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

• 17. Februar – Bryan White, Singer-Songwriter der 1990er Jahre.
• 14. Oktober – Natalie Maines, Lead-Sängerin der Dixie Chicks.

Gestorben

• 2. Januar – Tex Ritter, 68, Singender Cowboy
• 17. Juli – Don Rich, 32, Mitglied der Buckaroos (Begleitband von Buck Owens).

Neue Mitglieder der Country Music Hall of Fame

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

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Anne Murray – Love Song
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Ronnie Milsap – Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Pointer Sisters – Fairytale
• Best Country Instrumental Performance – Chet Atkins & Merle Travis – The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show
• Best Country Song – Billy Sherrill & Norris Wilson – A Very Special Love Song

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year – Mac Davis
• Song Of The Year – "Country Bumpkin" – Cal Smith – Don Wayne
• Single Of The Year – "Country Bumpkin" – Cal Smith
• Album Of The Year – Back Home Again – John Denver
• Top Male Vocalist – Merle Haggard
• Top Female Vocalist – Loretta Lynn
• Top Vocal Duo – Conway Twitty und Loretta Lynn
• Top New Male Vocalist – Mickey Gilley
• Top New Female Vocalist – Linda Ronstadt

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year – Charlie Rich
• Male Vocalist of the Year – Ronnie Milsap
• Female Vocalist of the Year – Olivia Newton-John
• 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 – "Country Bumpkin", Cal Smith
• Song of the Year – "Country Bumpkin", Don Wayne
• Album of the Year – A Very Special Love Song, Charlie Rich
• Instrumentalist of the Year – Don Rich