— Country Country TOP 50 ACROSS THE NATION Round Up ^ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii . mil Pos. Last Pos. Last Tennessee Ernie Ford will re-record his two smash religious albums, “Hymns” Week Week and “Spirituals,” in stereo for Capitol. The albums were cut five years ago only in monaural and since then have become two of the label’s all-time best HELLO WALLS 1 SWEET LIPS 48 sellers. Trudy Stamper dashed off a note to tell us that paid attendance at 1 faron Young (Capitol 4533) 26 Webb Pierce (Decca 31249) the “Opry” for the first four months of 1961 was 3,754 above a similar period last year. That means that the “Opry” has continued to draw more and more each year since FOOLIN' AROUND 2 SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP 26 1958. Trudy says they’re really looking for the crowds this sum- 2 Buck Owens (Capitol 4496) 27 Connie Hall (Decca 31208) mer. Jack Howard up to the office from Philly to give us his latest Arcade label release: “Night Wind” and “Say It Again” by Jesse Rogers. Jack also info’d that the lad, who’s been on Victor and MGM previously, kicked off the LEGEND OF THE BIG THE BLIZZARD 4 disk with a big p.a. at a Woolworth grand opening in Conshohocken, Pa. (we Jim Reeves 28 RIVER TRAIN 15 3 (RCA Victor 7855) dare you to pronounce it!!). Talent firmed for the huge CMA spectacular Wilburn Bros. (Decca 31214) to be held May 17 in the Dinner Key Auditorium, Miami, includes Ferlin Husky, HEART OVER MIND 3 JOHN AND MARY DOE 20 4 Ray Price (Columbia 41947) 29 Lawton Williams (Mercury 71780) 1 FALL TO PIECES 6 ARE YOU TRUE TO ME 23 5 Patsy Cline (Decca 31193) 38 Carl Smith (Columbia 41948) DON'T WORRY 5 FLAT TOP 24 6 Marty Robbins (Columbia 41922) 31 Cowboy Copas (Starday 542) YOUR OLD LOVE LETTERS 9 COUNTRY MUSIC TIME 39 Lonzo & Oscar (Starday 543) 7 Porter Wagoner (RCA Victor 7837) 32 JESSE ROGERS JAN HOWARD JIM PARKER LOUISIANA MAN 10 BEFORE 1 LOSE MY MIND 37 Ferlin Husky (Capitol 4548) Don Gibson, George Hamilton IV, Claude Gray, Wilburn Bros., Porter Wagoner, Rusty 8, Doug (Hickory 1137) 33 8 Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Billy Grammer, Jan Howard, June Carter, Margie Bowes, Grandpa Jones, Merlene Garner, Chick Stripling and Pee Wee King THREE HEARTS IN A WALK OUT BACKWARDS 32 and his band. With entertainment like this, no-one can afford to miss the shin- 9 TANGLE 7 34 Bill Anderson (Decca 31168) dig. And no one should miss the CMA conclave immediately following the MOA Roy Drusky (Decca 31193) convention in Miami Beach. Jim Parker, songwriter and former recording artist for Country Jubilee Records, has been appointed to the staff of Mark IV I'D RATHER LOAN YOU Records, East Point, Ga. Jim is now drumming up action on Mark IV’s new I'LL JUST HAVE A CUP 25 35 . OUT release, “Come On” b/w “Should I Remember.” . The entire music industry 10 OF COFFEE Roy Drusky (Decca 31193) 8 can take a cue from Nashville doings. Recently, through joint sponsorship by Claude Gray (Mercury 71732) the CMA, The Tennessee and Nashville Bar Associations, the Nashville Sym- phony Orch., and the Tennessee Assoc, of Broadcasters, an all-day seminar on THE OTHER CHEEK 33 SLEEPY-EYED JOHN 12 Music Copyright Law and the Music Industry was held at Vanderbilt Univ. 36 Kitty Wells (Decca 31192) 11 Johnny Horton (Columbia 41963) at which leading attorneys and specialists in the field lectured on legal prob- lems faced by the music industry. For only a $7.50 fee, anyone was able to THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL 34 attend and really learn about the business. MENTAL CRUELTY 18 37 Jean Shepard (Capitol 4538) Bob Cobbins, general manager of 12 Buck Owens & Rose Maddox (Capitol 4550) WKCW-Warrenton, Va., disclosed that they’ve taken over the newly- SOMEDAY, 40 SOMEDAY modernized, 10,000 seat Watermelon Skeeter Davis (RCA Victor 7863) WINDOW UP ABOVE 11 38 Park, just east of Winchester, Va. for 13 George Jones (Mercury 71700) a Sunday holdover of all the talent TOO MANY TEARDROPS that appears Saturday nights at the Fairfax. lodge LET FORGIVENESS IN 13 39 TOO LATE 29 Hunter’s Lodge in The 14 Webb Pierce (Decca 31197) Jan Howard (Challenge 59106) only seats 600 and the station, which pi'oduces these weekly affairs, has had to turn away too many people. LONELYVILLE 22 OKLAHOMA HILLS — Being the only country music station 15 Ray Sanoders (Liberty 55304) 40 Hank Thompson (Capitol 4556) in Northern Virginia, Cobbins is hope- fully optimistic about the coming TALENT WILL TELL!! EVERYBODY'S DYIN' season. Dates are still open, bookers. FOR THERE'LL ALWAYS BE 16 . Eloise Mann consistently on the LOVE 14 41 45 Jimmy Newman (Decca 31217) SADNESS job, in last week with the latest Rusty JUSTIN TUBE Marion Worth (Columbia 41972) & Doug Fan Club Journal. Once again ONE FOR ME” it contains some interesting reading “ONE FOR YOU— material. Slick Norris notes that ODDS AND ENDS (Bits And ANGEL'S DOLLY 43 #549 17 Pieces) 16 Ray Sanders is now making his home A big ballad smash for the Opry favorite! 42 The Browns (RCA Victor 7866) Warren Smith (Liberty 55302) in Los Angeles. Probably to be nearer the Liberty coffers. Horace Logan has rejoined KCUL-Ft. Worth in the BIG MAN IN A BIG HOUSE 41 THE TWENTY-FOURTH noon-4 PM slot across the board. He’s 43 Leroy Van Dyke (Mercury 71779) 18 HOUR 17 a vet of twenty years of country MOON MULLIGAN Ray Price (Columbia 41947) spinning. We learned that a recent “BOTTOM OF THE GLASS” FOREVER GONE Pulse survey (commissioned by the Earnest Ashworth (Decca 31237) Country Music Network) shows that #545 1 LOVE YOU BEST OF ALL 19 44 19 Louvin Bros. (Capitol 4506) KCUL has a larger listening audience Jockpot for the Juke Boxes! than any other country station. Should FROM HERE TO THERE become even greater, as the station LOOSE TALK 27 45 TO YOU 47 ups its power from 10,000 to 50,000 20 Buck Owens & Rose Maddox Hank Locklin (RCA Victor 7871) watts soon. “Five Star Jubilee” (Capitol 4550) LONZO & OSCAR became the TV industry’s first weekly colorcast to originate outside of New “COUNTRY MUSIC TIME” THOUGHTS OF A FOOL 31 THE REBEL—JOHNNY York or Hollywood. Two color mobile 50 #543 21 Ernest Tubb (Decca 31241) 46 YUMA units are headquartering in Spring- Johnny Cash (Columbia 41995) tribute to The Grand Ole Opry field with technical personnel com- Hit muting regularly from N.Y. to the JIM, 1 WORE A TIE TODAY 21 22 Eddy Arnold (RCA Victor 7861) HOUSE OF BLUE LOVERS 36 Ozarks. Ferlin Husky, with the James O'Gwynn (Mercury 71731) 47 aid of wife Bettie, added another set Write for fastest growing THE HAND YOU'RE of “pitter-patter” to the Husky resi- C&W catalog of 40 LP's and 70 HP's 23 HOLDING 28 DIME A DOZEN — dence with the birth of little David Skeeter Davis (RCA Victor 7863) Shirley Collie (Liberty 55324) 48 the Husky’s fourth. Rex Allen was STARDAY RECORDS named to the National Cowboy Hall Country & Gospel ONE WAY STREET 35 SIX PALLBEARERS — of Fame we’ve just been informed. International 24 Bob GalHon (Hickory 1145) 49 Bob Gallion (Hickory 1145) The western singer immediately made BOX 115 MADISON, TENN. plans to be in Oklahoma City June BEGGAR TO A KING 38 KISSIN' MY PILLOW 30 12th to receive the award from the On Spartan In Canada 25 Hank Snow (RCA Victor 7869) 50 Rose Maddox (Capitol 4487) Governor of Oklahoma at a banquet there. 59 The Cash Box—May 20, 1961.