1957 in country music

"See also:"
1956 in country music,
1957 in music,
other events of 1957,
1958 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

Events

* April – Jimmy Dean hosts his first nationally televised series, a 30-minute daytime variety series airing on CBS named "The Jimmy Dean Show". The show has a prime-time run from June to September (as a summer replacement series); the daytime show will run until 1959. This is the first of three country music-oriented series bearing Dean's name and hosting duties.
*June 24 - "Billboard magazine" terminates its "Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes" chart, leaving just the "Most Played C&W by Jockeys" and "C&W Best Sellers in Stores" charts to gauge a song's popularity.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

"(As certified by Billboard magazine)"
*February 2 - "Young Love" - Sonny James
*March 2 - "There You Go" - Johnny Cash
*April 6 - "Gone" - Ferlin Husky
*May 13 - "All Shook Up" - Elvis Presley
*May 20 - "A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)" - Marty Robbins
*May 20 - "Honky Tonk Song" - Webb Pierce
*May 27 - "Four Walls" - Jim Reeves
*July 15 - "Bye Bye Love" - Everly Brothers
*August 5 - "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" - Elvis Presley
*September 9 - "A Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On" - Jerry Lee Lewis
*September 16 - "Fraulein" - Bobby Helms
*September 16 - "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" - Ray Price
*October 14 - "Wake Up Little Susie" - Everly Brothers
*December 2 - "Jailhouse Rock" - Elvis Presley
*December 9 - "My Special Angel" - Bobby Helms

:"Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes," "Most Played C&W by Jockeys" and "C&W Best Sellers in Stores" charts.

Other major hits

*"Am I Losing You" - Jim Reeves
*"Auctioneer" - Leroy Van Dyke
*"Bye Bye Love" - Webb Pierce
*"Don't Stop the Music" - George Jones
*"A Fallen Star" - Jimmy C. Newman
*"First Date, First Kiss, First Love" - Sonny James
*"Geisha Girl" - Hank Locklin
*"Gonna Find Me A Bluebird" - Marvin Rainwater
*"Holiday for Love" - Webb Pierce
*"Home of the Blues" - Johnny Cash
*"Honeycomb" - Jimmie Rodgers
*"I Miss You Already (and You're Not Even Gone)" - Faron Young
*"I'm Coming Home" - Johnny Horton
*"I'm Tired" - Webb Pierce
*"Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" — Warner Mack
*"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" - Jimmie Rodgers
*"Knee Deep in the Blues" - Marty Robbins
*"Missing You" - Webb Pierce
*"Mister Love" - Ernest Tubb and The Wilburn Brothers
*"My Arms are a House" - Hank Snow
*"Next in Line" - Johnny Cash
*"Oh So Many Years" - Webb Pierce and Kitty Wells
*"Playing For Keeps" - Elvis Presley
*"Repenting" - Kitty Wells
*"Stolen Moments" - Hank Snow
*"A Tangled Mind" - Hank Snow
*"Talkin' To The Blues" — Jim Lowe
*"Three Ways (To Love You)" - Kitty Wells
*"Too Much" - Elvis Presley
*"Train of Love" - Johnny Cash
*"The Woman I Need" - Johnny Horton
*"Walkin' After Midnight" - Patsy Cline
*"Why Why" — Carl Smith
*"Yearning" - George Jones and Jeanette Hicks
*"You're the Reason I'm in Love" - Sonny James

Top new album releases

* "Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar" -- Johnny Cash

Births

* January 4 - Patty Loveless, top female vocalist of the late 1980s and 1990s, thanks to her voice combining bluegrass, blues and rock.
* April 12 - Vince Gill, top male vocalist and prominent member of the new traditionalist movement of the late 1980s/1990s.
* July 24 - Pam Tillis, daughter of Mel Tillis and popular female vocalsit of the 1990s.
* August 22 - Holly Dunn, female star and another artist who helped popularize country music during the late 1980s/early 1990s.
* November 1 - Lyle Lovett, alternative country star.

Deaths

* March 24 - Carson Robison, 66, early C&W singer-songwriter.

Further reading

*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.

Other links

*Country Music Association