 in country music, Rock-flavored acts — Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Everly Brothers and Ricky Nelson — dominate charts; Patsy Cline debuts on the charts.