This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1964.
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(as certified by Billboard)
Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | CAN peak | Spec. Note |
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February 8 | Begging to You | Marty Robbins | 2 | — | [2]
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February 15 | B.J. the D.J. | Stonewall Jackson | 1 | — | [B]
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March 7 | Saginaw, Michigan | Lefty Frizzell | 4 | — |
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April 4 | Understand Your Man | Johnny Cash | 6 | — | |
May 16 | My Heart Skips a Beat | Buck Owens | 7 | — | [1], [2]
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June 6 | Together Again | Buck Owens | 2 | — | |
July 18 | Dang Me | Roger Miller | 6 | 3 | [A]
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August 29 | I Guess I'm Crazy | Jim Reeves | 7 |
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October 17 | I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me) | Buck Owens | 6 | ||
November 28 | Once a Day | Connie Smith | 8 | — | [C]
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(as certified by RPM)
Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | U.S. peak | Spec. Note |
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September 14 | I Guess I'm Crazy | Jim Reeves | 1 | [A] | |
September 28 | I Don't Love You Anymore | Charlie Louvin | 1 | 4 | [C] |
October 5 | I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me) | Buck Owens | 2 | [2], [A]
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October 12 | Please Talk to My Heart | Ray Price | 2 | 7 | [2], [A]
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November 9 | Give Me Forty Acres (To Turn This Rig Around) | Willis Brothers | 1 | 9 | [C] |
November 30 | The Lumberjack | Hal Willis | 1 | 5 | [A] |
December 21 | Don't Come Crying | Ron McLeod | 3 | — | [C] |
US | CAN | Single | Artist |
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19 | — | Ask Marie | Sonny James |
8 | 5 | Bad News | Johnny Cash |
3 | 2 | The Ballad of Ira Hayes | Johnny Cash |
6 | — | Baltimore | Sonny James |
4 | — | Before I'm Over You | Loretta Lynn |
2 | — | Burning Memories | Ray Price |
17 | — | Chickashay | David Houston |
14 | — | Chit Akins, Make Me a Star | Don Bowman |
3 | 3 | Chug-a-Lug | Roger Miller |
7 | — | Circumstances | Billy Walker |
3 | 3 | The Cowboy in the Continental Suit | Marty Robbins |
2 | 5 | Cross the Brazos at Waco | Billy Walker |
9 | — | D.J. for a Day | Jimmy C. Newman |
13 | 4 | Dern Ya | Ruby Wright |
4 | 3 | Don't Be Angry | Stonewall Jackson |
14 | — | Easy Come – Easy Go | Bill Anderson |
9 | 2 | Finally | Kitty Wells and Webb Pierce |
5 | — | Five Little Fingers | Bill Anderson |
5 | — | 500 Miles Away from Home | Bobby Bare |
15 | — | Followed Closely by My Teardrops | Hank Locklin |
9 | 3 | Fort Worth, Dallas or Houston | George Hamilton IV |
15 | — | Girl from Spanish Town | Marty Robbins |
8 | — | Go Cat Go | Norma Jean |
8 | — | Gonna Get Along Without You Now | Skeeter Davis |
17 | — | He Says the Same Things to Me | Skeeter Davis |
19 | — | Helpless | Joe Carson |
10 | — | Here Comes My Baby | Dottie West |
19 | — | Howdy Neighbor Howdy | Porter Wagoner |
4 | — | I Love to Dance with Annie | Ernest Ashworth |
11 | — | I'll Go Down Swinging | Porter Wagoner |
14 | — | I'm Hanging Up the Phone | Carl Butler and Pearl |
13 | — | If the Back Door Could Talk | Webb Pierce |
13 | — | Invisible Tears | Ned Miller |
12 | — | Jealous Hearted Me | Eddy Arnold |
16 | — | Keep Those Cards and Letters Coming In | Johnny & Jonie Mosby |
5 | — | Keeping Up with the Joneses | Faron Young and Margie Singleton |
7 | — | Last Day in the Mines | Dave Dudley |
11 | — | Let's Go All the Way | Norma Jean |
14 | — | Lonely Girl | Carl Smith |
5 | — | Long Gone Lonesome Blues | Hank Williams, Jr. |
7 | — | Looking for More in '64 | Jim Nesbitt |
7 | — | Love Is No Excuse | Jim Reeves and Dottie West |
17 | — | Love Looks Good on You | David Houston |
6 | — | Mad | Dave Dudley |
8 | — | Me | Bill Anderson |
2 | — | Memory #1 | Webb Pierce |
4 | — | Miller's Cave | Bobby Bare |
5 | — | Molly | Eddy Arnold |
20 | — | Mother-in-Law | Jim Nesbitt |
11 | 4 | Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be | Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn |
11 | — | My Friend on the Right | Faron Young |
15 | — | My Tears Are Overdue | George Jones |
11 | — | Old Records | Margie Singleton |
11 | — | One If for Him, Two If for Me | David Houston |
8 | — | One of These Days | Marty Robbins |
4 | — | Password | Kitty Wells |
8 | — | Peel Me a Nanner | Roy Drusky |
14 | — | Petticoat Junction | Flatt & Scruggs |
13 | — | Pick of the Week | Roy Drusky |
17 | — | Pillow That Whispers | Carl Smith |
3 | — | The Race Is On | George Jones |
11 | 2 | Sam Hill | Claude King |
5 | — | Second Fiddle (To an Old Guitar) | Jean Shepard |
19 | — | Sing a Sad Song | Merle Haggard |
5 | — | Sorrow On the Rocks | Porter Wagoner |
15 | — | Take My Ring Off Your Finger | Carl Smith |
12 | — | Then I'll Stop Loving You | The Browns |
7 | — | This White Circle On My Finger | Kitty Wells |
13 | — | Timber I'm Falling | Ferlin Husky |
9 | — | Too Late to Try Again | Carl Butler and Pearl |
16 | — | Triangle | Carl Smith |
12 | — | Trouble in My Arms | Johnny & Jonie Mosby |
10 | — | A Week in the Country | Ernest Ashworth |
2 | — | Welcome to My World | Jim Reeves |
10 | — | Where Does a Little Tear Come From | George Jones |
19 | — | Widow Maker | Jimmy Martin |
3 | — | Wine, Women and Song | Loretta Lynn |
12 | — | You Are My Flower | Flatt & Scruggs |
10 | — | You'll Drive Me Back (Into Her Arms Again) | Faron Young |
5 | — | Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right) | George Jones |
US | CAN | Single | Artist |
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— | 4 | Biggest Hurt of All | Dianne Leigh |
11 | — | Breakfast with the Blues | Hank Snow |
— | 5 | Crazy Arms | Lucille Starr |
— | 5 | Deer Island | Henchmen |
— | 8 | My Good Life | Cy Anders |
— | 9 | Night on the Water | Sandy Selsie |
Album | Artist | Record Label |
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500 Miles Away from Home | Bobby Bare | RCA Victor |
The Best of Buck Owens | Buck Owens | Capitol |
Bill Anderson Sings | Bill Anderson | Decca |
Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
Eddy's Songs | Eddy Arnold | RCA |
Grand Ole Opry Favorites | The Browns | RCA |
Guitar Country | Chet Atkins | RCA |
Hank Locklin Sings Hank Williams | Hank Locklin | RCA |
I Don't Care | Buck Owens | Capitol |
Irish Songs, Country Style | Hank Locklin | RCA |
Let's Go All the Way | Norma Jean | RCA |
Lighthearted and Blue | Jean Shepard | Capitol |
Johnny Bond's Best | Johnny Bond | Harmony |
Oh Pretty Woman | Roy Orbison | Columbia |
Orange Blossom Special | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
Pop Hits from the Country Side | Eddy Arnold | RCA |
Progressive Pickin' | Chet Atkins | RCA |
The Return of Roger Miller | Roger Miller | Smash |
Sometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I'm Blue | Eddy Arnold | RCA |
This Young Land | The Browns | RCA |
Together Again/My Heart Skips a Beat | Buck Owens | Capitol |