1973 жылғы ел музыкасының ерекше оқиғалары

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1973.

July — The Dean Martin Show becomes known as Dean Martin Presents Music Country for the longtime variety show's summer broadcasts. Country music becomes a staple of Martin's show for the 1973–1974 season — its last on the air, as it turns out. July 4 — Willie Nelson hosts his first Fourth of July picnic. July 14 — Billboard increases the number of positions for its Hot Country Singles chart to 100 (up from 75), which it would keep until January 1990. The expansion comes at a time when the number of No. 1 songs in a given year continues to increase; for the first time in history, there are at least 35 No. 1 songs in one year. September — Jimmy Dean's third country music TV series, The Jimmy Dean Show, premieres in syndication for what will be a two season run. October 6 — Country music's most successful syndicated radio countdown program to date, "American Country Countdown," makes its debut. The three hour program is created by Casey Kasem and Don Bustany, and is modeled after American Top 40 (which Kasem also hosted). Comedian Don Bowman) is the original host, but by 1978, he would be replaced by Bob Kingsley. October — The new Radio & Records magazine includes a 50 position country singles chart. November 10 — One of Nashville's most notorious murders makes national headlines when David Akeman (aka Stringbean) and his wife, Estelle, are killed when they interrupt a burglary after returning home. Their bodies are found the next day. Their assailants—brothers John and Marvin Douglas—are later captured, convicted and sentenced to prison. Stringbean, who was 58, was best known to his audiences for his role on the syndicated series "Hee Haw."

USCANSingleArtist2219Afraid I'll Want to Love Her One More TimeBilly "Crash" Craddock2310After YouHank Williams, Jr.147Ain't It Amazing GracieBuck Owens1363All in the Name of LoveNarvel Felts164Always on My MindElvis Presley129Am I That Easy to ForgetJim Reeves22Baby's GoneConway Twitty225Blue Train (Of the Heartbreak Line)George Hamilton IV74Bring It on Home (To Your Woman)Joe Stampley1511Broad Minded ManJim Ed Brown64Can I Sleep in Your ArmsJeannie Seely269Carry Me BackThe Statler Brothers123Catfish JohnJohnny Russell1820Cheating GameSusan Raye3015ChildrenJohnny Cash12—Come Early MorningDon Williams29Country SunshineDottie West3318Daisy a DayJud Strunk53Darling, You Can Always Come Back HomeJody Miller24Do You Know What It's Like to Be LonesomeJerry Wallace312Don't Give Up on MeJerry Wallace848Drift AwayNarvel Felts2012Drinking Wine Spo Dee O DeeJerry Lee Lewis59Dueling BanjosEric Weissberg and Steve Mandell312The Emptiest Arms in the WorldMerle Haggard99Good NewsJody Miller23Good ThingsDavid Houston1436Got Leaving on Her MindNat Stuckey1214HankHank Williams, Jr.1420Hello We're LonelyPatti Page and Tom T. Hall1713Honky Tonk WineWayne Kemp1211I Can't Believe That It's All OverSkeeter Davis1014I Hate YouRonnie Milsap43I Love You More and More EverydaySonny James113I Need Somebody BadJack Greene16—I Recall a Gypsy WomanTommy Cash2214I Used It All on YouNat Stuckey2416I Wish (You Had Stayed)Brian Collins710I'll Never Break These ChainsTommy Overstreet88I'm Your WomanJeanne Pruett1511If She Just Helps Me Get Over YouSonny James35If Teardrops Were PenniesPorter Wagoner and Dolly Parton22If You Can Live with It (I Can Live Without It)Bill Anderson35If You Can't Feel It (It Ain't There)Freddie Hart269If You're Goin' GirlDon Gibson2216It'll Be HerDavid Rogers2022It's a Man's World (If You Have a Man Like Mine)Diana Trask1718Just Thank MeDavid Rogers99Just What I Had in MindFaron Young1910Keep on Truckin'Dave Dudley34Last Love SongHank Williams, Jr.711Let Me Be ThereOlivia Newton John1712LilaDoyle Holly22Little Girl GoneDonna Fargo86Love Is the Look You're Looking forConnie Smith93Love MeMarty Robbins1718Love Sure Feels Good in My HeartSusan Raye58Lovin' on Back StreetsMel Street75The Midnight OilBarbara Mandrell2010Monday Morning SecretaryThe Statler Brothers23Mr. LovemakerJohnny Paycheck1510My Tennessee Mountain HomeDolly Parton717Neither One of UsBob Luman33Neon RoseMel Tillis193No More Hanging OnJerry Lee Lewis78Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)George Jones3317One Last TimeGlen Campbell148Open Up Your HeartRoger Miller97Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)Johnny Rodriguez137The Perfect StrangerFreddy Weller114Ride Me Down EasyBobby Bare1712SatisfactionJack Greene25SawmillMel Tillis158Say WhenDiana Trask505Second Cup of CoffeeGeorge Hamilton IV710Send Me No RosesTommy Overstreet156She Fights That Lovin' FeelingFaron Young113She Loves Me (Right Out of My Mind)Freddy Weller36She's All WomanDavid Houston2043She's My RockStoney Edwards14—The Shelter of Your EyesDon Williams33Sing About LoveLynn Anderson1413Slippin' and Slidin'Billy "Crash" Craddock43Slippin' AwayJean Shepard2815So Many WaysEddy Arnold1020Something About You I LoveJohnny Paycheck66Sometimes a Memory Ain't EnoughJerry Lee Lewis2116Sound of GoodbyeJerry Wallace66Southern LovingJim Ed Brown3120Steamroller Blues/FoolElvis Presley68Sunday SunriseBrenda Lee68Sweet Country WomanJohnny Duncan1014Take Time to Love HerNat Stuckey1842Talkin' with My LadyJohnny Duncan2112Thank You for Being YouMel Tillis818'Till the Water Stops Runnin'Billy "Crash" Craddock1223Too Far GoneJoe Stampley87Too Much Monkey BusinessFreddy Weller65Touch the MorningDon Gibson2012Travelin' ManDolly Parton116Walk Softly on the BridgesMel Street65Walking Piece of HeavenMarty Robbins1620Watergate BluesTom T. Hall2817We Had It AllWaylon Jennings6—What My Woman Can't DoGeorge Jones3217When a Man Loves a Woman (The Way That I Love You)Tony Booth2030Wherefore and WhyGlen Campbell1338Whole World's Making Love Again TonightBobby G. Rice1311You Ain't Gonna Have Ol' Buck to Kick Around No MoreBuck Owens88You Ask Me ToWaylon Jennings72You Can Have HerWaylon Jennings88You Give Me YouBobby G. Rice3013You Know WhoBobby Bare37You Lay So Easy on My MindBobby G. Rice611You Really Haven't ChangedJohnny Carver188You Took All the Ramblin' Out of MeJerry Reed3619Your Side of the BedMac Davis

USCANSingleArtist—20All Them Irons in the FireCarroll Baker—12Blind Jonathon/Make It Over the HillDianne Leigh—18But Tomorrow There's Another DayHank Smith—5Carpenter of WoodCliff Edwards—18Champlain and St. Lawrence LineOrval Prophet—8The Farmer's SongMurray McLauchlan—16The Feeling's Too StrongFamily Brown—13Flying EastSharon Lowness—19Going Home to the CountryDick Damron—19Highway DrivingAlabama—4It's So Easy to Please MeMercey Brothers—12It's Worth Believin'Gordon Lightfoot—15Judgment Day ExpressOrval Prophet—19Meant to Be with MeMercey Brothers7120North to ChicagoHank Snow—15Old Ira GrayDallas Harms—14Pictou County JailJim and Don Haggart—20The PrisonerShannon Two Feathers7910Send a Little Love My WayAnne Murray—18Too Many MemoriesJoe Firth202What About MeAnne Murray465What Got to You (Before It Got to Me)Ray Griff—16The World I Know Is NowCarroll Baker

March 6 — Trent Willmon, rising country music star of the early to mid 2000s (decade). May 24 — Jill Johnson, Swedish female country singer. June 6 — Lisa Brokop, Canadian country star of the 1990s and early 2000s (decade). June 26 — Gretchen Wilson, singer songwriter and key member of the MuzikMafia of the 2000s (decade). July 29 — James Otto, rising male vocalist of the 2000s (decade). August 8 — Mark Wills, country star of the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s (decade) ("19 Somethin'", "Wish You Were Here"). August 13 — Andy Griggs, country music star of late 1990s and early 2000s (decade). November 19 — Billy Currington, rising star of the mid 2000s (decade).

March 26 – Don Messer, 63, Canadian fiddler and folk music icon whose career spanned 40 years (heart attack). September 19 — Gram Parsons, 26, influential country rock and alt country singer songwriter guitarist who was a member of such bands as The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers, and also recorded a critically acclaimed body of solo recordings (drug overdose). November 10 — Stringbean, 58, banjo player and comedian on the TV series Hee Haw (homicide).