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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1974.
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Events
- March 16 — The Grand Ole Opry moves from the Ryman Auditorium, its home of the past 41 years, to the newly constructed 4,400-seat Grand Ole Opry House, on the Opryland complex. President Richard Nixon is a guest at the Ryman's last show. The Ryman would essentially sit vacant for the next two decades before being renovated in the early 1990s as a historical landmark and concert hall.
- July 17 — Don Rich, a key member of Buck Owens' backing band, The Buckaroos, is killed in a motorcycle crash on State Route 99 north of Bakersfield, California; he was 32. Owens is deeply saddened by Rich's death, and it will gravely affect his career for many years.[1]
- October 17 — The pilot episode of Austin City Limits, featuring Willie Nelson, is recorded, and will air during PBS' 1975 pledge drive.
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- Country purists, long troubled by a growing trend of pop music-influenced country, form the Association of Country Entertainers, as a result of the outcry over the 1974 Country Music Association awards program, where pop diva Olivia Newton-John won Female Vocalist of the Year, and Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass was awarded another Instrumental Group of the Year.
- The proliferation of No. 1 hits, as certified by Billboard, extends into 1974, when 40 songs reach the top of the Hot Country Singles chart. In fact, just nine songs – 10, counting Merle Haggard's "If We Make It Through December", which spent two of its four weeks at No. 1 in January – remain at the top spot for more than one week.
- Dolly Parton leaves Porter Wagoner's band and his weekly television show, after seven years, to embark on a solo career.
- Loretta Lynn releases "The Pill", a sexually frank song about birth control. The song is deemed too controversial and most country stations refuse to play it.
Top hits of the year
Number-one hits
United States
(as certified by Billboard)
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Canada
(as certified by RPM)
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Other major hits
Singles released by American artists
US | CAN | Single | Artist |
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17 | — | After the Fire Is Gone | Willie Nelson and Tracy Nelson |
10 | 12 | Ain't Love a Good Thing | Connie Smith |
19 | 37 | Angels Are Hard to Find | Hank Williams, Jr. |
9 | 3 | Annie's Song | John Denver |
13 | 24 | At the Time | Jean Shepard |
13 | 57 | Atta Way to Go | Don Williams |
51 | 15 | Back in the Country | Roy Acuff |
6 | 2 | Baby Doll | Barbara Fairchild |
14 | 21 | The Baptism of Jesse Taylor | Johnny Russell |
11 | 15 | Between Lust and Watching TV | Cal Smith |
22 | 17 | Biff, the Friendly Purple Bear | Dick Feller |
4 | 2 | Big Four Poster Bed | Brenda Lee |
8 | 7 | Big Game Hunter | Buck Owens |
17 | 26 | Bloody Mary Morning | Willie Nelson |
8 | 8 | Boney Fingers | Hoyt Axton and Renee Armand |
9 | 14 | Bring Back Your Love to Me | Don Gibson |
24 | 2 | Can I Come Home to You | Bill Anderson |
9 | 13 | Can You Feel It | David Houston |
19 | — | Come on In and Let Me Love You | Lois Johnson |
10 | 38 | Credit Card Song | Dick Feller |
13 | 17 | The Crude Oil Blues | Jerry Reed |
2 | 5 | Daddy, What If | Bobby Bare and Bobby Bare, Jr. |
14 | 15 | Delta Dirt | Larry Gatlin |
11 | 17 | Don't Let Go | Mel Tillis and Sherry Bryce |
10 | 47 | Don't Tell (That Sweet Ole Lady of Mine) | Johnny Carver |
12 | 13 | Don't You Think | Marty Robbins |
10 | — | Drinkin' Thing | Gary Stewart |
7 | 5 | Every Time I Turn the Radio On | Bill Anderson |
23 | 16 | Field of Yellow Daisies | Charlie Rich |
3 | 6 | Get on My Love Train | LaCosta |
12 | 17 | A Good Woman's Love | Jerry Reed |
19 | — | Goodbye | Rex Allen, Jr. |
12 | 8 | The Great Divide | Roy Clark |
18 | 44 | Guess Who | Jerry Wallace |
2 | — | Hang in There Girl | Freddie Hart |
26 | 13 | He Can Be Mine | Jeannie Seely |
8 | 4 | He Can't Fill My Shoes | Jerry Lee Lewis |
6 | 4 | Help Me | Elvis Presley |
17 | 23 | Here We Go Again | Brian Shaw |
15 | 34 | Highway Headin' South | Porter Wagoner |
20 | 35 | Houston (I'm Comin' to See You) | Glen Campbell |
11 | 7 | How Lucky Can One Man Be | Joe Stampley |
17 | — | I Just Started Hatin' Cheatin' Songs Today | Moe Bandy |
6 | 18 | I Love You, I Love You | David Houston and Barbara Mandrell |
13 | — | I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before) | Connie Smith |
19 | 23 | I Wish That I Had Loved You Better | Eddy Arnold |
19 | 43 | I'd Fight the World | Jim Reeves |
17 | — | I'll Do Anything It Takes (To Stay with You) | Jean Shepard |
7 | 2 | I'll Think of Something | Hank Williams, Jr. |
6 | — | I'll Try a Little Bit Harder | Donna Fargo |
11 | 40 | I'm Having Your Baby | Sunday Sharpe |
17 | 7 | I'm Leaving It Up to You | Donny and Marie Osmond |
3 | 2 | I'm Still Loving You | Joe Stampley |
4 | 96 | I've Got a Thing About You Baby | Elvis Presley |
11 | 11 | I've Just Got to Know (How Loving You Would Be) | Freddy Weller |
8 | 2 | If I Miss You Again Tonight | Tommy Overstreet |
16 | — | It'll Come Back | Red Sovine |
6 | 9 | (It's A) Monster's Holiday | Buck Owens |
10 | — | It's That Time of Night | Jim Ed Brown |
13 | 77 | It's Time to Cross That Bridge | Jack Greene |
3 | 3 | (Jeannie Marie) You Were a Lady | Tommy Overstreet |
8 | — | Last Time I Saw Him | Dottie West |
13 | 12 | Lean It All on Me | Diana Trask |
15 | — | Like a First Time Thing | Ray Price |
11 | 7 | Lovin' on Borrowed Time | Mel Street |
9 | — | Loving You Has Changed My Life | David Rogers |
11 | 17 | Lucky Ladies | Jeannie Seely |
11 | 38 | Makin' the Best of a Bad Situation | Dick Feller |
4 | 10 | The Man That Turned My Mama On | Tanya Tucker |
3 | 3 | Memory Maker | Mel Tillis |
4 | 3 | A Mi Esposa Con Amor (To My Wife with Love) | Sonny James |
2 | 2 | Midnight Me and the Blues | Mel Tillis |
64 | 16 | My Girl Bill | Jim Stafford |
19 | 37 | My Part of Forever | Johnny Paycheck |
9 | 3 | My Wife's House | Jerry Wallace |
19 | 12 | Old Home Filler-Up an' Keep On-a-Truckin' Cafe | C. W. McCall |
8 | 4 | The Older the Violin, The Sweeter the Music | Hank Thompson |
9 | 13 | On the Cover of the Music City News | Buck Owens |
3 | 65 | Once You've Had the Best | George Jones |
8 | 30 | One Day at a Time | Don Gibson |
19 | — | One Day at a Time | Marilyn Sellars |
16 | 22 | The Rainbow in Daddy's Eyes | Sammi Smith |
13 | 21 | Rainy Night in Georgia | Hank Williams, Jr. |
21 | 19 | Red Rose from the Blue Side of Town | George Morgan |
13 | 9 | The River's Too Wide | Jim Mundy |
17 | 33 | Rosie Cries a Lot | Ferlin Husky |
51 | 11 | Sally G | Paul McCartney |
20 | 20 | Silver Threads and Golden Needles | Linda Ronstadt |
15 | 10 | Smile for Me | Lynn Anderson |
12 | 23 | Snap Your Fingers | Don Gibson |
8 | 6 | Some Kind of a Woman | Faron Young |
6 | 11 | Something | Johnny Rodriguez |
10 | 7 | Sometime Sunshine | Jim Ed Brown |
2 | 5 | Somewhere Between Love and Tomorrow | Roy Clark |
8 | 9 | Song and Dance Man | Johnny Paycheck |
17 | — | Standing in Your Line | Barbara Fairchild |
10 | 6 | Statue of a Fool | Brian Collins |
7 | 29 | Still Loving You | Bob Luman |
3 | 4 | Stomp Them Grapes | Mel Tillis |
40 | 11 | Stop and Smell the Roses | Mac Davis |
18 | 30 | Stop the World (And Let Me Off) | Susan Raye |
5 | 9 | Take Me Home to Somewhere | Joe Stampley |
18 | 8 | Tell Tale Signs | Jerry Lee Lewis |
14 | 9 | Ten Commandments of Love | David Houston and Barbara Mandrell |
11 | 14 | That Girl Who Waits on Tables | Ronnie Milsap |
2 | 2 | That Song Is Driving Me Crazy | Tom T. Hall |
12 | — | This Time I Almost Made It | Barbara Mandrell |
12 | 19 | Tonight Someone's Falling in Love | Johnny Carver |
10 | 9 | Twentieth Century Drifter | Marty Robbins |
25 | 16 | The Uptown Poker Club | Jerry Reed |
14 | — | Wake Me Into Love | Bud Logan and Wilma Burgess |
3 | 3 | The Want-To's | Freddie Hart |
8 | — | We Loved It Anyway | George Jones and Tammy Wynette |
5 | — | We Should Be Together | Don Williams |
15 | 16 | (We're Not) The Jet Set | George Jones and Tammy Wynette |
16 | 26 | When I Get My Hands on You | Diana Trask |
14 | 14 | When Your Good Love Was Mine | Narvel Felts |
10 | 12 | Who Left the Door to Heaven Open | Hank Thompson |
27 | 18 | Workin' at the Car Wash Blues | Tony Booth |
6 | 5 | Wrong Ideas | Brenda Lee |
20 | 22 | The Wrong in Loving You | Faron Young |
15 | 34 | You Don't Need to Move a Mountain | Jeanne Pruett |
15 | — | You Make Me Feel More Like a Man | Mel Street |
16 | 20 | You're Not Getting Older (You're Getting Better) | Freddy Weller |
Singles released by Canadian artists
US | CAN | Single | Artist |
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— | 4 | Anna Marie | Bruce Miller |
— | 11 | Ballad of the Hotel Waitress | Roy MacCaull |
— | 20 | The Balladeer | Jim and Don Haggart |
— | 10 | The Battle of New Orleans | Mike Graham |
— | 2 | Bitter Sweet Songs | Dick Damron |
— | 2 | Bittersweet | Donna Moon |
— | 19 | Blues Comin' Round | Marg Osburne |
— | 14 | Cardboard Cowboys | Bob Ruzicka |
— | 9 | Eastbound Highway | Orval Prophet |
— | 19 | Ghost Story | Mike Graham |
— | 8 | Great Canadian Tour | Ian Tyson |
— | 18 | Happy Anniversary | Con Archer |
— | 13 | He | Jim and Don Haggart |
91 | 18 | The Hill | Ray Griff |
— | 15 | His Kind of Woman | Dianne Leigh |
— | 12 | House of Glass | Allan Capson |
— | 17 | I Love Your Kind of Lovin' | Lynn Jones |
— | 10 | I'd Go Through It All Again | Carroll Baker |
— | 4 | Kids in the Kitchen | Family Brown |
— | 16 | Little Boy Blue | Carroll Baker |
— | 14 | Love Is Simple | Family Brown |
— | 3 | Momma Brown | R. Harlan Smith |
— | 6 | Our Loving Times | Mercey Brothers |
— | 19 | Our Summer Song | Tommy Ambrose |
— | 15 | Shoeshine Workin' Song | Murray McLauchlan |
— | 11 | Sing-a-Long with Me | Linda Brown |
5 | 3 | Son of a Rotten Gambler | Anne Murray |
— | 14 | Standing on the Promises | Newman Sisters |
13 | 4 | Sundown | Gordon Lightfoot |
— | 11 | Sweet Jesus | Roy Payne |
— | 3 | Ten Little Fingers | Carroll Baker |
65 | 12 | That Doesn't Mean (I Don't Love My God) | Ray Griff |
36 | 5 | That's You and Me | Hank Snow |
— | 15 | What Used to Be a River | Jim and Don Haggart |
— | 10 | Whisper to Me Tina | Roy Payne |
— | 13 | A Window Mannikin | Jo-Anne |
— | 16 | You Do It Again | Sharon Lowness |
Top new album releases
Single | Artist | Record Label |
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Breakaway | Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge | Monument |
Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1 | Elvis Presley | RCA |
Elvis: As Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis | Elvis Presley | RCA |
Good Times | Elvis Presley | RCA |
The Grand Tour | George Jones | Epic |
Having Fun with Elvis on Stage | Elvis Presley | RCA |
If You Love Me, Let Me Know | Olivia Newton-John | MCA |
Jolene | Dolly Parton | RCA |
Junkie and the Juicehead Minus Me | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
Long Live Love | Olivia Newton-John | EMI |
Phases and Stages | Willie Nelson | Atlantic |
Ragged Old Flag | Johnny Cash | Columbia |
Spooky Lady's Sideshow | Kris Kristofferson | Monument |
Sundown | Gordon Lightfoot | Reprise |
This Time | Waylon Jennings | RCA |
Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) | Tanya Tucker | Columbia |
Other top albums
Single | Artist | Record Label |
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Another Lovely Song | Tammy Wynette | Epic |
Back Home Again | John Denver | RCA |
Honky Tonk Amnesia | Moe Bandy | GRT |
Honky Tonk Angel | Conway Twitty | MCA |
Houston (I'm Coming to See You) | Glen Campbell | Capitol |
I-40 Country | Jerry Lee Lewis | Mercury |
If We Make It Through December | Merle Haggard | Capitol |
I'm Not Through Loving You Yet | Conway Twitty | MCA |
The Midnight Oil | Barbara Mandrell | Columbia |
My Third Album | Johnny Rodriguez | Mercury |
Never Ending Song of Love | Conway Twitty | MCA |
Pure Love | Ronnie Milsap | RCA |
Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb | Glen Campbell | Capitol |
Rub It In | Billy "Crash" Craddock | ABC |
Songs About Ladies and Love | Johnny Rodriguez | Mercury |
"Whispering" Bill Anderson | Bill Anderson | MCA |
Woman to Woman | Tammy Wynette | Epic |
Births
- January 7 — John Rich, singer-songwriter and member of Big & Rich.
- February 17 – Chuck Dauphin, American sports radio broadcaster and country music journalist (died 2019).[2]
- February 17 — Bryan White, singer-songwriter from the 1990s.
- March 18 – Phillip Sweet, member of Little Big Town.
- May 23 – Jewel, multi-genre singer-songwriter who released the country album Perfectly Clear in 2008.
- June 6 – Uncle Kracker, rock singer who has had major country successes with "When the Sun Goes Down" (duet with Kenny Chesney) and "Smile."
- September 12 — Jennifer Nettles, lead singer of Sugarland.
- October 14 — Natalie Maines, lead singer of the Dixie Chicks.
- November 21 — Kelsi Osborn, member of SHeDAISY.
Deaths
- January 2 — Tex Ritter, 68, silver screen cowboy and western artist (heart attack).
- April 26 – Tim Spencer, 65, member of the Sons of the Pioneers.
- July 17 — Don Rich, 32, right-hand man of Buck Owens and key member of the Buckaroos (motorcycle crash).
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
- Owen Bradley (1915–1998)
- Pee Wee King (1914–2000)
Major awards
Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "A Love Song", Anne Murray
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends", Ronnie Milsap
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Fairytale", The Pointer Sisters
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — The Atkins - Travis Traveling Show, Chet Atkins and Merle Travis
- Best Country Song — "A Very Special Love Song", Billy Sherrill and Norro Wilson (Performer: Charlie Rich)
Juno Awards
- Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Stompin' Tom Connors
- Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Shirley Eikhard
- Country Group or Duo of the Year — Mercey Brothers
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer of the Year — Mac Davis
- Song of the Year — "Country Bumpkin", Don Wayne (Performer: Cal Smith)
- Single of the Year — "Country Bumpkin", Cal Smith
- Album of the Year — Back Home Again, John Denver
- Top Male Vocalist — Merle Haggard
- Top Female Vocalist — Loretta Lynn
- Top Vocal Duo — Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
- Top New Male Vocalist — Mickey Gilley
- Top New Female Vocalist — Linda Ronstadt
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — Charlie Rich
- Song of the Year — "Country Bumpkin", Don Wayne (Performer: Cal Smith)
- Single of the Year — "Country Bumpkin", Cal Smith
- Album of the Year — A Very Special Love Song, Charlie Rich
- Male Vocalist of the Year — Ronnie Milsap
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Olivia Newton-John
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
- Vocal Group of the Year — The Statler Brothers
- Instrumentalist of the Year — Don Rich
- Instrumental Group of the Year — Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass
Further reading
- 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.
References
- ^ The Baron of Bakersfield Archived December 10, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Country Music Journalist Chuck Dauphin Dies at 45