Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1968 im Genre Country-Musik.
Events 1. Februar – Elvis Presleys einziges Kind, Lisa Marie Presley, wird in Memphis (Tennessee) geboren. 1. März – Johnny Cash und June Carter heiraten.
Top Hits des Jahres Number-1-Hits 20. Januar – Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard and the Strangers 3. Februar – Skip a Rope – Henson Cargill 9. März – Take Me to Your World – Tammy Wynette 16. März – A World of Our Own – Sonny James 6. April – How Long Will My Baby Be Gone – Buck Owens and the Buckaroos 13. April – You Are My Treasure – Jack Greene 20. April – Fist City – Loretta Lynn 27. April – The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde – Merle Haggard and the Strangers 11. Mai – Have a Little Faith – David Houston 18. Mai – I Wanna Live – Glen Campbell 25. Mai – Honey – Bobby Goldsboro 29. Juni – D-I-V-O-R-C-E – Tammy Wynette 20. Juli – Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash 17. August – Heaven Says Hello – Sonny James 24. August – Already it's Heaven – David Houston 31. August – Mama Tried – Merle Haggard and the Strangers 28. September – Harper Valley PTA – Jeannie C. Riley 19. Oktober – Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye – Eddy Arnold 2. November – Next In Line – Conway Twitty 9. November – I Walk Alone – Marty Robbins 23. November – Stand by Your Man – Tammy Wynette 14. Dezember – Born to Be With You – Sonny James 21. Dezember – Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell
Weitere Hits Another Place Another Time – Jerry Lee Lewis As Long As I Live – George Jones Baby's Back Again – Connie Smith Big Girls Don't Cry – Lynn Anderson By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell Country Girl – Dottie West The Country Hall of Fame – Hank Locklin The Day the World Stood Still – Charley Pride Dreams of the Everyday Housewife – Glen Campbell The Easy Part's Over – Charley Pride Flattery Will Get You Everywhere – Lynn Anderson Happy State of Mind – Bill Anderson Here Comes Heaven – Eddy Arnold Here Comes the Rain, Baby – Eddy Arnold Holdin' On to Nothin – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton I Got You – Waylon Jennings und Anita Carter I've Got You on My Mind Again – Buck Owens The Image of Me – Conway Twitty It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me) – Buck Owens It's All Over – David Houston und Tammy Wynette It's All Over But the Crying – Hank Williams Jr. It's Over – Eddy Arnold Just Because I'm a Woman – Dolly Parton Just For You – Ferlin Husky The Last Thing on My Mind – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton Let the Chips Fall – Charley Pride Let the World Keep On A-Turnin – Buck Owens und Buddy Alan Little Green Apples – Roger Miller Love Takes Care of Me – Jack Greene Milwaukee, Here I Come – George Jones und Brenda Carter No Another Time – Lynn Anderson On Tap, In the Can, Or in the Bottle – Hank Thompson The Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line – Waylon Jennings Plastic Saddle – Nat Stuckey Promises, Promises – Lynn Anderson Roseanna's Going Wild – Johnny Cash Run Away Little Tears – Connie Smith Say It's Not You – George Jones She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me) – Jerry Lee Lewis She Wears My Ring – Ray Price Sweet Rosie Jones – Buck Owens Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) – Ray Price Undo the Right – Johnny Bush We'll Get Ahead Someday – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) – Jerry Lee Lewis Wild Weekend – Bill Anderson With Pen in Hand – Johnny Darrell You Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me) – Loretta Lynn Your Squaw's on the Warpath – Loretta Lynn
Alben (Auswahl) The Bottom of the Bottle – Porter Wagoner (RCA) Country Girl – Dottie West (RCA) D-I-V-O-R-C-E – Tammy Wynette (Epic) Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry – Glen Campbell und Bobbie Gentry (Capitol) Harper Valley PTA – Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation) Honey – Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists) Just Because I'm a Woman – Dolly Parton (RCA) Liz Anderson Sings Her Favorites – Liz Anderson (RCA) At Folsom Prison – Johnny Cash (Columbia) Promises, Promises – Lynn Anderson (Chart) Walking in Love Land – Eddy Arnold (RCA)
Geboren 27. Januar – Tracy Lawrence 24. Februar – David Eugene Edwards 26. März – Kenny Chesney
Gestorben 14. Juni – Ernest Stoneman, 75, Gründer der Stoneman Family. 19. September – Red Foley, 58
Neuaufnahmen in die Country Music Hall of Fame Bob Wills (1905–1975)
Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen Grammys Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording – Glen Campbell – Gentle on My Mind Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female — I Don’t Wanna Play House – Tammy Wynette Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male — Gentle on My Mind – Glen Campell Best Country & Western Song — Gentle on My Mind, John Hartford (Interpret: Glen Campell) Best Country & Western Performance - Duo, Trio Or Group (Vocal Or Instrumental) – Jackson – Johnny Cash & June Carter
Academy of Country Music Awards 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 Awards Entertainer of the Year — Glen Campbell Song of the Year — Honey – Bobby Russell, (Interpret: Bobby Goldsboro) Single of the Year — Harper Valley PTA – Jeannie C. Riley Album of the Year — At Folsom Prison – Johnny Cash Male Vocalist of the Year — Glen Campbell Female Vocalist of the Year — Tammy Wynette Vocal Group of the Year — Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton Instrumentalist of the Year — Chet Atkins Instrumental Group of the Year — The Buckaroos Comedian of the Year — Sheb Wooley
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