# Country-Musik 1966

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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