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Overview of the events of 1968 in country music From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1968.
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(as certified by Billboard)
Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | CAN peak | Spec. Note |
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January 20 | Sing Me Back Home | Merle Haggard | 2 | 7 | |
February 3 | Skip a Rope | Henson Cargill | 5 | [C] | |
March 9 | Take Me to Your World | Tammy Wynette | 1 | ||
March 16 | A World of Our Own | Sonny James | 3 | ||
April 6 | How Long Will My Baby Be Gone | Buck Owens | 1 | 16 | |
April 13 | You Are My Treasure | Jack Greene | 1 | ||
April 20 | Fist City | Loretta Lynn | 1 | ||
April 27 | The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde | Merle Haggard | 2 | 3 | |
May 11 | Have a Little Faith | David Houston | 1 | ||
May 18 | I Wanna Live | Glen Campbell | 3 | [2], [A]
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May 25 | Honey | Bobby Goldsboro | 3 | [C]
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June 29 | D-I-V-O-R-C-E | Tammy Wynette | 3 | ||
July 20 | Folsom Prison Blues | Johnny Cash | 4 | [1]
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August 17 | Heaven Says Hello | Sonny James | 1 | 26 | |
August 24 | Already It's Heaven | David Houston | 1 | ||
August 31 | Mama Tried | Merle Haggard | 4 | ||
September 28 | Harper Valley PTA | Jeannie C. Riley | 3 | [C]
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October 19 | Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye | Eddy Arnold | 2 | [B]
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November 2 | Next in Line | Conway Twitty | 1 | 2 | [A]
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November 9 | I Walk Alone | Marty Robbins | 2 | 3 | |
November 23 | Stand by Your Man | Tammy Wynette | 3 |
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December 14 | Born to Be with You | Sonny James | 1 | 9 | |
December 21 | Wichita Lineman | Glen Campbell | 2 |
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(as certified by RPM)
Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | U.S. peak | Spec. Note |
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January 13 | Tell Me Not to Go | Myrna Lorrie | 2 | — | |
January 27 | By the Time I Get to Phoenix | Glen Campbell | 3 | 2 | [A] |
February 17 | Here Comes Heaven | Eddy Arnold | 1 | 2 | [A] |
February 24 | I Heard from a Heart Break Last Night | Jim Reeves | 1 | 9 | |
March 2 | Skip a Rope | Henson Cargill | 2 | [C] | |
March 16 | Take Me to Your World | Tammy Wynette | 1 | [A] | |
March 23 | Rosanna's Going Wild | Johnny Cash | 3 | 2 | [A] |
April 13 | A World of Our Own | Sonny James | 1 | [A] | |
April 20 | Turn Down the Music | Myrna Lorrie | 2 | — | [B] |
May 4 | You Are My Treasure | Jack Greene | 1 | [C] | |
May 11 | Fist City | Loretta Lynn | 1 | [A] | |
May 18 | Have a Little Faith | David Houston | 1 | ||
May 25 | Wild Week-End | Bill Anderson | 1 | 2 | [A] |
June 1 | Honey | Bobby Goldsboro | 2 | [A] | |
June 15 | I Wanna Live | Glen Campbell | 2 | ||
June 29 | D-I-V-O-R-C-E | Tammy Wynette | 3 | ||
July 20 | Folsom Prison Blues | Johnny Cash | 2 |
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August 19 | What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) |
Jerry Lee Lewis | 1 | 2 | [A] |
August 26 | Already It's Heaven | David Houston | 1 | ||
September 2 | Dreams of the Everyday Housewife | Glen Campbell | 2 | 3 | |
September 16 | Harper Valley PTA | Jeannie C. Riley | 2 | [A] | |
September 30 | Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line | Waylon Jennings | 1 | 2 | [A] |
October 7 | Applesauce | Lynn Jones | 2 | — | [B] |
October 21 | Big Girls Don't Cry | Lynn Anderson | 1 | 12 | [A] |
October 28 | I Just Came to Get My Baby | Faron Young | 1 | 8 | [A] |
November 4 | Happy State of Mind | Bill Anderson | 1 | 2 | |
November 11 | Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye | Eddy Arnold | 1 | [B] | |
November 18 | When You Are Gone | Jim Reeves | 1 | 7 | |
November 25 | Mama Tried | Merle Haggard | 1 | [A] | |
December 2 | Where Love Used to Live | David Houston | 1 | 2 | |
December 9 | Stand by Your Man | Tammy Wynette | 1 | ||
December 16 | Little Arrows | Leapy Lee | 1 | 11 | [C] |
December 23 | I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am | Merle Haggard | 3 | 3 | [2]
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US | CAN | Single | Artist |
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20 | 24 | Age of Worry | Billy Walker |
19 | 6 | Ain't Got Time to Be Unhappy | Bob Luman |
16 | 13 | Angry Words | Stonewall Jackson |
4 | — | Another Place, Another Time | Jerry Lee Lewis |
12 | 20 | Anything Leaving Town Today | Dave Dudley |
3 | 6 | As Long as I Live | George Jones |
15 | 2 | Autumn of My Life | Bobby Goldsboro |
7 | 7 | Baby's Back Again | Connie Smith |
14 | 7 | Ballad of Two Brothers | Autry Inman |
16 | — | Be Proud of Your Man | Porter Wagoner |
11 | — | Blue Lonely Winter | Jimmy C. Newman |
21 | 8 | Born a Fool | Freddie Hart |
20 | 35 | Born to Love You | Jimmy C. Newman |
23 | 11 | The Cajun Stripper | Jim Ed Brown |
50 | 3 | The Canadian Railroad Trilogy/It's My Time | George Hamilton IV |
41 | 17 | Christopher Robin | The Stonemans |
16 | 6 | Count Your Blessings, Woman | Jan Howard |
15 | 5 | Country Girl | Dottie West |
8 | — | The Country Hall of Fame | Hank Locklin |
20 | — | Cry, Cry, Cry | Connie Smith |
4 | 5 | The Day the World Stood Still | Charley Pride |
45 | 15 | Down in the Flood | Flatt & Scruggs |
2 | 2 | The Easy Part's Over | Charley Pride |
13 | 11 | The Enemy | Jim Ed Brown |
15 | 5 | Find Out What's Happening | Bobby Bare |
8 | — | Flower of Love | Leon Ashley |
18 | 15 | Foggy River | Carl Smith |
72 | 18 | For Loving You | Skeeter Davis & Don Bowman |
10 | 10 | From Heaven to Heartache | Bobby Lewis |
30 | 20 | Gentle on My Mind | Glen Campbell |
52 | 17 | Gypsy King | Kitty Wells |
22 | 10 | Happy Street | Slim Whitman |
24 | 18 | Harper Valley P.T.A. (Later That Same Day) | Ben Colder |
18 | — | Heaven Help the Working Girl | Norman Jean |
4 | — | Here Comes the Rain, Baby | Eddy Arnold |
15 | 21 | Hey Daddy | Charlie Louvin |
13 | 2 | Hey Little One | Glen Campbell |
7 | 17 | Holding on to Nothin' | Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton |
10 | 30 | I Believe in Love | Bonnie Guitar |
4 | 2 | I Got You | Waylon Jennings and Anita Carter |
14 | 6 | I Keep Coming Back for More | Dave Dudley |
26 | 13 | I Promised You the World | Ferlin Husky |
27 | 8 | I Still Believe in Love | Jan Howard |
11 | — | I'd Give the World (To Be Back Loving You) | Warner Mack |
10 | — | I'll Love You More (Than You Need) | Jeannie Seely |
38 | 11 | I'm Coming Back Home to Stay | The Buckaroos |
7 | 10 | I'm Gonna Move On | Warner Mack |
11 | 35 | I've Been There Before | Ray Price |
5 | 6 | I've Got You on My Mind Again | Buck Owens |
5 | 2 | The Image of Me | Conway Twitty |
16 | 14 | In Love | Wynn Stewart |
12 | 20 | It's a Long, Long Way to Georgia | Don Gibson |
11 | — | It's All Over | David Houston and Tammy Wynette |
3 | 3 | It's All Over but the Crying | Hank Williams, Jr. |
4 | 15 | It's Over | Eddy Arnold |
24 | 9 | Jody and the Kid | Roy Drusky |
17 | 8 | Just Because I'm a Woman | Dolly Parton |
4 | — | Just for You | Ferlin Husky |
17 | — | Last Goodbye | Dick Miles |
7 | 4 | The Last Thing on My Mind | Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton |
4 | 3 | Let the Chips Fall | Charley Pride |
7 | 36 | Let the World Keep on A-Turnin' | Buck Owens and Buddy Alan |
14 | 7 | Little Bit Later on Down the Line | Bobby Bare |
6 | 33 | Little Green Apples | Roger Miller |
22 | 8 | Little Things | Willie Nelson |
18 | 2 | Little World Girl | George Hamilton IV |
5 | 4 | Looking at the World Through a Windshield | Del Reeves |
10 | 11 | Love Is in the Air | Marty Robbins |
14 | 8 | Love Me Love Me | Bobby Barnett |
4 | 4 | Love Takes Care of Me | Jack Greene |
7 | — | Love's Gonna Happen to Me | Wynn Stewart |
24 | 7 | Luzianna | Webb Pierce |
14 | 4 | Mental Journey | Leon Ashley |
12 | — | Milwaukee, Here I Come | George Jones and Brenda Carter |
21 | 16 | Mother, May I | Lynn Anderson and Liz Anderson |
17 | — | My Can Do Can't Keep Up with My Want To | Nat Stuckey |
11 | — | My Goal for Today | Kenny Price |
8 | 19 | No Another Time | Lynn Anderson |
7 | 12 | On Tap in the Can or in the Bottle | Hank Thompson |
9 | 8 | Plastic Saddle | Nat Stuckey |
4 | — | Promises, Promises | Lynn Anderson |
45 | 18 | Raggedy Ann | Charlie Rich |
17 | 6 | Rainbows Are Back in Style | Slim Whitman |
8 | 14 | Ramona | Billy Walker |
14 | 16 | Remembering | Jerry Reed |
19 | 6 | Reno | Dottie West |
10 | — | Repeat After Me | Jack Reno |
11 | 3 | Row Row Row | Henson Cargill |
10 | 18 | Run Away Little Tears | Connie Smith |
8 | — | Say It's Not You | George Jones |
2 | 2 | She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me) | Jerry Lee Lewis |
6 | 7 | She Wears My Ring | Ray Price |
14 | 32 | She Went a Little Bit Further | Faron Young |
10 | 20 | Something Pretty | Wynn Stewart |
17 | — | Something Special | Mel Tillis |
— | 4 | Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp | O. C. Smith |
41 | 17 | The Sounds of Goodbye | Tommy Cash |
13 | — | Stop the Sun | Bonnie Guitar |
37 | 7 | The Straight Life | Bobby Goldsboro |
18 | — | Sundown Mary | Billy Walker |
2 | 4 | Sweet Rosie Jones | Buck Owens |
31 | 11 | Take Me Along with You | Van Trevor |
8 | 3 | Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) | Ray Price |
9 | 5 | That's When I See the Blues (In Your Pretty Brown Eyes) | Jim Reeves |
10 | 5 | There Ain't No Easy Run | Dave Dudley |
16 | 18 | There's a Fool Born Every Minute | Skeeter Davis |
21 | 14 | A Thing Called Love | Jimmy Dean |
24 | 13 | Togetherness | Freddie Hart |
16 | 21 | Town That Broke My Heart | Bobby Bare |
15 | 14 | Tupelo Mississippi Flash | Jerry Reed |
10 | — | Undo the Right | Johnny Bush |
5 | 5 | Walk on Out of My Mind | Waylon Jennings |
5 | — | We'll Get Ahead Someday | Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton |
18 | — | Weakness in a Man | Roy Drusky |
25 | 18 | White Fences and Evergreen Trees | Ferlin Husky |
18 | 5 | Wild Blood | Del Reeves |
20 | 22 | Will You Visit Me on Sundays? | Charlie Louvin |
3 | — | With Pen in Hand | Johnny Darrell |
14 | — | Wonderful World of Women | Faron Young |
2 | — | You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me) | Loretta Lynn |
3 | 17 | Your Squaw Is on the Warpath | Loretta Lynn |
US | CAN | Single | Artist |
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— | 8 | Blue Day | Bob King |
— | 3 | Calgary | Gary Buck |
— | 4 | Changing of the Seasons | Myrna Lorrie |
— | 12 | Chaser for the Blues | Bernie Early |
68 | 12 | Come on Home | Debbie Lori Kaye |
— | 19 | For Breaking Up My Heart | Wayne King |
— | 2 | Gonna Put Some Lovin' On You | Lynn Jones |
— | 2 | Half a World Away | Tommy Hunter |
20 | 5 | The Late and Great Love (Of My Heart) | Hank Snow |
— | 3 | Ride Ride Ride | Debbie Lori Kaye |
— | 19 | Such a Lovely Day | Jeanie Ward |
50 | 14 | The Sugar from My Candy | Ray Griff |
— | 16 | Thunderation | Odie Workman |
— | 13 | The Wife You Save May Be Your Own | Dianne Leigh |
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