Кантри-музыка 1976 года: события и хиты

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1976.

January 3 — Austin City Limits debuts as a regular series on PBS. For many years, the show is taped at the University of Texas at Austin. Although not exclusively country — styles would range from western swing, Texas blues, Tejano music, progressive country, rock n' roll, jazz, alternative country, alternative rock, folk music and jam band — the show is widely hailed as a showcase of music of diverse styles and would be heavily influential in many country music artists' styles.

The CB radio craze was sweeping country music, as no less than three No. 1 songs are about citizens band radios. C. W. McCall's "Convoy" — about a band of truck drivers who fight back against redneck police officers — spends four of its six weeks at No. 1 in January, and goes on to be Billboard's No. 1 country song of 1976. Other top songs where CB radios were central to the plot were:
"The White Knight" by Cledus Maggard & The Citizen's Band, about a lead footed truck driver who is led into a speed trap by a corrupt state trooper. "Teddy Bear" by Red Sovine, a sentimental recitation about a fatherless, physically handicapped boy who keeps in touch with truck drivers. He states his lone wish is to ride around with his father, but since that can't happen, other truck drivers make good on the wish by showing up at the young lad's home and giving him rides. Production began on Dolly Parton's syndicated variety show Dolly! Though Parton was said to have been less than pleased with the end result, and the show only lasted for one season, it expanded her audience at a time when she was in the midst of refocusing her career from that of a specifically country performer to an entertainer with broader pop and mainstream appeal.

USCANSingleArtist339,999,999 TearsDickey Lee8—After the StormWynn Stewart916Afternoon DelightJohnny Carver205All the King's HorsesLynn Anderson910Amazing Grace (Used to Be Her Favorite Song)Amazing Rhythm Aces2419Another MorningJim Ed Brown36Baby BoyMary Kay Place1634The BattleGeorge Jones20—Because You Believed In MeGene Watson55Broken LadyLarry Gatlin227A Butterfly for BuckyBobby Goldsboro1713Can You Hear Those PioneersRex Allen, Jr.15—Cheatin' IsBarbara Fairchild810Come on InSonny James53Come on OverOlivia Newton John136CowboyEddy Arnold42Don't Pull Your LoveGlen Campbell1412Don't Stop Believin'Olivia Newton John1918Don't Stop in My World (If You Don't Mean to Stay)Billy Walker1718Drop Kick Me JesusBobby Bare1220The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)Amazing Rhythm Aces1226Everything I OwnJoe Stampley2115Feel AgainFaron Young189Flash of FireHoyt Axton1228Fly AwayJohn Denver178Forever LoversMac Davis912Fox on the RunTom T. Hall1814The Good Night SpecialLittle David Wilkins2320Greener Than the Grass (We Laid On)Tanya Tucker23Hank Williams, You Wrote My LifeMoe Bandy33Her Name IsGeorge Jones1523Here Comes That Girl AgainTommy Overstreet1113Here I Am Drunk AgainMoe Bandy1911Hey, Lucky LadyDolly Parton2815Hey Shirley (This Is Squirrely)Shirley & Squirrely52Hillbilly HeartJohnny Rodriguez6—Home Made LoveThom Bresh16—Honey HungryMike Lunsford6—HurtElvis Presley938I. O. U. Jimmy Dean32I Couldn't Be Me Without YouJohnny Rodriguez13—I Don't Wanna Talk It Over AnymoreConnie Smith15—I Loved You All the WayDonna Fargo10—I Met a Friend of Yours TodayMel Street22I Wonder If I Ever Said GoodbyeJohnny Rodriguez117I'd Have to Be CrazyWillie Nelson127I'll Be Your San Antone RoseDottsy32I'm Gonna Love YouDave & Sugar1717I'm So Lonesome I Could CryTerry Bradshaw1625I'm Sorry CharlieJoni Lee2—If I Had It to Do All Over AgainRoy Clark1514In Some Room Above the StreetGary Stewart86Is Forever Longer Than AlwaysPorter Wagoner and Dolly Parton1120It's Morning (And I Still Love You)Jessi Colter45Just in CaseRonnie Milsap1939Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)Kenny Rogers35Lawdy Miss ClawdyMickey Gilley512Let It ShineOlivia Newton John614Let's Put It Back Together AgainJerry Lee Lewis348Like a Sad SongJohn Denver1848Little at a TimeSunday Sharpe11—Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills MusicRed Steagall55Lonely TeardropsNarvel Felts1723Longhaired RedneckDavid Allan Coe164Lookin' for Tomorrows (And Findin' Yesterdays)Mel Tillis1925Love Lifted MeKenny Rogers1115Love RevivalMel Tillis2317Lovin' Somebody on a Rainy NightLaCosta1536Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be CowboysEd Bruce3620A Mansion on the HillMichael Martin Murphey128Me and Ole C. B. Dave Dudley159Mental RevengeMel Tillis54Misty BlueBillie Jo Spears2040Mr. DoodlesDonna Fargo14—My PrayerNarvel Felts2417Negatory RomanceTom T. Hall1828Never Did Like WhiskeyBillie Jo Spears1637The Night Time and My BabyJoe Stampley2317Oh, Sweet TemptationsGary Stewart32One of These DaysEmmylou Harris74Overnight SensationMickey Gilley2616ParadiseLynn Anderson107Peanuts and DiamondsBill Anderson143The Prisoner's SongSonny James2026Red, White and BlueLoretta Lynn17—Redneck! (The Redneck National Anthem)Vernon Oxford26Remember Me (When the Candle Lights Are Gleaming)Willie Nelson17—Sad Country SongThom Bresh10—Save Your Kisses for MeMargo Smith1814See You on SundayGlen Campbell22She Never Knew MeDon Williams126She'll Throw Stones at YouFreddie Hart813Show Me a ManT. G. Sheppard2012Silver Wings and Golden RingsBillie Jo Spears1010Since I Fell for YouCharlie Rich1411Solitary ManT. G. Sheppard1027Somebody Hold Me (Until She Passes By)Narvel Felts95Sometimes I Talk in My SleepRandy Cornor537Standing Room OnlyBarbara Mandrell413StrangerJohnny Duncan1333Sun Comin' UpNat Stuckey22Suspicious MindsWaylon Jennings and Jessi Colter12—The Sweetest GiftLinda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris7—Take My Breath AwayMargo Smith18—Teardrops in My HeartRex Allen, Jr.10—Thank God I've Got YouThe Statler Brothers11—That Look in Her EyesFreddie Hart2717That'll Be the DayLinda Ronstadt1627That's What Friends Are ForBarbara Mandrell72That's What Made Me Love YouBill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner198There Won't Be No Country Music(There Won't Be No Rock 'n' Roll)C. W. McCall2114Think SummerRoy Clark1125The Tracks of My TearsLinda Ronstadt2910Truck Drivin' ManRed Steagall74Walk SoftlyBilly "Crash" Craddock53What I've Got in MindBillie Jo Spears65When Something Is Wrong with My BabySonny James23When the Tingle Becomes a ChillLoretta Lynn1631Whiskey Talkin'Joe Stampley2213Wichita JailCharlie Daniels13—The Wild Side of LifeFreddy Fender13—The WinnerBobby Bare1316Without Your Love (Mr. Jordan)Charlie Ross1617You Are So BeautifulRay Stevens1042You Could Know as Much About a StrangerGene Watson44You Rubbed It in All WrongBilly "Crash" Craddock33You've Got Me to Hold On ToTanya Tucker1319Your Picture in the PaperThe Statler Brothers

USCANSingleArtist—16Baby PicturesChris Nielsen8213Big Big WorldRonnie Prophet—19Bobbie's TrainsRon McLeod—11Breaking Up with BrendaCanadian Zephyr—9California DreamColin Butler195The CallAnne Murray—17Did I Forget to Tell HerJerry Palmer—7Feelin' Kinda Lucky TonightRay Materick—13Go GentlyDianne Leigh4118Golden OldieAnne Murray—3Good Ol' Fashion MemoriesDick Damron—19He Loves Me When He's Got the TimePost Family—17Honest LoveRonnie Kartman—13The HookerGeorge Rowsell—19I Wanna Be BadJulie Lynn—15If You Don't LaughHank Smith—11JessePatti MacDonnell—9Let Me Do Something LordBlake Emmons—8Lisa MaeOrval Prophet—10Lost in a Love SongChristopher Ward—12Lovin' You from a DistanceMercey Brothers—15Mama's VoiceR. Harlan Smith—15Midnight FlightThe Good Brothers—12Mornings Breaking Over CaliforniaBrian Austin—3Mule Skinner BluesJerry Palmer—13My Love for YouNewman Sisters—8Not So Far AwayDonna Moon—20Old Loves Never DieMercey Brothers—8Outlaw HeroesRoy Payne—9Rainin' in My HeartRonnie Burla—15Rusty Come BackR. Harlan Smith—20Sadie the Cleaning LadyCarlton Showband3613Shine OnRonnie Prophet—20That's the Kind of Man I AmThe Good Brothers249That's What I Get (For Doin' My Own Thinkin')Ray Griff2210ThingsAnne Murray—19Traveling Road Show BandTony White—13Two of a KindBurton & Honeyman—15Universal GirlR. Harlan Smith—14You Know I Want YouChris Nielsen