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Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1957

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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

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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. ^ "1957's Best Selling Records". The Billboard. December 23, 1957. p. 20.
  2. ^ "1957's Most Played Records by Jockeys". The Billboard. December 23, 1957. p. 21.
  3. ^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076326.