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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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US | CAN | Single | Artist |
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19 | 30 | 41st Street Lonely Hearts Club | Buck Owens |
18 | 38 | Alimony | Bobby Bare |
4 | 33 | All Over Me | Charlie Rich |
14 | 17 | Another Woman | T. G. Sheppard |
23 | 14 | Back in Huntsville Again | Bobby Bare |
— | 12 | Back to Down East Country | George Hamilton IV |
— | 10 | Bad News | George Hamilton IV |
7 | 4 | Bandy the Rodeo Clown | Moe Bandy |
7 | 13 | The Best Way I Know How | Mel Tillis |
51 | 20 | The Biggest Parakeets in Town | Jud Strunk |
12 | 30 | Billy, Get Me a Woman | Joe Stampley |
11 | 16 | Bouquet of Roses | Mickey Gilley |
5 | 6 | Brass Buckles | Barbi Benton |
22 | 15 | The Busiest Memory in Town | Dickey Lee |
19 | — | Carolina Moonshiner | Porter Wagoner |
13 | 45 | Classified | C. W. McCall |
29 | 20 | Cowboys and Daddys | Bobby Bare |
8 | 8 | Deal | Tom T. Hall |
11 | 9 | Dear Woman | Joe Stampley |
13 | 24 | Don't Anyone Make Love at Home Anymore | Moe Bandy |
4 | 2 | Don't Cry Joni | Conway Twitty and Joni Lee |
15 | 14 | Don't Let the Good Times Fool You | Melba Montgomery |
10 | 4 | Dreaming My Dreams with You | Waylon Jennings |
17 | 17 | Even If I Have to Steal | Mel Street |
17 | 29 | Everything's the Same (Ain't Nothing Changed) | Billy Swan |
17 | 46 | The Farthest Thing from My Mind | Ray Price |
20 | 17 | Flat Natural Born Good-Timin' Man | Gary Stewart |
12 | 2 | For a Minute There | Johnny Paycheck |
16 | 47 | Forbidden Angel | Mel Street |
12 | 21 | Forgive and Forget | Eddie Rabbitt |
10 | 17 | Freda Comes, Freda Goes | Bobby G. Rice |
10 | 7 | From Barroom to Bedrooms | David Wills |
16 | 8 | From Woman to Woman | Tommy Overstreet |
12 | 45 | Funny How Time Slips Away | Narvel Felts |
8 | 41 | Great Expectations | Buck Owens |
10 | 21 | He Took Me for a Ride | LaCosta |
13 | 28 | He Turns It into Love Again | Lynn Anderson |
8 | 10 | He's My Rock | Brenda Lee |
16 | 8 | Heart to Heart | Roy Clark |
13 | 29 | Hello I Love You | Johnny Russell |
14 | 8 | Hello Little Bluebird | Donna Fargo |
16 | 49 | Here I Am in Dallas | Faron Young |
10 | 5 | Home | Loretta Lynn |
15 | 12 | Hoppy, Gene and Me | Roy Rogers |
14 | 19 | Hurt | Connie Cato |
18 | 10 | I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again | Tanya Tucker |
13 | 20 | I Can Still Hear the Music in the Restroom | Jerry Lee Lewis |
2 | 6 | I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) | Linda Ronstadt |
4 | 12 | I Like Beer | Tom T. Hall |
10 | 6 | I Love the Blues and the Boogie Woogie | Billy "Crash" Craddock |
11 | 42 | I Should Have Married You | Eddie Rabbitt |
13 | — | I Still Believe in Fairy Tales | Tammy Wynette |
14 | 16 | I Still Feel the Same About You | Bill Anderson |
9 | — | I Want to Hold You in My Dreams Tonight | Stella Parton |
20 | 47 | I Wonder Whose Baby (You Are Now) | Jerry Wallace |
5 | 20 | I'd Like to Sleep Til I Get Over You | Freddie Hart |
9 | 23 | I'll Still Love You | Jim Weatherly |
9 | 9 | I'm a Believer | Tommy Overstreet |
13 | 31 | I've Got My Baby on My Mind | Connie Smith |
14 | 4 | I've Never Loved Anyone More | Lynn Anderson |
7 | 12 | It Do Feel Good | Donna Fargo |
7 | 7 | It Was Always So Easy (To Find an Unhappy Woman) | Moe Bandy |
16 | — | It's a Sin When You Love Somebody | Glen Campbell |
23 | 13 | It's All Over Now | Charlie Rich |
9 | 6 | It’s Midnight | Elvis Presley |
12 | 7 | Jason's Farm | Cal Smith |
14 | 11 | Lady Came from Baltimore | Johnny Cash |
18 | 21 | Let's Sing Our Song | Jerry Reed |
10 | 32 | The Letter That Johnny Walker Read | Asleep at the Wheel |
4 | 5 | Like Old Times Again | Ray Price |
5 | 4 | Little Band of Gold | Sonny James |
6 | 9 | A Little Bit South of Saskatoon | Sonny James |
17 | 17 | Look at Them Beans | Johnny Cash |
3 | 3 | Love in the Hot Afternoon | Gene Watson |
5 | 46 | Love Is a Rose | Linda Ronstadt |
20 | 47 | Love Is Strange | Buck Owens and Susan Raye |
6 | 10 | Loving You Will Never Grow Old | Lois Johnson |
8 | 20 | Lyin' Eyes | Eagles |
20 | 32 | Mathilda | Donny King |
21 | 20 | Memories of Us | George Jones |
20 | 17 | Mississippi You're on My Mind | Stoney Edwards |
3 | 2 | Misty | Ray Stevens |
19 | 7 | The Most Wanted Woman in Town | Roy Head |
14 | 27 | My Boy | Elvis Presley |
3 | 5 | My Elusive Dreams | Charlie Rich |
3 | 2 | My Woman's Man | Freddie Hart |
21 | 14 | Oh Boy | Diana Trask |
11 | 48 | One Monkey Don't Stop No Show | Little David Wilkins |
4 | 10 | Out of Hand | Gary Stewart |
8 | 7 | Penny | Joe Stampley |
17 | 18 | Pictures on Paper | Jeris Ross |
14 | 17 | Poor Sweet Baby | Jean Shepard |
2 | 18 | Rainy Day Woman | Waylon Jennings |
6 | 17 | Rock on Baby | Brenda Lee |
32 | 19 | Roll You Like a Wheel | Mickey Gilley and Barbi Benton |
3 | 2 | Roses and Other Love Songs | Ray Price |
15 | — | She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye | Ronnie Milsap |
13 | 5 | She Talked a Lot About Texas | Cal Smith |
10 | — | Since I Met You Baby | Freddy Fender |
13 | 43 | Smokey Mountain Memories | Mel Street |
17 | 17 | Someone Cares for You | Red Steagall |
19 | — | Something Better to Do | Olivia Newton-John |
18 | 36 | Soulful Woman | Kenny O'Dell |
18 | 11 | Spring | Tanya Tucker |
20 | 17 | Stay Away from the Apple Tree | Billie Jo Spears |
19 | 17 | Stoned at the Jukebox | Hank Williams, Jr. |
17 | 5 | Storms Never Last | Dottsy |
15 | 18 | Susan When She Tried | The Statler Brothers |
7 | 16 | Sweet Surrender | John Denver |
24 | 19 | Thanks | Bill Anderson |
6 | 4 | That's When My Woman Begins | Tommy Overstreet |
8 | 14 | There I Said It | Margo Smith |
10 | 5 | There's a Song on the Jukebox | David Wills |
10 | 9 | These Days (I Barely Get By) | George Jones |
19 | 15 | This House Runs on Sunshine | LaCosta |
4 | 2 | The Ties That Bind | Don Williams |
16 | 25 | The Tip of My Fingers | Jean Shepard |
9 | — | Today I Started Loving You Again | Sammi Smith |
6 | 3 | Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry | Ronnie Milsap |
11 | 26 | T-R-O-U-B-L-E | Elvis Presley |
9 | — | U.S. of A. | Donna Fargo |
6 | 3 | Warm Side of You | Freddie Hart |
9 | 4 | We Used To | Dolly Parton |
11 | 10 | Western Man | LaCosta |
10 | 3 | What in the World's Come Over You | Sonny James |
5 | 11 | What's Happened to Blue Eyes | Jessi Colter |
9 | 8 | Whatcha Gonna Do with a Dog Like That | Susan Raye |
5 | 4 | Where Love Begins | Gene Watson |
14 | 8 | Whoever Turned You On, Forgot to Turn You Off | Little David Wilkins |
15 | 20 | Why Don't You Love Me | Connie Smith |
12 | 46 | Wolf Creek Pass | C. W. McCall |
4 | 5 | Woman in the Back of My Mind | Mel Tillis |
10 | 13 | Word Games | Billy Walker |
9 | 13 | Write Me a Letter | Bobby G. Rice |
6 | 17 | Wrong Road Again | Crystal Gayle |
14 | 46 | You Are the One | Mel Tillis and Sherry Bryce |
4 | 9 | (You Make Me Want to Be a) Mother | Tammy Wynette |
8 | 4 | You Never Even Called Me by My Name | David Allan Coe |
15 | 22 | You're Not the Woman You Used to Be | Gary Stewart |
US | CAN | Single | Artist |
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— | 13 | Anna Marie | Susan Jacks |
— | 14 | Any Dream Will Do | Carlton Showband |
— | 6 | Born to Be a Gypsy | Tommy Hunter |
— | 17 | The Bricklin | Charles Russell |
— | 15 | Bright Side of Tomorrow | Black Creek |
— | 20 | City of Tears | Marg Osburne |
— | 9 | Country Pride | Rick Newfield |
— | 9 | Did You Hear My Song | Mercey Brothers |
— | 19 | Easy Listenin' | Tim Daniels |
— | 3 | Fly Raven Fly | Bruce Miller |
— | 10 | Follow Your Heart | Jim and Don Haggart |
— | 4 | Give My Love to Lady Canada | Bobby G. Griffith |
— | 7 | God's People Are One | Dianne Leigh |
— | 9 | Goodbye Old Man | Christenson Brothers |
— | 18 | I Am the Words | Family Brown |
— | 14 | I Knew Her Then | Ray Francis |
— | 20 | Knock on My Door | Darlene Madill |
— | 12 | Life and Love and You | R. Harlan Smith |
— | 19 | Lonely Willow | Lee Roy |
— | 10 | Maybe Tonight | Murray McLauchlan |
— | 5 | Mother, Love and Country | Dick Damron |
— | 13 | One More for the Road | Country Edition |
— | 4 | Ooo Mama | Jerry Palmer |
— | 12 | Pasadena's on My Mind | Lynn Jones |
— | 16 | Roll It on Homeward | Linda Brown |
26 | 20 | Sanctuary | Ronnie Prophet |
— | 15 | She's My Greatest Blessing | Ian Tyson |
— | 9 | Someone Special | Canadian Zephyr |
— | 15 | Summer of Our Love | Bruce Miller |
— | 20 | Sunshine Lady | Bob Ruzicka |
— | 4 | Sure Feels Good | Tim Daniels |
— | 16 | That's Why I'm in Love with Life | Roy Payne |
— | 16 | A Touch of God | Family Brown |
16 | — | What Time of Day | Billy Thunderkloud & the Chieftones |
— | 13 | What'll I Do | Gary Buck |
Single | Artist | Record Label |
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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 Pride | RCA |
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 |
Single | Artist | Record Label |
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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 Brothers | MGM |
Out of Hand | Gary Stewart | RCA |
Harold Lloyd Jenkins, better known by his stage name Conway Twitty, was an American singer and songwriter. Initially a part of the 1950s rockabilly scene, Twitty was best known as a country music performer. From 1971 to 1976, Twitty received a string of Country Music Association awards for duets with Loretta Lynn. He was inducted into both the Country Music and Rockabilly Halls of Fame.
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"Rhinestone Cowboy" is a song written and recorded by Larry Weiss in 1974, then popularized the next year by American country music singer Glen Campbell. When released on May 26, 1975, as the lead single and title track from his album Rhinestone Cowboy, it enjoyed huge popularity with both country and pop audiences.
"Before the Next Teardrop Falls" is an American country and pop song written by Vivian Keith and Ben Peters, and most famously recorded by Freddy Fender. His version was a major crossover success in 1975, reaching number 1 on the Billboard pop and country charts.
We Only Make Believe is the first collaborative studio album by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn. It was released on February 1, 1971, by Decca Records.
Lead Me On is the second collaborative studio album by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn. It was released on January 17, 1972, by Decca Records.
Dynamic Duo is the seventh collaborative studio album by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn. It was released on June 6, 1977, by MCA Records.
Two's a Party is the tenth and final collaborative studio album by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn. It was released on February 2, 1981, by MCA Records. This would be the duo's last album of all new material to be released. Their next and final release, Making Believe, would be a compilation of new and previously released material.