Country-Musik 1972

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

• 8. Januar – "Would You Take Another Chance on Me" – Jerry Lee Lewis
• 15. Januar – "Carolyn" – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• 5. Februar – "One’s on the Way" – Loretta Lynn
• 19. Februar – "Four in the Morning" – Faron Young
• 4. März – "Bedtime Story" – Tammy Wynette
• 11. März – "My Hang Up Is You" – Freddie Hart
• 22. April – "Chantilly Lace"/"Think About it Darlin’" – Jerry Lee Lewis
• 13. Mai – "Grandma Harp" – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• 27. Mai – "(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date" – Conway Twitty
• 3. Juni – "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A." – Donna Fargo
• 24. Juni – "That’s Why I Love You Like I Do" – Sonny James
• 1. Juli – "Eleven Roses" – Hank Williams Jr.
• 15. Juli – "Made in Japan" – Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
• 22. Juli – "It’s Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer" – Charley Pride
• 12. August – "Bless Your Heart" – Freddie Hart
• 26. August – "If You Leave Me Tonight I’ll Cry" – Jerry Wallace
• 2. September – "Woman (Sensuous Woman)" – Don Gibson
• 9. September – "If You Leave Me Tonight I’ll Cry" – Jerry Wallace
• 16. September – "When the Snow is on the Roses" – Sonny James
• 23. September – "I Can’t Stop Loving You" – Conway Twitty
• 30. September – "I Ain’t Never" – Mel Tillis
• 14. Oktober – "Funny Face" – Donna Fargo
• 4. November – "It’s Not Love (But It’s Not Bad)" – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• 11. November – "My Man (Understands)" – Tammy Wynette
• 18. November – "She’s Too Good to be True" – Charley Pride
• 9. Dezember – "Got the All Overs for You (All Over Me)" – Freddie Hart
• 30. Dezember – "She’s Got to be a Saint" – Ray Price

Weitere Hits

• "Ain’t Nothin’ Shakin’ But the Leaves on the Trees" – Billy "Crash" Craddock
• "Ain't That a Shame" – Hank Williams Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation
• "All His Children" – Charley Pride
• "All the Lonely Women in the World" – Bill Anderson
• "Ann (Don’t Go Runnin’)" – Tommy Overstreet
• "Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me" – Mac Davis
• "The Best Part of Livin’" – Marty Robbins
• "Borrowed Angel" – Mel Street
• "The Ceremony" – George Jones und Tammy Wynette
• "Class of ’57" – Statler Brothers
• "Cotton Jenny" – Anne Murray
• "Cry" – Lynn Anderson
• "Delta Dawn" – Tanya Tucker
• "Do You Remember These" – Statler Brothers
• "Fool Me" – Lynn Anderson
• "Good Hearted Woman" – Waylon Jennings
• "Heaven is My Woman’s Love" – Tommy Overstreet
• "Here I Am Again" – Loretta Lynn
• "I Can’t See Me Without You" – Conway Twitty
• "I’m a Truck" – Red Simpson
• "I’m Gonna Knock at Your Door" – Billy "Crash" Craddock
• "I’ve Found Someone of My Own" – Cal Smith
• "I’ve Got to Have You" – Sammi Smith
• "If It Ain’t Love Let’s Leave it Alone" – Connie Smith
• "If You Touch Me (You’ve Got to Feel Me)" – Joe Stampley
• "Just for What I Am" – Connie Smith
• "The Lawrence Welk-Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka" – Roy Clark
• "Listen to a Country Song" – Lynn Anderson
• "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" – Bob Luman
• "Lonesomest Lonesome" – Ray Price
• "Lovin’ You Could Never Be Better" – George Jones
• "Manhattan, Kansas" – Glen Campbell
• "Me and Jesus" – Tom T. Hall (featuring the Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church Choir)
• "Missing You" – Jim Reeves
• "Oney" – Johnny Cash
• "Only Love (Can Break a Heart)" – Sonny James
• "A Picture of Me (Without You)" – George Jones
• "Pretend I Never Happened" – Waylon Jennings
• "Reach Out Your Hand" – Tammy Wynette
• "Red Red Wine" – Roy Drusky
• "Sweet Dream Woman" – Waylon Jennings
• "There’s a Party Going On" – Jody Miller
• "A Thing Called Love" – Johnny Cash
• "This Little Girl of Mine" – Faron Young
• "To Get to You" – Jerry Wallace
• "Tonight My Baby's Comin' Home" – Barbara Mandrell
• "Touch Your Woman" – Dolly Parton
• "We Can Make It" – Johnny Cash
• "When You Say Love" – Bob Luman
• "Whiskey River" – Johnny Bush
• "White Silver Sands" – Sonny James

Alben (Auswahl)

• The Eagles – The Eagles (Asylum)
• Garden Party – Rick Nelson (MCA)
• The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA – Donna Fargo (Dot)
• The Right Combination – Burning the Midnight Oil – Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton (RCA)
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken? – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (United Artists)

Geboren

• 16. August, Emily Robison, (Dixie Chicks)
• 28. Oktober – Brad Paisley

Gestorben

• 23. Juni – Elton Britt, 59, Country-Star der 1940er Jahre

Neue "Country Music Hall of Fame"-Mitglieder

• Jimmie Davis (1899–2000)

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Donna Fargo – Happiest Girl In The Whole USA
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Charley Pride – Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Statler Brothers – Class Of '57
• Best Country Instrumental Performance – Charlie McCoy – Charlie McCoy/The Real McCoy
• Best Country Song – Ben Peters – Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year – Roy Clark
• Song Of The Year – "The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A." – Donna Fargo – Yvonne Silver
• Single Of The Year – "Happiest Girl" – Donna Fargo
• Album Of The Year – Happiest Girl – Donna Fargo
• Top Male Vocalist – Merle Haggard
• Top Female Vocalist – Donna Fargo
• Top Vocal Group – Statler Brothers
• Top New Male Vocalist – Johnny Rodriguez
• Top New Female Vocalist – Tanya Tucker

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year – Loretta Lynn
• Male Vocalist of the Year – Charley Pride
• Female Vocalist of the Year – Loretta Lynn
• Instrumental Group of the Year –- Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass
• Vocal Group of the Year – Statler Brothers
• Vocal Duo of the Year – Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
• Single of the Year – "The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.", Donna Fargo
• Song of the Year – "Easy Lovin'", Freddie Hart
• Album of the Year – Let Me Tell You About a Song, Merle Haggard
• Instrumentalist of the Year – Charlie McCoy

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