Grammy Awards
1959 Best Country and Western Recording – "Tom Dooley”

1960 Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording

At Large Grammy Hall of Fame Award "Tom Dooley” 1998

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Awarded December 2010

Vocal Group Hall of Fame Inducted in 2000

 

Radio / TV

Hit Parade Hall of Fame Inducted in 2008

Library of Congress National Registry of Historically Significant Recordings
"Tom Dooley” 2008

Billboard Awards
Best New Singing Group 1958
On Billboard's albums chart

All rankings are from "American Album Chart Records 1955–2001

Most Number 1 Albums: 5 for a Number 10 ranking

Most Weeks Charting a Number 1 Album: 46 for a Number 5 ranking
Most Weeks Charting an Album: 1,262 for a Number 10 ranking
Most Top Ten Albums: 14 for a Number 9 ranking
Most Consecutive Number 1 Albums: 4, tied for a Number 4 ranking
Most Consecutive Top 40 Albums: 17, tied for a Number 6 ranking
Most Total Weeks Albums Charted in One Year: 348 in 1961 for a Number 3 ranking;

284 in 1960 for a Number 6 ranking
Most Weeks Charting An Album by Decade, 1960–69: 1089 for a Number 4 ranking
Most Weeks With a Number 1 Album in a Calendar Year: 22 in 1960, tied for a Number 4 ranking; 18 in 1959, tied for a Number 7 ranking
Most Consecutive Weeks at Number 1 Chart Position: 15, tied for a Number 8 ranking 

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