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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1954. == Events == * January 4 — Elvis Presley records a 10-inch acetate demo at the Memphis Recording Studio; the two songs are "Casual Love Affair" and "I'll Never Stand In Your Way."〔''Rolling Stone'' Rock Almanac: The Chronicles of Rock & Roll," Collier Books, MacMillan Publishing Co., New York and London, 1983, p. 6. ISBN 0-02-081320-1〕 * February 20 — "Slowly" by Webb Pierce becomes the first No. 1 song on ''Billboards country charts to feature the pedal steel guitar. Soon, many of country music's great songs would feature the pedal steel guitar. * June 19 — Top recording "I Don't Hurt Anymore" by Hank Snow begins 20 week run at #1 on Best Seller list. "One by One" by Red Foley and Kitty Wells begins 21 week run at #2 on same chart, managing a single week at No. 1 later in the year. For most of the summer and fall, "I Don't Hurt Anymore" holds "One By One" out of the top spot. * July 17 — ''Ozark Jubilee'' debuts (on radio) as a weekly live broadcast over KWTO-AM. On August 7, ABC Radio begins carrying 25 minutes of the program nationally, hosted by Red Foley. * July 6 — Elvis Presley releases his first single, "That's All Right"/"Blue Moon of Kentucky." A month later, ''Billboard'' gives the song a positive review, with the reviewer calling Presley a "strong new talent," and by September is a No. 1 hit in Memphis.〔''Rolling Stone'' Rock Almanac, p. 7-8.〕 * October 2 — Elvis Presley makes his one and only appearance on the ''Grand Ole Opry'', and is supposedly told to "go back to driving a truck in Memphis." Two weeks later, he has the last laugh, debuting on the ''Louisiana Hayride'' and is soon making regular appearances. * November 13 — A ''Billboard'' disc jockey poll reports that disc jockeys are playing 11 percent country on radio stations, compared to 42 percent pop and 5 percent rhythm and blues.〔''Rolling Stone'' Rock Almanac, p. 9.〕 * November 20 — Bartenders in Hammond, Indiana request that disc jockeys at WJOB radio stop playing Ferlin Husky's "The Drunken Driver," about an intoxicated driver who causes a crash that kills two children; the song "is hurting business," the union claimed.〔''Rolling Stone'' Rock Almanac," p. 9.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1954 in country music」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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