Country-Musik 1973

Events

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

• 20. Januar – "Soul Song" – Joe Stampley
• 27. Januar – "(Old Dogs, Children and) Watermelon Wine" – Tom T. Hall
• 3. Februar – "She Needs Someone to Hold Her When She Cries" – Conway Twitty
• 17. Februar – "I Wonder if They Ever Think of Me" – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• 24. Februar – "Rated ‚X‘" – Loretta Lynn
• 3. März – "The Lord Knows I’m Drinkin’" – Cal Smith
• 10. März – "’Til I Get it Right" – Tammy Wynette
• 17. März – "The Teddy Bear Song" – Barbara Fairchild
• 31. März – "Keep Me in Mind" – Lynn Anderson
• 7. April – "Super Kind of Woman" – Freddie Hart
• 14. April – "A Shoulder to Cry On" – Charley Pride
• 21. April – "Superman" – Donna Fargo
• 28. April – "Behind Closed Doors" – Charlie Rich
• 12. Mai – "Come Live With Me" – Roy Clark
• 19. Mai – "What’s Your Mama’s Name" – Tanya Tucker
• 26. Mai – "Satin Sheets" – Jeanne Pruett
• 9. Juni – "You Always Come Back to Hurtin’ Me" – Johnny Rodriguez
• 16. Juni – "Kids Say the Darndest Things" – Tammy Wynette
• 23. Mai – "Satin Sheets" – Jeanne Pruett
• 30. Juni – "Don’t Fight the Feelings of Love" – Charley Pride
• 7. Juli – "Why Me" – Kris Kristofferson
• 14. Juli – "Love is the Foundation" – Loretta Lynn
• 28. Juli – "You Were Always There" – Donna Fargo
• 4. August – "Lord, Mr. Ford" – Jerry Reed
• 11. August – "Trip to Heaven" – Freddie Hart
• 18. August – "Louisiana Woman, Mississisippi Man" – Conway Twitty und Loretta Lynn
• 25. August – "Everybody’s Had the Blues" – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• 8. September – "You’ve Never Been This Far Before" – Conway Twitty
• 29. September – "Blood Red and Goin’ Down" – Tanya Tucker
• 6. Oktober – "You’re the Best Thing That’s Ever Happened to Me" – Ray Price
• 13. Oktober – "Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico" – Johnny Rodriguez
• 27. Oktober – "We’re Gonna Hold On" – George Jones und Tammy Wynette
• 10. November – "Paper Roses" – Marie Osmond
• 24. November – "The Most Beautiful Girl" – Charlie Rich
• 15. Dezember – "Amazing Love" – Charley Pride
• 22. Dezember – "If We Make it Through December" – Merle Haggard and the Strangers

Weitere Hits

• "Amanda" – Don Williams
• "Any Old Wind That Blows" – Johnny Cash
• "Baby's Gone" – Conway Twitty
• "Bring it On Home to Your Woman" – Joe Stampley
• "Can I Sleep in Your Arms" – Jeannie Seely
• "Come Early Morning" – Don Williams
• "The Corner of My Life" – Bill Anderson
• "Country Sunshine" – Dottie West
• "Danny’s Song" – Anne Murray
• "Don’t Give Up On Me" – Jerry Wallace
• "Dreaming My Dreams With You" – Waylon Jennings
• "Drift Away" – Narvel Felts
• "The Emptiest Arms in the World" – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• "Good Times" – David Houston
• "I Hate You" – Ronnie Milsap
• "I Love You More and More Every Day" – Sonny James
• "I’m Your Woman" – Jeanne Pruett
• "If Teardrops Were Pennies" – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
• "If You Can Live With It (I Can Live Without It)" – Bill Anderson
• "If You Can’t Feel It (It Ain’t There)" – Freddie Hart
• "Jamestown Ferry" – Tanya Tucker
• "Just What I Had in Mind" – Faron Young
• "Kid Stuff" – Barbara Fairchild
• "The Last Love Song" – Hank Williams Jr.
• "Let Me Be There" – Olivia Newton-John
• "Little Girl Gone" – Donna Fargo
• "Love Me" – Marty Robbins
• "Love’s the Answer" – Tanya Tucker
• "Lovin' on Back Streets" – Mel Street
• "The Midnight Oil" – Barbara Mandrell
• "Mr. Lovemaker" – Johnny PayCheck
• "My Tennessee Mountain Home" – Dolly Parton
• "Neon Rosie" – Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
• "Nobody Wins" – Brenda Lee
• "Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad As Losing You)" – George Jones
• "Pass Me By" – Johnny Rodriguez
• "Ravishing Ruby" – Tom T. Hall
• "Red Necks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer" – Johnny Russell
• "Rocky Mountain High" – John Denver
• "Sawmill" – Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
• "Send Me No Roses" – Tommy Overstreet
• "The Shelter of Your Eyes" – Don Williams
• "Sing About Love" – Lynn Anderson
• "Slippin' and Slidin'" – Billy "Crash" Craddock
• "Slippin’ Away" – Jean Shepard
• "Southern Loving" – Jim Ed Brown
• "Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)" – Willie Nelson
• "Sunday Sunrise" – Brenda Lee
• "Sweet Country Woman" – Johnny Duncan
• "’Til the Water Stops Runnin’" – Billy "Crash" Craddock
• "Top of the World" – Lynn Anderson
• "Touch the Morning" – Don Gibson
• "Uneasy Rider" – Charlie Daniels Band
• "Walking Piece of Heaven" – Marty Robbins
• "What My Woman Can't Do" – George Jones
• "Yellow Ribbon" – Johnny Carver
• "You Ask Me To" – Waylon Jennings
• "You Can Have Her" – Waylon Jennings
• "You Lay So Easy on My Mind" – Bobby G. Rice

Alben (Auswahl)

• Honky Tonk Heroes – Waylon Jennings (RCA)
• The Midnight Oil – Barbara Mandrell (Columbia)
• Shotgun Willie – Willie Nelson (Atlantic)

Geboren

• 26. Juni – Gretchen Wilson

Gestorben

• 10. November – Stringbean, 58, Banjo-Spieler und Komiker in der TV Serie Hee Haw

Neue Mitglieder der Country Music Hall of Fame

• Chet Atkins (1924–2001)
• Patsy Cline (1932–1963)

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Olivia Newton-John – Let Me Be There
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Charlie Rich – Behind Closed Doors
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge – From The Bottle To The Bottom
• Best Country Instrumental Performance – Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell – Dueling Banjos
• Best Country Song – Kenny O'Dell – Behind Closed Doors

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year – Roy Clark
• Song Of The Year – "Behind Closed Doors" – Charlie Rich – Kenny O'Dell
• 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
• Male Vocalist of the Year – Charlie Rich
• 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 – "Behind Closed Doors", Charlie Rich
• Song of the Year – "Behind Closed Doors", Kenny O'Dell
• Album of the Year – Behind Closed Doors, Charlie Rich
• Instrumentalist of the Year – Charlie McCoy