Greatest Country Hits Of 1960 / Various Greatest Country Hits Of 1960 / Various CD

This release continues the series of 4-CD sets which comprises selected annual collections of the biggest US country hits of each year, and fills in a gap in the series at the start of the 1960s. This great-value 114-track collection covers the year of 1960, during which time Billboard published a country Top 30 called Hot C&W Sides, and it comprises every record which peaked in the top 25 places in that chart during the year, excluding a few records which are unavailable for copyright reasons. Despite the fact that the pop landscape had been transformed over the preceding years by rock 'n' roll and it's aftermath, and with the new decade the British Invasion was only two or three years away, the charts still had a familiar look about them for country fans, with many traditional established country stars well-represented, like Ernest Tubb, Webb Pierce, Hank Snow, Hank Thompson, Kitty Wells and Ray Price, although the smoother Nashville sound certainly characterised many of the hits, especially from artists like Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Hank Locklin, Don Gibson, and Faron Young. There were also some hot new kids on the block like Buck Owens, Roy Drusky, and Jimmy Dean, along with some highly collectable obscurities among the many one-hit wonders. It's a fascinating and entertaining musical snapshot of the country scene as it entered a new decade, and with an in-depth 12,000+ word booklet with background notes on every record, it gives a solid overview of the most popular country music of the year.

1. Don Gibson - I'm Movin' on 2. George Jones - Money to Burn 3. Kitty Wells - Amigo's Guitar 4. The Browns - Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair) 5. Marion Worth - Are You Willing, Willie 6. Hank Thompson ; the Brazos Valley Boys - I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love 7. Faron Young - Face to the Wall 8. Faron Young - Riverboat 9. Bill Anderson - Dead or Alive 10. Jim Reeves - He'll Have to Go 11. Webb Pierce - No Love Have I 12. Stonewall Jackson - Mary Don't You Weep 13. Jan Howard - the One You Slip Around with 14. Jimmie Skinner - Riverboat Gambler 15. Johnny Cash - Straight A's in Love 16. Connie Hall - the Bottle or Me 17. Curly Putman - the Prison Song 18. Mel Tillis ; Bill Phillips - Georgia Town Blues 19. Lewis Pruitt - Timbrook 20. Johnny Sea - Nobody's Darling But Mine 21. Johnny Cash - I Love You Because 22. Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys - Crying My Heart Out Over You 23. George Morgan - You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me) 24. Wynn Stewart - Wishful Thinking 25. Roy Drusky - Another (Just Like Me) 26. Archie Campbell - Trouble in the Amen Corner 27. Skeeter Davis - Am I That Easy to Forget? 28. Claude Gray - Family Bible 29. Elmer Snodgrass and the Musical Pioneers - Until Today 30. Jimmy Newman - I Miss You Already 31. Don Gibson - Just One More Time 32. Marty Robbins - Big Iron 33. Johnny Horton - Sink the Bismarck 34. The Browns - the Old Lamplighter 35. Hank Snow - Rockin', Rollin' Ocean 36. Hank Thompson - a Six Pack to Go 37. Stonewall Jackson - Life of a Poor Boy 38. Hank Locklin - Please Help Me I'm Falling 39. Webb Perce - (Doin' the) Lovers Leap 40. Stonewall Jackson - Why I'm Walkin' 41. Johnny Cash - Smiling Bill McCall 42. George Jones - Accidentally on Purpose 43. Ray Price - One More Time 44. Johnny Cash - Seasons of My Heart 45. Webb Pierce - Is It Wrong (For Loving You) 46. Wilma Lee ; Stoney Cooper - Johnny, My Love (Grandma's Diary) 47. Charlie Walker - Who Will Buy the Wine 48. Jimmie Skinner - Lonesome Road Blues 49. Buck Owens - Above and Beyond 50. Faron Young - Your Old Used to Be 51. Sonny James - Jenny Lou 52. Kitty Wells - Left to Right 53. Jeanne Black - He'll Have to Stay 54. Freddie Hart - the Key's in the Mailbox 55. Carl Belew - Too Much to Lose 56. Ernest Ashworth - Each Moment (Spent with You) 57. Gene Woods - the Ballad of Wild River 58. Ted Self - (Little Angel) Come Rock Me to Sleep 59. The Fendermen - Mule Skinner Blues 60. Loretta Lynn - I'm a Honky Tonk Girl 61. Connie Francis - Everybody's Somebody's Fool 62. Lewis Pruitt - Softly and Tenderly (I'll Hold You in My Arms) 63. Jimmy Newman - a Lovely Work of Art 64. Marion Worth - That's My Kind of Love 65. Ray Godfrey - the Picture 66. Buddy Paul - This Old Town (Is Such a Lonely Place) 67. Jim Reeves - I Know One 68. Hank Snow - Miller's Cave 69. Bill Leatherwood - the Long Walk 70. Laverne Downs - But You Used to 71. Jim Reeves - I'm Getting Better 72. Bill Anderson - the Tip of My Fingers 73. George Jones - Out of Control 74. Roy Drusky - Anymore 75. Don Gibson - Far, Far Away 76. Johnny Cash - Second Honeymoon 77. Ernest Tubb - Ev'rybody's Somebody's Fool 78. Adrian Roland - Imitation of Love 79. Bob Wills - Heart to Heart Talk 80. Charlie Ryan and the Timberline Riders - Hot Rod Lincoln 81. Skeeter Davis - (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too 82. Webb Pierce - Drifting Texas Sand 83. Hank Thompson - She's Just a Whole Lot Like You 84. Lou Smith - Cruel Love 85. Kitty Wells - Carmel By the Sea 86. Bobby Barnett - This Old Heart 87. Jimmie Skinner - Reasons to Live 88. Wilma Lee ; Stoney Cooper - This Ole House 89. Jimmy Smart - Broken Dream 90. Connie Hall - the Poison in Your Hand 91. Warren Smith - I Don't Believe I'll Fall in Love Today 92. Connie Hall - It's Not Wrong 93. Faron Young - There's Not Any Like You Left 94. Ray Price - I Can't Run Away from Myself 95. Bobby Helms - Lonely River Rhine 96. Buck Owens - I've Got a Right to Know 97. Billy Walker - I Wish You Love 98. Skeets McDonald - This Old Broken Heart 99. Ferlin Husky - Wings of a Dove 100. Bob Luman - Let's Think About Living 101. Clyde Beavers - Here I Am Drunk Again 102. Buck Owens - Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache) 103. George Hamilton IV - Before This Day Ends 104. Jimmy Newman - Wanting You with Me Tonight 105. Ray Price - I Wish I Could Fall in Love Today 106. Ernest Ashworth - You Can't Pick a Rose in December 107. Alan Riddle - the Moon Is Crying 108. Stonewall Jackson - a Little Guy Called Joe 109. Ray Sanders with the Anita Kerr Singers - a World So Full of Love 110. Jim Reeves - Am I Losing You 111. Jim Reeves - I Missed Me 112. Webb Pierce - Fallen Angel 113. Marion Worth - I Think I Know 114. The Browns - Send Me the Pillow That You Dream on