Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1966 im Genre Country-Musik.
Events 15. März – Roger Miller gewinnt sechs Grammys, darunter fünf für seinen Top-Hit King of the Road
Top Hits des Jahres Nummer-1-Hits 8. Januar – Giddyup Go – Red Sovine 19. Februar – Waitin' in Your Welfare Line/ In The Palm Of Your Hand – Buck Owens 9. April – I Want to Go with You – Eddy Arnold 21. Mai – Distant Drums – Jim Reeves 18. Juni – Take Good Care of Her – Sonny James 2. Juli – Think of Me – Buck Owens 13. August – Almost Persuaded – David Houston 15. Oktober – Blue Side of Lonesome – Jim Reeves 22. Oktober – Open Up Your Heart – Buck Owens 19. November – I Get the Fever – Bill Anderson 26. November – Somebody Like Me – Eddy Arnold 24. Dezember – There Goes My Everything – Jack Greene
Weitere große Hits Ain't 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 Don't Touch Me – Wilma Burgess Don't 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 The Snakes Crawl at Night – Charley Pride 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 Ain't Woman Enough – Loretta Lynn
Alben (Auswahl) Born to Sing – Connie Smith (RCA) Confessions of a Broken Man – Porter Wagoner (RCA) Distant Drums – Jim Reeves (RCA) Don't 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)
Geboren 11. Mai – Kevin Fowler 16. Mai – Gregory Scott Reeves 29. Juli – Martina McBride 19. August – Lee Ann Womack
Neuaufnahmen in die Country Music Hall of Fame Eddy Arnold (* 1918–† 2008) James R. Denny (* 1911–† 1963) George D. Hay (* 1895–† 1968) Uncle Dave Macon (* 1870–† 1952)
Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen 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 and Western Single – King of the Road, Roger Miller. Best Country and Western 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 Awards Top Male Vocalist – Buck Owens Top Female Vocalist – Bonnie Owens Top Vocal Duo – Merle Haggard und Bonnie Owens Top New Male Vocalist – Merle Haggard Top New Female Vocalist – Kaye Adams
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