Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1957 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 jockey plays.
Ferlin Husky had the number one country and western record of the year with "Gone".
The Everly Brothers had two of the top ten records with "Bye Bye Love" (No. 3) and "Wake Up Little Susie" (No. 8).
Elvis Presley and Marty Robbins each had five of the Top 50 records, including No. 1 hits: "Jailhouse Rock", "Teddy Bear", "All Shook Up", "A White Sport Coat", and "Singing the Blues".
Decca Records led the other labels with 15 of the top 50 records, followed by RCA Victor with 13, Columbia Records with 11, Capitol Records with seven, and Sun Records with six.
Bestselling Jockeys PeakThis column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts. Title Artist(s) Label1 2 1 "Gone" Ferlin Husky Capitol2 6 1 "Fraulein" Bobby Helms Decca3 5 1 "Bye Bye Love" The Everly Brothers Cadence4 8 1 "A White Sport Coat" Marty Robbins Columbia5 1 1 "Young Love" Sonny James Capitol6 3 1 "Four Walls" Jim Reeves RCA Victor7 7/27 1/7 "There You Go"/"Train of Love" Johnny Cash Sun8 12 1 "Wake Up Little Susie" Everly Brothers Cadence9 9 3 "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" Marvin Rainwater M-G-M10 30 1 "Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley RCA Victor11 4 1 "Singing the Blues" Marty Robbins Columbia12 33 1 "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" Jerry Lee Lewis Sun13 31 1 "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"/"Loving You" Elvis Presley RCA Victor14 13 1 "Honky Tonk Song" Webb Pierce Decca15 23 1 "My Special Angel" Bobby Helms Decca16 19 1 "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley RCA Victor17 11 1 "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" Ray Price Columbia18 21 2 "Walkin' After Midnight" Patsy Cline Decca19 28 4 "Geisha Girl" Hank Locklin RCA Victor20 10 3 "I'm Tired" Webb Pierce Decca21 16/37 2/4 "I've Got a New Heartache"/"Wasted Words" Ray Price Columbia22 NR 2 "A Fallen Star" Jimmy Newman Dot23 35 1 "I Walk the Line" Johnny Cash Sun24 25 1 "Crazy Arms" Ray Price Columbia25 32 3 "Too Much" Elvis Presley RCA Victor26 17 3 "Knee Deep in the Blues" Marty Robbins Columbia27 24 3 "Home of the Blues" Johnny Cash Sun28 NR 4 "Tangled Mind" Hank Snow RCA Victor29 41 8 "A Fallen Star" Ferlin Husky Capitol30 14 3 "Am I Losing You" Jim Reeves RCA Victor31 34 7 "Bye Bye Love" Webb Pierce Decca32 38 9 "Next in Line" Johnny Cash Sun33 22 3 "Holiday for Love" Webb Pierce Decca34 NR 9 "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" Warner Mack Decca35 18 2 "Why, Why?" Carl Smith Columbia36 NR 7 "Honeycomb" Jimmie Rodgers Roulette37 26 5 "I Miss You Already" Faron Young Capitol38 NR 3 "Love Me Tender" Elvis Presley RCA Victor39 43 9 "First Date, First Kiss, First Love" Sonny James Capitol40 NR 10 "(I'll Always Be Your) Fraulein" Kitty Wells Decca41 NR 1 "The Story of My Life" Marty Robbins Columbia42 NR 13 "Your True Love" Carl Perkins Sun43 NR 3 "Searching (For Someone Like You)" Kitty Wells Decca44 35 7 "Stolen Moments" Hank Snow RCA Victor45 20 4 "I Heard the Bluebirds Sing" The Browns RCA Victor46 47 7 "Three Ways (To Love You)" Kitty Wells Decca47 50 6 "Repenting" Kitty Wells Decca48 NR 11 "Please Don't Blame Me" Marty Robbins Columbia49 NR 5 "I Found My Girl in the U.S.A." Jimmie Skinner Mercury50 NR 6 "Raunchy" Bill Justis Phillips InternationalNR 29 6 "You're the Reason (I'm in Love)" Sonny James CapitolNR 39 11 "I'm Coming Home" Johnny Horton ColumbiaNR 40 8 "Oh, So Many Years" Kitty Wells, Webb Pierce DeccaNR 42 6 "Go Away with Me" Wilburn Brothers DeccaNR 44 7 "Missing You" Webb Pierce DeccaNR 45 9 "Two Shadows on Your Window" Jim Reeves RCA VictorNR 46 4 "According to My Heart" Jim Reeves RCA VictorNR 48 11 "Don't Laugh" Louvin Brothers CapitolNR 49 12 "On My Mind Again" Billy Walker Columbia
See also List of Billboard number-one country songs of 1957 Billboard year-end top 50 singles of 1957 1957 in country music
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