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
editNotes
edit- ^ This column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts.
References
edit- ^ "Chart Toppers of 1958". The Billboard. December 15, 1958. p. 44.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.