1967 in country music

"See also:"
1966 in country music,
1967 in music,
other events of 1967,
1968 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

Events

*April 1 - The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opens in Nashville.
*September - Lynn Anderson becomes a featured vocalist on "The Lawrence Welk Show"; earlier in the year, she signs her first national recording contract with Chart Records.
*October - The first Country Music Association Awards are handed out at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium. The show is not televised.

No dates

*For the first time in history, more than 20 No. 1 songs top the "Billboard magazine" Hot Country Singles chart in a 52-week timespan. It will mark the start of a new trend in country music: a proliferation of No. 1 songs in a given year, a trend that – thanks to programming changes in radio and how "Billboard" compiled its data – peaks in 1986 when there is a new No. 1 song every week.
*Dolly Parton joins Porter Wagoner's band, television series and road show. She and Wagoner record their first duets, releasing "The Last Thing on My Mind" (their first major hit together) late in the year. Parton will go on to become the first woman in country music to have top 10 hits in five different decades.
*The Browns disband when sisters Maxine and Bonnie leave the group. Jim Ed Brown begins the second phase of his long career - as a solo recording artist. The move pays off, as he immediately scores with "Pop a Top."

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

"(As certified by Billboard magazine)"
*February 11 - "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" - Loretta Lynn
*February 18 - "Where Does the Good Times Go" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
*March 4 - "The Fugitive" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers: "Where Does the Good Times Go" by Buck Owens and the Buckaroos returns to No. 1 on March 11
*March 25 - "I Won't Come in While He's There" - Jim Reeves
*April 1 - "Walk Through This World With Me" - George Jones
*April 15 - "Lonely Again" - Eddy Arnold
*April 29 - "Need You" - Sonny James
*May 13 - "Sam's Place" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
*June 3 - "It's Such a Pretty World Today" - Wynn Stewart
*June 17 - "All the Time" - Jack Greene
*July 22 - "With One Exception" - David Houston
*July 29 - "Tonight Carmen" - Marty Robbins
*August 5 - "I'll Never Find Another You" - Sonny James
*September 2 - "Branded Man" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
*September 9 - "Your Tender Loving Care" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
*September 16 - "My Elusive Dreams" - David Houston and Tammy Wynette
*September 30 - "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" - Leon Ashley
*October 7 - "Turn the World Around" - Eddy Arnold
*October 14 - "I Don't Wanna Play House" - Tammy Wynette
*November 4 - "You Mean the World to Me" - David Houston
*November 18 - "It's the Little Things" - Sonny James
*December 23 - "For Loving You" - Bill Anderson and Jan Howard

Other major hits

*"Anything Your Heart Desires" - Billy Walker
*"Bear With Me a Little Longer" - Billy Walker
*"Break My Mind" - George Hamilton IV
*"Burning a Hole in My Mind" - Connie Smith
*"Burning Bridges" – Glen Campbell
*"The Chokin' Kind" - Waylon Jennings
*"'Cause I Have You" - Wynn Stewart
*"Cincinnati, Ohio" - Connie Smith
*"The Cold Hard Facts of Life" – Porter Wagoner
*"Danny Boy" - Ray Price
*"Deep Water" - Carl Smith
*"A Dime at a Time" - Del Reeves
*"Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger" - Charley Pride
*"Please Don't Squeeze My Charmin" - Charlie Walker
*"Dumb Blonde" - Dolly Parton
*"Fool, Fool, Fool" - Webb Pierce
*"Fuel to the Flame" - Skeeter Davis
*"Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings" - Don Gibson
*"Game of Triangles" - Bobby Bare, Norma Jean, Liz Anderson
*"Gardinas in Her Hair" - Marty Robbins
*"Gentle On My Mind" – Glen Campbell
*"Get While the Gettin's Good" - Bill Anderson
*"Green River" - Waylon Jennings
*"How Fast Them Trucks Can Go" - Claude Gray
*"I Can't Get There From Here" - George Jones
*"I Don't Want to Be With Me" - Conway Twitty
*"I Know One" - Charley Pride
*"I Never Had the One I Wanted" - Claude Gray
*"I Threw Away the Rose" – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
*"I'll Come Running" - Connie Smith
*"I'm Still Not Over You" - Ray Price
*"If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)" – Lynn Anderson
*"If My Heart Had Windows" – George Jones
*"If the Whole World Stopped Lovin'" - Roy Drusky
*"If You're Not Gone Too Long" - Loretta Lynn
*"Jackson" – Johnny Cash and June Carter
*"Just Between You and Me" – Charley Pride
*"Life Turned Her That Way" - Mel Tillis
*"Long-Legged, Guitar-Pickin' Man" - Johnny Cash and June Carter
*"Love and Make It All Better" - Bobby Lewis
*"A Loser's Cathedral" - David Houston
*"Mama Spank" - Liz Anderson
*"Mental Revenge" - Waylon Jennings
*"Misty Blue" - Eddy Arnold
*"My Kind of Love" - Dave Dudley
*"No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore" - Bill Anderson
*"Once" - Ferlin Husky
*"Paper Mansions" - Dottie West
*"The Party's Over" - Willie Nelson
*"Phantom 309" - Red Sovine
*"Pop a Top" - Jim Ed Brown
*"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" - Johnny Darrell
*"Ruthless" – Statler Brothers
*"Something Fishy" - Dolly Parton
*"Stamp Out Loneliness" - Stonewall Jackson
*"Urge for Going" - George Hamilton IV
*"Walkin' in the Sunshine" - Roger Miller
*"What Does it Take to Keep a Man Like You Satisfied" - Skeeter Davis
*"What Kind of Girl Do You Think I Am" - Loretta Lynn
*"What Locks the Door" - Jack Greene
*"A Woman in Love" - Bonnie Guitar
*"The World is Round" - Roy Drusky
*"You Can't Have Your Kate and Edith Too" – Statler Brothers
*"Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" – Tammy Wynette

Top new album releases

* "12 Greatest Hits" – Patsy Cline (Decca)
* "Branded Man" – Merle Haggard (Capitol)
* "Carryin' On with Johnny Cash and June Carter" – Johnny Cash and June Carter (Columbia)
* "Greatest Hits Vol. 1" – Johnny Cash (Columbia)
* "Hello, I'm Dolly" – Dolly Parton (RCA)
* "Just Between You And Me" – Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton (RCA)
* "Love of the Common People" – Waylon Jennings (RCA)
* "The One and Only" – Waylon Jennings (RCA)
* "Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan" – Waylon Jennings (RCA)

Other top albums

*"Blue Side of Lonesome" – Jim Reeves (RCA)
*"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" - Glen Campbell (Capitol)
*"The Cold Hard Facts of Life" - Porter Wagoner (RCA)
*"Cookin' Up Hits" - Liz Anderson (RCA)
*"The Country Way" - Charley Pride (RCA)
*"Don't Come Home a Drinkin"' - Loretta Lynn (Decca)
*"Dottie West Sings Sacred Ballads" - Dottie West (RCA)
*"The Game of Triangles" - Bobby Bare, Liz Anderson (RCA)
*"Gentle on My Mind" - Glen Campbell (Capitol)
*"Hand In Hand With Jesus" – Skeeter Davis (RCA)
*"I'll Help You Forget Her" - Dottie West (RCA)
*"Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town" - Norma Jean (RCA)
*"Lonely Again" - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
*"My Elusive Dreams" – Tammy Wynette (Epic)
*"The Pride of Country Music" - Charley Pride (RCA)
*"Queen Of Honky Tonk Street" - Kitty Wells (Decca)
*"Ride Ride Ride" - Lynn Anderson (Chart)
*"Skeeter Sings Buddy Holly" - Skeeter Davis (RCA)
*"Soul of a Convict" – Porter Wagoner (RCA)
*"There Goes My Everything" - Jack Greene (Decca)
*"Turn the World Around" - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
*"With All My Heart and Soul" - Dottie West (RCA)
*"Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" – Tammy Wynette (Epic)
*"Please Don't Squeeze My Charmin" – Charlie Walker (Epic)

Births

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

*Red Foley (1910-1968)
*J. L. Frank (1900-1952)
*Jim Reeves (1923-1964)
*Stephen H. Sholes (1911-1968)

Major Awards

Grammy awards

*Best Country and Western Song -- Gentle on My Mind - John Hartford, songwriter
*Best Country and Western Recording -- Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell
*Best Country and Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male -- Gentle on My Mind - Glen Campbell
*Best Country and Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female -- I Don't Wanna Play House - Tammy Wynette
*Best Country and Western Performance, Duet, Trio or Group (Vocal or Instrumental) -- Jackson - Johnny Cash and June Carter

Academy of Country Music

*Album Of The Year -- Gentle On My Mind - Glen Campbell
*Top Male Vocalist -- Glen Campbell
*Top Female Vocalist -- Lynn Anderson
*Top Vocal Duo -- Merle Haggard und Bonnie Owens
*Top Vocal Group -- Sons of the Pioneers
*Top New Male Vocalist -- Jerry Inman
*Top New Female Vocalist -- Bobbie Gentry

Country Music Association

*Entertainer of the Year --
*Male Vocalist of the Year --
*Female Vocalist of the Year --
*Instrumental Group of the Year –-
*Comedian of the Year –-
*Vocal Group of the Year --
*Vocal Duo of the Year --
*Single of the Year --
*Song of the Year --
*Album of the Year --
*Instrumentalist of the Year --

Further reading

Further reading

*Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
*Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
*Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
*Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.

Other links

*Country Music Association
*Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

External links

* [http://www.cmaawards.com/2004/hof/default.asp Country Music Hall of Fame]