Country Music 1976

Top hits of the year

Number 1 hits

January 31st - "This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me" - Conway Twitty
February 7 - "Sometimes" - Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner
February 14th - "The White Knight" - Cledus Maggard & the Citizen's Band
February 21 - "Good Hearted Woman" - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
March 13th - "The Roots of My Raising" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
March 20 - "Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet)" - Tom T. Hall
March 27th - "Til the Rivers All Run Dry" - Don Williams
April 3rd - "You'll Lose a Good Thing" - Freddy Fender
April 10th - "'Til I Can Make it On My Own" - Tammy Wynette
April 17th - "Drinkin 'My Baby (Off My Mind) - Eddie Rabbitt
April 24th - "Together Again" - Emmylou Harris
May 1st - "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time" - Mickey Gilley
May 8 - "My Eyes Can Only See As Far as You" - Charley Pride
May 15 - "What Goes On When the Sun Goes Down" - Ronnie Milsap
May 22nd - "After All the Good is Gone" - Conway Twitty
May 29th - "One Piece at a Time" - Johnny Cash
June 12th - "I'll Get Over You" - Crystal Gayle
June 19 - "El Paso City" - Marty Robbins
July 3rd - "All These Things" - Joe Stampley
July 10th - "The Door is Always Open" - Dave & Sugar
July 17th - "Teddy Bear" - Red Sovine
August 7th - "Golden Ring" - George Jones and Tammy Wynette
August 14th - "Say it Again" - Don Williams
August 21 - "Bring it on Home to Me" - Mickey Gilley
August 28th - "I'm a Stand by Your Woman Man" - Ronnie Milsap
September 11th - "I Don't Want to Have to Marry You" - Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius
September 25 - "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time" - Willie Nelson
October 2nd - "Here's Some Love" - Tanya Tucker
October 9 - "The Games That Daddies Play" - Conway Twitty
October 16 - "You and Me" - Tammy Wynette
October 30th - " Among My Souvenirs " - Marty Robbins
November 6th - "Cherokee Maiden" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
November 13th - "Somebody Somewhere (Don't Know What He's Missin 'Tonight)" - Loretta Lynn
November 27th - "Good Woman Blues" - Mel Tillis
December 11th - "Thinkin 'of a Rendezvous" - Johnny Duncan
December 25th - "Sweet Dreams (Of You)" - Emmylou Harris

More big hits

"9,999,999 Tears" - Dickey Lee
"After the Storm" - Wynn Stewart
"Afternoon Delight" - Johnny Carver
"All I Can Do" - Dolly Parton
Amazing Grace (Used to be Her Favorite Song) "- Amazing Rhythm Aces
"Angels, Roses and Rain" - Dickey Lee
"The Blind Man in the Bleachers" - Kenny Starr
"Broken Lady" - Larry Gatlin
"Can't You See" - Waylon Jennings
"Come On Over" - Olivia Newton-John
"Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You" - Tanya Tucker
"Don't Pull Your Love / Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye (medley)" - Glen Campbell
"Don't Stop Believin '" - Olivia Newton-John
"The End is Not in Sight (the Cowboy Song)" - Amazing Rhythm Aces
"Fly Away" - John Denver
"God Bless America Again" - Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
"Hank Williams You Wrote My Life" - Moe Bandy
"Her Name Is ..." - George Jones
"Hillbilly Heart" - Johnny Rodriguez
"Home Made Love" - Tom Bresh
"I Couldn't Be Me Without You" - Johnny Rodriguez
"I Wonder if I Ever Said Goodbye" - Johnny Rodriguez
"I'll Be Your San Antonio Rose" - Dottsy
"I'm Gonna Love You" - Dave & Sugar
"If I Had To Do it All Over Again" - Roy Clark
"IOU" - Jimmy Dean
"Is Forever Longer Than Always" - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
"Just in Case" - Ronnie Milsap
"Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" - Kenny Rogers
"Let Your Love Flow" - Bellamy Brothers
"The Letter" - Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
"Livin 'it Down" - Freddy Fender
"Lonely Teardrops" - Narvel Felts
"Love Lifted Me" - Kenny Rogers
"Love Revival" - Mel Tillis
"Me and Ole CB" - Dave Dudley
"Mental Revenge" - Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
"Misty Blue" - Billie Jo Spears
"One of These Days" - Emmylou Harris
"Queen of the Silver Dollar" - Dave & Sugar
"Remember Me (When the Candlelights Are Gleaming)" - Willie Nelson
"Save All Your Kisses For Me" - Margo Smith
"Show Me a Man" - TG Sheppard
"Somebody Loves You" - Crystal Gayle
"Standing Room Only" - Barbara Mandrell
"Stranger" - Johnny Duncan
"Suspicious Minds" - Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter
"Thank Got I've Got You" - Statler Brothers
"That's What Made Me Love You" - Bill Anderson
"('Til) I Kissed You" - Connie Smith
"Tracks of My Tears" - Linda Ronstadt
"Vaya Con Dios" - Freddy Fender
"Walk Softly" - Billy "Crash" Craddock
"What I've Got in Mind" - Billie Jo Spears
"The Winner" - Bobby Bare
"You Could Know as Much About a Stranger" - Gene Watson
"You Rubbed it In All Wrong" - Billy "Crash" Craddock
"You've Got Me to Hold On To" - Tanya Tucker

Albums (selection)

Alone Again - George Jones (Epic)
Their Greatest Hits: 1971–1975 - The Eagles (Asylum)
Till I Can Make it on My Own - Tammy Wynette (Epic)
Wanted! The Outlaws - Waylon Jennings , Willie Nelson , Tompall Glaser and Jessi Colter (RCA)

New members of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Significant awards

Grammy Awards

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female - Linda Ronstadt - "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)"
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male - Willie Nelson - "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group - Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristofferson - "Lover Please"
Best Country Instrumental Performance - Chet Atkins - "The Entertainer"
Best Country Song - (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song, Larry Butler , Chips Moman (songwriters), and BJ Thomas (performer)

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year - Mickey Gilley
Song Of The Year - "Don't The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time" - Mickey Gilley - Baker Knight
Single Of The Year - "Bring It On Home" - Mickey Gilley
Album Of The Year - Gilley's Smoking - Mickey Gilley
Top Male Vocalist - Mickey Gilley
Top Female Vocalist - Crystal Gayle
Top vocal duo - Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
Top New Male Vocalist - Moe Bandy
Top New Female Vocalist - Billie Jo Spears

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year - Mel Tillis
Male Vocalist of the Year - Ronnie Milsap
Female Vocalist of the Year - Dolly Parton
Instrumental Group of the Year - Roy Clark and Buck Trent
Vocal Group of the Year - Statler Brothers
Vocal Duo of the Year - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Single of the Year - Good Hearted Woman , Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Song of the Year - Rhinestone Cowboy , Larry Weiss
Album of the Year - Wanted! The Outlaws, Waylon Jennings , Willie Nelson , Tompall Glaser , and Jessi Colter
Instrumentalist of the Year - Hargus "Pig" Robbins