1981 in country music - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1981.

Events

March 14 — The final showing of Live From The Grand Ole Opry on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) occurs on this night. The show actually went beyond the televised segment, but the show was ended with a clip of Marty Robbins singing "El Paso" (a song he used to close out his Opry segment at midnight) from the year before. Because of cost over-runs and other technicalities, this was the final run for the annual show on PBS that featured the music of Tom T. Hall, Del Reeves, Hank Snow, Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl, and many other performers.
October — The Weekly Country Music Countdown, a three-hour weekly countdown program, debuts. The syndicated program, hosted by radio personality Chris Charles, features the top 30 country hits of the week as reported by Radio & Records
Radio & Records
Radio & Records was a trade publication providing news and airplay information for the radio and music industries. It originally started out as an independent trade from 1973 to 2006 until VNU Media took over in 2006, up until its final issue in 2009.-History:The company was founded in 1973 and...

magazine. The program is a success and the first country music-oriented countdown program to successfully rival the 8-year-old American Country Countdown
American Country Countdown
American Country Countdown, also known as ACC or American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks, is an internationally syndicated radio program which counts down the top 30 country songs of the previous week, from No. 30 to No. 1, according to the Mediabase country chart...

show.

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The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music
The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music
The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music was a multi-volume set of recordings released by the Smithsonian Institution. Released in 1981, the collection contains 143 tracks deemed to be significantly important to the history of country music....

, an eight-volume, 143-track collection, is released. The box set is considered one of the first important retrospectives of the genre and contains extensive liner notes, depicting the importance of each song or artist included. Songs included range from 1922's "Sally Gooden" to 1975's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" by Willie Nelson. Specifically, each volume is titled as follows: "1920's," "1930's Southeast," "1930's Southwest," "1941-1953" (two records), "1953-1963," "Bluegrass" and "1963-1975."

United States

(as certified by Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

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Date	Single Name	Artist	Wks. No.1	CAN peak	Spec. Note
January 10	I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released as a single in October 1980 as the second single from the album, Back to the Barrooms. "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" would be Merle...	Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...	1	29
January 17	I Love a Rainy Night I Love a Rainy Night "I Love a Rainy Night" is a rock song by Eddie Rabbitt. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Country Singles, and Adult Contemporary Singles charts in 1981...	Eddie Rabbitt Eddie Rabbitt Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt was an American singer-songwriter and musician. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974...	1	4
January 24	9 to 5 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song) "9 to 5" is a song written and originally performed by Dolly Parton for the 1980 film comedy Nine to Five, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Parton in her film debut....	Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...	1
January 31	I Feel Like Loving You Again I Feel Like Loving You Again "I Feel Like Loving You Again" is a 1980 single written by Bobby Braddock and Sonny Throckmorton and recorded by T.G. Sheppard. "I Feel Like Loving You Again" would be T.G. Sheppard's sixth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of ten...	T. G. Sheppard T. G. Sheppard T. G. Sheppard is an American country music singer, who had 14 number one hits during the 1970s and 1980s.-Early life:...	1	3
February 7	I Keep Coming Back I Keep Coming Back "I Keep Coming Back" is a 1980 single by Razzy Bailey. "I Keep Coming Back" would be Razzy Bailey's second number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.... /True Life Country Music	Razzy Bailey Razzy Bailey Razzy Bailey is an American country music artist.-Early life:Bailey was raised on a farm in La Fayette, Alabama. Bailey got his first experience of musical performance as a member of his high school's Future Farmers of America string band...	1	3
February 14	Who's Cheatin' Who Who's Cheatin' Who "Who's Cheatin' Who" is the title of a country music song written by Jerry Hayes and initially recorded by Charly McClain. It was the title track of her 1980 album for Epic Records, released in November 1980 as a single with "Love Scenes" on the B-side, and in early 1981 became her first Number One...	Charly McClain Charly McClain Charlotte Denise McClain is an American country music singer, best-known for series of Country hits during the 1980s....	1	2	^[A]
February 21	Southern Rains Southern Rains "Southern Rains" is a 1980 single written by Roger Murrah and recorded by Mel Tillis. "Southern Rains" was Mel Tillis' sixth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart ....	Mel Tillis Mel Tillis Lonnie Melvin Tillis , known professionally as Mel Tillis, is an American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....	1
February 28	Are You Happy Baby Are You Happy Baby "Are You Happy Baby" is a 1981 single written by Bob Stone and performed by Dottie West. The song became one of West's signature tunes.-About the Song:...	Dottie West Dottie West Dottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists...	1	—
March 7	Do You Love as Good as You Look Do You Love as Good as You Look "Do You Love as Good as You Look" is a 1981 single written by Jerry Gillespie, Charlie Black, and Rory Michael Bourke and recorded by The Bellamy Brothers. "Do You Love as Good as You Look' would be The Bellamy Brothers fourth number one single on the country charts. The single stayed at number...	The Bellamy Brothers	1	4
March 14	Guitar Man Guitar Man (Jerry Reed song) "Guitar Man" is a 1967 song written by Jerry Reed, who took his version of it to number 53 on the country music charts in 1967.Soon after Reed's single appeared, Elvis Presley recorded the song, and it became a minor country and pop hit...	Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....	1		^[B]
March 21	Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" is a 1981 single from the film Honeysuckle Rose. "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" was written and performed by Willie Nelson...	Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...	1
March 28	Texas Women Texas Women "Texas Women" is a 1981 single written and recorded by Hank Williams Jr. "Texas Women" was Hank Williams Jr.'s third number one on the country chart, the first since "Eleven Roses" in 1972. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the chart.-Chart...	Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr. Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country...	1	22
April 4	Drifter Drifter (Sylvia song) "Drifter" is the 1981 title track from the debut album by Sylvia. "Drifter" was written by Don Pfrimmer and Archie Jordan and would become Sylvia's fourth country hit and the first of two number one songs on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent eleven weeks on...	Sylvia Sylvia (singer) Sylvia Jane Kirby is an American country music and country pop singer and songwriter. More commonly known by the singular name Sylvia, she enjoyed crossover music success with the song "Nobody" in 1982....	1	13	^[A]
April 11	You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" is a 1981 single from the film "Any Which Way You Can" and was performed by David Frizzell and Shelly West. "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" was written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, Larry Collins and Sandy Pinkard would become Shelly West's debut on...	David Frizzell David Frizzell David Frizzell is an American country music singer. He is the younger brother of country music legend Lefty Frizzell. His career first started in the late 1950s, but his biggest success came in the '80s, 30 years into his career.... and Shelly West Shelly West Shelly West is an American country music singer. Her mother was the country music star Dottie West, whose career spanned three decades. Shelly West is best known for having hit duets with David Frizzell, and for their #1 hit "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma"...	1	13	^{[A] - David Frizzell} ^{[A] - Shelly West}
April 18	Old Flame Old Flame (song) "Old Flame" is a song by the country music band Alabama. Written by Donny Lowery and Mac McAnally, the song was released in 1981, and eventually became the group's third number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart....	Alabama Alabama (band) Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook...	1
April 25	A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight) A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight) "A Headache Tomorrow " is a 1981 single written by Chick Rains and recorded by Mickey Gilley. "A Headache Tomorrow " would be Mickey Gilley's eleventh number one hit on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart...	Mickey Gilley Mickey Gilley Mickey Leroy Gilley is an American country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as...	1
May 2	Rest Your Love on Me Rest Your Love on Me "Rest Your Love on Me" is a song written by Barry Gibb and recorded it in 1976 by The Bee Gees for the album Children of the World. It was not released until 1978 when it appeared as a B-side to Too Much Heaven, when it reached number 39 on the Country charts in the U.S.Later in 1979 it included to...	Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...	1	9
May 9	Am I Losing You Am I Losing You "Am I Losing You" is a 1981 single written by Jim Reeves. He originally released it in 1957, with his version spending two weeks at number three on the country singles charts...	Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s...	1
May 16	I Loved 'Em Every One I Loved 'Em Every One "Loved 'Em Every One" is a 1981 single written by Phil Sampson and recorded by T.G. Sheppard. "I Loved 'Em Every One" would be T.G. Sheppard's seventh number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent ten weeks on the country chart...	T. G. Sheppard	1	3
May 23	Seven Year Ache Seven Year Ache (song) "Seven Year Ache" is a country music song written and released as a single by American country artist Rosanne Cash in 1981. It was the lead single off Cash's album of the same name as well as her first #1 hit on the country charts.-Song information:...	Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin....	1	6	^[A]
May 30	Elvira Elvira (song) "Elvira" is a song written by Dallas Frazier which became a famous country and pop hit by The Oak Ridge Boys. A Number One hit on the Billboard country music charts, The Oak Ridge Boys' version is considered one of their signature songs.-Song history:...	The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s...	1
June 6	Friends Friends (Razzy Bailey song) "Friends" is a 1981 single by Razzy Bailey. The song appears on his album Makin' Friends."Friends" was released as a double-sided single, with "Anywhere There's a Jukebox" on the b-side. Both sides of the single peaked at Number One on the Hot Country Songs charts dated for June 6, 1981.-Chart... /Anywhere There's a Jukebox	Razzy Bailey	1	9
June 13	What Are We Doin' in Love What Are We Doin' In Love "What Are We Doin' in Love" is a popular duet Countrypolitan song by Dottie West and Kenny Rogers.-Summary:This song had been the first duet hit for Kenny Rogers and Dottie West in over two years and "What Are We Doin' in Love" would be the duo third and final number one on the country chart ....	Dottie West with Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...	1	3	^{[B] - Dottie West}
June 20	But You Know I Love You But You Know I Love You "But You Know I Love You" is a song written by Mike Settle, which was a 1969 pop hit for The First Edition, a group that included Settle and Kenny Rogers. Evie Sands recorded the song for her 1970 album Any Way That You Want Me...	Dolly Parton	1	2
June 27	Blessed Are the Believers Blessed Are the Believers "Blessed Are the Believers" is a 1981 single written by Charlie Black, Rory Michael Bourke, and Sandy Pinkard and recorded by Anne Murray. "Blessed Are the Believers" was the first release from Anne Murray's "Where Do You Go When You Dream" album...	Anne Murray Anne Murray Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....	1
July 4	I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" is the title of a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan. It was recorded by American country artist Barbara Mandrell as a live version for her 1981 live album, Barbara Mandrell Live. It was released in April 1981 as lead single from the live album...	Barbara Mandrell Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s...	1	14
July 11	Fire and Smoke Fire and Smoke "Fire and Smoke" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in April 1981 as the second single from the album of the same name, "Fire and Smoke"....	Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for the RCA Records label. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which...	1	—	^{[1], [A]}
July 18	Feels So Right Feels So Right (song) "Feels So Right" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. Written by the group's lead singer, Randy Owen when he was only 18 years old, the song was released in 1981 as the title track to the band's second RCA Records album. It became the group's fourth straight No. 1 single "Feels...	Alabama	2	5
August 1	Dixie on My Mind Dixie on My Mind "Dixie on My Mind" is a 1981 single written and recorded by Hank Williams Jr.. "Dixie on My Mind" would be Hank Williams Jr.'s fourth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent nine weeks on the country chart...	Hank Williams, Jr.	1	41
August 8	Too Many Lovers Too Many Lovers "Too Many Lovers" is a 1981 single written by Sam Hogin, Ted Lindsay, and Mark True and recorded by Crystal Gayle. "Too Many Lovers" would be Crystal Gayle's ninth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent eleven weeks on the country chart .-Chart...	Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle is an American country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, she accumulated 18 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s...	1
August 15	I Don't Need You I Don't Need You "I Don't Need You" is the title of a song written by Rick Christian and recorded by American country artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in June 1981 as the lead single from Rogers album Share Your Love....	Kenny Rogers	2
August 29	(There's) No Gettin' Over Me (There's) No Gettin' Over Me " No Gettin' Over Me" is a song made famous by country music singer Ronnie Milsap. Known by many fans by its less grammatically correct title "There Ain't No Gettin' Over Me" — the song's official title appears nowhere in the lyrics — the song became one of Milsap's biggest country and pop hits...	Ronnie Milsap	2
September 12	Older Women Older Women "Older Women" is a 1981 single written by Jamie O'Hara and recorded by Ronnie McDowell. "Older Women" would be Ronnie McDowell's eleventh country hit and the first of two number one songs on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the...	Ronnie McDowell Ronnie McDowell Ronald Dean "Ronnie" McDowell is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1977 with the song "The King Is Gone", a tribute to Elvis Presley, who had died not long before the single's release. From that single onward, McDowell has charted more than thirty Top 40 hits on the Billboard...	1		^[A]
September 19	You Don't Know Me	Mickey Gilley	1
September 26	Tight Fittin' Jeans Tight Fittin' Jeans "Tight Fittin' Jeans" is a 1981 single written by Michael Huffman and recorded by Conway Twitty. "Tight Fittin' Jeans" was Conway Twitty's 26th number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of 10 weeks on the country chart .-Chart performance:...	Conway Twitty	1	8
October 3	Midnight Hauler Midnight Hauler "Midnight Hauler" is a 1981 single written by Wood Newton and Tim DuBois and recorded by Razzy Bailey. "Midnight Hauler" would be Razzy Bailey's fourth number one on the country chart...	Razzy Bailey	1
October 10	Party Time Party Time (T.G. Sheppard song) "Party Time" is a 1981 single written by Bruce Channel and recorded by T.G. Sheppard. "Party Time" would be T.G. Sheppard's eighth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.-Chart performance:-References:...	T. G. Sheppard	1	2
October 17	Step by Step Step By Step (Eddie Rabbitt song) "Step by Step" is a 1981 crosover single by Eddie Rabbitt, who co-wrote the song with Even Stevens and David Malloy. "Step by Step" would be Eddie Rabbitt's ninth number one single on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country...	Eddie Rabbitt	1
October 24	Never Been So Loved (In All My Life) Never Been So Loved (In All My Life) "Never Been So Loved " is a 1981 single written by Wayland Holyfield and Norro Wilson and recorded by Charley Pride. "Never Been So Loved " would be Charley Pride's twenty-fifth number one single on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of eleven weeks...	Charley Pride Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer. His smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early- to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis...	2
November 7	(I'm Settin') Fancy Free (I'm Settin') Fancy Free " Fancy Free" is a country music song made famous by The Oak Ridge Boys. Written by Don August and Jimbeau Hinson, the song reached No...	The Oak Ridge Boys	1	2
November 14	My Baby Thinks He's a Train My Baby Thinks He's a Train "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" is a song written by Leroy Preston and a 1981 single by Rosanne Cash. "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" would be Rosanne Cash's second number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country...	Rosanne Cash	1	4
November 21	All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down) All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down) "All My Rowdy Friends " is a 1981 single written and recorded by Hank Williams Jr.. "All My Rowdy Friends " would be Hank Williams Jr.'s fifth number one on the country chart...	Hank Williams, Jr.	1
November 28	My Favorite Memory My Favorite Memory "My Favorite Memory" is a 1981 single written and recorded by Merle Haggard, his twenty-fifth number one single. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the country chart.-Chart performance:...	Merle Haggard	1	3
December 5	Bet Your Heart on Me Bet Your Heart on Me "Bet Your Heart on Me" is the title of a song written by Jim McBride and recorded by Johnny Lee. It was released in September 1981 as the lead single from the album of the same name, Bet Your Heart on Me. "Bet Your Heart on Me" would be Johnny Lee's third number one on the country chart...	Johnny Lee Johnny Lee Johnny Lee is an American country music singer. His 1980 single, "Lookin' for Love" not only spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard country singles chart in the second half of 1980 but also went to the Top 5 on the Pop charts, and Top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary survey...	1	5
December 12	Still Doin' Time Still Doin' Time "Still Doin' Time" is a 1981 single written by John Moffatt and Michael P. Heeney and recorded by George Jones. "Still Doin' Time" would be George Jones' eight number one country single as a solo artist. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the chart...	George Jones George Jones George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....	1	2
December 19	All Roads Lead to You All Roads Lead to You "All Roads Lead to You" is a 1981 single by Steve Wariner. "All Roads Lead to You" was Steve Wariner's third country hit and the first of nine number one country singles. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the chart .-Chart performance:-References:...	Steve Wariner Steve Wariner Steven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records...	1	19	^[A]
December 26	Love in the First Degree Love in the First Degree (Alabama song) "Love in the First Degree" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. The song was released in 1981 and is included on the band's second RCA Records album, Feels So Right. It became the group's fifth straight No. 1 single "Love in the First Degree" is a song made famous by the country...	Alabama	1

^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

A^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
B^ Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.

US	CAN	Single	Artist
7	4	1959 1959 (John Anderson song) "1959" is a single by American country music artist John Anderson. Released in 1980, it was the fifth single from the album John Anderson. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	John Anderson John Anderson (musician) John David Anderson is an American country music artist with a successful career that has lasted more than 30 years...
16	—	Acapulco	Johnny Duncan Johnny Duncan (country music artist) Johnny Richard Duncan was an American country singer. In his career, he released fourteen studio albums, including thirteen on Columbia Records...
20	41	Alice Doesn't Love Here Anymore	Bobby Goldsboro Bobby Goldsboro Bobby Goldsboro is an American country and pop singer-songwriter. He had a string of Pop and Country hits during the 1960s and 1970s, including his signature #1 classic "Honey," which sold well over one million copies in the United States.-Early life:Goldsboro was born in Marianna, Florida...
10	10	Any Which Way You Can	Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...
10	6	The Baron	Johnny Cash Johnny Cash John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
3	27	Beautiful You Beautiful You (song) "Beautiful You" is a single by American country group The Oak Ridge Boys. Released in 1980, it was the third single from the album Together. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s...
17	8	Between This Time and the Next Time	Gene Watson Gene Watson Gary Gene Watson is an American country singer. He is most famous for his 1975 hit "Love in the Hot Afternoon," his 1982 hit "Fourteen Carat Mind," and his signature song "Farewell Party." Watson's long career has notched six number ones, 23 top tens and over 75 charted singles.-Biography:Watson...
3	6	A Bridge That Just Won't Burn	Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...
6	50	By Now By Now "By Now" is a single by American country music artist Steve Wariner. Released in 1981, it was the second single from the album Steve Wariner. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	Steve Wariner Steve Wariner Steven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records...
4	4	Can I See You Tonight Can I See You Tonight "Can I See You Tonight" is a single by American country music artist Tanya Tucker, Released in 1981, it was the second single from the album Dreamlovers. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	Tanya Tucker Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13...
44	20	Carolina (I Remember You)	Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer...
16	—	Cheatin's a Two Way Street	Sammi Smith Sammi Smith Sammi Smith was an American country music singer and songwriter. Born Jewel Faye Smith, she is best known for her 1971 country/pop crossover hit, "Help Me Make It Through the Night", which was written by Kris Kristofferson...
8	—	Chicken Truck Chicken Truck "Chicken Truck" is a single by American country music artist John Anderson. Released in 1981, it was the second single from album John Anderson 2. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song's b-side, "I Love You a Thousand Ways", charted at #54 in the U.S....	John Anderson
18	11	Crying in the Rain Crying in the Rain "Crying in the Rain" is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Carole King and was originally recorded by The Everly Brothers. The single peaked at #6 on the U.S. pop charts.-Track listing:-Chart performance:-A-ha version:...	Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
12	—	Cup of Tea	Rex Allen, Jr. Rex Allen, Jr. Rex Allen, Jr. is an American country music singer, who started singing at the age of six; he had followed in the footsteps of his father, Rex Allen, a singing cowboy and the narrator of many Walt Disney films. Rex Allen, Jr... with Margo Smith Margo Smith Margo Smith is an American Country Music Singer. In the 1970s, she was a popular female Country vocalist, acquiring two No. 1 hits on the Country charts during that time, "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" and "It Only Hurts for a Little While", both Country music remakes of previous Pop music...
19	—	Darlin'	Tom Jones Tom Jones (singer) Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...
18	29	Do I Have to Draw a Picture	Billy Swan Billy Swan Billy Lance Swan is an American songwriter and singer, best known for his 1974 single, "I Can Help".-Life:Swan was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. As a child, he learned drums, piano and guitar, and began writing songs...
20	—	Does She Wish She Was Single Again	The Burrito Brothers The Flying Burrito Brothers The Flying Burrito Brothers was an early country rock band, best known for its influential debut album,The Gilded Palace of Sin . Although the group is most often mentioned in connection with country rock legends Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, the group underwent many personnel changes.-Original...
13	48	Don't Bother to Knock	Jim Ed Brown Jim Ed Brown Jim Ed Brown is an American country music singer who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of The Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with Helen Cornelius through 1981... and Helen Cornelius Helen Cornelius Helen Cornelius is an American country singer-songwriter and actress, best remembered for a series of hit duets with Jim Ed Brown, many of which reached the U.S...
13	—	Don't Forget Yourself	The Statler Brothers
16	47	Don't Get Above Your Raisin'	Ricky Skaggs Ricky Skaggs Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:...
11	—	Don't Look Now (But We Just Fell in Love)	Eddy Arnold Eddy Arnold Richard Edward Arnold , known professionally as Eddy Arnold, was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a so-called Nashville sound innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more...
5	36	Don't Wait on Me	The Statler Brothers
11	18	Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) "Don't You Ever Get Tired " is a country song written by Hank Cochran that was a hit single for Ray Price in 1965, reaching No. 11 on the Billboard chart. A later version by Ronnie Milsap in 1989 became Milsap's thirty-third number one single as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one...	Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized... with Ray Price Ray Price (musician) Ray Price is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music...
16	14	Down and Out Down and Out (song) "Down and Out" is the title of a song written by Dean Dillon and Frank Dycus. It was recorded by American country music artist George Strait, and was released in August 1981 as the second single from his 1981 album Strait Country...	George Strait George Strait George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional...
2	2	Down to My Last Broken Heart Down to My Last Broken Heart "Down to My Last Broken Heart" is a single by American country music artist Janie Fricke. Released in 1980, it was the first single from the album I'll Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	Janie Fricke Janie Fricke Janie Fricke is an American country music singer, best remembered for a series of country music hits in the early to mid 1980s....
7	—	Dream of Me	Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin was an American country music singer. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man and sang in a gospel quartet called The Gosdin Brothers. An inheritor of the soulful honky tonk style of Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard, Gosdin was nicknamed "The Voice" by his...
6	3	Falling Again Falling Again "Falling Again" is a single by American country music artist Don Williams. Released in 1981, it was the second single from the album I Believe in You. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	Don Williams Don Williams Don Williams , is an American country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. He grew up in Portland, Texas, and graduated in 1958 from Gregory-Portland High School. After seven years with the folk-pop group Pozo-Seco Singers, he began his solo career in 1971,...
16	—	Feedin' the Fire	Zella Lehr Zella Lehr Zella Lehr is an American singer and entertainer. She had hit records on RCA Records and Columbia Records, most notably Dolly Parton's "Two Doors Down"...
10	—	Following the Feeling	Moe Bandy Moe Bandy Marion Franklin Bandy, Jr.–better known professionally as Moe Bandy– is a country music singer... and Judy Bailey Judy Bailey Judy Ann Bailey ONZM is a former news presenter for ONE News, the highest rated evening television news programme in New Zealand. She has been called the "Mother of the Nation"....
6	—	Fool by Your Side	Dave & Sugar Dave & Sugar Dave & Sugar was a pop-styled country music trio that enjoyed its peak success in the mid- to late-1970s. It consisted of lead singer Dave Rowland and initially on backing vocalists, Vicki Hackeman and Jackie Frantz...
14	—	Girls, Women and Ladies	Ed Bruce Ed Bruce William Edwin "Ed" Bruce, Jr. is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is known for penning the 1975 song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" .-Early life & songwriting career:...
5	—	Giving up Easy	Leon Everette Leon Everette Leon Everette is an American country music artist. While in the Navy during the Vietnam War, Everette won a singing contest and decided to pursue a career in country music....
13	—	Good Ol' Girls	Sonny Curtis Sonny Curtis Sonny Curtis is an American singer and songwriter. Most of his work falls into the Pop and Country genres. He was a teenage pal and band member with Buddy Holly in Lubbock, Texas...
25	9	Good Times	Willie Nelson
17	—	Goodbye Marie Goodbye Marie "Goodbye Marie" is a country-pop song written by Mel McDaniel and Dennis Linde. The song is about a man who has to leave his lover to head for "the lonesome highway" back to his home in Houston, Texas....	Bobby Goldsboro
9	17	Grandma's Song	Gail Davies Gail Davies Gail Davies is an American country music singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of country singer Tex Dickerson....
8	22	Headed for a Heartache Headed for a Heartache "Headed for a Heartache" is a single by American country music artist Gary Morris. Released in 1981, it was the first single from the album Gary Morris. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	Gary Morris Gary Morris Gary Gwyn Morris is an American country music artist who charted a string of countrypolitan-styled hit songs throughout the 1980s....
8	11	Heart on the Mend Heart on the Mend "Heart on the Mend" is a single by American country music artist Sylvia. Released in 1981, it was the fifth single from the album Drifter. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	Sylvia Sylvia (singer) Sylvia Jane Kirby is an American country music and country pop singer and songwriter. More commonly known by the singular name Sylvia, she enjoyed crossover music success with the song "Nobody" in 1982....
10	8	Hey Joe (Hey Moe) Hey Joe (1953 song) "Hey Joe" is a 1953 popular song written by Boudleaux Bryant. It was recorded by Carl Smith for Columbia Records on 19 May 1953 and spent eight weeks at #1 on the U.S. country music chart...	Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley Joe Stampley Joe Stampley is an American country music singer.-Biography:He was born to R.C. Stampley, Jr. , and Mary E. Stampley...
8	10	Hillbilly Girl with the Blues	Lacy J. Dalton Lacy J. Dalton Lacy J. Dalton , is an American country and western singer and songwriter, known for her gritty, powerful vocals, which a number of critics likened to a country equivalent to Bonnie Raitt . She had a number of hits in the 1980s, including "Takin' It Easy," "Crazy Blue Eyes" and "16th Avenue." ...
12	11	Honky Tonk Queen	Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley
2	30	Hooked on Music	Mac Davis Mac Davis Mac Davis is a country music singer, songwriter, and actor originally from Lubbock, Texas who has enjoyed much crossover success...
14	20	The House of the Rising Sun The House of the Rising Sun "The House of the Rising Sun" is a folk song from the United States. Also called "House of the Rising Sun" or occasionally "Rising Sun Blues", it tells of a life gone wrong in New Orleans...	Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
4	3	Hurricane Hurricane (Leon Everette song) "Hurricane" is the title of a song co-written by Thom Schuyler, Keith Stegall and Stewart Harris, and recorded by American singer Leon Everette. It was released in July 1981 as the lead single from Everette's RCA Records album Hurricane. It is Everette's highest-charting single.-Content:The song is...	Leon Everette
16	38	Husbands and Wives Husbands and Wives (song) Country music duo Brooks & Dunn covered the song on their 1998 album If You See Her. Featuring lead vocals from Ronnie Dunn, their version was the album's third single, reaching the top of the country singles charts in December 1998. It was also a Top 40 pop hit, peaking at #36 on the Billboard Hot...	David Frizzell David Frizzell David Frizzell is an American country music singer. He is the younger brother of country music legend Lefty Frizzell. His career first started in the late 1950s, but his biggest success came in the '80s, 30 years into his career.... and Shelly West Shelly West Shelly West is an American country music singer. Her mother was the country music star Dottie West, whose career spanned three decades. Shelly West is best known for having hit duets with David Frizzell, and for their #1 hit "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma"...
13	—	I Don't Think Love Oughta Be That Way	Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
17	—	I Have a Dream	Cristy Lane Cristy Lane Eleanor Johnston, known by her professional name as Cristy Lane is an American country music and gospel music singer, best known for a number of major country hits in the late 70s and the early 1980s, including her cover version of the song, "One Day at a Time".Lane's career began to take shape in...
11	20	I Just Need You for Tonight	Billy Crash Craddock
15	39	I Love My Truck	Glen Campbell
54	11	I Love You a Thousand Ways	John Anderson
13	—	I Should've Called	Eddy Raven Eddy Raven Edward Garvin Futch is an American country music artist known professionally as Eddy Raven. Known for his Cajun-influenced country music, Raven has been a recording artist since 1962...
2	3	I Still Believe in Waltzes	Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he... and Conway Twitty
4	8	I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)	Gail Davies
9	—	I'm Gonna Love You Back to Lovin' Me Again	Joe Stampley
16	22	(I'm Gonna) Put You Back on the Rack	Dottie West Dottie West Dottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists...
18	28	I'm Into Lovin' You	Billy Swan
4	2	I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday) I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday) "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal " is song written and originally recorded by Billy Joe Shaver. American country music artist John Anderson released in 1981, it was the first single from the album John Anderson 2. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart...	John Anderson
8	25	If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will) If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will) "If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me " is a single by American country music artist George Jones. It was released in January 1981 as the third single from his album I Am What I Am. The song peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:...	George Jones George Jones George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
11	16	If I Keep on Going Crazy	Leon Everette
12	—	If You Go, I'll Follow You	Porter Wagoner Porter Wagoner Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced the young Dolly Parton near the beginning of her career on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet throughout the late 1960s and... and Dolly Parton
6	—	It Don't Hurt Me Half as Bad	Ray Price
5	11	It's a Lovely, Lovely World	Gail Davies
4	7	It's Now or Never It's Now or Never (song) "It's Now or Never" is a popular song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company, in 1960. The melody of the song is adapted from the Italian standard, "'O Sole Mio", but the inspiration for it came from the song, "There's No Tomorrow", recorded by...	John Schneider John Schneider (television actor) John Richard Schneider III is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Bo Duke in the 1980s American television series The Dukes of Hazzard, and as Jonathan Kent on Smallville, a 2001 television adaptation of Superman.Alongside his acting career, Schneider performed as a...
16	—	Just Like Me	Terry Gregory Terry Gregory Terry Gregory is an American country music singer-songwriter. Gregory's debut album, Just Like Me, was released in 1981 by Handshake Records. Its first single, the title track, reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Albums:-Singles:-External links:*[ Terry Gregory] at...
17	—	Just One Time	Tompall & the Glaser Brothers Tompall & the Glaser Brothers Tompall & The Glaser Brothers was an American country music group composed of three brothers: Chuck, Jim, and Tompall Glaser, all of whom also had success in the 1970s as solo artists. Between 1960 and 1975, the trio recorded ten studio albums, and charted nine singles on the Billboard Hot Country...
10	39	Killin' Time	Fred Knoblock Fred Knoblock Fred Knoblock is an American country singer-songwriter.Prior to his solo career, Knoblock had been a member of Let's Eat, a 1970s rock band. Knoblock was signed to Scotti Brothers Records in 1980 when he released the song "Why Not Me", which he wrote along with Carson Whitsett... with Susan Anton Susan Anton -Youth:Anton attended Yucaipa High School in Yucaipa, California, and graduated in 1968. After high school, Anton attended San Bernardino Valley College...
9	7	Leonard Leonard (song) "Leonard" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. Released in 1981, it was the third single from the album Back to the Barrooms. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart....	Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
7	21	Louisiana Saturday Night Louisiana Saturday Night "Louisiana Saturday Night" is the title of a song written by Bob McDill and recorded by American country music artist, Mel McDaniel. It was released in March 1981 as the third single from McDaniel's 1980 album, I'm Countryfied. The song, originally sung by Don Williams, has been covered by many...	Mel McDaniel Mel McDaniel Mel McDaniel was an American country music artist. His chart making years were mainly the 1980s and his hits from that era include "Louisiana Saturday Night", "Big Ole Brew", "Stand Up", the Number One "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On", "I Call It Love", "Stand on It", and a remake of Chuck Berry's...
19	33	Love Ain't Never Hurt Nobody	Bobby Goldsboro
13	—	Love Dies Hard	Randy Barlow Randy Barlow Randy Barlow is an American country music artist. Between 1976 and 1983, he released four albums, including three for Republic Records. In the same time span, he charted more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country singles charts, including a string of four songs in a row which all reached...
13	7	Love Is Fair Love Is Fair (song) "Love Is Fair" is the title of a song written by Kyle Fleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in January 1981 as the third and final single from the album of the same name, Love Is Fair. It peaked at #13 on the U.S...	Barbara Mandrell Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s...
8	10	Lovin' Arms	Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
2	2	Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) "Lovin' Her Was Easier " is the title of a song written and recorded by Kris Kristofferson. It was also released by Roger Miller, who included it on his album The Best of Roger Miller and released it as a single in July 1971...	Tompall & the Glaser Brothers
7	5	Lovin' What Your Lovin' Does to Me	Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty
7	8	The Matador The Matador (Sylvia song) "The Matador" is a single by American country music artist Sylvia. Released in 1981, it was the fourth single from the album Drifter. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	Sylvia
23	12	Maybe I Should Have Been Listening	Gene Watson
10	12	Memphis Memphis, Tennessee (song) "Memphis, Tennessee" is a song by rock & roll singer-songwriter Chuck Berry. It is sometimes shortened to "Memphis". In the UK, the song charted at #6 in 1963, at the same time Decca Records issued a cover version in the UK by Dave Berry and the Cruisers, who came from Sheffield, Yorkshire...	Fred Knoblock
8	10	A Million Old Goodbyes	Mel Tillis Mel Tillis Lonnie Melvin Tillis , known professionally as Mel Tillis, is an American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....
4	2	Miracles Miracles (Don Williams song) "Miracles" is a single by American country music artist Don Williams. Released in 1981, it was the first single from the album Especially for You. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracke chart.-Chart performance:...	Don Williams
2	7	Miss Emily's Picture Miss Emily's Picture "Miss Emily's Picture" is a single by American country music artist John Conlee. Released in 1981, it was the second single from the album With Love. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	John Conlee John Conlee John Conlee is an American country music singer. Between 1978 and 2004, Conlee charted a total of thirty-two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and recorded eleven studio albums...
11	7	Mona Lisa Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole song) "Mona Lisa" is a song written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey, U.S.A. . It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for 1950. The arrangement was by Nelson Riddle and the orchestral backing was played by Les Baxter and his Orchestra...	Willie Nelson
15	25	My Woman Loves the Devil Out of Me	Moe Bandy
10	—	One-Night Fever	Mel Tillis
23	20	Perfect Fool	Debby Boone Debby Boone Deborah Anne Boone is an American singer and stage actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, "You Light Up My Life," which spent a then record ten weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist the following year...
3	4	Pickin' Up Strangers Pickin' Up Strangers "Pickin' Up Strangers" is the title of a song written by Byron Hill and recorded by American country music artist Johnny Lee. The single was originally recorded for the soundtrack of the feature film "Coast To Coast", and was also included on Johnny Lee's album "Lookin' For Love". The song won an...	Johnny Lee Johnny Lee Johnny Lee is an American country music singer. His 1980 single, "Lookin' for Love" not only spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard country singles chart in the second half of 1980 but also went to the Top 5 on the Pop charts, and Top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary survey...
3	4	Prisoner of Hope Prisoner of Hope "Prisoner of Hope" is the title of a song written by Sterling Whipple and Gerald Metcalf, and recorded by American country music artist Johnny Lee. It was released in May 1981 as the fourth single from the album Lookin for Love. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks...	Johnny Lee
14	6	Queen of Hearts Queen of Hearts (song) "Queen of Hearts" is the title of a country-pop song written by Hank DeVito, who was the pedal steel guitarist in Emmylou Harris' backing group The Hot Band in the early '80s....	Juice Newton Juice Newton Judith Kay "Juice" Newton is an American Pop music and Country singer, songwriter and guitarist...
4	17	Rainbow Stew Rainbow Stew "Rainbow Stew" is a live single written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. Released in June 1981, it was the lead single from the live album Rainbow Stew Live at Anaheim Stadium. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	Merle Haggard
43	19	Ready for the Times to Get Better Ready for the Times to Get Better "Ready for the Times to Get Better" is a 1978 single written by Allen Reynolds and recorded by Crystal Gayle. "Ready for the Times to Get Better" was Gayle's fourth number one on the U.S Billboard Hot Country Singles chart...	Joe Sun Joe Sun James Joseph Paulsen is an American country music singer, songwriter of Danish descent, known professionally as Joe Sun. Recording for the Ovation and Elektra Records labels, Sun charted fourteen singles on the Hot Country Songs charts...
19	29	Rich Man	Terri Gibbs Terri Gibbs Teresa Fay "Terri" Gibbs is an American country music artist who was born blind. Between 1980 and 1990, she recorded seven studio albums, including four for MCA Records and one for Warner Bros. Records...
10	17	Right in the Palm of Your Hand Right in the Palm of Your Hand "Right in the Palm of Your Hand" is the title of a song written by Bob McDill and recorded by American country music artist, Mel McDaniel. It was released in July 1981 as the fourth and final single from McDaniel's 1980 album, I'm Countryfied. It peaked at number 10 on the U.S...	Mel McDaniel
7	2	Roll On Mississippi Roll On Mississippi "Roll On Mississippi" is a single by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in February 1981 as the second single from his album Roll On Mississippi. The song peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart....	Charley Pride Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer. His smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early- to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis...
8	—	Scratch My Back (And Whisper in My Ear)	Razzy Bailey Razzy Bailey Razzy Bailey is an American country music artist.-Early life:Bailey was raised on a farm in La Fayette, Alabama. Bailey got his first experience of musical performance as a member of his high school's Future Farmers of America string band...
5	2	Share Your Love with Me Share Your Love with Me Aretha Franklin recorded the most successful version of the song for her 1970 album, This Girl's in Love with You. Her single spent five weeks at number-one on the Best Selling Soul Singles chart and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. ....	Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...
16	—	She Belongs to Everyone but Me	The Burrito Brothers
17	—	She's Steppin' Out	Con Hunley Con Hunley Conard Logan "Con" Hunley is a country music singer.Hunley was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. After graduating from Central High School in Knoxville, Hunley began playing with local bands, maturing musically and gaining his first fans. Hunley joined the Air Force in 1965 and spent most of his...
50	16	Should I Do It	Tanya Tucker
7	—	Silent Treatment Silent Treatment (song) "Silent Treatment" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in November 1980 as the first single from the album Fire and Smoke. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for the RCA Records label. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which...
4	2	Sleepin' with the Radio On Sleepin' with the Radio On "Sleepin' with the Radio On" is a single by American country music artist Charly McClain. Released in 1981, it was the second single from the album Surround Me with Love. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart....	Charly McClain Charly McClain Charlotte Denise McClain is an American country music singer, best-known for series of Country hits during the 1980s....
20	38	Somebody Led Me Away	Loretta Lynn
8	2	Somebody's Knockin'	Terri Gibbs
13	—	Somethin' on the Radio	Jacky Ward Jacky Ward Jacky Ward is an American country music artist. Between 1972 and 1982, he recorded four albums for Mercury Records, and charted more than fifteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles Jacky Ward (born November 18, 1946 in Groveton, Texas) is an American country music artist. Between 1972...
17	11	Storms Never Last	Jessi Colter Jessi Colter Jessi Colter is an American country music artist who is best known for her collaboration with her husband, country singer and songwriter Waylon Jennings and for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit "I'm Not Lisa".... and Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...
5	13	Surround Me with Love Surround Me with Love "Surround Me with Love" is a single by American country music artist Charly McClain. Released in 1981, it was the first single and title track from the album Surround Me with Love. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	Charly McClain
17	3	Take It Easy	Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle is an American country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, she accumulated 18 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s...
2	2	Takin' It Easy	Lacy J. Dalton
7	42	Teach Me to Cheat	The Kendalls The Kendalls The Kendalls was an American country music duo, consisting of Royce Kendall and his daughter Jeannie Kendall . Between the 1960s and 1990s, they released sixteen albums on various labels, including five on Mercury Records...
9	—	A Texas State of Mind	David Frizzell and Shelly West
13	12	Them Good Old Boys Are Bad	John Schneider
12	—	They Could Put Me in Jail	The Bellamy Brothers
4	6	Thirty-Nine and Holdin'	Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...
5	8	Today All Over Again Today All Over Again "Today All Over Again" is a single by American country music artist Reba McEntire. Released in 1981, it was the first single from the album Heart to Heart. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	Reba McEntire
6	—	Unwound Unwound (song) "Unwound" is the title of a song written by Dean Dillon and Frank Dycus. It was recorded by American country music artist George Strait and was released in April 1981 as his debut single and the lead-off single to his 1981 debut album Strait Country...	George Strait
2	27	Wandering Eyes Wandering Eyes "Wandering Eyes" is a single by American country music artist Ronnie McDowell. Released in 1981, it was the second single from the album Going, Going, Gone. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart..-Chart performance:...	Ronnie McDowell Ronnie McDowell Ronald Dean "Ronnie" McDowell is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1977 with the song "The King Is Gone", a tribute to Elvis Presley, who had died not long before the single's release. From that single onward, McDowell has charted more than thirty Top 40 hits on the Billboard...
4	28	What Are We Doing Lonesome	Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Larry Gatlin Larry Wayne Gatlin is an American country music singer/songwriter. He is perhaps best known for teaming up with his brothers Steve and Rudy in the late 1970s, becoming one of country music's most successful acts of the 1970s and 1980s. Gatlin has had a total of 33 Top 40 singles...
12	15	What I Had with You	John Conlee
11	—	What's New with You	Con Hunley
14	12	(When You Fall in Love) Everything's a Waltz	Ed Bruce
18	21	Whiskey Chasin'	Joe Stampley
10	12	Whisper	Lacy J. Dalton
10	6	The Wild Side of Life The Wild Side of Life "The Wild Side of Life" is a song made famous by country music singer Hank Thompson. Originally released in 1952, the song became one of the most popular recordings in the genre's history, spending 15 weeks at No... / It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" is a 1952 country song written by J. D. "Jay" Miller, and originally recorded by Kitty Wells. It was an answer song to the Hank Thompson hit "The Wild Side of Life."...	Jessi Colter and Waylon Jennings
19	15	Willie Jones	Bobby Bare Bobby Bare Robert Joseph Bare is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is the father of Bobby Bare, Jr., also a musician.-Early career:...
20	—	Wind Is Bound to Change	Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers
2	11	Wish You Were Here Wish You Were Here (Barbara Mandrell song) "Wish You Were Here" is the title of a song written by Kyle Fleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in August 1981 as the second and final single from her live album, Barbara Mandrell Live. It peaked at #2 on the U.S...	Barbara Mandrell
3	2	The Woman in Me The Woman in Me (Crystal Gayle song) "The Woman in Me" is a single by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. Released in 1981, it was the first single from the album Hollywood, Tennessee. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	Crystal Gayle
18	25	You Better Move On You Better Move On (song) "You Better Move On" is a song by Arthur Alexander from 1961 that reached #24 on the US charts in March 1962. The song was recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama...	George Jones with Johnny Paycheck Johnny Paycheck Johnny Paycheck was the legal name of Donald Eugene Lytle , a country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member most famous for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It"...
20	—	You (Make Me Wonder Why)	Deborah Allen Deborah Allen Deborah Allen is an American country music singer. Since 1976, Allen has issued 12 albums and charted 14 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, most notably the 1983 crossover hit "Baby I Lied" which reached #4 on the country charts and #26 on the Billboard Hot 100. Allen has also...
9	16	You May See Me Walkin' You May See Me Walkin' "You May See Me Walkin" is a single by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. Released in 1981, it was the second single from the album Waitin' for the Sun to Shine. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart....	Ricky Skaggs
7	16	You're My Favorite Star You're My Favorite Star "You're My Favorite Star" is the title of a song recorded by The Bellamy Brothers and written by David Bellamy, one-half of the duo. It was released in October 1981 via Warner Bros. Records and Curb Records, reaching number seven on the Hot Country Songs charts...	The Bellamy Brothers
14	—	You're the Best	Kieran Kane Kieran Kane Kieran Kane is an American country music artist, as well as the owner of Dead Reckoning Records, an independent record label. Between 1986 and 1990, he and Jamie O'Hara comprised The O'Kanes, a duo which charted seven singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, including the Number...
13	—	Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad	Billie Jo Spears Billie Jo Spears Billie Jo Spears is an American country music singer. She reached the top-10 of the Country music charts five times between 1969 and 1977, her biggest hit being "Blanket on the Ground", which, in 1975, became her only number one...
7	—	Your Memory Your Memory "Your Memory" is single by American country music artist Steve Wariner. Released in 1980, it was the first single from the album Steve Wariner. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...	Steve Wariner

US	CAN	Single	Artist
—	10	Another Broken Hearted Melody	Family Brown Family Brown Family Brown was a Canadian country music band founded in 1967 by Joe Brown , along with his son Barry and daughters Lawanda and Tracey , as well as Dave Dennison and Ron Sparling . Between 1967 and 1990, the band charted several singles in both Canada and the United States...
—	15	Breaking and Entering	Carroll Baker Carroll Baker (singer) Carroll Baker, CM , , is a Juno Award winning Canadian country music singer and songwriter.-Biography:Carroll Baker was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia...
—	11	Crazy Heart	Laura Vinson
—	19	Every Story in the Book	Ronnie Prophet Ronnie Prophet Ronald Lawrence Victor Prophet is a Canadian-born country musician and comedy performer.In his childhood, Ronnie Prophet lived in Calumet, Quebec and began performing at local venues in his youth. His successful musical career in the United States began in the mid-1960s...
—	14	Four High Cards	Peter Chipman
—	8	High and Dry	C-Weed Band
—	14	Honky Tonk Fever	Harold MacIntyre
—	18	How Deep in Love Am I	Eddie Eastman Eddie Eastman Eddie Eastman is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Twenty-five of Eastman's singles made the RPM Country Tracks charts, including five which reached the Top Ten...
—	15	I'm Leanin' on the Devil Tonight	John Winters
57	7	It's Really Love This Time	Family Brown
—	16	Joanne	Lee Marlow
—	5	King of Fools	Wayne Rostad Wayne Rostad Wayne Victor Rostad, CM is a Canadian musician and television presenter.In 1969, he became a radio host for CJET in Smiths Falls, Ontario...
—	10	Lovin' Thru the Early Hours	Lee Marlow
82	12	Mama What Does Cheatin' Mean	Carroll Baker
—	19	The Moondancer	Ian Tyson Ian Tyson Ian Tyson CM, AOE is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for his song "Four Strong Winds". He was also one half of the duo Ian & Sylvia.-Career:Tyson was born to British immigrants in Victoria in 1933, and grew up in Duncan B.C...
—	3	Nashville Just Wrote (Another Cheatin' Song)	Midnite Rodeo Band
—	9	Not Living, Not Dying	Jerry Palmer
—	17	Ode to an Outlaw's Lady	Terry Carisse Terry Carisse Terrance Victor Carisse known as Terry Carisse, was one of Canadian Country Music's most awarded, decorated and popular singer-songwriters. He was nominated four times for a Juno Award.-Early life:...
—	18	Ribbon of Gold	Family Brown
—	19	Satisfied Mind	Bill Hersh
—	8	Shoppin' Bag Lady	Gurney Anderson
—	8	(Stuck In) Lodi	Ronnie Hawkins Ronnie Hawkins Ronald "Ronnie" Hawkins is a Juno Award-winning rockabilly musician whose career has spanned more than half a century. Though his career began in Arkansas, USA, where he'd been born and raised, it was in Ontario, Canada where he found success and settled for most of his life...
—	20	Sweet Harmony	Mercey Brothers Mercey Brothers The Mercey Brothers was a Canadian country music group active from 1957 to 1989.-Before they were famous:The Mercey family grew up to music in their household at an early age. Brothers Larry, Ray, and Lloyd Mercey formed a country-infused musical group in 1966...
—	12	The Time It Takes to Leave	Canadian Zephyr Canadian Zephyr Canadian Zephyr was a Canadian country music group. Twenty of their singles made the RPM Country Tracks charts, including the number one singles "You Made My Day Tonight" and "Guess I Went Crazy." They released two albums for United Artists and three albums for RCA.-Albums:-Singles:...
84	14	Too Much, Too Little, Too Late	Mary Bailey
45	9	Wasn't That a Party	The Rovers The Irish Rovers The Irish Rovers is a Canadian Irish folk group created in 1963 and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover". The group is best known for their international television series, and renditions of traditional Irish drinking songs, as well as early hits, Shel Silverstein's "The Unicorn",...
—	16	Watching It Die	Canadian Zephyr
16	5	We Don't Have to Hold Out	Anne Murray Anne Murray Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....
—	15	Where the Water Meets the Sky	Coyote
—	7	Windship	Terry Carisse
—	8	Wonderin' If Willy	Marie Bottrell Marie Bottrell Marie Bottrell is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Eighteen of Bottrell's singles made the RPM Country Tracks charts, including five which reached the Top Ten...

US	Album	Artist	Record Label
4	Barbara Mandrell Live Barbara Mandrell Live Barbara Mandrell Live is a live album by American country music singer, Barbara Mandrell, released in August 1981.This album spawned two hit singles, "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" and "Wish You Were Here." "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" became Mandrell's signature song, and a...	Barbara Mandrell Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s...	MCA
24	The Baron The Baron (album) The Baron is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1981 . The title track was a top ten hit, and four singles in all - including "Mobile Bay", "Reverend Mr. Black" and "Chattanooga City Limit Sign" - were released, though the latter three were rather...	Johnny Cash Johnny Cash John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...	Columbia
9	Bet Your Heart on Me	Johnny Lee Johnny Lee Johnny Lee is an American country music singer. His 1980 single, "Lookin' for Love" not only spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard country singles chart in the second half of 1980 but also went to the Top 5 on the Pop charts, and Top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary survey...	Full Moon
3	Big City Big City (Merle Haggard album) Big City is an album by Merle Haggard, released in 1981. It was his debut on the Epic label after ending his association with MCA. Big City peaked at number three on the Billboard Country Album charts and number 161 on the Pop Album charts...	Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...	Epic
6	Carryin' on the Family Names	David Frizzell David Frizzell David Frizzell is an American country music singer. He is the younger brother of country music legend Lefty Frizzell. His career first started in the late 1950s, but his biggest success came in the '80s, 30 years into his career.... & Shelly West Shelly West Shelly West is an American country music singer. Her mother was the country music star Dottie West, whose career spanned three decades. Shelly West is best known for having hit duets with David Frizzell, and for their #1 hit "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma"...	Warner Bros./Viva
10	Christmas Christmas (Kenny Rogers album) Christmas is the title of the first Christmas album by Kenny Rogers released in 1981.-Overview:The album features several songs that were already well-known at the time including "White Christmas", "When A Child is Born", "Carol of the Bells" and "My Favorite Things"...	Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...	Liberty
6	Cimarron	Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...	Warner Bros.
19	Darlin	Tom Jones Tom Jones (singer) Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...	Mercury
10	Drifter Drifter (Sylvia album) Drifter is the debut album by country music singer Sylvia.-Side one:#"Drifter" — 2:25#"Tumbleweed" — 3:11#"I'm Going with Him" — 3:19...	Sylvia Sylvia (singer) Sylvia Jane Kirby is an American country music and country pop singer and songwriter. More commonly known by the singular name Sylvia, she enjoyed crossover music success with the song "Nobody" in 1982....	RCA
5	Especially for You Especially for You (Don Williams album) Especially for You is the title of the eleventh studio album released by country music artist Don Williams. It was released in 1981 . Three singles were released from the album which all reached the top ten. These were "Miracles" , "If I Needed You" and "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" . The album...	Don Williams Don Williams Don Williams , is an American country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. He grew up in Portland, Texas, and graduated in 1958 from Gregory-Portland High School. After seven years with the folk-pop group Pozo-Seco Singers, he began his solo career in 1971,...	MCA
5	Evangeline	Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...	Warner Bros.
1	Fancy Free	The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s...	MCA
1	Feels So Right Feels So Right Feels So Right is the second studio album released by country music band Alabama. Released in 1981 on RCA Records, the album went on to achieve greater success than its predecessor, My Home's In Alabama....	Alabama Alabama (band) Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook...	RCA
19	Fire & Smoke	Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for the RCA Records label. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which...	RCA
6	Good Time Lovin' Man	Ronnie McDowell Ronnie McDowell Ronald Dean "Ronnie" McDowell is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1977 with the song "The King Is Gone", a tribute to Elvis Presley, who had died not long before the single's release. From that single onward, McDowell has charted more than thirty Top 40 hits on the Billboard...	Epic
8	Greatest Hits	Charley Pride Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer. His smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early- to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis...	RCA
8	Greatest Hits	Jim Reeves Jim Reeves James Travis Reeves , better known as Jim Reeves, was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter. With records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, he became well-known for being a practitioner of the Nashville sound... & Patsy Cline Patsy Cline Patsy Cline , born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Gore, Virginia, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s...	RCA
1	Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be) Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be) Greatest Hits is a compilation album by country artist Willie Nelson. It was released in 1981 as a double-LP. It has sold 6 million copies world-wide.-Side A:# "Railroad Lady" – 2:38# "Heartaches Of A Fool" – 2:28...	Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...	Columbia
6	Guitar Man	Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....	RCA
23	Hey Joe! Hey Moe!	Moe Bandy Moe Bandy Marion Franklin Bandy, Jr.–better known professionally as Moe Bandy– is a country music singer... & Joe Stampley Joe Stampley Joe Stampley is an American country music singer.-Biography:He was born to R.C. Stampley, Jr. , and Mary E. Stampley...	Columbia
5	Hollywood, Tennessee Hollywood, Tennessee Hollywood, Tennessee is an album by the American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in 1981, it peaked at #5 on the Billboard Country Albums chart....	Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle is an American country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, she accumulated 18 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s...	Columbia
7	I Love 'Em All	T. G. Sheppard T. G. Sheppard T. G. Sheppard is an American country music singer, who had 14 number one hits during the 1970s and 1980s.-Early life:...	Warner Bros./Curb
24	I'm Countryfied I'm Countryfied I'm Countryfied is the name of a 1980 country album by Mel McDaniel. The album peaked at number 24 on the Top Country Albums charts. The biggest hit on the album, and also one of McDaniel's biggest hits, was "Louisiana Saturday Night," which reached number 7 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...	Mel McDaniel Mel McDaniel Mel McDaniel was an American country music artist. His chart making years were mainly the 1980s and his hits from that era include "Louisiana Saturday Night", "Big Ole Brew", "Stand Up", the Number One "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On", "I Call It Love", "Stand on It", and a remake of Chuck Berry's...	Capitol
25	John Anderson 2 John Anderson 2 John Anderson 2 is the second studio album by country artist John Anderson. It was released in 1981 under Warner Bros. Records. The album includes the singles "I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal", "I Love You a Thousand Ways", and "Chicken Truck."...	John Anderson John Anderson (musician) John David Anderson is an American country music artist with a successful career that has lasted more than 30 years...	Warner Bros.
4	Juice	Juice Newton Juice Newton Judith Kay "Juice" Newton is an American Pop music and Country singer, songwriter and guitarist...	Capitol
11	Leather and Lace Leather and Lace Leather and Lace is a duet album by Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, released on RCA Victor in 1981. It was the famous couple's first album together, though they had sung individual duets together prior to the release of Leather and Lace. "You Never Can Tell " is a well-known Chuck Berry song...	Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL... & Jessi Colter Jessi Colter Jessi Colter is an American country music artist who is best known for her collaboration with her husband, country singer and songwriter Waylon Jennings and for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit "I'm Not Lisa"....	RCA
8	Makin' Friends	Razzy Bailey Razzy Bailey Razzy Bailey is an American country music artist.-Early life:Bailey was raised on a farm in La Fayette, Alabama. Bailey got his first experience of musical performance as a member of his high school's Future Farmers of America string band...	RCA
20	Me and My R.C.	Louise Mandrell Louise Mandrell Thelma Louise Mandrell, also known as Louise Mandrell, was born July 13, 1954 and is an American country music singer. She is the younger sister of country singer Barbara Mandrell, and older sister of actress Irlene Mandrell. Louise had a successful singing career in country music with a string of... & R.C. Bannon R.C. Bannon Daniel Shipley is an American country music singer, known professionally as R.C. Bannon. Active since 1977, Bannon has recorded for the Columbia and RCA labels. He was also married to singer Louise Mandrell from 1979 to 1991, and charted six duets with her in addition to twelve singles of his own...	RCA
19	Midnight Crazy	Mac Davis Mac Davis Mac Davis is a country music singer, songwriter, and actor originally from Lubbock, Texas who has enjoyed much crossover success...	Casablanca
5	Mr. T	Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...	MCA
10	Not Guilty	Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Larry Gatlin Larry Wayne Gatlin is an American country music singer/songwriter. He is perhaps best known for teaming up with his brothers Steve and Rudy in the late 1970s, becoming one of country music's most successful acts of the 1970s and 1980s. Gatlin has had a total of 33 Top 40 singles...	Columbia
8	Now or Never	John Schneider John Schneider (television actor) John Richard Schneider III is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Bo Duke in the 1980s American television series The Dukes of Hazzard, and as Jonathan Kent on Smallville, a 2001 television adaptation of Superman.Alongside his acting career, Schneider performed as a...	Scotti Brothers
6	Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing was the twelfth studio album of Country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 1981 under the RCA Records label. The album produced one single, "Am I Losing You", which was a #1 hit for Milsap...	Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s...	RCA
5	The Pressure Is On The Pressure Is On The Pressure Is On is a studio album by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr.. It was released by Elektra/Curb Records in August 1981. "All My Rowdy Friends " and "A Country Boy Can Survive" were released as singles...	Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr. Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country...	Elektra/Curb
20	Rainbow Stew: Live at Anaheim Stadium	Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...	MCA
17	Roll on Mississippi	Charley Pride Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride is an American country music singer. His smooth baritone voice was featured on thirty-nine number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His greatest success came in the early- to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis...	RCA
2	Rowdy Rowdy (Hank Williams, Jr. album) Rowdy is a studio album by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr.. It was released by Elektra/Curb Records in January 1981. "Texas Women" and "Dixie on My Mind" were released as singles...	Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr. Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country...	Elektra/Curb
1	Seven Year Ache Seven Year Ache Seven Year Ache was Rosanne Cash's second album, released in 1981. It was produced by her then-husband Rodney Crowell and reached number one on the Billboard country album chart. Three of its tracks were also number one in the U.S. country singles category: "Seven Year Ache" Seven Year Ache was...	Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin....	Columbia
1	Share Your Love Share Your Love Share Your Love is an album by country singer Kenny Rogers and his first with Liberty Records besides his Greatest Hits album. This album has sold 9 million copies world-wide.- Overview :...	Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...	Liberty
7	Some Days Are Diamonds Some Days Are Diamonds (album) Some Days Are Diamonds is the 15th album by American singer-songwriter John Denver released in June 1981. The singles released from this album are "Some Days Are Diamonds "/"Country Love" and "The Cowboy and the Lady."-Side one:...	John Denver John Denver Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. , known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After growing up in numerous locations with his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success...	RCA
6	Somebody's Knockin	Terri Gibbs Terri Gibbs Teresa Fay "Terri" Gibbs is an American country music artist who was born blind. Between 1980 and 1990, she recorded seven studio albums, including four for MCA Records and one for Warner Bros. Records...	MCA
1	Somewhere Over the Rainbow Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Willie Nelson album) Somewhere Over the Rainbow is an album by country music singer Willie Nelson, released in 1981.The album features 40's pop standards arranged by the singer...	Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...	Columbia
1	Step by Step Step by Step (Eddie Rabbitt album) Step by Step was the seventh studio album of Country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was originally released in 1981 under the Elektra Records label but the rights to the album were later sold to Liberty Records. The album continued the crossover success established in the singer's two previous albums...	Eddie Rabbitt Eddie Rabbitt Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt was an American singer-songwriter and musician. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974...	Elektra
3	Still the Same Ole Me Still The Same Ole Me Still the Same Ole Me is an album by American country music singer George Jones. This album was released in 1981 on the Epic Records label. It peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and number 115 on the Pop Albums chart. Still the Same Ole Me went Gold in 1990.- Track listing :#...	George Jones George Jones George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....	Epic
9	Surround Me with Love	Charly McClain Charly McClain Charlotte Denise McClain is an American country music singer, best-known for series of Country hits during the 1980s....	Epic
12	Takin' It Easy	Lacy J. Dalton Lacy J. Dalton Lacy J. Dalton , is an American country and western singer and songwriter, known for her gritty, powerful vocals, which a number of critics likened to a country equivalent to Bonnie Raitt . She had a number of hits in the 1980s, including "Takin' It Easy," "Crazy Blue Eyes" and "16th Avenue." ...	Columbia
1	There's No Gettin' Over Me There's No Gettin' Over Me (album) There's No Gettin' Over Me was the thirteenth studio album of Country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 1981 under the RCA Records label. The album produced two #1 hits for Milsap, including the title track, which peaked at #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #5 on the Billboard 100...	Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s...	RCA
17	Town & Country	Ray Price Ray Price (musician) Ray Price is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music...	Dimension
23	Urban Chipmunk Urban Chipmunk Urban Chipmunk was the first country album by Alvin and the Chipmunks, released on February 4, 1981. The title parodies the 1980 movie Urban Cowboy.-Side one:#"Thank God I'm a Country Boy" – 1:43...	The Chipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks is an American animated music group created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks: Alvin, the mischievous troublemaker, who quickly became the star of the group; Simon, the tall, bespectacled intellectual;...	RCA
2	Waitin' for the Sun to Shine Waitin' for the Sun to Shine Waitin' for the Sun to Shine is the third full-length studio album from Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1981 on Epic Records. Skaggs himself produced the album, and played on all the songs....	Ricky Skaggs Ricky Skaggs Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:...	Epic
4	Where Do You Go When You Dream Where Do You Go When You Dream Where Do You Go When You Dream is the sixteenth studio album by Anne Murray, issued in 1981 on Capitol Records. It reached #4 on the U.S. country album charts, and #55 on the pop album charts; in Canada, it missed the country album charts, but reached #7 on the pop album charts.The album's first...	Anne Murray Anne Murray Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....	Capitol
22	With Love...	John Conlee John Conlee John Conlee is an American country music singer. Between 1978 and 2004, Conlee charted a total of thirty-two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and recorded eleven studio albums...	MCA
5	Wild West Wild West (album) Wild West is the name of a Country album by Dottie West, released in 1981.This was one of Dottie West's best-selling albums as a solo artist. The album reached not only the No. 5 spot on the "Top Country Albums" chart, but also reached No. 126 on the "Billboard 200". The boasted two no...	Dottie West Dottie West Dottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists...	Liberty
9	Years Ago	The Statler Brothers	Mercury
19	You Don't Know Me	Mickey Gilley Mickey Gilley Mickey Leroy Gilley is an American country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as...	Epic

US	Album	Artist	Record Label
43	As Is	Bobby Bare Bobby Bare Robert Joseph Bare is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is the father of Bobby Bare, Jr., also a musician.-Early career:...	Columbia
59	Ask Any Woman	Con Hunley Con Hunley Conard Logan "Con" Hunley is a country music singer.Hunley was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. After graduating from Central High School in Knoxville, Hunley began playing with local bands, maturing musically and gaining his first fans. Hunley joined the Air Force in 1965 and spent most of his...	Warner Bros.
49	The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis	Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...	Elektra
38	Between This Time and the Next Time	Gene Watson Gene Watson Gary Gene Watson is an American country singer. He is most famous for his 1975 hit "Love in the Hot Afternoon," his 1982 hit "Fourteen Carat Mind," and his signature song "Farewell Party." Watson's long career has notched six number ones, 23 top tens and over 75 charted singles.-Biography:Watson...	MCA
54	Bobby Goldsboro	Bobby Goldsboro Bobby Goldsboro Bobby Goldsboro is an American country and pop singer-songwriter. He had a string of Pop and Country hits during the 1960s and 1970s, including his signature #1 classic "Honey," which sold well over one million copies in the United States.-Early life:Goldsboro was born in Marianna, Florida...	Curb
41	Christmas Country	Various Artists	Elektra
34	Christmas at Gilley's	Mickey Gilley Mickey Gilley Mickey Leroy Gilley is an American country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as...	Epic
34	Christmas Wishes Christmas Wishes (album) -Chart performance:...	Anne Murray Anne Murray Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....	Capitol
52	Concrete Cowboys	The Concrete Cowboys Band	Excelsoir
45	Dakota	Stephanie Winslow Stephanie Winslow Stephanie Winslow is an American country artist. In the late 70s and 80s, she had a series of hit singles on the Billboard country music chart....	Warner Bros./Curb
26	Desperate Dreams	Eddy Raven Eddy Raven Edward Garvin Futch is an American country music artist known professionally as Eddy Raven. Known for his Cajun-influenced country music, Raven has been a recording artist since 1962...	Elektra
47	Elvis-Greatest Hits, Volume One	Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....	RCA
43	Encore	George Jones George Jones George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....	Epic
52	Encore	Charly McClain Charly McClain Charlotte Denise McClain is an American country music singer, best-known for series of Country hits during the 1980s....	Epic
44	Encore	Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....	Epic
43	Fragile: Handle with Care	Cristy Lane Cristy Lane Eleanor Johnston, known by her professional name as Cristy Lane is an American country music and gospel music singer, best known for a number of major country hits in the late 70s and the early 1980s, including her cover version of the song, "One Day at a Time".Lane's career began to take shape in...	Liberty
47	Greatest Hits	Jim Ed Brown Jim Ed Brown Jim Ed Brown is an American country music singer who achieved fame in the 1950s with his two sisters as a member of The Browns. He later had a successful solo career from 1965 to 1974, followed by a string of major duet hits with Helen Cornelius through 1981... & Helen Cornelius Helen Cornelius Helen Cornelius is an American country singer-songwriter and actress, best remembered for a series of hit duets with Jim Ed Brown, many of which reached the U.S...	RCA
35	Greatest Hits	Dave & Sugar Dave & Sugar Dave & Sugar was a pop-styled country music trio that enjoyed its peak success in the mid- to late-1970s. It consisted of lead singer Dave Rowland and initially on backing vocalists, Vicki Hackeman and Jackie Frantz...	RCA
42	Heart to Heart Heart to Heart Heart to Heart is Reba McEntire's fourth studio album. It was released via Mercury Records in 1981. The album includes the singles "Today All Over Again" and "Only You and You Alone," a cover of the doo-wop standard...	Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...	Mercury
43	High Time High Time (Dottie West album) High Times is the name of a Country music album, released in 1982 by Country singer, Dottie West.This album was built around the title track, "It's High Time". The single, was released in early 1982, and reached No. 16 on the Billboard Country music charts, West's last Top 20 hit of her career...	Dottie West Dottie West Dottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists...	Liberty
30	Hurricane	Leon Everette Leon Everette Leon Everette is an American country music artist. While in the Navy during the Vietnam War, Everette won a singing contest and decided to pursue a career in country music....	RCA
28	I Ain't Honky Tonkin' No More	Joe Sun Joe Sun James Joseph Paulsen is an American country music singer, songwriter of Danish descent, known professionally as Joe Sun. Recording for the Ovation and Elektra Records labels, Sun charted fourteen singles on the Hot Country Songs charts...	Elektra
35	I Have a Dream	Cristy Lane Cristy Lane Eleanor Johnston, known by her professional name as Cristy Lane is an American country music and gospel music singer, best known for a number of major country hits in the late 70s and the early 1980s, including her cover version of the song, "One Day at a Time".Lane's career began to take shape in...	Liberty
40	I Just Came Home to Count the Memories I Just Came Home to Count the Memories I Just Came Home To Count The Memories is the third studio album by country artist John Anderson. It was released in October 1981 under Warner Bros. Records. Three singles were released from this album, which were "Would You Catch A Falling Star", "I Danced With The San Antone Rose", and the title...	John Anderson John Anderson (musician) John David Anderson is an American country music artist with a successful career that has lasted more than 30 years...	Warner Bros.
33	I Lie I Lie I Lie is a 1982 country music album by Loretta Lynn. The album's one single release, the title track "I Lie", proved to be the last Billboard solo country top ten record of Lynn's career.-Track listing:*"I Lie"...	Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he...	MCA
40	I'm a Lady	Terri Gibbs Terri Gibbs Teresa Fay "Terri" Gibbs is an American country music artist who was born blind. Between 1980 and 1990, she recorded seven studio albums, including four for MCA Records and one for Warner Bros. Records...	MCA
33	I'm Gonna Love You Back to Loving Me Again	Joe Stampley Joe Stampley Joe Stampley is an American country music singer.-Biography:He was born to R.C. Stampley, Jr. , and Mary E. Stampley...	Epic
56	If I Keep On Going Crazy	Leon Everette Leon Everette Leon Everette is an American country music artist. While in the Navy during the Vietnam War, Everette won a singing contest and decided to pursue a career in country music....	RCA
67	Invictus (Means) Unconquered Invictus (Means) Unconquered Invictus Unconquered is an album released by country musician David Allan Coe. It was released in 1981 on Columbia.-Track listing:#"Rose Knows" – 2:27...	David Allan Coe David Allan Coe David Allan Coe is an American outlaw country music singer who achieved popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his career...	Columbia
49	It's the World Gone Crazy It's the World Gone Crazy It's the World Gone Crazy is the 37th album by American singer/guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 1981 .-Track listing:Side 1:# "Why Don't We Just Sleep On It Tonight" It's the World Gone Crazy is the 37th album by American singer/guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 1981 (see 1981 in...	Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show...	Capitol
52	Just Like Me	Terry Gregory Terry Gregory Terry Gregory is an American country music singer-songwriter. Gregory's debut album, Just Like Me, was released in 1981 by Handshake Records. Its first single, the title track, reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Albums:-Singles:-External links:*[ Terry Gregory] at...	Handshake
54	King of the Road	Boxcar Willie Boxcar Willie Boxcar Willie, born as Lecil Travis Martin was an American country music singer, who sang in the "old-time hobo" music style, complete with dirty face, overalls, and a floppy hat...	Main Street
42	Lettin' You In on a Feelin	The Kendalls The Kendalls The Kendalls was an American country music duo, consisting of Royce Kendall and his daughter Jeannie Kendall . Between the 1960s and 1990s, they released sixteen albums on various labels, including five on Mercury Records...	Mercury
30	Live!	Hoyt Axton Hoyt Axton Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American country music singer-songwriter, and a film and television actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voice. As he matured, some of his songwriting efforts became well...	Jeremiah
36	Lovin' Her Was Easier	Tompall & the Glaser Brothers Tompall & the Glaser Brothers Tompall & The Glaser Brothers was an American country music group composed of three brothers: Chuck, Jim, and Tompall Glaser, all of whom also had success in the 1970s as solo artists. Between 1960 and 1975, the trio recorded ten studio albums, and charted nine singles on the Billboard Hot Country...	Elektra
56	Mel & Nancy	Mel Tillis Mel Tillis Lonnie Melvin Tillis , known professionally as Mel Tillis, is an American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list of Top 10 hits.... & Nancy Sinatra Nancy Sinatra Nancy Sandra Sinatra is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of singer/actor Frank Sinatra, and remains best known for her 1966 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"....	Elektra
39	Minstrel Man	Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...	RCA
43	More Good 'Uns	Jerry Clower Jerry Clower Howard Gerald "Jerry" Clower was a popular country comedian best known for his stories of the rural South. He was often nicknamed "The Mouth of the South", although this title has also been used for other individuals.Clower began a 2-year stint in the Navy immediately after graduating high school...	MCA
40	Mr. Hag Told My Story	Johnny Paycheck Johnny Paycheck Johnny Paycheck was the legal name of Donald Eugene Lytle , a country music singer and Grand Ole Opry member most famous for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It"...	Columbia
42	Mundo Earwood	Mundo Earwood Mundo Earwood Raymond "Mundo" Earwood is an American country music singer-songwriter. Earwood's eponymous debut album was released by Excelsior Records in 1981...	Excelsoir
64	My Turn	Donna Hazard	Excelsoir
33	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (Soundtrack)	Various Artists	Mirage
57	Old Loves Never Die	Gene Watson Gene Watson Gary Gene Watson is an American country singer. He is most famous for his 1975 hit "Love in the Hot Afternoon," his 1982 hit "Fourteen Carat Mind," and his signature song "Farewell Party." Watson's long career has notched six number ones, 23 top tens and over 75 charted singles.-Biography:Watson...	MCA
50	Once You Were Mine	Dottie West Dottie West Dottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists...	RCA
29	One to One	Ed Bruce Ed Bruce William Edwin "Ed" Bruce, Jr. is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is known for penning the 1975 song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" .-Early life & songwriting career:...	MCA
31	Pleasure	Dave Rowland & Sugar Dave & Sugar Dave & Sugar was a pop-styled country music trio that enjoyed its peak success in the mid- to late-1970s. It consisted of lead singer Dave Rowland and initially on backing vocalists, Vicki Hackeman and Jackie Frantz...	Elektra
48	Rodeo Romeo	Moe Bandy Moe Bandy Marion Franklin Bandy, Jr.–better known professionally as Moe Bandy– is a country music singer...	Columbia
47	Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell (album) Rodney Crowell is the title of the third, eponymous studio album by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in 1981 by Warner Bros. Records and was his last album on that label before switching to Columbia. It was the first album Crowell produced by himself...	Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....	Warner Bros.
49	Savin' It Up Savin' It Up After the album Love Has No Reason yielded the No. 1 Country single, Are You On The Road To Lovin' Me Again, Debby Boone returned to producer Larry Butler for her fifth studio album, Savin' It Up , in 1981. The result was not as successful. The album's first single, Perfect Fool, only reached No....	Debby Boone Debby Boone Deborah Anne Boone is an American singer and stage actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, "You Light Up My Life," which spent a then record ten weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist the following year...	Warner Bros./Curb
48	Should I Do It Should I Do It Should I Do It is the 12th album by Tanya Tucker. The highest ranking single, the title song, "Should I Do It," only rose to the #50 position on the Billboard Country Singles chart...	Tanya Tucker Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13...	MCA
42	Sleeping with Your Memory	Janie Fricke Janie Fricke Janie Fricke is an American country music singer, best remembered for a series of country music hits in the early to mid 1980s....	Columbia
46	Songs for the Mama That Tried Songs for the Mama That Tried Songs for the Mama That Tried is a Gospel album by American country singer Merle Haggard, released in 1981. It reached Number 46 on the Billboard Country album chart. It was his last principal release on MCA having signed with Epic Records...	Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...	MCA
26	Strait Country Strait Country Strait Country is the debut album of American country music artist George Strait. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA and it includes the singles "Unwound", "Down and Out", and "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger "...	George Strait George Strait George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional...	MCA
33	Take This Job and Shove It! (Soundtrack)	Various Artists	Epic
59	A Tribute to Kris	Ray Price Ray Price (musician) Ray Price is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music...	Columbia
28	Two's a Party	Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006... & Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he...	MCA
30	Urban Cowboy II (Soundtrack)	Various Artists	Full Moon
38	Wasn't That a Party	The Rovers The Irish Rovers The Irish Rovers is a Canadian Irish folk group created in 1963 and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover". The group is best known for their international television series, and renditions of traditional Irish drinking songs, as well as early hits, Shel Silverstein's "The Unicorn",...	Cleveland Int'l.
39	White Christmas	John Schneider John Schneider (television actor) John Richard Schneider III is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Bo Duke in the 1980s American television series The Dukes of Hazzard, and as Jonathan Kent on Smallville, a 2001 television adaptation of Superman.Alongside his acting career, Schneider performed as a...	Scotti Brothers

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