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 7. Juni – Wylie Gustafson 1. Juli – Michelle Wright 8. 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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