Hot Country Songs

Week of May 8, 1961

Hot Country Songs

The week’s most popular songs, ranked by audio and video streaming activity on leading digital music services, radio airplay audience impressions based on monitored airplay and sales data, all compiled by Luminate. Audience totals are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio listener estimates.

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Hello Walls

Faron Young

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

Maddie & Tae's Top 5 Favorite Male Country Artists

Hot Country Songs

Week of May 8, 1961

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Hello Walls
  Faron Young
- 2
- 1
- 8
- - 2
  - 1
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

2
- Don't Worry
  Marty Robbins
- 1
- 1
- 14
- - 1
  - 1
  - 14

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

3
- Foolin' Around
  Buck Owens
- 3
- 2
- 15
- - 3
  - 2
  - 15

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

4
- The Blizzard
  Jim Reeves
- 4
- 4
- 7
- - 4
  - 4
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

5
- The Window Up Above
  George Jones
- 5
- 2
- 27
- - 5
  - 2
  - 27

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

6
- Heart Over Mind
  Ray Price
- 6
- 6
- 8
- - 6
  - 6
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

7
- I'll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee (Then I'll Go)
  Claude Gray
- 8
- 4
- 18
- - 8
  - 4
  - 18

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

8
- I Fall To Pieces
  Patsy Cline/Jim Reeves
- 7
- 7
- 6
- - 7
  - 7
  - 6

Producer(s):

H.cochran, H.Howard, Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA/Unknown

9
- Three Hearts In A Tangle
  Roy Drusky
- 9
- 7
- 9
- - 9
  - 7
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

ARC

10
- Let Forgiveness In
  Webb Pierce
- 10
- 5
- 12
- - 10
  - 5
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

11
- Louisiana Man
  Rusty & Doug Kershaw
- 15
- 10
- 13
- - 15
  - 10
  - 13

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hickory

12
- Crazy Bullfrog
  Lewis Pruitt
- 12
- 12
- 6
- - 12
  - 12
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

13
- Please Mr. Kennedy
  Jim Nesbitt
- 11
- 11
- 6
- - 11
  - 11
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dot

14
- Your Old Love Letters
  Porter Wagoner
- 14
- 10
- 10
- - 14
  - 10
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

15
- Odds And Ends (Bits And Pieces)
  Warren Smith
- 13
- 7
- 12
- - 13
  - 7
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Liberty

16
- Shorty
  Jimmy Smart
- 19
- 16
- 6
- - 19
  - 16
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Plaid

17
- In Memory Of Johnny Horton
  Johnny Hardy
- 17
- 17
- 9
- - 17
  - 17
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

J&J

18
- The Twenty-Fourth Hour
  Ray Price
- 21
- 18
- 7
- - 21
  - 18
  - 7

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

19
- Sleepy-Eyed John
  Johnny Horton
- 24
- 19
- 3
- - 24
  - 19
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

20
- I Love You Best Of All
  The Louvin Brothers
- 16
- 14
- 9
- - 16
  - 14
  - 9

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

21
- I'd Rather Loan You Out
  Roy Drusky
- 20
- 10
- 12
- - 20
  - 10
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

22
- Everybody's Dying For Love
  Jimmy Newman
- 22
- 22
- 4
- - 22
  - 22
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

23
- Lonelyville
  Ray Sanders
- 27
- 22
- 5
- - 27
  - 22
  - 5

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Liberty

24
- Wings Of A Dove
  Ferlin Husky
- 18
- 1
- 36
- - 18
  - 1
  - 36

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

25
- Sleep, Baby, Sleep
  Connie
- 26
- 25
- 3
- - 26
  - 25
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

26
- The Other Cheek
  Kitty Wells
- 25
- 19
- 8
- - 25
  - 19
  - 8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Decca

27 NEW
NEW
- What'd I Say
  Jerry Lee Lewis And His Pumping Piano
- -
- 27
- 1
- - -
  - 27
  - 1

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sun

28
- Greener Pastures
  Stonewall Jackson
- 28
- 26
- 6
- - 28
  - 26
  - 6

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

29
- I'm Wondering
  Lou Smith
- 23
- 21
- 4
- - 23
  - 21
  - 4

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Salvo

30
- The Hand You're Holding Now
  Skeeter Davis
- 30
- 29
- 3
- - 30
  - 29
  - 3

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

Hot Country Songs

Week of May 8, 1961

Hot Country Songs

Hello Walls

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Maddie & Tae's Top 5 Favorite Male Country Artists

Hot Country Songs

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

Hello Walls

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Don't Worry

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Foolin' Around

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Blizzard

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Window Up Above

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Heart Over Mind

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I'll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee (Then I'll Go)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I Fall To Pieces

Producer(s):

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Three Hearts In A Tangle

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Let Forgiveness In

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Louisiana Man

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Crazy Bullfrog

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Please Mr. Kennedy

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Your Old Love Letters

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Odds And Ends (Bits And Pieces)

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Shorty

Imprint/Promotion Label:

In Memory Of Johnny Horton

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Twenty-Fourth Hour

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sleepy-Eyed John

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I Love You Best Of All

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I'd Rather Loan You Out

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Everybody's Dying For Love

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Lonelyville

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Wings Of A Dove

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sleep, Baby, Sleep

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Other Cheek

Imprint/Promotion Label:

What'd I Say

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Greener Pastures

Imprint/Promotion Label:

I'm Wondering

Imprint/Promotion Label:

The Hand You're Holding Now

Imprint/Promotion Label:

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