Country Music 1952
Events
- July 14th - The Eddy Arnold Show goes on air for the first time.
- 23 August - With It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels , Kitty Wells becomes the first female solo artist to reach No. 1 of the Billboard country charts,
Top hits of the year
Number one hits
- February 2nd - Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses) - Lefty Frizzell
- March 1st - Wondering - Webb Pierce
- March 29 - (When You Feel Like You're in Love) Don't Just Stand There - Carl Smith
- May 3 - Easy on the Eyes - Eddy Arnold
- May 10 - The Wild Side of Life - Hank Thompson and His Brazo Valley Boys
- July 12th - That Heart Belongs to Me - Webb Pierce
- July 19 - Are You Teasing Me - Carl Smith
- August 16 - A Full-Time Job - Eddy Arnold
- August 23 - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells
- September 6 - Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
- December 6 - Back Street Affair - Webb Pierce
- December 6th - Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Slim Willet
- December 27th - Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Skeets McDonald
- Note: All three hit parades, the Best Selling Folk Retail Records , the Most Played Jukebox Folk Records and the Country & Western Records Most Played by Folk Disc Jockeys are evaluated.
More hits
- Almost - George Morgan
- Blackberry Boogie - Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Blue Christmas - Ernest Tubb
- Forever (And Always) - Lefty Frizzell
- The Gold Rush Is Over - Hank Snow
- Half as Much - Hank Williams
- Honky Tonk Blues - Hank Williams
- I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Jimmy Boyd
- Here Comes Santa Claus - Gene Autry
- I'd Trade All of My Tomorrows (For Just One Yesterday) - Eddy Arnold
- Indian Love Call - Slim Whitman
- Lady's Man - Hank Snow
- Love Song of the Waterfall - Slim Whitman
- Married by the Bible, Divorced by the Law - Hank Snow
- Milk Bucket Boogie - Red Foley
- Music Makin 'Mama from Memphis - Hank Snow
- Settin 'the Woods On Fire - Hank Williams
- Silver and Gold Pee Wee King
- Talk to Your Heart - Ray Price
- Tis Sweet to Be Remembered - Cowboy Copas
- Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart - Hank Thompson
- You Win Again - Hank Williams
Born
- January 12 - Ricky Van Shelton
- January 18 - Teddy Gentry, member of Alabama
- February 18 - Juice Newton
- May 18 - George Strait
Died
- March 22nd - Uncle Dave Macon
- December 4th - Rabon Delmore, member of the Delmore Brothers