1970 Number One Country Hits- The Poll

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Poll Results

Option	Votes
"Sunday Morning Coming Down" – Johnny Cash	8
"Coal Miner's Daughter" – Loretta Lynn	5
"Rose Garden" – Lynn Anderson	3
"Hello Darlin'" – Conway Twitty	3
"For the Good Times" – Ray Price	3
"Is Anybody Goin' to San Antoné?" – Charley Pride	3
"A Week in a Country Jail" – Tom T. Hall	2
"Tennessee Birdwalk" – Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan	1
"The Fightin' Side of Me" – Merle Haggard	1
"He Loves Me All the Way" – Tammy Wynette	1
"Run, Woman, Run" – Tammy Wynette	1
"All For the Love of Sunshine" – Hank Williams, Jr.	1
"Endlessly" – Sonny James	0
"I Can't Believe That You Stopped Loving Me" – Charley Pride	0
"Fifteen Years Ago" – Conway Twitty	0
"There Must Be More to Love Than This" – Jerry Lee Lewis	0
"Don't Keep Me Hangin' On" – Sonny James	0
"Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" – Charley Pride	0
"My Love" – Sonny James	0
"The Pool Shark" – Dave Dudley	0
"My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" – Marty Robbins	0
"It's Just a Matter of Time" – Sonny James	0
"Baby, Baby (I Know You're a Lady)" – David Houston	0

― President Keyes, Saturday, 6 December 2008 01:56 (seventeen years ago)

Torn between Haggard and Hall, but there are a bunch of other great ones, obviously...

― xhuxk, Saturday, 6 December 2008 01:59 (seventeen years ago)

This was quite a year for Charley Pride--all 3 of his #1s are great, though I prefer 'San Antoine.'

― President Keyes, Saturday, 6 December 2008 02:21 (seventeen years ago)

I guess Glen Campbell was on vacation in 1970. Gotta go with Hag.

― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 6 December 2008 05:12 (seventeen years ago)

jeeeezus. i don't even know all of these, but what a line-up. can't get with the hag -- great tune but my sympathies are too long-hair, and the assholes who loved that song when it came out are still out there somewhere forwarding obama-muslim emails. "san antone" is awesome, so's "week in a country jail." "tennessee birdwalk" is goofy as hell. love "sunday morning comin' down," but i think i love the kristofferson version more. "hello darlin'," "for the good times" and "coal miner's daughter" hardly need explication or championing. but i think i might come down to tammy doing her motown thing.

― tipsy mothra, Saturday, 6 December 2008 06:25 (seventeen years ago)

Seems like Sonny James was the dominant singles artist of that era and no one really gives a damn about him today. Country has always had a few artists who can hang in there for decades scoring top ten hits with every single they put out regardless of quality. I guess George Strait and Alan Jackson (and maybe Reba) are today's models.

― President Keyes, Saturday, 6 December 2008 15:36 (seventeen years ago)

The only one I've heard here is "Rose Garden", which I refuse to vote for. "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" is great, why wasn't it a country #1?

― Geir Hongro, Saturday, 6 December 2008 17:40 (seventeen years ago)

For the Good Times

― dad a, Saturday, 6 December 2008 19:25 (seventeen years ago)

"Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" is great, why wasn't it a country #1?

I guess it wasn't considered Country by Billboard, or didn't get played on Country radio.

― President Keyes, Sunday, 7 December 2008 00:20 (seventeen years ago)

"all the way" = butt?

― Eazy, Sunday, 7 December 2008 00:25 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

Last chance to vote!

― President Keyes, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 23:14 (seventeen years ago)

I voted "For The Good Times" over "Hello Darlin'".

― Euler, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 23:16 (seventeen years ago)

killer list - totally surprised Charley Pride had so many hits!

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 23:23 (seventeen years ago)

Geir has never heard Coal Miner's Daughter?!

― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 9 December 2008 23:28 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

Isn't Charley Pride one of those guys who could actually go gold with a country album back in the day?

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 00:05 (seventeen years ago)

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