Country-Musik 1968

Events

• 1. Februar — Elvis Presleys einziges Kind, Lisa Marie Presley, wird in Memphis (Tennessee) geboren.
• 1. März — Johnny Cash und June Carter heiraten.

Top Hits des Jahre

Number-1-Hits

• 20. Januar - "Sing Me Back Home" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• 3. Februar - "Skip a Rope" - Henson Cargill
• 9. März - "Take Me to Your World" - Tammy Wynette
• 16. März - "A World of Our Own" - Sonny James
• 6. April - "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
• 13. April - "You Are My Treasure" - Jack Greene
• 20. April - "Fist City" - Loretta Lynn
• 27. April - "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• 11. Mai - "Have a Little Faith" - David Houston
• 18. Mai - "I Wanna Live" - Glen Campbell
• 25. Mai - "Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro
• 29. Juni - "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" - Tammy Wynette
• 20. Juli - "Folsom Prison Blues" - Johnny Cash
• 17. August - "Heaven Says Hello" - Sonny James
• 24. August - "Already it's Heaven" - David Houston
• 31. August - "Mama Tried" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• 28. September - "Harper Valley PTA" - Jeannie C. Riley
• 19. Oktober - "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" - Eddy Arnold
• 2. November - "Next In Line" - Conway Twitty
• 9. November - "I Walk Alone" - Marty Robbins
• 23. November - "Stand by Your Man" - Tammy Wynette
• 14. Dezember - "Born to Be With You" - Sonny James
• 21. Dezember - "Wichita Lineman" - Glen Campbell

Weitere Hits

• "Another Place Another Time" - Jerry Lee Lewis
• "As Long As I Live" - George Jones
• "Baby's Back Again" - Connie Smith
• "Big Girls Don't Cry" - Lynn Anderson
• "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" – Glen Campbell
• "Country Girl" - Dottie West
• "The Country Hall of Fame" - Hank Locklin
• "The Day the World Stood Still" - Charley Pride
• "Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" – Glen Campbell
• "The Easy Part's Over" – Charley Pride
• "Flattery Will Get You Everywhere" - Lynn Anderson
• "Happy State of Mind" - Bill Anderson
• "Here Comes Heaven" - Eddy Arnold
• "Here Comes the Rain, Baby" - Eddy Arnold
• "Holdin' On to Nothin" - Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
• "I Got You" - Waylon Jennings und Anita Carter
• "I've Got You on My Mind Again" - Buck Owens
• "The Image of Me" – Conway Twitty
• "It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me)" - Buck Owens
• "It's All Over" - David Houston und Tammy Wynette
• "It's All Over But the Crying" - Hank Williams Jr.
• "It's Over" - Eddy Arnold
• "Just Because I'm a Woman" - Dolly Parton
• "Just For You" - Ferlin Husky
• "The Last Thing on My Mind" – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
• "Let the Chips Fall" - Charley Pride
• "Let the World Keep On A-Turnin" - Buck Owens und Buddy Alan
• "Little Green Apples" - Roger Miller
• "Love Takes Care of Me" - Jack Greene
• "Milwaukee, Here I Come" - George Jones und Brenda Carter
• "No Another Time" - Lynn Anderson
• "On Tap, In the Can, Or in the Bottle" - Hank Thompson
• "The Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" - Waylon Jennings
• "Plastic Saddle" - Nat Stuckey
• "Promises, Promises" - Lynn Anderson
• "Roseanna's Going Wild" - Johnny Cash
• "Run Away Little Tears" - Connie Smith
• "Say It's Not You" - George Jones
• "She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me)" - Jerry Lee Lewis
• "She Wears My Ring" - Ray Price
• "Sweet Rosie Jones" - Buck Owens
• "Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go)" - Ray Price
• "Undo the Right" - Johnny Bush
• "We'll Get Ahead Someday" - Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
• "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" - Jerry Lee Lewis
• "Wild Weekend" – Bill Anderson
• "With Pen in Hand" - Johnny Darrell
• "You Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me)" - Loretta Lynn
• "Your Squaw's on the Warpath" – Loretta Lynn

Alben (Auswahl)

• The Bottom of the Bottle – Porter Wagoner (RCA)
• Country Girl - Dottie West (RCA)
• D-I-V-O-R-C-E - Tammy Wynette (Epic)
• Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry - Glen Campbell und Bobbie Gentry (Capitol)
• Harper Valley PTA - Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)
• Honey - Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists)
• Just Because I'm a Woman - Dolly Parton (RCA)
• Liz Anderson Sings Her Favorites - Liz Anderson (RCA)
• Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash (Columbia)
• Promises, Promises - Lynn Anderson (Chart)
• Walking in Love Land - Eddy Arnold (RCA)

Geboren

• 27. Januar - Tracy Lawrence
• 25. März— Kenny Chesney

Gestorben

• 14. Juni — Ernest Stoneman, 75, Gründer der Stoneman Family.
• 19. September — Red Foley, 58

Neuaufnahmen in die Country Music Hall of Fame

• Bob Wills (1905-1975)

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Harper Valley PTA" Jeannie C. Riley
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Folsom Prison Blues" Johnny Cash
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" Flatt & Scruggs
• Best Country Song — "Little Green Apples," Bobby Russell (Interpret: Roger Miller)

Academy of Country Music

• Single of the Year — "Little Green Apples" Roger Miller
• Album of the Year — Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell, Bobbie Gentry und Glen Campbell
• Top Male Vocalist — Glen Campbell
• Top Female Vocalist — Cathie Taylor
• Top Vocal Duo — Johnny Mosby und Jonie Mosby
• Top New Male Vocalist — Ray Sanders
• Top New Female Vocalist — Cheryl Poole

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year — Glen Campbell
• Song of the Year — "Honey" Bobby Russell (Interpret: Bobby Goldsboro)
• Single of the Year — "Harper Valley PTA" Jeannie C. Riley
• Album of the Year — '"At Folsom Prison" Johnny Cash
• Male Vocalist of the Year — Glen Campbell
• Female Vocalist of the Year — Tammy Wynette
• Vocal Group of the Year — Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
• Instrumentalist of the Year — Chet Atkins
• Instrumental Group of the Year — The Buckaroos
• Comedian of the Year — Sheb Wooley

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