Country-Musik 1966

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1966 im Genre Country-Musik.

Events

• 15. März – Roger Miller gewinnt sechs Grammys, darunter fünf für seinen Top-Hit King of the Road

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

• 8. Januar – Giddyup Go – Red Sovine
• 19. Februar – Waitin' in Your Welfare Line/ In The Palm Of Your Hand – Buck Owens
• 9. April – I Want to Go with You – Eddy Arnold
• 21. Mai – Distant Drums – Jim Reeves
• 18. Juni – Take Good Care of Her – Sonny James
• 2. Juli – Think of Me – Buck Owens
• 13. August – Almost Persuaded – David Houston
• 15. Oktober – Blue Side of Lonesome – Jim Reeves
• 22. Oktober – Open Up Your Heart – Buck Owens
• 19. November – I Get the Fever – Bill Anderson
• 26. November – Somebody Like Me – Eddy Arnold
• 24. Dezember – There Goes My Everything – Jack Greene

Weitere große Hits

• Ain't Had No Lovin‘ – Connie Smith
• Baby – Wilma Burgess
• Bad Seed – Jan Howard
• The Ballad of the Green Berets – Barry Sadler
• The Bottle Let Me Down – Merle Haggard
• The Company You Keep – Bill Phillips
• Crystal Chandelier – Charley Pride
• Dear Uncle Sam – Loretta Lynn
• Don't Touch Me – Wilma Burgess
• Don't Touch Me – Jeannie Seely
• England Swings – Roger Miller
• Evil on Your Mind – Jan Howard
• Flowers on the Wall – Statler Brothers
• Four-O-Thirty-Three – George Jones
• Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart – Conway Twitty
• History Repeats Itself – Buddy Starcher
• The Hurtin's All Over – Connie Smith
• Husbands and Wives – Roger Miller
• I Love You Drops – Bill Anderson
• I'm a People – George Jones
• It Takes A Lot Of Money – Warner Mack
• The Last Word in Lonesome is Me – Eddy Arnold
• Livin' in a House Full of Love – David Houston
• Look Into My Teardrops – Conway Twitty
• The Lovin' Machine – Johnny Paycheck
• A Million and One – Billy Walker
• Misty Blue – Wilma Burgess
• Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You) – Connie Smith
• The One on the Right is on the Left – Johnny Cash
• Put It Off Until Tomorrow – Bill Phillips
• Room in Your Heart – Sonny James
• The Snakes Crawl at Night – Charley Pride
• Snowflake – Jim Reeves
• Stand Beside Me – Jimmy Dean
• Standing in the Shadows – Hank Williams Jr.
• The Streets of Baltimore – Bobby Bare
• Sweet Thang – Nat Stuckey
• Swinging Doors – Merle Haggard
• Take Me – George Jones
• Talkin' To The Wall – Warner Mack
• That's What You Get For Loving Me – Waylon Jennings
• Tippy Toeing – The Harden Trio
• Unmitigated Gall – Faron Young
• What We're Fighting For – Dave Dudley
• Would You Hold It Against Me – Dottie West
• You Ain't Woman Enough – Loretta Lynn

Alben (Auswahl)

• Born to Sing – Connie Smith (RCA)
• Confessions of a Broken Man – Porter Wagoner (RCA)
• Distant Drums – Jim Reeves (RCA)
• Don't Touch Me – Wilma Burgess (Decca)
• Evil on Your Mind – Jan Howard (Decca)
• Folk Country – Waylon Jennings (RCA)
• I Want to Go With You – Eddy Arnold (RCA)
• The Seely Style – Jeannie Seely (Monument)
• Somebody Like Me – Eddy Arnold (RCA)
• The Streets of Baltimore – Bobby Bare (RCA)
• Suffer Time – Dottie West (RCA)
• Conway Twitty Sings – Conway Twitty (Decca)
• Look Into My Teardrops – Conway Twitty (Decca)

Geboren

• 11. Mai – Kevin Fowler
• 16. Mai – Gregory Scott Reeves
• 29. Juli – Martina McBride
• 19. August – Lee Ann Womack

Neuaufnahmen in die Country Music Hall of Fame

• Eddy Arnold (* 1918–† 2008)
• James R. Denny (* 1911–† 1963)
• George D. Hay (* 1895–† 1968)
• Uncle Dave Macon (* 1870–† 1952)

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Best Country & Western Vocal Performance, Female – Queen of the House, Jody Miller.
• Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male – King of the Road, Roger Miller.
• Best Country and Western Single – King of the Road, Roger Miller.
• Best Country and Western Song – King of the Road, Roger Miller
• Best Country & Western Album – The Return of Roger Miller, Roger Miller.
• Best New Country & Western Artist – Statler Brothers<ref>Grammy Awards 1966. In: Awards & Shows. Abgerufen am 18. Juni 2022 (). </ref>

Academy of Country Music Awards

• Top Male Vocalist – Buck Owens
• Top Female Vocalist – Bonnie Owens
• Top Vocal Duo – Merle Haggard und Bonnie Owens
• Top New Male Vocalist – Merle Haggard
• Top New Female Vocalist – Kaye Adams<ref>Christina Vinson: 30 BIG MOMENTS IN ACM AWARDS HISTORY. The Boot, 13. April 2021, abgerufen am 17. März 2023 (). </ref>

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