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1970 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1970.

Contents

Events

  • September — That Good Ole Nashville Music debuts in syndication. The series will run until 1985.

    • United States

    (as certified by Billboard)

    Canada

    (as certified by RPM)

    Top new album releases

  • Okie From Muskogee Merle Haggard (Capitol)
  • Hello, I'm Johnny Cash Johnny Cash (Columbia)
  • Just Plain Charley Charley Pride (RCA)
  • Tammy's Touch Tammy Wynette (Epic)
  • Charley Pride's 10th Album (RCA)
  • Hello Darlin' Conway Twitty (Decca)
  • The Fightin' Side of Me Merle Haggard (Capitol)
  • For the Good Times – Ray Price (Columbia)
  • The Johnny Cash Show (Columbia)

    • Other top albums

  • A Real Live Dolly - Dolly Parton (RCA)
  • Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn (Decca)
  • Husband Hunting - Liz Anderson (RCA)
  • Skid Row Joe: Down in the Alley – Porter Wagoner (RCA)
  • Snowbird – Anne Murray (Capitol)
  • Uptown Country Girl - Lynn Anderson (Chart)
  • We're Gonna Get Together - Buck Owens and Susan Raye (Capitol)
  • Wings Upon Your Horns - Loretta Lynn (Decca)

    • Births

  • March 14 — Kristian Bush, member of Sugarland.
  • July 10 — Gary LeVox, lead singer of Rascal Flatts.
  • August 22 - George Canyon, country singer from the late 1990s who enjoyed success in the mid 2000s.
  • August 24 — Kristyn Osborn, member of SHeDAISY.
  • August 25 — Jo Dee Messina, female vocalist of the 1990s and 2000s (decade).
  • October 5 — Georgette Jones, the only biological child of George Jones and Tammy Wynette.
  • October 25 — Chely Wright, country singer of the late 1990s and 2000s (decade).
  • November 15 — Jack Ingram, rock-styled country singer-songwriter since the mid-2000s (decade).
  • December 19 — Kevin Sharp, country singer from the 1990s, best known for "Nobody Knows" (d. 2014)

    • Deaths

  • January 4 - Clayton McMichen, 69, pioneering fiddle player and member of the Skillet Lickers.
  • April 1 — Paul Cohen, 61, pioneering record producer at Decca Records.

    • Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

  • The Original Carter Family – (A. P. Carter 1891-1960, Sara Carter 1898-1979 and Mother Maybelle Carter 1909-1978)

    • Grammy Awards

  • Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden", Lynn Anderson
  • Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "For the Good Times", Ray Price
  • Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "If I Were a Carpenter", Johnny Cash and June Carter
  • Best Country Instrumental Performance — Me & Jerry, Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed
  • Best Country Song — "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife", Marty Robbins (Performer: Marty Robbins)

    • Juno Awards

  • Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Tommy Hunter
  • Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Dianne Leigh
  • Country Group or Duo of the Year — Mercey Brothers

    • Academy of Country Music

  • Entertainer of the Year — Merle Haggard
  • Song of the Year — "For the Good Times," Kris Kristofferson (Performer: Ray Price)
  • Single of the Year — "For the Good Times," Ray Price
  • Album of the Year — For the Good Times, Ray Price
  • Top Male Vocalist — Merle Haggard
  • Top Female Vocalist — Lynn Anderson
  • Top Vocal Group — The Kimberleys
  • Top New Male Vocalist — Buddy Alan
  • Top New Female Vocalist — Sammi Smith

    • Country Music Association

  • Entertainer of the Year — Merle Haggard
  • Song of the Year — "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down," Kris Kristofferson (Performer: Johnny Cash)
  • Single of the Year — "Okie from Muskogee," Merle Haggard
  • Album of the Year — Okie from Muskogee, Merle Haggard
  • Male Vocalist of the Year — Merle Haggard
  • Female Vocalist of the Year — Tammy Wynette
  • Vocal Duo of the Year — Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
  • Vocal Group of the Year — Tompall and the Glaser Brothers
  • Instrumentalist of the Year — Jerry Reed
  • Instrumental Group of the Year — Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass
  • Comedian of the Year — Roy Clark
  • Country Music Association
  • Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

    • References

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