This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in 1969.

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• January 4 – Dolly Parton becomes a member of The Grand Ole Opry.
• January 29 – The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour premieres on CBS, for what will be a three-year run.
• February 16 – George Jones and Tammy Wynette marry in Ringgold, Georgia, after telling others that their marriage was in August 1968. They quickly earn the titles such as "The First Couple of Country Music", "Country's Sweethearts" and "The President and First Lady".
• February 24 – Johnny Cash records his second live album behind prison walls in as many years at San Quentin State Prison. The resulting album is At San Quentin, and contains his hit "A Boy Named Sue." The concert is also taped for television broadcast.
• June 7 – The Johnny Cash Show premieres on ABC; the series will run through 1971.
• June 15 – The summer replacement series Hee Haw airs for the first time on CBS. The first guests to Kornfield Kounty – for what will be a 23-year run, the bulk of which will be in syndication – are Charley Pride and Loretta Lynn.
• October – The Country Music Association airs its awards program live for the first time (the previous year's ceremony was taped, with the show airing a few weeks later). The annual awards show — at the time airing in October on NBC – quickly becomes one of country music's most eagerly anticipated events of the year.

• January 3 – Nikki Nelson, female lead vocalist of the band Highway 101 (on and off since the early 1990s).
• March 28 – Rodney Atkins, singer-songwriter since the mid to late 2000s (decade).
• March 29 – Brady Seals, singer, keyboardist and member of Little Texas from 1988 to 1994.
• April 20 – Wade Hayes, honky tonk-styled singer of the mid-to-late 1990s.
• August 19 – Clay Walker, neotraditionalist who began enjoying hits in the mid-1990s.
• September 28 – Karen Fairchild, member of Little Big Town.
• October 12 – Martie Maguire, member of the Dixie Chicks (she plays the fiddle, mandolin and viola).
• October 13 – Rhett Akins, singer who enjoyed most of his success in the mid-1990s, and later became a prolific songwriter; father of Thomas Rhett.
• October 15 – Kimberly Schlapman, member of Little Big Town.

• September 11 – Leon Payne, 52, singer and prolific songwriter ("I Love You Because", "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" and many others).
• November 23 – Spade Cooley, 59, singer/songwriter/fiddler of the 1940s; best known for "Detour" and "Shame on You." (heart attack)

• Gene Autry (1907–1998)
• Bill Monroe (1911–1996)

• Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005.

• Country Music Association
• Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

• Country Music Hall of Fame