This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1996.
Events
Top hits of the year
Singles released by American artists
Singles released by Canadian artists
Top new album releases
Other top albums
Births
Deaths
- February 17 â Gus Hardin, 50, female singer best known for her Earl Thomas Conley duet "All Tangled Up in Love" (automobile accident)
- March 4 â Minnie Pearl, 83, legendary comedian known for her trademark greeting, "How-dee!" and her straw hat with price tag; a regular on Hee Haw (stroke).
- May 3 â Patsy Montana, 87, first female country singer to have a single sell one million copies ("I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart").
- June 16 â Anthony Armstrong Jones, 47, male singer best known for his Top Ten cover version of "Take a Letter Maria"
- August 22 â Oliver "Doolittle" Lynn, 69, husband of Loretta Lynn and key figure in many aspects of her career.
- September 9- Bill Monroe, 84, Singer
- December 10 â Faron Young, 64, Nicknamed "The Hillbilly Heartthrob", and "The Singing Sheriff" he had many hits including "Hello Walls" and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" (suicide).
Hall of Fame inductees
Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
Major awards
Grammy Awards
Juno Awards
Academy of Country Music
ARIA Awards
(presented in Sydney on September 30, 1996)
Canadian Country Music Association
Country Music Association
RPM Big Country Awards
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Stars who were honored in 1996
Clint Black
Kennedy Center Honors
Country stars who were honored in 1996
Johnny Cash
Further reading
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944âÂÂ2005 â 6th Edition." 2005.
Other links
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