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List of Top Country LP's number ones of 1975

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Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 1975, 19 different albums topped the chart, which was at the time published under the title Top Country LP's, based on sales reports submitted by a representative sample of stores nationwide.[1]

Singer Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson's 1975 chart-topper Red Headed Stranger is regarded as his career breakthrough.

In the issue of Billboard dated January 4, John Denver was at number one with his album Back Home Again, its fourth week at number one.[2] The following week it was displaced from the top spot by Charlie Rich's album The Silver Fox. Denver would return to number one in May with the live album An Evening with John Denver and again in December with Windsong, and was the only artist with three chart-topping albums in 1975. Rich and Freddy Fender each achieved two number ones, as did Conway Twitty, who topped the chart with his solo album Linda on My Mind as well as with Feelins', a collaboration with Loretta Lynn. The two singers had a run of success with duet recordings in the early 1970s alongside their ongoing solo careers.[3] Fender's total of 11 weeks at number one was the most by any artist. Olivia Newton-John achieved the year's longest unbroken run atop the chart, spending six consecutive weeks in the peak position with Have You Never Been Mellow.

In September, Waylon Jennings had his first chart-topping album with Dreaming My Dreams.[4] The following month, Willie Nelson topped the chart for the first time with Red Headed Stranger. Nelson had been active as a singer and songwriter since the 1960s and several of his songs had been chart-toppers for other artists,[5] but his own recordings had not achieved great success prior to 1975. Despite having a sound very different to the lush country-pop prevalent at the time, Red Headed Stranger was a critical and commercial success and launched Nelson to stardom.[6] In 2006, CMT placed it at the top of a list of the 40 greatest albums in country music.[7] Jennings and Nelson were two of the mainstays of the nascent outlaw country movement, which rejected slick production values and added a rock music influence and a counterculture attitude.[8] The year's final Top Country LP's number one was Black Bear Road by C. W. McCall, which moved into the top spot in the issue of Billboard dated December 27.

Chart history

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Linda Ronstadt spent four weeks at number one with Heart Like a Wheel.
 
John Denver had three chart-topping albums in 1975.
 
Olivia Newton-John's Have You Never Been Mellow was the year's longest-running number one.
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 4 Back Home Again John Denver [2]
January 11 The Silver Fox Charlie Rich [9]
January 18 I Can Help Billy Swan [10]
January 25 [11]
February 1 City Lights Mickey Gilley [12]
February 8 Heart Like a Wheel Linda Ronstadt [13]
February 15 [14]
February 22 [15]
March 1 [16]
March 8 Promised Land Elvis Presley [17]
March 15 Linda on My Mind Conway Twitty [18]
March 22 Have You Never Been Mellow Olivia Newton-John [19]
March 29 [20]
April 5 [21]
April 12 [22]
April 19 [23]
April 26 [24]
May 3 An Evening with John Denver John Denver [25]
May 10 [26]
May 17 Before the Next Teardrop Falls Freddy Fender [27]
May 24 [28]
May 31 [29]
June 7 [30]
June 14 Keep Movin' On Merle Haggard and the Strangers [31]
June 21 [32]
June 28 [33]
July 5 Before the Next Teardrop Falls Freddy Fender [34]
July 12 [35]
July 19 Keep Movin' On Merle Haggard and the Strangers [36]
July 26 Before the Next Teardrop Falls Freddy Fender [37]
August 2 [38]
August 9 [39]
August 16 Feelins' Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn [40]
August 23 Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High) Charlie Rich [41]
August 30 [42]
September 6 Dreaming My Dreams Waylon Jennings [43]
September 13 Rhinestone Cowboy Glen Campbell [44]
September 20 [45]
September 27 [46]
October 4 Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson [47]
October 11 [48]
October 18 [49]
October 25 Windsong John Denver [50]
November 1 [51]
November 8 [52]
November 15 [53]
November 22 [54]
November 29 Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson [55]
December 6 [56]
December 13 Are You Ready for Freddy? Freddy Fender [57]
December 20 [58]
December 27 Black Bear Road C. W. McCall [59]

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Hot Country Albums: Billboard 1964 to 2007. Record Research, Incorporated. p. 6. ISBN 9780898201734.
  2. ^ a b "Country Albums chart for January 4, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  3. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Conway Twitty Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved December 23, 2019.
  4. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dreamin My Dreams – Waylon Jennings". AllMusic. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  5. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Willie Nelson Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  6. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Red Headed Stranger". AllMusic. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
  7. ^ Dearmore, Kelly (June 3, 2015). "40 Years Ago, Willie Nelson Recorded His Greatest Album in a Garland Studio". Dallas Observer. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  8. ^ Morrison, Craig. "Outlaw music". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
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  10. ^ "Country Albums chart for January 18, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  11. ^ "Country Albums chart for January 25, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
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  13. ^ "Country Albums chart for February 8, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  14. ^ "Country Albums chart for February 15, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  15. ^ "Country Albums chart for February 22, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  16. ^ "Country Albums chart for March 1, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  17. ^ "Country Albums chart for March 8, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  18. ^ "Country Albums chart for March 15, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  19. ^ "Country Albums chart for March 22, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  20. ^ "Country Albums chart for March 29, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  21. ^ "Country Albums chart for April 5, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  22. ^ "Country Albums chart for April 12, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  23. ^ "Country Albums chart for April 19, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  24. ^ "Country Albums chart for April 26, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  25. ^ "Country Albums chart for May 3, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  26. ^ "Country Albums chart for May 10, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  27. ^ "Country Albums chart for May 17, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  28. ^ "Country Albums chart for May 24, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  29. ^ "Country Albums chart for May 31, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  30. ^ "Country Albums chart for June 7, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  31. ^ "Country Albums chart for June 14, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  32. ^ "Country Albums chart for June 21, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  33. ^ "Country Albums chart for June 28, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  34. ^ "Country Albums chart for July 5, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  35. ^ "Country Albums chart for July 12, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  36. ^ "Country Albums chart for July 19, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  37. ^ "Country Albums chart for July 26, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  38. ^ "Country Albums chart for August 2, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  39. ^ "Country Albums chart for August 9, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  40. ^ "Country Albums chart for August 16, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  41. ^ "Country Albums chart for August 23, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  42. ^ "Country Albums chart for August 30, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  43. ^ "Country Albums chart for September 6, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  44. ^ "Country Albums chart for September 13, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  45. ^ "Country Albums chart for September 20, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  46. ^ "Country Albums chart for September 27, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  47. ^ "Country Albums chart for October 4, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  48. ^ "Country Albums chart for October 11, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  49. ^ "Country Albums chart for October 18, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  50. ^ "Country Albums chart for October 25, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  51. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 1, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  52. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 8, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  53. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 15, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  54. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 22, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  55. ^ "Country Albums chart for November 29, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  56. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 6, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  57. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 13, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  58. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 20, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  59. ^ "Country Albums chart for December 27, 1975". Billboard. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
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