Country music 1968

Events

February 1 - Elvis Presley's only child, Lisa Marie Presley, is born in Memphis, Tennessee .
March 1st - Johnny Cash and June Carter get married.

Top hits of the year

Number 1 hits

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 18th - I Wanna Live - Glen Campbell
May 25 - Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
June 29 - DIVORCE - Tammy Wynette
July 20 - Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
August 17th - Heaven Says Hello - Sonny James
August 24th - Already it's Heaven - David Houston
August 31 - Mama Tried - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
Sep 28 - Harper Valley PTA - Jeannie C. Riley
October 19 - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - Eddy Arnold
November 2nd - Next In Line - Conway Twitty
November 9 - I Walk Alone - Marty Robbins
November 23rd - Stand by Your Man - Tammy Wynette
December 14 - Born to Be With You - Sonny James
December 21 - Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell

More 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 and Dolly Parton
I Got You - Waylon Jennings and 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 and 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 and Dolly Parton
Let the Chips Fall - Charley Pride
Let the World Keep On A-Turnin - Buck Owens and Buddy Alan
Little Green Apples - Roger Miller
Love Takes Care of Me - Jack Greene
Milwaukee, Here I Come - George Jones and 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 and 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

Albums (selection)

The Bottom of the Bottle - Porter Wagoner (RCA)
Country Girl - Dottie West (RCA)
DIVORCE - 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)

Born

January 27 - Tracy Lawrence
March 25— Kenny Chesney

Died

June 14 - Ernest Stoneman , 75, founder of the Stoneman Family.
September 19 - Red Foley , 58

New inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame

Bob Wills (1905-1975)

The most important awards

Grammys

Best Female Country Vocal Performance - "Harper Valley PTA" Jeannie C. Riley
Best Male Country Vocal Performance - "Folsom Prison Blues" Johnny Cash
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" Flatt & Scruggs
Best Country Song - "Little Green Apples," Bobby Russell (performer: Roger Miller )

Academy of Country Music

Single of the Year - "Little Green Apples" Roger Miller
Album of the Year - Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell , Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
Top Male Vocalist - Glen Campbell
Top Female Vocalist - Cathie Taylor
Top vocal duo - Johnny Mosby and Jonie Mosby
Top New Male Vocalist - Ray Sanders
Top New Female Vocalist - Cheryl Poole

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year - Glen Campbell
Song of the Year - "Honey" Bobby Russell (Artist: 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 and Dolly Parton
Instrumentalist of the Year - Chet Atkins
Instrumental Group of the Year - The Buckaroos
Comedian of the Year - Sheb Wooley