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Billboard year-end top 50 country & western singles of 1958

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This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country and western singles of 1958.[1]

Don Gibson had the year's No. 1 single with "Oh Lonesome Me"/"I Can't Stop Loving You". Gibson also had the year's No. 9 record with "Blue Blue Day".

Johnny Cash had three of the year's top 10 country & western singles: "Guess Things Happen That Way"/"Come in, Stranger" at No. 3; "The Ways of a Woman in Love"/"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" at No. 6; and "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" at No. 7.

RCA Victor led all labels with 13 of the top 50 singles. Columbia Records and Decca Records followed with nine each. With the popularity of Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis, Sun Records had seven. Cadence Records had four top singles, all by the Everly Brothers.

Rank Peak[note 1][2] Title Artist(s) Label
1 1/7 "Oh Lonesome Me"/"I Can't Stop Loving You" Don Gibson RCA Victor
2 1/2 "Just Married"/"Stairway of Love" Marty Robbins Columbia
3 1/6 "Guess Things Happen That Way"/"Come in, Stranger" Johnny Cash Sun
4 1/3 "City Lights"/"Invitation to the Blues" Ray Price Columbia
5 2/4 "Don't"/"I Beg You" Elvis Presley RCA Victor
6 2/5 "The Ways of a Woman in Love"/"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" Johnny Cash Sun
7 1 "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" Johnny Cash Sun
8 5 "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" Hank Locklin RCA Victor
9 1 "Blue Blue Day" Don Gibson RCA Victor
10 1 "Alone with You" Faron Young Capitol
10 2 "Blue Boy" Jim Reeves RCA Victor
12 1/7 "Bird Dog"/"Devoted to You" The Everly Brothers Cadence
13 1 "All I Have to Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers Cadence
14 1 "The Story of My Life" Marty Robbins Columbia
15 3 "I Can't Stop Loving You" Kitty Wells Decca
16 4 "Geisha Girl" Hank Locklin RCA Victor
17 2/- "Hard Headed Woman"/"Don't Ask Me Why" Elvis Presley RCA Victor
18 3 "It's a Little More Like Heaven" Hank Locklin RCA Victor
19 1 "Great Balls of Fire" Jerry Lee Lewis Sun
20 5 "Secretly" Jimmie Rodgers Roulette
21 3/- "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"/"Doncha' Think It's Time" Elvis Presley RCA Victor
22 3 "Poor Little Fool" Ricky Nelson Imperial
23 4/7 "All Over Again"/"What Do I Care" Johnny Cash Columbia
24 7 "Stop the World (And Let Me Off)" Johnnie & Jack RCA Victor
25 1 "My Special Angel" Bobby Helms Decca
26 4 "This Little Girl of Mine" The Everly Brothers Cadence
27 3 "Curtain in the Window" Ray Price Columbia
27 2 "Squaws Along the Yukon" Hank Thompson Capitol
29 9 "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" Warner Mack Decca
30 4 "Breathless" Jerry Lee Lewis Sun
31 3 "Crying Over You" Webb Pierce Decca
32 5/8 "Give Myself a Party"/"Look Who's Blue" Don Gibson RCA Victor
33 8/12 "Stood Up"/"Waitin' in School" Ricky Nelson Imperial
33 10/10 "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It"/"Believe What You Say" Ricky Nelson Imperial
35 3 "Anna Marie" Jim Reeves RCA Victor
36 7 "Jealousy" Kitty Wells Decca
37 1 "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" Ray Price Columbia
38 6 "Your Name Is Beautiful" Carl Smith Columbia
39 1 "Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley RCA Victor
40 1 "Fraulein" Bobby Helms Decca
41 4 "She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More)" Marty Robbins Columbia
42 6 "Raunchy" Bill Justis Phillips International
43 5 "Jacqueline" Bobby Helms Decca
44 2 "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" Charlie Walker Columbia
45 1 "Wake Up Little Susie" The Everly Brothers Cadence
46 9 "High School Confidential" Jerry Lee Lewis Sun
47 5 "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" Jimmie Rodgers Roulette
48 8 "Half a Mind" Ernest Tubb Decca
49 10 "Just a Little Lonesome" Bobby Helms Decca
50 3/13 "Home of the Blues"/"Give My Love to Rose" Johnny Cash Sun

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.

References

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  1. ^ "Chart Toppers of 1958". The Billboard. December 15, 1958. p. 44.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.