Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1964 im Genre Country-Musik.
Events 31. Juli – Jim Reeves kommt bei einem Flugzeugabsturz in der Nähe Nashvilles ums Leben.
Top Hits des Jahres Number-1-Hits 8. Februar – Begging to You – Marty Robbins 15. Februar – B.J. the D.J. – Stonewall Jackson 22. Februar – Begging to You – Marty Robbins 7. März – Saginaw, Michigan – Lefty Frizzell 4. April – Understand Your Man – Johnny Cash 16. Mai – My Heart Skips a Beat – Buck Owens 6. Juni – Together Again – Buck Owens 18. Juli – Dang Me – Roger Miller 29. August – I Guess I'm Crazy – Jim Reeves 17. Oktober – I Don't Care (Just As Long as You Love Me) – Buck Owens 28. November – Once a Day – Connie Smith
Weitere große Hits Chug-a-Lug – Roger Miller Down To My Last Cigarette – Billy Walker 500 Miles Away From Home – Bobby Bare The Ballad of Ira Hayes – Johnny Cash Burning Memories – Ray Price Cross the Brazos at Waco – Billy Walker Four Strong Winds – Bobby Bare Forever – Pete Drake Give Me Forty Acres (To Turn This Rig Around) – The Willis Brothers Go Cat Go – Norma Jean Gonna Get Along Without You Now – Skeeter Davis Here Comes My Baby Back Again – Dottie West It Ain't Me Babe – Johnny Cash und June Carter Let's Go All the Way – Norma Jean Password – Kitty Wells The Race Is On – George Jones Second Fiddle – Jean Shepard Sorrow on the Rocks – Porter Wagoner Welcome To My World – Jim Reeves Wine Women and Song – Loretta Lynn
Alben (Auswahl) Bill Anderson Showcase – Bill Anderson (Decca) Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian – Johnny Cash (Columbia) Eddy's Songs – Eddy Arnold (RCA) Folk Song Book – Bill Anderson (Decca) Grand Ole Opry Favorites – The Browns (RCA) Guitar Country – Chet Atkins (RCA) I Don't Care – Buck Owens (Capitol) Let's Go All the Way – Norma Jean (RCA) Johnny Bond's Best – Johnny Bond (Harmony) Oh Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison (Columbia) Orange Blossom Special – Johnny Cash (Columbia) Pop Hits From the Country Side – Eddy Arnold (RCA) Progressive Pickin – Chet Atkins (RCA) The Return of Roger Miller – Roger Miller (Smash) Sometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I'm Blue – Eddy Arnold (RCA) This Young Land – The Browns (RCA) Together Again/My Heart Skips a Beat – Buck Owens (Capitol)
Geboren 28. Mai – Phil Vassar, Singer-Songwriter 30. Mai – Wynonna Judd, die zusammen mit ihrer Mutter das Duo The Judds bildete 19. September – Trisha Yearwood, Sängerin 31. Oktober – Darryl Worley, Singer-Songwriter
Gestorben 31. Juli – Jim Reeves, 40
Neuaufnahmen in die Country Music Hall of Fame Tex Ritter (1905–1974)
Wichtige Auszeichnungen Grammys Country And Western Recording – Detroit City, Bobby Bare
Einzelnachweise
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