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EVENTS

Country Music Association Awards are telecast for the first time. They are taped in October and broadcast a month later on NBC TV. Roy Rogers and Dale Evans host.

TOP HITS OF THE YEAR

Number one hits

''(As certified by Billboard Magazine )''

January 20 - "Sing Me Back Home" - Merle Haggard And The Strangers

February 3 - "Skip a Rope" - Henson Cargill

March 9 - "Take Me to Your World" - Tammy Wynette

March 16 - "A World of Our Own" - Sonny James

April 6 - "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone" - Buck Owens And The Buckaroos

April 13 - "You Are My Treasure" - Jack Greene

April 20 - "Fist City" - Loretta Lynn

April 27 - "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde" - Merle Haggard And The Strangers

May 11 - "Have a Little Faith" - David Houston

May 18 - "I Wanna Live" - Glen Campbell

May 25 - " Honey " - Bobby Goldsboro

June 29 - "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" - Tammy Wynette

July 20 - " Folsom Prison Blues " - Johnny Cash

August 17 - "Heaven Says Hello" - Sonny James

August 24 - "Already it's Heaven" - David Houston

August 31 - "Mama Tried" - Merle Haggard And The Strangers

September 28 - "Harper Valley P.T.A." - Jeannie C. Riley

October 19 - "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" - Eddy Arnold

November 2 - "Next In Line" - Conway Twitty

November 9 - "I Walk Alone" - Marty Robbins

November 23 - " Stand By Your Man " - Tammy Wynette

December 14 - "Born to Be With You" - Sonny James

December 21 - " Wichita Lineman " - Glen Campbell

Other major hits

"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" – Glen Campbell

"Country Girl" - Dottie West

"Dreams of the Everyday Housewife" – Glen Campbell

"The Easy Part's Over" – Charley Pride

"The Image of Me" – Conway Twitty

"The Last Thing on My Mind" – Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton

"We'll Get Ahead Someday" - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton

"Your Squaw's on the Warpath" – Loretta Lynn

TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES

''The Best of Bobby Bare Vol. 2'' - Bobby Bare (RCA)

''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 and 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)

BIRTHS

DEATHS

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Bob Wills ( 1905 - 1975 )

MAJOR AWARDS

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

Single Of The Year -- "Little Green Apples" - Roger Miller

Album Of The Year -- Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry - Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry

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

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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