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.

No dates

 * 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.

United States
(as certified by Billboard)


 * Notes
 * 1^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard.
 * 2^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
 * A^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
 * B^ Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
 * C^ Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

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.
 * August 23 — Emilio Navaira, singer-songwriter of country and Tejano music (died 2016).
 * November 26 — Linda Davis, prominent backing vocalist who had a series of solo hits in the 1990s.

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

 * Roy Acuff (1903–1992)

Grammy Awards

 * Best Country and Western Recording — "Funny Way of Laughin'", Burl Ives

Other links

 * Country Music Association
 * Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame