# Country-Musik 1974

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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