1956 (Sales): Crazy Arms — Ray Price (Columbia)
1956 (Jukebox): Don’t Be Cruel/Hound Dog — Elvis Presley (RCA)
1956 (Disc Jockeys): Singing the Blues — Marty Robbins (Columbia)
1966: Open Up Your Heart — Buck Owens (Capitol)
1976: Cherokee Maiden — Merle Haggard (Capitol)
1986: Diggin’ Up Bones — Randy Travis (Warner Bros.)
1996: Like the Rain — Clint Black (RCA)
2006: Before He Cheats — Carrie Underwood (Arista)
2016: Setting the World on Fire — Kenny Chesney featuring Pink (Blue Chair/Columbia)
2016 (Airplay): Move — Luke Bryan (Capitol)
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My Kind of Country 
Quite remarkable that this week in 1956 the three country charts were all topped by songs that became enduring classics. Other titles on those charts that week included I Walk The Line by Johnny Cash, Sweet Dreams by Faron Young, Searching by Kitty Wells, You Don’t Know Me by Eddy Arnold , I’m A One Woman Man by Johnny Horton plus new singles by Elvis’ (Love Me Tender) and Ray Price (I’ve Got A New Heartache) Despite the growing rock & roll onslaught it was still a Golden Age for country music.
Love the Randy Travis song, most of these are in my collection.