1962 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1962.
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Events
- September 25 – Loretta Lynn is inducted into the Grand Ole Opry at 30 years of age.
- November 3 — Billboard renames its Hot C&W Sides chart "Hot Country Singles," a name it will keep for the next 27 years. The chart length remains 30 positions.
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- Rhythm and blues singer Ray Charles releases his landmark album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. The album of pop-styled covers of country standards is vastly influential in the genre.
Top hits of the year
Number one hits
United States
(as certified by Billboard)
Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | Spec. Note |
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March 10 | Misery Loves Company | Porter Wagoner | 2 |
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March 17 | That's My Pa | Sheb Wooley | 1 | [C] |
March 31 | She's Got You | Patsy Cline | 5 | [2], [B]
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April 28 | Charlie's Shoes | Billy Walker | 2 | [2],[C]
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May 19 | She Thinks I Still Care | George Jones | 6 | |
June 30 | Wolverton Mountain | Claude King | 9 | [1], [C] |
September 1 | Devil Woman | Marty Robbins | 8 | |
October 27 | Mama Sang a Song | Bill Anderson | 7 | [2], [A]
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November 10 | I've Been Everywhere | Hank Snow | 2 | [2]
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December 29 | Don't Let Me Cross Over | Carl Butler and Pearl | 11 | [2], [C]
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Other major hits
US | Single | Artist |
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5 | Aching, Breaking Heart | George Jones |
2 | Adios Amigo | Jim Reeves |
7 | After Loving You | Eddy Arnold |
11 | Air Mail to Heaven | Carl Smith |
5 | Alla My Love | Webb Pierce |
13 | Anywhere There's People | Lawton Williams |
16 | Best Dressed Beggar (In Town) | Carl Smith |
12 | Big Fool of the Year | George Jones |
16 | Black Cloud | Leroy Van Dyke |
10 | The Burning of Atlanta | Claude King |
16 | Cajun Queen | Jimmy Dean |
3 | Call Me Mr. In-Between | Burl Ives |
10 | Cold Dark Waters | Porter Wagoner |
7 | The Comancheros | Claude King |
4 | The Comeback | Faron Young |
5 | Cow Town | Webb Pierce |
2 | Crazy | Patsy Cline |
8 | Crazy Wild Desire | Webb Pierce |
20 | Daddy Stopped In | Claude Gray |
10 | Day Into Night | Kitty Wells |
9 | Dear Ivan | Jimmy Dean |
18 | Don't Go Near the Eskimos | Ben Colder |
4 | Don't Go Near the Indians | Rex Allen |
3 | Everybody but Me | Ernest Ashworth |
7 | Footsteps of a Fool | Judy Lynn |
9 | Funny Way of Laughin' | Burl Ives |
14 | Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands | Bill Anderson |
3 | A Girl I Used to Know | George Jones |
13 | Go On Home | Patti Page |
10 | Happy Journey | Hank Locklin |
11 | He Stands Real Tall | Del Reeves |
8 | Hello Out There | Carl Belew |
11 | Honky Tonk Man | Johnny Horton |
7 | (How Can I Write On Paper) What I Feel in My Heart | Jim Reeves |
5 | I Can Mend Your Broken Heart | Don Gibson |
17 | I Can't Stop (My Lovin' You) | Buck Owens |
9 | I Guess I'll Never Learn | Charlie Phillips |
2 | I'm Gonna Change Everything | Jim Reeves |
16 | I'm Looking High and Low for My Baby | Ernest Tubb |
12 | I've Just Destroyed the World (I'm Loving In) | Ray Price |
3 | If a Woman Answers (Hang Up the Phone) | Leroy Van Dyke |
6 | If You Don't Know I Ain't Gonna Tell You | George Hamilton IV |
8 | In the Jailhouse Now | Johnny Cash |
6 | In the Middle of a Heartache | Wanda Jackson |
4 | It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin' | Johnny Tillotson |
16 | Just Ain't | Flatt & Scruggs |
20 | Kentucky Means Paradise | Glen Campbell |
8 | Kickin' Our Hearts Around | Buck Owens |
9 | Leona | Stonewall Jackson |
20 | A Letter to My Heart | Jim Reeves |
2 | A Little Bitty Tear | Burl Ives |
10 | Little Black Book | Jimmy Dean |
3 | A Little Heartache | Eddy Arnold |
2 | Lonesome Number One | Don Gibson |
2 | Losing Your Love | Jim Reeves |
12 | Love Can't Wait | Marty Robbins |
7 | My Name Is Mud | James O'Gwynn |
11 | Nobody's Fool but Yours | Buck Owens |
3 | Old Rivers | Walter Brennan |
11 | One Look at Heaven | Stonewall Jackson |
13 | Open Pit Mine | George Jones |
3 | PT-109 | Jimmy Dean |
5 | Pride | Ray Price |
18 | Pride Goes Before a Fall | Jim Reeves |
20 | Sally Was a Good Old Girl | Hank Cochran |
11 | Save the Last Dance for Me | Buck Owens |
18 | Second Choice | Stonewall Jackson |
11 | Send Me the Pillow You Dream On | Johnny Tillotson |
18 | Shame on Me | Bobby Bare |
16 | Silver Threads and Golden Needles | The Springfields |
17 | Slow Poison | Johnnie & Jack |
14 | So Wrong | Patsy Cline |
16 | Somebody Save Me | Ferlin Husky |
12 | Sometimes I'm Tempted | Marty Robbins |
17 | Sometimes You Just Can't Win | George Jones |
19 | Sooner or Later | Webb Pierce |
6 | Success | Loretta Lynn |
7 | Take Time | Webb Pierce |
7 | Tears Broke Out on Me | Eddy Arnold |
11 | Tennessee Flat Top Box | Johnny Cash |
8 | Then a Tear Fell | Earl Scott |
17 | There's Always One (Who Loves a Lot) | Roy Drusky |
7 | Three Days | Faron Young |
15 | To a Sleeping Beauty | Jimmy Dean |
7 | Touch Me | Willie Nelson |
4 | Trouble's Back in Town | The Wilburn Brothers |
18 | Under the Cover of Night | Dave Dudley |
5 | Unloved Unwanted | Kitty Wells |
10 | The Violet and the Rose | Little Jimmy Dickens |
5 | Wall to Wall Love | Bob Gallion |
11 | Waltz of the Angels | George Jones and Margie Singleton |
13 | The Waltz You Saved for Me | Ferlin Husky |
7 | We Missed You | Kitty Wells |
14 | We're Gonna Go Fishin' | Hank Locklin |
10 | When I Get Through with You | Patsy Cline |
9 | Where I Ought to Be | Skeeter Davis |
15 | Where the Old Red River Flows | Jimmie Davis |
8 | Will Your Lawyer Talk to God | Kitty Wells |
5 | Willie the Weeper | Billy Walker |
10 | Willingly | Willie Nelson and Shirley Collie |
3 | A Wound Time Can't Erase | Stonewall Jackson |
15 | You Take the Future (And I'll Take the Past) | Hank Snow |
Top new album releases
Single | Artist | Record Label |
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All Aboard the Blue Train | Johnny Cash | Sun |
George Jones Sings Bob Wills | George Jones | United Artists |
Happy Journey | Hank Locklin | RCA |
Homecoming in Heaven | George Jones | United Artists |
Hymns from the Heart | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music | Ray Charles | ABC-Paramount |
My Favorites of Hank Williams | George Jones | United Artists |
Sentimentally Yours | Patsy Cline | Decca |
The Sound of Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
Other top releases
Single | Artist | Record Label |
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According to My Heart | Goldie Hill | Decca |
Bashful Brother Oswald | Bashful Brother Oswald | Starday |
Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs | Bill Anderson | Decca |
Caribbean Guitar | Chet Atkins | RCA |
Cross Country | Webb Pierce | Decca |
Devil Woman | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
Down Home | Chet Atkins | RCA |
Family Favorites | Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper with the Clinch Mountain Clan | Hickory |
Hank Locklin | Hank Locklin | RCA |
Homer and Jethro and the Convention | Homer and Jethro | RCA |
Live It Up, Laugh it Up | Johnny Bond | Starday |
The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark | Roy Clark | Capitol |
Marty After Midnight | Marty Robbins | Columbia |
The New Favorites of George Jones | George Jones | United Artists |
Night Life | Ray Price | Columbia |
Old Rivers | Walter Brennan | Liberty |
One More Time | Eddy Arnold | RCA |
Our Man Down South | Eddy Arnold | RCA |
Sings Duets (with Porter Wagoner) | Skeeter Davis | RCA |
A Touch of Velvet | Jim Reeves | RCA |
A Tribute to Roy Acuff: The King of Country Music | Hank Locklin | RCA |
You're for Me | Buck Owens | Capitol |
Births
- January 13 — Trace Adkins, singer-songwriter whose style meshes honky-tonk and dance-influenced rock.
- February 4 — Clint Black, first major new star of the 1990s and key player in the new traditionalist movement.
- February 6 — Richie McDonald, former lead singer of Lonestar.
- February 7 — Garth Brooks, the man who revolutionalized country music and forever changed its direction during the 1990s.
- February 11 — Sheryl Crow, pop singer who has also had substantial success as a country singer starting in the 2000s.
- April 2 — Billy Dean, contemporary-styled singer-songwriter who had the peak of his success in the 1990s.
- May 2 — Ty Herndon, contemporary-styled singer who had most of his success in the mid-to-late 1990s.
- August 23 — Emilio Navaira, singer-songwriter of country and Tejano music (died 2016).
- November 26 — Linda Davis, prominent backing vocalist who had a series of solo hits in the 1990s.
Deaths
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Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
- Roy Acuff (1903–1992)
Major awards
Grammy Awards
- Best Country and Western Recording — "Funny Way of Laughin'", Burl Ives
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.