1975 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1975.

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Top hits of the year

Number-one hits

United States

(as certified by Billboard)

DateSingle NameArtistWks. No.1CAN peakSpec. Note
January 4 The Door George Jones 1
January 11 Ruby Baby Billy "Crash" Craddock 12
January 18 Kentucky Gambler Merle Haggard 1
January 25 (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time Ronnie Milsap 1
February 1 City Lights Mickey Gilley 12
February 8 Then Who Am I Charley Pride 1
February 15 Devil in the Bottle T. G. Sheppard 1 [A]
February 22 I Care Tom T. Hall 16
March 1 It's Time to Pay the Fiddler Cal Smith 1 [B]
March 8 Linda on My Mind Conway Twitty 1
March 15 Before the Next Teardrop Falls Freddy Fender 2 [A]
March 29 The Bargain Store Dolly Parton 13
April 5 I Just Can't Get Her Out of My Mind Johnny Rodriguez 13
April 12 Always Wanting You Merle Haggard23
April 26 Blanket on the Ground Billie Jo Spears 12 [C]
May 3 Roll On Big Mama Joe Stampley 1
May 10 She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles) Gary Stewart 14 [C]
May 17 (Hey Won't You Play) Another
Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
B. J. Thomas 12 [A]
May 24 I'm Not Lisa Jessi Colter 1 [C]
May 31 Thank God I'm a Country Boy John Denver 1
June 7 Window Up Above Mickey Gilley1
June 14 When Will I Be Loved Linda Ronstadt 1 [A]
June 21 You're My Best Friend Don Williams 1
June 28 Tryin' to Beat the Morning Home T. G. Sheppard12
July 5 Lizzie and the Rainman Tanya Tucker 1
July 12 Movin' On Merle Haggard115
July 19 Touch the Hand Conway Twitty28
August 2 Just Get Up and Close the Door Johnny Rodriguez12
August 9 Wasted Days and Wasted Nights Freddy Fender22
August 23 Rhinestone Cowboy Glen Campbell 3 [1], [2]
  • Returned to Number One on September 13.
September 6 Feelins' Conway Twitty
and Loretta Lynn
12
September 20 Daydreams About Night Things Ronnie Milsap22
October 4 Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain Willie Nelson 22 [A]
October 18 Hope You're Feelin' Me (Like I'm Feelin' You) Charley Pride12
October 25 San Antonio Stroll Tanya Tucker12
November 1 (Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight Don Williams15
November 8 I'm Sorry John Denver14 [B]
November 15 Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way Waylon Jennings 121
November 22 Rocky Dickey Lee 19 [C]
November 29 It's All in the Movies Merle Haggard111
December 6 Secret Love Freddy Fender1
December 13 Love Put a Song in My Heart Johnny Rodriguez13 [B]
December 20 Convoy C. W. McCall 64 [C]
  • No. 1 song of 1976, as determined by Billboard.
Notes
  • 1 ^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard .
  • 2 ^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
  • A ^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B ^ Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • C ^ Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

Canada

(as certified by RPM)

DateSingle NameArtistWks. No.1U.S. peakSpec. Note
January 11 We're Over Johnny Rodriguez 13 [B]
January 18 What a Man My Man Is Lynn Anderson 1 [B]
January 25 The Door George Jones 1
February 1Big Red Jimmy Jerry Warren 1 [C]
February 8 Kentucky Gambler Merle Haggard 1
February 15 (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time Ronnie Milsap 1
February 22 Then Who Am I Charley Pride 1
March 1 Devil in the Bottle T. G. Sheppard 1 [A]
  • RPM didn't publish on March 8.
March 15 It's Time to Pay the Fiddler Cal Smith 1 [C]
March 22 Linda on My Mind Conway Twitty 1
March 29 Before the Next Teardrop Falls Freddy Fender 1 [A]
April 5 Everybody's Going to the Country Hank Smith 1 [B]
April 12 Have You Never Been Mellow Olivia Newton-John 13
April 19 The Pill Loretta Lynn 25
May 3 I've Never Been This Far Before Carroll Baker 1 [A]
May 10 Still Thinkin' 'bout You Billy "Crash" Craddock 14
May 17 Roll On Big Mama Joe Stampley 1 [C]
May 24 Thank God I'm a Country Boy John Denver 2 [1]
June 7 Window Up Above Mickey Gilley 1 [A]
June 14 I'm Not Lisa Jessi Colter 1 [C]
June 21 I Ain't All Bad Charley Pride16
June 28 You're My Best Friend Don Williams 1 [A]
July 5 Lizzie and the Rainman Tanya Tucker 1
July 12 Reconsider Me Narvel Felts 12 [C]
July 19 When Will I Be Loved Linda Ronstadt 1 [A]
July 26Yellow House of Love Patti MacDonnell 1 [C]
August 2 The Hungry Fire of Love Carroll Baker1
August 9 Down by the Henry Moore Murray McLauchlan 1 [C]
August 16 Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High) Charlie Rich 13
August 23 The Seeker Dolly Parton 12
August 30 Rhinestone Cowboy Glen Campbell 1
September 6 Please Mr. Please Olivia Newton-John15
September 13 The First Time Freddie Hart 12
September 20 I'll Go to My Grave Loving You The Statler Brothers 13 [A]
September 27 If I Could Only Win Your Love Emmylou Harris 14 [A]
October 4 Say Forever You'll Be Mine Dolly Parton and
Porter Wagoner
35 [B] – Porter Wagoner
October 25 Third Rate Romance Amazing Rhythm Aces 111 [C]
  • RPM didn't publish between November 1 and December 13.
December 20 Secret Love Freddy Fender2
Notes
  • 1 ^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by RPM .
  • A ^ First RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B ^ Last RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • C ^ Only RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.

Other major hits

Singles released by American artists

USCANSingleArtist
193041st Street Lonely Hearts Club Buck Owens
1838Alimony Bobby Bare
433All Over Me Charlie Rich
1417Another Woman T. G. Sheppard
2314Back in Huntsville AgainBobby Bare
12Back to Down East Country George Hamilton IV
10Bad NewsGeorge Hamilton IV
74Bandy the Rodeo Clown Moe Bandy
713The Best Way I Know How Mel Tillis
5120The Biggest Parakeets in Town Jud Strunk
1230Billy, Get Me a Woman Joe Stampley
1116Bouquet of Roses Mickey Gilley
56Brass Buckles Barbi Benton
2215The Busiest Memory in Town Dickey Lee
19Carolina Moonshiner Porter Wagoner
1345Classified C. W. McCall
2920Cowboys and DaddysBobby Bare
88 Deal Tom T. Hall
119Dear WomanJoe Stampley
1324Don't Anyone Make Love at Home AnymoreMoe Bandy
42Don't Cry Joni Conway Twitty and Joni Lee
1514 Don't Let the Good Times Fool You Melba Montgomery
104Dreaming My Dreams with You Waylon Jennings
1717Even If I Have to Steal Mel Street
1729Everything's the Same (Ain't Nothing Changed) Billy Swan
1746The Farthest Thing from My Mind Ray Price
2017Flat Natural Born Good-Timin' Man Gary Stewart
122For a Minute There Johnny Paycheck
1647Forbidden AngelMel Street
1221 Forgive and Forget Eddie Rabbitt
1017Freda Comes, Freda Goes Bobby G. Rice
107From Barroom to Bedrooms David Wills
168From Woman to Woman Tommy Overstreet
1245Funny How Time Slips Away Narvel Felts
841Great ExpectationsBuck Owens
1021He Took Me for a Ride LaCosta
1328 He Turns It into Love Again Lynn Anderson
810 He's My Rock Brenda Lee
168Heart to Heart Roy Clark
1329Hello I Love You Johnny Russell
148Hello Little Bluebird Donna Fargo
1649Here I Am in Dallas Faron Young
105 Home Loretta Lynn
1512Hoppy, Gene and Me Roy Rogers
1419Hurt Connie Cato
1810 I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again Tanya Tucker
1320I Can Still Hear the Music in the Restroom Jerry Lee Lewis
26 I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) Linda Ronstadt
412 I Like Beer Tom T. Hall
106I Love the Blues and the Boogie Woogie Billy "Crash" Craddock
1142 I Should Have Married You Eddie Rabbitt
13 I Still Believe in Fairy Tales Tammy Wynette
1416 I Still Feel the Same About You Bill Anderson
9I Want to Hold You in My Dreams Tonight Stella Parton
2047I Wonder Whose Baby (You Are Now) Jerry Wallace
520I'd Like to Sleep Til I Get Over You Freddie Hart
923I'll Still Love You Jim Weatherly
99 I'm a Believer Tommy Overstreet
1331 I've Got My Baby on My Mind Connie Smith
144 I've Never Loved Anyone More Lynn Anderson
712It Do Feel GoodDonna Fargo
77It Was Always So Easy (To Find an Unhappy Woman)Moe Bandy
16It's a Sin When You Love Somebody Glen Campbell
2313It's All Over NowCharlie Rich
96 It’s Midnight Elvis Presley
127Jason's Farm Cal Smith
1411 Lady Came from Baltimore Johnny Cash
1821Let's Sing Our Song Jerry Reed
1032 The Letter That Johnny Walker Read Asleep at the Wheel
45Like Old Times AgainRay Price
54Little Band of Gold Sonny James
69A Little Bit South of SaskatoonSonny James
1717 Look at Them Beans Johnny Cash
33 Love in the Hot Afternoon Gene Watson
546 Love Is a Rose Linda Ronstadt
2047 Love Is Strange Buck Owens and Susan Raye
610Loving You Will Never Grow Old Lois Johnson
820 Lyin' Eyes Eagles
2032Mathilda Donny King
2120 Memories of Us George Jones
2017Mississippi You're on My Mind Stoney Edwards
32 Misty Ray Stevens
197The Most Wanted Woman in Town Roy Head
1427 My Boy Elvis Presley
35 My Elusive Dreams Charlie Rich
32My Woman's ManFreddie Hart
2114 Oh Boy Diana Trask
1148One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Little David Wilkins
410Out of HandGary Stewart
87PennyJoe Stampley
1718Pictures on Paper Jeris Ross
1417 Poor Sweet Baby Jean Shepard
218 Rainy Day Woman Waylon Jennings
617Rock on BabyBrenda Lee
3219Roll You Like a WheelMickey Gilley and Barbi Benton
32Roses and Other Love SongsRay Price
15 She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye Ronnie Milsap
135She Talked a Lot About TexasCal Smith
10 Since I Met You Baby Freddy Fender
1343Smokey Mountain MemoriesMel Street
1717Someone Cares for You Red Steagall
19 Something Better to Do Olivia Newton-John
1836Soulful Woman Kenny O'Dell
1811 Spring Tanya Tucker
2017 Stay Away from the Apple Tree Billie Jo Spears
1917Stoned at the Jukebox Hank Williams, Jr.
175Storms Never Last Dottsy
1518Susan When She Tried The Statler Brothers
716 Sweet Surrender John Denver
2419 Thanks Bill Anderson
64That's When My Woman BeginsTommy Overstreet
814 There I Said It Margo Smith
105There's a Song on the JukeboxDavid Wills
109 These Days (I Barely Get By) George Jones
1915This House Runs on SunshineLaCosta
42 The Ties That Bind Don Williams
1625 The Tip of My Fingers Jean Shepard
9Today I Started Loving You Again Sammi Smith
63 Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry Ronnie Milsap
1126 T-R-O-U-B-L-E Elvis Presley
9U.S. of A.Donna Fargo
63Warm Side of YouFreddie Hart
94 We Used To Dolly Parton
1110Western ManLaCosta
103 What in the World's Come Over You Sonny James
511 What's Happened to Blue Eyes Jessi Colter
98Whatcha Gonna Do with a Dog Like ThatSusan Raye
54Where Love BeginsGene Watson
148Whoever Turned You On, Forgot to Turn You OffLittle David Wilkins
1520 Why Don't You Love Me Connie Smith
1246Wolf Creek PassC. W. McCall
45Woman in the Back of My MindMel Tillis
1013Word Games Billy Walker
913Write Me a LetterBobby G. Rice
617 Wrong Road Again Crystal Gayle
1446You Are the OneMel Tillis and Sherry Bryce
49 (You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother Tammy Wynette
84 You Never Even Called Me by My Name David Allan Coe
1522You're Not the Woman You Used to BeGary Stewart

Singles released by Canadian artists

USCANSingleArtist
13Anna Marie Susan Jacks
14Any Dream Will Do Carlton Showband
6Born to Be a Gypsy Tommy Hunter
17The Bricklin Charles Russell
15Bright Side of Tomorrow Black Creek
20City of Tears Marg Osburne
9Country Pride Rick Newfield
9Did You Hear My Song Mercey Brothers
19Easy Listenin' Tim Daniels
3Fly Raven Fly Bruce Miller
10Follow Your Heart Jim and Don Haggart
4Give My Love to Lady Canada Bobby G. Griffith
7God's People Are One Dianne Leigh
9Goodbye Old Man Christenson Brothers
18I Am the Words Family Brown
14I Knew Her Then Ray Francis
20Knock on My Door Darlene Madill
12Life and Love and You R. Harlan Smith
19Lonely Willow Lee Roy
10Maybe Tonight Murray McLauchlan
5Mother, Love and Country Dick Damron
13One More for the Road Country Edition
4Ooo Mama Jerry Palmer
12Pasadena's on My Mind Lynn Jones
16Roll It on Homeward Linda Brown
2620Sanctuary Ronnie Prophet
15She's My Greatest Blessing Ian Tyson
9Someone Special Canadian Zephyr
15Summer of Our LoveBruce Miller
20Sunshine Lady Bob Ruzicka
4Sure Feels GoodTim Daniels
16That's Why I'm in Love with Life Roy Payne
16A Touch of GodFamily Brown
16What Time of Day Billy Thunderkloud & the Chieftones
13What'll I Do Gary Buck

Top new album releases

SingleArtistRecord Label
The Bargain Store Dolly Parton RCA
Blanket on the Ground Billie Jo Spears United Artists
Charley Charley Pride RCA
Dreaming My Dreams Waylon Jennings RCA
The Happiness of Having You Charley PrideRCA
Have You Never Been Mellow Olivia Newton-John MCA
I'm Jessi Colter Jessi Colter Capitol
Pieces of the Sky Emmylou Harris Reprise
Prisoner in Disguise Linda Ronstadt Asylum
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson Columbia
Rhinestone Cowboy Glen Campbell Capitol
Dolly: The Seeker/We Used To Dolly Parton RCA
Somebody Loves You Crystal Gayle United Artists
Tanya Tucker Tanya Tucker MCA

Other new album releases

SingleArtistRecord Label
Before the Next Teardrop Falls Freddy Fender ABC/Dot
Carolina Cousins Dottie West RCA
Country Girl Jody Miller Epic
Don't Let the Good Times Fool You Melba Montgomery Elektra
Dreaming My Dreams Waylon Jennings RCA
Every Time I Turn the Radio On/Talk to Me Ohio Bill Anderson MCA
Hank Williams Jr. and Friends Hank Williams Jr. MGM
High Priest of Country Music Conway Twitty MCA
Honey on His Hands Jeanne Pruett MCA
Legend in My Time Ronnie Milsap RCA
Margo Smith Margo Smith 20th Century Fox
Night Things Ronnie Milsap RCA
Old No. 1 Guy Clark RCA
Pieces of the Sky Emmylou Harris Reprise
Poor Sweet Baby...And Ten More Bill Anderson Songs Jean Shepard United Artists
Vocal Group of the Decade Tompall Glaser and the Glaser BrothersMGM
Out of Hand Gary Stewart RCA

Births

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major awards

Grammy Awards

Juno Awards

Academy of Country Music

Country Music Association

Further reading

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References

  1. Oermann, Robert K. "The Conway Twitty Collection," liner notes (booklet included with The Conway Twitty Collection 4-disc set). MCA Special Products, 1994).