Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1968 im Genre Country-Musik.

• 1. Februar – Elvis Presleys einziges Kind, Lisa Marie Presley, wird in Memphis (Tennessee) geboren.
• 1. März – Johnny Cash und June Carter heiraten.

• 20. Januar – Sing Me Back Home – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• 3. Februar – Skip a Rope – Henson Cargill
• 9. März – Take Me to Your World – Tammy Wynette
• 16. März – A World of Our Own – Sonny James
• 6. April – How Long Will My Baby Be Gone – Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
• 13. April – You Are My Treasure – Jack Greene
• 20. April – Fist City – Loretta Lynn
• 27. April – The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• 11. Mai – Have a Little Faith – David Houston
• 18. Mai – I Wanna Live – Glen Campbell
• 25. Mai – Honey – Bobby Goldsboro
• 29. Juni – D-I-V-O-R-C-E – Tammy Wynette
• 20. Juli – Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
• 17. August – Heaven Says Hello – Sonny James
• 24. August – Already it's Heaven – David Houston
• 31. August – Mama Tried – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
• 28. September – Harper Valley PTA – Jeannie C. Riley
• 19. Oktober – Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye – Eddy Arnold
• 2. November – Next In Line – Conway Twitty
• 9. November – I Walk Alone – Marty Robbins
• 23. November – Stand by Your Man – Tammy Wynette
• 14. Dezember – Born to Be With You – Sonny James
• 21. Dezember – Wichita Lineman – Glen Campbell

• Another Place Another Time – Jerry Lee Lewis
• As Long As I Live – George Jones
• Baby's Back Again – Connie Smith
• Big Girls Don't Cry – Lynn Anderson
• By the Time I Get to Phoenix – Glen Campbell
• Country Girl – Dottie West
• The Country Hall of Fame – Hank Locklin
• The Day the World Stood Still – Charley Pride
• Dreams of the Everyday Housewife – Glen Campbell
• The Easy Part's Over – Charley Pride
• Flattery Will Get You Everywhere – Lynn Anderson
• Happy State of Mind – Bill Anderson
• Here Comes Heaven – Eddy Arnold
• Here Comes the Rain, Baby – Eddy Arnold
• Holdin' On to Nothin – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
• I Got You – Waylon Jennings und Anita Carter
• I've Got You on My Mind Again – Buck Owens
• The Image of Me – Conway Twitty
• It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me) – Buck Owens
• It's All Over – David Houston und Tammy Wynette
• It's All Over But the Crying – Hank Williams Jr.
• It's Over – Eddy Arnold
• Just Because I'm a Woman – Dolly Parton
• Just For You – Ferlin Husky
• The Last Thing on My Mind – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
• Let the Chips Fall – Charley Pride
• Let the World Keep On A-Turnin – Buck Owens und Buddy Alan
• Little Green Apples – Roger Miller
• Love Takes Care of Me – Jack Greene
• Milwaukee, Here I Come – George Jones und Brenda Carter
• No Another Time – Lynn Anderson
• On Tap, In the Can, Or in the Bottle – Hank Thompson
• The Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line – Waylon Jennings
• Plastic Saddle – Nat Stuckey
• Promises, Promises – Lynn Anderson
• Roseanna's Going Wild – Johnny Cash
• Run Away Little Tears – Connie Smith
• Say It's Not You – George Jones
• She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left of Me) – Jerry Lee Lewis
• She Wears My Ring – Ray Price
• Sweet Rosie Jones – Buck Owens
• Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) – Ray Price
• Undo the Right – Johnny Bush
• We'll Get Ahead Someday – Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
• What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) – Jerry Lee Lewis
• Wild Weekend – Bill Anderson
• With Pen in Hand – Johnny Darrell
• You Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out on Me) – Loretta Lynn
• Your Squaw's on the Warpath – Loretta Lynn

• The Bottom of the Bottle – Porter Wagoner (RCA)
• Country Girl – Dottie West (RCA)
• D-I-V-O-R-C-E – Tammy Wynette (Epic)
• Glen Campbell and Bobbie Gentry – Glen Campbell und Bobbie Gentry (Capitol)
• Harper Valley PTA – Jeannie C. Riley (Plantation)
• Honey – Bobby Goldsboro (United Artists)
• Just Because I'm a Woman – Dolly Parton (RCA)
• Liz Anderson Sings Her Favorites – Liz Anderson (RCA)
• At Folsom Prison – Johnny Cash (Columbia)
• Promises, Promises – Lynn Anderson (Chart)
• Walking in Love Land – Eddy Arnold (RCA)

• 27. Januar – Tracy Lawrence
• 24. Februar – David Eugene Edwards
• 26. März – Kenny Chesney

• 14. Juni – Ernest Stoneman, 75, Gründer der Stoneman Family.
• 19. September – Red Foley, 58

• Bob Wills (1905–1975)

• Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording – Glen Campbell – Gentle on My Mind
• Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Female — I Don’t Wanna Play House – Tammy Wynette
• Best Country & Western Solo Vocal Performance, Male — Gentle on My Mind – Glen Campell
• Best Country & Western Song — Gentle on My Mind, John Hartford (Interpret: Glen Campell)
• Best Country & Western Performance - Duo, Trio Or Group (Vocal Or Instrumental) – Jackson – Johnny Cash & June Carter^[1]

• Album Of The Year – Gentle On My Mind – Glen Campbell
• Top Male Vocalist – Glen Campbell
• Top Female Vocalist – Lynn Anderson
• Top Vocal Duo – Merle Haggard und Bonnie Owens
• Top Vocal Group – Sons of the Pioneers
• Top New Male Vocalist – Jerry Inman
• Top New Female Vocalist – Bobbie Gentry

• Entertainer of the Year — Glen Campbell
• Song of the Year — Honey – Bobby Russell, (Interpret: Bobby Goldsboro)
• Single of the Year — Harper Valley PTA – Jeannie C. Riley
• Album of the Year — At Folsom Prison – Johnny Cash
• Male Vocalist of the Year — Glen Campbell
• Female Vocalist of the Year — Tammy Wynette
• Vocal Group of the Year — Porter Wagoner und Dolly Parton
• Instrumentalist of the Year — Chet Atkins
• Instrumental Group of the Year — The Buckaroos
• Comedian of the Year — Sheb Wooley

1. ↑ Grammy Awards 1968. In: Awards & Shows. Abgerufen am 19. Juni 2022 (englisch).