Country-Musik 1969
Top Hits des Jahres
Nummer-1-Hits
- 4. Januar – "Daddy Sang Bass" – Johnny Cash
- 15. Februar – "Until My Dreams Come True" – Jack Greene
- 1. März – "To Make Love Sweeter For You" – Jerry Lee Lewis
- 8. März – "Only the Lonely" – Sonny James
- 29. März – "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" – Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
- 12. April – "Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)" – Loretta Lynn
- 19. April – "Galveston" – Glen Campbell
- 10. Mai – "Hungry Eyes" – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
- 17. Mai – "My Life (Throw it Away If I Want To)" – Bill Anderson
- 31. Mai – "Singing My Song" – Tammy Wynette
- 14. Juni – "Running Bear" – Sonny James
- 5. Juli – "Statue of a Fool" – Jack Greene
- 19. Juli – "I Love You More Today" – Conway Twitty
- 26. Juli – "Johnny B. Goode" – Buck Owens
- 9. August – "All I Have to Offer You Is Me" – Charley Pride
- 16. August – "Workin' Man's Blues" – Merle Haggard
- 23. August – "A Boy Named Sue" – Johnny Cash
- 27. September – "Tall Dark Stranger" – Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
- 4. Oktober – "Since I Met You Baby" – Sonny James
- 25. Oktober – "The Ways to Love a Man" – Tammy Wynette
- 8. November – "To See My Angel Cry" – Conway Twitty
- 15. November – "Okie from Muskogee" – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
- 13. Dezember – "I'm So Afraid of Losing You Again" – Charley Pride
Weitere Hits
- "All For the Love of a Girl" - Claude King
- "April's Fool" - Ray Price
- "Are You From Dixie ('Cause I'm From Dixie Too)" - Jerry Reed
- "Back in the Arms of Love" - Jack Greene
- "Ballad of Forty Dollars" – Tom T. Hall
- "Be Glad" - Del Reeves
- "Big in Vegas" – Buck Owens
- "Big Wind" - Porter Wagoner
- "Blistered" - Johnny Cash
- "But You Know I Love You" – Bill Anderson
- "Cajun Baby" – Hank Williams Jr.
- "The Carroll County Accident" – Porter Wagoner
- "Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie" – Conway Twitty
- "Don't Let Me Cross Over" - Jerry Lee Lewis und Linda Gail Lewis
- "Games People Play" – Freddy Weller
- "George and the North Woods" - Dave Dudley
- "The Girl Most Likely" - Jeannie C. Riley
- "God Bless America Again" - Bobby Bare
- "Good Time Charlies" - Del Reeves
- "Homecoming" – Tom T. Hall
- "I Can't Say Goodbye" - Marty Robbins
- "I Love You Because" - Carl Smith
- "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" - Merle Haggard and the Strangers
- "I'd Rather Be Gone" – Hank Williams Jr.
- "I'll Share My World With You" – George Jones
- "I'm Down to My Last 'I Love You'" - David Houston
- "If Not For You" - George Jones
- "It's a Sin" - Marty Robbins
- "In the Ghetto" - Elvis Presley
- "Invitation to Your Party" - Jerry Lee Lewis
- "Just Someone I Used to Know" - Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
- "Kaw-Liga" - Charley Pride
- "Kay" - John Wesley Ryles
- "Let it Be Me" - Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry
- "MacArthur Park" - Waylon Jennings mit den Kimberlys
- "(Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn" – Bobby Bare
- "Me and Bobby McGee" - Roger Miller
- "Mr. Walker, It's All Over" - Billie Jo Spears
- "My Woman's Good to Me" - David Houston
- "The Name of the Game Was Love" — Hank Snow
- "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" - Jerry Lee Lewis
- "One Minute Past Eternity" - Jerry Lee Lewis
- "Please Don't Go" - Eddy Arnold
- "Please Let Me Prove My Love For You" - Dave Dudley
- "Raining in My Heart" - Ray Price
- "Ribbon of Darkness" - Connie Smith
- "Rings of Gold" – Don Gibson and Dottie West
- "Ruby (Don't Take Your Love to Town)" – Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
- "Rueben James" - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
- "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" - Jerry Lee Lewis
- "Smoky the Bar" - Hank Thompson
- "Such a Fool" - Roy Drusky
- "Suspicious Minds" - Elvis Presley
- "Sweet Thang and Cisco" - Nat Stuckey
- "Sweetheart of the Year" - Ray Price
- "That's a No-No" - Lynn Anderson
- "There Never Was a Time" – Jeannie C. Riley
- "There Won't Be a Lonely Heart in Town" - Del Reeves
- "These are Not My People" - Freddy Weller
- "These Lonely Hands of Mine" - Mel Tillis
- "They Don't Make Love Like They Used To" - Eddy Arnold
- "Thirsty Boots" - Anne Murray
- "This Thing" - Webb Pierce
- "To Make a Man (Feel Like a Man)" - Loretta Lynn
- "True Grit" - Glen Campbell
- "Try a Little Kindness" - Glen Campbell
- "When the Grass Grows Over Me" - George Jones
- "When Two Worlds Collide" - Jim Reeves
- "Where the Blue and Lonely Go" - Roy Drusky
- "Who's Gonna Take the Garbage Out" - Ernest Tubb und Loretta Lynn
- "Who's Julie" - Mel Tillis
- "Wine Me Up" - Faron Young
- "Yesterday When I Was Young" – Roy Clark
- "You and Your Sweet Love" - Connie Smith
- "You Gave Me a Mountain" – Johnny Bush
- "Young Love" - Connie Smith und Nat Stuckey
- "Your Time's Comin'" - Faron Young
- "Yours Love" - Waylon Jennings
- "Yours Love" - Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
Wichtige neue Alben
- "The Carroll County Accident" – Porter Wagoner (RCA)
- "It's A Sin" - Marty Robbins (Columbia)
- "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy" - Dolly Parton (RCA)
- "Songs That Made Country Girls Famous" - Lynn Anderson (Chart)
- "Yearbooks and Yesterdays" - Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)
Geboren
- 12. Oktober — Martie Maguire, Mitglied der Dixie Chicks
Gestorben
- 11. September — Leon Payne, 52, Singer und Songwriter ("I Love You Because," "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" ).
- 23. November — Spade Cooley, 59, Singer)
Neuaufnahmen in die Country Music Hall of Fame
- Gene Autry (1907-1998)
- Bill Monroe (1911-1996)
Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen
Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Stand by Your Man" Tammy Wynette
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "A Boy Named Sue" Johnny Cash
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "MacArthur Park", Waylon Jennings and The Kimberleys
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — The Nashville Brass featuring Danny Davis Play More Nashville Sounds
- Best Country Song — "A Boy Named Sue" Shel Silverstein (Performer: Johnny Cash)
Academy of Country Music
- Single of the Year — "Okie from Muskogee" Merle Haggard
- Album of the Year — Okie from Muskogee Merle Haggard
- Top Male Vocalist — Merle Haggard
- Top Female Vocalist — Tammy Wynette
- Top Vocal Duo — Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens
- Top Vocal Group — The Kimberleys
- Top New Male Vocalist — Freddy Weller
- Top New Female Vocalist — Donna Fargo
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — Johnny Cash
- Song of the Year — "The Carroll County Accident"
- Single of the Year — "A Boy Named Sue]]" Johnny Cash
- Album of the Year — At San Quentin Johnny Cash
- Male Vocalist of the Year Johnny Cash
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Tammy Wynette
- Vocal Group of the Year — Johnny Cash und June Carter
- Instrumentalist of the Year — Chet Atkins
- Instrumental Group of the Year — Danny Davis
- Comedian of the Year — Archie Campbell