Кантри-музыка 1966 года: События и хиты

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1966.

March 15 — Roger Miller wins six Grammy Awards, five of them related to his hit "King of the Road". The Statler Brothers take two awards for "Flowers on the Wall". April — One of the last broadcasts of The Jimmy Dean Show features the first ever Academy of Country Music awards. Big winners include Male Vocalist of the Year Buck Owens, Female Vocalist Bonnie Owens, and New Male Vocalist Merle Haggard; Haggard also shared the Vocal Duet/Group award with Bonnie Owens. Taped for later broadcast that year, the ACM Awards would in time become among the most anticipated events of the year by country fans. September – Buck Owens' first nationally syndicated program, Buck Owens Ranch Show, debuts in syndication, running primarily in the rural South. The show eventually lasts six years, the final three years overlapping with Owens' stint as co host of Hee Haw. October 15 — Billboard increases the length of its Hot Country Singles chart to 75 positions, up from 50. October 22 — At age 48, Eddy Arnold becomes the youngest (to that time) living inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

The single "The Snakes Crawl at Night", by a then unknown singer named "Country" Charley Pride, is released in the spring but does not chart. After the follow up single "Before I Met You" also does not chart, a third single, "Just Between You and Me" is released in December and early in 1967 becomes the singer's first major hit, and the first top 10 country hit by an African American singer in more than 20 years. Pride, who will later drop the "Country" moniker from his name (although disc jockeys will continue using it to this day), goes on to become the most successful black singer in country music history.

USSingleArtist2Ain't Had No Lovin'Connie Smith6Almost Persuaded No. 2Ben Colder17Anita, You're DreamingWaylon Jennings16Another StoryErnest Tubb13At Ease HeartErnest Ashworth7BabyWilma Burgess15Baby Ain't That FineGene Pitney and Melba Montgomery10Back Pocket MoneyJimmy C. Newman10Bad SeedJan Howard2The Ballad of the Green BeretsStaff Sgt. Barry Sadler12Blues Plus Booze (Means I Lose)Stonewall Jackson12A Born LoserDon Gibson3The Bottle Let Me DownMerle Haggard18Bottom of a MountainTex Williams18The Box It Came InWanda Jackson13Catch a Little RaindropClaude King19Coming Back to YouThe Browns8The Company You KeepBill Phillips14Count Me OutMarty Robbins14Day for DecisionJohnny Sea4Dear Uncle SamLoretta Lynn2Don't Touch MeJeannie Seely12Don't Touch MeWilma Burgess11Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)Ray Price9Early Morning RainGeorge Hamilton IV3England SwingsRoger Miller17Everybody Loves a NutJohnny Cash5Evil on Your MindJan Howard2Flowers on the WallThe Statler Brothers5Four O Thirty ThreeGeorge Jones5The Game of TrianglesBobby Bare, Norma Jean and Liz Anderson14Get Your Lie the Way You Want ItBonnie Guitar10Giddyup Go – AnswerMinnie Pearl11Golden GuitarBill Anderson18Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My HeartConway Twitty9Happy to Be with YouJohnny Cash2History Repeats ItselfBuddy Starcher6How Long Has It BeenBobby Lewis3The Hurtin's All OverConnie Smith5Husbands and WivesRoger Miller13I Can't Keep Away from YouThe Wilburn Brothers17I Hear Little Rock CallingFerlin Husky4I Love You DropsBill Anderson16I'd Just Be Fool EnoughThe Browns9I'll Take the DogJean Shepard and Ray Pillow18I'm a NutLeroy Pullins6I’m a PeopleGeorge Jones9I'm Living in Two WorldsBonnie Guitar13I've Been a Long Time Leavin' (But I'll Be a Long Time Gone)Roger Miller10If Teardrops Were SilverJean Shepard7If You Can't Bite, Don't GrowlTommy Collins4It Takes a Lot of MoneyWarner Mack14It's All Over (But the Crying)Kitty Wells15It's Only LoveJeannie Seely2Last Word in Lonesome Is MeEddy Arnold17Little BuddyClaude King13LonelyvilleDave Dudley15Long Time GoneDave Dudley8The Lovin' MachineJohnny Paycheck13Many Happy Hangovers to YouJean Shepard16The Men in My Little Girl's LifeArchie Campbell2A Million and OneBilly Walker4Misty BlueWilma Burgess14My DreamsFaron Young4Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)Connie Smith19One in a RowWillie Nelson2The One on the Right Is on the LeftJohnny Cash6Put It Off Until TomorrowBill Phillips20Rainbows and RosesRoy Drusky2Room in Your HeartSonny James3The Shoe Goes On the Other Foot TonightMarty Robbins3Sittin' On a Rock (Crying in a Creek)Warner Mack3Skid Row JoePorter Wagoner2SnowflakeJim Reeves8Someone Before MeThe Wilburn Brothers10Stand Beside MeJimmy Dean5Standing in the ShadowsHank Williams, Jr.17StatesideMel Tillis15Steel Rail BluesGeorge Hamilton IV15Stop the Start (Of Tears in My Heart)Johnny Dollar5Streets of BaltimoreBobby Bare4Sweet ThangNat Stuckey5Swinging DoorsMerle Haggard8Take MeGeorge Jones3Talkin' to the WallWarner Mack17Thank You Ma'amRay Pillow9(That's What You Get) For Lovin' MeWaylon Jennings17Time to Bum AgainWaylon Jennings3The Tip of My FingersEddy Arnold2Tippy ToeingThe Harden Trio3Touch My HeartRay Price3True Love's a BlessingSonny James17The Twelfth of NeverSlim Whitman7Unmitigated GallFaron Young12Viet Nam BluesDave Dudley7Walking on New GrassKenny Price7A Way to SurviveRay Price4What Kinda Deal Is ThisBill Carlisle4What We're Fighting ForDave Dudley15Where Is the CircusHank Thompson14Where'd Ya Stay Last NightWebb Pierce15A Woman Half My AgeKitty Wells9Women Do Funny Things to MeDel Reeves10The World Is RoundRoy Drusky5Would You Hold It Against MeDottie West16Write Me a PictureGeorge Hamilton IV6(Yes) I'm HurtingDon Gibson2You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)Loretta Lynn15You Finally Said Something Good (When You Said Goodbye)Charlie Louvin

January 4 — Deana Carter, singer songwriter who enjoyed a string of hits in the mid to late 1990s. May 13 — Darius Rucker, African American singer and Hootie & the Blowfish lead vocalist who became a rising country star in the late 2000s (decade). July 29 — Martina McBride, crossover styled female vocalist who rose to fame in the 1990s. August 19 — Lee Ann Womack, new traditionalist styled singer of the 1990s and 2000s (decade) most famous for her crossover hit "I Hope You Dance." October 6 Tim Rushlow, lead singer of Little Texas from 1988 to 1997. December 17 — Tracy Byrd, male honky tonk styled vocalist since the 1990s.

July 1 — Slim Willet, 46, disc jockey and singer songwriter (heart attack).