Country-Musik 1974

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1974 im Genre Country-Musik.

Events

Eine Gruppe traditionsorientierter Country-Musiker gründet unter Führung von George Jones und Tammy Wynette die Association of Country Entertainers, um sich gegen die zunehmenden Pop-Einflüsse zu wehren.

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

19. Januar – I Love – Tom T. Hall
2. Februar – Jolene – Dolly Parton
9. Februar – World of Make Believe – Bill Anderson
16. Februar – That’s the Way Love Goes – Johnny Rodriguez
23. Februar – Another Lonely Song – Tammy Wynette
9. März – There Won’t Be Anymore – Charlie Rich
23. März – There’s a Honky Tonk Angel (Who’ll Take Me Back In) – Conway Twitty
30. März – Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone) – Tanya Tucker
6. April – A Very Special Love Song – Charlie Rich
27. April – Hello Love – Hank Snow
4. Mai – Things Aren’t Funny Anymore – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
11. Mai – Is it Wrong (For Loving You) – Sonny James
18. Mai – Country Bumpkin – Cal Smith
25. Mai – No Charge – Melba Montgomery
1. Juni – Pure Love – Ronnie Milsap
8. Juni – I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
15. Juni – I Don’t See Me in Your Eyes Anymore – Charlie Rich
22. Juni – This Time – Waylon Jennings
29. Juni – Room Full of Roses – Mickey Gilley
6. Juli – He Thinks I Still Care – Anne Murray
20. Juli – Marie Laveux – Bobby Bare
27. Juli – You Can’t Be a Beacon if Your Light Don’t Shine – Donna Fargo
3. August – Rub it In – Billy „Crash“ Craddock
17. August – As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone – Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
24. August – The Old Man From the Mountain – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
31. August – The Grand Tour – George Jones
7. September – Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends – Ronnie Milsap
21. September – I Wouldn’t Want to Live If You Didn’t Love Me – Don Williams
28. September – I’m a Rambin’ Man – Waylon Jennings
5. Oktober – I Love My Friend – Charlie Rich
12. Oktober – Please Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me – Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
19. Oktober – I See the ‚Want-To‘ In Your Eyes – Conway Twitty
2. November – I Overlooked an Orchid – Mickey Gilley
9. November – Love is Like a Butterfly – Dolly Parton
16. November – Country Is – Tom T. Hall
23. November – Trouble in Paradise – Loretta Lynn
30. November – Back Home Again – John Denver
7. Dezember – She Called Me Baby – Charlie Rich
14. Dezember – I Can Help – Billy Swan
28. Dezember – What a Man My Man Is – Lynn Anderson

Weitere Hits

A Mi Esposa Con Amor (To My Wife With Love) – Sonny James
After the Fire is Gone – Willie Nelson and Tracy Nelson
Annie's Song – John Denver
Big Four Poster Bed – Brenda Lee
Bloody Mary Mornin’ – Willie Nelson
Bonaparte's Retreat – Glen Campbell
Boney Fingers – Hoyt Axton
Bring Back Your Love to Me – Don Gibson
Can't You Feel It – David Houston
Come Monday – Jimmy Buffett
Daddy, What If? – Bobby Bare with Bobby Bare Jr.
Dance With Me (Just One More Time) – Johnny Rodriguez
Hey Loretta – Loretta Lynn
Honeymoon Feelin’ – Roy Clark
I Honestly Love You – Olivia Newton-John
I Never Go Around Mirrors – Lefty Frizzell
I Love You, I Love You – David Houston and Barbara Mandrell
I’ll Think of Something – Hank Williams Jr.
I'll Try a Little Bit Harder – Donna Fargo
I'm Not Through Loving You Yet – Conway Twitty
If You Love Me (Let Me Know) – Olivia Newton-John
It'll Come Back – Red Sovine
(It's a) Monster's Holiday – Buck Owens
It's That Time of the Night – Jim Ed Brown
Last Time I Saw Him – Dottie West
A Love Song – Anne Murray
The Man That Turned My Mama On – Tanya Tucker
Memory Maker – Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
Midnight, Me and the Blues – Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
Mississippi Cotton-Pickin' Delta Town – Charley Pride
The Older the Violin the Sweeter the Music – Hank Thompson
Old Home Fill-er Up An' Keep On A-Truckin' Café – C. W. McCall
Once You’ve Had the Best – George Jones
One Day at a Time – Don Gibson
Ragged Old Flag – Johnny Cash
Some Kind of Woman – Faron Young
Something – Johnny Rodriguez
Sometime Sunshine – Jim Ed Brown
Somewhere Between Love and Tomorrow – Roy Clark
The South's Gonna Do it Again – Charlie Daniels Band
Song and Dance Man – Johnny PayCheck
Stomp Them Grapes – Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
The Streak – Ray Stevens
Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot
Sweet Magnolia Blossom – Billy „Crash“ Craddock
That Girl Who Waits on Tables – Ronnie Milsap
That Song is Driving Me Crazy – Tom T. Hall
They Don’t Make ’Em Like My Daddy – Loretta Lynn
We Could – Charley Pride
We Should Be Together – Don Williams
(We’re Not) the Jet Set – George Jones and Tammy Wynette
We're Over – Johnny Rodriguez
When the Morning Comes – Hoyt Axton
Who Left the Door to Heaven Open – Hank Thompson
Wrong Ideas – Brenda Lee

Alben (Auswahl)

Back Home Again – John Denver (RCA)
Honky Tonk Amnesia – Moe Bandy
Phases and Stages – Willie Nelson (Atlantic)
Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot
This Time – Waylon Jennings (RCA)

Geboren

13. Januar – Christoph Bouet, deutscher Maler und Country-Musiker
17. Februar – Bryan White, Singer-Songwriter der 1990er Jahre.
14. Oktober – Natalie Maines, Lead-Sängerin der Dixie Chicks.

Gestorben

2. Januar – Tex Ritter, 68
16. Januar – Johnny Barfield, 64
17. Juli – Don Rich, 32, Mitglied der Buckaroos (Begleitband von Buck Owens).

Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames

Country Music Hall of Fame

Owen Bradley (1915–1998)
Pee Wee King (1914–2000)

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

Hank Cochran (1935–2010)^[1]

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

Beste weibliche Gesangsdarbietung – Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Female) – Let Me Be There von Olivia Newton-John
Beste männliche Gesangsdarbietung – Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Male) – Behind Closed Doors von Charlie Rich
Beste Countrygesangsdarbietung eines Duos oder einer Gruppe (Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group) – From The Bottle To The Bottom von Rita Coolidge & Kris Kristofferson
Bestes Darbietung eines Countryinstrumentals (Best Country Instrumental Performance) – Dueling Banjos von Steve Mandell & Eric Weissberg
Bester Countrysong (Best Country Song) – Behind Closed Doors von Charlie Rich (Autor: Kenny O’Dell)