Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1954

Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1954 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 juke box plays.[1]

Hank Snow's "I Don't Hurt Anymore" was the year's No. 1 record on both the record sales and juke box charts.

"One by One", a duet by Kitty Wells and Red Foley, ranked No. 2 on both charts.

Webb Pierce had four of the year's top 10 best-selling records with "Slowly" (No. 3), "Even Tho" (No. 4), "More and More" (No. 6), and "There Stands the Glass" (No. 8).[1]

Other artists with multiple records on the year-end lists included Slim Whitman and Eddy Arnold with three each.

Retail
year-end[1] 		Juke box
year-end[1] 		Peak[note 1][2] Title Artist(s) Label
1 1 1 "I Don't Hurt Anymore" Hank Snow RCA Victor
2 2 1 "One by One" Kitty Wells, Red Foley Decca
3 3 1 "Slowly" Webb Pierce Decca
4 4 1 "Even Tho" Webb Pierce Decca
5 5 1 "I Really Don't Want to Know" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor
6 14 1 "More and More" Webb Pierce Decca
7 7 2 "You Better Not Do That" Tommy Collins Capitol
8 13 1 "There Stands the Glass" Webb Pierce Decca
9 6 4 "Rose Marie" Slim Whitman Imperial
10 18 2 "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" Ray Price Columbia
11 11 1 "Bimbo" Jim Reeves Abbott
12 20 3 "This Is the Thanks I Get (For Loving You)" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor
13 26 2 "This Ole House" Stuart Hamblen RCA Victor
14 10 4 "Sparkling Brown Eyes" Webb Pierce Decca
15 8 4 "Looking Back to See" Goldie Hill, Justin Tubb Decca
16 NR 2 "Secret Love" Slim Whitman Imperial
17 16 2 "Back Up Buddy" Carl Smith Columbia
18 9 2 "Wake Up Irene" Hank Thompson Capitol
19 15 6 "Release Me" Ray Price Columbia
20 21 3 "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" Johnnie & Jack RCA Victor
21 22 1 "Let Me Be the One" Hank Locklin 4 Star
22 26 3 "If You Don't Someone Else Will" Jimmy & Johnny Chess
23 NR 5 "Release Me" Jimmy Heap Capitol
24 23 8 "As Far As I'm Concerned" Red Foley Decca
25 NR 1 "(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely" Johnnie & Jack RCA Victor
26 25 7 "Hep Cat Baby" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor
27 28 3 "I Love You" Ginny Wright, Jim Reeves Fabor
28 NR 4 "Whatcha Gonna Do Now" Tommy Collins Capitol
29 NR 4 "Go, Boy Go" Carl Smith Columbia
30 NR 4 "Honky Tonk Girl" Hank Thompson Capitol
NR 12 3 "Courtin' in the Rain" T. Texas Tyler 4 Star
NR 17 4 "Don't Drop It" Terry Fell X
NR 18 "Such a Night" Slim Whitman Imperial
NR 24 4 "Cry, Cry, Darling" Jimmy C. Newman Dot
NR 29 9 "River of No Return" Tennessee Ernie Ford Capitol
NR 30 8 "Release Me" Kitty Wells Decca

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d "1954's Top C & W Records". The Billboard. December 25, 1954. p. 17.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.