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EVENTS

Dolly Parton joins Porter Wagoner 's band, TV series and road show.

First Country Music Association Awards are handed out at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium. The show is not televised.

TOP HITS OF THE YEAR

Number one hits

''(As certified by Billboard Magazine )''

February 11 - "Don't Come Home a' Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)" - Loretta Lynn

February 18 - "Where Does the Good Times Go" - Buck Owens And The Buckaroos

March 4 - "The Fugitive" - Merle Haggard And The Strangers

Buck Owens And The Buckaroos

March 25 - "I Won't Come in While He's There" - Jim Reeves

April 1 - "Walk Through This World With Me" - George Jones

April 15 - "Lonely Again" - Eddy Arnold

April 29 - "Need You" - Sonny James

May 13 - "Sam's Place" - Buck Owens And The Buckaroos

June 3 - "It's Such a Pretty World Today" - Wynn Stewart

June 17 - "All the Time" - Jack Greene

July 22 - "With One Exception" - David Houston

July 29 - "Tonight Carmen" - Marty Robbins

August 5 - "I'll Never Find Another You" - Sonny James

September 2 - "Branded Man" - Merle Haggard And The Strangers

September 9 - "Your Tender Loving Care" - Buck Owens And The Buckaroos

September 16 - "My Elusive Dreams" - David Houston and Tammy Wynette

September 30 - "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" - Leon Ashley

October 7 - "Turn the World Around" - Eddy Arnold

October 14 - "I Don't Wanna Play House" - Tammy Wynette

November 4 - "You Mean the World to Me" - David Houston

November 18 - "It's the Little Things" - Sonny James

December 23 - "For Loving You" - Bill Anderson and Jan Howard

Other major hits

"Anything Your Heart Desires" - Billy Walker

"Bear With Me a Little Longer" - Billy Walker

"Break My Mind" - George Hamilton IV

"Burning a Hole in My Mind" - Connie Smith

"Burning Bridges" – Glen Campbell

"The Chokin' Kind" - Waylon Jennings

"'Cause I Have You" - Wynn Stewart

"Cincinnati, Ohio" - Connie Smith

"The Cold Hard Facts of Life" – Porter Wagoner

" Danny Boy " - Ray Price

"Deep Water" - Carl Smith

"A Dime at a Time" - Del Reeves

"Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger" - Charley Pride

"Don't Squeeze My Sharmon" - Charlie Walker

"Dumb Blonde" - Dolly Parton

"Fool, Fool, Fool" - Webb Pierce

"Fuel to the Flame" - Skeeter Davis

"Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings" - Don Gibson

"Gardinas in Her Hair" - Marty Robbins

" Gentle On My Mind " – Glen Campbell

"Get While the Gettin's Good" - Bill Anderson

"Green River" - Waylon Jennings

"How Fast Them Trucks Can Go" - Claude Gray

"I Can't Get There From Here" - George Jones

"I Don't Want to Be With Me" - Conway Twitty

"I Know One" - Charley Pride

"I Never Had the One I Wanted" - Claude Gray

"I Threw Away the Rose" – Merle Haggard And The Strangers

"I'll Come Running" - Connie Smith

"I'm Still Not Over You" - Ray Price

"If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)" – Lynn Anderson

"If My Heart Had Windows" – George Jones

"If the Whole World Stopped Lovin'" - Roy Drusky

"If You're Not Gone Too Long" - Loretta Lynn

"Jackson" – Johnny Cash and June Carter

"Just Between You and Me" – Charley Pride

"Life Turned Her That Way" - Mel Tillis

"Long-Legged, Guitar-Pickin' Man" - Johnny Cash and June Carter

"Love and Make It All Better" - Bobby Lewis

"A Loser's Cathedral" - David Houston

"Mama Spank" - Liz Anderson

"Mental Revenge" - Waylon Jennings

"Misty Blue" - Eddy Arnold

"My Kind of Love" - Dave Dudley

"No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore" - Bill Anderson

"Once" - Ferlin Husky

"Paper Mansions" - Dottie West

"The Party's Over" - Willie Nelson

"Phantom 309" - Red Sovine

"Pop a Top" - Jim Ed Brown

" Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town " - Johnny Darrell

"Ruthless" – Statler Brothers

"Something Fishy" - Dolly Parton

"Stamp Out Lonliness" - Stonewall Jackson

"Urge for Going" - George Hamilton IV

"Walkin' in the Sunshine" - Roger Miller

"What Does it Take to Keep a Man Like You Satisfied" - Skeeter Davis

"What Kind of Girl Do You Think I Am" - Loretta Lynn

"What Locks the Door" - Jack Greene

"A Woman in Love" - Bonnie Guitar

"The World is Round" - Roy Drusky

"You Can't Have Your Kate and Edith Too" – Statler Brothers

"Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" – Tammy Wynette

TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES

''12 Greatest Hits'' - Patsy Cline (Decca)

''By the Time I Get to Phoenix'' - Glen Campbell (Capitol)

''The Cold Hard Facts of Life'' - Porter Wagoner (RCA)

''Cookin' Up Hits'' - Liz Anderson (RCA)

''The Country Way'' - Charley Pride (RCA)

''Don't Come Home a Drinkin''' - Loretta Lynn (Decca)

''Dottie West Sings Sacred Ballads'' - Dottie West (RCA)

''The Game of Triangles'' - Bobby Bare , Liz Anderson (RCA)

''Gentle on My Mind'' - Glen Campbell (Capitol)

''Hello, I'm Dolly'' - Dolly Parton (Monument)

''I'll Help You Forget Her'' - Dottie West (RCA)

''Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town'' - Norma Jean (RCA)

''Lonely Again'' - Eddy Arnold (RCA)

''The Pride of Country Music'' - Charley Pride (RCA)

''Queen Of Honky Tonk Street'' - Kitty Wells (Decca)

''Ride Ride Ride'' - Lynn Anderson (Chart)

''Skeeter Sings Buddy Holly'' - Skeeter Davis (RCA)

''Soul of a Convict'' – Porter Wagoner (RCA)

''There Goes My Everything'' - Jack Greene (Decca)

''Turn the World Around'' - Eddy Arnold (RCA)

''With All My Heart and Soul'' - Dottie West (RCA)

BIRTHS

DEATHS

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Red Foley ( 1910 - 1968 )

J. L. Frank ( 1900 - 1952 )

Jim Reeves ( 1924 - 1964 )

Stephen H. Sholes ( 1911 - 1968 )

MAJOR AWARDS

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

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

Entertainer of the Year --

Male Vocalist of the Year --

Female Vocalist of the Year --

Instrumental Group of the Year –-

Comedian of the Year –-

Vocal Group of the Year --

Vocal Duo of the Year --

Single of the Year --

Song of the Year --

Album of the Year --

Instrumentalist of the Year --

FURTHER READING

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 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)

Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)

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