1973 in country music

7.1 Grammys
7.2 Academy of Country Music
7.3 Country Music Association

Events

Top Hits of the Year

No. 1 Hits

January 20 - "Soul Song" - Joe Stampley
January 27 - "( Old Dogs, Children and ) Watermelon Wine" - Tom T. Hall
3 February - "She Needs Someone to Hold Her When She Cries " - Conway Twitty
February 17 - " I Wonder if They Ever Think of Me" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
February 24 - " Rated X" " - Loretta Lynn
March 3 - "The Lord Knows I'm Drinkin ' " - Cal Smith
March 10 - " ' Til I Get it Right " - Tammy Wynette
March 17 - "The Teddy Bear Song " - Barbara Fairchild
March 31 - " Keep Me in Mind" - Lynn Anderson
April 7 - " Super Kind of Woman " - Freddie Hart
April 14 - "A Shoulder to Cry On" - Charley Pride
April 21 - "Superman" - Donna Fargo
April 28 - " Behind Closed Doors" - Charlie Rich
May 12 - " Come Live With Me" - Roy Clark
May 19 - "What's Your Mama's Name " - Tanya Tucker
May 26 - "Satin Sheets" - Jeanne Pruett
9 June - " You Always Come Back to Hurtin ' Me" - Johnny Rodriguez
June 16 - "Kids Say the Darndest Things" - Tammy Wynette
May 23 - "Satin Sheets" - Jeanne Pruett
June 30 - "Do not Fight the Feelings of Love" - Charley Pride
July 7 - " Why Me " - Kris Kristofferson
July 14 - " Love is the Foundation " - Loretta Lynn
July 28 - " You Were Always There " - Donna Fargo
August 4 - " Lord, Mr. Ford " - Jerry Reed
August 11 - "Trip to Heaven" - Freddie Hart
August 18 - "Louisiana Woman, Mississisippi Man" - Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
August 25 - " Everybody's Had the Blues" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
September 8 - "You've Never Been This Far Before" - Conway Twitty
September 29 - " Blood Red and Goin 'Down " - Tanya Tucker
October 6 - " You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me 's " - Ray Price
October 13 - " Ridin ' My Thumb to Mexico" - Johnny Rodriguez
October 27 - " We're Gonna Hold On" - George Jones and Tammy Wynette
November 10 - " Paper Roses " - Marie Osmond
November 24 - "The Most Beautiful Girl" - Charlie Rich
December 15 - " Amazing Love" - Charley Pride
December 22 - " If We Make it Through December" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers

More Hits

" Amanda " - Don Williams
" Any Old Wind That Blows" - Johnny Cash
"Baby's Gone" - Conway Twitty
" Bring it On Home to Your Woman " - Joe Stampley
" Can I Sleep in Your Arms " - Jeannie Seely
" Come Early Morning" - Don Williams
"The Corner of My Life " - Bill Anderson
" Country Sunshine " - Dottie West
" Danny 's Song" - Anne Murray
" Do not Give Up On Me " - Jerry Wallace
"Dreaming My Dreams With You" - Waylon Jennings
" Drift Away " - Narvel Felts
"The emptiest Arms in the World" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
"Good Times" - David Houston
" I Hate You " - Ronnie Milsap
"I Love You More and More Every Day " - Sonny James
"I'm Your Woman" - Jeanne Pruett
"If Teardrops Were Pennies " - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
" If You Can Live With It ( I Can Live Without It) " - Bill Anderson
"If You Can not Feel It ( It Is not There) " - Freddie Hart
" Jamestown Ferry" - Tanya Tucker
" Just What I Had in Mind" - Faron Young
"Kid Stuff" - Barbara Fairchild
"The Last Love Song" - Hank Williams Jr.
"Let Me Be There " - Olivia Newton-John
"Little Girl Gone" - Donna Fargo
"Love Me " - Marty Robbins
"Love's the Answer" - Tanya Tucker
" Lovin ' on Back Streets" - Mel Street
"The Midnight Oil" - Barbara Mandrell
"Mr. Love Maker" - Johnny Paycheck
"My Tennessee Mountain Home " - Dolly Parton
"Neon Rosie " - Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
"Nobody Wins" - Brenda Lee
" Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad As Losing You ) " - George Jones
" Pass Me By " - Johnny Rodriguez
" Ravishing Ruby" - Tom T. Hall
"Red Necks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer" - Johnny Russell
"Rocky Mountain High " - John Denver
" Sawmill " - Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
"Send Me No Roses " - Tommy Overstreet
"The Shelter of Your Eyes" - Don Williams
"Sing About Love " - Lynn Anderson
" Slippin ' and Slidin' " - Billy " Crash" Craddock
" Slippin ' Away" - Jean Shepard
"Southern Loving" - Jim Ed Brown
"Stay All Night ( Stay a Little Longer ) " - Willie Nelson
"Sunday Sunrise" - Brenda Lee
"Sweet Country Woman " - Johnny Duncan
" 'Til the Water Stops Runnin' " - Billy " Crash" Craddock
"Top of the World" - Lynn Anderson
"Touch the Morning" - Don Gibson
" Uneasy Rider" - Charlie Daniels Band
"Walking Piece of Heaven" - Marty Robbins
"What My Woman Can not Do " - George Jones
"Yellow Ribbon" - Johnny Carver
"You Ask Me To" - Waylon Jennings
" You Can Have Her " - Waylon Jennings
"You Lay So Easy on My Mind " - Bobby G. Rice

Albums ( selection)

Honky Tonk Heroes - Waylon Jennings ( RCA)
The Midnight Oil - Barbara Mandrell (Columbia )
Shotgun Willie - Willie Nelson (Atlantic )

Born

June 26 - Gretchen Wilson

Died

New members of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
Patsy Cline (1932-1963)

Major Awards

Grammys

Best Female Country Vocal Performance - Olivia Newton-John - Let Me Be There
Best Male Country Vocal Performance - Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group - Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge - From The Bottle To The Bottom
Best Country Instrumental Performance - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell - Dueling Banjos
Best Country Song - Kenny O'Dell - Behind Closed Doors

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year - Roy Clark
Song Of The Year - " Behind Closed Doors" - Charlie Rich - Kenny O'Dell
Single Of The Year - " Behind Closed Doors" - Charlie Rich
Album Of The Year - Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich
Top Male Vocalist - Charlie Rich
Top Female Vocalist - Loretta Lynn
Top Vocal Group - Brush Arbor
Top New Male Vocalist - Dorsey Burnette
Top New Female Vocalist - Olivia Newton-John

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year - Roy Clark
Male Vocalist of the Year - Charlie Rich
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 - " Behind Closed Doors", Charlie Rich
Song of the Year - "Behind Closed Doors ," Kenny O'Dell
Album of the Year - Behind Closed Doors, Charlie Rich
Instrumentalist of the Year - Charlie McCoy

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