Country-Musik 1968

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1968 im Genre Country-Musik.

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 Jahres

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)
At Folsom Prison – Johnny Cash (Columbia)
Promises, Promises – Lynn Anderson (Chart)
Walking in Love Land – Eddy Arnold (RCA)

Geboren

27. Januar – Tracy Lawrence
24. Februar – David Eugene Edwards
26. 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

Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording – Glen Campbell – Gentle on My Mind
Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female — I Don’t Wanna Play House – Tammy Wynette
Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male — Gentle on My Mind – Glen Campell
Best Country & Western Song — Gentle on My Mind, John Hartford (Interpret: Glen Campell)
Best Country & Western Performance - Duo, Trio Or Group (Vocal Or Instrumental) – Jackson – Johnny Cash & June Carter^[1]

Academy of Country Music Awards

Album Of The Year – Gentle On My Mind – Glen Campbell
Top Male Vocalist – Glen Campbell
Top Female Vocalist – Lynn Anderson
Top Vocal Duo – Merle Haggard und Bonnie Owens
Top Vocal Group – Sons of the Pioneers
Top New Male Vocalist – Jerry Inman
Top New Female Vocalist – Bobbie Gentry

Country Music Association Awards

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

Einzelnachweise

↑ Grammy Awards 1968. In: Awards & Shows. Abgerufen am 19. Juni 2022 (englisch).

[1] Grammy Awards 1968. In: Awards & Shows. Abgerufen am 19. Juni 2022 (englisch).

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