1965 in country music
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1965 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1965.
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Events
- January — Leo Fender, founder of Fender Guitars, sells his company to a subsidiary of Columbia Records for $13 million.
- February 17 — "The Tennessee Waltz" is declared the state song of Tennessee.
- October — Country Music Association president Tex Ritter awards Leo Fender the President's Award for "outstanding contributions to the sound of country music."
- October 5 — Johnny Cash is arrested in El Paso, Texas on federal drug charges. He pleads guilty and is given a 30-day suspended sentence and fined $1,000.[citation needed]
- December — George Jones, his agent and band members are held for questioning in connection with a Houston, Texas murder investigation.[citation needed] Lie detector tests clear them all.[citation needed]
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- Rock singer Conway Twitty makes his county music debut. His first few country singles and albums were met with "some" country DJs refusing to play them because he was a well known rock-n-roll singer.[citation needed]
- Johnny Cash is banned from the Grand Ole Opry after an infamous concert where - in a drug-induced haze - he used a microphone to smash the floodlights.[citation needed] He also walked offstage in the middle of a song.[citation needed]
- The Vietnam War, which by now was making daily headlines, brings about the second wave of patriotic-themed songs. One of the first big songs was Johnnie Wright's "Hello Vietnam," a No. 1 hit in October. Late in the year, Dave Dudley records and releases "What We're Fighting For," an early response to the growing number of anti-Vietnam War protests.
- The trend continues through the rest of the 1960s and early 1970s, with songs such as "Distant Drums" by Jim Reeves; "Ballad of the Green Berets" by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler; "Dear Uncle Sam" by Loretta Lynn; and others. By the late 1960s, the tone of the songs became darker, most notably the Mel Tillis-penned "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" (first a hit for Johnny Darrell, but more famously in 1969 by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition).
Top hits of the year
Number one hits
United States
(as certified by Billboard)
| Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | Spec. Note |
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| January 23 | You're the Only World I Know | Sonny James | 4 |
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| February 20 | I've Got a Tiger By the Tail | Buck Owens | 5 | |
| March 27 | King of the Road | Roger Miller | 5 |
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| May 1 | This Is It | Jim Reeves | 3 | [2]
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| May 15 | Girl on the Billboard | Del Reeves | 2 | |
| June 5 | What's He Doing in My World | Eddy Arnold | 2 | [1] |
| June 19 | Ribbon of Darkness | Marty Robbins | 1 |
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| June 26 | Before You Go | Buck Owens | 6 | |
| August 7 | The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev'ry Night) | Jimmy Dean | 2 | [B] |
| August 21 | Yes Mr. Peters | Roy Drusky with Priscilla Mitchell | 2 | [C] |
| September 4 | The Bridge Washed Out | Warner Mack | 1 | [B] |
| September 11 | Is It Really Over? | Jim Reeves | 3 | |
| October 2 | Only You (Can Break My Heart) | Buck Owens | 1 | |
| October 9 | Behind the Tear | Sonny James | 3 | [2]
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| October 23 | Hello Vietnam | Johnnie Wright | 3 | [C]
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| November 20 | May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose | Little Jimmy Dickens | 2 | [C] |
| December 4 | Make the World Go Away | Eddy Arnold | 3 | |
| December 25 | Buckaroo | Buck Owens and the Buckaroos | 2 | [A] - The Buckaroos |
- Notes
Canada
(as certified by RPM)
| Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | Spec. Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 18 | Hitch Hikin’ | Dick Damron | 2 | [A] |
| February 1 | Bitty Baby | Howard Sisters | 3 | [C] |
| February 22 | Afraid | Donn Reynolds | 2 | [C] |
| March 8 | Texas Leather and Mexican Lace | Bob King | 8 | [C] |
| April 26 | I Wish That I Could Fall | Sandy Selsie | 3 | [2], [C]
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| May 10 | Klondike Mike | Hal Willis | 3 | [B] |
| June 7 | Skip, Hop and Wobble | Artie McLearen | 1 | [C] |
| June 21 | Can’t Live with Him | Myrna Lorrie | 1 | [A] |
| June 28 | Picking Up My Hat | Debbie Lori Kaye | 9 | [C] |
| August 30 | Cathy Keep Playing | Stu Phillips | 3 | [C] |
| September 20 | My Good Life | Cy Anders | 3 | [C] |
| October 18 | Break the News to Liza | Gary Buck | 2 | [A] |
| November 1 | My Tennessee Baby | Danny Harrison | 3 | [C] |
| November 22 | Marjolaina | Jimmy James | 6 | [C] |
- Notes
Other major hits
Singles released by American artists
| US | Single | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Again | Don Gibson |
| 8 | Artificial Rose | Jimmy C. Newman |
| 13 | Back in Circulation | Jimmy C. Newman |
| 18 | Because I Cared | Ernest Ashworth |
| 4 | The Belles of Southern Bell | Del Reeves |
| 7 | Blue Kentucky Girl | Loretta Lynn |
| 11 | Bright Lights and Country Music | Bill Anderson |
| 12 | Certain | Bill Anderson |
| 17 | Close All the Honky Tonks | Charlie Walker |
| 16 | Country Guitar | Phil Baugh |
| 12 | Crystal Chandelier | Carl Belew |
| 8 | The DJ Cried | Ernest Ashworth |
| 11 | A Dear John Letter | Skeeter Davis and Bobby Bare |
| 15 | Do-Wacka-Do | Roger Miller |
| 7 | Do What You Do Do Well | Ned Miller |
| 2 | Enging Engine #9 | Roger Miller |
| 3 | Four Strong Winds | Bobby Bare |
| 6 | All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers | Roy Drusky |
| 10 | Gonna Have Love | Buck Owens |
| 4 | Green, Green Grass of Home | Porter Wagoner |
| 9 | Hicktown | Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| 10 | The Home You're Tearin' Down | Loretta Lynn |
| 9 | I Can't Remember | Connie Smith |
| 8 | I Thank My Lucky Stars | Eddy Arnold |
| 8 | I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water | Stonewall Jackson |
| 3 | I Won't Forget You | Jim Reeves |
| 8 | I Wouldn't Buy a Used Car from Him | Norma Jean |
| 2 | I'll Keep Holding On (Just to Your Love) | Sonny James |
| 8 | I'll Repossess My Heart | Kitty Wells |
| 19 | I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight | The Wilburn Brothers |
| 15 | I'm Letting You Go | Eddy Arnold |
| 16 | I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night | George Jones and Gene Pitney |
| 4 | If I Talk to Him | Connie Smith |
| 16 | If It Pleases You | Billy Walker |
| 4 | It Ain't Me Babe | Johnny Cash and June Carter |
| 7 | It's Alright | Bobby Bare |
| 5 | It's Another World | The Wilburn Brothers |
| 7 | Kansas City Star | Roger Miller |
| 15 | Least of All | George Jones |
| 3 | Livin' in a House Full of Love | David Houston |
| 6 | Love Bug | George Jones |
| 8 | Matamoros | Billy Walker |
| 9 | Meanwhile, Down at Joe's | Kitty Wells |
| 8 | More Than Yesterday | Slim Whitman |
| 15 | Mister Garfield | Johnny Cash |
| 10 | (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers | Merle Haggard |
| 19 | My Old Faded Rose | Johnny Sea |
| 3 | Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back | Billy Edd Wheeler |
| 10 | One Dyin' and a Buryin' | Roger Miller |
| 3 | Orange Blossom Special | Johnny Cash |
| 2 | The Other Woman (In My Life) | Ray Price |
| 15 | Pass the Booze | Ernest Tubb |
| 11 | Pushed in a Corner | Ernest Ashworth |
| 5 | Queen of the House | Jody Miller |
| 7 | See the Big Man Cry | Charlie Louvin |
| 12 | She's Gone Gone Gone | Lefty Frizzell |
| 4 | Sittin' in an All Nite Cafe | Warner Mack |
| 12 | Six Times a Day (The Trains Come Down) | Dick Curless |
| 10 | The Sons of Katie Elder | Johnny Cash |
| 16 | Stop the World (And Let Me Off) | Waylon Jennings |
| 18 | Sweet, Sweet Judy | David Houston |
| 2 | 10 Little Bottles | Johnny Bond |
| 20 | That Ain't All | John D. Loudermilk |
| 4 | Then and Only Then | Connie Smith |
| 9 | Things Have Gone to Pieces | George Jones |
| 8 | Three A.M. | Bill Anderson |
| 15 | A Tiger in My Tank | Jim Nesbitt |
| 6 | Tiger Woman | Claude King |
| 5 | A Tombstone Every Mile | Dick Curless |
| 3 | Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun | Dave Dudley |
| 11 | Truck Drivin' Man | George Hamilton IV |
| 15 | Two Six Packs Away | Dave Dudley |
| 10 | Walk Tall | Faron Young |
| 18 | Walking the Floor Over You | George Hamilton IV |
| 10 | Watch Were You're Going | Don Gibson |
| 13 | Who Do You Think I Am | Webb Pierce |
| 8 | Wild as a Wildcat | Charlie Walker |
| 14 | Wine | Mel Tillis |
| 14 | Wrong Number | George Jones |
| 4 | Yakety Axe | Chet Atkins |
| 4 | You Don't Hear | Kitty Wells |
Singles released by Canadian artists
| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | 5 | Backstreets of Life | Gary Buck |
| — | 10 | Badger Bodine | Lennie Siebert |
| — | 6 | Big Treaty | Scotty Stevenson |
| — | 2 | Born to Love | Danny Coughlin |
| — | 5 | Bottoms Up | Jimmy James |
| — | 6 | Bring on My Love | Mac Wiseman |
| — | 2 | Cadillacin' Around | Angus Walker |
| — | 2 | Come on in Mr. Heartache | Lennie Siebert |
| — | 6 | Country Corn | Jimmy Doyle |
| — | 2 | Do You Wish You Were Free | Myrna Lorrie |
| — | 10 | Don't Lead Me On | Ray Griff |
| — | 2 | Everybody's Looking at My | Jimmy James |
| — | 4 | Freckles, Freckles | Skip Evans |
| — | 3 | Girl with the Sad Lonely Look | Bob King |
| — | 2 | Golden Rocket | Dick Nolan |
| — | 2 | Golden Years | Ray Griff |
| — | 10 | Heartache No. 5 | Sharon Strong |
| — | 3 | I'll Count Every Hour | Pat Hervey |
| — | 2 | I'm Not Sayin' | Gordon Lightfoot |
| — | 9 | If Loving You Did This | Ruthie McLean |
| — | 3 | Isle of Newfoundland | Bert Cuff |
| — | 6 | Just Look Behind You | Gary Buck |
| — | 4 | Little Tot | Art Young |
| — | 2 | Lookin' Back to See | The Canadian Sweethearts |
| — | 4 | Lorelei | Donn Reynolds |
| — | 3 | The Man | Lorne Greene |
| — | 7 | Nickel Piece of Candy | Wimmen |
| — | 6 | Nighthawk | Gary Buck |
| — | 7 | Nopper the Topper | Hal Willis |
| — | 4 | Saddle Shootin' Buddy | Johnny Rocker |
| — | 10 | Seven Days a Week | Bert Cuff |
| — | 2 | She Taught Me How to Yodel | Donn Reynolds |
| — | 4 | Sittin' and Thinkin' | Jerry Hatton |
| — | 6 | Spring Rains | Rita Curtis |
| — | 5 | Stand Upon the Mountain | The Canadian Sweethearts |
| — | 4 | A Taste of Love | Doug Hutton |
| — | 7 | That's the Way It Happens | Sandy Selsie |
| — | 6 | This Old Heart | Dusty King |
| — | 8 | Twisting the Pick | Roy Penney |
| — | 6 | Victim of Love | Jimmy James |
| — | 2 | What Will Tomorrow Bring | Danny Coughlin |
| — | 6 | Weeping Willow Tree | Ray Griff |
| 7 | — | The Wishing Well (Down in the Well) | Hank Snow |
| — | 6 | Wrapped Around Your Finger | MacKay Brothers |
Top new album releases
- Before You Go - Buck Owens (Capitol)
- Behind the Tear - Sonny James (Capitol)
- Breakin' In Another Heart - Hank Thompson (Capitol)
- Bright Lights and Country Music - Bill Anderson (Decca)
- Chet Atkins Picks on The Beatles - Chet Atkins (RCA)
- Connie Smith - Connie Smith (RCA)
- Country Willie: His Own Songs - Willie Nelson (RCA)
- Cute 'n' Country - Connie Smith (RCA)
- Doodle oo Doo Doo - Del Reeves (United Artists )
- The Easy Way - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
- From This Pen - Bill Anderson (Decca)
- Girl On The Billboard - Del Reeves (United Artists)
- Golden Hits - Roger Miller (Smash)
- Here Comes My Baby - Dottie West (RCA)
- Hot Rod Lincoln - Johnny Bond (Starday)
- I Heard the Bluebirds Sing - The Browns (RCA)
- I Want to Live and Love - Carl Smith (Columbia)
- I'll Keep Holding On - Sonny James (Capitol)
- I've Got a Tiger By the Tail - Buck Owens (Capitol)
- The Instrumental Hits of Buck Owens and His Buckaroos - Buck Owens and the Buckaroos (Capitol)
- Kisses Don't Lie - Carl Smith (Columbia)
- Luckiest Heartache in Town - Hank Thompson (Capitol)
- Many Happy Hangovers - Jean Shepard (Capitol)
- My Favorite Guitars - Chet Atkins (RCA)
- My World - Eddy Arnold (RCA)
- Pretty Miss Norma Jean - Norma Jean (RCA)
- Sings Jim Reeves - Del Reeves (United Artists)
- Skeeter Sings Standards - Skeeter Davis (RCA)
- Ten Little Bottles - Johnny Bond (RCA)
- The Thin Man From West Plains - Porter Wagoner (RCA)
- Three Shades of Brown - The Browns (RCA)
- When Love is Gone - The Browns (RCA)
- You're the Only World I Know - Sonny James (Capitol)
- Your Favorite Country Hits - Hank Snow (RCA)
Births
- January 20 — John Michael Montgomery, honky tonk-styled singer of the 1990s and 2000s (decade); younger brother of Eddie Montgomery (of Montgomery Gentry).
- July 16 — Craig Morgan, singer-songwriter since the 2000s (decade).
- August 7 — Raul Malo, lead singer of the alternative country band The Mavericks.
- August 28 — Shania Twain, mega country star since the latter half of the 1990s.
Deaths
- June 20 — Ira Louvin, 41, tenor half of 2001 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees The Louvin Brothers.
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
- Ernest Tubb (1914–1984)
Major awards
Grammy Awards
- Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Female — "Queen of the House," Jody Miller
- Best Country and Western Vocal Performance, Male — "King of the Road," Roger Miller
- Best Country and Western Single — "King of the Road," Roger Miller
- Best Country and Western Album — The Return of Roger Miller, Roger Miller
- Best Country and Western Artist — The Statler Brothers
Academy of Country Music
- Top Male Vocalist — Buck Owens
- Top Female Vocalist — Bonnie Owens
- Top Vocal Duo — Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens
- Top New Male Vocalist — Merle Haggard
- Top New Female Vocalist — Kay Adams
Further reading
- Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
- Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
- Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.
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