Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1954 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top country and western records based on record sales and juke box plays.
Hank Snow's "I Don't Hurt Anymore" was the year's No. 1 record on both the record sales and juke box charts.
"One by One", a duet by Kitty Wells and Red Foley, ranked No. 2 on both charts.
Webb Pierce had four of the year's top 10 best-selling records with "Slowly" (No. 3), "Even Tho" (No. 4), "More and More" (No. 6), and "There Stands the Glass" (No. 8).
Other artists with multiple records on the year-end lists included Slim Whitman and Eddy Arnold with three each.
Retailyear-end Juke boxyear-end PeakThis column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts. Title Artist(s) Label1 1 1 "I Don't Hurt Anymore" Hank Snow RCA Victor2 2 1 "One by One" Kitty Wells, Red Foley Decca3 3 1 "Slowly" Webb Pierce Decca4 4 1 "Even Tho" Webb Pierce Decca5 5 1 "I Really Don't Want to Know" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor6 14 1 "More and More" Webb Pierce Decca7 7 2 "You Better Not Do That" Tommy Collins Capitol8 13 1 "There Stands the Glass" Webb Pierce Decca9 6 4 "Rose Marie" Slim Whitman Imperial10 18 2 "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" Ray Price Columbia11 11 1 "Bimbo" Jim Reeves Abbott12 20 3 "This Is the Thanks I Get (For Loving You)" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor13 26 2 "This Ole House" Stuart Hamblen RCA Victor14 10 4 "Sparkling Brown Eyes" Webb Pierce Decca15 8 4 "Looking Back to See" Goldie Hill, Justin Tubb Decca16 NR 2 "Secret Love" Slim Whitman Imperial17 16 2 "Back Up Buddy" Carl Smith Columbia18 9 2 "Wake Up Irene" Hank Thompson Capitol19 15 6 "Release Me" Ray Price Columbia20 21 3 "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" Johnnie & Jack RCA Victor21 22 1 "Let Me Be the One" Hank Locklin 4 Star22 26 3 "If You Don't Someone Else Will" Jimmy & Johnny Chess23 NR 5 "Release Me" Jimmy Heap Capitol24 23 8 "As Far As I'm Concerned" Red Foley Decca25 NR 1 "(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely" Johnnie & Jack RCA Victor26 25 7 "Hep Cat Baby" Eddy Arnold RCA Victor27 28 3 "I Love You" Ginny Wright, Jim Reeves Fabor28 NR 4 "Whatcha Gonna Do Now" Tommy Collins Capitol29 NR 4 "Go, Boy Go" Carl Smith Columbia30 NR 4 "Honky Tonk Girl" Hank Thompson CapitolNR 12 3 "Courtin' in the Rain" T. Texas Tyler 4 StarNR 17 4 "Don't Drop It" Terry Fell XNR 18 "Such a Night" Slim Whitman ImperialNR 24 4 "Cry, Cry, Darling" Jimmy C. Newman DotNR 29 9 "River of No Return" Tennessee Ernie Ford CapitolNR 30 8 "Release Me" Kitty Wells Decca
See also List of Billboard number-one country songs of 1954 Billboard year-end top 30 singles of 1954 1954 in country music
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