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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1970.
Events
- April 13 - Marty Robbins is awarded Artist of the Decade for the 1960s by the Academy of Country Music
- September — That Good Ole Nashville Music debuts in syndication. The series will run until 1985.
No Dates
Early in the year, Marty Robbins suffers a major heart attack which almost takes the life of the country star.
Top hits of the year
Number-one hits
United States
(as certified by Billboard)
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!Date
!Single Name
!Artist
!width="40"|Wks. No.1
!width="40"|CAN peak
!Spec. Note
|-
|January 3
|Baby, Baby (I Know You're a Lady)
|David Houston
|align="center"|4
|
|<sup>[[#endnote_B|[B]]]</sup>
|-
|January 31
|A Week in a Country Jail
|Tom T. Hall
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|32
|<sup>[[#endnote_A|[A]]]</sup>
|-
|February 14
|It's Just a Matter of Time
|Sonny James
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|4
|Cover of Brook Benton hit.
|-
|March 14
|The Fightin' Side of Me
|Merle Haggard
|align="center"|3
|
|
|-
|April 4
|Tennessee Bird Walk
|Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
|align="center"|2
|
|<sup>[[#endnote_C|[C]]]</sup>
|-
|April 18
|Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone
|Charley Pride
|align="center"|2
|
|
|-
|May 2
|My Woman My Woman My Wife
|Marty Robbins
|align="center"|1
|
|
|-
|May 9
|The Pool Shark
|Dave Dudley
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|4
|<sup>[[#endnote_C|[C]]]</sup>
|-
|May 16
|My Love
|Sonny James
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|3
|
|-
|June 6
|Hello Darlin'
|Conway Twitty
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|2
|<sup>[[#endnote_1|[1]]]</sup>
|-
|July 4
|He Loves Me All the Way
|Tammy Wynette
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|2
|
|-
|July 25
|Wonder Could I Live There Anymore
|Charley Pride
|align="center"|2
|
|
|-
|August 8
|Don't Keep Me Hangin' On
|Sonny James
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|17
|
|-
|September 5
|All for the Love of Sunshine
|Hank Williams, Jr. with<br />The Mike Curb Congregation
|align="center"|2
|
|<sup>[[#endnote_A|[A]]] – Hank Williams, Jr.</sup><br /><sup>[[#endnote_C|[C]]] – The Mike Curb Congregation</sup>
|-
|September 19
|For the Good Times
|Ray Price
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2
|
|-
|September 26
|There Must Be More to Love Than This
|Jerry Lee Lewis
|align="center"|2
|
|
|-
|October 10
|Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
|Johnny Cash
|align="center"|2
|
|
|-
|October 24
|Run Woman Run
|Tammy Wynette
|align="center"|2
|
|
|-
|November 7
|I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me
|Charley Pride
|align="center"|2
|
|
|-
|November 21
|Fifteen Years Ago
|Conway Twitty
|align="center"|1
|
|
|-
|November 28
|Endlessly
|Sonny James
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|10
|
|-
|December 19
|Coal Miner's Daughter
|Loretta Lynn
|align="center"|1
|
|
|-
|December 26
|Rose Garden
|Lynn Anderson
|align="center"|5
|
|<sup>[[#endnote_A|[A]]]</sup>
|-
|}
;Notes
- 1^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard.
- A^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
- B^ Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
- C^ Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
Canada
(as certified by RPM)
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse"
|- style="background:#00AAAA"
!Date
!Single Name
!Artist
!width="40"|Wks. No.1
!width="40"|U.S. peak
!Spec. Note
|-
|January 10
|Blistered/See Ruby Fall
|Johnny Cash
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|4
|
|-
|January 17
|Baby, Baby (I Know You're a Lady)
|David Houston
|align="center"|1
|
|
|-
|January 24
|Big in Vegas
|Buck Owens
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|5
|
|-
|January 31
|Six White Horses
|Tommy Cash
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|4
|<sup>[[#endnote_C|[C]]]</sup>
|-
|February 14
|Fancy
|Bobbie Gentry
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|26
|<sup>[[#endnote_B|[B]]]</sup>
|-
|February 28
|Brown Eyed Handsome Man
|Waylon Jennings
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|
|-
|March 7
|If I Were a Carpenter
|Johnny Cash and<br />June Carter Cash
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2
|<sup>[[#endnote_C|[C]]] – June Carter Cash</sup>
|-
|March 14
|Honey Come Back
|Glen Campbell
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2
|
|-
|March 21
|Welfare Cadillac
|Guy Drake
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|6
|<sup>[[#endnote_C|[C]]]</sup>
|-
|March 28
|Wayward Woman of the World
|Gary Buck
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|—
|<sup>[[#endnote_B|[B]]]</sup>
|-
|April 4
|The Fightin' Side of Me
|Merle Haggard
|align="center"|1
|
|
|-
|April 11
|Tennessee Bird Walk
|Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
|align="center"|1
|
|<sup>[[#endnote_C|[C]]]</sup>
|-
|April 18
|Kentucky Rain
|Elvis Presley
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|31
|<sup>[[#endnote_A|[A]]]</sup>
|-
|April 25
|My Woman My Woman My Wife
|Marty Robbins
|align="center"|2
|
|
|-
|May 9
|Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone
|Charley Pride
|align="center"|1
|
|
|-
|May 16
|The Way You Play
|Merv Smith
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|—
|<sup>[[#endnote_C|[C]]]</sup>
|-
|May 23
|Big Joe Mufferaw
|Stompin' Tom Connors
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|—
|<sup>[[#endnote_A|[A]]]</sup>
|-
|June 6
|What Is Truth
|Johnny Cash
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|3
|
|-
|June 27
|Street Singer
|Merle Haggard
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|9
|
|-
|July 4
|She's a Little Bit Country
|George Hamilton IV
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|3
|
|-
|July 25
|Ketchup Song
|Stompin' Tom Connors
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|—
|
|-
|August 8
|Wonder Could I Live There Anymore
|Charley Pride
|align="center"|2
|
|
|-
|August 22
|Snowbird
|Anne Murray
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|10
|<sup>[[#endnote_A|[A]]]</sup>
|-
|September 12
|Everything a Man Could Ever Need
|Glen Campbell
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|5
|
|-
|September 19
|Me and Bobby McGee
|Gordon Lightfoot
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|—
|<sup>[[#endnote_A|[A]]]</sup>
|-
|September 26
|Countryfied
|Dick Damron
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|—
|<sup>[[#endnote_2|[2]]]</sup>
- Fell to #3 on the week of October 10.
|-
|October 10
|All for the Love of Sunshine
|Hank Williams, Jr.
|align="center"|1
|
|<sup>[[#endnote_A|[A]]]</sup>
|-
|October 17
|Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
|Johnny Cash
|align="center"|1
|
|
|-
|October 24
|There Must Be More to Love Than This
|Jerry Lee Lewis
|align="center"|1
|
|
|-
|October 31
|Back Where It's At
|George Hamilton IV
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|16
|
|-
|November 7
|Run Woman Run
|Tammy Wynette
|align="center"|1
|
|
|-
|November 14
|Ode to Suburbia
|R. Harlan Smith
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|—
|<sup>[[#endnote_A|[A]]]</sup>
|-
|November 28
|The Ballad of Muk Tuk Annie
|Jimmy Arthur Ordge
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|—
|<sup>[[#endnote_B|[B]]]</sup>
|-
|December 5
|I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me
|Charley Pride
|align="center"|1
|
|
|-
|December 12
|Fifteen Years Ago
|Conway Twitty
|align="center"|1
|
|
|-
|December 19
|Coal Miner's Daughter
|Loretta Lynn
|align="center"|1
|
|
|-
|December 26
|Sweet Dreams of Yesterday
|Hank Smith
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|—
|<sup>[[#endnote_A|[A]]]</sup>
|}
;Notes
- 2^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
- A^ First RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
- B^ Last RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
- C^ Only RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
Other major hits
Singles released by American artists
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!width="50"|<small>US</small>
!width="50"|<small>CAN</small>
!width="250"|Single
!width="150"|Artist
|-
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|4
|After Closing Time
|David Houston and Barbara Mandrell
|-
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|2
|All I Have to Do Is Dream
|Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
|-
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|12
|All My Hard Times
|Roy Drusky
|-
|align="center"|16
|align="center"|—
|Amos Moses
|Jerry Reed
|-
|align="center"|34
|align="center"|11
|Angel of the Morning
|Connie Eaton
|-
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|21
|Angels Don't Lie
|Jim Reeves
|-
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|—
|Another Lonely Night
|Jean Shepard
|-
|align="center"|23
|align="center"|9
|Big Mama's Medicine Show
|Buddy Alan
|-
|align="center"|27
|align="center"|18
|Big Wheel Cannonball
|Dick Curless
|-
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|19
|Biloxi
|Kenny Price
|-
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|2
|Carmella
|Marty Robbins
|-
|align="center"|29
|align="center"|3
|Carolina in My Mind
|George Hamilton IV
|-
|align="center"|16
|align="center"|10
|Charlie Brown
|The Compton Brothers
|-
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|14
|Commercial Affection
|Mel Tillis
|-
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|16
|Country Girl
|Jeannie C. Riley
|-
|align="center"|19
|align="center"|—
|Cowboy Convention
|Buddy Alan and Don Rich
|-
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|12
|Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man
|Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
|-
|align="center"|20
|align="center"|—
|Do It to Someone You Love
|Norro Wilson
|-
|align="center"|13
|align="center"|—
|Don't Cry Daddy
|Elvis Presley
|-
|align="center"|17
|align="center"|31
|Don't Take All Your Loving
|Don Gibson
|-
|align="center"|37
|align="center"|8
|Down in the Boondocks
|Penny DeHaven
|-
|align="center"|21
|align="center"|13
|Duty Not Desire
|Jeannie C. Riley
|-
|align="center"|16
|align="center"|—
|Georgia Sunshine
|Jerry Reed
|-
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|8
|Goin' Steady
|Faron Young
|-
|align="center"|41
|align="center"|9
|Gotta Get to Oklahoma ('Cause California's Gettin' to Me)
|The Hagers
|-
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|9
|The Great White Horse
|Buck Owens and Susan Raye
|-
|align="center"|15
|align="center"|—
|He'd Still Love Me
|Lynn Anderson
|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|5
|Heart Over Mind
|Mel Tillis
|-
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|3
|Heaven Everyday
|Mel Tillis
|-
|align="center"|11
|align="center"|6
|Heavenly Sunshine
|Ferlin Husky
|-
|align="center"|26
|align="center"|4
|Hello I'm a Jukebox
|George Kent
|-
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|9
|Hello Mary Lou
|Bobby Lewis
|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|22
|How I Got to Memphis
|Bobby Bare
|-
|align="center"|20
|align="center"|46
|How I Love Them Old Songs
|Carl Smith
|-
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|24
|Humphrey the Camel
|Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|2
|I Can't Be Myself
|Merle Haggard
|-
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|4
|I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye
|Jerry Lee Lewis
|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|4
|I Do My Swinging at Home
|David Houston
|-
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|13
|I Know How
|Loretta Lynn
|-
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|17
|I Never Once Stopped Loving You
|Connie Smith
|-
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|2
|I Never Picked Cotton
|Roy Clark
|-
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|33
|I Walked Out on Heaven
|Hank Williams, Jr.
|-
|align="center"|22
|align="center"|11
|I Wish I Had a Mommy Like You
|Patti Page
|-
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|—
|I Wouldn't Live in New York City<br />(If They Gave Me the Whole Damn Town)
|Buck Owens
|-
|align="center"|11
|align="center"|33
|I'll Make Amends
|Roy Drusky
|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|3
|I'll See Him Through
|Tammy Wynette
|-
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|7
|I'm a Lover (Not a Fighter)
|Skeeter Davis
|-
|align="center"|20
|align="center"|37
|I'm Alright
|Lynn Anderson
|-
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|21
|I'm Leaving It Up to You
|Johnny & Jonie Mosby
|-
|align="center"|16
|align="center"|21
|I've Been Everywhere
|Lynn Anderson
|-
|align="center"|17
|align="center"|6
|I've Just Been Wasting My Time
|John Wesley Ryles
|-
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|2
|If I Ever Fall in Love (With a Honky Tonk Girl)
|Faron Young
|-
|align="center"|62
|align="center"|13
|If I'd Only Come and Gone
|Clay Hart
|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|8
|If It's All the Same to You
|Bill Anderson and Jan Howard
|-
|align="center"|13
|align="center"|33
|It's a Beautiful Day
|Wynn Stewart
|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|4
|It's Only Make Believe
|Glen Campbell
|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|3
|Jesus, Take a Hold
|Merle Haggard
|-
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|7
|Jolie Girl
|Marty Robbins
|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|6
|The Kansas City Song
|Buck Owens
|-
|align="center"|20
|align="center"|24
|Land Mark Tavern
|Del Reeves and Penny DeHaven
|-
|align="center"|17
|align="center"|—
|Lilacs and Fire
|George Morgan
|-
|align="center"|16
|align="center"|24
|Live for the Good Times
|Warner Mack
|-
|align="center"|23
|align="center"|19
|Lodi
|Buddy Alan
|-
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|4
|Long Long Texas Road
|Roy Drusky
|-
|align="center"|16
|align="center"|16
|Lord Is That Me
|Jack Greene
|-
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|—
|Louisiana Man
|Connie Smith
|-
|align="center"|19
|align="center"|23
|Love Hungry
|Warner Mack
|-
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|10
|Love Is a Sometimes Thing
|Bill Anderson
|-
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|—
|A Lover's Question
|Del Reeves
|-
|align="center"|13
|align="center"|—
|(Lovin' Man) Oh Pretty Woman
|Arlene Harden
|-
|align="center"|42
|align="center"|5
|Luziana River
|Van Trevor
|-
|align="center"|17
|align="center"|27
|Marty Gray
|Billie Jo Spears
|-
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|2
|Morning
|Jim Ed Brown
|-
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|—
|The Most Uncomplicated Goodbye I've Ever Heard
|Henson Cargill
|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|4
|Mule Skinner Blues
|Dolly Parton
|-
|align="center"|15
|align="center"|42
|No Love at All
|Lynn Anderson
|-
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|4
|Nobody's Fool
|Jim Reeves
|-
|align="center"|17
|align="center"|6
|Northeast Arkansas Mississippi County Bootlegger
|Kenny Price
|-
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|15
|Occasional Wife
|Faron Young
|-
|align="center"|25
|align="center"|11
|Oh Happy Day
|Glen Campbell
|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|17
|Once More with Feeling
|Jerry Lee Lewis
|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|One Minute Past Eternity
|Jerry Lee Lewis
|-
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|—
|One Song Away
|Tommy Cash
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|9
|Orange Blossom Special
|Doug Kershaw
|-
|align="center"|16
|align="center"|—
|Perfect Mountain
|Don Gibson
|-
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|48
|Playin' Around with Love
|Barbara Mandrell
|-
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|—
|Pull My String and Wind Me Up
|Carl Smith
|-
|align="center"|21
|align="center"|16
|Right or Left at Oak Street
|Roy Clark
|-
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|8
|Rise and Shine
|Tommy Cash
|-
|align="center"|17
|align="center"|33
|Rocky Top
|Lynn Anderson
|-
|align="center"|71
|align="center"|12
|Roll Over Beethoven
|Linda Gail Lewis and Jerry Lee Lewis
|-
|align="center"|20
|align="center"|2
|Runnin' Bare
|Jim Nesbitt
|-
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|14
|Salute to a Switchblade
|Tom T. Hall
|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|8
|She Goes Walking Through My Mind
|Billy Walker
|-
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|4
|She'll Be Hangin' Around Somewhere
|Mel Tillis
|-
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|33
|She's Mine
|George Jones
|-
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|10
|Shoeshine Man
|Tom T. Hall
|-
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|11
|Singer of Sad Songs
|Waylon Jennings
|-
|align="center"|33
|align="center"|16
|Sittin' in Atlanta Station
|Nat Stuckey
|-
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|10
|So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)
|Hank Williams, Jr. and Lois Johnson
|-
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|3
|Someday We'll Be Together
||Bill Anderson and Jan Howard
|-
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|26
|Something to Brag About
|Charlie Louvin and Melba Montgomery
|-
|align="center"|36
|align="center"|14
|Something to Think About
|Luke the Drifter, Jr.
|-
|align="center"|15
|align="center"|17
|Something Unseen
|Jack Greene
|-
|align="center"|15
|align="center"|24
|South
|Roger Miller
|-
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|22
|Stay There, Till I Get There
|Lynn Anderson
|-
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|8
|Take a Letter Maria
|Anthony Armstrong Jones
|-
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|8
|The Taker
|Waylon Jennings
|-
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|—
|Talk About the Good Times
|Jerry Reed
|-
|align="center"|13
|align="center"|10
|Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong
|George Jones
|-
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|2
|Thank God and Greyhound
|Roy Clark
|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|4
|That's When She Started to Stop Loving You
|Conway Twitty
|-
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|27
|Then He Touched Me
|Jean Shepard
|-
|align="center"|31
|align="center"|12
|Then She's a Lover
|Roy Clark
|-
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|—
|There's a Story (Goin' 'Round)
|Dottie West and Don Gibson
|-
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|32
|Thinking 'Bout You, Babe
|Billy Walker
|-
|align="center"|20
|align="center"|22
|This Night (Ain't Fit for Nothing but Drinking)
|Dave Dudley
|-
|align="center"|12
|align="center"|18
|Togetherness
|Buck Owens and Susan Raye
|-
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|34
|Tomorrow Is Forever
|Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
|-
|align="center"|63
|align="center"|3
|Wabash Cannon Ball
|Danny Davis
|-
|align="center"|56
|align="center"|6
|Walk a Mile in My Shoes
|Joe South
|-
|align="center"|13
|align="center"|6
|We're Gonna Get Together
|Buck Owens and Susan Raye
|-
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|—
|When a Man Loves a Woman (The Way That I Love You)
|Billy Walker
|-
|align="center"|21
|align="center"|6
|When You're Hot, You're Hot
|Porter Wagoner
|-
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|9
|Where Have All Our Heroes Gone
|Bill Anderson
|-
|align="center"|14
|align="center"|13
|The Whole World Comes to Me
|Jack Greene
|-
|align="center"|11
|align="center"|5
|Wings Upon Your Horns
|Loretta Lynn
|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|21
|Wish I Didn't Have to Miss You
|Jack Greene and Jeannie Seely
|-
|align="center"|17
|align="center"|—
|A Woman Lives for Love
|Wanda Jackson
|-
|align="center"|37
|align="center"|17
|The Wonder of You
|Elvis Presley
|-
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|5
|Wonders of the Wine
|David Houston
|-
|align="center"|15
|align="center"|30
|You and Me Against the World
|Bobby Lord
|-
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|4
|You Wanna Give Me a Lift
|Loretta Lynn
|-
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|15
|You Wouldn't Know Love
|Ray Price
|-
|align="center"|27
|align="center"|11
|You've Got Your Troubles (I've Got Mine)
|Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
|}
Singles released by Canadian artists
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!width="50"|<small>US</small>
!width="50"|<small>CAN</small>
!Single
!Artist
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|15
|The Call
|Gene MacLellan
|-
|align="center"|—
|align="center"|6
|Cool Green Waters
|Donna Ramsay
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|align="center"|18
|Don't Hate, Communicate
|Gary Buck
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|align="center"|12
|Don't It Make You Wanna Go Home
|Terry Roberts
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|align="center"|20
|Foolin' Around
|Chaparrel Brothers
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|align="center"|12
|Fortunate Son
|The Rainvilles
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|align="center"|12
|From Pulpit to Prison
|Singing Parson
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|align="center"|18
|Hot Wheels
|Stan Farlow
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|align="center"|2
|My Song for You
|Mercey Brothers
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|align="center"|19
|Newfie Screech
|Stevedore Steve
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|align="center"|14
|No Pity for a Fool
|Mike Graham
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|align="center"|26
|align="center"|13
|Patches
|Ray Griff
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|align="center"|4
|Pickin' Up the Pieces
|Mercey Brothers
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|align="center"|12
|These Things
|Mike Graham
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|align="center"|20
|Thorn in My Shoe
|Gene MacLellan
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|align="center"|2
|To-Ma-Ray Tom-O-Ray
|Billy Charne
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|align="center"|9
|Trucker's Cafe
|Great Speckled Bird
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|Wait for Sunday
|Tommy Hunter
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|Walk with Your Neighbour
|Tommy Hunter
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Top new album releases
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!width="90"|Record Label
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|Charley Pride's 10th Album
|Charley Pride
|RCA
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|Christmas in My Home Town
|Charley Pride
|RCA
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|Coal Miner's Daughter
|Loretta Lynn
|Decca
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|The Fightin' Side of Me
|Merle Haggard
|Capitol
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|For the Good Times
|Ray Price
|Columbia
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|Hello Darlin
|Conway Twitty
|Decca
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|Hello, I'm Johnny Cash
|Johnny Cash
|Columbia
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|Just Plain Charley
|Charley Pride
|RCA
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|Love Is a Sometimes Thing
|Bill Anderson
|Decca
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|Okie From Muskogee
|Merle Haggard
|Capitol
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|Tammy's Touch
|Tammy Wynette
|Epic
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|The Johnny Cash Show
|Johnny Cash
|Columbia
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|The World of Tammy Wynette
|Tammy Wynette
|Epic
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Other top albums
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!width="90"|Record Label
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|A Real Live Dolly
|Dolly Parton
|RCA
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|Color Me Country
|Linda Martell
|Plantation
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|Country Boy & Country Girl
|Jimmy Dean and Dottie West
|RCA
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|Forever Yours
|Dottie West
|RCA
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|Husband Hunting
|Liz Anderson
|RCA
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|I'm Alright
|Lynn Anderson
|Chart
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|If It's All the Same to You
|Bill Anderson and Jan Howard
|Decca
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|Jack Greene, Jeannie Seely
|Jack Greene and Jeannie Seely
|Decca
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|Look at Mine
|Jody Miller
|Epic
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|No Love at All
|Lynn Anderson
|Columbia
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|Rock Me Back to Little Rock
|Jan Howard
|Decca
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|Skid Row Joe: Down in the Alley
|Porter Wagoner
|RCA
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|Snowbird
|Anne Murray
|Capitol
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|Stay There 'Til I Get There
|Lynn Anderson
|Columbia
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|Uptown Country Girl
|Lynn Anderson
|Chart
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|We're Gonna Get Together
|Buck Owens and Susan Raye
|Capitol
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|Where Have All Our Heroes Gone
|Bill Anderson
|Decca
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|Here's Loretta Singing "Wings Upon Your Horns"
|Loretta Lynn
|Decca
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Births
- March 14 — Kristian Bush, member of Sugarland
- July 10 — Gary LeVox, lead singer of Rascal Flatts.
- August 22 – George Canyon, country singer from the late 1990s who enjoyed success in the mid 2000s.
- August 24 — Kristyn Osborn, member of SHeDAISY
- August 25 — Jo Dee Messina, female vocalist of the 1990s and 2000s (decade).
- October 5 — Georgette Jones, the only biological child of George Jones and Tammy Wynette.
- October 25 — Chely Wright, country singer of the late 1990s and 2000s (decade).
- November 5 – Heather and Jennifer Kinley, recorded in the late 1990s as the duo The Kinleys
- November 15 — Jack Ingram, rock-styled country singer-songwriter since the mid-2000s (decade).
- December 10 — Kevin Sharp, country singer from the 1990s, best known for "Nobody Knows" (d. 2014)
Deaths
- January 4 – Clayton McMichen, 69, pioneering fiddle player and member of the Skillet Lickers.
- April 1 — Paul Cohen, 61, pioneering record producer at Decca Records.
- September 5 – Curley Williams, 56, songwriter most famous for writing "Half as Much."
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
- The Original Carter Family – (A. P. Carter 1891–1960, Sara Carter 1898–1979 and Mother Maybelle Carter 1909–1978)
Major awards
Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden", Lynn Anderson
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "For the Good Times", Ray Price
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "If I Were a Carpenter", Johnny Cash and June Carter
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — Me & Jerry, Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed
- Best Country Song — "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife", Marty Robbins (Performer: Marty Robbins)
Juno Awards
- Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Tommy Hunter
- Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Dianne Leigh
- Country Group or Duo of the Year — Mercey Brothers
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer of the Year — Merle Haggard
- Song of the Year — "For the Good Times", Kris Kristofferson (Performer: Ray Price)
- 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
- Top Vocal Group — The Kimberleys
- Top New Male Vocalist — Buddy Alan
- Top New Female Vocalist — Sammi Smith
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — Merle Haggard
- Song of the Year — "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", Kris Kristofferson (Performer: Johnny Cash)
- Single of the Year — "Okie from Muskogee", Merle Haggard
- Album of the Year — Okie from Muskogee, Merle Haggard
- Male Vocalist of the Year — Merle Haggard
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Tammy Wynette
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
- Vocal Group of the Year — Tompall and the Glaser Brothers
- Instrumentalist of the Year — Jerry Reed
- Instrumental Group of the Year — Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass
- Comedian of the Year — Roy Clark
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 ()
- Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 ()
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.
Other links
- Country Music Association
- Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame
External links
- Country Music Hall of Fame