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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1970.

Events

  • September – That Good Ole Nashville Music
    That Nashville Music

    That Nashville Music was an American television program featuring country music performers singing their biggest hits. The series aired in television syndication from 1970 through 1985....
     debuts in syndication
    Television syndication

    In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows to multiple individual stations, without going through a broadcast network....
    . The series will run until 1985.


Top hits of the year


Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)
  • January 3 – "Baby, Baby (I Know You're a Lady)
    Baby, Baby (I Know You're a Lady)

    "Baby, Baby " is a song made famous by country music singer David Houston .Originally released in 1969 in country music, the song represented a first and a last....
    " – David Houston
    David Houston (singer)

    Charles David Houston was an United States country music singer. His peak in popularity came between the mid-1960s through the early 1970s....
  • January 31 – "A Week in a Country Jail" – Tom T. Hall
    Tom T. Hall

    Tom T. Hall is an United States country music, songwriter, and country singer. He has written 11 #1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the pop crossover hit "I Love", which reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100....
  • February 14 – "It's Just a Matter of Time
    It's Just a Matter of Time (Brook Benton song)

    "It's Just a Matter of Time" is a pop music written by Brook Benton and Clyde Otis. The original recording by Benton topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in 1959 and peaked at No....
    " – Sonny James
    Sonny James

    Sonny James is an United States country music singer and songwriter. In 2006, James was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame....
  • March 14 — "The Fightin' Side of Me
    The Fightin' Side of Me

    "The Fightin' Side of Me" is an American country music song performed by its writer, Merle Haggard. Released in 1970 as the follow-up to "Okie from Muskogee ", the song became one of the most famous of his career....
    " – Merle Haggard
    Merle Haggard

    Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
  • April 4 — "Tennessee Birdwalk" – Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
    Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan

    Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan are a country music duo from Florida. Blanchard and Morgan were both born in the same Buffalo, New York hospital and lived in Ohio as children, but they did not meet until the 1960s, when both were working as musicians in Florida clubs....
  • April 18 — "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antonι?" – Charley Pride
    Charley Pride

    Charley Frank Pride is a country music artist. During his career, he has had thirty-six number-one hits on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs charts....
  • May 2 — "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" – Marty Robbins
    Marty Robbins

    Martin David Robinson was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.One of the most popular and successful United States Country music singers of his era, Robbins' songs were often eclectic, touching notably on an array of world music....
  • May 9 — "The Pool Shark" – Dave Dudley
    Dave Dudley

    Dave Dudley was a country music singer. Born David Darwin Pedriska, he is best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s....
  • May 16 — "My Love
    My Love (Petula Clark song)

    "My Love" is a song performed by Petula Clark which, like most of her hits of the era, was written by Tony Hatch.Hatch was on a flight from London to Los Angeles, where he was joining Clark to record a new album, and was putting the finishing touches on a tune entitled "The Life and Soul of the Party," which was to be included on the LP and...
    " – Sonny James
    Sonny James

    Sonny James is an United States country music singer and songwriter. In 2006, James was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame....
  • June 6 — "Hello Darlin'
    Hello Darlin' (song)

    "Hello Darlin'" is an American country music song written and recorded by Conway Twitty.Originally released in 1970 in country music, the song became Twitty's fourth No....
    " – Conway Twitty
    Conway Twitty

    Conway Twitty was one of the United States most successful country music artists during the 20th century. Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early rock and roll, R&B, and Pop music....
  • July 4 — "He Loves Me All the Way" – Tammy Wynette
    Tammy Wynette

    Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an United States and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
  • July 25 — "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" – Charley Pride
    Charley Pride

    Charley Frank Pride is a country music artist. During his career, he has had thirty-six number-one hits on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs charts....
  • August 8 — "Don't Keep Me Hangin' On" – Sonny James
    Sonny James

    Sonny James is an United States country music singer and songwriter. In 2006, James was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame....
  • September 5 — "All For the Love of Sunshine
    All for the Love of Sunshine

    "All For the Love of Sunshine" is a song made famous by country music singer Hank Williams, Jr. Written by music executive Mike Curb , the song became Williams' first No....
    " – Hank Williams, Jr.
    Hank Williams, Jr.

    Hank Williams, Jr., is an award-winning American country music singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of southern rock, blues, and traditional country....
     with the The Mike Curb Congregation
  • September 19 — "For the Good Times" – Ray Price
    Ray Price (musician)

    Ray Price is an American country and western singer/songwriter/guitarist. Some of his more famous songs include "Release Me ", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "City Lights ", "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You", "For the Good Times", "I Won't Mention It Again", "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me", and "Danny Boy." He w...
  • September 26 — "There Must Be More to Love Than This" – Jerry Lee Lewis
    Jerry Lee Lewis

    Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
  • October 10 — "Sunday Morning Coming Down" – Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash

    Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
  • October 24 — "Run, Woman, Run" – Tammy Wynette
    Tammy Wynette

    Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an United States and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
  • November 7 — "I Can't Believe That You Stopped Loving Me" – Charley Pride
    Charley Pride

    Charley Frank Pride is a country music artist. During his career, he has had thirty-six number-one hits on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs charts....
  • November 21 — "Fifteen Years Ago" – Conway Twitty
    Conway Twitty

    Conway Twitty was one of the United States most successful country music artists during the 20th century. Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early rock and roll, R&B, and Pop music....
  • November 28 — "Endlessly" – Sonny James
    Sonny James

    Sonny James is an United States country music singer and songwriter. In 2006, James was elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame....
  • December 19 — "Coal Miner's Daughter
    Coal Miner's Daughter (song)

    "Coal Miner's Daughter" is an autobiographical 1969 country music song written and made famous by Loretta Lynn. Released in 1970, the song became Lynn's signature song, one of the genre's most widely-known songs, and provided the basis for both her autobiography and a movie on her life....
    " – Loretta Lynn
    Loretta Lynn

    Loretta Lynn is an United States country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and 1970s and is revered as a country icon....
  • December 26 — "Rose Garden
    (I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden

    " Rose Garden" was the title of a song written by Joe South, that is best known as recorded by country singer Lynn Anderson. Her late 1970 release topped the U.S....
    " – Lynn Anderson
    Lynn Anderson

    Lynn Anderson is an United States country music singer and jockey, best known for her Grammy Award-winning country crossover hit single, " Rose Garden."...


Other major hits

  • "After Closing Time" – David Houston
    David Houston (singer)

    Charles David Houston was an United States country music singer. His peak in popularity came between the mid-1960s through the early 1970s....
     and Barbara Mandrell
    Barbara Mandrell

    Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer. She is best-known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country music's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s....
  • "All I Have to Do is Dream" - Glen Campbell
    Glen Campbell

    Glen Travis Campbell is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning, and two time nominated Golden Globe Award United States country pop singer, guitarist and occasional actor....
     and Bobbie Gentry
    Bobbie Gentry

    Roberta Lee Streeter , professionally known as Bobbie Gentry, is an American singer-songwriter. Gentry was one of the first female country music to write and produce her own material....
  • "All My Hard Times" – Roy Drusky
    Roy Drusky

    Roy Drusky was a country music singer who was popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s....
  • "Amos Moses" – Jerry Reed
    Jerry Reed

    Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an United States country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films....
  • "Angels Don't Lie" – Jim Reeves
    Jim Reeves

    James Travis "Jim" Reeves was an United States singer-songwriter of country western and pop music music....
  • "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man" – Waylon Jennings
    Waylon Jennings

    Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....
  • "Camelia" - Marty Robbins
    Marty Robbins

    Martin David Robinson was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.One of the most popular and successful United States Country music singers of his era, Robbins' songs were often eclectic, touching notably on an array of world music....
  • "Commercial Affection" - Mel Tillis
    Mel Tillis

    Mel Tillis is an United States of America country music singer. Although he had been recording songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the '70s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....
     and the Statesiders
  • "Country Girl" - Jeannie C. Riley
    Jeannie C. Riley

    Jeannie C. Riley is a country music singer. She is best known for her 1968 Country and Pop hit "Harper Valley PTA". She became the first woman to have a single become a Billboard Country and Pop List of Billboard country chart chart achievements#Songs that reached No....
  • "Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man" – Porter Wagoner
    Porter Wagoner

    Porter Wayne Wagoner was an United States country music singer. Famous for his flashy Nudie suit and Manuel Cuevas suits and blond Pompadour , Wagoner introduced a young Dolly Parton to his long-running television show....
     and Dolly Parton
    Dolly Parton

    Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music....
  • "Don't Cry Daddy" - Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley

    Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
  • "Everything a Man Could Ever Need" - Glen Campbell
    Glen Campbell

    Glen Travis Campbell is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning, and two time nominated Golden Globe Award United States country pop singer, guitarist and occasional actor....
  • "Everything is Beautiful" - Ray Stevens
    Ray Stevens

    Ray Stevens is an United States country music and pop music singer-songwriter known for his novelty songs as well as more serious works. He was born in Clarkdale, Georgia, Georgia , a small town west of Atlanta, Georgia....
  • "Goin' Steady" – Faron Young
    Faron Young

    Faron Young , was an United States country music singer, predominantly in the honky tonk genre....
  • "The Great White Horse" – Buck Owens
    Buck Owens

    Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens, Jr., was an United States singer and guitarist, who had 21 number-one hits on the Billboard magazine country music charts, with his legendary band, the Buckaroos....
     and Susan Raye
    Susan Raye

    Susan Raye is an United States, best known for a series of Top 40 Country hits in the early half of the 1970s, most notably the song "L.A. International Airport" in 1971....
  • "Heart Over Mind" – Mel Tillis
    Mel Tillis

    Mel Tillis is an United States of America country music singer. Although he had been recording songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the '70s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....
     and the Statesiders
  • "Heaven Everyday" – Mel Tillis
    Mel Tillis

    Mel Tillis is an United States of America country music singer. Although he had been recording songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the '70s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....
     and the Statesiders
  • "Heavenly Sunshine" — Ferlin Husky
    Ferlin Husky

    Ferlin Husky is an United States singer who has become well-known as a country music-pop music chart-topper under various names, including Terry Preston and Simon Crum....
  • "Honey Come Back" – Glen Campbell
    Glen Campbell

    Glen Travis Campbell is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning, and two time nominated Golden Globe Award United States country pop singer, guitarist and occasional actor....
  • "How I Got to Memphis" – Bobby Bare
    Bobby Bare

    Bobby Bare is an United States country music singer and songwriter. He is the father of Bobby Bare, Jr., also a musician....
  • "I Can't Be Myself" – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
    Merle Haggard

    Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
  • "I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye" - Jerry Lee Lewis
    Jerry Lee Lewis

    Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
  • "I Do My Swinging at Home" – David Houston
    David Houston (singer)

    Charles David Houston was an United States country music singer. His peak in popularity came between the mid-1960s through the early 1970s....
  • "I Know How" – Loretta Lynn
    Loretta Lynn

    Loretta Lynn is an United States country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and 1970s and is revered as a country icon....
  • "I Never Once Stopped Loving You" – Connie Smith
    Connie Smith

    Constance June Meador, known by her professional name as Connie Smith is a country music and gospel music singer and songwriter who had her biggest success in the 60s and 70s....
  • "I Never Picked Cotton" — Roy Clark
    Roy Clark

    Roy Linwood Clark is a versatile and well-known country music musician and performer. He is best known for hosting Hee Haw, one of the first nationally televised country variety shows in the United States, from 1969?1992....
  • "I Walked Out On Heaven" – Hank Williams Jr.
  • "I Wish I Didn't Have to Miss You" – Jack Greene
    Jack Greene

    Jack Greene is an United States country music musician nicknamed the "Jolly Green Giant" and well known for his 1966 hit "There Goes My Everything."...
     and Jeannie Seely
    Jeannie Seely

    Jeannie Seely is an United States country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star. She is best-known for her 1966 Grammy award-winning Country hit, "Don't Touch Me", which peaked at No....
  • "I Wouldn't Live in New York City (If They Gave Me the Whole Dang Town)" - Buck Owens
    Buck Owens

    Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens, Jr., was an United States singer and guitarist, who had 21 number-one hits on the Billboard magazine country music charts, with his legendary band, the Buckaroos....
  • "I'll See Him Through" – Tammy Wynette
    Tammy Wynette

    Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an United States and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
  • "I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)" - Skeeter Davis
    Skeeter Davis

    Skeeter Davis was an United Sates, who was best known for Crossover pop music songs of the early 1960s. She started out as part of The Davis Sisters in the early 1950s....
  • "I've Been Everywhere
    I've Been Everywhere

    The song "I've Been Everywhere" was written by Geoff Mack in 1959 and made popular by the singer Leslie Morrison in 1962.It listed Australian towns....
    " - Lynn Anderson
    Lynn Anderson

    Lynn Anderson is an United States country music singer and jockey, best known for her Grammy Award-winning country crossover hit single, " Rose Garden."...
  • "I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes" – Crystal Gayle
    Crystal Gayle

    Crystal Gayle is an United States country music singer best known for a series of country-pop crossover hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including the Grammy Award-winning, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue." She accumulated 18 No....
  • "If I Ever Fall in Love (With a Honky Tonk Girl)" – Faron Young
    Faron Young

    Faron Young , was an United States country music singer, predominantly in the honky tonk genre....
  • "If I Were a Carpenter" – Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash

    Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
     and June Carter Cash
  • "If It's All the Same to You" – Bill Anderson and Jan Howard
    Jan Howard

    Jan Howard is an United States country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star. She was one of country music's trailblazing female vocalists during the height of her career in the mid-1960s....
  • "It's Only Make-Believe" - Glen Campbell
    Glen Campbell

    Glen Travis Campbell is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning, and two time nominated Golden Globe Award United States country pop singer, guitarist and occasional actor....
  • "Jesus Take a Hold" – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
    Merle Haggard

    Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
  • "Jolie Girl" – Marty Robbins
    Marty Robbins

    Martin David Robinson was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.One of the most popular and successful United States Country music singers of his era, Robbins' songs were often eclectic, touching notably on an array of world music....
  • "The Kansas City Song" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
    Buck Owens

    Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens, Jr., was an United States singer and guitarist, who had 21 number-one hits on the Billboard magazine country music charts, with his legendary band, the Buckaroos....
  • "Kentucky Rain" – Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley

    Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
  • "Long Long Texas Road" – Roy Drusky
    Roy Drusky

    Roy Drusky was a country music singer who was popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s....
  • "Love is a Sometimes Thing" – Bill Anderson
  • "Morning" — Jim Ed Brown
  • "Mule Skinner Blues" – Dolly Parton
    Dolly Parton

    Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music....
  • "Occasional Wife" — Faron Young
    Faron Young

    Faron Young , was an United States country music singer, predominantly in the honky tonk genre....
  • "Once More With Feeling" – Jerry Lee Lewis
    Jerry Lee Lewis

    Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
  • "One Song Away" – Tommy Cash
    Tommy Cash

    Tommy Cash, , is a singer and younger brother of Johnny Cash.Cash was born in Arkansas, one of seven children in his family, and eight years after his brother, Johnny Cash....
  • "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" - Bobby Bare
    Bobby Bare

    Bobby Bare is an United States country music singer and songwriter. He is the father of Bobby Bare, Jr., also a musician....
  • "Right or Left at Oak Street" — Roy Clark
    Roy Clark

    Roy Linwood Clark is a versatile and well-known country music musician and performer. He is best known for hosting Hee Haw, one of the first nationally televised country variety shows in the United States, from 1969?1992....
  • "Rise and Shine" – Tommy Cash
    Tommy Cash

    Tommy Cash, , is a singer and younger brother of Johnny Cash.Cash was born in Arkansas, one of seven children in his family, and eight years after his brother, Johnny Cash....
  • "Rocky Top
    Rocky Top

    "Rocky Top" is one of seven official state songs of the state of Tennessee, as well as the unofficial fight song for the University of Tennessee Volunteers....
    " - Lynn Anderson
    Lynn Anderson

    Lynn Anderson is an United States country music singer and jockey, best known for her Grammy Award-winning country crossover hit single, " Rose Garden."...
  • "Salute to a Switchblade" - Tom T. Hall
    Tom T. Hall

    Tom T. Hall is an United States country music, songwriter, and country singer. He has written 11 #1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the pop crossover hit "I Love", which reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100....
  • "She Goes Walkin' Through My Mind" - Billy Walker
    Billy Walker (musician)

    Billy Walker was an United States country music singer and guitarist, nicknamed "The Tall Texan."Walker was born in Ralls, Texas, Texas, in 1929, and became active in the Dallas, Texas music scene in the late 1940s....
  • "She's a Little Bit Country" — George Hamilton IV
    George Hamilton IV

    George Hamilton IV is an United States country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to pop-country and folk music....
  • "She's Mine" – George Jones
    George Jones

    George Glenn Jones , is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
  • "Shoeshine Man" - Tom T. Hall
    Tom T. Hall

    Tom T. Hall is an United States country music, songwriter, and country singer. He has written 11 #1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the pop crossover hit "I Love", which reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100....
  • "Six White Horses" – Tommy Cash
    Tommy Cash

    Tommy Cash, , is a singer and younger brother of Johnny Cash.Cash was born in Arkansas, one of seven children in his family, and eight years after his brother, Johnny Cash....
  • "Snowbird" – Anne Murray
    Anne Murray

    Anne Murray, Order of Canada, Order of Nova Scotia is a Canada singer. Murray has performed in Pop Music, Country Music and Adult Contemporary styles....
  • "Someday We'll Be Together
    Someday We'll Be Together

    "Someday We'll Be Together" is an R&B/soul music song, written by Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers, and Harvey Fuqua in 1961. The song was originally recorded as a regional hit single by Bristol and Beavers, who performed together as "Johnny & Jackey", for Fuqua's Tri-Phi label....
    " – Bill Anderson and Jan Howard
    Jan Howard

    Jan Howard is an United States country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star. She was one of country music's trailblazing female vocalists during the height of her career in the mid-1960s....
  • "Stay There Til I Get There" – Lynn Anderson
    Lynn Anderson

    Lynn Anderson is an United States country music singer and jockey, best known for her Grammy Award-winning country crossover hit single, " Rose Garden."...
  • "Street Singer" – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
    Merle Haggard

    Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
  • "The Taker" – Waylon Jennings
    Waylon Jennings

    Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....
  • "Thank God and Greyhound" — Roy Clark
    Roy Clark

    Roy Linwood Clark is a versatile and well-known country music musician and performer. He is best known for hosting Hee Haw, one of the first nationally televised country variety shows in the United States, from 1969?1992....
  • "That's When She Started to Stop Loving You" – Conway Twitty
    Conway Twitty

    Conway Twitty was one of the United States most successful country music artists during the 20th century. Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early rock and roll, R&B, and Pop music....
  • "Then He Touched Me" – Jean Shepard
    Jean Shepard

    Ollie Imogene Shepard, known professionally as Jean Shepard is an United States country music singer-songwriter, who was one of the first female Country music stars and had a series of hits between the 1950s and 1970s....
  • "There's a Story Goin' Round" – Don Gibson
    Don Gibson

    Donald Eugene Gibson was an United States songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson penned such country standards as "Sweet Dreams " and "I Can't Stop Loving You" and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1957 into the early 1970's....
     and Dottie West
    Dottie West

    Dottie West was an United States country music singer, and was one of Country music's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. Dottie West's career started in the early-60s, with her Top 10 hit, "Here Comes My Baby Back Again", which won her the first Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965....
  • "Thinkin' About You, Babe" - Billy Walker
    Billy Walker (musician)

    Billy Walker was an United States country music singer and guitarist, nicknamed "The Tall Texan."Walker was born in Ralls, Texas, Texas, in 1929, and became active in the Dallas, Texas music scene in the late 1940s....
  • "Togetherness" - Buck Owens
    Buck Owens

    Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens, Jr., was an United States singer and guitarist, who had 21 number-one hits on the Billboard magazine country music charts, with his legendary band, the Buckaroos....
     and Susan Raye
    Susan Raye

    Susan Raye is an United States, best known for a series of Top 40 Country hits in the early half of the 1970s, most notably the song "L.A. International Airport" in 1971....
  • "Tomorrow is Forever" - Porter Wagoner
    Porter Wagoner

    Porter Wayne Wagoner was an United States country music singer. Famous for his flashy Nudie suit and Manuel Cuevas suits and blond Pompadour , Wagoner introduced a young Dolly Parton to his long-running television show....
     and Dolly Parton
    Dolly Parton

    Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music....
  • "We're Gonna Get Together" - Buck Owens
    Buck Owens

    Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens, Jr., was an United States singer and guitarist, who had 21 number-one hits on the Billboard magazine country music charts, with his legendary band, the Buckaroos....
     and Susan Raye
    Susan Raye

    Susan Raye is an United States, best known for a series of Top 40 Country hits in the early half of the 1970s, most notably the song "L.A. International Airport" in 1971....
  • "When a Man Loves a Woman (The Way That I Love You)" - Billy Walker
    Billy Walker (musician)

    Billy Walker was an United States country music singer and guitarist, nicknamed "The Tall Texan."Walker was born in Ralls, Texas, Texas, in 1929, and became active in the Dallas, Texas music scene in the late 1940s....
  • "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone" – Bill Anderson
  • "Willy Jones" - Susan Raye
    Susan Raye

    Susan Raye is an United States, best known for a series of Top 40 Country hits in the early half of the 1970s, most notably the song "L.A. International Airport" in 1971....
  • "Wings Upon Your Horns" - Loretta Lynn
    Loretta Lynn

    Loretta Lynn is an United States country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and 1970s and is revered as a country icon....
  • "The Wonder of You" - Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley

    Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
  • "Wonders of the Wine" — David Houston
    David Houston (singer)

    Charles David Houston was an United States country music singer. His peak in popularity came between the mid-1960s through the early 1970s....
  • "You Wanna Give Me a Lift" - Loretta Lynn
    Loretta Lynn

    Loretta Lynn is an United States country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and 1970s and is revered as a country icon....
  • "You Wouldn't Know Love" – Ray Price
    Ray Price (musician)

    Ray Price is an American country and western singer/songwriter/guitarist. Some of his more famous songs include "Release Me ", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "City Lights ", "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You", "For the Good Times", "I Won't Mention It Again", "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me", and "Danny Boy." He w...


#1 Billboard Albums

  • Okie From Muskogee Merle Haggard
    Merle Haggard

    Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
     (Capitol)
  • Hello, I'm Johnny Cash Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash

    Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
     (Columbia)
  • Just Plain Charley Charley Pride
    Charley Pride

    Charley Frank Pride is a country music artist. During his career, he has had thirty-six number-one hits on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs charts....
     (RCA)
  • Tammy's Touch Tammy Wynette
    Tammy Wynette

    Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an United States and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
     (Epic)
  • Charley Pride
    Charley Pride

    Charley Frank Pride is a country music artist. During his career, he has had thirty-six number-one hits on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs charts....
    's 10th Album     (RCA)
  • Hello Darlin Conway Twitty
    Conway Twitty

    Conway Twitty was one of the United States most successful country music artists during the 20th century. Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early rock and roll, R&B, and Pop music....
     (Decca)
  • The Fightin' Side of Me Merle Haggard
    Merle Haggard

    Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
     (Capitol)
  • For the Good Times – Ray Price
    Ray Price (musician)

    Ray Price is an American country and western singer/songwriter/guitarist. Some of his more famous songs include "Release Me ", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "City Lights ", "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You", "For the Good Times", "I Won't Mention It Again", "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me", and "Danny Boy." He w...
     (Columbia)
  • The Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash

    Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
     Show (Columbia)


Notable new album releases

  • A Real Live Dolly - Dolly Parton
    Dolly Parton

    Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music....
     (RCA)
  • Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn
    Loretta Lynn

    Loretta Lynn is an United States country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and 1970s and is revered as a country icon....
     (Decca)
  • Husband Hunting - Liz Anderson
    Liz Anderson

    Liz Anderson is an United States Country Music Singer-Songwriter. She is also the mother of Country-Music singer Lynn Anderson.Liz Anderson was a successful country singer in her own right....
     (RCA)
  • Skid Row Joe: Down in the Alley – Porter Wagoner
    Porter Wagoner

    Porter Wayne Wagoner was an United States country music singer. Famous for his flashy Nudie suit and Manuel Cuevas suits and blond Pompadour , Wagoner introduced a young Dolly Parton to his long-running television show....
     (RCA)
  • Snowbird – Anne Murray
    Anne Murray

    Anne Murray, Order of Canada, Order of Nova Scotia is a Canada singer. Murray has performed in Pop Music, Country Music and Adult Contemporary styles....
     (Capitol)
  • Uptown Country Girl - Lynn Anderson
    Lynn Anderson

    Lynn Anderson is an United States country music singer and jockey, best known for her Grammy Award-winning country crossover hit single, " Rose Garden."...
     (Chart)
  • We're Gonna Get Together - Buck Owens
    Buck Owens

    Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens, Jr., was an United States singer and guitarist, who had 21 number-one hits on the Billboard magazine country music charts, with his legendary band, the Buckaroos....
     and Susan Raye
    Susan Raye

    Susan Raye is an United States, best known for a series of Top 40 Country hits in the early half of the 1970s, most notably the song "L.A. International Airport" in 1971....
     (Capitol)
  • Wings Upon Your Horns - Loretta Lynn
    Loretta Lynn

    Loretta Lynn is an United States country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and 1970s and is revered as a country icon....
     (Decca)


Births

  • March 14 – Kristian Bush
    Kristian Bush

    Kristian Merrill Bush is an American folk rock and country music musician. Between 1986 and 1987 Kristian played bass guitar and sang lead vocals for Masada, a band based in Knoxville, Tennessee along with Matthew Turner, Jeff Roberts and Archer Bishop III....
    , member of Sugarland
    Sugarland (band)

    Sugarland is an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush . The duo was founded in 2003 by Bush and Kristen Hall , and became a trio when Jennifer Nettles was brought in as lead singer....
    .
  • October 25 – Chely Wright
    Chely Wright

    Richell Rene Wright is an American country music artist who released her debut album in 1994. Although she received an Academy of Country Music award for Top New Female Vocalist that same year, none of her initial songs made a significant impact on the charts....
    , country singer of the late 1990s and 2000s.


Deaths

  • April 1 — Paul Cohen, 62, pioneering record producer at Decca Records.


Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

  • The Original Carter Family
    Carter Family

    The Carter Family was a country music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass music, country music, southern gospel, popular music and rock musicians as well as on the Folk & blues revival of the 1960s....
     – (A. P. Carter
    A. P. Carter

    Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter , best known as A.P. Carter, was an United States musician and founding member of The Carter Family group, one of the most notable acts in the history of Country music....
     (1891–1960); Sara Carter
    Sara Carter

    Sara Carter was an United States Country music musician. Known for her deep and distinctive singing voice, she was the lead singer on most of the recordings of the historic Carter Family act in the 1920s and 1930s....
     (1898–1979); and Mother Maybelle Carter (1909–1978))


Major Awards


Grammy awards

  • Best Country Vocal Performance, Female -- "Rose Garden" - Lynn Anderson
    Lynn Anderson

    Lynn Anderson is an United States country music singer and jockey, best known for her Grammy Award-winning country crossover hit single, " Rose Garden."...
  • Best Country Vocal Performance, Male -- "For The Good Times" - Ray Price
    Ray Price

    Ray Price may refer to:*Ray Price , an American country and western singer*Ray Price , a Zimbabwean cricketer*Ray Price , an Australian rugby league and union footballer...
  • Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group -- "If I Were A Carpenter" - Johnny Cash
    Johnny Cash

    Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....
     and June Carter
  • Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Me And Jerry" - Jerry Reed
    Jerry Reed

    Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an United States country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films....
     and Chet Atkins
    Chet Atkins

    Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins was an influential American guitarist and record producer.His picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul, brought him admirers both within and outside the country scene, both in the United States and internationally....
  • Best Country Song -- "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" - Marty Robbins
    Marty Robbins

    Martin David Robinson was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.One of the most popular and successful United States Country music singers of his era, Robbins' songs were often eclectic, touching notably on an array of world music....


Academy of Country Music

  • Entertainer Of The Year -- Merle Haggard
    Merle Haggard

    Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
  • Song Of The Year -- "For The Good Times" - Ray Price
    Ray Price (musician)

    Ray Price is an American country and western singer/songwriter/guitarist. Some of his more famous songs include "Release Me ", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "City Lights ", "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You", "For the Good Times", "I Won't Mention It Again", "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me", and "Danny Boy." He w...
     - Kris Kristofferson
    Kris Kristofferson

    Kristoffer Kristian Kristofferson is an United States writer, singer-songwriter, actor, and musician. He is best known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"....
  • Single Of The Year -- "For The Good Times" - Ray Price
  • Album Of The Year -- For The Good Times - Ray Price
  • Top Male Vocalist -- Merle Haggard
  • Top Female Vocalist -- Lynn Anderson
    Lynn Anderson

    Lynn Anderson is an United States country music singer and jockey, best known for her Grammy Award-winning country crossover hit single, " Rose Garden."...
  • Top Vocal Group -- Kimberleys
  • Top New Male Vocalist -- Buddy Alan Owens
  • Top New Female Vocalist -- Sammi Smith
    Sammi Smith

    Sammi Smith was a country music singer and songwriter. Born Jewel Faye Smith, she is best known for her 1971 country/pop Crossover hit, "Help Me Make It Through the Night", which was written by Kris Kristofferson....


Country Music Association

  • Entertainer of the Year -- Merle Haggard
    Merle Haggard

    Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
  • Male Vocalist of the Year -- Merle Haggard
    Merle Haggard

    Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
  • Female Vocalist of the Year -- Tammy Wynette
    Tammy Wynette

    Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an United States and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
  • Instrumental Group of the Year –- Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass
  • Comedian of the Year – Roy Clark
    Roy Clark

    Roy Linwood Clark is a versatile and well-known country music musician and performer. He is best known for hosting Hee Haw, one of the first nationally televised country variety shows in the United States, from 1969?1992....
  • Vocal Group of the Year -- Tompall Glaser
    Tompall Glaser

    Tompall Glaser is an American country music artist. Active since the 1950s, he has recorded both as a solo artist and with his brothers Chuck and Jim Glaser in the trio Tompall & the Glaser Brothers....
     and the Glaser Brothers
  • Vocal Duo of the Year -- Porter Wagoner
    Porter Wagoner

    Porter Wayne Wagoner was an United States country music singer. Famous for his flashy Nudie suit and Manuel Cuevas suits and blond Pompadour , Wagoner introduced a young Dolly Parton to his long-running television show....
     and Dolly Parton
    Dolly Parton

    Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music....
  • Single of the Year -- "Okie From Muskogee", Merle Haggard
    Merle Haggard

    Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
  • Song of the Year -- "Sunday Morning Coming Down", Kris Kristofferson
    Kris Kristofferson

    Kristoffer Kristian Kristofferson is an United States writer, singer-songwriter, actor, and musician. He is best known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"....
  • Album of the Year -- Okie From Muskogee, Merle Haggard
    Merle Haggard

    Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
  • Instrumentalist of the Year -- Jerry Reed
    Jerry Reed

    Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an United States country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films....


Further reading

  • Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
  • Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
  • Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
  • Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.


Other links

  • Country Music Association
    Country Music Association

    The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre....
  • Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

    This is a list of inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame.Number of Inductees : 108 20092008200720062005...


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