The CASH BOX Country Best Sellers
Week ending JANUARY 24, 1959
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN
    Charlie Walker (Columbia 41211)
  1  2  220
  2BILLY BAYOU
    Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-7380)
  2  1  110
  3COUNTRY MUSIC IS HERE TO STAY
    Simon Crum (Capitol 4073)
  3  3  311
  4LIFE TO GO
    Stonewall Jackson (Columbia 41257)
  4  4  811
  5CITY LIGHTS
    Ray Price (Columbia 41191)
  5  5  530
  6TREASURE OF LOVE
    George Jones (Mercury 71373)
  6  813  7
  7GIVE MYSELF A PARTY
    Don Gibson (RCA Victor 47-7330)
  7  9  916
  8WHAT DO I CARE
    Johnny Cash (Columbia 41251)
  910  716
  9THAT’S WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE LONESOME
    Ray Price (Columbia 41309)
    Bill Anderson (Decca 30773)
13
 
24
 
28
 
  5
 
10I’VE RUN OUT OF TOMORROWS
    Hank Thompson & Brazos Valley Boys (Capitol 4085)
161818  6
11CIGARETTES AND COFFEE BLUES
    Lefty Frizzell (Columbia 41268)
201517  7
12ALL OVER AGAIN
    Johnny Cash (Columbia 41251)
12141512
13I’D LIKE TO BE
    Jim Reeves (RCA Victor 47-7380)
141723  9
14WHICH ONE IS TO BLAME
    Wilburn Brothers (Decca 30787)
1930  3
15YOU’RE MAKIN’ A FOOL OUT OF ME
    Jimmy Newman (M-G-M 12707)
11161413
16ONE NIGHT
    Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-7410)
10  7  611
17PROBLEMS
    Everly Brothers (Cadence 1355)
  8  6  411
18DON’T TAKE YOUR GUNS TO TOWN
    Johnny Cash (Columbia 41313)
  1
19SQUAWS ALONG THE YUKON
    Hank Thompson & Brazos Valley Boys (Capitol 4017)
15121023
20DARK HOLLOW
    Luke Gordon (Blue Ridge 502)
    Jimmie Skinner (Mercury 71387)
26
 

 

 
  2
 
21TUPELO COUNTY JAIL
    Webb Pierce (Decca 30711)
18111120
22COME WALK WITH ME
    Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper (Hickory 1085)
222327  4
23ALONE WITH YOU
    Faron Young (Capitol 3982)
17131232
24IT’S JUST ABOUT TIME
    Johnny Cash & Tennessee Two (Sun 309)
2434  3
25THE BEST YEARS OF YOUR LIFE
    Carl Smith (Columbia 41290)
2333  3
26WHEN IT’S SPRINGTIME IN ALASKA (It’s Forty Below)
    Johnny Horton (Columbia 41308)
35  2
27THAT’S THE WAY I FEEL
    Faron Young (Capitol 4050)
21191615
28AIN’T I THE LUCKY ONE
    Marty Robbins (Columbia 41282)
282234  4
29GOTTA TRAVEL ON
    Billy Grammer (Monument 400)
    Bill Monroe & Blue Grass Boys (Decca 30809)

 

 

 
  1
 
30HALF A MIND
    Ernest Tubb (Decca 30685)
25202013
31DEAR LONESOME
    Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 47-7374)
2926  4
32TOM DOOLEY
    Kingston Trio (Capitol 4049)
272121  9
33WHAT AM I LIVING FOR
    Ernest Tubb (Decca 30759)
34  2
34MY BABY’S GONE
    Louvin Brothers (Capitol 4055)
333512
35SO MANY TIMES
    Roy Acuff & Smoky Mountain Boys (Hickory 1090)
  1
NOTE: On the original published chart, Cash Box listed artist and label info for the Top 10 records, along with titles only for positions 11 through 35. Artists/labels listed above in those positions are based on a record’s previous or subsequent appearance in the Top 10 or its appearance on the concurrent Billboard Country charts.
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