# Country-Musik 1972

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1972 im Genre Country-Musik.

## Top Hits des Jahres
### Nummer-1-Hits

* 08. Januar – Would You Take Another Chance on Me – Jerry Lee Lewis
* 15. Januar – Carolyn – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
* 05. Februar – One’s on the Way – Loretta Lynn
* 19. Februar – Four in the Morning – Faron Young
* 04. März – Bedtime Story – Tammy Wynette
* 11. März – My Hang Up Is You – Freddie Hart
* 22. April – Chantilly Lace / Think About it Darlin’ – Jerry Lee Lewis
* 13. Mai – Grandma Harp – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
* 27. Mai – (Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date – Conway Twitty
* 03. Juni – The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. – Donna Fargo
* 24. Juni – That’s Why I Love You Like I Do – Sonny James
* 01. Juli – Eleven Roses – Hank Williams Jr.
* 15. Juli – Made in Japan – Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
* 22. Juli – It’s Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer – Charley Pride
* 12. August – Bless Your Heart – Freddie Hart
* 26. August – If You Leave Me Tonight I’ll Cry – Jerry Wallace
* 02. September – Woman (Sensuous Woman) – Don Gibson
* 16. September – When the Snow is on the Roses – Sonny James
* 23. September – I Can’t Stop Loving You – Conway Twitty
* 30. September – I Ain’t Never – Mel Tillis
* 14. Oktober – Funny Face – Donna Fargo
* 04. November – It’s Not Love (But It’s Not Bad) – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
* 11. November – My Man (Understands) – Tammy Wynette
* 18. November – She’s Too Good to be True – Charley Pride
* 09. Dezember – Got the All Overs for You (All Over Me) – Freddie Hart
* 30. Dezember – She’s Got to be a Saint – Ray Price

### Weitere Hits

* Ain’t Nothin’ Shakin’ But the Leaves on the Trees – Billy "Crash" Craddock
* Ain't That a Shame – Hank Williams Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation
* All His Children – Charley Pride
* All the Lonely Women in the World – Bill Anderson
* Ann (Don’t Go Runnin’) – Tommy Overstreet
* Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me – Mac Davis
* The Best Part of Livin’ – Marty Robbins
* Borrowed Angel – Mel Street
* The Ceremony – George Jones und Tammy Wynette
* Class of ’57 – Statler Brothers
* Cotton Jenny – Anne Murray
* Cry – Lynn Anderson
* Delta Dawn – Tanya Tucker
* Do You Remember These – Statler Brothers
* Fool Me – Lynn Anderson
* Good Hearted Woman – Waylon Jennings
* Heaven is My Woman’s Love – Tommy Overstreet
* Here I Am Again – Loretta Lynn
* I Can’t See Me Without You – Conway Twitty
* I’m a Truck – Red Simpson
* I’m Gonna Knock at Your Door – Billy "Crash" Craddock
* I’ve Found Someone of My Own – Cal Smith
* I’ve Got to Have You – Sammi Smith
* If It Ain’t Love Let’s Leave it Alone – Connie Smith
* If You Touch Me (You’ve Got to Feel Me) – Joe Stampley
* Just for What I Am – Connie Smith
* The Lawrence Welk-Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka – Roy Clark
* Listen to a Country Song – Lynn Anderson
* Lonely Women Make Good Lovers – Bob Luman
* Lonesomest Lonesome – Ray Price
* Lovin’ You Could Never Be Better – George Jones
* Manhattan, Kansas – Glen Campbell
* Me and Jesus – Tom T. Hall (featuring the Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church Choir)
* Missing You – Jim Reeves
* Oney – Johnny Cash
* Only Love (Can Break a Heart) – Sonny James
* A Picture of Me (Without You) – George Jones
* Pretend I Never Happened – Waylon Jennings
* Reach Out Your Hand – Tammy Wynette
* Red Red Wine – Roy Drusky
* Rocky Mountain High – John Denver
* Sweet Dream Woman – Waylon Jennings
* There’s a Party Going On – Jody Miller
* A Thing Called Love – Johnny Cash
* This Little Girl of Mine – Faron Young
* To Get to You – Jerry Wallace
* Tonight My Baby's Comin' Home – Barbara Mandrell
* Touch Your Woman – Dolly Parton
* We Can Make It – Johnny Cash
* When You Say Love – Bob Luman
* Whiskey River – Johnny Bush
* White Silver Sands – Sonny James

## Alben (Auswahl)

* The Eagles – The Eagles (Asylum)
* Garden Party – Rick Nelson (MCA)
* The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA – Donna Fargo (Dot)
* The Right Combination – Burning the Midnight Oil – Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton (RCA)
* Will the Circle Be Unbroken? – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (United Artists)

## Geboren

* 28. Februar – Boss Burns
* 5. April – Pat Green
* 16. August – Emily Robison (Dixie Chicks)
* 28. Oktober – Brad Paisley

## Gestorben

* 23. Januar – T. Texas Tyler, 55
* 22. Juni – Elton Britt, 58, Country-Star der 1940er Jahre

## Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames
### Country Music Hall of Fame

* Jimmie Davis

### Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

* Felice und Boudleaux Bryant
* Lefty Frizzell
* Jack Rhodes
* Don Robertson
* Mel Tillis

## Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen
### Grammys

* Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Sammi Smith – Help Me Make It Through the Night
* Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Jerry Reed – When You're Hot, You're Hot
* Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty – After The Fire Is Gone
* Best Country Instrumental Performance – Snowbird – Chet Atkins
* Best Country Song – Sammi Smith – Help Me Make It Through The Night – (Autor: Kris Kristofferson)

### Academy of Country Music Awards

* Entertainer Of The Year – Freddie Hart
* Song Of The Year – Easy Lovin‘ – Freddie Hart – Freddie Hart
* Single Of The Year – Easy Lovin‘ – Freddie Hart
* Album Of The Year – Easy Lovin‘ – Freddie Hart
* Top Male Vocalist – Freddie Hart
* Top Female Vocalist – Loretta Lynn
* Top Vocal Duo – Conway Twitty und Loretta Lynn
* Top New Male Vocalist – Tony Booth
* Top New Female Vocalist – Barbara Mandrell

### Country Music Association Awards

* Entertainer of the Year – Loretta Lynn
* Male Vocalist of the Year – Charley Pride
* Female Vocalist of the Year – Loretta Lynn
* 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 – The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A., Donna Fargo
* Song of the Year – Easy Lovin‘, Freddie Hart
* Album of the Year – Let Me Tell You About a Song, Merle Haggard
* Instrumentalist of the Year – Charlie McCoy