Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1954 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top country and western records based on record sales and juke box plays.[1]
Hank Snow's "I Don't Hurt Anymore" was the year's No. 1 record on both the record sales and juke box charts.
"One by One", a duet by Kitty Wells and Red Foley, ranked No. 2 on both charts.
Webb Pierce had four of the year's top 10 best-selling records with "Slowly" (No. 3), "Even Tho" (No. 4), "More and More" (No. 6), and "There Stands the Glass" (No. 8).[1]
Other artists with multiple records on the year-end lists included Slim Whitman and Eddy Arnold with three each.
| Retail year-end | Juke box year-end | Peak[2] [3] | Title | Artist(s) | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | "I Don't Hurt Anymore" | RCA Victor | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | "One by One" | Decca | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | "Slowly" | Decca | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | "Even Tho" | Webb Pierce | Decca | |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | "I Really Don't Want to Know" | RCA Victor | ||
| 6 | 14 | 1 | "More and More" | Webb Pierce | Decca | |
| 7 | 7 | 2 | "You Better Not Do That" | Capitol | ||
| 8 | 13 | 1 | "There Stands the Glass" | Webb Pierce | Decca | |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | "Rose Marie" | Imperial | ||
| 10 | 18 | 2 | "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" | Columbia | ||
| 11 | 11 | 1 | "Bimbo" | Abbott | ||
| 12 | 20 | 3 | "This Is the Thanks I Get (For Loving You)" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor | |
| 13 | 26 | 2 | "This Ole House" | RCA Victor | ||
| 14 | 10 | 4 | "Sparkling Brown Eyes" | Webb Pierce | Decca | |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | "Looking Back to See" | Decca | ||
| 16 | NR | 2 | "Secret Love" | Slim Whitman | Imperial | |
| 17 | 16 | 2 | "Back Up Buddy" | Columbia | ||
| 18 | 9 | 2 | "Wake Up Irene" | Capitol | ||
| 19 | 15 | 6 | "Release Me" | Ray Price | Columbia | |
| 20 | 21 | 3 | "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" | RCA Victor | ||
| 21 | 22 | 1 | "Let Me Be the One" | 4 Star | ||
| 22 | 26 | 3 | "If You Don't Someone Else Will" | Chess | ||
| 23 | NR | 5 | "Release Me" | Capitol | ||
| 24 | 23 | 8 | "As Far As I'm Concerned" | Red Foley | Decca | |
| 25 | NR | 1 | "(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely" | Johnnie & Jack | RCA Victor | |
| 26 | 25 | 7 | "Hep Cat Baby" | Eddy Arnold | RCA Victor | |
| 27 | 28 | 3 | "I Love You" | Ginny Wright, Jim Reeves | Fabor | |
| 28 | NR | 4 | "Whatcha Gonna Do Now" | Tommy Collins | Capitol | |
| 29 | NR | 4 | "Go, Boy Go" | Carl Smith | Columbia | |
| 30 | NR | 4 | "Honky Tonk Girl" | Hank Thompson | Capitol | |
| NR | 12 | 3 | "Courtin' in the Rain" | 4 Star | ||
| NR | 17 | 4 | "Don't Drop It" | X | ||
| NR | 18 | "Such a Night" | Slim Whitman | Imperial | ||
| NR | 24 | 4 | "Cry, Cry, Darling" | Dot | ||
| NR | 29 | 9 | "River of No Return" | Capitol | ||
| NR | 30 | 8 | "Release Me" | Kitty Wells | Decca |