1966 in country music

• 6.1 Grammys
• 6.2 Academy of Country Music

Events

Top Hits of the Year

No. 1 Hits

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

Other big hits

• "Is not 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
• " Do not Touch Me " - Wilma Burgess
• " Do not 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
• " 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 Is not Woman Enough" - Loretta Lynn

Albums ( selection)

• Born to Sing - Connie Smith ( RCA)
• Confessions of a Broken Man - Porter Wagoner (RCA)
• Distant Drums - Jim Reeves (RCA)
• Do not 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 )

Born

• July 29 - Martina McBride
• August 19 - Lee Ann Womack

New additions to the Country Music Hall of Fame

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

Major Awards

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 & Western Single - "King of the Road, " Roger Miller.
• Best Country 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

Academy of Country Music

• Top Male Vocalist - Merle Haggard
• Top Female Vocalist - Bonnie Guitar
• Top New Male Vocalist - Billy Mize
• Top New Female Vocalist - Cathie Taylor

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