See also: 1965 in country music, 1966 in music, other events of 1966, 1967 in country music, 1960s in music and the List of years in Country Music See also: 1964 in country music, 1965 in music, other events of 1965, 1966 in country music, 1960s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Events Top Hits of the Year No. ... See also: 1965 in music, other events of 1966, 1967 in music, 1960s in music and the list of years in music Hot 100 No. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... See also: 1966 in country music, 1967 in music, other events of 1967, 1968 in country music, 1960s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Events Top Hits of the Year No. ... This page indexes the individual year in country music pages. ...

Events

• March 15 – Roger Miller wins six Grammy Awards, five of them related to his hit "King of the Road." The Statler Brothers take two awards for "Flowers on the Wall."
• April - One of the last broadcasts of The Jimmy Dean Show features the first-ever Academy of Country Music awards. Big winners include Male Vocalist of the Year Buck Owens, Female Vocalist Bonnie Owens, and New Male Vocalist Merle Haggard; Haggard also shared the Vocal Duet/Group award with Bonnie Owens. Taped for later broadcast that year, the ACM Awards would in time become among the most anticipated events of the year by country fans.
• October 15 — Billboard magazine increases the length of its Hot Country Singles chart to 75 positions, up from 50.
• October 22 - At age 48, Eddy Arnold becomes the youngest (to that time) living inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

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Top hits of the year

Number one hits

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• January 8 - "Giddyup Go" - Red Sovine
• February 19 - "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line/ In The Palm Of Your Hand" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
• April 9 - "I Want to Go With You" - Eddy Arnold
• May 21 - "Distant Drums" - Jim Reeves
• June 18 - "Take Good Care of Her" - Sonny James
• July 2 - "Think of Me" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
• August 13 - "Almost Persuaded" - David Houston
• October 15 - "Blue Side of Lonesome" - Jim Reeves
• October 22 - "Open Up Your Heart" - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
• November 19 - "I Get the Fever" - Bill Anderson
• November 26 - "Somebody Like Me" - Eddy Arnold
• December 24 - "There Goes My Everything" - Jack Greene

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Other major hits

• "Baby" - Wilma Burgess
• "Ballad of the Green Berets" - Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler
• "The Bottle Let Me Down" - Merle Haggard
• "Crystal Chandelier" — Charley Pride
• "Don't Touch Me" - Jeannie Seely
• "Evil on Your Mind" - Jan Howard
• "Flowers on the Wall" - Statler Brothers
• "Four-O-Thirty-Three" - George Jones
• "Guess My Eyes Where Bigger Than My Heart" - Conway Twitty
• "History Repeats Itself" - Buddy Starcher
• "The Hurtin's All Over" - Connie Smith
• "I Love You Drops" - Bill Anderson
• "I'm a People" - George Jones
• "The Last Word in Lonesome is Me" - Eddy Arnold
• "Livin' in a House Full of Love" - David Houston
• "The One on the Right is on the Left" - Johnny Cash
• "Misty Blue" - Wilma Burgess
• "Room in Your Heart" - Sonny James
• "The Snakes Crawl at Night" - Charley Pride
• "Snowflake" - Jim Reeves
• "The Streets of Baltimore" - Bobby Bare
• "Sweet Thang" - Nat Stuckey
• "Swinging Doors" - Merle Haggard
• "Take Me" - George Jones
• "Talkin'To The Wall" - Warner Mack
• "That's What You Get For Loving Me" - Waylon Jennings
• "Tippy Toeing" - The Harden Trio
• "Look Into My Teardrops" - Conway Twitty
• "Unmitigated Gall" - Faron Young
• "What We're Fighting For" - Dave Dudley
• "Would You Hold It Against Me" - Dottie West
• "You Ain't Woman Enough" - Loretta Lynn

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Top new album releases

• The Best of Bobby Bare - Bobby Bare (RCA)
• Born to Sing - Connie Smith (RCA)
• Confessions of a Broken Man – Porter Wagoner (RCA)
• Distant Drums - Jim Reeves (RCA)
• Don't Touch Me - Wilma Burgess (Decca)
• Evil on Your Mind - Jan Howard (Decca)
• Folk Country - Waylon Jennings (RCA)
• I Want to Go With You - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
• Jimmy Dean's Greatest Hits - Jimmy Dean (Columbia)
• The Seely Style - Jeannie Seely (Monument)
• Somebody Like Me - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
• The Streets of Baltimore - Bobby Bare (RCA)
• Suffer Time - Dottie West (RCA)
• Conway Twitty Sings - Conway Twitty (Decca)
• Look Into My Teardrops - Conway Twitty (Decca)

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Births

• July 29 - Martina McBride, crossover-styled female vocalist who rose to fame in the 1990s.
• August 19 - Lee Ann Womack, new traditionalist-styled singer of the 1990s and 2000s most famous for her crossover hit "I Hope You Dance."

July 29 is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Martina McBride (born Martina Mariea Schiff, July 29, 1966 in Sharon, Kansas) is an American Grammy nominated country music singer. ... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Lee Ann Womack (born August 19, 1966, in Jacksonville, Texas) is a country music artist who may best be known for her 2000 crossover hit, I Hope You Dance. // Her 1997 self-titled debut album brought her onto the country music scene as a herald of a more neotraditional country... I Hope You Dance is a 2000 album from Lee Ann Womack. ...

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

• Eddy Arnold (born 1918)
• James R. Denny (1911-1963)
• George D. Hay (1895-1968)
• Uncle Dave Macon (1870-1952)

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Major Awards

Grammy awards

Presented March 15, recognizing achievements during the year 1965.

• Best Country & Western Vocal Performance, Female -- "Queen of the House," Jody Miller.
• Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male -- "King of the Road," Roger Miller.
• Best Country & Western Single -- "King of the Road," Roger Miller.
• Best Country Song -- "King of the Road," Roger Miller
• Best Country & Western Album -- The Return of Roger Miller, Roger Miller.
• Best New Country & Western Artist -- Statler Brothers

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Academy of Country Music

• Top Male Vocalist -- Merle Haggard
• Top Female Vocalist -- Bonnie Guitar
• Top New Male Vocalist -- Billy Mize
• Top New Female Vocalist -- Cathie Taylor

Merle Ronald Haggard (born April 6, 1937) is an American country music singer, guitarist and songwriter. ... Bonnie Guitar (born Bonnie Buckingham March 25, 1923 in Seattle, Washington) is an American Country-Pop Singer. ...

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.