This is a list of Billboard magazine's ranking of the year's top country and western singles of 1958.
Don Gibson had the year's No. 1 single with "Oh Lonesome Me"/"I Can't Stop Loving You". Gibson also had the year's No. 9 record with "Blue Blue Day".
Johnny Cash had three of the year's top 10 country & western singles: "Guess Things Happen That Way"/"Come in, Stranger" at No. 3; "The Ways of a Woman in Love"/"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" at No. 6; and "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" at No. 7.
RCA Victor led all labels with 13 of the top 50 singles. Columbia Records and Decca Records followed with nine each. With the popularity of Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis, Sun Records had seven. Cadence Records had four top singles, all by the Everly Brothers.
Rank PeakThis column recites the record's peak position on Billboard's weekly charts. Title Artist(s) Label1 1/7 "Oh Lonesome Me"/"I Can't Stop Loving You" Don Gibson RCA Victor2 1/2 "Just Married"/"Stairway of Love" Marty Robbins Columbia3 1/6 "Guess Things Happen That Way"/"Come in, Stranger" Johnny Cash Sun4 1/3 "City Lights"/"Invitation to the Blues" Ray Price Columbia5 2/4 "Don't"/"I Beg of You" Elvis Presley RCA Victor6 2/5 "The Ways of a Woman in Love"/"You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven" Johnny Cash Sun7 1 "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" Johnny Cash Sun8 5 "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" Hank Locklin RCA Victor9 1 "Blue Blue Day" Don Gibson RCA Victor10 1 "Alone with You" Faron Young Capitol10 2 "Blue Boy" Jim Reeves RCA Victor12 1/7 "Bird Dog"/"Devoted to You" The Everly Brothers Cadence13 1 "All I Have to Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers Cadence14 1 "The Story of My Life" Marty Robbins Columbia15 3 "I Can't Stop Loving You" Kitty Wells Decca16 4 "Geisha Girl" Hank Locklin RCA Victor17 2/- "Hard Headed Woman"/"Don't Ask Me Why" Elvis Presley RCA Victor18 3 "It's a Little More Like Heaven" Hank Locklin RCA Victor19 1 "Great Balls of Fire" Jerry Lee Lewis Sun20 5 "Secretly" Jimmie Rodgers Roulette21 3/- "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"/"Doncha' Think It's Time" Elvis Presley RCA Victor22 3 "Poor Little Fool" Ricky Nelson Imperial23 4/7 "All Over Again"/"What Do I Care" Johnny Cash Columbia24 7 "Stop the World (And Let Me Off)" Johnnie & Jack RCA Victor25 1 "My Special Angel" Bobby Helms Decca26 4 "This Little Girl of Mine" The Everly Brothers Cadence27 3 "Curtain in the Window" Ray Price Columbia27 2 "Squaws Along the Yukon" Hank Thompson Capitol29 9 "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" Warner Mack Decca30 4 "Breathless" Jerry Lee Lewis Sun31 3 "Crying Over You" Webb Pierce Decca32 5/8 "Give Myself a Party"/"Look Who's Blue" Don Gibson RCA Victor33 8/12 "Stood Up"/"Waitin' in School" Ricky Nelson Imperial33 10/10 "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It"/"Believe What You Say" Ricky Nelson Imperial35 3 "Anna Marie" Jim Reeves RCA Victor36 7 "Jealousy" Kitty Wells Decca37 1 "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" Ray Price Columbia38 6 "Your Name Is Beautiful" Carl Smith Columbia39 1 "Jailhouse Rock" Elvis Presley RCA Victor40 1 "Fraulein" Bobby Helms Decca41 4 "She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More)" Marty Robbins Columbia42 6 "Raunchy" Bill Justis Phillips International43 5 "Jacqueline" Bobby Helms Decca44 2 "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" Charlie Walker Columbia45 1 "Wake Up Little Susie" The Everly Brothers Cadence46 9 "High School Confidential" Jerry Lee Lewis Sun47 5 "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" Jimmie Rodgers Roulette48 8 "Half a Mind" Ernest Tubb Decca49 10 "Just a Little Lonesome" Bobby Helms Decca50 3/13 "Home of the Blues"/"Give My Love to Rose" Johnny Cash Sun
See also List of Billboard number-one country songs of 1958 Billboard year-end top 50 singles of 1958 1958 in country music
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