Country-Musik 1960

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1960 im Genre Country-Musik.

Top Hits des Jahres

Number-1-Hits

Die folgende Liste umfasst die Nummer-eins-Hits der Billboard Hot Country Songs des US-amerikanischen Musikmagazines Billboard chronologisch nach Wochenplatzierung.

• seit 28. Dezember 1959 – El Paso – Marty Robbins
• 8. Februar – He'll Have to Go – Jim Reeves
• 16. Mai – Please Help Me, I'm Falling – Hank Locklin
• 22. August – Alabam – Cowboy Copas
• 14. November – Wings of a Dove – Ferlin Husky

Weitere große Hits

• Above and Beyond – Buck Owens
• Accidentally on Purpose – George Jones
• Am I Losing You – Jim Reeves
• Am I That Easy to Forget – Skeeter Davis
• Amigo's Guitar – Kitty Wells
• Another (Just Like Me) – Roy Drusky
• Anymore – Roy Drusky
• Are You Willing, Willie – Marion Worth
• Baby Rocked Her Dolly – Frankie Miller
• The Ballad of Wild River – Gene Woods
• Before This Day Ends – George Hamilton IV
• Big Iron – Marty Robbins
• A Broken Dream – Jimmy Smart
• But You Use To – Laverne Downs
• Carmel by the Sea – Kitty Wells
• Cruel Love – Lou Smith
• Dead or Alive – Bill Anderson
• Dear Mama – Merle Kilgore
• (Doin' the) Lover's Leap – Webb Pierce
• Drifting Texas Sand – Webb Pierce
• Each Moment (Spent With You) – Ernest Ashworth
• Ev'rybody's Somebody's Fool – Ernest Tubb
• Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache) – Buck Owens
• Eyes of Love – Margie Singleton
• Face to the Wall – Faron Young
• Fallen Angel – Webb Pierce
• Family Bible – Claude Gray
• Far, Far Away – Don Gibson
• He'll Have to Stay – Jeanne Black
• Heart to Heart Talk – Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan
• Here I Am Drunk Again – Clyde Beavers
• Hot Rod Lincoln – Charlie Ryan
• How Far to Little Rock – The Stanley Brothers
• (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too – Skeeter Davis
• I Don't Believe I'll Fall in Love Today – Warren Smith
• I Know One – Jim Reeves
• I Love You Because – Johnny Cash
• I Missed Me – Jim Reeves
• I Think I Know – Marion Worth
• I Wish I Could Fall in Love Today – Ray Price
• I Wish You Love – Billy Walker
• I'm a Honky Tonk Girl – Loretta Lynn
• I'm Gettin' Better – Jim Reeves
• I'm Movin' On – Don Gibson
• Imitation of Love – Adrian Roland
• Is It Wrong (For Loving You) – Webb Pierce
• It's Not Wrong – Connie Hall
• Johnny, My Love (Grandma's Diary) – Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper
• Just One Time – Don Gibson
• The Key's in the Mailbox – Freddie Hart
• Left to Right – Kitty Wells
• Let's Think About Living – Bob Luman
• Life of a Poor Boy – Stonewall Jackson
• Little Angel (Come Rock Me to Sleep) – Ted Self
• A Little Guy Called Joe – Stonewall Jackson
• Lonely River Rhine – Bobby Helms
• The Long Walk – Bill Leatherwood
• Love Has Made You Beautiful – Merle Kilgore
• A Lovely Work of Art – Jimmy C. Newman
• Mary Don't You Weep – Stonewall Jackson
• Miller's Cave – Hank Snow
• Money to Burn – George Jones
• The Moon Is Crying – Alan Riddle
• Mule Skinner Blues – The Fendermen
• No Love Have I – Webb Pierce
• Nobody's Darling but Mine – Johnny Sea
• The Old Lamplighter – The Browns
• One More Time – Ray Price
• The One You Slip Around With – Jan Howard
• The Picture – Ray Godfrey
• Pinball Machine – Lonnie Irving
• Reasons to Live – Jimmie Skinner
• Riverboat – Faron Young
• Riverboat Gambler – Jimmie Skinner
• Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) – The Browns
• Seasons of My Heart – Johnny Cash
• Second Honeymoon – Johnny Cash
• She's Just a Whole Lot Like You – Hank Thompson
• Sink the Bismarck – Johnny Horton
• A Six Pack to Go – Hank Thompson
• Smiling Bill McCall – Johnny Cash
• Softly and Tenderly (I'll Hold You in My Arms) – Lewis Pruitt
• Straight A's in Love – Johnny Cash
• That's My Kind of Love – Marion Worth
• This Ole House – Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper
• Timbrook – Lewis Pruitt
• The Tip of My Fingers – Bill Anderson
• Too Much to Lose – Carl Belew
• Until Today – Elmer Snodgrass
• Wanting You with Me Tonight – Jimmy C. Newman
• Who Will Buy the Wine – Charlie Walker
• Why I'm Walkin’ – Stonewall Jackson
• Wishful Thinking – Wynn Stewart
• World So Full of Love – Ray Sanders
• You Can't Pick a Rose in December – Ernest Ashworth
• You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me) – George Morgan
• Your Old Used to Be – Faron Young

Alben (Auswahl)

• Blood on the Saddle – Tex Ritter
• Dutchman's Gold – Walter Brennan
• Eddy Arnold Sings Them Again – Eddy Arnold
• Goldie Hill – Goldie Hill
• I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too – Skeeter Davis
• Johnny Horton Makes History – Johnny Horton
• Midnight Jamboree – Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadors
• More – Eddy Arnold
• More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs – Marty Robbins
• The Other Chet Atkins – Chet Atkins
• Ride This Train – Johnny Cash
• George Jones Salutes Hank Williams – George Jones
• Seasons of My Heart – Kitty Wells
• Sixteen Tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford
• Smoke, Smoke, Smoke – Tex Williams
• Teensville – Chet Atkins
• Town and Country – The Browns
• A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers – Louvin Brothers

Geboren

• 8. April – John Schneider
• 22. August – Collin Raye
• 26. September – Doug Supernaw
• 4. November – Kim Forester
• 25. November – Amy Grant
• 28. Dezember – Marty Roe

Gestorben

• 19. Januar – Ralph Peer
• 13. Mai – Gid Tanner
• 5. November – Johnny Horton
• 7. November – A. P. Carter

Wichtige Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Beste Country-und-Western-Darbietung (Best Country & Western Performance) – The Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton
• Bester Song des Jahres (Song of the Year): The Battle of New Orleans von Jimmy Driftwood, Autor
• Beste Comedy-Darbietung – Musik (Best Comedy Performance – Musical): The Battle Of Kookamonga – Homer and Jethro

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Einzelnachweise

1. ↑ Hot Country Songs Chart - Chartssuche ab 4. Januar 1960. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 29. Mai 2022 (englisch). 
2. ↑ Grammy Awards 1960. In: Awards & Shows. Abgerufen am 8. Juli 2022 (englisch).