Country music 1967

Events

April 1st - The Museum of the Country Music Hall of Fame opens in Nashville .

Top hits of the year

Number 1 hits

February 11th - "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 4th - "The Fugitive" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
March 11th - "Where Does the Good Times Go" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
March 25 - "I Won't Come In While He's There" - Jim Reeves
April 1st - "Walk Through This World With Me" - George Jones
April 15th - "Lonely Again" - Eddy Arnold
April 29th - "Need You" - Sonny James
May 13th - "Sam's Place" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
June 3 - It's Such a Pretty World Today - Wynn Stewart
June 17th - "All the Time" - Jack Greene
Jul 22 - "With One Exception" - David Houston
July 29th - "Tonight Carmen" - Marty Robbins
August 5th - "I'll Never Find Another You" - Sonny James
September 2nd - "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 30th - "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" - Leon Ashley
October 7th - "Turn the World Around" - Eddy Arnold
October 14 - "I Don't Wanna Play House" - Tammy Wynette
November 4th - "You Mean the World to Me" - David Houston
November 18th - "It's the Little Things" - Sonny James
December 23rd - "For Loving You" - Bill Anderson and Jan Howard

More big 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
"Please Don't Squeeze My Charmin" - Charlie Walker
"Dumb Blonde" - Dolly Parton
"Fool, Fool, Fool" - Webb Pierce
"Fuel to the Flame" - Skeeter Davis
"Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings" - Don Gibson
"Game of Triangles" - Bobby Bare , Norma Jean , Liz Anderson
"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
"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 Loneliness" - 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

Albums (selection)

Branded Man - Merle Haggard (Capitol)
Carryin 'On with Johnny Cash and June Carter - Johnny Cash and June Carter (Columbia)
Hello, I'm Dolly - Dolly Parton (RCA)
Just Between You and Me - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton (RCA)
Love of the Common People - Waylon Jennings (RCA)
The One and Only - Waylon Jennings (RCA)
Waylon Sings Ol 'Harlan - Waylon Jennings (RCA)
Blue Side of Lonesome - Jim Reeves (RCA)
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)
Hand In Hand With Jesus - Skeeter Davis (RCA)
I'll Help You Forget Her - Dottie West (RCA)
Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town - Norma Jean (RCA)
Lonely Again - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
My Elusive Dreams - Tammy Wynette (Epic)
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)
Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad - Tammy Wynette (Epic)
Please Don't Squeeze My Charmin - Charlie Walker (Epic)

New inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame

Red Foley (1910-1968)
JL Frank (1900–1952)
Jim Reeves (1923-1964)
Stephen H. Sholes (1911-1968)

Important awards

Grammys

Best Country and Western Song - Gentle on My Mind - John Hartford , songwriter
Best Country and Western Recording - Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell
Best Country and Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male - Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell
Best Country and Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female - I Don't Wanna Play House - Tammy Wynette
Best Country and Western Performance, Duet, Trio or Group (Vocal or Instrumental) - Jackson - Johnny Cash and June Carter

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 and 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 - Eddy Arnold
Male Vocalist of the Year - Jack Greene
Female Vocalist of the Year - Loretta Lynn
Instrumental Group of the Year - The Buckaroos
Comedian of the Year - Don Bowman
Vocal Group of the Year - Stoneman Family
Single of the Year - There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene
Song of the Year - There Goes My Everything - Dallas Frazier
Album of the Year - There Goes My Everything - Jack Greene
Musician of the Year - Chet Atkins