This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1954.
Overview of the events of 1954 in country music
Top hits of the year
Number one hits
United States
(as certified by Billboard)
- Notes
- 1^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard.
- 2^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
- A^ Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
- Note: Several songs were simultaneous No. 1 hits on the separate "Most Played in Juke Boxes," "Most Played by Jockeys" and "Best Sellers in Stores" charts.
Other major hits
US
|
Single
|
Artist
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8
|
As Far as I'm Concerned
|
Red Foley and Betty Foley[5]
|
2
|
Back Up Buddy
|
Carl Smith
|
15
|
Backward, Turn Backward
|
Pee Wee King
|
9
|
Beware of "It"
|
Johnnie & Jack
|
9
|
Bimbo
|
Pee Wee King
|
10
|
Breakin' the Rules
|
Hank Thompson
|
14
|
Call Me Up (And I'll Come Calling On You)
|
Marty Robbins
|
4
|
Changing Partners
|
Pee Wee King
|
9
|
Cheatin's a Sin
|
Kitty Wells
|
12
|
Christmas Can't Be Far Away
|
Eddy Arnold
|
3
|
Courtin' in the Rain
|
T. Texas Tyler
|
4
|
Cry, Cry, Darling
|
Jimmy C. Newman
|
7
|
Dog-Gone It, Baby, I'm in Love
|
Carl Smith
|
4
|
Don't Drop It
|
Terry Fell
|
9
|
A Fooler, A Faker
|
Hank Thompson
|
4
|
Go, Boy, Go
|
Carl Smith
|
8
|
Good Deal, Lucille
|
Al Terry
|
3
|
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
|
Johnnie & Jack
|
7
|
Hep Cat Baby
|
Eddy Arnold
|
14
|
Hernando's Hideaway
|
Homer and Jethro
|
15
|
Honey, I Need You
|
Johnnie & Jack
|
12
|
Honey Love
|
The Carlisles
|
9
|
Honky-Tonk Girl
|
Hank Thompson
|
9
|
Hootchy Kootchy Henry (From Hawaii)
|
Mitchell Torok
|
3
|
I Love You
|
Ginny Wright and Jim Reeves
|
2
|
I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)
|
Ray Price
|
12
|
I'm a Stranger in My Home
|
Kitty Wells and Red Foley
|
3
|
I'm Walking the Dog
|
Webb Pierce
|
3
|
If You Don't Somebody Else Will
|
Jimmy & Johnny
|
8
|
If You Don't Somebody Else Will
|
Ray Price
|
7
|
Jilted
|
Red Foley
|
4
|
Looking Back to See
|
Goldie Hill and Justin Tubb
|
8
|
Looking Back to See
|
The Browns
|
13
|
Much Too Young to Die
|
Ray Price
|
7
|
My Everything
|
Eddy Arnold
|
15
|
Never
|
Marilyn Myers and Wesley Tuttle
|
3
|
The New Green Light
|
Hank Thompson
|
9
|
Out Behind the Barn
|
Little Jimmy Dickens
|
8
|
Place for Girls Like You
|
Faron Young
|
12
|
Pretty Words
|
Marty Robbins
|
5
|
Release Me
|
Jimmy Heap and Perk Williams
|
6
|
Release Me
|
Ray Price
|
8
|
Release Me
|
Kitty Wells
|
9
|
River of No Return
|
Tennessee Ernie Ford
|
4
|
Rose-Marie
|
Slim Whitman
|
8
|
Run 'Em Off
|
Lefty Frizzell
|
2
|
Secret Love
|
Slim Whitman
|
15
|
Shake-a-Leg
|
The Carlisles
|
14
|
She Done Give Her Heart to Me
|
Sonny James
|
4
|
Singing Hills
|
Slim Whitman
|
4
|
Sparking Brown Eyes
|
Webb Pierce and The Wilburn Brothers
|
5
|
Tain't Nice (To Talk Like That)
|
The Carlisles
|
8
|
Thank You for Calling
|
Billy Walker
|
10
|
That Crazy Mambo Thing
|
Hank Snow
|
15
|
Then I'll Stop Loving You
|
Jim Reeves
|
3
|
This Is the Thanks I Get (For Loving You)
|
Eddy Arnold
|
2
|
This Ole House
|
Stuart Hamblen
|
14
|
Thou Shalt Not Steal
|
Kitty Wells
|
11
|
Two Glasses, Joe
|
Ernest Tubb
|
10
|
We've Gone Too Far
|
Hank Thompson
|
4
|
Whatcha Gonna Do Now
|
Tommy Collins
|
7
|
You All Come
|
Arlie Duff
|
2
|
You Better Not Do That
|
Tommy Collins
|
8
|
You Can't Have My Love
|
Wanda Jackson with Billy Gray
|
4
|
You're Not Mine Anymore
|
Webb Pierce
|