Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1974 im Genre Country-Musik.
Events Eine Gruppe traditionsorientierter Country-Musiker gründet unter Führung von George Jones und Tammy Wynette die Association of Country Entertainers, um sich gegen die zunehmenden Pop-Einflüsse zu wehren.
Top Hits des Jahres Nummer-1-Hits 19. Januar – I Love – Tom T. Hall 2. Februar – Jolene – Dolly Parton 9. Februar – World of Make Believe – Bill Anderson 16. Februar – That’s the Way Love Goes – Johnny Rodriguez 23. Februar – Another Lonely Song – Tammy Wynette 9. März – There Won’t Be Anymore – Charlie Rich 23. März – There’s a Honky Tonk Angel (Who’ll Take Me Back In) – Conway Twitty 30. März – Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone) – Tanya Tucker 6. April – A Very Special Love Song – Charlie Rich 27. April – Hello Love – Hank Snow 4. Mai – Things Aren’t Funny Anymore – Merle Haggard and the Strangers 11. Mai – Is it Wrong (For Loving You) – Sonny James 18. Mai – Country Bumpkin – Cal Smith 25. Mai – No Charge – Melba Montgomery 1. Juni – Pure Love – Ronnie Milsap 8. Juni – I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton 15. Juni – I Don’t See Me in Your Eyes Anymore – Charlie Rich 22. Juni – This Time – Waylon Jennings 29. Juni – Room Full of Roses – Mickey Gilley 6. Juli – He Thinks I Still Care – Anne Murray 20. Juli – Marie Laveux – Bobby Bare 27. Juli – You Can’t Be a Beacon if Your Light Don’t Shine – Donna Fargo 3. August – Rub it In – Billy „Crash“ Craddock 17. August – As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone – Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn 24. August – The Old Man From the Mountain – Merle Haggard and the Strangers 31. August – The Grand Tour – George Jones 7. September – Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends – Ronnie Milsap 21. September – I Wouldn’t Want to Live If You Didn’t Love Me – Don Williams 28. September – I’m a Rambin’ Man – Waylon Jennings 5. Oktober – I Love My Friend – Charlie Rich 12. Oktober – Please Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me – Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton 19. Oktober – I See the ‚Want-To‘ In Your Eyes – Conway Twitty 2. November – I Overlooked an Orchid – Mickey Gilley 9. November – Love is Like a Butterfly – Dolly Parton 16. November – Country Is – Tom T. Hall 23. November – Trouble in Paradise – Loretta Lynn 30. November – Back Home Again – John Denver 7. Dezember – She Called Me Baby – Charlie Rich 14. Dezember – I Can Help – Billy Swan 28. Dezember – What a Man My Man Is – Lynn Anderson
Weitere Hits A Mi Esposa Con Amor (To My Wife With Love) – Sonny James After the Fire is Gone – Willie Nelson and Tracy Nelson Annie's Song – John Denver Big Four Poster Bed – Brenda Lee Bloody Mary Mornin’ – Willie Nelson Bonaparte's Retreat – Glen Campbell Boney Fingers – Hoyt Axton Bring Back Your Love to Me – Don Gibson Can't You Feel It – David Houston Come Monday – Jimmy Buffett Daddy, What If? – Bobby Bare with Bobby Bare Jr. Dance With Me (Just One More Time) – Johnny Rodriguez Hey Loretta – Loretta Lynn Honeymoon Feelin’ – Roy Clark I Honestly Love You – Olivia Newton-John I Never Go Around Mirrors – Lefty Frizzell I Love You, I Love You – David Houston and Barbara Mandrell I’ll Think of Something – Hank Williams Jr. I'll Try a Little Bit Harder – Donna Fargo I'm Not Through Loving You Yet – Conway Twitty If You Love Me (Let Me Know) – Olivia Newton-John It'll Come Back – Red Sovine (It's a) Monster's Holiday – Buck Owens It's That Time of the Night – Jim Ed Brown Last Time I Saw Him – Dottie West A Love Song – Anne Murray The Man That Turned My Mama On – Tanya Tucker Memory Maker – Mel Tillis and the Statesiders Midnight, Me and the Blues – Mel Tillis and the Statesiders Mississippi Cotton-Pickin' Delta Town – Charley Pride The Older the Violin the Sweeter the Music – Hank Thompson Old Home Fill-er Up An' Keep On A-Truckin' Café – C. W. McCall Once You’ve Had the Best – George Jones One Day at a Time – Don Gibson Ragged Old Flag – Johnny Cash Some Kind of Woman – Faron Young Something – Johnny Rodriguez Sometime Sunshine – Jim Ed Brown Somewhere Between Love and Tomorrow – Roy Clark The South's Gonna Do it Again – Charlie Daniels Band Song and Dance Man – Johnny PayCheck Stomp Them Grapes – Mel Tillis and the Statesiders The Streak – Ray Stevens Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot Sweet Magnolia Blossom – Billy „Crash“ Craddock That Girl Who Waits on Tables – Ronnie Milsap That Song is Driving Me Crazy – Tom T. Hall They Don’t Make ’Em Like My Daddy – Loretta Lynn We Could – Charley Pride We Should Be Together – Don Williams (We’re Not) the Jet Set – George Jones and Tammy Wynette We're Over – Johnny Rodriguez When the Morning Comes – Hoyt Axton Who Left the Door to Heaven Open – Hank Thompson Wrong Ideas – Brenda Lee
Alben (Auswahl) Back Home Again – John Denver (RCA) Honky Tonk Amnesia – Moe Bandy Phases and Stages – Willie Nelson (Atlantic) Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot This Time – Waylon Jennings (RCA)
Geboren 13. Januar – Christoph Bouet, deutscher Maler und Country-Musiker 17. Februar – Bryan White, Singer-Songwriter der 1990er Jahre. 14. Oktober – Natalie Maines, Lead-Sängerin der Dixie Chicks.
Gestorben 2. Januar – Tex Ritter, 68 16. Januar – Johnny Barfield, 64 17. Juli – Don Rich, 32, Mitglied der Buckaroos (Begleitband von Buck Owens).
Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames Country Music Hall of Fame Owen Bradley (1915–1998) Pee Wee King (1914–2000)
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Hank Cochran (1935–2010)
Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen Grammys Beste weibliche Gesangsdarbietung – Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Female) – Let Me Be There von Olivia Newton-John Beste männliche Gesangsdarbietung – Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Male) – Behind Closed Doors von Charlie Rich Beste Countrygesangsdarbietung eines Duos oder einer Gruppe (Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group) – From The Bottle To The Bottom von Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson Bestes Darbietung eines Countryinstrumentals (Best Country Instrumental Performance) – Dueling Banjos von Steve Mandell & Eric Weissberg Bester Countrysong (Best Country Song) – Behind Closed Doors von Charlie Rich (Autor: Kenny O’Dell)
Academy of Country Music Entertainer Of The Year – Roy Clark Song Of The Year – Behind Closed Doors – Charlie Rich – Kenny O’Dell Single Of The Year – Behind Closed Doors – Charlie Rich Album Of The Year – Behind Closed Doors – Charlie Rich Top Male Vocalist – Charlie Rich Top Female Vocalist – Loretta Lynn Top Vocal Group – Brush Arbor Top New Male Vocalist – Dorsey Burnette Top New Female Vocalist – Olivia Newton-John
Country Music Association Awards Entertainer of the Year – Charlie Rich Male Vocalist of the Year – Ronnie Milsap Female Vocalist of the Year – Olivia Newton-John Instrumental Group of the Year – Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass Vocal Group of the Year – Statler Brothers Vocal Duo of the Year – Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn Single of the Year – Country Bumpkin – Cal Smith Song of the Year – Country Bumpkin – Don Wayne Album of the Year – A Very Special Love Song, Charlie Rich Instrumentalist of the Year – Don Rich
American Music Awards Favorite Country Male Artist – Charley Pride Favorite Country Female Artist – Lynn Anderson Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – The Carter Family Favorite Country Album – A Sunshiny Day with Charley Pride – Charley Pride Favorite Country Song – Behind Closed Doors – Charlie Rich
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