Country-Musik 1970

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1970 im Genre Country-Musik.

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

• 3. Januar – Baby Baby (I Know You're a Lady) – David Houston
• 31. Januar – A Week in a Country Jail – Tom T. Hall
• 14. Februar – It's Just a Matter of Time – Sonny James
• 14. März – The Fightin' Side of Me – Merle Haggard
• 4. April – The Tennessee Birdwalk – Jack Blanchard und Misty Morgan
• 18. April – Is Anybody Goin' to San Antoné? – Charley Pride
• 2. Mai – My Woman, My Woman, My Wife – Marty Robbins
• 9. Mai – The Pool Shark – Dave Dudley
• 16. Mai – My Love – Sonny James
• 6. Juni – Hello Darlin‘ – Conway Twitty
• 4. Juli – He Loves Me All the Way – Tammy Wynette
• 25. Juli – Wonder Could I Live There Anymore – Charley Pride
• 8. August – Don't Keep Me Hangin' On – Sonny James
• 5. September – All for the Love of Sunshine – Hank Williams Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation
• 19. September – For the Good Times – Ray Price
• 26. September – There Must Be More to Love Than This – Jerry Lee Lewis
• 10. Oktober – Sunday Morning Coming Down – Johnny Cash
• 24. Oktober – Run, Woman, Run – Tammy Wynette
• 7. November – I Can't Believe That You Stopped Loving Me – Charley Pride
• 21. November – Fifteen Years Ago – Conway Twitty
• 28. November – Endlessly – Sonny James
• 19. Dezember – Coal Miner’s Daughter – Loretta Lynn
• 26. Dezember – Rose Garden – Lynn Anderson

Weitere Hits

• After Closing Time – David Houston und Barbara Mandrell
• All I Have to Do Is Dream – Glen Campbell und Bobbie Gentry
• All My Hard Times – Roy Drusky
• Amos Moses – Jerry Reed
• Angels Don't Lie – Jim Reeves
• Big in Vegas – Buck Owens
• Brown-Eyed Handsome Man – Waylon Jennings
• Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
• Everything a Man Could Ever Need – Glen Campbell
• Goin' Steady – Faron Young
• The Great White Horse – Buck Owens und Susan Raye
• Heart Over Mind – Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
• Heaven Everyday – Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
• Heavenly Sunshine – Ferlin Husky
• How I Got to Memphis – Bobby Bare
• I Can't Be Myself – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• I Do My Swinging at Home – David Houston
• I Know How – Loretta Lynn
• I Never Once Stopped Loving You – Connie Smith
• I Never Picked Cotton – Roy Clark
• I Walked Out of Heaven – Hank Williams Jr.
• I Wish I Didn't Have to Miss You – Jack Greene und Jeannie Seely
• I'll See Him Through – Tammy Wynette
• I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes – Crystal Gayle
• If I Ever Fall in Love (With a Honky Tonk Girl) – Faron Young
• If I Were a Carpenter – Johnny Cash und June Carter Cash
• If It's All the Same to You – Bill Anderson und Jan Howard
• It's Only Make-Believe – Glen Campbell
• Jesus Take a Hold – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• Jolie Girl – Marty Robbins
• The Kansas City Song – Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
• Kentucky Rain – Elvis Presley
• Long Long Texas Road – Roy Drusky
• Love is a Sometimes Thing – Bill Anderson
• Morning – Jim Ed Brown
• Mule Skinner Blues – Dolly Parton
• Occasional Wife – Faron Young
• Once More With Feeling – Jerry Lee Lewis
• One Song Away – Tommy Cash
• Right or Left at Oak Street – Roy Clark
• Rise and Shine – Tommy Cash
• Salute to a Switchblade – Tom T. Hall
• She's a Little Bit Country – George Hamilton IV.
• She's Mine – George Jones
• Shoeshine Man – Tom T. Hall
• Six White Horses – Tommy Cash
• Snowbird – Anne Murray
• Someday We'll Be Together – Bill Anderson und Jan Howard
• Stay There Til I Get There – Lynn Anderson
• Street Singer – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• The Taker – Waylon Jennings
• Thank God and Greyhound – Roy Clark
• That’s How I Got to Memphis – Bobby Bare
• That's When She Started to Stop Loving You – Conway Twitty
• Then He Touched Me – Jean Shepard
• There's a Story Goin' Round – Don Gibson und Dottie West
• Where Have All Our Heroes Gone – Bill Anderson
• Wonders of the Wine – David Houston
• You Wouldn't Know Love – Ray Price

Alben (Auswahl)

• Fightin' Side of Me – Merle Haggard (Capitol)
• For the Good Times – Ray Price (Columbia)
• Hello Darlin – Conway Twitty (Decca)
• Just Plain Charley – Charley Pride (RCA)
• Skid Row Joe: Down in the Alley – Porter Wagoner (RCA)
• Snowbird – Anne Murray (Capitol)

Geboren

• 25. Oktober – Chely Wright

Gestorben

• 1. April – Paul Cohen (62), einflussreicher Produzent (Decca)

Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames

Country Music Hall of Fame

• The Original Carter Family
  • A. P. Carter (1891–1960)
  • Sara Carter (1898–1979)
  • Mother Maybelle Carter (1909–1978)

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

• Gene Autry
• Johnny Bond
• Albert Brumley
• A.P. Carter
• Ted Daffan
• Vernon Dalhart
• Rex Griffin
• Stuart Hamblen
• Pee Wee King
• Vic McAlpin
• Bob Miller
• Leon Payne
• Jimmie Rodgers
• Fred Rose
• Redd Stewart
• Floyd Tillman
• Merle Travis
• Ernest Tubb
• Cindy Walker
• Hank Williams
• Bob Wills<ref>NaSHOF Inductees By Year. In: Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. 13. August 2022, abgerufen am 12. Oktober 2022 (). </ref>

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female – Tammy Wynette – Stand By Your Man
• Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Male – Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Waylon Jennings & The Kimberlys – Macarthur Park
• Best Country Instrumental Performance – The Nashville Brass & Danny Davis – The Nashville Brass Featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds
• Best Country Song – Shel Silverstein – A Boy Named Sue, Interpret: Johnny Cash<ref>Grammy Awards 1970. In: Awards & Shows. Abgerufen am 19. Juni 2022 (). </ref>

Academy of Country Music Awards

• Single of the Year – Okie from Muskogee, Merle Haggard
• Album of the Year – Okie from Muskogee, Merle Haggard
• Top Male Vocalist – Merle Haggard
• Top Female Vocalist – Tammy Wynette
• Top Vocal Duo – Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens
• Top Vocal Group – The Kimberleys
• Top New Male Vocalist – Freddy Weller
• Top New Female Vocalist – Donna Fargo

Country Music Association Awards

• Entertainer of the Year – Merle Haggard
• Male Vocalist of the Year – Merle Haggard
• Female Vocalist of the Year – Tammy Wynette
• Instrumental Group of the Year – Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass
• Comedian of the Year – Roy Clark
• Vocal Group of the Year – Tompall Glaser and the Glaser Brothers
• Vocal Duo of the Year – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
• Single of the Year – Okie Fom Muskogee – Merle Haggard
• Song of the Year – Sunday Morning Coming Down – Kris Kristofferson
• Album of the Year – Okie From Muskogee – Merle Haggard
• Instrumentalist of the Year – Jerry Reed

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