The Year in Billboard #1 Country Songs - 1969

September 27th 1969

"Tall Dark Stranger" - Buck Owens

(1 week at #1)

The Year in Billboard #1 Country Songs - 1969

July 26th 1969

Johnny B. Goode - Buck Owens and The Buckaroos

(2 consecutive weeks at #1)

The Year in Billboard #1 Country Songs - 1969

March 29th 1969

Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass - Buck Owens and The Buckaroos

(2 weeks at #1)

Your Country Classic Video of the Week

From 1964, its Buck Owens and his #1 country hit and #25 on the Billboard Hot 100.  He spent 4 weeks at the top of the Country chart in Feb/March.

"I've Got a Tiger By the Tail"

Your Classic Country Video of the Week

From 1966, Buck Owens and His Buckaroos featuring the great Don Rich on lead guitar and vocals.

Your Classic Country Video of the Week

This is Buck Owens and The Buckaroos singing the 1965 #1 country hit "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail". It spent 4 weeks on top of the Billboard country singles chart and hit #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles list.

Today in 2006 Alvis E. "Buck" Owens Jr. died from a heart attack at the age of 77 just hours after a performance at his own theater.