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- Events
- Top hits of the year Number one hits United States Canada Other major hits Singles released by American artists Singles released by Canadian artists
- Top new album releases Other top new albums
- Births
- Deaths
- Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
- Major awards Grammy Awards Juno Awards Academy of Country Music Country Music Association
- Further reading
- References
- Other links
- External links
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}}This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1973. {{YYYY music|1973}}{{Year nav topic5|1973|country music}}Events- 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.{{cn|date=December 2018}}
- 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,{{cn|date=December 2018}} but by 1978, he would be replaced by Bob Kingsley.
- October — The new Radio & Records magazine includes a 50-position country singles chart.{{cn|date=December 2018}}
- November 10 — One of Nashville's most notorious{{cn|date=December 2018}} 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.{{cn|date=December 2018}} Stringbean, who was 58, was best known to his audiences for his role on the syndicated series "Hee Haw."
Top hits of the yearNumber one hitsUnited States(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 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[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 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[A] | | March 10 | 'Til I Get it Right | Tammy Wynette | 1 | | March 17 | The Teddy Bear Song | Barbara Fairchild | 2 | {{anchor>ref_C}}[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 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[A] | | May 12 | Come Live with Me | Roy Clark | 1 | {{anchor>ref_C}}[C] | | May 19 | What's Your Mama's Name | Tanya Tucker | 1 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[A] | | May 26 | Satin Sheets | Jeanne Pruett | 3 | 3 | {{anchor>ref_2}}[2], {{anchor|ref_C}}[C]- Returned to Number One on June 23.
| | June 9 | You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me) | Johnny Rodriguez | 1 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[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 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[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 | {{anchor>ref_B}}[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 | {{anchor>ref_1}}[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 | {{anchor>ref_B}}[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 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[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 | |
{{refbegin}}- Notes
- 1{{anchor|endnote_1}}^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard.
- 2{{anchor|endnote_2}}^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
- A{{anchor|endnote_A}}^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
- B{{anchor|endnote_B}}^ Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
- C{{anchor|endnote_C}}^ Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
{{refend}}Canada(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 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[A] | | January 20 | (Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine | Tom T. Hall | 1 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[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 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[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 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[A] | | May 12 | Nobody Wins | Brenda Lee | 1 | 5 | {{anchor>ref_C}}[C] | | May 19 | Come Live with Me | Roy Clark | 1 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[A] | | May 26 | What's Your Mama's Name | Tanya Tucker | 1 | | June 2 | Dirty Old Man | George Hamilton IV | 2 | 38 | {{anchor>ref_B}}[B] | | June 16 | Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree | Johnny Carver | 1 | 5 | {{anchor>ref_C}}[C] | | June 23 | You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me) | Johnny Rodriguez | 1 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[A] | | June 30 | Don't Fight the Feelings of Love | Charley Pride | 3 | {{anchor>ref_2}}[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 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[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 | {{anchor>ref_B}}[B] | | November 3 | Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer | Johnny Russell | 2 | 4 | {{anchor>ref_C}}[C] | | November 17 | Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico | Johnny Rodriguez | 1 | | November 24 | Paper Roses | Marie Osmond | 2 | {{anchor>ref_A}}[A] | | December 8 | The Most Beautiful Girl | Charlie Rich | 4 |
{{refbegin}}- Notes
- 2{{anchor|endnote_2}}^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
- A{{anchor|endnote_A}}^ First RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
- B{{anchor|endnote_B}}^ Last RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
- C{{anchor|endnote_C}}^ Only RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
{{refend}}Other major hitsSingles released by American artists| US | CAN | Single | Artist | | 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 Always Come Back | 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 Have 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 | — | 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| US | CAN | Single | Artist | | — | 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- Bill — Bill Anderson (MCA)
- Bubbling Over — Dolly Parton (RCA)
- Country Sunshine – Dottie West (RCA)
- Entertainer of the Year — Loretta Lynn (Decca)
- Full Moon — Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge (A&M)
- 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)
- 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- Cheating Game — Susan Raye (Capitol)
- Daisy a Day — Jud Strunk (MGM)
- Entertainer of the Year - Loretta — Loretta Lynn (MCA)
- Keep Me in Mind — Lynn Anderson (Columbia)
- Let Me Be There — Olivia Newton-John (MCA)
- The Midnight Oil — Barbara Mandrell (Columbia)
- Rub it In — Billy "Crash" Craddock (ABC-Dot)
- Where My Heart Is — Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
Births- 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- 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- Chet Atkins (1924–2001)
- Patsy Cline (1932–1963), first female to be inducted as a solo act.
Major awardsGrammy Awards- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Let Me Be There", Olivia Newton-John
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "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- 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 — 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- 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- 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- 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- Country Music Association
- Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame
External links- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051201094226/http://www.cmaawards.com/2004/hof/default.asp Country Music Hall of Fame]
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