Top hits of the year

• "When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver" - Frank Luther
  Frank Luther
  Frank Luther was an American country music singer, dance band vocalist, playwright, songwriter and pianist.-Early life:...
  
   and Carson Robison
  Carson Robison
  Carson Jay Robison was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although his impact is generally forgotten today, he played a major role in promoting country music in its early years through numerous recordings and radio appearances. He was also known as Charles Robison and sometimes...
  
   (as "Bud & Joe Billings)

Births

• September 12 – George Jones
  George Jones
  George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
  
  , "The Possum," one of the genre's all-time greatest vocalists.
• December 30 - Skeeter Davis
  Skeeter Davis
  Mary Frances Penick , better known as Skeeter Davis, was an American country music singer best known for crossover pop music songs of the early 1960s. She started out as part of The Davis Sisters as a teenager in the late 1940s, eventually landing on RCA Records. In the late '50s, she became a solo...
  
  , the top vocalist in country music during the 60s, best known for the hit song "The End of the World". (d. 2004)

Deaths

• May 21 - Charlie Poole
  Charlie Poole
  Charlie Poole was an American old time banjo player and country musician and the leader of the North Carolina Ramblers, an American old-time string band that recorded many popular songs between 1925 to 1930.-Biography:...
  
  , banjo player and leader of The North Carolina Ramblers (heart attack)

Further reading

• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel. "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.