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1971 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1971.

Seeking younger, more urban viewers, CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...

cancels nearly all of its rural-themed programming
Rural purge
The "rural purge" of American television networks was a series of cancellations in 1971, of still popular rural-themed shows and shows with demographically-skewed audiences...

. Among the most notable casualties:
- The Beverly Hillbillies
  The Beverly Hillbillies
  The Beverly Hillbillies is an American television sitcom. It ranked among the top 12 most watched series on television for seven of its nine seasons, twice ranking as the #1 series of the year, with a number of episodes that remain among the most-watched television episodes of all time...
  
  – a sitcom which had aired since 1962, about the misadventures of an Appalachia
  Appalachia
  Appalachia is a term used to describe a cultural region in the eastern United States that stretches from western New York state to northern Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. While the Appalachian Mountains stretch from Belle Isle in Canada to Cheaha Mountain in the U.S...
  
  clan who become oil tycoons.
- Green Acres
  Green Acres
  Green Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a farm in the country...
  
  – another sitcom about a New York attorney and his wife who move to the country and start farming.
- Hee Haw
  Hee Haw
  Hee Haw was a television variety show, initially co-hosted by musicians Buck Owens and Roy Clark and featuring country music and humor with fictional, rural "Kornfield Kounty" as a backdrop. It was taped at WLAC-TV and Opryland USA in Nashville...
  
  – the country music-variety show starring 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.Clark has been an iconic figure in country music, both as a musician and as...
  
  and Buck Owens
  Buck Owens
  Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 number one hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
  
  .

Fans of Hee Haw
Hee Haw
Hee Haw was a television variety show, initially co-hosted by musicians Buck Owens and Roy Clark and featuring country music and humor with fictional, rural "Kornfield Kounty" as a backdrop. It was taped at WLAC-TV and Opryland USA in Nashville...

were quickly soothed when the show entered syndication in the fall.

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1971.

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Seeking younger, more urban viewers, CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System...

cancels nearly all of its rural-themed programming
Rural purge
The "rural purge" of American television networks was a series of cancellations in 1971, of still popular rural-themed shows and shows with demographically-skewed audiences...

. Among the most notable casualties:
- The Beverly Hillbillies
  The Beverly Hillbillies
  The Beverly Hillbillies is an American television sitcom. It ranked among the top 12 most watched series on television for seven of its nine seasons, twice ranking as the #1 series of the year, with a number of episodes that remain among the most-watched television episodes of all time...
  
  – a sitcom which had aired since 1962, about the misadventures of an Appalachia
  Appalachia
  Appalachia is a term used to describe a cultural region in the eastern United States that stretches from western New York state to northern Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. While the Appalachian Mountains stretch from Belle Isle in Canada to Cheaha Mountain in the U.S...
  
  clan who become oil tycoons.
- Green Acres
  Green Acres
  Green Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a farm in the country...
  
  – another sitcom about a New York attorney and his wife who move to the country and start farming.
- Hee Haw
  Hee Haw
  Hee Haw was a television variety show, initially co-hosted by musicians Buck Owens and Roy Clark and featuring country music and humor with fictional, rural "Kornfield Kounty" as a backdrop. It was taped at WLAC-TV and Opryland USA in Nashville...
  
  – the country music-variety show starring 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.Clark has been an iconic figure in country music, both as a musician and as...
  
  and Buck Owens
  Buck Owens
  Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 number one hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
  
  .

Meanwhile, both The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies is an American television sitcom. It ranked among the top 12 most watched series on television for seven of its nine seasons, twice ranking as the #1 series of the year, with a number of episodes that remain among the most-watched television episodes of all time...

and Green Acres
Green Acres
Green Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a farm in the country...

would continue to live on in syndication.

United States

(as certified by Billboard)

Date	Single Name	Artist	Wks. No.1	Spec. Note
January 30	Flesh and Blood	Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Johnny Cash , born J. R. Cash, was an American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...	1
February 6	Joshua Joshua (song) "Joshua" was a 1970 song, written and recorded by Dolly Parton, significant for being the singer's first single to reach #1 on the US country charts...	Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music....	1	^[A]
February 13	Help Me Make It Through the Night Help Me Make It Through the Night "Help Me Make It Through the Night" is a country music ballad composed by Kris Kristofferson and released on his 1970 album Kristofferson.Kristofferson said that he got the inspiration for the song from an Esquire magazine interview with Frank Sinatra...	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...	3	^[C]
March 6	I'd Rather Love You	Charley Pride Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer.Pride's smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-six number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early-to-mid 1970s, when he was the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley...	3
March 27	After the Fire Is Gone	Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was one of the United States' most successful country music artists of 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... and Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and is revered as a country music cultural icon....	2
April 10	Empty Arms	Sonny James Sonny James James Loden , known professionally as Sonny James, is an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 smash hit, "Young Love." Dubbed the Southern Gentleman, James had 72 country and pop chart hits from 1953 to 1983, including a five-year streak of 16 straight among his 23...	4
May 8	How Much More Can She Stand	Conway Twitty	1
May 15	I Won't Mention It Again	Ray Price Ray Price (musician) Ray Price is an American country and western singer, songwriter and guitarist. His more well-known 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...	3
June 5	You're My Man You're My Man You're My Man is a popular No. 1 Country hit by Country legend Lynn Anderson from 1971.This song was immediately released after Anderson's song " Rose Garden" became a major country and pop hit in February 1971. "You're My Man" was the song's first follow-up to that hit...	Lynn Anderson Lynn Anderson Lynn Rene Anderson is an American country music singer and horse racer, best known for her Grammy Award-winning country crossover mega-hit, " Rose Garden." Anderson was one of the most popular female country singers of the 1970s, helped by her regular exposure on national television...	2
June 19	When You're Hot, You're Hot	Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films. As a singer, he may be best known for " The Line in Gasoline"; "Lord, Mr...	5	^[A]
July 24	Bright Lights, Big City	Sonny James	1
July 31	I'm Just Me	Charley Pride	4
August 28	Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)	Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....	2
September 11	Easy Loving Easy Loving "Easy Loving" is a song composed by country music singer-songwriter Freddie Hart. Released in the summer of 1971, it became Hart's breakthrough hit and a country music standard.-Song history:...	Freddie Hart Freddie Hart (musician) Freddie Hart is an American country musician and songwriter. He is best known for his hit song "Easy Loving," which won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award two years in a row, in 1971 and 1972.-Childhood and military service:Hart was born to a sharecropper family in Loachapoka,...	3	^{[1], [2], [A]} Returned to Number One on October 2.
September 18	The Year Clayton Delaney Died	Tom T. Hall Tom T. Hall Tom T. Hall is an American country balladeer, 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.As a teenager, Hall organized a band called the Kentucky...	2
October 16	How Can I Unlove You How Can I Unlove You "How Can Unlove You" is the name of a No. 1 country hit by country music singer Lynn Anderson, released in 1971."How Can I Unlove You", was released as a single in August of 1971, shortly after her previous hit, "You're My Man", peaked at No. 1 on the country charts...	Lynn Anderson	3
November 6	Here Comes Honey Again	Sonny James	1
November 13	Lead Me On	Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn	1
November 20	Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)	Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band "The Strangers" helped create the Bakersfield Sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies, and a...	2
December 4	Kiss an Angel Good Morning Kiss an Angel Good Morning "Kiss an Angel Good Morning" is a song released by Charley Pride which has since become one of his signature tunes.Besides being a country #1 in 1971, the song was also his first that reached the pop charts, reaching #21, and it went into the Top Ten of the Adult Contemporary charts....	Charley Pride	5

^ 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.
C^ Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

Canada

(as certified by RPM
RPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

)

Date	Single Name	Artist	Wks. No.1	Spec. Note
January 9	Old Bill Jones	Mercey Brothers Mercey Brothers The Mercey Brothers was a Canadian country music group active from 1957 to 1989.-Before they were famous:The Mercey family grew up to music in their household at an early age. Brothers Larry, Ray, and Lloyd Mercey formed a country-infused musical group in 1966...	1
January 16	(I Never Promised You A) 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. country chart, reached number three on the U.S...	Lynn Anderson Lynn Anderson Lynn Rene Anderson is an American country music singer and horse racer, best known for her Grammy Award-winning country crossover mega-hit, " Rose Garden." Anderson was one of the most popular female country singers of the 1970s, helped by her regular exposure on national television...	2	^[2] Fell to #6 on the week of January 23.
January 23	Flesh and Blood	Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Johnny Cash , born J. R. Cash, was an American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...	4
February 27	Sing High, Sing Low	Anne Murray Anne Murray Morna Anne Murray, CC, ONS is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian singer. Murray has performed in Pop, Country and Adult Contemporary styles. So far, her albums have sold over 54 million copies....	1
March 6	A Woman Always Knows	David Houston David Houston (singer) Charles David Houston was an American country music singer. His peak in popularity came between the mid-1960s through the early 1970s.-Biography:...	1	^[B]
March 13	Help Me Make It Through the Night Help Me Make It Through the Night "Help Me Make It Through the Night" is a country music ballad composed by Kris Kristofferson and released on his 1970 album Kristofferson.Kristofferson said that he got the inspiration for the song from an Esquire magazine interview with Frank Sinatra...	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...	1	^[C]
March 20	A Stranger in My Place	Anne Murray	2
April 3	I'd Rather Love You	Charley Pride Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer.Pride's smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-six number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early-to-mid 1970s, when he was the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley...	1
April 10	Anyway	George Hamilton IV George Hamilton IV George Hamilton IV is an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to pop-country and folk music.-Biography:...	1
April 17	Empty Arms	Sonny James Sonny James James Loden , known professionally as Sonny James, is an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 smash hit, "Young Love." Dubbed the Southern Gentleman, James had 72 country and pop chart hits from 1953 to 1983, including a five-year streak of 16 straight among his 23...	1
April 24	Man from the City	Humphrey and the Dumptrucks	1	^[C]
May 1	We Sure Can Love Each Other	Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....	2
May 15	How Much More Can She Stand	Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was one of the United States' most successful country music artists of 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...	1
May 22	I Won't Mention It Again	Ray Price Ray Price (musician) Ray Price is an American country and western singer, songwriter and guitarist. His more well-known 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...	2	^[B]
June 5	The Final Hour	Hank Smith Hank Smith Hank Smith was a cartoon animator, who worked for many Hollywood animation studios during the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. His work includes numerous cartoons for television, including many featuring Mr. Magoo, The Road Runner, Fat Albert, and many of the Peanuts television specials with Bill...	1
June 12	I Wanna Be Free	Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and is revered as a country music cultural icon....	1
June 19	Hello Mom	Mercey Brothers	2
July 3	You're My Man You're My Man You're My Man is a popular No. 1 Country hit by Country legend Lynn Anderson from 1971.This song was immediately released after Anderson's song " Rose Garden" became a major country and pop hit in February 1971. "You're My Man" was the song's first follow-up to that hit...	Lynn Anderson	1
July 10	When You're Hot, You're Hot	Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films. As a singer, he may be best known for " The Line in Gasoline"; "Lord, Mr...	1	^[A]
July 17	Rise 'n' Shine	Dick Damron Dick Damron Dick Damron, is a Canadian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist and banjoist. Damron experimented with many musical styles in the country genre including: ‘outlaw’, ‘honkey tonk’ and gospel...	1
July 24	Countryfied	George Hamilton IV	5
August 28	Sweet City Woman Sweet City Woman Sweet City Woman is a 1971 pop song by Canadian Rock band The Stampeders. The song appeared on their debut album Against The Grain .-Awards:...	The Stampeders The Stampeders The Stampeders are a Canadian rock trio, consisting of Rich Dodson, Ronnie King, and Kim Berly.-Career:The band formed in Calgary, Alberta in 1964 as The Rebounds....	2	^[C]
September 11	I'm Just Me	Charley Pride	1
September 18	Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)	Tammy Wynette	1
September 25	When He Walks on You	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...	1
October 2	Easy Loving Easy Loving "Easy Loving" is a song composed by country music singer-songwriter Freddie Hart. Released in the summer of 1971, it became Hart's breakthrough hit and a country music standard.-Song history:...	Freddie Hart Freddie Hart (musician) Freddie Hart is an American country musician and songwriter. He is best known for his hit song "Easy Loving," which won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award two years in a row, in 1971 and 1972.-Childhood and military service:Hart was born to a sharecropper family in Loachapoka,...	1	^[A]
October 9	Who Wrote the Words	Mercey Brothers	2	^[B]
October 23	Talk It Over in the Morning	Anne Murray	1
October 30	You're Lookin' at Country You're Lookin' at Country "You're Lookin' at Country" is a Country music song written and made famous by Loretta Lynn in mid 1971.-About the song:Lynn wrote "You're Lookin' At Country" in response to viewing the open country while touring on the road. Lynn said in an interview that she was inspired by all the meadows and...	Loretta Lynn	1
November 6	How Can I Unlove You How Can I Unlove You "How Can Unlove You" is the name of a No. 1 country hit by country music singer Lynn Anderson, released in 1971."How Can I Unlove You", was released as a single in August of 1971, shortly after her previous hit, "You're My Man", peaked at No. 1 on the country charts...	Lynn Anderson	1
November 13	Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms	Buck Owens Buck Owens Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 number one hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...	2
November 27	Where Do We Go from Here	Hank Smith	1
December 4	I Say a Little Prayer/ By the Time I Get to Phoenix By the Time I Get to Phoenix "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" is an American pop song. The song was written by Jimmy Webb and was originally recorded by Johnny Rivers in 1965. But, it was made famous by Glen Campbell and appeared on the album of the same name released in 1967. Campbell's version reached #26 on the U.S...	Anne Murray and Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell is a Grammy and Dove Award-winning and two time Golden Globe-nominated American country pop singer, guitarist and occasional actor...	1
December 11	Lead Me On	Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn	1
December 18	Kiss an Angel Good Morning Kiss an Angel Good Morning "Kiss an Angel Good Morning" is a song released by Charley Pride which has since become one of his signature tunes.Besides being a country #1 in 1971, the song was also his first that reached the pop charts, reaching #21, and it went into the Top Ten of the Adult Contemporary charts....	Charley Pride	2

^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.

A^ First RPM
RPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

No. 1 hit for that artist.
B^ Last RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
C^ Only RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.

Singles released by American artists

"Always Remember” — Bill Anderson
"Another Night of Love" - Freddy Weller
Freddy Weller
Freddy Weller is a United States country music singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. His recording career started in 1969, while he was playing guitar in the band Paul Revere & The Raiders....
"The Arms of a Fool" - Mel Tillis
Mel Tillis
Lonnie Melvin "Mel" Tillis is an American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the '70s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....

and the Statesiders
"Baby I'm Yours" - Jody Miller
Jody Miller
Jody Miller is a country music singer. Born Myrna Joy Miller, she was born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Oklahoma. Discovered by actor Dale Robertson, she began her career in the early 1960s as a folk/pop singer, singing in the Los Angeles area and appearing on Tom Paxton's television series...
"Bed of Roses" - Statler Brothers
Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers are an American country music group founded in 1955 in Staunton, Virginia.Originally, performing gospel music at local churches, the group billed themselves as "The Four Stars" and later as "The Kingsmen"...
"Better Move it on Home" - Porter Wagoner
Porter Wagoner
Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced a young Dolly Parton on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet team throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s...

and Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music....
"Brand New Mister Me" - Mel Tillis
Mel Tillis
Lonnie Melvin "Mel" Tillis is an American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the '70s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....

and the Statesiders
"Bridge Over Troubled Waters" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
Buck Owens
Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 number one hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
"The Chair" - Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Martin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist....
“Coat of Many Colors” — Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music....
“Come Sundown” — Bobby Bare
Bobby Bare
Bobby Bare is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is the father of Bobby Bare, Jr., also a musician.-Early career:...
"Comin' Down" — Dave Dudley
Dave Dudley
Dave Dudley was an American country music singer. Born David Darwin Pedriska, he is best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s. He was readily recognizable for his semi-slurred baritone...
"Country Green" - Don Gibson
Don Gibson
Donald Eugene Gibson was an American 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 1970s.-Biography:Don Gibson was born in...
"Dissatisfied" — Bill Anderson and Jan Howard
Jan Howard
Lula Grace Johnson , better known as Jan Howard, is an American 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...
"Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" - 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.She was the first performer and is currently the only female...
“Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)” — Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell
Glen Travis Campbell is a Grammy and Dove Award-winning and two time Golden Globe-nominated American country pop singer, guitarist and occasional actor...
"Dream Lover" — Billy "Crash" Craddock
"Early Morning Sunshine" - Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Martin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist....
"Fly Away Again" — Dave Dudley
Dave Dudley
Dave Dudley was an American country music singer. Born David Darwin Pedriska, he is best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s. He was readily recognizable for his semi-slurred baritone...
"Good Enough to Be Your Wife" - 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 number one hit at the same time...
"Good Year For the Roses" – 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....
“Gwen (Congratulations)” — Tommy Overstreet
Tommy Overstreet
Tommy Overstreet is a "Nashville sound"-style country music singer whose popularity peaked in the 1970s...
“He’s So Fine” — Jody Miller
Jody Miller
Jody Miller is a country music singer. Born Myrna Joy Miller, she was born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Oklahoma. Discovered by actor Dale Robertson, she began her career in the early 1960s as a folk/pop singer, singing in the Los Angeles area and appearing on Tom Paxton's television series...
“I Don’t Know You Anymore” — Tommy Overstreet
Tommy Overstreet
Tommy Overstreet is a "Nashville sound"-style country music singer whose popularity peaked in the 1970s...
"I Really Don't Want to Know" - Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as Elvis and is also sometimes referred to as The King of Rock 'n' Roll or The King....
“I Wanna Be Free” — Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and is revered as a country music cultural icon....
“I Wonder What She’ll Think About Me Leaving” — Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was one of the United States' most successful country music artists of 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...
“I’d Rather Be Sorry” — Ray Price
Ray Price (musician)
Ray Price is an American country and western singer, songwriter and guitarist. His more well-known 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...
"I'm Gonna Keep On Keep On Lovin' You" - Billy Walker
Billy Walker (musician)
Billy Marvin Walker was an American country music singer and guitarist best-known for his 1962 hit, " Charlie's Shoes." Nicknamed The Tall Texan, Walker had six number one hits, 32 top ten hits and more than 100 charted records during a nearly 60-year career; and was a longtime member of the Grand...
"(I've Got a) Happy Heart" - Susan Raye
Susan Raye
Susan Raye is an American country music singer, 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....
"I've Got a Right to Cry" - Hank Williams Jr.
“Indian Lake” — Freddy Weller
Freddy Weller
Freddy Weller is a United States country music singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. His recording career started in 1969, while he was playing guitar in the band Paul Revere & The Raiders....
“Just One Time” — Connie Smith
Connie Smith
Constance June Meador, professionally known as Connie Smith is an American country music artist, who had major success in the 1960s and 70s. She was discovered by country artist, Bill Anderson in 1963 and signed with RCA Victor Records the following year...
“Knock Three Times” — Billy “Crash” Craddock
"Leavin' and Sayin' Goodbye" – Faron Young
Faron Young
Faron Young was an American country music singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s and one of its most colorful stars...
"Living and Learning" - Mel Tillis
Mel Tillis
Lonnie Melvin "Mel" Tillis is an American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the '70s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....

and Sherry Bryce
Sherry Bryce
Sherry Bryce is an American country music artist. Between 1971 and 1975, she charted several times on the Billboard country singles charts, including seven duets Mel Tillis. Their highest-charting duet was 1971's "Take My Hand" at #8. They were also nominated in 1974 at the Country Music...
"Maiden's Prayer
Maiden's Prayer
"A Maiden's Prayer" is a composition of Polish composer Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska , which was published in 1856 in Warsaw, and then as a supplement to the Revue et gazette musicale de Paris in 1859.The piece, which is still recorded, is...

" - David Houston
David Houston (singer)
Charles David Houston was an American country music singer. His peak in popularity came between the mid-1960s through the early 1970s.-Biography:...
“Man in Black” — Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash , born J. R. Cash, was an American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
“Me and Paul” — Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor and activist. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains iconic, especially in American popular culture.He has continued to tour, record and perform in recent years, and...
“Me and You and a Dog Named Boo” — Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and probably the most well-known Confederate commander after General Robert E. Lee. His military career includes the Valley Campaign of 1862 and his service as a corps commander in the Army of Northern...
"Mr. Bojangles
Mr. Bojangles (song)
"Mr. Bojangles" is a popular song written and recorded by Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968 and covered by many other artists. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band took the song to #9 on the Billboard pop chart in 1971....

" – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded...
"Nashville" – David Houston
David Houston (singer)
Charles David Houston was an American country music singer. His peak in popularity came between the mid-1960s through the early 1970s.-Biography:...
“Never Ending Song of Love” — Dickey Lee
Dickey Lee
Royden Dickey Lipscomb , known professionally as Dickey Lee , is an American pop/country singer and songwriter, best known for the 1960s teenage tragedy songs "Patches" and "Laurie ."-Career:Lee made his first recordings in his hometown of Memphis for...
"Oh Singer" - 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 number one hit at the same time...
"Padre" - Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins
Martin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist....
“Philadelphia Fillies” — Del Reeves
Del Reeves
Franklin Delano "Del" Reeves was a country music singer, best known for his "girl-watching" novelty-type songs of the 1960s. He became one of the most successful male country singers of the 1960s...
“Pitty Pitty Patter” — Susan Raye
Susan Raye
Susan Raye is an American country music singer, 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....
“Promised Land” — Freddy Weller
Freddy Weller
Freddy Weller is a United States country music singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. His recording career started in 1969, while he was playing guitar in the band Paul Revere & The Raiders....
“Quits” — Bill Anderson
“Rainin’ in My Heart” — Hank Williams Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation
"The Right Combination" - Porter Wagoner
Porter Wagoner
Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced a young Dolly Parton on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet team throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s...

and Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music....
"Right Won't Touch a Hand" — 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....
"Rings" - Tompall & the Glaser Brothers
Tompall & the Glaser Brothers
Tompall & The Glaser Brothers was an American country music group composed of three brothers: Chuck, Jim, and Tompall Glaser, all of whom also had success in the 1970s as solo artists. Between 1960 and 1975, the trio recorded ten studio albums, and charted nine singles on the Billboard Hot Country...
"Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
Buck Owens
Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 number one hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
“Ruby (Are You Mad)” — Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
Buck Owens
Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 number one hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
"She's All I Got" – Johnny PayCheck
Johnny Paycheck
Johnny Paycheck was a country music singer most famous for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a major force in country music's "Outlaw Movement" popularized by artists such as Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billie Joe...
“Soldier’s Last Letter” — Merle Haggard and the Strangers
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band "The Strangers" helped create the Bakersfield Sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies, and a...
“Someday We’ll Look Back” — Merle Haggard and the Strangers
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band "The Strangers" helped create the Bakersfield Sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies, and a...
"Sometimes You Just Can't Win" - 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....
“Step Aside” — Faron Young
Faron Young
Faron Young was an American country music singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s and one of its most colorful stars...
“Take Me Home Country Roads” — John Denver
John Denver
John Denver was an American country music/folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician. He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s in terms of record sales, recording and releasing around 300 songs, of which about 200 were composed by him. He was named Poet Laureate of Colorado...
"Take My Hand" - Mel Tillis
Mel Tillis
Lonnie Melvin "Mel" Tillis is an American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the '70s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....

and Sherry Bryce
Sherry Bryce
Sherry Bryce is an American country music artist. Between 1971 and 1975, she charted several times on the Billboard country singles charts, including seven duets Mel Tillis. Their highest-charting duet was 1971's "Take My Hand" at #8. They were also nominated in 1974 at the Country Music...
"Then You Walk In" - 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...
"There Goes My Everything" - Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as Elvis and is also sometimes referred to as The King of Rock 'n' Roll or The King....
“Touching Home” — 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...
"Treat Him Right" – 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.She was the first performer and is currently the only female...
"Watching Scotty Grow
Watching Scotty Grow
"Watching Scotty Grow" is a song written by country music singer-songwriter Mac Davis. Although featured on Davis' 1972 album I Believe in Music, a more famous version of the song was performed by Bobby Goldsboro in 1970 and included on Goldsboro's album We Gotta Start Lovin.-History:Goldsboro had...

" — Bobby Goldsboro
Bobby Goldsboro
Bobby Goldsboro is an American Country and Pop singer-songwriter as well as an accomplished painter and television producer. Goldsboro was one of the most popular recording acts of the late 1960s and 1970s.-Early life:...
"We Sure Can Love Each Other" — Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
"Where is My Castle" - Connie Smith
Connie Smith
Constance June Meador, professionally known as Connie Smith is an American country music artist, who had major success in the 1960s and 70s. She was discovered by country artist, Bill Anderson in 1963 and signed with RCA Victor Records the following year...
"A Woman Always Knows" - David Houston
David Houston (singer)
Charles David Houston was an American country music singer. His peak in popularity came between the mid-1960s through the early 1970s.-Biography:...
"The Wonders You Perform" - Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
"You Better Move On" — Billy "Crash" Craddock
"You're Lookin' at Country
You're Lookin' at Country
"You're Lookin' at Country" is a Country music song written and made famous by Loretta Lynn in mid 1971.-About the song:Lynn wrote "You're Lookin' At Country" in response to viewing the open country while touring on the road. Lynn said in an interview that she was inspired by all the meadows and...

" — Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and is revered as a country music cultural icon....

Singles released by Canadian artists

US	CAN	Single	Artist
	2	24 Hours from Tulsa	Tommy Graham Tommy Graham (singer) Tommy Graham is a singer and record producer from Toronto, Canada. -Life:Tommy Graham joined his first band in 1958. He worked his way through the Toronto club scene with Kay Taylor And The Regents. He moved to Los Angeles in 1960 and returned to Canada three years later...
	2	The Bridge Came Tumbling Down	Stompin' Tom Connors Stompin' Tom Connors Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC is one of Canada's most prolific and well-known folk singers.He lives in Wellington County, Ontario.- Early life :...
	11	Carry Me	The Stampeders The Stampeders The Stampeders are a Canadian rock trio, consisting of Rich Dodson, Ronnie King, and Kim Berly.-Career:The band formed in Calgary, Alberta in 1964 as The Rebounds....
	4	Federal Grain Train	Russ Gurr
	3	Good Morning World	Julie Lynn
	8	Goofie Newfie	Roy Payne
	11	It Seems	Jim Roberts
	2	It Takes Time	Gary Buck
	6	It Takes Time	Anne Murray Anne Murray Morna Anne Murray, CC, ONS is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian singer. Murray has performed in Pop, Country and Adult Contemporary styles. So far, her albums have sold over 54 million copies....
	12	Kelly	Alan Moberg
	15	Love Now and Pay Later	Carroll Baker Carroll Baker (singer) Carroll Baker, CM, born March 4 1949, is a Juno Award winning Canadian country music singer and songwriter.-Biography:Carroll Baker was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia...
	2	Luke's Guitar	Stompin' Tom Connors
	14	Mem'ries of Home	Carroll Baker
	17	The Moods of My Man	Honey West
14	12	The Mornin' After Baby Let Me Down	Ray Griff Ray Griff Ray Griff is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. Griff began songwriting in the early 1960's and had early cuts by Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, and others. Griff moved to Nashville in 1964 to pursue his music career full-time...
	10	Nobody's Singing Them Cowboy Songs No More	Gordie Tapp Gordie Tapp Gordon Robert "Gordie" Tapp, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian entertainer.Tapp studied at the Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts. He was the host for Main Street Jamboree, a radio program broadcast from Hamilton during the 1950s. Tapp later hosted the CBC television show Country Hoedown...
	18	Parliament Hill	Angus Walker
	2	R.R. #2	Family Brown Family Brown Family Brown was a Juno Award-winning Canadian country music band founded in 1967 by Joe Brown , along with his son Barry and daughters Lawanda and Tracey , as well as Dave Dennison and Ron Sparling . Between 1967 and 1990, the band charted several singles in both Canada and the United States...
	15	Sault Ste. Marie	Original Caste Original Caste The Original Caste was a Canadian folk-pop group. Its style was characterized by rich tight vocals and a clean sound; the group was compared to The Carpenters, The Mamas & the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, John Denver and Peter, Paul and Mary. The band formed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1966 under...
	14	Six Days of Paper Ladies	Humphrey and the Dumptrucks
	7	Skip a Rope	Mike Graham
	12	Tillsonburg	Stompin' Tom Connors
	16	(The Whole World's) Down on You	Jack Bailey
	13	Wrote a Song	The Rainvilles

Top new album releases

Bed of Rose's — Statler Brothers
Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers are an American country music group founded in 1955 in Staunton, Virginia.Originally, performing gospel music at local churches, the group billed themselves as "The Four Stars" and later as "The Kingsmen"...

(Mercury)
Cedartown, Georgia
Cedartown, Georgia (Waylon Jennings album)
Cedartown, Georgia is a 1971 album by Waylon Jennings. Its title track, a morbid tale of murder, reached #14 on the country singles chart.-Track listing:# "Cedartown, Georgia" – 2:48...

— Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets. He escaped death in the February 3, 1959 plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie...

(RCA)
Coat of Many Colors
Coat of Many Colors
Coat of Many Colors is a 1971 album and single by Dolly Parton. The title song, which Parton has described as her favourite of all the songs she's ever written, deals with the poverty of her childhood. It reached #4 on the U.S. country singles charts....

— Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music....

(RCA)
"Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" — Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash , born J. R. Cash, was an American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

(Columbia)
How Can I Unlove You - Lynn Anderson
Lynn Anderson
Lynn Rene Anderson is an American country music singer and horse racer, best known for her Grammy Award-winning country crossover mega-hit, " Rose Garden." Anderson was one of the most popular female country singers of the 1970s, helped by her regular exposure on national television...

(Columbia)
I Wanna Be Free - Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and is revered as a country music cultural icon....

(Decca)
In Search of a Song
In Search of a Song
In Search of a Song is a 1971 album by country singer and songwriter, Tom T. Hall. The album includes eleven songs based on Hall's observations of rural life...

— Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall
Tom T. Hall is an American country balladeer, 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.As a teenager, Hall organized a band called the Kentucky...

(Mercury)
Joshua
Joshua (Dolly Parton album)
Joshua was a 1971 album by Dolly Parton that included her first song to top the U.S. country charts . The album reached # 16 on the country albums charts, and #198 on the pop albums chart.-Track listing:# "Joshua"...

— Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music....

(RCA)
Man in Black
Man in Black (album)
Man in Black is an album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1971. Many of the songs on the album contain political references, either broad or specific, while the title song refers both to Cash's tendency to wear black at live shows and to the tumultuous times in which...

— Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash , born J. R. Cash, was an American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

(Columbia)
Pitty Pitty Patter - Susan Raye
Susan Raye
Susan Raye is an American country music singer, 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)
Porter Wayne & Dolly Rebecca - Porter Wagoner
Porter Wagoner
Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced a young Dolly Parton on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet team throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s...

and Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music....

(RCA)
The Silver Tongued Devil and I
The Silver Tongued Devil and I
The Silver Tongued Devil and I is the second album by Kris Kristofferson, released in 1971 on Monument Records. In the spoken word intro to "The Pilgrim, Chapter 33", Kristofferson says he wrote the song about various celebrities...

— Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American 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"...

(Monument)
Treat Him Right — 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.She was the first performer and is currently the only female...

(Columbia)
A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World – Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band "The Strangers" helped create the Bakersfield Sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies, and a...

(Capitol)
Two of a Kind
Two of a Kind (album)
Two of a Kind was a 1971 duet album by Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton. The album reached # 13 on the U.S. country albums charts. The album is unusual in that no single 45rpm releases were issued of any of the songs...

— Porter Wagoner
Porter Wagoner
Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced a young Dolly Parton on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet team throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s...

and Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music....

(RCA)
We Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was one of the United States' most successful country music artists of 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...

and Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and is revered as a country music cultural icon....

(Decca)
When You're Hot, You're Hot – Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films. As a singer, he may be best known for " The Line in Gasoline"; "Lord, Mr...

(RCA)
Yesterday's Wine — Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor and activist. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains iconic, especially in American popular culture.He has continued to tour, record and perform in recent years, and...

(RCA)
You're My Man — Lynn Anderson
Lynn Anderson
Lynn Rene Anderson is an American country music singer and horse racer, best known for her Grammy Award-winning country crossover mega-hit, " Rose Garden." Anderson was one of the most popular female country singers of the 1970s, helped by her regular exposure on national television...

(Columbia)

Births

February 5 — Sara Evans
Sara Evans
Sara Lynn Evans is an American country singer-songwriter.Sara Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging from the late-90s, Evans has become one of Country music's most popular female vocalists, acquiring...

, female vocalist from the late 1990s-2000s.
April 26 — Jay DeMarcus
Jay DeMarcus
Jay DeMarcus is the bassist, harmony vocalist, and song writer in the American country trio Rascal Flatts.DeMarcus was born in Columbus, Ohio...

, member of Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts
Rascal Flatts is an American country music band founded in Columbus, Ohio. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus , and Joe Don Rooney...

.
May 16 — Rick Trevino
Rick Trevino
Ricardo Treviño, Jr. , known professionally as Rick Trevino, is an American country music artist of Mexican American descent...

, Mexican-American singer who had several hits in the 1990s.
April 30 — Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Carolyn Dawn Johnson is a Canadian Juno award winning country music singer and songwriter. Since the 2001 release of her debut album Room with a View, she has seen success in both her native Canada and in the United States...

, singer-songwriter.
July 23 — Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss
Alison Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in 1987...

, bluegrass artist, vocalist and leader of Union Station

Deaths

February 7 — Dock Boggs
Dock Boggs
Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs was an influential old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player. His style of banjo playing, as well as his singing, is considered a unique combination of Appalachian folk music and African-American blues...

, 73, influential old-time country singer.
June 12 — J. E. Mainer
J. E. Mainer
J. E. Mainer was an American old time fiddler who followed in the wake of Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers.-Biography:...

, 72, old-time fiddle player and early country music star.
August 20 — Tom Darby
Darby and Tarlton
Darby and Tarlton was an early country music duo, who achieved some level of success in the late 1920s. The duo consisted of Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton, .-Biography:Tarlton grew up on a farm in Chesterfield County, South Carolina...

, 79, one half of the duo Darby and Tarlton, an early country music duo.

Grammy Awards

Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Help Me Make It Through the Night
Help Me Make It Through the Night
"Help Me Make It Through the Night" is a country music ballad composed by Kris Kristofferson and released on his 1970 album Kristofferson.Kristofferson said that he got the inspiration for the song from an Esquire magazine interview with Frank Sinatra...

," 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...
Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "When You're Hot, You're Hot," Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films. As a singer, he may be best known for " The Line in Gasoline"; "Lord, Mr...
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "After the Fire Is Gone," Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and is revered as a country music cultural icon....

and Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was one of the United States' most successful country music artists of 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...
Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Snowbird," Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins , better known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who created, along with Owen Bradley, the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.His picking style, inspired by...
Best Country Song — "Help Me Make It Through the Night," Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American 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"...

(Performer: Sammi Smith)

Juno Awards

Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Stompin' Tom Connors
Stompin' Tom Connors
Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC is one of Canada's most prolific and well-known folk singers.He lives in Wellington County, Ontario.- Early life :...
Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Myrna Lorrie
Myrna Lorrie
Myrna Lorrie is a Canadian country singer.Lorrie first sang publicly at age 12 on Fort William radio station CKPR. At age 14 she recorded the song "Are You Mine" with Buddy DuVall, which was released on Abbott Records...
Country Group or Duo of the Year — Mercey Brothers
Mercey Brothers
The Mercey Brothers was a Canadian country music group active from 1957 to 1989.-Before they were famous:The Mercey family grew up to music in their household at an early age. Brothers Larry, Ray, and Lloyd Mercey formed a country-infused musical group in 1966...

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer of the Year — Freddie Hart
Freddie Hart (musician)
Freddie Hart is an American country musician and songwriter. He is best known for his hit song "Easy Loving," which won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award two years in a row, in 1971 and 1972.-Childhood and military service:Hart was born to a sharecropper family in Loachapoka,...
Song of the Year — "Easy Loving
Easy Loving
"Easy Loving" is a song composed by country music singer-songwriter Freddie Hart. Released in the summer of 1971, it became Hart's breakthrough hit and a country music standard.-Song history:...

," Freddie Hart (Performer: Freddie Hart)
Single of the Year — "Easy Loving," Freddie Hart
Album of the Year — Easy Loving, Freddie Hart
Top Male Vocalist — Freddie Hart
Top Female Vocalist — Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and is revered as a country music cultural icon....
Top Vocal Duo — Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was one of the United States' most successful country music artists of 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...

and Loretta Lynn
Top New Male Vocalist — Tony Booth
Tony Booth (musician)
Tony Booth is an American country music singer who participated in Buck Owens' "Bakersfield sound" revolution.-Early years:...
Top New Female Vocalist — 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.She was the first performer and is currently the only female...

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year — Charley Pride
Charley Pride
Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer.Pride's smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-six number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early-to-mid 1970s, when he was the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley...
Song of the Year — "Easy Loving
Easy Loving
"Easy Loving" is a song composed by country music singer-songwriter Freddie Hart. Released in the summer of 1971, it became Hart's breakthrough hit and a country music standard.-Song history:...

," Freddie Hart
Freddie Hart (musician)
Freddie Hart is an American country musician and songwriter. He is best known for his hit song "Easy Loving," which won the Country Music Association Song of the Year award two years in a row, in 1971 and 1972.-Childhood and military service:Hart was born to a sharecropper family in Loachapoka,...

(Performer: Freddie Hart)
Single of the Year — "Help Me Make It Through the Night
Help Me Make It Through the Night
"Help Me Make It Through the Night" is a country music ballad composed by Kris Kristofferson and released on his 1970 album Kristofferson.Kristofferson said that he got the inspiration for the song from an Esquire magazine interview with Frank Sinatra...

," 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...
Album of the Year — I Won't Mention It Again, Ray Price
Ray Price (musician)
Ray Price is an American country and western singer, songwriter and guitarist. His more well-known 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...
Male Vocalist of the Year — Charley Pride
Female Vocalist of the Year — Lynn Anderson
Lynn Anderson
Lynn Rene Anderson is an American country music singer and horse racer, best known for her Grammy Award-winning country crossover mega-hit, " Rose Garden." Anderson was one of the most popular female country singers of the 1970s, helped by her regular exposure on national television...
Vocal Duo of the Year — Porter Wagoner
Porter Wagoner
Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced a young Dolly Parton on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet team throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s...

and Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music....
Vocal Group of the Year — Osborne Brothers
Osborne Brothers
The Osborne Brothers, Sonny Osborne and Bobby Osborne , were an influential and popular bluegrass act during the 1960s and 1970s...
Instrumentalist of the Year — Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, country guitarist, session musician, songwriter, and actor who appeared in over a dozen films. As a singer, he may be best known for " The Line in Gasoline"; "Lord, Mr...
Instrumental Group of the Year — Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass
Danny Davis (country musician)
Danny Davis was a band leader, vocalist and producer and founder/leader of the Nashville Brass.-Early life and career:...