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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1966.
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(as certified by Billboard)
Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | Spec. Note |
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January 8 | Giddyup Go | Red Sovine | 6 |
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February 19 |
Waitin' in Your Welfare Line/ In the Palm of Your Hand |
Buck Owens and the Buckaroos | 7 | |
April 9 | I Want to Go with You | Eddy Arnold | 6 | |
May 21 | Distant Drums | Jim Reeves | 4 | |
June 18 | Take Good Care of Her | Sonny James | 2 | |
July 2 | Think of Me | Buck Owens and the Buckaroos | 6 | |
August 13 | Almost Persuaded | David Houston | 9 | [1], [A] |
October 15 | Blue Side of Lonesome | Jim Reeves | 1 | |
October 22 | Open Up Your Heart | Buck Owens and the Buckaroos | 4 | |
November 19 | I Get the Fever | Bill Anderson | 1 | |
November 26 | Somebody Like Me | Eddy Arnold | 4 | |
December 24 | There Goes My Everything | Jack Greene | 8 | [A] |
(as certified by RPM)
Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | Spec. Note |
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January 3 | Shadows of Your Heart | Dianne Leigh | 2 | [A] |
January 17 | Iron Town | Rhythm Pals | 5 | [A] |
February 21 | Don’t Knock on My Door | The Canadian Sweethearts | 1 | [C] |
February 28 | This They Say Is Me | Rhythm Pals | 2 | [B] |
March 14 | The Auctioneer | Irwin Prescott | 1 | [C] |
December 5 | Whistling on the River | Mercey Brothers | 7 |
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[2]
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US | Single | Artist |
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2 | Ain't Had No Lovin' | Connie Smith |
6 | Almost Persuaded No. 2 | Ben Colder |
17 | Anita, You're Dreaming | Waylon Jennings |
16 | Another Story | Ernest Tubb |
13 | At Ease Heart | Ernest Ashworth |
7 | Baby | Wilma Burgess |
15 | Baby Ain't That Fine | Gene Pitney and Melba Montgomery |
10 | Back Pocket Money | Jimmy C. Newman |
10 | Bad Seed | Jan Howard |
2 | The Ballad of the Green Berets | Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler |
12 | Blues Plus Booze (Means I Lose) | Stonewall Jackson |
12 | A Born Loser | Don Gibson |
3 | The Bottle Let Me Down | Merle Haggard |
18 | Bottom of a Mountain | Tex Williams |
18 | The Box It Came In | Wanda Jackson |
13 | Catch a Little Raindrop | Claude King |
19 | Coming Back to You | The Browns |
8 | The Company You Keep | Bill Phillips |
14 | Count Me Out | Marty Robbins |
14 | Day for Decision | Johnny Sea |
4 | Dear Uncle Sam | Loretta Lynn |
2 | Don't Touch Me | Jeannie Seely |
12 | Don't Touch Me | Wilma Burgess |
11 | Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) | Ray Price |
9 | Early Morning Rain | George Hamilton IV |
3 | England Swings | Roger Miller |
17 | Everybody Loves a Nut | Johnny Cash |
5 | Evil on Your Mind | Jan Howard |
2 | Flowers on the Wall | The Statler Brothers |
5 | Four-O-Thirty-Three | George Jones |
5 | The Game of Triangles | Bobby Bare, Norma Jean and Liz Anderson |
14 | Get Your Lie the Way You Want It | Bonnie Guitar |
10 | Giddyup Go – Answer | Minnie Pearl |
11 | Golden Guitar | Bill Anderson |
18 | Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart | Conway Twitty |
9 | Happy to Be with You | Johnny Cash |
2 | History Repeats Itself | Buddy Starcher |
6 | How Long Has It Been | Bobby Lewis |
3 | The Hurtin's All Over | Connie Smith |
5 | Husbands and Wives | Roger Miller |
13 | I Can't Keep Away from You | The Wilburn Brothers |
17 | I Hear Little Rock Calling | Ferlin Husky |
4 | I Love You Drops | Bill Anderson |
16 | I'd Just Be Fool Enough | The Browns |
9 | I'll Take the Dog | Jean Shepard and Ray Pillow |
18 | I'm a Nut | Leroy Pullins |
6 | I’m a People | George Jones |
9 | I'm Living in Two Worlds | Bonnie Guitar |
13 | I've Been a Long Time Leavin' (But I'll Be a Long Time Gone) | Roger Miller |
10 | If Teardrops Were Silver | Jean Shepard |
7 | If You Can't Bite, Don't Growl | Tommy Collins |
4 | It Takes a Lot of Money | Warner Mack |
14 | It's All Over (But the Crying) | Kitty Wells |
15 | It's Only Love | Jeannie Seely |
2 | Last Word in Lonesome Is Me | Eddy Arnold |
17 | Little Buddy | Claude King |
13 | Lonelyville | Dave Dudley |
15 | Long Time Gone | Dave Dudley |
8 | The Lovin' Machine | Johnny Paycheck |
13 | Many Happy Hangovers to You | Jean Shepard |
16 | The Men in My Little Girl's Life | Archie Campbell |
2 | A Million and One | Billy Walker |
4 | Misty Blue | Wilma Burgess |
14 | My Dreams | Faron Young |
4 | Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You) | Connie Smith |
19 | One in a Row | Willie Nelson |
2 | The One on the Right Is on the Left | Johnny Cash |
6 | Put It Off Until Tomorrow | Bill Phillips |
20 | Rainbows and Roses | Roy Drusky |
2 | Room in Your Heart | Sonny James |
3 | The Shoe Goes On the Other Foot Tonight | Marty Robbins |
3 | Sittin' On a Rock (Crying in a Creek) | Warner Mack |
3 | Skid Row Joe | Porter Wagoner |
2 | Snowflake | Jim Reeves |
8 | Someone Before Me | The Wilburn Brothers |
10 | Stand Beside Me | Jimmy Dean |
5 | Standing in the Shadows | Hank Williams, Jr. |
17 | Stateside | Mel Tillis |
15 | Steel Rail Blues | George Hamilton IV |
15 | Stop the Start (Of Tears in My Heart) | Johnny Dollar |
5 | Streets of Baltimore | Bobby Bare |
4 | Sweet Thang | Nat Stuckey |
5 | Swinging Doors | Merle Haggard |
8 | Take Me | George Jones |
3 | Talkin' to the Wall | Warner Mack |
17 | Thank You Ma'am | Ray Pillow |
9 | (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me | Waylon Jennings |
17 | Time to Bum Again | Waylon Jennings |
3 | The Tip of My Fingers | Eddy Arnold |
2 | Tippy Toeing | The Harden Trio |
3 | Touch My Heart | Ray Price |
3 | True Love's a Blessing | Sonny James |
17 | The Twelfth of Never | Slim Whitman |
7 | Unmitigated Gall | Faron Young |
12 | Viet Nam Blues | Dave Dudley |
7 | Walking on New Grass | Kenny Price |
7 | A Way to Survive | Ray Price |
4 | What Kinda Deal Is This | Bill Carlisle |
4 | What We're Fighting For | Dave Dudley |
15 | Where Is the Circus | Hank Thompson |
14 | Where'd Ya Stay Last Night | Webb Pierce |
15 | A Woman Half My Age | Kitty Wells |
9 | Women Do Funny Things to Me | Del Reeves |
10 | The World Is Round | Roy Drusky |
5 | Would You Hold It Against Me | Dottie West |
16 | Write Me a Picture | George Hamilton IV |
6 | (Yes) I'm Hurting | Don Gibson |
2 | You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) | Loretta Lynn |
15 | You Finally Said Something Good (When You Said Goodbye) | Charlie Louvin |
US | CAN | Single | Artist |
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— | 3 | Come Home Newfoundlander | Tom Jim Garth |
— | 2 | Goodbye My Friend | Bob King |
— | 10 | I Don't Never | Odie Workman |
18 | — | I've Cried a Mile | Hank Snow |
— | 7 | Ice on the Road | Graham Townsend |
— | 2 | Lost Love | Artie MacLaren |
— | 4 | Loving You Again | Johnny Burke |
— | 6 | Muddy Water | Bert Cuff |
— | 8 | Play Me One More Country Song | Ron McMunn |
— | 4 | Rambling Shoes | Bob King |
— | 3 | Three Plays for a Quarter | Ralph Carlson |
— | 2 | Working on the Country Road | Bob King |
Single | Artist | Record Label |
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Bad Seed | Jan Howard | Decca |
The Best of Bobby Bare | Bobby Bare | RCA |
Born to Sing | Connie Smith | RCA |
Confessions of a Broken Man | Porter Wagoner | RCA |
Conway Twitty Sings | Conway Twitty | Decca |
Distant Drums | Jim Reeves | RCA |
Don't Touch Me | Wilma Burgess | Decca |
Folk-Country | Waylon Jennings | RCA |
The Girls Get Prettier | Hank Locklin | RCA |
I Love You Drops | Bill Anderson | Decca |
I Want to Go with You | Eddy Arnold | RCA |
I'm a People | George Jones | Musicor |
Jan Howard Sings Evil on Your Mind | Jan Howard | Decca |
Jimmy Dean's Greatest Hits | Jimmy Dean | Columbia |
Look Into My Teardrops | Conway Twitty | Decca |
The Seely Style | Jeannie Seely | Monument |
Somebody Like Me | Eddy Arnold | RCA |
The Streets of Baltimore | Bobby Bare | RCA |
Suffer Time | Dottie West | RCA |
There Goes My Everything | Jack Greene | Decca |
Wanda Jackson Salutes the Country Music Hall of Fame | Wanda Jackson | Capitol |