Country Music 1972

Top hits of the year

Number 1 hits

January 8 - "Would You Take Another Chance on Me" - Jerry Lee Lewis
January 15th - "Carolyn" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
February 5th - "One's on the Way" - Loretta Lynn
February 19 - "Four in the Morning" - Faron Young
March 4th - "Bedtime Story" - Tammy Wynette
March 11th - "My Hang Up Is You" - Freddie Hart
April 22nd - "Chantilly Lace" / "Think About it Darlin '" - Jerry Lee Lewis
May 13th - "Grandma Harp" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
May 27th - "(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date" - Conway Twitty
June 3rd - "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" - Donna Fargo
June 24th - "That's Why I Love You Like I Do" - Sonny James
July 1 - "Eleven Roses" - Hank Williams Jr.
July 15th - "Made in Japan" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
July 22nd - "It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer" - Charley Pride
August 12th - "Bless Your Heart" - Freddie Hart
Aug 26 - "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry" - Jerry Wallace
September 2 - "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" - Don Gibson
September 9 - "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry" - Jerry Wallace
September 16 - "When the Snow is on the Roses" - Sonny James
September 23rd - " I Can't Stop Loving You " - Conway Twitty
September 30th - "I Ain't Never" - Mel Tillis
October 14th - "Funny Face" - Donna Fargo
November 4th - "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
November 11th - "My Man (Understanding)" - Tammy Wynette
November 18th - "She's Too Good to be True" - Charley Pride
December 9th - "Got the All Overs for You (All Over Me)" - Freddie Hart
December 30th - "She's Got to be a Saint" - Ray Price

More hits

"Ain't Nothin 'Shakin' But the Leaves on the Trees" - Billy "Crash" Craddock
"Ain't That a Shame" - Hank Williams Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation
"All His Children" - Charley Pride
"All the Lonely Women in the World" - Bill Anderson
"Ann (Don't Go Runnin ')" - Tommy Overstreet
"Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" - Mac Davis
"The Best Part of Livin '" - Marty Robbins
"Borrowed Angel" - Mel Street
"The Ceremony" - George Jones and Tammy Wynette
"Class of '57" - Statler Brothers
"Cotton Jenny" - Anne Murray
"Cry" - Lynn Anderson
"Delta Dawn" - Tanya Tucker
"Do You Remember These" - Statler Brothers
"Fool Me" - Lynn Anderson
"Good Hearted Woman" - Waylon Jennings
"Heaven is My Woman's Love" - Tommy Overstreet
"Here I Am Again" - Loretta Lynn
"I Can't See Me Without You" - Conway Twitty
"I'm a Truck" - Red Simpson
"I'm Gonna Knock at Your Door" - Billy "Crash" Craddock
"I've Found Someone of My Own" - Cal Smith
"I've Got to Have You" - Sammi Smith
"If It Ain't Love Let's Leave It Alone" - Connie Smith
"If You Touch Me (You've Got to Feel Me)" - Joe Stampley
"Just for What I Am" - Connie Smith
"The Lawrence Welk-Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka" - Roy Clark
"Listen to a Country Song" - Lynn Anderson
"Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" - Bob Luman
"Lonesomest Lonesome" - Ray Price
"Lovin 'You Could Never Be Better" - George Jones
"Manhattan, Kansas" - Glen Campbell
"Me and Jesus" - Tom T. Hall (featuring the Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church Choir)
"Missing You" - Jim Reeves
"Oney" - Johnny Cash
"Only Love (Can Break a Heart)" - Sonny James
"A Picture of Me (Without You)" - George Jones
"Pretend I Never Happened" - Waylon Jennings
"Reach Out Your Hand" - Tammy Wynette
"Red Red Wine" - Roy Drusky
"Sweet Dream Woman" - Waylon Jennings
"There's a Party Going On" - Jody Miller
"A Thing Called Love" - Johnny Cash
"This Little Girl of Mine" - Faron Young
"To Get to You" - Jerry Wallace
"Tonight My Baby's Comin 'Home" - Barbara Mandrell
"Touch Your Woman" - Dolly Parton
"We Can Make It" - Johnny Cash
"When You Say Love" - Bob Luman
"Whiskey River" - Johnny Bush
"White Silver Sands" - Sonny James

Albums (selection)

The Eagles - The Eagles (Asylum)
Garden Party - Rick Nelson (MCA)
The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA - Donna Fargo (Dot)
The Right Combination - Burning the Midnight Oil - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton (RCA)
Will the Circle Be Unbroken? - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (United Artists)

Born

April 5th - Pat Green
August 16 - Emily Robison ( Dixie Chicks )
October 28 - Brad Paisley

Died

June 22 - Elton Britt , 58, 1940s country star

New Country Music Hall of Fame members

Jimmie Davis (1899-2000)

The most important awards

Grammys

Best Female Country Vocal Performance - Donna Fargo - Happiest Girl In The Whole USA
Best Male Country Vocal Performance - Charley Pride - Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group - Statler Brothers - Class Of '57
Best Country Instrumental Performance - Charlie McCoy - Charlie McCoy / The Real McCoy
Best Country Song - Ben Peters - Kiss An Angel Good Mornin '

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year - Roy Clark
Song Of The Year - "The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA" - Donna Fargo - Yvonne Silver
Single Of The Year - "Happiest Girl" - Donna Fargo
Album Of The Year - Happiest Girl - Donna Fargo
Top Male Vocalist - Merle Haggard
Top Female Vocalist - Donna Fargo
Top Vocal Group - Statler Brothers
Top New Male Vocalist - Johnny Rodriguez
Top New Female Vocalist - Tanya Tucker

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year - Loretta Lynn
Male Vocalist of the Year - Charley Pride
Female Vocalist of the Year - Loretta Lynn
Instrumental Group of the Year - Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass
Vocal Group of the Year - Statler Brothers
Vocal Duo of the Year - Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
Single of the Year - "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA", Donna Fargo
Song of the Year - "Easy Lovin '," Freddie Hart
Album of the Year - Let Me Tell You About a Song , Merle Haggard
Instrumentalist of the Year - Charlie McCoy