1969 in country music

  • 6.1 Grammy Awards
  • 6.2 Academy of Country Music
  • 6.3 Country Music Association

Top Hits of the Year

No. 1 Hits

  • January 4 - "Daddy Sang Bass" - Johnny Cash
  • February 15 - " Until My Dreams Come True" - Jack Greene
  • March 1 - " To Make Love Sweeter for You" - Jerry Lee Lewis
  • March 8 - " Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel ) " - Sonny James
  • March 29 - " Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
  • April 12 - " Woman of the World ( Leave My World Alone) " - Loretta Lynn
  • April 19 - " Galveston " - Glen Campbell
  • May 10 - " Hungry Eyes" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
  • May 17 - "My Life ( Throw It Away if I Want To) " - Bill Anderson
  • May 31 - "Singing My Song " - Tammy Wynette
  • June 14 - " Running Bear " - Sonny James
  • July 5 - " Statue of a Fool " - Jack Greene
  • July 19 - "I Love You More Today" - Conway Twitty
  • July 26 - " Johnny B. Goode " - Buck Owens
  • August 9 - "All I Have to Offer You Is Me" - Charley Pride
  • August 16 - " Workin 'Man 's Blues " - Merle Haggard
  • August 23 - " A Boy Named Sue " - Johnny Cash
  • September 27 - "Tall Dark Stranger" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
  • October 4 - " Since I Met You Baby " - Sonny James
  • October 25 - " The Ways to Love a Man" - Tammy Wynette
  • November 8 - " To See My Angel Cry" - Conway Twitty
  • November 15 - " Okie from Muskogee " - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
  • December 13 - " I'm so Afraid of Losing You Again" - Charley Pride

More Hits

  • "All For the Love of a Girl" - Claude King
  • " April's Fool" - Ray Price
  • " Are You From Dixie ('Cause I'm From Dixie Too) " - Jerry Reed
  • "Back in the Arms of Love" - Jack Greene
  • " Ballad of Forty Dollars " - Tom T. Hall
  • " Be Glad " - Del Reeves
  • " Big in Vegas " - Buck Owens
  • "Big Wind " - Porter Wagoner
  • " Blistered " - Johnny Cash
  • " But You Know I Love You" - Bill Anderson
  • " Cajun Baby" - Hank Williams Jr.
  • "The Carroll County Accident " - Porter Wagoner
  • " Darling You Know I Would not Lie" - Conway Twitty
  • " Do not Let Me Cross Over " - Jerry Lee Lewis and Linda Gail Lewis
  • "Games People Play " - Freddy Weller
  • " George and the North Woods " - Dave Dudley
  • "The Girl Most Likely " - Jeannie C. Riley
  • "God Bless America Again" - Bobby Bare
  • " Good Time Charlies" - Del Reeves
  • "Homecoming " - Tom T. Hall
  • "I Can not Say Goodbye " - Marty Robbins
  • "I Love You Because " - Carl Smith
  • " I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am " - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
  • " I'd Rather Be Gone " - Hank Williams Jr.
  • "I'll Share My World With You" - George Jones
  • "I'm Down to My Last ' I Love You ' " - David Houston
  • " If Not For You" - George Jones
  • "It's a Sin " - Marty Robbins
  • " In the Ghetto " - Elvis Presley
  • "Invitation to Your Party " - Jerry Lee Lewis
  • "Just Someone I Used to Know" - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
  • " Kaw -Liga " - Charley Pride
  • " Kay " - John Wesley Ryles
  • " Let it Be Me" - Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry
  • " MacArthur Park " - Waylon Jennings with the Kimberly
  • "Me and Bobby McGee " - Roger Miller
  • "Mr. Walker, It's All Over " - Billie Jo Spears
  • " My Woman 's Good to Me" - David Houston
  • "The Name of the Game Was Love " - Hank Snow
  • " One Has My Name ( The Other Has My Heart ) " - Jerry Lee Lewis
  • " One Minute Past Eternity" - Jerry Lee Lewis
  • " Please Do not Go " - Eddy Arnold
  • "Please Let Me Prove My Love For You" - Dave Dudley
  • " Raining in My Heart" - Ray Price
  • " Ribbon of Darkness" - Connie Smith
  • " Rings of Gold" - Don Gibson and Dottie West
  • " Ruby ( Do not Take Your Love to Town) " - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
  • "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye " - Jerry Lee Lewis
  • " Smoky the Bar" - Hank Thompson
  • "Such a Fool" - Roy Drusky
  • "Suspicious Minds" - Elvis Presley
  • "Sweet Thang and Cisco " - Nat Stuckey
  • " Sweetheart of the Year" - Ray Price
  • " That's a No-No " - Lynn Anderson
  • "There Never Was a Time" - Jeannie C. Riley
  • "There Will not Be a Lonely Heart in Town" - Del Reeves
  • "These are Not My People " - Freddy Weller
  • "These Lonely Hands of Mine" - Mel Tillis
  • " They Do not Make Love Like They Used To " - Eddy Arnold
  • " Thirsty Boots" - Anne Murray
  • " This Thing " - Webb Pierce
  • " To Make a Man ( Feel Like a Man ) " - Loretta Lynn
  • "True Grit" - Glen Campbell
  • " Try a Little Kindness " - Glen Campbell
  • "When the Grass Grows Over Me " - George Jones
  • " When Two Worlds Collide" - Jim Reeves
  • "Where the Blue and Lonely Go" - Roy Drusky
  • "Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out" - Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn
  • "Who's Julie " - Mel Tillis
  • "Wine Me Up" - Faron Young
  • "Yesterday When I Was Young" - Roy Clark
  • "You and Your Sweet Love" - Connie Smith
  • " You Gave Me a Mountain" - Johnny Bush
  • " Young Love " - Connie Smith and Nat Stuckey
  • "Your Time's Comin ' " - Faron Young
  • " Yours Love" - Waylon Jennings
  • " Yours Love" - Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton

Albums ( selection)

  • "The Carroll County Accident " - Porter Wagoner (RCA)
  • " It's A Sin " - Marty Robbins (Columbia )
  • " My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy " - Dolly Parton (RCA)
  • " Songs That Made Country Girls Famous" - Lynn Anderson (chart)
  • " Yearbooks and Yesterdays " - Jeannie C. Riley ( Plantation )

Born

Died

New additions to the Country Music Hall of Fame

Major Awards

Grammy Awards

  • Best Female Country Vocal Performance - " Stand by Your Man" Tammy Wynette
  • Best Male Country Vocal Performance - " A Boy Named Sue " Johnny Cash
  • Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - " MacArthur Park ", Waylon Jennings and The Kimberleys
  • Best Country Instrumental Performance - The Nashville Brass featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds
  • Best Country Song - " A Boy Named Sue " Shel Silverstein (Performer: Johnny Cash)

Academy of Country Music

  • 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

  • Entertainer of the Year - Johnny Cash
  • Song of the Year - "The Carroll County Accident "
  • Single of the Year - " A Boy Named Sue " Johnny Cash
  • Male Vocalist of the Year Johnny Cash
  • Female Vocalist of the Year - Tammy Wynette
  • Vocal Group of the Year - Johnny Cash and June Carter
  • Instrumentalist of the Year - Chet Atkins
  • Instrumental Group of the Year - Danny Davis
  • Comedian of the Year - Archie Campbell

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