# Country-Musik 1968

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1968 im Genre Country-Musik.

## Events

* 1. Februar – Elvis Presleys einziges Kind, Lisa Marie Presley, wird in Memphis (Tennessee) geboren.
* 1. März – Johnny Cash und June Carter heiraten.

## Top Hits des Jahres
### Number-1-Hits

* 20. Januar – Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
* 3. Februar – Skip a Rope – Henson Cargill
* 9. März – Take Me to Your World – Tammy Wynette
* 16. März – A World of Our Own – Sonny James
* 6. April – How Long Will My Baby Be Gone – Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
* 13. April – You Are My Treasure – Jack Greene
* 20. April – Fist City – Loretta Lynn
* 27. April – The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
* 11. Mai – Have a Little Faith – David Houston
* 18. Mai – I Wanna Live – Glen Campbell
* 25. Mai – Honey – Bobby Goldsboro
* 29. Juni – D-I-V-O-R-C-E – Tammy Wynette
* 20. Juli – Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
* 17. August – Heaven Says Hello – Sonny James
* 24. August – Already it's Heaven – David Houston
* 31. August – Mama Tried – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
* 28. September – Harper Valley PTA – Jeannie C. Riley
* 19. Oktober – Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye – Eddy Arnold
* 2. November – Next In Line – Conway Twitty
* 9. November – I Walk Alone – Marty Robbins
* 23. November – Stand by Your Man – Tammy Wynette
* 14. Dezember – Born to Be With You – Sonny James
* 21. Dezember – Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell

### Weitere Hits

* Another Place Another Time – Jerry Lee Lewis
* As Long As I Live – George Jones
* Baby's Back Again – Connie Smith
* Big Girls Don't Cry – Lynn Anderson
* By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell
* Country Girl – Dottie West
* The Country Hall of Fame – Hank Locklin
* The Day the World Stood Still – Charley Pride
* Dreams of the Everyday Housewife – Glen Campbell
* The Easy Part's Over – Charley Pride
* Flattery Will Get You Everywhere – Lynn Anderson
* Happy State of Mind – Bill Anderson
* Here Comes Heaven – Eddy Arnold
* Here Comes the Rain, Baby – Eddy Arnold
* Holdin' On to Nothin – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
* I Got You – Waylon Jennings und Anita Carter
* I've Got You on My Mind Again – Buck Owens
* The Image of Me – Conway Twitty
* It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me) – Buck Owens
* It's All Over – David Houston und Tammy Wynette
* It's All Over But the Crying – Hank Williams Jr.
* It's Over – Eddy Arnold
* Just Because I'm a Woman – Dolly Parton
* Just For You – Ferlin Husky
* The Last Thing on My Mind – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
* Let the Chips Fall – Charley Pride
* Let the World Keep On A-Turnin – Buck Owens und Buddy Alan
* Little Green Apples – Roger Miller
* Love Takes Care of Me – Jack Greene
* Milwaukee, Here I Come – George Jones und Brenda Carter
* No Another Time – Lynn Anderson
* On Tap, In the Can, Or in the Bottle – Hank Thompson
* The Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line – Waylon Jennings
* Plastic Saddle – Nat Stuckey
* Promises, Promises – Lynn Anderson
* Roseanna's Going Wild – Johnny Cash
* Run Away Little Tears – Connie Smith
* Say It's Not You – George Jones
* She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me) – Jerry Lee Lewis
* She Wears My Ring – Ray Price
* Sweet Rosie Jones – Buck Owens
* Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) – Ray Price
* Undo the Right – Johnny Bush
* We'll Get Ahead Someday – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
* What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) – Jerry Lee Lewis
* Wild Weekend – Bill Anderson
* With Pen in Hand – Johnny Darrell
* You Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me) – Loretta Lynn
* Your Squaw's on the Warpath – Loretta Lynn

## Alben (Auswahl)

* The Bottom of the Bottle – Porter Wagoner (RCA)
* Country Girl – Dottie West (RCA)
* D-I-V-O-R-C-E – Tammy Wynette (Epic)
* Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry – Glen Campbell und Bobbie Gentry (Capitol)
* Harper Valley PTA – Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)
* Honey – Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists)
* Just Because I'm a Woman – Dolly Parton (RCA)
* Liz Anderson Sings Her Favorites – Liz Anderson (RCA)
* At Folsom Prison – Johnny Cash (Columbia)
* Promises, Promises – Lynn Anderson (Chart)
* Walking in Love Land – Eddy Arnold (RCA)

## Geboren

* 27. Januar – Tracy Lawrence
* 24. Februar – David Eugene Edwards
* 26. März – Kenny Chesney

## Gestorben

* 14. Juni – Ernest Stoneman, 75, Gründer der Stoneman Family.
* 19. September – Red Foley, 58

## Neuaufnahmen in die Country Music Hall of Fame

* Bob Wills (1905–1975)

## Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen
### Grammys

* Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording – Glen Campbell – Gentle on My Mind
* Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female — I Don’t Wanna Play House – Tammy Wynette
* Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male — Gentle on My Mind – Glen Campell
* Best Country & Western Song — Gentle on My Mind, John Hartford (Interpret: Glen Campell)
* Best Country & Western Performance - Duo, Trio Or Group (Vocal Or Instrumental) – Jackson – Johnny Cash & June Carter

### Academy of Country Music Awards

* 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 und Bonnie Owens
* Top Vocal Group – Sons of the Pioneers
* Top New Male Vocalist – Jerry Inman
* Top New Female Vocalist – Bobbie Gentry

### Country Music Association Awards

* Entertainer of the Year — Glen Campbell
* Song of the Year — Honey – Bobby Russell, (Interpret: Bobby Goldsboro)
* Single of the Year — Harper Valley PTA – Jeannie C. Riley
* Album of the Year — At Folsom Prison – Johnny Cash
* Male Vocalist of the Year — Glen Campbell
* Female Vocalist of the Year — Tammy Wynette
* Vocal Group of the Year — Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
* Instrumentalist of the Year — Chet Atkins
* Instrumental Group of the Year — The Buckaroos
* Comedian of the Year — Sheb Wooley
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