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".
The Everly Brothers had two of the top ten records with "Bye Bye Love" (No. 3) and "Wake Up Little Susie" (No. 8).
Elvis Presley and Marty Robbins each had five of the Top 50 records, including No. 1 hits: "Jailhouse Rock", "Teddy Bear", "All Shook Up", "A White Sport Coat", and "Singing the Blues".
Decca Records led the other labels with 15 of the top 50 records, followed by RCA Victor with 13, Columbia Records with 11, Capitol Records with seven, and Sun Records with six.
| Best selling |
Jockeys | Peak[note 1][3] | Title | Artist(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | "Gone" | Ferlin Husky | Capitol |
| 2 | 6 | 1 | "Fraulein" | Bobby Helms | Decca |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | "Bye Bye Love" | The Everly Brothers | Cadence |
| 4 | 8 | 1 | "A White Sport Coat" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | "Young Love" | Sonny James | Capitol |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | "Four Walls" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| 7 | 7/27 | 1/7 | "There You Go"/"Train of Love" | Johnny Cash | Sun |
| 8 | 12 | 1 | "Wake Up Little Susie" | Everly Brothers | Cadence |
| 9 | 9 | 3 | "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" | Marvin Rainwater | M-G-M |
| 10 | 30 | 1 | "Jailhouse Rock" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | "Singing the Blues" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
| 12 | 33 | 1 | "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" | Jerry Lee Lewis | Sun |
| 13 | 31 | 1 | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"/"Loving You" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor |
| 14 | 13 | 1 | "Honky Tonk Song" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
| 15 | 23 | 1 | "My Special Angel" | Bobby Helms | Decca |
| 16 | 19 | 1 | "All Shook Up" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor |
| 17 | 11 | 1 | "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" | Ray Price | Columbia |
| 18 | 21 | 2 | "Walkin' After Midnight" | Patsy Cline | Decca |
| 19 | 28 | 4 | "Geisha Girl" | Hank Locklin | RCA Victor |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | "I'm Tired" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
| 21 | 16/37 | 2/4 | "I've Got a New Heartache"/"Wasted Words" | Ray Price | Columbia |
| 22 | NR | 2 | "A Fallen Star" | Jimmy Newman | Dot |
| 23 | 35 | 1 | "I Walk the Line" | Johnny Cash | Sun |
| 24 | 25 | 1 | "Crazy Arms" | Ray Price | Columbia |
| 25 | 32 | 3 | "Too Much" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor |
| 26 | 17 | 3 | "Knee Deep in the Blues" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
| 27 | 24 | 3 | "Home of the Blues" | Johnny Cash | Sun |
| 28 | NR | 4 | "Tangled Mind" | Hank Snow | RCA Victor |
| 29 | 41 | 8 | "A Fallen Star" | Ferlin Husky | Capitol |
| 30 | 14 | 3 | "Am I Losing You" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| 31 | 34 | 7 | "Bye Bye Love" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
| 32 | 38 | 9 | "Next in Line" | Johnny Cash | Sun |
| 33 | 22 | 3 | "Holiday for Love" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
| 34 | NR | 9 | "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" | Warner Mack | Decca |
| 35 | 18 | 2 | "Why, Why?" | Carl Smith | Columbia |
| 36 | NR | 7 | "Honeycomb" | Jimmie Rodgers | Roulette |
| 37 | 26 | 5 | "I Miss You Already" | Faron Young | Capitol |
| 38 | NR | 3 | "Love Me Tender" | Elvis Presley | RCA Victor |
| 39 | 43 | 9 | "First Date, First Kiss, First Love" | Sonny James | Capitol |
| 40 | NR | 10 | "(I'll Always Be Your) Fraulein" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
| 41 | NR | 1 | "The Story of My Life" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
| 42 | NR | 13 | "Your True Love" | Carl Perkins | Sun |
| 43 | NR | 3 | "Searching (For Someone Like You)" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
| 44 | 35 | 7 | "Stolen Moments" | Hank Snow | RCA Victor |
| 45 | 20 | 4 | "I Heard the Bluebirds Sing" | The Browns | RCA Victor |
| 46 | 47 | 7 | "Three Ways (To Love You)" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
| 47 | 50 | 6 | "Repenting" | Kitty Wells | Decca |
| 48 | NR | 11 | "Please Don't Blame Me" | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
| 49 | NR | 5 | "I Found My Girl in the U.S.A." | Jimmie Skinner | Mercury |
| 50 | NR | 6 | "Raunchy" | Bill Justis | Phillips International |
| NR | 29 | 6 | "You're the Reason (I'm in Love)" | Sonny James | Capitol |
| NR | 39 | 11 | "I'm Coming Home" | Johnny Horton | Columbia |
| NR | 40 | 8 | "Oh, So Many Years" | Kitty Wells, Webb Pierce | Decca |
| NR | 42 | 6 | "Go Away with Me" | Wilburn Brothers | Decca |
| NR | 44 | 7 | "Missing You" | Webb Pierce | Decca |
| NR | 45 | 9 | "Two Shadows on Your Window" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| NR | 46 | 4 | "According to My Heart" | Jim Reeves | RCA Victor |
| NR | 48 | 11 | "Don't Laugh" | Louvin Brothers | Capitol |
| NR | 49 | 12 | "On My Mind Again" | Billy Walker | Columbia |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.
References
edit- ^ "1957's Best Selling Records". The Billboard. December 23, 1957. p. 20.
- ^ "1957's Most Played Records by Jockeys". The Billboard. December 23, 1957. p. 21.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.