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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1973.

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## Events

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* July — The Dean Martin Show becomes known as Dean Martin Presents Music Country for the longtime variety show's summer broadcasts. Country music becomes a staple of Martin's show for the 1973–1974 season — its last on the air, as it turns out.
* July 4 — Willie Nelson hosts his first Fourth of July picnic.
* July 14 — Billboard increases the number of positions for its Hot Country Singles chart to 100 (up from 75), which it would keep until January 1990. The expansion comes at a time when the number of No. 1 songs in a given year continues to increase; for the first time in history, there are at least 35 No. 1 songs in one year.[citation needed]
* September — Jimmy Dean's third country music TV series, The Jimmy Dean Show, premieres in syndication for what will be a two-season run.
* October 6 — Country music's most successful syndicated radio countdown program to date, "American Country Countdown," makes its debut. The three-hour program is created by Casey Kasem and Don Bustany, and is modeled after American Top 40 (which Kasem also hosted). Comedian Don Bowman) is the original host,[citation needed] but by 1978, he would be replaced by Bob Kingsley.
* October — The new Radio & Records magazine includes a 50-position country singles chart.[citation needed]
* November 10 — One of Nashville's most notorious[citation needed] murders makes national headlines when David Akeman (aka Stringbean) and his wife, Estelle, are killed when they interrupt a burglary after returning home. Their bodies are found the next day. Their assailants—brothers John and Marvin Douglas—are later captured, convicted and sentenced to prison.[citation needed] Stringbean, who was 58, was best known to his audiences for his role on the syndicated series "Hee Haw."

## Top hits of the year

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### Number one hits

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#### United States

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(as certified by Billboard)

Date  | Single Name  | Artist  | Wks. No.1  | CAN peak  | Spec. Note

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January 20  | Soul Song | Joe Stampley | 1  | 2  | [A]
January 27  | (Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine | Tom T. Hall | 1  |  |
February 3  | She Needs Someone to Hold Her (When She Cries) | Conway Twitty | 2  | 8  |
February 17  | I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me | Merle Haggard | 1  |  |
February 24  | Rated "X" | Loretta Lynn | 1  |  |
March 3  | The Lord Knows I'm Drinking | Cal Smith | 1  | 2  | [A]
March 10  | 'Til I Get it Right | Tammy Wynette | 1  |  |
March 17  | The Teddy Bear Song | Barbara Fairchild | 2  |  | [C]
March 31  | Keep Me in Mind | Lynn Anderson | 1  |  |
April 7  | Super Kind of Woman | Freddie Hart | 1  |  |
April 14  | A Shoulder to Cry On | Charley Pride | 1  |  |
April 21  | Superman | Donna Fargo | 1  |  |
April 28  | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich | 2  |  | [A]
May 12  | Come Live with Me | Roy Clark | 1  |  | [C]
May 19  | What's Your Mama's Name | Tanya Tucker | 1  |  | [A]
May 26  | Satin Sheets | Jeanne Pruett | 3  | 3  | [2], [C]

* Returned to Number One on June 23.

June 9  | You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me) | Johnny Rodriguez | 1  |  | [A]
June 16  | Kids Say the Darndest Things | Tammy Wynette  | 1  | 2  |
June 30  | Don't Fight the Feelings of Love | Charley Pride  | 1  |  |
July 7  | Why Me | Kris Kristofferson | 1  |  | [A]
July 14  | Love Is the Foundation | Loretta Lynn  | 2  |  |
July 28  | You Were Always There | Donna Fargo  | 1  |  |
August 4  | Lord, Mr. Ford | Jerry Reed | 1  | 2  |
August 11  | Trip to Heaven | Freddie Hart  | 1  |  | [B]
August 18  | Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man | Conway Twitty
and Loretta Lynn  | 1  |  |
August 25  | Everybody's Had the Blues | Merle Haggard  | 2  |  |
September 8  | You've Never Been This Far Before | Conway Twitty  | 3  |  | [1]
September 29  | Blood Red and Goin' Down | Tanya Tucker  | 1  |  |
October 6  | You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me | Ray Price | 1  | 2  | [B]
October 13  | Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico | Johnny Rodriguez  | 2  |  |
October 27  | We're Gonna Hold On | George Jones
and Tammy Wynette  | 2  | 2  |
November 10  | Paper Roses | Marie Osmond | 2  |  | [A]
November 24  | The Most Beautiful Girl | Charlie Rich  | 3  |  |
December 15  | Amazing Love | Charley Pride  | 1  |  |
December 22  | If We Make It Through December | Merle Haggard  | 4  |  |

Notes

* 1^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard.
* 2^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
* A^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
* B^ Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
* C^ Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

#### Canada

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(as certified by RPM)

Date  | Single Name  | Artist  | Wks. No.1  | U.S. peak  | Spec. Note

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January 13  | Love's the Answer | Tanya Tucker | 1  | 5  | [A]
January 20  | (Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine | Tom T. Hall | 1  |  | [A]
January 27  | Danny's Song | Anne Murray | 1  | 10  |
February 3  | I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me | Merle Haggard | 1  |  |
February 10  | Rated "X" | Loretta Lynn | 2  |  |
February 24  | 'Til I Get it Right | Tammy Wynette | 1  |  |
March 3  | Any Old Wind That Blows | Johnny Cash | 2  | 3  |
March 17  | The Teddy Bear Song | Barbara Fairchild | 2  |  | [A]
March 31  | Keep Me in Mind | Lynn Anderson | 2  |  |
April 14  | Super Kind of Woman | Freddie Hart | 1  |  |
April 21  | A Shoulder to Cry On | Charley Pride | 1  |  |
April 28  | Superman | Donna Fargo | 1  |  |
May 5  | Behind Closed Doors | Charlie Rich | 1  |  | [A]
May 12  | Nobody Wins | Brenda Lee | 1  | 5  | [C]
May 19  | Come Live with Me | Roy Clark | 1  |  | [A]
May 26  | What's Your Mama's Name | Tanya Tucker  | 1  |  |
June 2  | Dirty Old Man | George Hamilton IV | 2  | 38  | [B]
June 16  | Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree | Johnny Carver | 1  | 5  | [C]
June 23  | You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me) | Johnny Rodriguez | 1  |  | [A]
June 30  | Don't Fight the Feelings of Love | Charley Pride  | 3  |  | [2]

* Fell to #3 on the week of July 7.

July 7  | Ravishing Ruby | Tom T. Hall  | 1  | 3  |
July 14  | Why Me | Kris Kristofferson | 1  |  | [A]
July 21  | Love Is the Foundation | Loretta Lynn  | 1  |  |
August 11  | You Were Always There | Donna Fargo  | 1  |  |
August 18  | Top of the World | Lynn Anderson  | 2  | 2  |
September 1  | Trip to Heaven | Freddie Hart  | 1  |  |
September 8  | Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man | Conway Twitty and
Loretta Lynn  | 2  |  |
September 22  | Everybody's Had the Blues | Merle Haggard  | 1  |  |
September 29  | The Corner of My Life | Bill Anderson | 1  | 2  |
October 6  | You've Never Been This Far Before | Conway Twitty  | 2  |  |
October 20  | Blood Red and Goin' Down | Tanya Tucker  | 1  |  |
October 27  | Kid Stuff | Barbara Fairchild  | 1  | 2  | [B]
November 3  | Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer | Johnny Russell | 2  | 4  | [C]
November 17  | Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico | Johnny Rodriguez  | 1  |  |
November 24  | Paper Roses | Marie Osmond | 2  |  | [A]
December 8  | The Most Beautiful Girl | Charlie Rich  | 4  |  |

Notes

* 2^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
* A^ First RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
* B^ Last RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
* C^ Only RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.

### Other major hits

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#### Singles released by American artists

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US | CAN | Single  | Artist

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22  | 19  | Afraid I'll Want to Love Her One More Time  | Billy "Crash" Craddock
23  | 10  | After You  | Hank Williams, Jr.
14  | 7  | Ain't It Amazing Gracie  | Buck Owens
13  | 63  | All in the Name of Love  | Narvel Felts
16  | 4  | Always on My Mind | Elvis Presley
12  | 9  | Am I That Easy to Forget | Jim Reeves
2  | 2  | Baby's Gone  | Conway Twitty
22  | 5  | Blue Train (Of the Heartbreak Line)  | George Hamilton IV
7  | 4  | Bring It on Home (To Your Woman)  | Joe Stampley
15  | 11  | Broad-Minded Man  | Jim Ed Brown
6  | 4  | Can I Sleep in Your Arms | Jeannie Seely
26  | 9  | Carry Me Back  | The Statler Brothers
12  | 3  | Catfish John | Johnny Russell
18  | 20  | Cheating Game  | Susan Raye
30  | 15  | Children  | Johnny Cash
12  | —  | Come Early Morning | Don Williams
2  | 9  | Country Sunshine | Dottie West
33  | 18  | Daisy a Day | Jud Strunk
5  | 3  | Darling, You Can Always Come Back Home | Jody Miller
2  | 4  | Do You Know What It's Like to Be Lonesome  | Jerry Wallace
3  | 12  | Don't Give Up on Me  | Jerry Wallace
8  | 48  | Drift Away  | Narvel Felts
20  | 12  | Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee  | Jerry Lee Lewis
5  | 9  | Dueling Banjos | Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell
3  | 12  | The Emptiest Arms in the World | Merle Haggard
9  | 9  | Good News | Jody Miller
2  | 3  | Good Things  | David Houston
14  | 36  | Got Leaving on Her Mind  | Nat Stuckey
12  | 14  | Hank  | Hank Williams, Jr.
14  | 20  | Hello We're Lonely  | Patti Page and Tom T. Hall
17  | 13  | Honky Tonk Wine  | Wayne Kemp
12  | 11  | I Can't Believe That It's All Over | Skeeter Davis
10  | 14  | I Hate You  | Ronnie Milsap
4  | 3  | I Love You More and More Everyday | Sonny James
11  | 3  | I Need Somebody Bad  | Jack Greene
16  | —  | I Recall a Gypsy Woman  | Tommy Cash
22  | 14  | I Used It All on You  | Nat Stuckey
24  | 16  | I Wish (You Had Stayed)  | Brian Collins
7  | 10  | I'll Never Break These Chains  | Tommy Overstreet
8  | 8  | I'm Your Woman | Jeanne Pruett
15  | 11  | If She Just Helps Me Get Over You  | Sonny James
3  | 5  | If Teardrops Were Pennies  | Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
2  | 2  | If You Can Live with It (I Can Live Without It) | Bill Anderson
3  | 5  | If You Can't Feel It (It Ain't There)  | Freddie Hart
26  | 9  | If You're Goin' Girl  | Don Gibson
22  | 16  | It'll Be Her  | David Rogers
20  | 22  | It's a Man's World (If You Had a Man Like Mine) | Diana Trask
17  | 18  | Just Thank Me  | David Rogers
9  | 9  | Just What I Had in Mind  | Faron Young
19  | 10  | Keep on Truckin'  | Dave Dudley
3  | 4  | Last Love Song  | Hank Williams, Jr.
7  | 11  | Let Me Be There | Olivia Newton-John
17  | 12  | Lila  | Doyle Holly
2  | 2  | Little Girl Gone  | Donna Fargo
8  | 6  | Love Is the Look You're Looking for | Connie Smith
9  | 3  | Love Me  | Marty Robbins
17  | 18  | Love Sure Feels Good in My Heart  | Susan Raye
5  | 8  | Lovin' on Back Streets  | Mel Street
7  | 5  | The Midnight Oil | Barbara Mandrell
20  | 10  | Monday Morning Secretary  | The Statler Brothers
2  | 3  | Mr. Lovemaker  | Johnny Paycheck
15  | 10  | My Tennessee Mountain Home | Dolly Parton
7  | 17  | Neither One of Us | Bob Luman
3  | 3  | Neon Rose  | Mel Tillis
19  | 3  | No More Hanging On  | Jerry Lee Lewis
7  | 8  | Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You) | George Jones
33  | 17  | One Last Time  | Glen Campbell
14  | 8  | Open Up Your Heart  | Roger Miller
9  | 7  | Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)  | Johnny Rodriguez
13  | 7  | The Perfect Stranger  | Freddy Weller
11  | 4  | Ride Me Down Easy  | Bobby Bare
17  | 12  | Satisfaction  | Jack Greene
2  | 5  | Sawmill  | Mel Tillis
15  | 8  | Say When | Diana Trask
50  | 5  | Second Cup of Coffee  | George Hamilton IV
7  | 10  | Send Me No Roses  | Tommy Overstreet
15  | 6  | She Fights That Lovin' Feeling  | Faron Young
11  | 3  | She Loves Me (Right Out of My Mind)  | Freddy Weller
3  | 6  | She's All Woman  | David Houston
20  | 43  | She's My Rock | Stoney Edwards
14  | —  | The Shelter of Your Eyes | Don Williams
3  | 3  | Sing About Love | Lynn Anderson
14  | 13  | Slippin' and Slidin' | Billy "Crash" Craddock
4  | 3  | Slippin' Away | Jean Shepard
28  | 15  | So Many Ways  | Eddy Arnold
10  | 20  | Something About You I Love  | Johnny Paycheck
6  | 6  | Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough  | Jerry Lee Lewis
21  | 16  | Sound of Goodbye  | Jerry Wallace
6  | 6  | Southern Loving  | Jim Ed Brown
31  | 20  | Steamroller Blues/Fool  | Elvis Presley
6  | 8  | Sunday Sunrise | Brenda Lee
6  | 8  | Sweet Country Woman  | Johnny Duncan
10  | 14  | Take Time to Love Her  | Nat Stuckey
18  | 42  | Talkin' with My Lady  | Johnny Duncan
21  | 12  | Thank You for Being You  | Mel Tillis
8  | 18  | 'Till the Water Stops Runnin'  | Billy "Crash" Craddock
12  | 23  | Too Far Gone  | Joe Stampley
8  | 7  | Too Much Monkey Business  | Freddy Weller
6  | 5  | Touch the Morning  | Don Gibson
20  | 12  | Travelin' Man  | Dolly Parton
11  | 6  | Walk Softly on the Bridges  | Mel Street
6  | 5  | Walking Piece of Heaven  | Marty Robbins
16  | 20  | Watergate Blues  | Tom T. Hall
28  | 17  | We Had It All | Waylon Jennings
6  | —  | What My Woman Can't Do | George Jones
32  | 17  | When a Man Loves a Woman (The Way That I Love You)  | Tony Booth
20  | 30  | Wherefore and Why  | Glen Campbell
13  | 38  | Whole World's Making Love Again Tonight  | Bobby G. Rice
13  | 11  | You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck to Kick Around No More  | Buck Owens
8  | 8  | You Ask Me To  | Waylon Jennings
7  | 2  | You Can Have Her  | Waylon Jennings
8  | 8  | You Give Me You  | Bobby G. Rice
30  | 13  | You Know Who  | Bobby Bare
3  | 7  | You Lay So Easy on My Mind  | Bobby G. Rice
6  | 11  | You Really Haven't Changed  | Johnny Carver
18  | 8  | You Took All the Ramblin' Out of Me  | Jerry Reed
36  | 19  | Your Side of the Bed  | Mac Davis

#### Singles released by Canadian artists

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US | CAN | Single  | Artist

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—  | 20  | All Them Irons in the Fire  | Carroll Baker
—  | 12  | Blind Jonathon/Make It Over the Hill  | Dianne Leigh
—  | 18  | But Tomorrow There's Another Day  | Hank Smith
—  | 5  | Carpenter of Wood  | Cliff Edwards
—  | 18  | Champlain and St. Lawrence Line  | Orval Prophet
—  | 8  | The Farmer's Song  | Murray McLauchlan
—  | 16  | The Feeling's Too Strong  | Family Brown
—  | 13  | Flying East  | Sharon Lowness
—  | 19  | Going Home to the Country  | Dick Damron
—  | 19  | Highway Driving  | Alabama
—  | 4  | It's So Easy to Please Me  | Mercey Brothers
—  | 12  | It's Worth Believin'  | Gordon Lightfoot
—  | 15  | Judgment Day Express  | Orval Prophet
—  | 19  | Meant to Be with Me  | Mercey Brothers
71  | 20  | North to Chicago  | Hank Snow
—  | 15  | Old Ira Gray  | Dallas Harms
—  | 14  | Pictou County Jail  | Jim and Don Haggart
—  | 20  | The Prisoner  | Shannon Two Feathers
79  | 10  | Send a Little Love My Way | Anne Murray
—  | 18  | Too Many Memories  | Joe Firth
20  | 2  | What About Me | Anne Murray
46  | 5  | What Got to You (Before It Got to Me)  | Ray Griff
—  | 16  | The World I Know Is Now  | Carroll Baker

## Top new album releases

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Single  | Artist  | Record Label

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Bill | Bill Anderson | MCA
Bubbling Over | Dolly Parton | RCA
Can I Sleep in Your Arms/Lucky Ladies | Jeannie Seely | MCA
Country Sunshine | Dottie West | RCA
Entertainer of the Year | Loretta Lynn | Decca
Full Moon | Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge | A&M
Good News! | Jody Miller | Epic
Honky Tonk Heroes | Waylon Jennings | RCA
Kid Stuff | Barbara Fairchild | Columbia
Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man | Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn | MCA
Love and Music | Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton | RCA
Love Is the Foundation | Loretta Lynn | MCA
My Second Album | Donna Fargo | Dot
My Tennessee Mountain Home | Dolly Parton  | RCA
Satin Sheets | Jeanne Pruett | MCA
Slippin' Away | Jean Shepard | United Artists
Shotgun Willie | Willie Nelson | Atlantic
Top of the World | Lynn Anderson | Columbia
We Found It | Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton  | RCA
What's Your Mama's Name | Tanya Tucker | Columbia

### Other top new albums

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Single  | Artist  | Record Label

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Brenda | Brenda Lee | MCA
Cheating Game | Susan Raye | Capitol
Country Keepsakes | Wanda Jackson | Capitol
Daisy a Day | Jud Strunk | MGM
Entertainer of the Year - Loretta | Loretta Lynn | MCA
It's a Man's World | Diana Trask | Dot
Keep Me in Mind | Lynn Anderson | Columbia
Let Me Be There | Olivia Newton-John | MCA
The Midnight Oil | Barbara Mandrell | Columbia
New Sunrise | Brenda Lee | MCA
Rub it In | Billy "Crash" Craddock | ABC-Dot
Where My Heart Is | Ronnie Milsap | RCA

## Births

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* March 6 — Trent Willmon, rising country music star of the early- to mid-2000s (decade).
* May 24 — Jill Johnson, Swedish female country singer.
* June 6 — Lisa Brokop, Canadian country star of the 1990s and early-2000s (decade).
* June 26 — Gretchen Wilson, singer-songwriter and key member of the MuzikMafia of the 2000s (decade).
* July 29 — James Otto, rising male vocalist of the 2000s (decade).
* August 8 — Mark Wills, country star of the mid-to-late-1990s and early-2000s (decade) ("19 Somethin'", "Wish You Were Here").
* August 13 — Andy Griggs, country music star of late-1990s and early-2000s (decade).
* November 19 — Billy Currington, rising star of the mid-2000s (decade).

## Deaths

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* March 26 – Don Messer, 63, Canadian fiddler and folk music icon whose career spanned 40 years (heart attack).
* September 19 — Gram Parsons, 26, influential country rock and alt-country singer-songwriter-guitarist who was a member of such bands as The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, and also recorded a critically acclaimed body of solo recordings (drug overdose).
* November 10 — Stringbean, 58, banjo player and comedian on the TV series Hee Haw (homicide).

## Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

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* Chet Atkins (1924–2001)
* Patsy Cline (1932–1963), first female to be inducted as a solo act.

## Major awards

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### Grammy Awards

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* Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Let Me Be There", Olivia Newton-John
* Best Male Country Vocal Performance —c"Behind Closed Doors", Charlie Rich
* Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "From the Bottle to the Bottom", Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
* Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Dueling Banjos", Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell
* Best Country Song — "Behind Closed Doors", Kenny O'Dell (Performer: Charlie Rich)

### Juno Awards

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* 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

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* Entertainer of the Year — Roy Clark
* Song of the Year — "Behind Closed Doors", Kenny O'Dell (Performer: Charlie Rich)
* 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

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* Entertainer of the Year — Roy Clark
* Song of the Year — "Behind Closed Doors", Kenny O'Dell (Performer: Charlie Rich)
* Single of the Year — "Behind Closed Doors", Charlie Rich
* Album of the Year — Behind Closed Doors, Charlie Rich
* Male Vocalist of the Year — Charlie Rich
* Female Vocalist of the Year — Loretta Lynn
* Vocal Duo of the Year — Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
* Vocal Group of the Year — The Statler Brothers
* Instrumentalist of the Year — Charlie McCoy
* Instrumental Group of the Year — Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass

## Further reading

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* 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

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* Brooks, Tim and Earl Marsh. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows Eighth Ed., Ballantine Books, 2003. ISBN 0-345-45542-8
* Erickson, Hal. Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947–1987. McFarland & Co. Inc. Publishers, Jefferson, North Carolina, 1989. ISBN 0-89950-410-8.
* Hendler, Herb, Year by Year in the Rock Era: Events and Conditions Shaping the Rock Generations That Reshaped America, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, 1983. ISBN 0-313-23456-6

## Other links

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* Country Music Association
* Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

## External links

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* Country Music Hall of Fame

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