- Source: 1962 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1962.
Events
September 25 – Loretta Lynn is inducted into the Grand Ole Opry at 30 years of age.
November 3 — Billboard renames its Hot C&W Sides chart "Hot Country Singles," a name it will keep for the next 27 years. The chart length remains 30 positions.
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=Rhythm and blues singer Ray Charles releases his landmark album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. The album of pop-styled covers of country standards is vastly influential in the genre.
Top hits of the year
= Number one hits
=United States
(as certified by Billboard)
= Other major hits
=Top new album releases
= Other top releases
=Births
January 13 — Trace Adkins, singer-songwriter whose style meshes honky-tonk and dance-influenced rock.
February 4 — Clint Black, first major new star of the 1990s and key player in the new traditionalist movement.
February 6 — Richie McDonald, former lead singer of Lonestar.
February 7 — Garth Brooks, the man who revolutionalized country music and forever changed its direction during the 1990s.
February 11 — Sheryl Crow, pop singer who has also had substantial success as a country singer starting in the 2000s.
April 2 — Billy Dean, contemporary-styled singer-songwriter who had the peak of his success in the 1990s.
May 2 — Ty Herndon, contemporary-styled singer who had most of his success in the mid-to-late 1990s.
July 13 - Victoria Shaw, singer-songwriter since the 1990s.
August 23 — Emilio Navaira, singer-songwriter of country and Tejano music (died 2016).
October 13 - John Wiggins, singer-songwriter since the 1990s.
November 26 — Linda Davis, prominent backing vocalist who had a series of solo hits in the 1990s.
December 7 - Andy Childs, singer-songwriter since the 1990s.
Deaths
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
Roy Acuff (1903–1992)
Major awards
= Grammy Awards
=Best Country and Western Recording — "Funny Way of Laughin'", Burl Ives
Further reading
Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.
Other links
Country Music Association
Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame
External links
Country Music Hall of Fame
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