1969 in country music - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1969.

Events

January 29 — The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour was an American network television music and comedy variety show hosted by singer Glen Campbell from January 1969 through June 1972 on CBS. He was offered the show after he hosted a 1968 summer replacement for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour...

premieres on CBS
CBS
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, for what will be a three-year run.
February 24 — Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

records his second live album behind prison walls in as many years at San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin State Prison
San Quentin State Prison is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men in unincorporated San Quentin, Marin County, California, United States. Opened in July 1852, it is the oldest prison in the state. California's only death row for male inmates, the largest...

. The resulting album is At San Quentin
At San Quentin
At San Quentin is a recording of a live concert given by Johnny Cash to the inmates of San Quentin State Prison. As well as being released on record the concert was filmed by Granada Television....

, and contains his hit "A Boy Named Sue
A Boy Named Sue
"A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by Shel Silverstein and performed by Johnny Cash. Cash was at the height of his popularity when he recorded the song live at California's San Quentin State Prison at a concert on 24 February 1969. The concert was filmed by Granada Television for later...

." The concert is also taped for television broadcast.
June 7 — The Johnny Cash Show
The Johnny Cash Show (TV series)
The Johnny Cash Show was an American television music variety show hosted by Johnny Cash. The Screen Gems 58-episode series ran from June 7, 1969 to March 31, 1971 on ABC; it was taped at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. The show reached No...

premieres on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
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; the series will run through 1971.
June 15 — The summer replacement series Hee Haw
Hee Haw
Hee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on CBS-TV from 1969–1971 before a 20-year run in local syndication. The show was inspired by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the major difference being...

airs for the first time on CBS. The first guests to Kornfield Kounty — for what will be a 23-year run, the bulk of which will be in syndication
Television syndication
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— are Charley Pride
Charley Pride
Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer. His smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early- to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis...

and Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he...

.
October — The Country Music Association
Country Music Association
The Country Music Association was founded in 1958 in Nashville, Tennessee. It originally consisted of only 233 members and was the first trade organization formed to promote a music genre...

airs its awards program live for the first time. The annual awards show — at the time airing in October on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

— quickly becomes one of country music's most eagerly anticipated events of the year.

No dates

Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...

joins the Grand Ole Opry
Grand Ole Opry
The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM-AM...

.
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....

becomes the first female country artist to sell over one million copies of a single recording with her Tammy's Greatest Hits collection.

United States

(as certified by Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

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Date	Single Name	Artist	Wks. No.1	CAN peak	Spec. Note
January 4	Daddy Sang Bass Daddy Sang Bass "Daddy Sang Bass" is a 1968 single written by Carl Perkins, with some lines from "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" and recorded by Johnny Cash. "Daddy Sang Bass" was Johnny Cash's sixty-first release on the country chart. The song went to number one on the country charts for six weeks and spent a...	Johnny Cash Johnny Cash John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...	6
February 15	Until My Dreams Come True Until My Dreams Come True "Until My Dreams Come True" is a 1969 single by Jack Greene. "Until My Dreams Come True was Jack Greene's fourth number one on the country charts. The single spent two weeks at number one and a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart ....	Jack Greene Jack Greene Jack Greene is an American country musician nicknamed the "Jolly Green Giant" and well known for his 1966 hit "There Goes My Everything."-Early career:...	2	5
March 1	To Make Love Sweeter For You To Make Love Sweeter For You "To Make Love Sweeter For You" is the title of a song written by George Morgan and performed by Jerry Lee Lewis. The song was Jerry Lee Lewis' third number one on the country chart and his first since "Great Balls of Fire" in 1958. "To Make Love Sweeter For You" stayed at number one for a single...	Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...	1	4
March 8	Only the Lonely Only the Lonely "Only the Lonely " is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. Recorded by Orbison, it became his first major hit. As an operatic rock ballad, it was a sound unheard of at the time, described by the New York Times as expressing "a clenched, driven urgency". It is seen as a seminal event...	Sonny James Sonny James James Loden , known professionally as Sonny James, is an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, "Young Love". Dubbed the Southern Gentleman, James had 72 country and pop chart hits from 1953 to 1983, including a five-year streak of 16 straight among his 23 No. 1...	3
March 29	Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" is a 1969 single written and recorded by Buck Owens. "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" was a number one song on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country charts .-Chart performance:...	Buck Owens Buck Owens Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...	2
April 12	Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone) Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone) "Woman of the World is a 1969 single written by Sharon Higgins and recorded by Loretta Lynn. The single was from the LP Woman of the World / To Make a Man and was Loretta Lynn's third number one on the country charts. "The single spent one week at the top and a total of fifteen weeks on the...	Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he...	1	—
April 19	Galveston Galveston (song) "Galveston" is the title of a song written by Jimmy Webb and popularized by American country music singer Glen Campbell. In 2003, this song ranked #8 in CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. Glen Campbell's version of the song also made #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the country music...	Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...	3
May 10	Hungry Eyes Hungry Eyes (Merle Haggard song) "Hungry Eyes" is an American country music song written and recorded by Merle Haggard. Recorded in December 1968, the song became one of the most famous of his career.-Background:...	Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...	1	2
May 17	My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To) My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To) "My Life " is an American country music song written and recorded by Bill Anderson.Originally released in March 1969, the song became Anderson's fourth solo No...	Bill Anderson	2	2	^[1]
May 31	Singing My Song Singing My Song "Singing My Song" is a 1969 single by Tammy Wynette, who co-wrote the song with Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton. "Singing My Song" was Tammy Wynette's fifth number one on the country charts as a solo artist. The single spent two weeks at number one and a total of fourteen weeks on the charts...	Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....	2
June 14	Running Bear Running Bear "Running Bear" is a song written by J. P. Richardson sung most famously by Johnny Preston in 1959. Preston first sang the song in 1959 with background vocals by Richardson and George Jones, who do the Indian chanting of "UGO UGO" during the three verses, as well as the Indian war cries...	Sonny James	3
July 5	Statue of a Fool Statue of a Fool "Statue of a Fool" is the title of a song written by Jan Crutchfield and recorded by many country artists. It was first recorded in 1969 by country music artist Jack Greene where it was released as a single and became a number 1 hit. Brian Collins would record and release it in 1974 from his second...	Jack Greene	2	3	^[B]
July 19	I Love You More Today I Love You More Today "I Love You More Today" is a 1969 single written by L.E. White and recorded by Conway Twitty. "I Love You More Today" was Conway Twitty's second number one on the country charts. The single spent a single week at the top and a total of 15 weeks on the country chart.-Chart performance:...	Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...	1	2
July 26	Johnny B. Goode Johnny B. Goode "Johnny B. Goode" is a 1958 rock and roll song written and originally performed by American musician Chuck Berry. The song was a major hit among both black and white audiences peaking at #2 on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B Sides chart and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.The song is one of Chuck Berry's...	Buck Owens	2	4
August 9	All I Have to Offer You Is Me All I Have to Offer You Is Me "All I Have to Offer You " is an American country music song made famous in 1969 by Charley Pride.The song, released that June, reached the top of the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart that August, and in doing so it became Pride's first No. 1 song. It also accomplished a feat not done...	Charley Pride Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer. His smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early- to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis...	1	3	^[A]
August 16	Workin' Man's Blues Workin' Man's Blues "Workin' Man Blues" is an American country music song performed by its writer, Merle Haggard. Released in 1969, the song was released during his early peak and became one of several signature songs during his career.-Background:...	Merle Haggard	1
August 23	A Boy Named Sue A Boy Named Sue "A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by Shel Silverstein and performed by Johnny Cash. Cash was at the height of his popularity when he recorded the song live at California's San Quentin State Prison at a concert on 24 February 1969. The concert was filmed by Granada Television for later...	Johnny Cash	5
September 27	Tall Dark Stranger Tall Dark Stranger "Tall Dark Stranger" is a 1969 single written and recorded by Buck Owens. "Tall Dark Stranger" was Buck Owens' twentieth number one on the country chart, spending a single week at the top and a total of thirteen weeks on the charts .-Chart performance:...	Buck Owens	1
October 4	Since I Met You Baby Since I Met You Baby (song) "Since I Met You Baby" is an American rhythm and blues song written and recorded by pianist Ivory Joe Hunter. The song, which Hunter recorded in 1956, became an American standard, and saw renewed popularity in 1969 when country music artist Sonny James released his hit version.-Song...	Sonny James	3	3
October 25	The Ways to Love a Man The Ways to Love a Man "The Ways to Love a Man" is a 1969 single by Tammy Wynette, who co-wrote the song with Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton. "The Ways to Love a Man" was Wynette's sixth number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single would spend two weeks at the top and a total of fifteen weeks on the...	Tammy Wynette	2
November 8	To See My Angel Cry To See My Angel Cry "To See My Angel Cry" is a 1969 single by Conway Twitty, who co-wrote the song with L.E. White and Carlton Haney. "To See My Angel Cry" was Conway Twitty's third number one on the country charts. The single spent a single week at number one and a total of 13 weeks on the country chart .-Chart...	Conway Twitty	1
November 15	Okie From Muskogee Okie from Muskogee (song) "Okie from Muskogee" is an American country music song performed by its co-writer, Merle Haggard. Released in September 1969, the song became one of the most famous of his career.-Background:...	Merle Haggard	4	3
December 13	(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again (I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again " Afraid of Losing You Again" is a 1969 single written by Dallas Frazier and A.L. Owens and recorded by Charley Pride. " Afraid of Losing You Again" was Charley Pride's second number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for three weeks and spent a total of fifteen weeks on...	Charley Pride	3

^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

.

A^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
B^ Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.

Date	Single Name	Artist	Wks. No.1	U.S. peak	Spec. Note
January 13	Wichita Lineman Wichita Lineman "Wichita Lineman" is a popular song written by Jimmy Webb in 1968, first recorded by Glen Campbell and widely covered by other artists. Campbell's version, which appeared on his 1968 album of the same name, reached #3 on the U.S. pop chart, remaining in the Top 100 for 15 weeks...	Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...	2
January 27	I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" is a 1968 song written and performed by Merle Haggard. It was released in October 1968 as the only single from his album, Pride in What I Am. "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It reached...	Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...	3	3	^[2] Stayed at No. 1 for 2 weeks in late 1968. Fell to #2 on the week of January 13, 1969.
February 3	The Carroll County Accident The Carroll County Accident "The Carroll County Accident" is a 1968 country song written by Bob Ferguson, and recorded by Porter Wagoner. It was a hit for Wagoner and became one of his signature songs.-Content:...	Porter Wagoner Porter Wagoner Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced the young Dolly Parton near the beginning of her career on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet throughout the late 1960s and...	3	2	^[A]
February 24	Mr. Brown	Gary Buck	3	—	^[2] Fell to #2 on the week of March 3.
March 3	Daddy Sang Bass Daddy Sang Bass "Daddy Sang Bass" is a 1968 single written by Carl Perkins, with some lines from "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" and recorded by Johnny Cash. "Daddy Sang Bass" was Johnny Cash's sixty-first release on the country chart. The song went to number one on the country charts for six weeks and spent a...	Johnny Cash Johnny Cash John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...	1
March 10	The Girl Most Likely The Girl Most Likely (song) "The Girl Most Likely" is a single by American country music artist Jeannie C. Riley. Released in November 1968, it was the first single from her album Yearbooks and Yesterdays. The song peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart...	Jeannie C. Riley Jeannie C. Riley Jeannie C. Riley is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA" , which missed becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time...	1	6	^[B]
March 31	While Your Lover Sleeps While Your Lover Sleeps "While Your Lover Sleeps" is a single by American country music artist Leon Ashley. The song peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.-Chart performance:...	Leon Ashley Leon Ashley Leon Walton is an American country music artist, known profressionally as Leon Ashley. He is known mainly for his number 1 single "Laura ", which topped the country singles charts in 1967. This single was distributed on his own label...	1	25	^[C]
April 7	Kaw-Liga Kaw-Liga (song) Kaw-Liga is a country-music song written by Hank Williams and Fred Rose. Backed by the Drifting Cowboys, Hank Williams recorded the song in Nashville in September, 1952 and the single was released posthumously in January 1953 on the MGM Records label. It remained No. 1 on the Billboard Country...	Charley Pride Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer. His smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early- to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis...	2	3	^[A]
April 21	The Name of the Game Was Love The Name of the Game Was Love "The Name of the Game Was Love" is a single by Canadian country music artist Hank Snow. The song peaked at number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart. It also reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the United States....	Hank Snow Hank Snow Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow was a Canadian-American country music artist. He charted more than 70 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980...	1	16	^[A]
April 28	Only the Lonely Only the Lonely "Only the Lonely " is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. Recorded by Orbison, it became his first major hit. As an operatic rock ballad, it was a sound unheard of at the time, described by the New York Times as expressing "a clenched, driven urgency". It is seen as a seminal event...	Sonny James Sonny James James Loden , known professionally as Sonny James, is an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, "Young Love". Dubbed the Southern Gentleman, James had 72 country and pop chart hits from 1953 to 1983, including a five-year streak of 16 straight among his 23 No. 1...	1		^[A]
May 5	Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" is a 1969 single written and recorded by Buck Owens. "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" was a number one song on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country charts .-Chart performance:...	Buck Owens Buck Owens Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...	1
May 12	My Woman's Good to Me My Woman's Good to Me "My Woman's Good to Me" is a single by American country music artist David Houston. Released in January 1969, it was the first single from his album Where Love Used to Live/My Woman's Good to Me. The song peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the...	David Houston David Houston (singer) Charles David Houston was an American country music singer. His peak in popularity came between the mid-1960s through the early 1970s.-Biography:...	1	4
May 19	Galveston Galveston (song) "Galveston" is the title of a song written by Jimmy Webb and popularized by American country music singer Glen Campbell. In 2003, this song ranked #8 in CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. Glen Campbell's version of the song also made #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the country music...	Glen Campbell	1
May 26	Let It Be Me	Bobbie Gentry Bobbie Gentry Roberta Lee Streeter , professionally known as Bobbie Gentry, is a former American singer-songwriter notable as one of the first female country artists to compose and produce her own material... and Glen Campbell	1	14	^{[A] - Bobbie Gentry}
June 2	It's a Sin It's a Sin (Eddy Arnold song) "It's a Sin" is a country song written by country guitarist Zeb Turner and music publisher Fred Rose. The 1947 version by Eddy Arnold was his second number one on the Country & Western charts, spending five weeks at number one and a total of thirty-eight weeks on the chart...	Marty Robbins Marty Robbins Martin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...	1	5	^[A]
June 9	Who Drinks My Beer When I'm Gone Who Drinks My Beer When I'm Gone "Who Drinks My Beer When I'm Gone" is a single by Canadian country music group Mercey Brothers. The song debuted at number 36 on the RPM Country Tracks chart on March 17, 1969. It peaked at number 1 on June 9, 1969.-Chart performance:-References:...	Mercey Brothers Mercey Brothers The Mercey Brothers was a Canadian country music group active from 1957 to 1989.-Before they were famous:The Mercey family grew up to music in their household at an early age. Brothers Larry, Ray, and Lloyd Mercey formed a country-infused musical group in 1966...	1	—
June 16	Cajun Love Cajun Love "Cajun Love" is a single by Canadian country music artist Lucille Starr. The song debuted at number 36 on the RPM Country Tracks chart on April 14, 1969. It peaked at number 1 on June 16, 1969.-Chart performance:-References:...	Lucille Starr Lucille Starr Lucille Starr is a Franco-Manitoban / British Columbian singer, songwriter, and yodeler best known for her 1964 hit single, "Quand Le Soleil Dit Bonjour Aux Montagnes" .-Biography:...	1	—	^[C]
June 23	Ribbon of Darkness Ribbon of Darkness "Ribbon of Darkness" is a song written by Gordon Lightfoot that was released in 1965 as a single by Marty Robbins. The song was Robbins' eleventh number one on the U.S...	Connie Smith Connie Smith Connie Smith is an American country music artist. She began her career in 1963 after winning a local talent contest near Columbus, Ohio, which attracted the attention of country songwriter Bill Anderson...	1	13	^[A]
June 30	Singing My Song Singing My Song "Singing My Song" is a 1969 single by Tammy Wynette, who co-wrote the song with Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton. "Singing My Song" was Tammy Wynette's fifth number one on the country charts as a solo artist. The single spent two weeks at number one and a total of fourteen weeks on the charts...	Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....	1
July 7	Rings of Gold Rings of Gold "Rings of Gold" is a single by American country music artists Dottie West and Don Gibson. Released in February 1969, it was the first single from their album Dottie and Don. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks...	Dottie West Dottie West Dottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists... and Don Gibson Don Gibson Donald Eugene "Don" Gibson was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson penned such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1957 into the early 1970s.-Biography:Don Gibson was...	1	2	^{[A] - Dottie West} ^{[A] - Don Gibson}
July 14	Running Bear Running Bear "Running Bear" is a song written by J. P. Richardson sung most famously by Johnny Preston in 1959. Preston first sang the song in 1959 with background vocals by Richardson and George Jones, who do the Indian chanting of "UGO UGO" during the three verses, as well as the Indian war cries...	Sonny James	1
July 21	The Days of Sand and Shovels The Days of Sand and Shovels "The Days of Sand and Shovels" is a single by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. Released in April 1969, it was the second single from his album The Best of Waylon Jennings. The song peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart...	Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...	1	20
July 28	One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) "One Has My Name is a 1948 song by singing cowboy Eddie Dean, his wife Lorene "Dearest" Dean, and Hollywood songwriter Hal Blair. The song was first recorded by Jimmy Wakely and was his third release on the Folk Best Seller charts and his first number one...	Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...	1	3
August 2	Canadian Pacific Canadian Pacific (song) "Canadian Pacific" is the title of a song written by Ray Griff and recorded by American country music artist George Hamilton IV. It was released in June 1969 as the first single from his album Canadian Pacific. The song peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached...	George Hamilton IV George Hamilton IV George Hege Hamilton IV is an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to country music in the early 1960s.-Biography:Hamilton was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina...	3	25	^[A]
August 23	A Boy Named Sue A Boy Named Sue "A Boy Named Sue" is a song written by Shel Silverstein and performed by Johnny Cash. Cash was at the height of his popularity when he recorded the song live at California's San Quentin State Prison at a concert on 24 February 1969. The concert was filmed by Granada Television for later...	Johnny Cash	4
September 20	True Grit True Grit (song) "True Grit" is the title of a song written by Don Black and Elmer Bernstein, and recorded by American country music artist Glen Campbell. It was released in July 1969 as the first single from his album True Grit. The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also...	Glen Campbell	1	9
September 27	Workin' Man's Blues Workin' Man's Blues "Workin' Man Blues" is an American country music song performed by its writer, Merle Haggard. Released in 1969, the song was released during his early peak and became one of several signature songs during his career.-Background:...	Merle Haggard	1
October 4	Invitation to Your Party Invitation to Your Party "Invitation to Your Party" is a single by American country music artist Jerry Lee Lewis. Released in July 1969, it was the first single from his album The Golden Cream of the Country. The song peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country...	Jerry Lee Lewis	2	6	^[2] Fell to #5 on the week of October 11.
October 11	Muddy Mississippi Line Muddy Mississippi Line "Muddy Mississippi Line" is a single by American country pop artist Bobby Goldsboro. Released in 1969, it was the first single from his album Muddy Mississippi Line. The song peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in...	Bobby Goldsboro Bobby Goldsboro Bobby Goldsboro is an American country and pop singer-songwriter. He had a string of Pop and Country hits during the 1960s and 1970s, including his signature #1 classic "Honey," which sold well over one million copies in the United States.-Early life:Goldsboro was born in Marianna, Florida...	1	15	^[B]
October 18	Tall Dark Stranger Tall Dark Stranger "Tall Dark Stranger" is a 1969 single written and recorded by Buck Owens. "Tall Dark Stranger" was Buck Owens' twentieth number one on the country chart, spending a single week at the top and a total of thirteen weeks on the charts .-Chart performance:...	Buck Owens	1
October 25	The Ways to Love a Man The Ways to Love a Man "The Ways to Love a Man" is a 1969 single by Tammy Wynette, who co-wrote the song with Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton. "The Ways to Love a Man" was Wynette's sixth number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single would spend two weeks at the top and a total of fifteen weeks on the...	Tammy Wynette	1
November 8	To See My Angel Cry To See My Angel Cry "To See My Angel Cry" is a 1969 single by Conway Twitty, who co-wrote the song with L.E. White and Carlton Haney. "To See My Angel Cry" was Conway Twitty's third number one on the country charts. The single spent a single week at number one and a total of 13 weeks on the country chart .-Chart...	Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...	1		^[A]
November 15	Get Rhythm Get Rhythm "Get Rhythm" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. It was released in September 1969 as a single.-Content:...	Johnny Cash	2	23
November 29	Groovy Grubworm Groovy Grubworm "Groovy Grubworm" is a single by American session musician Harlow Wilcox. Released in 1969, it was the only single from his album Groovy Grubworm and Other Golden Guitar Greats. The song peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in...	Harlow Wilcox Harlow Wilcox Harlow Wilcox was an American session musician from Norman, Oklahoma. In 1969 he released an instrumental single on Plantation Records called "Groovy Grubworm", which hit #30 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart late that year. Two albums followed...	1	42	^[C]
December 6	Try a Little Kindness Try a Little Kindness (song) "Try a Little Kindness" is the title of a song written by Curt Sapaugh and Bobby Austin, and recorded by American country music singer Glen Campbell. The song was hit on three different music charts: it peaked at number two for one week on the country charts...	Glen Campbell	1	2
December 13	She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" is the title of a song written by Doug Gilmore and Mickey Newbury, and recorded by American country music artist Jerry Lee Lewis. Released in September 1969, it was the first single from his album She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye. The song peaked at number 2...	Jerry Lee Lewis	1	2
December 20	Diggy Liggy Lo Diggy Liggy Lo "Diggy Liggy Lo" is a single by American country music duo Rusty & Doug. Released in 1961, their version peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. Doug Kershaw, one half of the duo, released a solo version of the song in 1969 that peaked at number 70 on the Billboard Hot...	Doug Kershaw Doug Kershaw Doug Kershaw, born January 24, 1936, is an American fiddle player, singer and songwriter from Louisiana. Active since 1949, Kershaw has recorded fifteen albums and charted on the Hot Country Songs charts.- Early life :...	1	70	^[C]
December 27	(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again (I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again " Afraid of Losing You Again" is a 1969 single written by Dallas Frazier and A.L. Owens and recorded by Charley Pride. " Afraid of Losing You Again" was Charley Pride's second number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for three weeks and spent a total of fifteen weeks on...	Charley Pride	1

US	CAN	Single	Artist
9	—	All for the Love of a Girl	Claude King Claude King Claude King is an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for his million selling 1962 hit, "Wolverton Mountain".-Biography:...
72	16	All Heaven Broke Loose	Hugh X. Lewis Hugh X. Lewis Hubert Brad Lewis , known professionally as Hugh X. Lewis, is an American country music singer. He recorded between 1964 and 1979 for various labels, and charted fifteen singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Lewis's debut single, "What I Need Most", peaked at number 21 on this chart...
16	—	Always, Always	Porter Wagoner Porter Wagoner Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced the young Dolly Parton near the beginning of her career on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet throughout the late 1960s and... and Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
25	2	Another Day, Another Mile, Another Highway	Clay Hart Clay Hart Clay Hart is an American country music singer and guitarist who was a member of The Lawrence Welk Show television program from 1969 to 1975.-Biography:...
14	—	April's Fool	Ray Price Ray Price (musician) Ray Price is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music...
11	—	Are You from Dixie (Cause I'm from Dixie Too)	Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, innovative guitarist, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films...
51	7	The Auctioneer	Brenda Byers
16	21	A Baby Again	Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr. Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country...
4	22	Back in the Arms of Love	Jack Greene Jack Greene Jack Greene is an American country musician nicknamed the "Jolly Green Giant" and well known for his 1966 hit "There Goes My Everything."-Early career:...
26	4	Back to Denver	George Hamilton IV George Hamilton IV George Hege Hamilton IV is an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to country music in the early 1960s.-Biography:Hamilton was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina...
4	4	The Ballad of Forty Dollars	Tom T. Hall Tom T. Hall Thomas "Tom T." Hall is an American country music singer-songwriter. He has written 11 #1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the pop crossover hit "I Love", which reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100...
5	—	Be Glad	Del Reeves Del Reeves Franklin Delano Reeves , better known as Del Reeves, was an American country music singer, best known for his "girl-watching" novelty songs of the 1960s including "Girl on the Billboard" and "The Belles of Southern Bell"...
3	—	Big Wind	Porter Wagoner
13	38	Bring Me Sunshine Bring Me Sunshine "Bring Me Sunshine" was the best-known signature of Morecambe & Wise. The duo regularly used the song to close their shows for the BBC in the 1970s...	Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...
19	—	But for Love	Eddy Arnold Eddy Arnold Richard Edward Arnold , known professionally as Eddy Arnold, was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a so-called Nashville sound innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more...
2	6	But You Know I Love You But You Know I Love You "But You Know I Love You" is a song written by Mike Settle, which was a 1969 pop hit for The First Edition, a group that included Settle and Kenny Rogers. Evie Sands recorded the song for her 1970 album Any Way That You Want Me...	Bill Anderson
3	—	Cajun Baby	Hank Williams, Jr.
11	—	California Girl (And the Tennessee Square)	Tompall & the Glaser Brothers Tompall & the Glaser Brothers Tompall & The Glaser Brothers was an American country music group composed of three brothers: Chuck, Jim, and Tompall Glaser, all of whom also had success in the 1970s as solo artists. Between 1960 and 1975, the trio recorded ten studio albums, and charted nine singles on the Billboard Hot Country...
14	—	Custody	Hank Williams, Jr.
15	—	Cut Across Shorty	Nat Stuckey Nat Stuckey Nathan Stuckey was an American country singer. He recorded for various labels between 1966 and 1978, charting in the top 10 of Hot Country Songs with "Sweet Thang", "Plastic Saddle", "Sweet Thang and Cisco" and "Take Time to Love Her"-Biography:Raised in Atlanta, Texas, in Cass County, Nat Stuckey...
2	2	Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie	Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...
27	11	Don't It Make You Want to Go Home	Joe South Joe South Joe South is a multi-talented American singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Career:...
9	—	Don't Let Me Cross Over Don't Let Me Cross Over "Don't Let Me Cross Over" is a song made famous as a duet by Carl Butler and Pearl, a husband-and-wife country music duo. Originally released in November 1962, the song needed just four weeks to reach the number-one spot on the Billboard Country Singles chart...	Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The... and Linda Gail Lewis Linda Gail Lewis Linda Gail Lewis is an American singer and pianist. She is the sister of Jerry Lee Lewis.She plays piano and has recorded with Stephen Ackles, Van Morrison, and with her brother. She also has recorded with her two daughtersMaryJean Ferguson, and Annie Marie Dolan in a group called The Lewis 3...
23	17	Don't Wake Me I'm Dreaming	Warner Mack Warner Mack Warner MacPherson , known professionally as Warner Mack, is an American country music singer-songwriter. Mack had many hits on the country charts from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, some of which crossed over to the pop charts....
16	—	Each Time	Johnny Bush Johnny Bush Johnny Bush, born February 17, 1935 as John Bush Shinn III in Houston, Texas, is a country music singer, songwriter, and drummer. Bush, nicknamed the "Country Caruso," is best-known for his distinctive voice and as the writer of "Whiskey River," a top-ten hit for himself and Willie Nelson's...
11	27	Flattery Will Get You Everywhere	Lynn Anderson Lynn Anderson Lynn Rene Anderson is an American country music singer and equestrian known for a string of hits throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, most notably her Grammy Award-winning, worldwide mega-hit, " Rose Garden." Helped by her regular exposure on national television, Anderson was one of the most...
18	14	Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife	Claude King
20	—	From the Bottle to the Bottom	Billy Walker Billy Walker (musician) William Marvin Walker , better known as Billy Walker, was an American country music singer and guitarist best-known for his 1962 hit, " Charlie's Shoes"...
2	—	Games People Play	Freddy Weller Freddy Weller Freddy Weller is a United States country music singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. His recording career started in 1969, while he was playing guitar in the band Paul Revere & The Raiders....
10	4	George (And the North Woods)	Dave Dudley Dave Dudley Dave Dudley , born David Darwin Pedruska, was an American country music singer best-known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his semi-slurred baritone. His signature song was "Six Days on the Road," and he is also remembered for "Vietnam Blues," "Truck Drivin'...
16	—	God Bless America Again God Bless America Again (song) "God Bless America Again" is a country music song written by Bobby Bare and Boyce Hawkins. A patroitic hymn pleading for God's forgiveness of the United States and His guidance over the country, the song was first recorded and made famous by Bare. Released as a single in 1969, Bare's version...	Bobby Bare Bobby Bare Robert Joseph Bare is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is the father of Bobby Bare, Jr., also a musician.-Early career:...
18	—	Good Deal, Lucille	Carl Smith Carl Smith (country musician) Carl Milton Smith was an American country music singer. Known as "Mister Country," Smith was the husband of June Carter and Goldie Hill, the drinking companion of Johnny Cash, and the father of Carlene Carter...
3	20	Good Time Charlie's	Del Reeves
22	17	A Hammer and Nails	Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean Jimmy Ray Dean was an American country music singer, television host, actor and businessman. Although he may be best known today as the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand, he became a national television personality starting in 1957, rising to fame for his 1961 country crossover hit "Big Bad...
47	10	Happiness Hill	Kitty Wells Kitty Wells Ellen Muriel Deason , known professionally as Kitty Wells, is an American country music singer. Her 1952 hit recording, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", made her the first female country singer to top the U.S. country charts, and turned her into the first female country star...
11	3	Haunted House	Compton Brothers
5	—	Homecoming	Tom T. Hall
17	40	Honey, I'm Home	Stan Hitchcock
8	5	I Can't Say Goodbye	Marty Robbins Marty Robbins Martin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
14	—	I Love You Because	Carl Smith
19	—	I Want One	Jack Reno Jack Reno Jack Reno was an American country singer.-Career:Born in Bloomfield, Iowa, Reno appeared at the Grand Ole Opry in the 1960s and played with Waylon Jennings and Dolly Parton...
4	6	I'd Rather Be Gone	Hank Williams, Jr.
2	2	I'll Share My World with You	George Jones George Jones George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
8	—	I'll Still Be Missing You	Warner Mack
3	4	I'm Down to My Last "I Love You"	David Houston David Houston (singer) Charles David Houston was an American country music singer. His peak in popularity came between the mid-1960s through the early 1970s.-Biography:...
6	16	If Not for You	George Jones
50	12	In the Ghetto In the Ghetto "In the Ghetto" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1969. It was written by Mac Davis and made famous by Elvis Presley who had a major comeback hit with the song in 1969. It was released in 1969 as a 45 rpm single with "Any Day Now" as the flip side...	Dolly Parton
—	12	It's My Time	Frank Ifield Frank Ifield Francis Edward Ifield is an early Australian-English easy listening and country music singer. He achieved considerable success in the early 1960s, especially in the UK Singles Chart, where he had four Number 1 hits between 1962 and 1963....
66	5	Jesus Is a Soul Man	Billy Grammer Billy Grammer Billy Wayne Grammer was an American country music singer and noted guitar player. He was known for the million-selling "Gotta Travel On", which made it onto both the country and pop music charts in 1959.-Biography:...
13	—	Joe and Mabel's 12th Street Bar and Grill	Nat Stuckey
12	—	Just Hold My Hand	Johnny & Jonie Mosby
5	20	Just Someone I Used to Know	Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
9	6	Kay	John Wesley Ryles John Wesley Ryles John Wesley Ryles is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1968 with the single "Kay", a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, and the title track to his debut album for Columbia Records.Ryles later recorded one album, Reconsider Me, for the Plantation label,...
6	—	Leave My Dream Alone	Warner Mack
20	—	Let the Whole World Sing It with Me	Wynn Stewart Wynn Stewart Winford Lindsey Stewart , better known as Wynn Stewart, was an American country music performer. He was one of the progenitors of the Bakersfield sound...
10	17	Little Boy Sad	Bill Phillips Bill Phillips (singer) Bill Phillips was an American country music singer. His professional music career started with the Old Southern Jamboree on WMIL in Miami in 1955. He moved to Nashville in 1957 and worked with Johnnie Wright and Kitty Wells until the late 1970s...
23	11	MacArthur Park	Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL... and The Kimberlys
17	—	Man and Wife Time	Jim Ed Brown Jim Ed Brown Jim Ed Brown is an American country music singer who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of The Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with Helen Cornelius through 1981...
4	7	(Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn (Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn " The Lincoln Park Inn" is a song made famous by country music singer Bobby Bare. Written by Tom T. Hall, the song became a major hit for Bare in the spring of 1969, peaking at No...	Bobby Bare
12	3	Me and Bobby McGee Me and Bobby McGee "Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller. Others performed the song later, including Kristofferson himself, and Janis Joplin who topped the U.S. singles chart with the song in 1971 after her death, making the song the second...	Roger Miller Roger Miller Roger Dean Miller was an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky tonk-influenced novelty songs...
4	10	Mr. Walker It's All Over	Billie Jo Spears Billie Jo Spears Billie Jo Spears is an American country music singer. She reached the top-10 of the Country music charts five times between 1969 and 1977, her biggest hit being "Blanket on the Ground", which, in 1975, became her only number one...
20	—	My Big Iron Skillet	Wanda Jackson Wanda Jackson Wanda Lavonne Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist who had success in the mid-1950s and 60s as one of the first popular female rockabilly singers and a pioneering rock and roll artist...
14	—	My Grass Is Green	Roy Drusky Roy Drusky Roy Frank Drusky Jr., was an American country music singer popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for incorporating the Nashville sound. His highest-charting single was the No. 1 "Yes Mr. Peters", a duet with Priscilla Mitchell.-Early life and...
15	28	My Son	Jan Howard Jan Howard Lula Grace Johnson , known professionally as Jan Howard, is an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star. She attained moderate success as a country female vocalist during the 1960s and early 1970s...
25	13	"Never More" Quote the Raven	Stonewall Jackson Stonewall Jackson (musician) Stonewall Jackson is an American country singer and musician who achieved his greatest fame during country's "golden" honky tonk era in the 1950s and early 1960s.-Early years:...
8	11	None of My Business	Henson Cargill Henson Cargill Henson Cargill was an American country music singer best known for the 1968 No. 1 hit, "Skip a Rope". His music career began in Oklahoma in clubs around Oklahoma City and Tulsa...
15	16	Old Faithful	Mel Tillis Mel Tillis Lonnie Melvin Tillis , known professionally as Mel Tillis, is an American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....
12	—	One More Mile	Dave Dudley
18	3	Our House Is Not a Home (If It's Never Been Loved In)	Lynn Anderson
10	3	Please Don't Go	Eddy Arnold
10	6	Please Let Me Prove (My Love for You)	Dave Dudley
14	—	Raining in My Heart	Ray Price
20	—	Restless	Carl Perkins Carl Perkins Carl Lee Perkins was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954...
46	12	Reuben James	Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur... and The First Edition The First Edition The First Edition was a country music/rock band. Its stalwart members being Kenny Rogers , Mickey Jones and Terry Williams...
23	12	River Bottom	Johnny Darrell Johnny Darrell Johnny Darrell was an American country music artist.Darrell was born in Hopewell, Alabama but grew up in Marietta, Georgia. After a stint in the army, he moved to Nashville and began managing a Holiday Inn near Music Row when he was discovered by Kelso Herstin, a producer working for United...
39	2	Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" is a song written by Mel Tillis. The song was made famous by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition in 1969. "Ruby" was originally recorded in 1967 by Johnny Darrell, who scored a number nine country hit with it that year....	Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
40	4	September Song	Roy Clark Roy Clark Roy Linwood Clark is an American country music musician and performer. He is best known for hosting Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969–1992. Clark has been an important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and helping to popularize the genre...
18	34	Seven Lonely Days Seven Lonely Days In 1969, Jean Shepard released a version from her album Seven Lonely Days. It was her first single to become a major hit since 1967's "Your Forevers Don't Last Very Long". Shepard's versions reached #18 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart and #34 on the RPM Country Singles chart.-...	Jean Shepard Jean Shepard Ollie Imogene Shepard , better known as Jean Shepard, is an American honky tonk singer-songwriter who was a pioneer for women in country music. Shepard released a total of 73 singles to the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which reached the #1 spot...
19	—	Ship in the Bottle	Stonewall Jackson
5	9	Smokey the Bar	Hank Thompson
12	—	Smoky Places	Billy Walker
19	—	Something's Wrong in California	Waylon Jennings
7	42	Such a Fool	Roy Drusky
8	4	Sweet Thang and Cisco	Nat Stuckey
11	8	Sweetheart of the Year	Ray Price
38	14	Take My Hand for a While	George Hamilton IV
2	2	That's a No No	Lynn Anderson
16	11	That's Why I Love You So Much	Ferlin Husky Ferlin Husky Ferlin Eugene Husky was an early American country music singer who was equally adept at the genres of traditional honky honk, ballads, spoken recitations, and rockabilly pop tunes...
5	12	There Was Never a Time	Jeannie C. Riley Jeannie C. Riley Jeannie C. Riley is an American country music and gospel singer. She is best known for her 1968 country and pop hit "Harper Valley PTA" , which missed becoming the Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time...
12	—	There Wouldn't Be a Lonely Heart in Town	Del Reeves
20	—	There's Better Things in Life	Jerry Reed
5	—	These Are Not My People	Freddy Weller
9	13	These Lonely Hands of Mine	Mel Tillis
10	2	They Don't Make Love Like They Used To	Eddy Arnold
34	3	Things Go Better with Love	Jeannie C. Riley
14	17	This Thing	Webb Pierce Webb Pierce Webb Michael Pierce was one of the most popular American honky tonk vocalists of the 1950s, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade. His biggest hit was "In The Jailhouse Now," which charted for 37 weeks in 1955, 21 of them at number one...
3	4	To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)	Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he...
44	2	Truck Stop	Jerry Smith
15	5	Vance	Roger Miller
20	—	We Had All the Good Things Going	Jan Howard
19	—	What Are Those Things (With Big Black Wings)	Charlie Louvin Charlie Louvin Charles Elzer Loudermilk , known professionally as Charlie Louvin, was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known as one of the Louvin Brothers, and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1955.-Biography:Born in Henagar, Alabama, Louvin was one of 7 children...
2	2	When the Grass Grows Over Me	George Jones
6	4	When Two Worlds Collide	Jim Reeves Jim Reeves James Travis Reeves , better known as Jim Reeves, was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter. With records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, he became well-known for being a practitioner of the Nashville sound...
14	14	Where Have All the Average People Gone	Roger Miller
10	16	Where the Blue and Lonely Go	Roy Drusky
19	—	Which One Will It Be	Bobby Bare
18	—	Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out	Ernest Tubb Ernest Tubb Ernest Dale Tubb , nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" , marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music... and Loretta Lynn
10	11	Who's Julie	Mel Tillis
17	—	Why You Been Gone So Long	Johnny Darrell
2	3	Wine Me Up	Faron Young Faron Young Faron Young was an American country music singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s and one of its most successful and colorful stars...
20	—	Woman Without Love	Johnny Darrell
19	—	World-Wide Travelin' Man	Wynn Stewart
9	2	Yesterday, When I Was Young	Roy Clark
6	—	You and Your Sweet Love	Connie Smith Connie Smith Connie Smith is an American country music artist. She began her career in 1963 after winning a local talent contest near Columbus, Ohio, which attracted the attention of country songwriter Bill Anderson...
7	—	You Gave Me a Mountain You Gave Me a Mountain "You Gave Me a Mountain" is a song written by country singer-songwriter Marty Robbins during the 1960s. It has been recorded by many artists, including Robbins himself, but the highest-charting version of the song was by Frankie Laine in 1969...	Johnny Bush
20	—	Young Love	Connie Smith and Nat Stuckey
4	—	Your Time's Comin'	Faron Young
5	5	Yours Love	Waylon Jennings
9	—	Yours Love	Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton

US	CAN	Single	Artist
—	13	Baby's Come Home	Debbie Lori Kaye
—	3	Back in Town to Stay	Mona Vary
—	9	Bittersweet	Donna Ramsay
—	13	Can't Find a Space	Tommy Hunter Tommy Hunter Thomas James "Tommy" Hunter, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian country music performer, known as "Canada's Country Gentleman".-Career:...
—	6	The Entertainer	Ray Griff Ray Griff Ray Griff is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. Griff began songwriting in the early 1960s and had early cuts by Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, and others. Griff moved to Nashville in 1964 to pursue his music career full-time...
—	13	I'm Gonna Let George Do It	Dianne Leigh Dianne Leigh Dianne Leigh is a Canadian country music performer. She was the first recipient of the Gold Leaf Award in 1970....
—	8	Keep the Home Fires Burning	Dianne Leigh
—	16	The Laughing Song	B. J. Berg
—	10	No Lonelier Than You	Billy Charne
—	3	Ordinary Peeping Tom	Mercey Brothers Mercey Brothers The Mercey Brothers was a Canadian country music group active from 1957 to 1989.-Before they were famous:The Mercey family grew up to music in their household at an early age. Brothers Larry, Ray, and Lloyd Mercey formed a country-infused musical group in 1966...
—	20	Pineville Country Jail	Harry Rusk
—	17	The Revenuer's Daughter	Bob King
—	11	Some Kind of Lonesome	Country Tigers
—	8	Susie's Better Half	Billy Charne
—	19	Sweet Sweet Feeling	Clint Curtiss
—	18	Wanderin' Through the Valley	Ray Griff
—	9	When You Were a Lady	Billy Charne
—	14	Wishing Tree	Lynn Jones
—	19	You're My Woman	Blake Emmons Blake Emmons Blake Emmons is a Canadian country music singer and entertainer.Emmons is famous in Canada for his music, as well as his hosting of the 1974 CTV series Funny Farm, the Canadian answer to Hee Haw....

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