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Chart history. Tom T. Hall had his first number one in 1970 with "A Week in a Country Jail". Sonny James spent fourteen weeks at number one during the year. Conway Twitty topped the chart with "Hello Darlin'", which came to be regarded as his signature song. Loretta Lynn reached number one with the autobiographical "Coal Miner's Daughter".
Merle Haggard had the most number ones in 1975, taking four different singles to the top spot. The four singles spent a total of five weeks at number one, tying Haggard with Freddy Fender for the highest number of weeks spent atop the chart by a single artist in 1975. When Fender reached number one with "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" in the ...
List of Top Country LP's number ones of 1970. topped the chart with the live albums Okie from Muskogee, and The Fightin' Side of Me, each named for one of his best-known songs. Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 1970, 10 different albums topped the ...
Susan Raye, Buck Owens' protégée who became a solo star with moderate success. Jim Reeves, crossover artist, invented Nashville Sound with Chet Atkins. Charlie Rich, '50s rock star who enjoyed greatest success in '70s country. Marty Robbins, one of the most popular artists in country music history. Named artist of the decade (1960–1969) by ...
Listen to a Country Song. (1972) Lynn Anderson's Greatest Hits. (1972) Keep Me in Mind. (1973) Lynn Anderson's Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American country artist Lynn Anderson. It was released in August 1972 via Columbia Records and was produced by Glenn Sutton. It was Anderson's eighth compilation released during her recording ...
There’s no shortage of live albums in the last few decades, but they never mattered quite as much as they did in the ‘70s. 50. The Velvet Underground – Live At Max’s Kansas City (1972) The ...
Number ones. The Bee Gees scored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Elton John amassed the second-most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart during the ...
Motown. Ashford & Simpson. 1960s. Motown. The duo worked at Motown as songwriters and producers primarily, but Valerie Simpson recorded albums with the label and the duo recorded albums as an act at other labels. Cholly Atkins. 1960s. Motown. Choreographer.