# Best #1 Country Song of the Year 1958 \[POLL\]

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-country-song-of-the-year-1958-poll/706679>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 8, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-country-song-of-the-year-1958-poll/706679 "2014-12-08T18:50:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-country-song-of-the-year-1958-poll/706679/1 "2014-12-08T18:50:33Z")

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And now the country chart poll arrives at 1958. As you’ll see, the Billboard Best Selling Retail Folk (Country & Western) Records (renamed the Hot C&W Sides chart, as of October 20 of '58) once again feels the influence of the upstart Rock and Roll genre.

So: What is your favorite #1 song of this year?

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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-country-song-of-the-year-1958-poll/706679/2 "2014-12-08T19:37:43Z")

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Johnny Cash.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-country-song-of-the-year-1958-poll/706679/3 "2014-12-08T21:00:36Z")

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Johnny Cash just edges out the Everly Bros.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-country-song-of-the-year-1958-poll/706679/4 "2014-12-08T21:02:20Z")

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I see it the other way. Everly Bros. just edge out Johnny Cash.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-country-song-of-the-year-1958-poll/706679/5 "2014-12-08T22:28:58Z")

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Tough choice between Don Gibson and Cash. I’ll go with Guess Things Happen That Way.