Country-Musik 1966

Events

• 15. März – Roger Miller gewinnt sechs Grammies, darunter fünf für seinen Top-Hit King of the Road

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

• 8. Januar - "Giddyup Go" - Red Sovine
• 19. Februar - "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line/ In The Palm Of Your Hand" - Buck Owens
• 9. April - "I Want to Go with You" - Eddy Arnold
• 21. Mai - "Distant Drums" - Jim Reeves
• 18. Juni - "Take Good Care of Her" - Sonny James
• 2. Juli - "Think of Me" - Buck Owens
• 13. August - "Almost Persuaded" - David Houston
• 15. Oktober - "Blue Side of Lonesome" - Jim Reeves
• 22. Oktober - "Open Up Your Heart" - Buck Owens
• 19. November - "I Get the Fever" - Bill Anderson
• 26. November - "Somebody Like Me" - Eddy Arnold
• 24. December - "There Goes My Everything" - Jack Greene

Weitere große Hits

• "Ain't Had No Lovin'" - Connie Smith
• "Baby" - Wilma Burgess
• "Bad Seed" - Jan Howard
• "Ballad of the Green Berets" - Barry Sadler
• "The Bottle Let Me Down" - Merle Haggard
• "The Company You Keep" - Bill Phillips
• "Crystal Chandelier" — Charley Pride
• "Dear Uncle Sam" - Loretta Lynn
• "Don't Touch Me" - Wilma Burgess
• "Don't Touch Me" - Jeannie Seely
• "England Swings" - Roger Miller
• "Evil on Your Mind" - Jan Howard
• "Flowers on the Wall" - Statler Brothers
• "Four-O-Thirty-Three" - George Jones
• "Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart" - Conway Twitty
• "History Repeats Itself" - Buddy Starcher
• "The Hurtin's All Over" - Connie Smith
• "Husbands and Wives" - Roger Miller
• "I Love You Drops" - Bill Anderson
• "I'm a People" - George Jones
• "It Takes A Lot Of Money" - Warner Mack
• "The Last Word in Lonesome is Me" - Eddy Arnold
• "Livin' in a House Full of Love" - David Houston
• "Look Into My Teardrops" - Conway Twitty
• "The Lovin' Machine" - Johnny Paycheck
• "A Million and One" - Billy Walker
• "Misty Blue" - Wilma Burgess
• "Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)" - Connie Smith
• "The One on the Right is on the Left" - Johnny Cash
• "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" - Bill Phillips
• "Room in Your Heart" - Sonny James
• "The Snakes Crawl at Night" - Charley Pride
• "Snowflake" - Jim Reeves
• "Stand Beside Me" - Jimmy Dean
• "Standing in the Shadows" - Hank Williams Jr.
• "The Streets of Baltimore" - Bobby Bare
• "Sweet Thang" - Nat Stuckey
• "Swinging Doors" - Merle Haggard
• "Take Me" - George Jones
• "Talkin' To The Wall" - Warner Mack
• "That's What You Get For Loving Me" - Waylon Jennings
• "Tippy Toeing" - The Harden Trio
• "Unmitigated Gall" - Faron Young
• "What We're Fighting For" - Dave Dudley
• "Would You Hold It Against Me" - Dottie West
• "You Ain't Woman Enough" - Loretta Lynn

Alben (Auswahl)

• Born to Sing - Connie Smith (RCA)
• Confessions of a Broken Man – Porter Wagoner (RCA)
• Distant Drums - Jim Reeves (RCA)
• Don't Touch Me - Wilma Burgess (Decca)
• Evil on Your Mind - Jan Howard (Decca)
• Folk Country - Waylon Jennings (RCA)
• I Want to Go With You - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
• The Seely Style - Jeannie Seely (Monument)
• Somebody Like Me - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
• The Streets of Baltimore - Bobby Bare (RCA)
• Suffer Time - Dottie West (RCA)
• Conway Twitty Sings - Conway Twitty (Decca)
• Look Into My Teardrops - Conway Twitty (Decca)

Geboren

• 29. Juli - Martina McBride
• 19. August - Lee Ann Womack

Neuaufnahmen in die Country Music Hall of Fame

• Eddy Arnold (1918-2008)
• James R. Denny (1911-1963)
• George D. Hay (1895-1968)
• Uncle Dave Macon (1870-1952)

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammies

• Best Country & Western Vocal Performance, Female -- "Queen of the House," Jody Miller.
• Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male -- "King of the Road," Roger Miller.
• Best Country & Western Single -- "King of the Road," Roger Miller.
• Best Country Song -- "King of the Road," Roger Miller
• Best Country & Western Album -- The Return of Roger Miller, Roger Miller.
• Best New Country & Western Artist -- Statler Brothers

Academy of Country Music

• Top Male Vocalist -- Merle Haggard
• Top Female Vocalist -- Bonnie Guitar
• Top New Male Vocalist -- Billy Mize
• Top New Female Vocalist -- Cathie Taylor

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