1967 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1967.
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Events[edit]
- April 1 — The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opens in Nashville.
- September — Lynn Anderson becomes a featured vocalist on The Lawrence Welk Show; earlier in the year, she signs her first national recording contract with Chart Records.
- September 30 – Singer-songwriter Leon Ashley becomes the first performer in the genre to write, record, produce, release, distribute and publish a single that reaches No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart with "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)."
- October — The first Country Music Association Awards are handed out at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium. The show is not televised.
No dates[edit]
- For the first time in history, more than 20 No. 1 songs top the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in a 52-week timespan. It will mark the start of a new trend in country music: a proliferation of No. 1 songs in a given year, a trend that – thanks to changes in radio programming Billboard data compilation – peaks in 1986 when there is a new No. 1 song every week.
- Dolly Parton joins Porter Wagoner's band, television series and road show. She and Wagoner record their first duets, releasing "The Last Thing on My Mind" (their first major hit together) late in the year. Parton will go on to become the first woman in country music to have top 10 hits in five different decades.
- The Browns disband when sisters Maxine and Bonnie leave the group. Jim Ed Brown begins the second phase of his long career – as a solo recording artist. The move pays off, as he immediately scores with "Pop a Top."
Top hits of the year[edit]
Number one hits[edit]
United States[edit]
(as certified by Billboard)
- Notes
Canada[edit]
(as certified by RPM)
| Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | U.S. peak | Spec. Note |
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| January 21 | The Weatherman | Gary Buck | 5 | — | |
| February 25 | Whistling on the River | Mercey Brothers | 7 | — | [A], [2]
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| March 4 | Take This Heart of Mine | Odie Workman | 2 | — | [C] |
| March 18 | Whirlpool | Bambi Lynn | 2 | — | [C] |
| April 1 | Ten Foot Pole | Johnny Ellis | 3 | — | [C] |
| April 22 | Irena Cheyenne | Jimmy Arthur Ordge | 3 | — | [A] |
| May 13 | Uncle Tom | Mercey Brothers | 6 | — | [2]
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| June 3 | I Can't Even Do Wrong Right | Johnny Burke | 2 | — | [C] |
| July 8 | It's Just About Over | Johnny Clark | 3 | — | [C] |
| July 29 | The Alcan Run | Bud Roberts | 2 | — | [C] |
| August 12 | I Got What I Wanted | The Rainvilles | 3 | — | [C] |
| September 2 | Take the Bad with the Good | Lynn Jones | 1 | — | [A] |
| September 9 | The Sound That Makes Me Blue | Dianne Leigh | 4 | — | |
| October 7 | Human Nature | Orval Prophet | 2 | — | [A] |
| October 21 | Too Far Gone | Lucille Starr | 3 | 72 | [A] |
| November 11 | You Mean the World to Me | David Houston | 3 | [A] | |
| December 2 | Gardenias in Her Hair | Marty Robbins | 1 | 9 | [A] |
| December 9 | Deep Water | Carl Smith | 1 | 10 | [C] |
| December 16 | Mary in the Morning | Tommy Hunter | 2 | 66 | [C] |
| December 30 | It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me) |
Buck Owens | 2 | 2 |
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Other major hits[edit]
Singles released by American artists[edit]
| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | — | Anything Your Heart Desires | Billy Walker |
| 27 | 20 | The Ballad of Water Hole #3 | Roger Miller |
| 3 | — | Bear with Me a Little Longer | Billy Walker |
| 14 | — | Bob | The Willis Brothers |
| 13 | 4 | Bottle, Bottle | Jim Ed Brown |
| 6 | — | Break My Mind | George Hamilton IV |
| 5 | — | Burning a Hole in My Mind | Connie Smith |
| 18 | — | Burning Bridges | Glen Campbell |
| 20 | — | California Up Tight Band | Flatt & Scruggs |
| 9 | — | 'Cause I Have You | Wynn Stewart |
| 16 | — | Charleston Railroad Tavern | Bobby Bare |
| 8 | 4 | The Chokin' Kind | Waylon Jennings |
| 4 | — | Cincinnati, Ohio | Connie Smith |
| 2 | — | The Cold Hard Facts of Life | Porter Wagoner |
| 14 | — | Come Kiss Me Love | Bobby Bare |
| 9 | — | Danny Boy | Ray Price |
| 18 | — | Diesel on My Tail | Jim & Jesse |
| 12 | — | A Dime at a Time | Del Reeves |
| 4 | 3 | Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger | Charley Pride |
| 8 | — | Don't Squeeze My Sharmon | Charlie Walker |
| 8 | — | Drifting Apart | Warner Mack |
| 24 | — | Dumb Blonde | Dolly Parton |
| 6 | 5 | Fool Fool Fool | Webb Pierce |
| 11 | — | Fuel to the Flame | Skeeter Davis |
| 8 | — | Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings | Don Gibson |
| 5 | — | Get While the Gettin's Good | Bill Anderson |
| 20 | — | Goodbye Wheeling | Mel Tillis |
| 11 | — | Green River | Waylon Jennings |
| 7 | — | Happy Tracks | Kenny Price |
| 16 | — | He's Got a Way with Women | Hank Thompson |
| 12 | — | Heart, We Did All We Could | Jean Shepard |
| 12 | — | How Fast Them Trucks Can Go | Claude Gray |
| 4 | — | How Long Will It Take | Warner Mack |
| 3 | — | Hurt Her Once for Me | The Wilburn Brothers |
| 5 | — | I Can't Get There from Here | George Jones |
| 17 | — | I Didn't Jump the Fence | Red Sovine |
| 6 | — | I Know One | Charley Pride |
| 9 | — | I Never Had the One I Wanted | Claude Gray |
| 11 | 19 | I Taught Her Everything She Knows | Billy Walker |
| 2 | — | I Threw Away the Rose | Merle Haggard |
| 10 | — | I'll Come Runnin' | Connie Smith |
| 6 | 16 | I'm Still Not Over You | Ray Price |
| 5 | — | If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away) | Lynn Anderson |
| 7 | — | If My Heart Had Windows | George Jones |
| 12 | — | If the Whole World Stopped Lovin' | Roy Drusky |
| 7 | — | If You're Not Gone Too Long | Loretta Lynn |
| 18 | — | In Del Rio | Billy Walker |
| 2 | — | Jackson | Johnny Cash and June Carter |
| 13 | — | Juanita Jones | Stu Phillips |
| 15 | — | Jukebox Charlie | Johnny Paycheck |
| 15 | — | Julie | Porter Wagoner |
| 9 | — | Just Between You and Me | Charley Pride |
| 13 | — | Just Beyond the Moon | Tex Ritter |
| 11 | — | Life Turned Her That Way | Mel Tillis |
| 13 | — | Like a Fool | Dottie West |
| 9 | — | Little Old Wine Drinker Me | Robert Mitchum |
| 6 | — | Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man | Johnny Cash and June Carter |
| 3 | — | A Loser's Cathedral | David Houston |
| 12 | — | Love Me and Make It All Better | Bobby Lewis |
| 48 | 14 | Mabel (You Have Been a Friend to Me) | Billy Grammer |
| 5 | — | Mama Spank | Liz Anderson |
| 12 | — | Mental Revenge | Waylon Jennings |
| 3 | — | Misty Blue | Eddy Arnold |
| 13 | — | Motel Time Again | Johnny Paycheck |
| 16 | — | Mr. Shorty | Marty Robbins |
| 12 | — | My Kind of Love | Dave Dudley |
| 10 | — | No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore | Bill Anderson |
| 16 | — | No Tears Milady | Marty Robbins |
| 17 | — | Ode to Billie Joe | Bobbie Gentry |
| 17 | — | Oh! Woman | Nat Stuckey |
| 4 | — | Once | Ferlin Husky |
| 8 | — | Paper Mansions | Dottie West |
| 9 | — | Phantom 309 | Red Sovine |
| 15 | — | The Piney Wood Hills | Bobby Bare |
| 3 | — | Pop a Top | Jim Ed Brown |
| 15 | — | Promises and Hearts (Were Made to Break) | Stonewall Jackson |
| 13 | — | Roarin' Again | The Wilburn Brothers |
| 9 | — | Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | Johnny Darrell |
| 10 | — | Ruthless | The Statler Brothers |
| 16 | — | Sneaking 'Cross the Border | The Harden Trio |
| 17 | — | Something Fishy | Dolly Parton |
| 5 | — | Stamp Out Loneliness | Stonewall Jackson |
| 16 | — | The Storm | Jim Reeves |
| 16 | — | Sweet Misery | Jimmy Dean |
| 16 | — | Tear Time | Wilma Burgess |
| 11 | — | Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine | Wanda Jackson |
| 7 | — | Urge for Going | George Hamilton IV |
| 7 | — | Walkin' in the Sunshine | Roger Miller |
| 13 | — | A Wanderin' Man | Jeannie Seely |
| 5 | — | What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied) | Skeeter Davis |
| 5 | 6 | What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am) | Loretta Lynn |
| 2 | 8 | What Locks the Door | Jack Greene |
| 17 | — | What's Come Over My Baby | Dottie West |
| 14 | — | Where Could I Go (But to Her) | David Houston |
| 4 | 13 | A Woman in Love | Bonnie Guitar |
| 10 | — | The Words I'm Gonna Have to Eat | Bill Phillips |
| 20 | — | You Beat All I Ever Saw | Johnny Cash |
| 18 | — | You Can Have Her | Jim Ed Brown |
| 10 | — | You Can't Have Your Kate and Edith, Too | The Statler Brothers |
| 14 | — | You Pushed Me Too Far | Ferlin Husky |
| 26 | 2 | You've Been So Good to Me | Van Trevor |
| 17 | — | Your Forevers (Don't Last Very Long) | Jean Shepard |
| 3 | — | Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad | Tammy Wynette |
Singles released by Canadian artists[edit]
| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
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| — | 3 | The Battle of the Little Big Horn | Tommy Hunter |
| — | 5 | Blue Is the Colour | Billy Stoltz |
| — | 5 | Build a Scaffold Way Up High | Doug Lycett |
| — | 2 | Chew Tobacco Road | Irwin Prescott |
| — | 2 | Cup of Disgrace | Tommy Hunter |
| — | 5 | Don't Speak to Me of Loneliness | Dougie Trineer |
| 18 | — | Down at the Pawn Shop | Hank Snow |
| — | 5 | The Fool | Dick Nolan |
| — | 7 | The Homecoming | Ralph Carlson |
| — | 3 | I Did It | The Whippoorwills |
| — | 3 | The Johnson Family | Ralph Carlson |
| 20 | 15 | Learnin' a New Way of Life | Hank Snow |
| — | 4 | Leave Me a Memory | Johnny Ellis |
| — | 10 | Lone Star Rag | Frankie Rodgers |
| — | 4 | Love's Gonna Come Back | Gary Buck |
| — | 2 | Loving Day | Johnny Burke |
| — | 2 | Model “T” | Irwin Prescott |
| — | 6 | Transport Blues | Ralph Carlson |
| — | 6 | Walkin' with the Blues | Billy Stoltz |
| — | 3 | Why Can't He Be You | Dianne Leigh |
| — | 4 | Why Did You Hurt Me | Merv Smith |
| — | 6 | You're the Least of My Worries | Hugh Scott |
| — | 5 | Your Special Day | Myrna Lorrie |
Top new album releases[edit]
| Single | Artist | Record Label |
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| 12 Greatest Hits | Patsy Cline | Decca |
| Bill Anderson's Greatest Hits | Bill Anderson | Decca |
| Branded Man | Merle Haggard | Capitol |
| Carryin' On with Johnny Cash & June Carter | Johnny Cash and June Carter | Columbia |
| Get While the Gettin's Good | Bill Anderson | Decca |
| Greatest Hits Vol. 1 | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
| Hello, I'm Dolly | Dolly Parton | Monument |
| It's Such a Pretty World Today | Wynn Stewart | Capitol |
| Just Between You And Me | Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton | RCA |
| Love of the Common People | Waylon Jennings | RCA |
| The One and Only | Waylon Jennings | RCA |
| Promises, Promises | Lynn Anderson | Chart |
| This Is Jan Howard Country | Jan Howard | Decca |
| Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan | Waylon Jennings | RCA |
Other top albums[edit]
Births[edit]
- February 6 — Anita Cochran, vocalist best known for 1998 hit "What If I Said"
- April 5 — Troy Gentry, one half of Montgomery Gentry (d. 2017)
- May 1 — Tim McGraw, singer and actor active since the 1990s, also known for marriage to Faith Hill.
- September 21 — Faith Hill, singer known for her multi-genre success since the 1990s, and marriage to Tim McGraw.
- October 26 — Keith Urban, Australian-born singer who began enjoying great success in the United States since 2000.
- December 5 — Gary Allan, Bakersfield-styled singer-songwriter since the 1990s.
Deaths[edit]
- January 1 — Moon Mullican, 57, known as the "King of the Hillbilly Piano Players", also widely known today for his hit "I'll Sail My Ship Alone" (heart attack).
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees[edit]
- Red Foley (1910–1968)
- J. L. Frank (1900–1952)
- Jim Reeves (1923–1964)
- Stephen H. Sholes (1911–1968)
Major awards[edit]
Grammy Awards[edit]
- Best Country and Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female — "I Don't Wanna Play House", Tammy Wynette
- Best Country and Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male — "Gentle on My Mind", Glen Campbell
- Best Country and Western Performance, Duet, Trio or Group (Vocal or Instrumental) — "Jackson," Johnny Cash and June Carter
- Best Country and Western Recording — "Gentle on My Mind", Al De Lory (Performer: Glen Campbell)
- Best Country and Western Song — "Gentle on My Mind", John Hartford (Performer: Glen Campbell)
Academy of Country Music[edit]
- 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 and Bonnie Owens
- Top Vocal Group — Sons of the Pioneers
- Top New Male Vocalist — Jerry Inman
- Top New Female Vocalist — Bobbie Gentry
Country Music Association[edit]
- Founding President's Award (formerly Connie B. Gay Award) — Gene Nash, Leroy Van Dyke
- Entertainer of the Year — Eddy Arnold
- Song of the Year — "There Goes My Everything", Dallas Frazier (Performer: Jack Greene)
- Single of the Year — "There Goes My Everything", Jack Greene
- Album of the Year — There Goes My Everything, Jack Greene
- Male Vocalist of the Year — Jack Greene
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Loretta Lynn
- Vocal Group of the Year — The Stoneman Family
- Instrumentalist of the Year — Chet Atkins
- Instrumental Group of the Year — The Buckaroos
- Comedian of the Year — Don Bowman
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
- Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
- Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.