List of number one country hits in the US (1951)

This is a list of the number one hits in Billboard's Most Played Juke Box Folk Records (Hillbillies, Spirituals, Cowboy Songs, Etc.) , Best Selling Retail Folk Records, and Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys in the USA in 1951. These charts are considered to be the predecessors of the Hot Country Songs introduced in 1958 . There were fifteen number one songs that year.

Most Played Juke Box Folk Records

← 1950 ←	List of number one country hits in the US			1952 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 30, 1950 - January 12, 1951 2 weeks (total 3) 3 Lefty Frizzell If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time Lefty Frizzell, Jim Beck - January 13, 1951 - April 20, 1951 14 weeks (total 14) 14th Tennessee Ernie Ford The Shotgun Boogie Tennessee Ernie Ford - April 21, 1951 - May 25, 1951 5 weeks (total 5) 5 Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys The Rhumba Boogie Clarence E. Snow - May 26, 1951 - June 8, 1951 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys Kentucky Waltz Bill Monroe - June 9, 1951 - July 13, 1951 5 weeks (total 5) 5 Lefty Frizzell I Want to Be with You Always Lefty Frizzell, Jim Beck - July 14, 1951 - September 28, 1951 11 weeks (total 11) 11 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys I Wanna Play House With You Cy Coben - September 29, 1951 - November 2, 1951 5 weeks (total 5) 5 Lefty Frizzell Always Late (with Your Kisses) Lefty Frizzell, Blackie Crawford - November 3, 1951 - November 9, 1951 1 week (total 6/1) 6/1 Lefty Frizzell Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys, Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart Always Late (with Your Kisses) Slow Poke Lefty Frizzell, Blackie Crawford Pee Wee King, Chilton Price - November 10, 1951 - December 28, 1951 7 weeks (8 in total) 8th Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys, Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart Slow Poke Pee Wee King, Chilton Price -
← 1950				→ 1952 →

Best Selling Retail Folk Records

← 1950 ←	List of number one country hits in the US			1952 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 30, 1950 - January 5, 1951 1 week (total of 18) 18th Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys I'm Moving On Clarence E. Snow - January 6, 1951 - January 19, 1951 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys The Golden Rocket Clarence E. Snow - January 20, 1951 - February 2, 1951 2 weeks (total of 20) 20th Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys I'm Moving On Clarence E. Snow - February 3, 1951 - February 9, 1951 1 week (total 1) 1 Tennessee Ernie Ford The Shotgun Boogie Tennessee Ernie Ford - February 10, 1951 - February 16, 1951 1 week (total of 21) 21st Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys I'm Moving On Clarence E. Snow - February 17, 1951 - February 23, 1951 1 week (total 1) 1 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys There's Been a Change in Me Cy Coben - February 24, 1951 - March 2, 1951 1 week (total 2) 2 Tennessee Ernie Ford The Shotgun Boogie Tennessee Ernie Ford - March 3, 1951 - March 16, 1951 2 weeks (total 3) 3 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys There's Been a Change in Me Cy Coben - March 17, 1951 - March 23, 1951 1 week (total 3) 3 Tennessee Ernie Ford The Shotgun Boogie Tennessee Ernie Ford - March 24, 1951 - March 30, 1951 1 week (4 in total) 4th Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys There's Been a Change in Me Cy Coben - March 31, 1951 - May 18, 1951 7 weeks (total 7) 7th Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys The Rhumba Boogie Clarence E. Snow - May 19, 1951 - May 25, 1951 1 week (total 1) 1 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys Kentucky Waltz Bill Monroe - May 26, 1951 - June 1, 1951 1 week (8 in total) 8th Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys The Rhumba Boogie Clarence E. Snow - June 2, 1951 - June 8, 1951 1 week (total 2) 2 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys Kentucky Waltz Bill Monroe - June 9, 1951 - June 22, 1951 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Lefty Frizzell I Want to Be with You Always Lefty Frizzell, Jim Beck - June 23, 1951 - June 29, 1951 1 week (total 3) 3 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys Kentucky Waltz Bill Monroe - June 30, 1951 - July 27, 1951 4 weeks (6 in total) 6th Lefty Frizzell I Want to Be with You Always Lefty Frizzell, Jim Beck - July 28, 1951 - August 31, 1951 5 weeks (total 5) 5 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys I Wanna Play House With You Cy Coben - September 1, 1951 - September 7, 1951 1 week (total 1) 1 Lefty Frizzell Always Late (with Your Kisses) Lefty Frizzell, Blackie Crawford - September 8, 1951 - September 14, 1951 1 week (6 in total) 6th Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys I Wanna Play House With You Cy Coben - September 15, 1951 - November 30, 1951 11 weeks (total of 12) 12 Lefty Frizzell Always Late (with Your Kisses) Lefty Frizzell, Blackie Crawford - December 1, 1951 - December 28, 1951 4 weeks (4 in total) 4th Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys, Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart Slow Poke Pee Wee King, Chilton Price -
← 1950				→ 1952 →

Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys

← 1950 ←	List of number one country hits in the US			1952 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 30, 1951 - January 5, 1951 1 week (total 1) 1 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Moanin 'the Blues Hank Williams - June 6, 1951 - January 12, 1951 31 weeks (total 1) 1 Lefty Frizzell I Want to Be with You Always Lefty Frizzell - January 13, 1951 - January 19, 1950 1 week (total of 18) 18th Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys I'm Moving On Clarence E. Snow - January 20, 1951 - January 26, 1951 1 week (total 2) 2 Lefty Frizzell I Want to Be with You Always Lefty Frizzell - January 27, 1951 - February 2, 1951 1 week (total 1) 1 Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys The Golden Rocket Clarence E. Snow - February 3, 1951 - February 9, 1951 1 week (total 2) 2 Lefty Frizzell I Want to Be with You Always Lefty Frizzell - February 10, 1951 - February 23, 1951 2 weeks (total 2) 2 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys There's Been a Change in Me Cy Coben - February 24, 1951 - March 2, 1951 1 week (total 1) 1 Tennessee Ernie Ford The Shotgun Boogie Tennessee Ernie Ford - March 3, 1951 - April 27, 1951 8 weeks (total 10) 10 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys There's Been a Change in Me Cy Coben - April 28, 1951 - May 4, 1951 1 week (total 1) 1 Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys The Rhumba Boogie Clarence E. Snow - May 5, 1951 - May 11, 1951 1 week (total 11) 11 Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys There's Been a Change in Me Cy Coben - May 12, 1951 - May 18, 1951 1 week (total 1) 1 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Cold, Cold Heart Hank Williams - May 19, 1951 - May 25, 1951 1 week (total 2) 2 Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys The Rhumba Boogie Clarence E. Snow - May 26, 1951 - August 10, 1951 11 weeks (total 11) 11 Lefty Frizzell I Want to Be with You Always Lefty Frizzell, Jim Beck - August 11, 1951 - September 14, 1951 5 weeks (total 5) 5 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Hey, good lookin ' Hank Williams - September 15, 1951 - October 12, 1951 4 weeks (4 in total) 4th Lefty Frizzell Always Late (with Your Kisses) Lefty Frizzell, Blackie Crawford - October 13, 1951 - October 19, 1951 1 week (6 in total) 6th Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Hey, good lookin ' Hank Williams - October 20, 1951 - November 2, 1951 2 weeks (6 in total) 6th Lefty Frizzell Always Late (with Your Kisses) Lefty Frizzell, Blackie Crawford - November 3, 1951 - November 9, 1951 1 week (total 7) 7th Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Hey, good lookin ' Hank Williams - November 10, 1951 - November 16, 1951 1 week (total 1) 1 Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys, Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart Slow Poke Pee Wee King, Chilton Price - November 17, 1951 - November 23, 1951 1 week (8 in total) 8th Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys Hey, good lookin ' Hank Williams - November 24, 1951 - December 21, 1951 4 weeks (total 5) 5 Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys, Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart Slow Poke Pee Wee King, Chilton Price - December 22, 1951 - December 28, 1951 1 week (total 1) 1 Carl Smith Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way Loys Sutherland, Louie Clark -
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See also

• List of number one hits in the US (1951)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Discogs (Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys - If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time)
2. ↑ Discogs (Tennessee Ernie Ford - The Shotgun Boogie)
3. ↑ Discogs (Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys - The Rhumba Boogie)
4. ↑ Discogs (Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys - Kentucky Waltz)
5. ↑ Discogs (Lefty Frizzell - I Want to Be with You Always)
6. ↑ Discogs (Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys - I Wanna Play House With You)
7. ↑ Discogs (Lefty Frizzell - Always Late (with Your Kisses))
8. ↑ Discogs (Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys, Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart - Slow Poke)
9. ↑ Discogs (Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys - I'm Moving On)
10. ↑ Discogs (Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys - The Golden Rocket)
11. ↑ Discogs (Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys - There's Been a Change in Me)
12. ↑ Discogs (Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - Moanin 'the Blues)
13. ↑ Discogs (Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - Cold, Cold Heart)
14. ↑ Discogs (Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - Hey, Good Lookin ')
15. ↑ Discogs (Carl Smith - Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way)