# Country-Musik 1961

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1961 im 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)
* Now Here’s Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash
* 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

* 07. Juni – Wylie Gustafson
* 01. Juli – Michelle Wright
* 08. Juli – Toby Keith († 2024)
* 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 – El Paso – Marty Robbins
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