Country-Musik 1961

Die Liste bietet e​ine Übersicht über d​as Jahr 1961 i​m Genre Country-Musik.

Events

• 17. März – NBC strahlt zum ersten Mal die wöchentliche Show Five Star Jubilee aus.
• 14. Juni – Patsy Cline wird bei einem Autounfall schwer verletzt. Während ihres Krankenhausaufenthaltes wird die Single I Fall to Pieces zu einem großen Crossover-Hit.

Top Hits des Jahres

Number-1-Hits

• 9. Januar – North To Alaska – Johnny Horton
• 27. Februar – Don't Worry – Marty Robbins
• 8. Mai – Hello Walls – Faron Young
• 10. Juli – Heartbreak U.S.A. – Kitty Wells
• 7. August – I Fall to Pieces – Patsy Cline
• 21. August – Tender Years – George Jones
• 25. September – Walk on By – Leroy Van Dyke
• 20. November – Big Bad John – Jimmy Dean

Weitere große Hits

• Backtrack – Faron Young
• Beggar to a King – Hank Snow
• Big River, Big Man – Claude King
• The Blizzard – Jim Reeves
• Foolin' Around – Buck Owens
• Heart Over Mind – Ray Price
• Hello Fool – Ralph Emery
• How Do You Talk to a Baby – Webb Pierce
• I Dreamed of a Hill-Billy Heaven – Tex Ritter
• It's Your World – Marty Robbins
• Last Date – Floyd Cramer
• Loose Talk – Buck Owens und Rose Maddox
• My Last Date (With You) – Skeeter Davis
• Oh Lonesome Me – Johnny Cash
• Optimistic – Skeeter Davis
• San Antonio Rose – Floyd Cramer
• Sea of Heartbreak – Don Gibson
• Signed Sealed and Delivered – Cowboy Copas
• Sweet Dreams – Don Gibson
• Sweet Lips – Webb Pierce
• Through That Door – Ernest Tubb
• When Two Worlds Collide – Roger Miller
• Window Up Above – George Jones
• Your Old Love Letters – Porter Wagoner

Alben (Auswahl)

• At the Golden Nugget – Hank Thompson (Capitol)
• Buck Owens – Buck Owens (Capitol)
• Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard – Buck Owens (Capitol)
• Chet Atkins' Workshop – Chet Atkins (RCA)
• Cowboy Copas Sings The Songs That Made Him Famous – Cowboy Copas (Starday)
• Got You on My Mind – Jean Shepard (Capitol)
• Here's the Answer – Skeeter Davis (RCA)
• Hank Snow Souvenirs – Hank Snow (RCA)
• Chet Atkins in Hollywood – Chet Atkins (RCA)
• Let's Make Memories Tonight – Eddy Arnold (RCA)
• A Man and His Guitar – Chet Atkins (RCA)
• The Most Popular Guitar – Chet Atkins (RCA)
• Our Favorite Folk Songs – The Browns (RCA)
• Patsy Cline Showcase – Patsy Cline (Decca)
• Right or Wrong – Wanda Jackson (Capitol)
• San Antonio Rose – Ray Price (Columbia)
• The Wild, Wicked But Wonderful West – Johnny Bond (Starday)
• The Versatile Burl Ives – Burl Ives (Decca)

Geboren

• 7. Juni – Wylie Gustafson
• 1. Juli – Michelle Wright
• 8. Juli – Toby Keith
• 25. August – Billy Ray Cyrus

Gestorben

• 20. September – Karl Farr, Mitglied der Sons of the Pioneers.

Neuaufnahmen in die Country Music Hall of Fame

• Jimmie Rodgers (1897–1933)
• Fred Rose (1898–1954)
• Hank Williams (1923–1953)

Wichtige Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Best Country and Western Recording – "Big Bad John," Jimmy Dean