Country-Musik 1969

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1969 im Genre Country-Musik.

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

• 4. Januar – Daddy Sang Bass – Johnny Cash
• 15. Februar – Until My Dreams Come True – Jack Greene
• 1. März – To Make Love Sweeter for You – Jerry Lee Lewis
• 8. März – Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) – Sonny James
• 29. März – Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass – Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
• 12. April – Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone) – Loretta Lynn
• 19. April – Galveston – Glen Campbell
• 10. Mai – Hungry Eyes – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• 17. Mai – My Life (Throw it Away if I Want To) – Bill Anderson
• 31. Mai – Singing My Song – Tammy Wynette
• 14. Juni – Running Bear – Sonny James
• 5. Juli – Statue of a Fool – Jack Greene
• 19. Juli – I Love You More Today – Conway Twitty
• 26. Juli – Johnny B. Goode – Buck Owens
• 9. August – All I Have to Offer You Is Me – Charley Pride
• 16. August – Workin’ Man’s Blues – Merle Haggard
• 23. August – A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
• 27. September – Tall Dark Stranger – Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
• 4. Oktober – Since I Met You Baby – Sonny James
• 25. Oktober – The Ways to Love a Man – Tammy Wynette
• 8. November – To See My Angel Cry – Conway Twitty
• 15. November – Okie from Muskogee – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• 13. Dezember – I’m so Afraid of Losing You Again – Charley Pride

Weitere Hits

• All For the Love of a Girl – Claude King
• April's Fool – Ray Price
• Are You From Dixie ('Cause I'm From Dixie Too) – Jerry Reed
• Back in the Arms of Love – Jack Greene
• Ballad of Forty Dollars – Tom T. Hall
• Be Glad – Del Reeves
• Big in Vegas – Buck Owens
• Big Wind – Porter Wagoner
• Blistered – Johnny Cash
• But You Know I Love You – Bill Anderson
• Cajun Baby – Hank Williams Jr.
• The Carroll County Accident – Porter Wagoner
• Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie – Conway Twitty
• Don't Let Me Cross Over – Jerry Lee Lewis und Linda Gail Lewis
• Games People Play – Freddy Weller
• George and the North Woods – Dave Dudley
• The Girl Most Likely – Jeannie C. Riley
• God Bless America Again – Bobby Bare
• Good Time Charlies – Del Reeves
• Homecoming – Tom T. Hall
• I Can't Say Goodbye – Marty Robbins
• I Love You Because – Carl Smith
• I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• I'd Rather Be Gone – Hank Williams Jr.
• I'll Share My World With You – George Jones
• I'm Down to My Last ‘I Love You’ – David Houston
• If Not For You – George Jones
• It's a Sin – Marty Robbins
• In the Ghetto – Elvis Presley
• Invitation to Your Party – Jerry Lee Lewis
• Just Someone I Used to Know – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
• Kaw-Liga – Charley Pride
• Kay – John Wesley Ryles
• Let it Be Me – Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry
• MacArthur Park – Waylon Jennings mit den Kimberlys
• (Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn – Bobby Bare
• Me and Bobby McGee – Roger Miller
• Mr. Walker, It's All Over – Billie Jo Spears
• My Woman's Good to Me – David Houston
• The Name of the Game Was Love – Hank Snow
• One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) – Jerry Lee Lewis
• One Minute Past Eternity – Jerry Lee Lewis
• Please Don't Go – Eddy Arnold
• Please Let Me Prove My Love For You – Dave Dudley
• Raining in My Heart – Ray Price
• Ribbon of Darkness – Connie Smith
• Rings of Gold – Don Gibson and Dottie West
• Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town – Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
• Rueben James – Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
• She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye – Jerry Lee Lewis
• Smoky the Bar – Hank Thompson
• Such a Fool – Roy Drusky
• Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
• Sweet Thang and Cisco – Nat Stuckey
• Sweetheart of the Year – Ray Price
• That's a No-No – Lynn Anderson
• There Never Was a Time – Jeannie C. Riley
• There Won't Be a Lonely Heart in Town – Del Reeves
• These are Not My People – Freddy Weller
• These Lonely Hands of Mine – Mel Tillis
• They Don't Make Love Like They Used To – Eddy Arnold
• Thirsty Boots – Anne Murray
• This Thing – Webb Pierce
• To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man) – Loretta Lynn
• True Grit – Glen Campbell
• Try a Little Kindness – Glen Campbell
• When the Grass Grows Over Me – George Jones
• When Two Worlds Collide – Jim Reeves
• Where the Blue and Lonely Go – Roy Drusky
• Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out – Ernest Tubb und Loretta Lynn
• Who's Julie – Mel Tillis
• Wine Me Up – Faron Young
• Yesterday When I Was Young – Roy Clark
• You and Your Sweet Love – Connie Smith
• You Gave Me a Mountain – Johnny Bush
• Young Love – Connie Smith und Nat Stuckey
• Your Time's Comin‘ – Faron Young
• Yours Love – Waylon Jennings
• Yours Love – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton

Alben (Auswahl)

• At San Quentin – Johnny Cash
• The Carroll County Accident – Porter Wagoner (RCA)
• It's A Sin – Marty Robbins (Columbia)
• My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy – Dolly Parton (RCA)
• Songs That Made Country Girls Famous – Lynn Anderson (Chart)
• Yearbooks and Yesterdays – Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)

Geboren

• 19. August – Clay Walker
• 12. Oktober – Martie Maguire, Mitglied der Dixie Chicks
• 05. Dezember – Ray Scott

Gestorben

• 11. September – Leon Payne, 52
• 23. November – Spade Cooley, 58

Neuaufnahmen in die Country Music Hall of Fame

• Gene Autry (1907–1998)
• Bill Monroe (1911–1996)

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female – Harper Valley P.T.A., Jeannie C. Riley
• Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male – Folsom Prison Blues, Johnny Cash
• Best Country & Western Performance - Duo Or Group (Vocal Or Instrumental) – Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Flatt and Scruggs
• Best Country Song – Little Green Apples, Bobby Russel (Interpret: Roger Miller)

Academy of Country Music Awards

• 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 Awards

• Entertainer of the Year – Johnny Cash
• Song of the Year – The Carroll County Accident – Bob Ferguson
• Single of the Year – A Boy Named Sue, Johnny Cash
• Album of the Year – At San Quentin, Johnny Cash
• Male Vocalist of the Year – Johnny Cash
• Female Vocalist of the Year – Tammy Wynette
• Vocal Group of the Year – Johnny Cash und June Carter
• Instrumentalist of the Year – Chet Atkins
• Instrumental Group of the Year – Danny Davis
• Comedian of the Year – Archie Campbell

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