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This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country and western singles of 1959. [1] Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans" ranked as the year's No. 1 country and western record. [1] It was released in April 1959, spent 10 weeks at the No. 1 spot, and remained on Billboard ' s country and western chart for 21 weeks. [2]
The song had been in the top spot since the issue of Billboard dated October 20, 1958, [2] the first in which the magazine combined country sales and airplay into a single chart, [1] and remained at number one until the issue dated January 19, 1959. Four artists achieved a number one country single for the first time in 1959: Johnny Horton with ...
The first Grammy Award for outstanding performances in the country music genre is presented. The Kingston Trio wins the only country-specific award, for Best Country and Western Performance, with "Tom Dooley." It wouldn't be until 1965 when more country-specific Grammy categories were started.
Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries 1: Bobby Darin: Mack the Knife: 1959: US: UK 1 – Sep 1959, US BB 1 – Sep 1959, US BB 1 of 1959, US CashBox 1 of 1959, Canada 1 – Aug 1959, Grammy in 1959, POP 1 of 1959, DDD 3 of 1959, Norway 9 – Nov 1959, South Africa 13 of 1959, RYM 15 of 1959, RIAA 15, Italy 38 of 1960, Europe 88 of the 1950s, Party 226 of 1999, Rolling Stone 251, Acclaimed ...
The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart published by Billboard magazine which ranks the best-performing singles in the United States. In 1959, it was compiled based on a combination of sales and airplay data sourced from surveys of retail outlets and playlists submitted by radio stations respectively, [1] and 16 different singles spent time at number one.
John Berry (born 1959) Dickey Betts (1943-2024) Beyoncé (born 1981) Bo Bice (born 1975) Craig Bickhardt born (1954) Justin Bieber (born 1994) Big & Rich; The Big Bopper (1930–1959) Big House; Big Kenny (born 1963) Big Smo; Big Tom (1936–2018) Bill Haley & His Comets; Billy Hill; Ryan Bingham; Scott H. Biram; George Birge (born 1987) Jaydee ...
k.d. lang, Canadian country-pop singer-songwriter, known for her campy performances, androgynous look, and mezzo-soprano range, winning CCMA's Entertainer of the Year Award in 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990, Best Album 1988 for Shadowland, and the American Grammy Awards for Best Country Vocal Collaboration 1989 for "Crying" (shared with Roy Orbison ...
This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1959. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 14, 1959, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January through November 1959.