1984 in country music
Encyclopedia
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1984.
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^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard
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Events
- June 22 — The movie RhinestoneRhinestone (film)Rhinestone is a 1984 comedy film directed by Bob Clark with a screenplay by Sylvester Stallone and Phil Alden Robinson; the film stars Stallone and Dolly Parton.-Plot:...
, starring Dolly PartonDolly PartonDolly 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...
and Sylvester StalloneSylvester StalloneMichael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Stallone is known for his machismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the notable characters he has portrayed...
, is released to universally negative reviews. The much-hyped movie - about a singer's effort to transform a New York City taxicab driver into a country star within two weeks - flops, but still produces several hit singles, most notably the No. 1 hit "Tennessee Homesick Blues." - July 28 — With his No. 1 hit "Angel in Disguise," Earl Thomas ConleyEarl Thomas ConleyEarl 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...
becomes the first artist in any genre to have four Billboard magazine chart-topping songs from the same album. The album in question is Don't Make it Easy For Me, and in addition to "Angel in Disguise" and the title track, Conley also hit with 1983's "Your Love's on the Line" and "Holding Her and Loving You." The feat is part of Conley's impressive 1980s streak, where he enjoyed 16 No. 1 hits through 1989. - September 11 — Barbara MandrellBarbara MandrellBarbara 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...
is seriously injured in a car accident. She suffers multiple injuries and takes an 18-month sabbatical from performing to recover.
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(as certified by BillboardBillboard (magazine)
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January 7 | You Look So Good in Love You Look So Good in Love "You Look So Good in Love" is the title of a song recorded by American country singer George Strait. It was released in September 1983 as the lead single from his album Right or Wrong.-Content:... |
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... |
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January 14 | Slow Burn Slow Burn (T.G. Sheppard song) "Slow Burn" is a 1983 single written by Tommy Rocco and Charlie Black and recorded by T. G. Sheppard.A song about a deeply emotional but long-lasting love affair, "Slow Burn" was Sheppard's 13th number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, and spent one week atop the chart as part of a... |
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:... |
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January 21 | In My Eyes In My Eyes (John Conlee song) "In My Eyes" is a 1983 single by John Conlee. "In My Eyes" was John Conlee's fifth number one on the country chart and was written by Barbara Wyrick. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country chart.... |
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... |
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January 28 | The Sound of Goodbye The Sound of Goodbye "The Sound of Goodbye" is a track from Crystal Gayle's 1983 album "Cage the Songbird" "The Sound of Goodbye" was written by Hugh Prestwood and was Crystal Gayle's thirteenth number one country single as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks... |
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... |
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February 4 | Show Her Show Her "Show Her" is a 1983 single written by Mike Reid and recorded by Ronnie Milsap. "Show Her" was Ronnie Milsap's twenty-fifth number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart .... |
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... |
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February 11 | That's the Way Love Goes | 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,... |
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February 18 | Don't Cheat in Our Hometown Don't Cheat in Our Hometown "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" is a 1983 single written by Ray Pennington and Roy E. Marcum and recorded by Ricky Skaggs. "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" was Ricky Skaggs' sixth number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart... |
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:... |
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February 25 | Stay Young Stay Young (Gallagher & Lyle song) "Stay Young is a track from the 1975 Gallagher & Lyle album, "Breakaway". In the United States "Stay Young" was covered by Don Williams late in 1983 and it became his fifteenth number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country... |
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,... |
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March 3 | Woke Up in Love Woke Up in Love "Woke Up in Love" is a 1983 single by Exile. "Woke Up in Love" was written by then-lead singer J.P. Pennington and was Exile's second country hit and the first of ten number one singles on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the... |
Exile Exile (American band) Exile, originally known as The Exiles, is an American band founded in Richmond, Kentucky by J.P. Pennington. They started by playing local clubs which led to touring with Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars opening shows and providing backup for major rock artists of the period.Their name was shortened... |
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March 10 | Going, Going, Gone Going, Going, Gone (Lee Greenwood song) "Going, Going, Gone" is a 1984 single written by Jan Crutchfield and performed by Lee Greenwood. "Going, Going, Gone" was Lee Greenwood's second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent twelve weeks on the country chart.-Chart performance:... |
Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts.... |
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March 17 | Elizabeth | The Statler Brothers | 1 | 12 |
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March 24 | Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) "Roll On " is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. Written by Dave Loggins, the song was released in 1984 as the title track to the band's fifth album. It became the group's 12 straight No... |
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... |
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March 31 | Let's Stop Talkin' About It Let's Stop Talkin' About It "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" is a 1984 single written by Deborah Allen, Rafe VanHoy, and Rory Michael Bourke and recorded by Janie Fricke. "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" was Janie Fricke's fifth number one country hit as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total... |
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.... |
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April 7 | Don't Make It Easy for Me Don't Make it Easy For Me "Don't Make It Easy for Me" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley, who co-wrote the song with Randy Scruggs. It was released in January 1984 as the third single from the album of the same name, "Don't Make It Easy for Me". The song was Earl Thomas... |
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... |
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April 14 | Thank God for the Radio Thank God for the Radio "Thank God for the Radio" is a 1984 single by The Kendalls. "Thank God for the Radio" was The Kendalls' third and last number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart . The song was covered by Alan Jackson in 1994 for his... |
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... |
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April 21 | The Yellow Rose The Yellow Rose (song) "The Yellow Rose" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singers Johnny Lee and Lane Brody, set to the tune of the folk song "The Yellow Rose of Texas." It was recorded as the theme song to the NBC television series The Yellow Rose starring Cybill Shepherd, and was... |
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... with Lane Brody Lane Brody Lane Brody is an American female singer-songwriter, active since the early 1980s, best known for her 1984 Billboard-topping country hit, "The Yellow Rose" , and for the Oscar nominated song "Over You" from the film "Tender Mercies". She is the first female in country music to have an... |
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The Yellow Rose The Yellow Rose is an American television series. It was broadcast on the NBC network during the 1983-1984 season. It was produced by Paul Freeman.... of the same name, starring Cybil Shepard. |
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April 28 | Right Or Wrong Right or Wrong (song) "Right or Wrong" is a jazz ballad from 1921. Composed by Arthur Sizemore and Paul Biese, with words by Haven Gillespie, it is described by the original sheet music as "a beautiful fox-trot ballad."The lyrics tell of the loss of a paramour... |
George Strait | 1 |
Bob Wills James Robert Wills , better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western Swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader, considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western Swing and universally known as the pioneering King of Western Swing.Bob Wills' name will forever be associated with... hit from the 1930s. |
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May 5 | I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes "I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes" is a 1984 single written by Randy VanWarmer and recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys. "I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes" was The Oak Ridge Boys' ninth number one on the country chart... |
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... |
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May 12 | To All the Girls I've Loved Before To All the Girls I've Loved Before "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" was a 1984 cover of Albert Hammond's song by singers Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson, which appeared on Iglesias's album 1100 Bel Air Place. A breakthrough for Iglesias in the English language market, the song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the... |
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 Julio Iglesias Julio Iglesias Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva , better known simply as Julio Iglesias, is a Spanish singer who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is one of the top 15 best selling music artists in history,... |
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May 26 | As Long as I'm Rockin' with You As Long As I'm Rockin' with You "As Long as I'm Rockin' with You" is a 1984 single written by Bruce Channel and Kieran Kane and recorded by John Conlee. "As Long as I'm Rockin' with You" was John Conlee's sixth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent twelve weeks on the country... |
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June 2 | Honey (Open That Door) Honey (Open That Door) "Honey " is a 1984 single written by Mel Tillis and recorded by Ricky Skaggs. "Honey " would be Ricky Skaggs' seventh 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.-Chart performance:... |
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June 9 | Someday When Things Are Good Someday When Things Are Good "Someday When Things Are Good is a 1984 single by Merle Haggard, who co-wrote the song with Leona Williams. "Someday When Things Are Good" was Merle Haggard's thirty-first number one country single as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks... |
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June 16 | I Got Mexico I Got Mexico "I Got Mexico" is a 1984 country music single made famous by Eddy Raven. Co-written with Frank J. Myers, the song became Raven's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in June 1984, and spent a total of thirteen weeks in the top 40 of the country chart.The song became the first No... |
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... |
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June 23 | When We Make Love When We Make Love "When We Make Love" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. The song — a love ballad — was released in 1984 as the second single from the band's fifth album, Roll On, and became the group's 13th straight No... |
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June 30 | I Can Tell By the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight) I Can Tell By the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight) "I Can Tell By the Way You Dance " is the title of a song written by Sandy Pinkard and Rob Strandlund and recorded by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in March 1984 as the lead single from the album, There is a Season. The song was Vern Gosdin's eighteenth country hit and... |
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... |
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July 7 | Somebody's Needin' Somebody Somebody's Needin' Somebody "Somebody's Needin' Somebody" is a 1984 single written by Len Chera and recorded by Conway Twitty. "Somebody's Needin' Somebody" was Conway Twitty's 31st number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 14 weeks on the country chart .-Chart performance:... |
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... |
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July 14 | I Don't Want to Be a Memory I Don't Want to Be a Memory "I Don't Want to Be a Memory" is a 1984 single by Exile. "I Don't Want to Be a Memory" was written by then-lead singer J.P. Pennington and bass player Sonny LeMaire and was Exile's second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen... |
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July 21 | Just Another Woman in Love Just Another Woman in Love "Just Another Woman in Love" is a 1984 single written by Patti Ryan and Wanda Mallette and recorded by Anne Murray. "Just Another Woman in Love" was Anne Murray's eighth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the U.S.... |
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.... |
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July 28 | Angel in Disguise Angel in Disguise (Earl Thomas Conley song) "Angel in Disguise" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley, who co-wrote the song with Randy Scruggs. It was released in April 1984 as the fourth and final single from the album, "Don't Make It Easy for Me". The song was Earl Thomas Conley's sixth... |
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August 4 | Mama He's Crazy Mama He's Crazy "Mama He's Crazy" is the title of a song written by Kenny O'Dell and recorded by American country music duo The Judds. The song was The Judds' second country hit and the first of fourteen number one country hits. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the... |
The Judds The Judds The Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country... |
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August 11 | That's the Thing About Love That's the Thing About Love "That's the Thing About Love" is a 1984 single written by Richard Leigh and Gary Nicholson and recorded by Don Williams. "That's the Thing About Love" would be Don Williams sixteenth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on... |
Don Williams | 1 | ||
August 18 | Still Losing You Still Losing You "Still Losing You" was a hit song recorded in 1984 by country music singer Ronnie Milsap.- Success & Reception :"Still Losing You" was Ronnie Milsap's 38th single to be released and his 25th No. 1 hit on the Billboard country charts , and became one of his biggest hits. "Still Losing You" was ... |
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August 25 | Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) "Long Hard Road " is the title of a song written by Rodney Crowell and recorded by American country music band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It was released in May 1984 as the lead single from the album, Plain Dirt Fashion. The song became the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's first No... |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded... |
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September 1 | Let's Fall to Pieces Together Let's Fall to Pieces Together "Let's Fall to Pieces Together" is the title of a song recorded by American country singer George Strait in 1984. It was released in May 1984 as the third and final single from the album, Right or Wrong... |
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September 8 | Tennessee Homesick Blues Tennessee Homesick Blues "Tennessee Homesick Blues" was a song written and recorded by Dolly Parton that was featured in the movie Rhinestone. Released in June 1984 as a single from the film's soundtrack, it topped the U.S. country singles charts on September 8 1984... |
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... |
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Rhinestone (film) Rhinestone is a 1984 comedy film directed by Bob Clark with a screenplay by Sylvester Stallone and Phil Alden Robinson; the film stars Stallone and Dolly Parton.-Plot:... . |
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September 15 | You're Getting to Me Again You're Getting to Me Again "You're Getting to Me Again" is a 1984 single written by Pat McManus and Woody Bomar and recorded by Jim Glaser. It was included on his album The Man in the Mirror, from which it was released as the fifth single. In September 1984, the song became his only No. 1 hit on the Hot Country Singles... |
Jim Glaser Jim Glaser Jim Glaser is an American country music artist. The brother of country singers Chuck and Tompall Glaser, he has performed as both a solo artist and alongside his two brothers in the group Tompall and the Glaser Brothers... |
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Jim had recorded as part of the trio Tompall and the Glaser Brothers (Chuck Glaser was part of the group as well), and the closest any of their hits came to the top was 1981's "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)," stopping at No. 2. |
September 22 | Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" is a 1984 single by Merle Haggard, who co-wrote the song with Freddy Powers and Sherill Rodgers. "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" was Merle Haggard's thirty-second number one country single as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one... |
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September 29 | Turning Away Turning Away "Turning Away" is a 1984 single written by Tim Krekel and recorded by Crystal Gayle."Turning Away" was Crystal Gayle's fourteenth number one single on the country chart... |
Crystal Gayle | 1 | ||
October 6 | Everyday Everyday (The Oak Ridge Boys song) "Everyday" is a 1984 single written by Dave Loggins and J.D. Martin and recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys. "Everyday" was The Oak Ridge Boys' tenth number one country single... |
The Oak Ridge Boys | 1 | ||
October 13 | Uncle Pen Uncle Pen (song) "Uncle Pen" is a song written by Bill Monroe about his uncle and musical mentor, Pendleton Vandiver. Besides Monroe, the song was recorded by Porter Wagoner in 1956 and Ricky Skaggs in 1984. "Uncle Pen" was Ricky Skaggs ninth number one single on the country chart... |
Ricky Skaggs | 1 |
Bill Monroe William Smith Monroe was an American musician who created the style of music known as bluegrass, which takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys," named for Monroe's home state of Kentucky. Monroe's performing career spanned 60 years as a singer, instrumentalist, composer and bandleader... |
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October 20 | I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song) I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song) " I Don't Know a Thing About Love " is a 1984 single written by Harlan Howard and recorded by Conway Twitty. "I Don't Know a Thing About Love" was Conway Twitty's 32nd number one country hit. The single with backing vocals by Joni Lee went to to number one for one week and spent a total of 14... |
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October 27 | If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band) If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band) "If You're Gonna Play in Texas " is a song written by Murray Kellum and Dan Mitchell, and recorded by American country music band Alabama... |
Alabama | 1 | ||
November 3 | City of New Orleans City of New Orleans (song) "City of New Orleans" is a folk song written by Steve Goodman , describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans via the Illinois Central Railroad in bittersweet and nostalgic terms. Goodman got the idea while traveling on the eponymous train for a visit to his wife's family... |
Willie Nelson | 1 |
Arlo Guthrie Arlo Davy Guthrie is an American folk singer. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, Arlo often sings songs of protest against social injustice... hit. |
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November 10 | I've Been Around Enough to Know I've Been Around Enough to Know "I've Been Around Enough to Know" is a 1984 single written by Bob McDill and Dickey Lee and recorded by John Schneider. "I've Been Around Enough to Know" was John Schneider's fourth country hit and the first of four number ones on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and... |
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... |
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November 17 | Give Me One More Chance Give Me One More Chance "Give Me One More Chance" is a 1984 single by Exile. "Give Me One More Chance" was written by then-lead singer J.P. Pennington and bass player Sonny LeMaire and was Exile's third number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country... |
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November 24 | You Could've Heard a Heart Break You Could've Heard a Heart Break "You Could've Heard a Heart Break" is the title of a song written by Marc Rossi and recorded by American country music artist, Johnny Lee. It was released in August 1984 as the lead single from the album Workin' for a Livin. "You Could've Heard a Heart Break" would be Johnny Lee's fifth and final... |
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December 1 | Your Heart's Not in It Your Heart's Not In It "Your Heart's Not in It" is a 1984 single written by Tom Shapiro, Michael Garvin, and Bucky Jones and recorded by Janie Fricke. "Your Heart's Not in It" would be Janie Fricke's sixth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of thirteen... |
Janie Fricke | 1 | ||
December 8 | Chance of Lovin' You Chance of Lovin' You "Chance of Lovin' You" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley, who co-wrote the song with Randy Scruggs. It was released in August 1984 as the lead single from the album, "Treadin' Water". The song was Earl Thomas Conley's seventh number one country hit... |
Earl Thomas Conley | 1 | ||
December 15 | Nobody Loves Me Like You Do Nobody Loves Me Like You Do "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" is the title of a song written by James Dunne and Pamela Phillips, and recorded by Anne Murray with Dave Loggins as a duet. The song was Dave Loggins' only hit on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the... |
Anne Murray with Dave Loggins Dave Loggins David Allen "Dave" Loggins is a singer, songwriter and musician. He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame... |
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December 22 | Why Not Me | The Judds | 2 | 3 | |
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January 14 | Take It to the Limit | 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... with 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... |
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January 21 | You Look So Good in Love You Look So Good in Love "You Look So Good in Love" is the title of a song recorded by American country singer George Strait. It was released in September 1983 as the lead single from his album Right or Wrong.-Content:... |
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... |
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January 28 | Ozark Mountain Jubilee Ozark Mountain Jubilee "Ozark Mountain Jubilee" is a single by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. Released in 1983, it was the first single from the album Deliver. The song reached #5 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... |
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February 4 | Slow Burn Slow Burn (T.G. Sheppard song) "Slow Burn" is a 1983 single written by Tommy Rocco and Charlie Black and recorded by T. G. Sheppard.A song about a deeply emotional but long-lasting love affair, "Slow Burn" was Sheppard's 13th number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, and spent one week atop the chart as part of a... |
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:... |
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February 11 | Show Her Show Her "Show Her" is a 1983 single written by Mike Reid and recorded by Ronnie Milsap. "Show Her" was Ronnie Milsap's twenty-fifth number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart .... |
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... |
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February 18 | That's the Way Love Goes | 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,... |
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February 25 | Don't Cheat in Our Hometown Don't Cheat in Our Hometown "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" is a 1983 single written by Ray Pennington and Roy E. Marcum and recorded by Ricky Skaggs. "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" was Ricky Skaggs' sixth number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart... |
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:... |
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March 3 | Two Car Garage Two Car Garage "Two Car Garage" is a single by American country music artist B. J. Thomas. Released in 1983, it was the first single from his album The Great American Dream. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in February 1984 and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.-Chart... |
B. J. Thomas B. J. Thomas Billy Joe "B. J." Thomas is an American popular singer known for his chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s—appearing on the pop, adult contemporary, country and Hot 100 charts.-Career:... |
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March 10 | Nothing Like Falling in Love Nothing Like Falling in Love "Nothing Like Falling in Love" is a single by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. Released in November 1983, it was the second single from his album Greatest Hits Vol. 2. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in February 1984 and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart... |
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... |
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March 17 | Woke Up in Love Woke Up in Love "Woke Up in Love" is a 1983 single by Exile. "Woke Up in Love" was written by then-lead singer J.P. Pennington and was Exile's second country hit and the first of ten number one singles on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the... |
Exile Exile (American band) Exile, originally known as The Exiles, is an American band founded in Richmond, Kentucky by J.P. Pennington. They started by playing local clubs which led to touring with Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars opening shows and providing backup for major rock artists of the period.Their name was shortened... |
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March 24 | Going, Going, Gone Going, Going, Gone (Lee Greenwood song) "Going, Going, Gone" is a 1984 single written by Jan Crutchfield and performed by Lee Greenwood. "Going, Going, Gone" was Lee Greenwood's second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent twelve weeks on the country chart.-Chart performance:... |
Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts.... |
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March 31 | Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) "Roll On " is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. Written by Dave Loggins, the song was released in 1984 as the title track to the band's fifth album. It became the group's 12 straight No... |
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... |
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April 7 | Let's Stop Talkin' About It Let's Stop Talkin' About It "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" is a 1984 single written by Deborah Allen, Rafe VanHoy, and Rory Michael Bourke and recorded by Janie Fricke. "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" was Janie Fricke's fifth number one country hit as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total... |
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.... |
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April 14 | You've Really Got a Hold on Me You've Really Got a Hold on Me "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" is a 1962 Top 10 hit single by The Miracles for the Tamla label. One of the group's most covered tunes, this million-selling song is a 1998 Grammy Hall of Fame inductee... |
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... |
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April 21 | I've Been Wrong Before I've Been Wrong Before "I've Been Wrong Before" is a single by American country music artist Deborah Allen. Released in December 1983, it was the second single from her album Cheat the Night. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in April 1984 and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in... |
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... |
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April 28 | Right Or Wrong Right or Wrong (song) "Right or Wrong" is a jazz ballad from 1921. Composed by Arthur Sizemore and Paul Biese, with words by Haven Gillespie, it is described by the original sheet music as "a beautiful fox-trot ballad."The lyrics tell of the loss of a paramour... |
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May 5 | The Yellow Rose The Yellow Rose (song) "The Yellow Rose" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singers Johnny Lee and Lane Brody, set to the tune of the folk song "The Yellow Rose of Texas." It was recorded as the theme song to the NBC television series The Yellow Rose starring Cybill Shepherd, and was... |
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... with Lane Brody Lane Brody Lane Brody is an American female singer-songwriter, active since the early 1980s, best known for her 1984 Billboard-topping country hit, "The Yellow Rose" , and for the Oscar nominated song "Over You" from the film "Tender Mercies". She is the first female in country music to have an... |
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May 12 | To All the Girls I've Loved Before To All the Girls I've Loved Before "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" was a 1984 cover of Albert Hammond's song by singers Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson, which appeared on Iglesias's album 1100 Bel Air Place. A breakthrough for Iglesias in the English language market, the song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the... |
Willie Nelson with Julio Iglesias Julio Iglesias Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva , better known simply as Julio Iglesias, is a Spanish singer who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is one of the top 15 best selling music artists in history,... |
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May 26 | I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes "I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes" is a 1984 single written by Randy VanWarmer and recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys. "I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes" was The Oak Ridge Boys' ninth number one on the country chart... |
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June 2 | I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" is a single by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. Released in 1984, it was the second single from the album Cage the Songbird. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 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... |
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June 9 | Honey (Open That Door) Honey (Open That Door) "Honey " is a 1984 single written by Mel Tillis and recorded by Ricky Skaggs. "Honey " would be Ricky Skaggs' seventh 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.-Chart performance:... |
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June 16 | As Long as I'm Rockin' with You As Long As I'm Rockin' with You "As Long as I'm Rockin' with You" is a 1984 single written by Bruce Channel and Kieran Kane and recorded by John Conlee. "As Long as I'm Rockin' with You" was John Conlee's sixth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent twelve weeks on the country... |
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... |
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June 23 | I Got Mexico I Got Mexico "I Got Mexico" is a 1984 country music single made famous by Eddy Raven. Co-written with Frank J. Myers, the song became Raven's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in June 1984, and spent a total of thirteen weeks in the top 40 of the country chart.The song became the first No... |
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... |
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June 30 | Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" is the title of a song written by Johnny Cunningham and recorded by David Allan Coe. It was the first single from Coe's 1984 album Just Divorced, and was released to radio in early 1984. The song is Coe's highest-charting single, with a peak of number two on the U.S... |
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... |
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July 7 | Someday When Things Are Good Someday When Things Are Good "Someday When Things Are Good is a 1984 single by Merle Haggard, who co-wrote the song with Leona Williams. "Someday When Things Are Good" was Merle Haggard's thirty-first number one country single as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks... |
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July 14 | When We Make Love When We Make Love "When We Make Love" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. The song — a love ballad — was released in 1984 as the second single from the band's fifth album, Roll On, and became the group's 13th straight No... |
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July 21 | I Can Tell By the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight) I Can Tell By the Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight) "I Can Tell By the Way You Dance " is the title of a song written by Sandy Pinkard and Rob Strandlund and recorded by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in March 1984 as the lead single from the album, There is a Season. The song was Vern Gosdin's eighteenth country hit and... |
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... |
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July 28 | Just Another Woman in Love Just Another Woman in Love "Just Another Woman in Love" is a 1984 single written by Patti Ryan and Wanda Mallette and recorded by Anne Murray. "Just Another Woman in Love" was Anne Murray's eighth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the U.S.... |
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.... |
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August 4 | I Don't Want to Be a Memory I Don't Want to Be a Memory "I Don't Want to Be a Memory" is a 1984 single by Exile. "I Don't Want to Be a Memory" was written by then-lead singer J.P. Pennington and bass player Sonny LeMaire and was Exile's second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen... |
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August 11 | Angel in Disguise Angel in Disguise (Earl Thomas Conley song) "Angel in Disguise" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley, who co-wrote the song with Randy Scruggs. It was released in April 1984 as the fourth and final single from the album, "Don't Make It Easy for Me". The song was Earl Thomas Conley's sixth... |
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... |
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August 18 | Mama He's Crazy Mama He's Crazy "Mama He's Crazy" is the title of a song written by Kenny O'Dell and recorded by American country music duo The Judds. The song was The Judds' second country hit and the first of fourteen number one country hits. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the... |
The Judds The Judds The Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country... |
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August 25 | That's the Thing About Love That's the Thing About Love "That's the Thing About Love" is a 1984 single written by Richard Leigh and Gary Nicholson and recorded by Don Williams. "That's the Thing About Love" would be Don Williams sixteenth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on... |
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,... |
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September 1 | Still Losing You Still Losing You "Still Losing You" was a hit song recorded in 1984 by country music singer Ronnie Milsap.- Success & Reception :"Still Losing You" was Ronnie Milsap's 38th single to be released and his 25th No. 1 hit on the Billboard country charts , and became one of his biggest hits. "Still Losing You" was ... |
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September 8 | Tennessee Homesick Blues Tennessee Homesick Blues "Tennessee Homesick Blues" was a song written and recorded by Dolly Parton that was featured in the movie Rhinestone. Released in June 1984 as a single from the film's soundtrack, it topped the U.S. country singles charts on September 8 1984... |
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... |
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September 15 | Let's Fall to Pieces Together Let's Fall to Pieces Together "Let's Fall to Pieces Together" is the title of a song recorded by American country singer George Strait in 1984. It was released in May 1984 as the third and final single from the album, Right or Wrong... |
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September 22 | Only a Lonely Heart Knows Only a Lonely Heart Knows "Only a Lonely Heart Knows" is a single by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. Released in May 1984, it was the second single from her album Clean Cut. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in September 1984 and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in... |
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... |
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October 6 | Turning Away Turning Away "Turning Away" is a 1984 single written by Tim Krekel and recorded by Crystal Gayle."Turning Away" was Crystal Gayle's fourteenth number one single on the country chart... |
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October 13 | Uncle Pen Uncle Pen (song) "Uncle Pen" is a song written by Bill Monroe about his uncle and musical mentor, Pendleton Vandiver. Besides Monroe, the song was recorded by Porter Wagoner in 1956 and Ricky Skaggs in 1984. "Uncle Pen" was Ricky Skaggs ninth number one single on the country chart... |
Ricky Skaggs | 1 | ||
October 20 | Everyday Everyday (The Oak Ridge Boys song) "Everyday" is a 1984 single written by Dave Loggins and J.D. Martin and recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys. "Everyday" was The Oak Ridge Boys' tenth number one country single... |
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October 27 | I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song) I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song) " I Don't Know a Thing About Love " is a 1984 single written by Harlan Howard and recorded by Conway Twitty. "I Don't Know a Thing About Love" was Conway Twitty's 32nd number one country hit. The single with backing vocals by Joni Lee went to to number one for one week and spent a total of 14... |
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... |
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November 3 | If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band) If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band) "If You're Gonna Play in Texas " is a song written by Murray Kellum and Dan Mitchell, and recorded by American country music band Alabama... |
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November 10 | City of New Orleans City of New Orleans (song) "City of New Orleans" is a folk song written by Steve Goodman , describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans via the Illinois Central Railroad in bittersweet and nostalgic terms. Goodman got the idea while traveling on the eponymous train for a visit to his wife's family... |
Willie Nelson | 1 | ||
November 17 | I've Been Around Enough to Know I've Been Around Enough to Know "I've Been Around Enough to Know" is a 1984 single written by Bob McDill and Dickey Lee and recorded by John Schneider. "I've Been Around Enough to Know" was John Schneider's fourth country hit and the first of four number ones on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and... |
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... |
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November 24 | Nobody Loves Me Like You Do Nobody Loves Me Like You Do "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" is the title of a song written by James Dunne and Pamela Phillips, and recorded by Anne Murray with Dave Loggins as a duet. The song was Dave Loggins' only hit on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the... |
Anne Murray with Dave Loggins Dave Loggins David Allen "Dave" Loggins is a singer, songwriter and musician. He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame... |
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December 1 | Give Me One More Chance Give Me One More Chance "Give Me One More Chance" is a 1984 single by Exile. "Give Me One More Chance" was written by then-lead singer J.P. Pennington and bass player Sonny LeMaire and was Exile's third number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country... |
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December 8 | Your Heart's Not in It Your Heart's Not In It "Your Heart's Not in It" is a 1984 single written by Tom Shapiro, Michael Garvin, and Bucky Jones and recorded by Janie Fricke. "Your Heart's Not in It" would be Janie Fricke's sixth number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of thirteen... |
Janie Fricke | 1 | ||
December 15 | Too Good to Stop Now Too Good to Stop Now "Too Good to Stop Now" is a single by American country music artist Mickey Gilley. Released in August 1984, it was the first single from his album Too Good to Stop Now. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in December 1984 and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in... |
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December 22 | Chance of Lovin' You Chance of Lovin' You "Chance of Lovin' You" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley, who co-wrote the song with Randy Scruggs. It was released in August 1984 as the lead single from the album, "Treadin' Water". The song was Earl Thomas Conley's seventh number one country hit... |
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Singles released by American artists
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4 | 4 | After All After All (Ed Bruce song) "After All" is a single by American country music artist Ed Bruce. Released in October 1983, it was the third and final single from his album, You're Not Leaving Here Tonight. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.... |
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:... |
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10 | 6 | All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" is a song written and recorded by country music performer Hank Williams, Jr.. It was released in October 1984 as the second single from his 1984 album Major Moves. It peaked at number ten on the country music charts... |
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... |
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6 | America America (Waylon Jennings song) "America" is the title of a song written by Sammy Johns and recorded by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. It was released in September 1984 as the first new single from the album Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2... |
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... |
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10 | 20 | Another Motel Memory | 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"... |
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3 | 2 | Atlanta Blue Atlanta Blue "Atlanta Blue" is a single by American country music group The Statler Brothers. It was released in March 1984 as the first single from their album Atlanta Blue. The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.... |
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5 | 7 | Attitude Adjustment Attitude Adjustment (song) "Attitude Adjustment" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr.. It was released in June 1984 as the first single from the album Major Moves. The reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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3 | 2 | B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love "B-B-B-Burnin' Up with Love" is a single by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. Released in 1984, it was the first single from the album The Best Year of My Life. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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... |
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7 | 10 | Between Two Fires Between Two Fires "Between Two Fires" is a single by American country music artist Gary Morris. Released in 1984, it was the first single from album Faded Blue. The song reached #7 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.... |
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19 | 26 | Boys Like You | Gail Davies Gail Davies Gail Davies is an American country music singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of country singer Tex Dickerson.... |
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3 | 2 | Buried Treasure Buried Treasure (song) "Buried Treasure" is the title of a song written by The Bee Gees and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in January 1984 as the third single from the album Eyes That See in the Dark. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #2... |
Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur... |
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5 | 3 | Candy Man | Charly McClain Charly McClain Charlotte Denise McClain is an American country music singer, best-known for series of Country hits during the 1980s.... with 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... |
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11 | 10 | Crossword Puzzle | 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... |
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7 | 5 | Denver | Larry Gatlin & 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... |
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12 | 11 | Disenchanted Disenchanted "Disenchanted" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by Michael Martin Murphey. It was released in April 1984 as the third single from the album, The Heart Never Lies. The song peaked at #12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles and at #11 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks... |
Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, Country music, and Popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter... |
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8 | 14 | Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) Double Shot is a popular song written by Don Smith and Cyril Vetter and originally recorded by Dick Holler & the Holidays. It was later recorded by The Swingin' Medallions who released it as their second single in 1966. The song became a Top 20 hit for the group, peaking at #17 on the U.S.... |
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... |
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36 | 20 | Downtown Downtown (Petula Clark song) "Downtown" is a pop song composed by Tony Hatch which, as recorded by Petula Clark, became an international hit – No. 1 in the US and No. 2 in the UK – at the end of 1964.-Original recording:... |
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... |
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18 | Dream On Texas Ladies | 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... |
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10 | 8 | Drinkin' My Way Back Home | 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... |
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26 | 13 | Drivin' Wheel | 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... |
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11 | 14 | Evening Star/Midsummer Nights | Kenny Rogers | |
2 | 7 | Ev'ry Heart Should Have One Ev'ry Heart Should Have One "Ev'ry Heart Should Have Oe" is a single by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in September 1983 as the second single from his album Night Games. The song peaked at number 2 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... |
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10 | 16 | Faithless Love Faithless Love "Faithless Love" is the title of a song written by J.D. Souther and recorded by American country music artist Glen Campbell. It was released in June 1984 as the lead single from the album Letter to Home. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.The song was first... |
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... |
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3 | 5 | Fool's Gold Fool's Gold (song) "Fool's Gold" is a 1984 single written by Timmy Tappan and Don Roth and performed by Lee Greenwood. It was the second single from his 1984 album, "You've Got a Good Love Comin'". The single peaked at #3 on the U.S. country charts and #5 in Canada.... |
Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts.... |
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10 | 18 | Forever Again | Gene Watson | |
14 | 30 | Forever You | The Whites The Whites The Whites is an American country music vocal group consisting of lead singer Sharon White, her sister Cheryl , and their father Buck... |
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5 | 13 | Forget About Me Forget About Me "Forget About Me" is a single by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. Released in 1984, it was the first single from the album Restless. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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10 | 16 | Give Me Back That Old Familiar Feeling | The Whites | |
7 | God Bless the USA God Bless the USA "God Bless the USA" is an American patriotic song written and recorded by country musician Lee Greenwood. The first Greenwood album it appears on is 1984's You've Got a Good Love Comin'. It reached No... |
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10 | 8 | God Must Be a Cowboy God Must Be a Cowboy "God Must Be a Cowboy" is a single released by American country music artist Dan Seals in early 1984. It is the fourth and final single from his 1983 album Rebel Heart. It was also his first top 10 hit, reaching #10... |
Dan Seals Dan Seals Danny Wayland "Dan" Seals was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals & Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as the "England Dan" half of the soft rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, which charted nine pop and adult contemporary singles between 1976 and 1980, including... |
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10 | 8 | God Won't Get You | Dolly Parton | |
17 | 15 | Had a Dream (For the Heart) | The Judds The Judds The Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country... |
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3 | 18 | Happy Birthday Dear Heartache Happy Birthday Dear Heartache "Happy Birthday Dear Heartache" is the title of a song written by Archie Jordan and Mack David, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in January 1984 as the first single from the album Clean Cut. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles &... |
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15 | 19 | He Broke Your Mem'ry Last Night | 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... |
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9 | 29 | I Call It Love I Call It Love (Mel McDaniel song) "I Call It Love" is the title of a song written by Bob McDill and recorded by American country music artist, Mel McDaniel. It was released in December 1983 as the lead single from McDaniel's album , Mel McDaniel with Oklahoma Wind. It peaked at number 9 on the U.S... |
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... |
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6 | 6 | I Could'a Had You | 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.... |
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9 | 6 | I Could Use Another You I Could Use Another You "I Could Use Another You" is a single by American country artist Eddy Raven. Released in 1984, it was the second single and title track from the album I Could Use Another You. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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... |
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7 | 6 | I Dream of Women Like You I Dream of Women Like You "I Dream of Women Like You" is a single by American country music artist Ronnie McDowell. Released in 1984, it was the first single from the album Country Boy's Heart. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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... |
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8 | 4 | I Got a Million of 'Em I Got a Million of 'Em "I Got a Million of 'Em" is a single by American country music artist Ronnie McDowell. Released in 1984, it the first single from the album Willing. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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10 | 17 | I Hurt for You I Hurt for You "I Hurt for You" is a single by American country music Deborah Allen. Released in 1984, it was the third single from the album Cheat the Night. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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... |
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3 | 3 | I Love Only You I Love Only You "I Love Only You" is the title of a song written by Dave Loggins and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It was released in September 1984 as the second single from the album Plain Dirt Fashion. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles... |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded... |
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4 | 4 | I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up) I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up) "I May Be Used " is a single by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. Released in 1984, it was the third single from the album Waylon and Company. The song reached #4 on the Hot Country Songs chart.... |
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3 | 2 | I Never Quite Got Back (From Loving You) I Never Quite Got Back (From Loving You) "I Never Quite Got Back " is a single by American country music artist Sylvia. Released in 1984, it was the third single from the album Snapshot. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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.... |
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17 | 22 | I Still Do | Bill Medley Bill Medley William Thomas Medley is an American singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers.... |
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14 | 12 | I Wish I Could Write You a Song | 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... |
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7 | 8 | I'm Not Through Loving You Yet I'm Not Through Loving You Yet (Louise Mandrell song) "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet" is a single by American country music artist Louise Mandrell. Released in 1984, it was the first single and title track from the album I'm Not Through Loving You Yet. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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... |
Holly Dunn Holly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled début album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot.Dunn is the daughter of a minister father... , who had not yet begun her recording career. |
13 | I've Been Rained on Too | 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... |
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9 | 6 | If All the Magic Is Gone | Mark Gray | |
10 | 10 | If I Could Only Dance with You | Jim Glaser Jim Glaser Jim Glaser is an American country music artist. The brother of country singers Chuck and Tompall Glaser, he has performed as both a solo artist and alongside his two brothers in the group Tompall and the Glaser Brothers... |
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8 | 6 | If the Fall Don't Get You If the Fall Don't Get You "If the Fall Don't Get You" is a single by American country music artist Janie Fricke. Released in 1984, it was the second single from the album Love Lies. The song reached #8 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.... |
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9 | 6 | In My Dreams In My Dreams (Emmylou Harris song) "In My Dreams" is a single by American country music artist Emmylou Harris. Released in 1984, it was the second single from the album White Shoes. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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14 | 32 | In the Midnight Hour In the Midnight Hour "In the Midnight Hour" is a song originally performed by Wilson Pickett in 1965 and released on the 1966 album The Exciting Wilson Pickett. It was composed by Pickett and Steve Cropper at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis where Martin Luther King, Jr. would later be murdered in April 1968... |
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... |
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13 | 40 | It's a Be Together Night | 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.... with Shelly West |
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20 | 38 | Jagged Edge of a Broken Heart | Gail Davies | |
5 | 37 | Just a Little Love Just a Little Love (song) "Just a Little Love" is a single by American country music artist Reba McEntire. Released in 1984, it was the first single and title track from the album Just a Little Love. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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3 | 2 | The Lady Takes the Cowboy Everytime The Lady Takes the Cowboy Everytime "The Lady Takes the Cowboy Everytime" is a single by American country music group Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers. Released in June 1984, it was the third single from their album Houston to Denver. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in October 1984.-Chart performance:... |
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RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... . |
10 | 28 | Left Side of the Bed | Mark Gray | |
10 | 10 | Let Somebody Else Drive Let Somebody Else Drive "Let Somebody Else Drive" is a single by American country music artist John Anderson. Released in 1984, it was the second single from the album All the People Are Talkin. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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4 | 3 | Lonely Women Make Good Lovers Lonely Women Make Good Lovers "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" is the title of a song written by Freddy Weller and Lindon Oldham, and first recorded by Bob Luman. Luman's version was the second single from his 1972 album of the same name... |
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... |
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11 | 13 | Maggie's Dream | 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,... |
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12 | 11 | Make My Day | 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:... with Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide... |
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3 | 4 | Man of Steel Man of Steel (Hank Williams, Jr. song) "Man of Steel" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr.. Released in 1984, it was the second single and title track from the album Man of Steel. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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15 | 35 | My Baby's Gone | 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... |
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6 | 2 | Never Could Toe the Mark Never Could Toe the Mark (song) "Never Could Toe the Mark" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. Released in 1984, it was the first single and title track from the album Never Could Toe the Mark The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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7 | 10 | New Patches | 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.... |
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8 | 20 | One Takes the Blame One Takes the Blame "One Takes the Blame" is a single by American country music group The Statler Brothers. It was released in July 1984 as the second single from their album Atlanta Blue. The song peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.... |
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10 | 12 | Pins & Needles | The Whites | |
9 | 9 | Pledging My Love Pledging My Love "Pledging My Love" is a blues ballad. It was written by Ferdinand Washington and Don Robey and published in 1954.The song's theme is captured in the title and the opening lines:-Johnny Ace:The most popular recording of the song was done by Johnny Ace... |
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9 | 11 | The Power of Love The Power of Love (Charley Pride song) "The Power of Love" is a single by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in May 1984 as the first single from his album The Power of Love. The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.... |
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6 | 9 | Prisoner of the Highway Prisoner of the Highway "Prisoner of the Highway" was a hit single from 1984, recorded by country music singer Ronnie Milsap. Although it was originally made exclusive to the album One More Try For Love, it was later included on one of his compilation albums that was released in 1992; this album was entitled Greatest... |
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... |
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8 | 5 | P.S. I Love You P.S. I Love You (1934 song) "P.S. I Love You" is a popular song. The music was written by Gordon Jenkins, the lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was published in 1934.The original hit version in the 1930s was recorded by Rudy Vallée. It was revived in the 1950s by The Hilltoppers and in the 1960s by The Vogues, and again in... |
Tom T. Hall Tom T. Hall Thomas "Tom T." Hall is an American country music singer-songwriter. He has written 11 #1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the pop crossover hit "I Love", which reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100... |
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19 | 30 | Radio Land | Michael Martin Murphey | |
14 | 7 | The Right Stuff | Charly McClain with Mickey Gilley | |
14 | 15 | Rock & Roll Shoes | Ray Charles Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records... with B. J. Thomas B. J. Thomas Billy Joe "B. J." Thomas is an American popular singer known for his chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s—appearing on the pop, adult contemporary, country and Hot 100 charts.-Career:... |
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13 | 10 | Runaway Heart | Louise Mandrell | |
3 | 2 | Save the Last Dance for Me Save The Last Dance For Me "Save the Last Dance for Me" is the title of a popular song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, first recorded in 1960 by Ben E. King with The Drifters.... |
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7 | 6 | Second Hand Heart Second Hand Heart "Second Hand Heart" is a single by American country music artist Gary Morris. Released in 1984, it was the second single from the album Faded Blue. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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3 | 3 | Sentimental Ol' You Sentimental Ol' You "Sentimental Ol' You" is a single by American country music artist Charly McClain. Released in 1983, it was the first single from the album The Woman in Me. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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3 | 4 | She Sure Got Away with My Heart She Sure Got Away with My Heart "She Sure Got Away with My Heart" is a single by American country music artist John Anderson. Released in 1984, it was the second single from the album Eye of a Hurricane. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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20 | 20 | Silent Partners | David Frizzell with Shelly West | |
3 | 5 | Somewhere Down the Line Somewhere Down the Line "Somewhere Down the Line" is a single by American country music artist T.G. Sheppard. Released in 1984, it was the third single from the album Slow Burn. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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24 | 18 | Stuck on You Stuck on You (Lionel Richie song) "Stuck on You" is a 1984 song written by and originally recorded by Lionel Richie. It was the fourth single released from his second studio album Can't Slow Down and achieved chart success, particularly in the U.S. and the UK, where it peaked at number three and number 12, respectively... |
Lionel Richie Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records... |
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5 | 2 | Sweet Country Music Sweet Country Music "Sweet Country Music" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Atlanta. It was released in February 1984 as the third single from their debut album Pictures. It was their highest charting single, reaching #5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and peaking at #2 on... |
Atlanta Atlanta (band) Atlanta was an American country music group formed in 1982 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. It was composed of Brad Griffis , Bill Davidson , Tony Ingram , Alan David , Allen Collay , Bill Packard , Jeff Baker , Dick Stevens and John Holder... |
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12 | 33 | There Ain't No Future in This | Reba McEntire | |
7 | 4 | Three Times a Lady Three Times a Lady * The song was also covered in the country genre by country singer Billy "Crash" Craddock on his 1986 album Crash Craddock and in 2007 by Cobra Starship as an iTunes bonus track for their album ¡Viva La Cobra!... |
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... |
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28 | 30 | Till Your Memory's Gone | Bill Medley | |
3 | 5 | To Me To Me "To Me" is the title of a song written by Mike Reid and Mack David, and recorded by American country music artists Lee Greenwood and Barbara Mandrell as a duet. It was released in July 1984 as the first single from the album Meant for Each Other. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country... |
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19 | 29 | Together Again Together Again (Buck Owens song) "Together Again" is a 1964 song by United States country singer and guitarist Buck Owens.The song, best known as the "B" side to Owens' No. 1 hit, "My Heart Skips a Beat", interrupted that song's run at Number One on the U.S. country charts... |
Kenny Rogers with 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... |
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19 | 14 | Tonight I'm Here with Someone Else | Karen Brooks Karen Brooks Karen Brooks is an American country music singer who is best known for a series of Top 40 hits on the Billboard Country Chart in the early 1980s, including "Faking Love," a duet with T.G. Sheppard which topped the country chart in February 1983.Brooks was born in Dallas, Texas in 1954. Attended... |
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15 | 32 | Too Late to Go Home | Johnny Rodriguez Johnny Rodriguez Johnny Rodriguez is an American country music singer. He was the first famous Latin American country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish.... |
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24 | 19 | Victims of Goodbye | Sylvia | |
4 | 2 | Way Back Way Back "Way Back" is a single by American country music artist John Conlee. Released in 1984, it was the fourth single from the album In My Eyes. The song reached #4 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... |
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6 | 7 | We Didn't See a Thing | Ray Charles with 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.... |
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10 | 9 | What Would Your Memories Do What Would Your Memories Do "What Would Your Memories Do" is a single by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in July 1984 as the second single from his album There Is a Season. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.... |
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... |
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19 | Whatever Turns You On | Keith Stegall Keith Stegall Robert Keith Stegall is an American country music recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two-major label studio albums: 1985's Keith Stegall and 1996's Passages... |
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8 | 8 | Where's the Dress | Moe Bandy Moe Bandy Marion Franklin Bandy, Jr.–better known professionally as Moe Bandy– is a country music singer... with Joe Stampley |
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10 | 15 | The Whole World's in Love When You're Lonely | B. J. Thomas | |
12 | 16 | Why Goodbye | Steve Wariner | |
4 | 6 | Why Lady Why Why Lady Why (Gary Morris song) "Why Lady Why" is a single by American country music artist Gary Morris. Released in 1983, it was the fourth single and title track from the album Why Lady Why. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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7 | 5 | Will It Be Love By Morning Will It Be Love By Morning "Will It Be Love By Morning" is the title of a song written by Lewis Anderson and Fred Koller, and recorded by Michael Martin Murphey. It was released in January 1984 as the second single from the album, The Heart Never Lies. The song peaked at #7 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles and at #5... |
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11 | 3 | Without a Song Without a Song "Without a Song" is a popular song with music by Vincent Youmans and lyrics by Billy Rose and Edward Eliscu, published in 1929. It was included in the musical play, Great Day.... |
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... |
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12 | 12 | Woman Your Love | Moe Bandy | |
6 | 45 | World's Greatest Lover World's Greatest Lover "World's Greatest Lover" is a single by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. Released in 1984, it was the second single from the album Restless. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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18 | Wounded Hearts | Mark Gray | ||
9 | 6 | (You Bring Out) The Wild Side of Me (You Bring Out) The Wild Side of Me " The Wild Side of Me" is a single released by American country music artist Dan Seals. It is the first single from his 1984 album San Antone. It peaked at #9 in mid-1984, thus becoming his second top ten hit.-Chart positions:... |
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3 | 4 | You Made a Wanted Man of Me You Made a Wanted Man of Me "You Made a Wanted Man of Me" is a single by American country music artist Ronnie McDowell. Released in 1983, it was the third single from the album Personally. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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20 | 27 | You Were a Good Friend | Kenny Rogers | |
9 | You're Welcome to Tonight | Lynn Anderson Lynn Anderson Lynn Rene Anderson is an American country music singer and equestrian known for a string of hits throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, most notably her Grammy Award-winning, worldwide mega-hit, " Rose Garden." Helped by her regular exposure on national television, Anderson was one of the most... with Gary Morris |
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3 | 6 | You've Still Got a Place in My Heart You've Still Got a Place in My Heart (song) "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music artist Leon Payne. It was covered by Con Hunley in 1978, whose version peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. Another cover by George Jones, released in 1984, peaked... |
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17 | The Closest Thing to You | 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:... |
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14 | Get Along Little Doggie | Dallas Harms Dallas Harms Dallas Harms is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Twenty of Harms' singles made the RPM Country Tracks charts, including the number one single "Honky Tonkin' ." Harms was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989.-Albums:-Singles:-References:... |
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16 | Hand Me Down Heart | Roni Sommers | |
10 | Heart on the Run | 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... |
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19 | I Can't Say No | Paul Weber | |
6 | If This Is Love | 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... with Glory-Anne Carriere |
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9 | Leader of the Band | 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... |
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8 | Love at Last Sight | Mercey Brothers | |
19 | Midnight Invitation | Terry Sumsion | |
7 | Nothing Good About Goodbye | Gilles Godard with Kelita Haverland | |
19 | Railroad Man | Murray McLauchlan Murray McLauchlan Murray McLauchlan, CM is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player.-Biography:Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada with his family when he was five years old... |
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18 | Red River Flood | Murray McLauchlan | |
56 | 5 | Repeat After Me | 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... |
16 | Song for Davey | Albert Hall |
Top new album releases
US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
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8 | Atlanta Blue | The Statler Brothers | Mercury/PolyGram |
18 | The Best of Don Williams Volume III | 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 |
22 | The Best Year of My Life The Best Year of My Life The Best Year of My Life was the ninth studio album of Country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1984 under the Warner Bros. Records label, but the rights to the album have since been sold Liberty Records. The album marked the end of Rabbitt's crossover-success... |
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... |
Warner Bros. |
14 | Blue Highway | 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 |
18 | By Heart | 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... |
Warner Bros. |
13 | Cafe Carolina Cafe Carolina Cafe Carolina is a studio album by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in May 1984 via MCA Records. The album peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:... |
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 |
1 | City of New Orleans City of New Orleans (album) City of New Orleans is a 1984 album by country musician Willie Nelson, released by Columbia Records. The title track was penned by Steve Goodman, originally recorded by Arlo Guthrie in 1972; Nelson's version of the song topped the U.S. country singles chart... |
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 |
8 | Clean Cut Clean Cut Clean Cut is the fifteenth studio album by American country artist Barbara Mandrell. The album was released in March 1984 on MCA Records and was produced by Tom Collins. It was one of two studio albums Mandrell released in 1984.- Background and content :... |
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 |
25 | Conway's Latest Greatest Hits–Vol. 1 | 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... |
Warner Bros. |
1 | Country Boy Country Boy (Ricky Skaggs album) Country Boy is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1984 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:... |
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 |
1 | Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind is the fourth studio album from American country music artist George Strait, released in 1984. It is certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies in the U.S... |
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 |
25 | Doin' What I Feel | 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 |
24 | EB 84 EB 84 -Track listing:Billboard-information within brackets. UK=Chart single in England #"On the Wings of a Nightingale" #"Danger Danger" #"The Story of Me"... |
The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
3 | Eye of a Hurricane Eye of a Hurricane (John Anderson album) Eye of the Hurricane is the sixth studio album from country music artist John Anderson. It was released in June 1984. It produced singles in its title track, "She Sure Got Away with My Heart", and "I Wish I Could Write You a Song"... |
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. |
12 | Faded Blue | 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.... |
Warner Bros. |
17 | The First Word in 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 |
22 | Forever You | The Whites The Whites The Whites is an American country music vocal group consisting of lead singer Sharon White, her sister Cheryl , and their father Buck... |
MCA |
1 | Friendship Friendship (Ray Charles album) -Chart performance:... |
Ray Charles Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records... |
Columbia |
21 | The Good Ol' Boys – Alive and Well | 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 |
7 | The Great Pretender The Great Pretender (Dolly Parton album) -Chart performance:-External links:*... |
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... |
RCA |
2 | Greatest Hits 2 | 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 |
3 | He Thinks He's Ray Stevens He Thinks He's Ray Stevens -Personnel:Musicians*Ray Stevens - lead vocals, background vocals , keyboards and synthesizers *Jerry Carrigan - drums *Mark Casstevens - banjo, rhythm guitar... |
Ray Stevens Ray Stevens Ray Stevens is an American country music, pop singer-songwriter who has become known for his novelty songs.-Early career:... |
MCA |
4 | Heart Over Mind Heart Over Mind (Anne Murray album) Heart Over Mind is a studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. It was released by Capitol Records in 1984. The album peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:#"Once You've Had It" – 3:58... |
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 |
21 | Heartaches, Love & Stuff | 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 |
9 | Houston to Denver | 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 |
7 | It Takes Believers | 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... & Charly McClain Charly McClain Charlotte Denise McClain is an American country music singer, best-known for series of Country hits during the 1980s.... |
Epic |
1 | It's All in the Game It's All in the Game (Merle Haggard album) It's All in the Game is a studio album by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in 1984 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:... |
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 |
23 | Just a Little Love Just a Little Love Just a Little Love is the seventh studio album by Reba McEntire, but the first on her second label, MCA Records. The album's singles were its title track and "He Broke Your Memory Last Night." Both of these songs charted on Hot Country Songs, with the former reaching #5 and the latter reaching... |
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... |
MCA |
22 | Just Divorced | 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 |
1 | Kentucky Hearts Kentucky Hearts Kentucky Hearts is a studio album by American country music band Exile. It was released in 1984 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:All songs written by J.P... |
Exile Exile (American band) Exile, originally known as The Exiles, is an American band founded in Richmond, Kentucky by J.P. Pennington. They started by playing local clubs which led to touring with Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars opening shows and providing backup for major rock artists of the period.Their name was shortened... |
Epic |
25 | Ladies' Choice Ladies' Choice Ladies' Choice is an album by American country music artist George Jones. This album was released in 1984 on the Epic Records label, and was composed largely of duets with female artists.- Track listing :# "She's My Rock"... |
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 |
1 | Major Moves | 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... |
Curb/Warner Bros. |
5 | Meant for Each Other Meant for Each Other Meant for Each Other is a collaboration studio album by American country artists Lee Greenwood and Barbara Mandrell. The album was released on August 6, 1984 on MCA Records and was produced by Tom Collins... |
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... & Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts.... |
MCA |
21 | Music from Songwriter Music from Songwriter Music from Songwriter is a soundtrack album by Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson, released on Columbia Records in 1984 . It is the soundtrack to Songwriter, a film starring the two performers. Two of the songs on the record are duets, five are sung by Nelson and four by Kristofferson... |
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... & Kris Kristofferson Kris Kristofferson Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"... |
Columbia |
13 | My Kind of Country | 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... |
MCA |
20 | Never Could Toe the Mark Never Could Toe the Mark Never Could Toe the Mark is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1984. It was the singer's last top 20 record with RCA; he would soon move to MCA and release his final #1 album, Will the Wolf Survive... |
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... |
RCA |
12 | Once Upon a Christmas | Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur... & 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... |
RCA |
10 | One More Try for Love One More Try for Love One More Try for Love was the sixteenth studio album of Country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 1984 under the RCA Records label... |
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 |
8 | Pictures Pictures (Atlanta album) Pictures is the title of a country album by American country music group Atlanta. It was released in March 1984. The album peaked at number 8 on the Top Country Albums charts and number 140 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The biggest hit on the album, and also one of Atlanta's biggest hits, was "Sweet... |
Atlanta Atlanta (band) Atlanta was an American country music group formed in 1982 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. It was composed of Brad Griffis , Bill Davidson , Tony Ingram , Alan David , Allen Collay , Bill Packard , Jeff Baker , Dick Stevens and John Holder... |
MCA |
8 | Plain Dirt Fashion Plain Dirt Fashion Plain Dirt Fashion is an album by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band which was released in 1984 by the record label Warner Bros. Records. This album went to #8 on the US Country charts. The three singles from this album all charted in the top 3. "Long Hard Road " went to 1, "I Love Only You" went to 3,... |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded... |
Warner Bros. |
24 | Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris Profile II: The Best of Emmylou Harris is a compilation of hits by Emmylou Harris originally from five of her albums released between 1979 and 1983 , plus two singles, "Mister Sandman" from 1981, and "Someone Like You", a new tune which became a Billboard #26 country hit in early 1985... |
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. |
22 | Restless | The Bellamy Brothers | Curb/MCA |
18 | Riddles in the Sand Riddles in the Sand Riddles in the Sand is the 14th studio album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released in September 1984 as MCA 5512 and was produced by noted country music producer Jimmy Bowen and represented a concerted shift toward a more country sound by Buffett... |
Jimmy Buffett Jimmy Buffett James William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffett's musical hits include "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday"... |
MCA |
1 | Roll On Roll On (Alabama album) Roll On is the fifth studio album of country music band Alabama. Iit was released in 1984.All four singles released from this album reached Number One on the Hot Country Singles chart: "Roll On ", "When We Make Love", "If You're Gonna Play in Texas " and " Fire in the Night"... |
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 |
24 | San Antone San Antone (album) San Antone is the fourth album released by Dan Seals. This album charted at #24 on the Top Country Albums chart. The Singles, " The Wild Side of Me", "My Baby's Got Good Timing", and "My Old Yellow Car" charted at #9, 2 and 9 respectively. This is his second album for Liberty Records... |
Dan Seals Dan Seals Danny Wayland "Dan" Seals was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals & Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as the "England Dan" half of the soft rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, which charted nine pop and adult contemporary singles between 1976 and 1980, including... |
Capitol |
17 | There Is a Season | 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... |
Compleat |
23 | Til the Bars Burn Down | 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... |
Warner Bros. |
4 | Too Good to Stop Now | 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... |
MCA |
2 | Treadin' Water | 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 |
9 | What About Me? | Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur... |
RCA |
1 | Why Not Me Why Not Me (The Judds album) Why Not Me is the first full-length LP album by American country duo The Judds, released by RCA Records in 1984.Why Not Me includes the duo's first Billboard number one single on the Country music charts, "Mama He's Crazy". That single was first released on their 1983 EP release The Judds: Wynonna... |
The Judds The Judds The Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country... |
Curb/RCA |
23 | Workin' for a Livin | 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... |
Warner Bros. |
6 | You've Got a Good Love Comin | Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts.... |
MCA |
17 | You've Still Got a Place in My Heart You've Still Got a Place in My Heart You've Still Got a Place in My Heart is an album by American country music artist George Jones. This album was released in 1984 on the Epic Records label.-Track listing:# You've Still Got a Place in My Heart# From Strangers, To Lovers, To Friends... |
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 |
Other top albums
US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
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47 | Building Bridges | Larry Willoughby Larry Willoughby Larry Willoughby is an American country music singer-songwriter and the vice president of A&R at Capitol Records.Willoughby's debut album, Building Bridges, was released in 1984 by Atlantic America... |
Atlantic America |
33 | By Request By Request (George Jones album) By Request is an album by American country music artist George Jones. This album was released in 1984 on the Epic Records label.Guests include Chet Atkins, Ray Charles, Merle Haggard, and The Oak Ridge Boys.-Track list:... |
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 |
55 | Can't Slow Down | Lionel Richie Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records... |
Motown |
42 | Can't Wait All Night | Juice Newton Juice Newton Judith Kay "Juice" Newton is an American Pop music and Country singer, songwriter and guitarist... |
RCA |
29 | Charly | Charly McClain Charly McClain Charlotte Denise McClain is an American country music singer, best-known for series of Country hits during the 1980s.... |
Epic |
31 | Christmas at Our House | 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 |
56 | Day by Day | McGuffey Lane McGuffey Lane McGuffey Lane is an American country rock band from Columbus, Ohio. McGuffey Lane was formed in 1972 by Terry Efaw and Steve Reis, who played together under the name Scotch & Soda... |
Atlantic America |
55 | Do I Ever Cross Your Mind | Ray Charles Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records... |
Columbia |
43 | Duets with Kim Carnes Duets (Kenny Rogers album) Duets was a special 1984 album released by Liberty Records from Kenny Rogers. It was issued after Rogers left the label and signed to RCA.- Overview :... |
Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur... , Sheena Easton Sheena Easton Sheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop... 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... & Kim Carnes Kim Carnes Kim Carnes is an American singer-songwriter. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner noted for her distinctive raspy vocal style. Some people have called her "The Female Rod Stewart" due to her raspy voice.... |
Liberty |
55 | Easy Street | The Wright Brothers Wright Brothers Band The Wright Brothers Band, formerly known as the Wright Brothers Overland Stage Company, formed in 1972, is an Indiana based music group. They perform songs from the 1920s to the present day, and can cover bluegrass, pop standards, country, gospel, and even Aerosmith rock standards... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
63 | Fallen Angel | Gus Hardin Gus Hardin Gus Hardin was a country music singer.-Career:Hardin was born in 1945 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her rise to country music popularity began in 1983 with her first RCA Records single, the top 10 hit "After The Last Goodbye"... |
RCA |
45 | First Time Live First Time Live First Time Live is an album by American country music artist George Jones. This album was released on October 13, 1984 on the Epic Records label... |
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 |
35 | Foolin' with Fire | Johnny Rodriguez Johnny Rodriguez Johnny Rodriguez is an American country music singer. He was the first famous Latin American country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish.... |
Epic |
46 | For the Record: The First 10 Years For the Record: The First 10 Years - Track listing :#"You Never Even Called Me By My Name" - 5:14#"Please Come to Boston" - 4:17#"Jody Like a Melody" - 3:03#"Longhaired Redneck" - 3:22#"If That Ain't Country" - 4:49#"Willie, Waylon and Me" - 3:13#"Take This Job and Shove It" - 2:54... |
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 |
55 | A Golden Celebration | 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 |
45 | Golden Duets–The Best of Frizzell & West | 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"... |
Viva |
28 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (John Anderson album) -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... |
Warner Bros. |
64 | Greatest Hits | Juice Newton Juice Newton Judith Kay "Juice" Newton is an American Pop music and Country singer, songwriter and guitarist... |
Capitol |
40 | Hearts on Fire | Karen Brooks Karen Brooks Karen Brooks is an American country music singer who is best known for a series of Top 40 hits on the Billboard Country Chart in the early 1980s, including "Faking Love," a duet with T.G. Sheppard which topped the country chart in February 1983.Brooks was born in Dallas, Texas in 1954. Attended... |
Warner Bros. |
57 | Highrollin | The Maines Brothers Band The Maines Brothers Band The Maines Brothers Band is a Texas-based country music band. The Maines Brothers for which the band was named are Lloyd Maines , Donnie Maines , Kenny Maines , and Steve Maines... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
41 | Homecoming | 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:... |
RCA |
41 | I Could Use Another You | 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... |
RCA |
58 | I Still Do | Bill Medley Bill Medley William Thomas Medley is an American singer and songwriter, best known as one half of The Righteous Brothers.... |
RCA |
54 | I'm Not Through Loving You Yet | 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... |
RCA |
33 | In Session | 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"... |
Viva |
41 | Julio | Julio Iglesias Julio Iglesias Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva , better known simply as Julio Iglesias, is a Spanish singer who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is one of the top 15 best selling music artists in history,... |
Columbia |
63 | Karen | Karen Taylor-Good Karen Taylor-Good Karen Taylor-Good is an American singer-songwriter. Taylor-Good and her then-husband, Bill Taylor, started the Mesa Records label in 1982. Her first single, "Diamond in the Rough," reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart early that year... |
Mesa |
42 | Kathy Mattea Kathy Mattea (album) Kathy Mattea is the debut album by American country singer Kathy Mattea. It was released in 1984 on Mercury Records. It includes the singles "Street Talk", "Someone Is Falling in Love", "You've Got a Soft Place to Fall", and "That's Easy for You to Say"... |
Kathy Mattea Kathy Mattea Kathleen Alice "Kathy" Mattea is an American country music and bluegrass performer who often brings folk, Celtic and traditional country sounds to her music. Active since 1983 as a recording artist, she has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
52 | Let Me Be the First | 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... |
RCA |
30 | Letter to Home Letter to Home Letter to Home is the 40th album by American singer/guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 1984 .-Track listing:Side 1:# "I'll Be Faithful To You" - 2:34# " Letter To Home" - 2:56... |
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... |
Atlantic America |
34 | Little by Little | 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 |
40 | Love Is on the Radio | 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/PolyGram |
26 | Magic | Mark Gray | Columbia |
64 | Mel McDaniel with Oklahoma Wind | 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 |
37 | Merle Haggard's Epic Hits | 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 |
36 | The Midnight Hour | 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 |
45 | Motel Matches | Moe Bandy Moe Bandy Marion Franklin Bandy, Jr.–better known professionally as Moe Bandy– is a country music singer... |
Columbia |
42 | Natural Dreams | Tom T. Hall Tom T. Hall Thomas "Tom T." Hall is an American country music singer-songwriter. He has written 11 #1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the pop crossover hit "I Love", which reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
62 | New Beginnings | David Wills David Wills (singer) David Wills is an American country music singer-songwriter. Wills released three studio albums and charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart between 1975 and 1988... |
RCA |
34 | New Patches | 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.... |
MCA |
26 | One Owner Heart | 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. |
57 | One Way Rider | The Osmond Brothers The Osmonds The Osmonds are an American family music group with a long and varied career—a career that took them from singing barbershop music as children, to achieving success as teen-music idols, to producing a hit television show, and to continued success as solo and group performers... |
Warner Bros./Curb |
49 | Power of Love | 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 |
32 | Rhinestone (Soundtrack) Rhinestone (film soundtrack) Rhinestone was a soundtrack album from the 1984 film starring Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone. The Dolly Parton-composed soundtrack produced two Top Ten country singles: "God Won't Get You" and the chart-topping "Tennessee Homesick Blues"... |
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... |
RCA |
40 | Shining | B. J. Thomas B. J. Thomas Billy Joe "B. J." Thomas is an American popular singer known for his chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s—appearing on the pop, adult contemporary, country and Hot 100 charts.-Career:... |
Columbia |
65 | Soft Talk | 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 |
40 | Surprise Surprise (Sylvia album) -Track listing:#"Give 'Em Rhythm" - 2:55#"Unguarded Moments" - 3:41#"Victims Of Goodbye" - 3:01#"Isn't It Always Love" - 2:23#"Love Over Old Times" - 3:35#"I Just Don't Have The Heart" - 3:07#"One Foot On The Street" - 3:33... |
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 |
56 | Ten Years of Hits | 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 |
33 | This Ol' Piano | Mark Gray | Columbia |
34 | Too Good to Stop Now | 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 |
64 | Turn Me Loose | Vince Gill Vince Gill Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a... |
RCA |
27 | Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 is a compilation album by Waylon Jennings, released on RCA Victor in 1984. It contains several songs recorded primarily in the later period of the singer's career, encompassing the late 1970s as well as the early 1980s... |
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... |
RCA |
57 | Where Is a Woman to Go | Gail Davies Gail Davies Gail Davies is an American country music singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of country singer Tex Dickerson.... |
RCA |
33 | Willing | 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 |
47 | Writers in Disguise | Pinkard & Bowden Pinkard & Bowden Pinkard & Bowden is an American country music duo composed of singer-songwriters James "Sandy" Pinkard and Richard Bowden, who also play guitar and bass guitar. The duo's music comprises a mix of musical parody and original comedy songs. Pinkard has also written hit singles for Mel Tillis, Anne... |
Warner Bros. |
61 | You and I – Classic Country Duets | Various Artists | Warner Bros. |
Deaths
- January 28 — Al DexterAl DexterAl Dexter was an American country musician and songwriter. He is best known for "Pistol Packin' Mama," a 1944 hit that was one of the most popular recordings of the World War II years and later became a hit again with a cover by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters.-Biography:Born Clarence Albert...
, 81, early honky tonk stylist best known for "Pistol Packin' Mama." - May 11 — Nudie Cohen, 81, famous costume designer for country stars.
- September 6 — Ernest TubbErnest TubbErnest Dale Tubb , nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" , marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music...
, 70, the "Texas Trubador" and a superstar since the 1940s (emphysemaEmphysemaEmphysema is a long-term, progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath. In people with emphysema, the tissues necessary to support the physical shape and function of the lungs are destroyed. It is included in a group of diseases called chronic obstructive pulmonary...
).
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Ralph S. Peer (1892–1960)
- Floyd TillmanFloyd TillmanFloyd Tillman was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres. Tillman was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984.-Early life:Tillman grew up in the cotton-mill town of Post,...
(1914–2003)
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Wilf CarterWilf CarterWilf Carter , also known as Montana Slim, was a Canadian country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and yodeller...
- Tommy HunterTommy HunterThomas James "Tommy" Hunter, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian country music performer, known as "Canada's Country Gentleman".-Career:...
- Orval ProphetOrval ProphetOrval William Prophet was among the first Canadian country music performers to achieve a career of international scope.-Early life:...
- William Harold Moon
Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "In My Dreams," Emmylou HarrisEmmylou HarrisEmmylou 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...
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "That's the Way Love Goes," Merle HaggardMerle HaggardMerle 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,...
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Mama He's Crazy," The JuddsThe JuddsThe Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country...
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Wheel Hoss," Ricky SkaggsRicky SkaggsRickie 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:...
- Best Country Song — "City of New OrleansCity of New Orleans (song)"City of New Orleans" is a folk song written by Steve Goodman , describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans via the Illinois Central Railroad in bittersweet and nostalgic terms. Goodman got the idea while traveling on the eponymous train for a visit to his wife's family...
," Steve GoodmanSteve GoodmanSteve Goodman was an American folk music singer-songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. The writer of "City of New Orleans", made popular by Arlo Guthrie, Goodman won two Grammy Awards.-Personal life:...
(Performer: Willie NelsonWillie NelsonWillie 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...
)
Juno Awards
- Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Murray McLauchlanMurray McLauchlanMurray McLauchlan, CM is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player.-Biography:Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada with his family when he was five years old...
- Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Anne MurrayAnne MurrayMorna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....
- Country Group or Duo of the Year — The Good BrothersThe Good BrothersThe Good Brothers are a Canadian country, bluegrass and folk music group originating from Richmond Hill, Ontario. The band's core members are Brian Good , his twin brother Bruce Good and younger brother Larry Good ....
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer of the Year — AlabamaAlabama (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...
- Song of the Year — "Why Not Me," Harlan HowardHarlan HowardHarlan Perry Howard was a prolific American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard wrote a large number of popular and enduring songs, recorded by a variety of different artists...
, Brent Maher and Sonny ThrockmortonSonny ThrockmortonJames Fron "Sonny" Throckmorton is an American country music singer and songwriter. Known primarily for his songwriting, Throckmorton has had more than 1,000 of his songs recorded by various country singers...
(Performer: The JuddsThe JuddsThe Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country...
) - Single of the Year — "To All the Girls I've Loved BeforeTo All the Girls I've Loved Before"To All the Girls I've Loved Before" was a 1984 cover of Albert Hammond's song by singers Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson, which appeared on Iglesias's album 1100 Bel Air Place. A breakthrough for Iglesias in the English language market, the song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the...
," Willie NelsonWillie NelsonWillie 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...
and Julio IglesiasJulio IglesiasJulio José Iglesias de la Cueva , better known simply as Julio Iglesias, is a Spanish singer who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is one of the top 15 best selling music artists in history,... - Album of the Year — Roll OnRoll On (Alabama album)Roll On is the fifth studio album of country music band Alabama. Iit was released in 1984.All four singles released from this album reached Number One on the Hot Country Singles chart: "Roll On ", "When We Make Love", "If You're Gonna Play in Texas " and " Fire in the Night"...
, Alabama - Top Male Vocalist — George StraitGeorge StraitGeorge 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...
- Top Female Vocalist — Reba McEntireReba McEntireReba 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...
- Top Vocal Duo — The Judds
- Top Vocal Group — Alabama
- Top New Male Vocalist — Vince GillVince GillVincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
- Top New Female Vocalist — Nicolette LarsonNicolette LarsonNicolette Larson was an American pop singer. She is perhaps best known for her work in the late 1970s with Neil Young, as well as her 1978 cover of Young's "Lotta Love". The song, her debut single, was a Number One Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks hit and #8 pop hit that year...
- Video of the Year — "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight," 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...
(Directors: John Goodhue)
Canadian Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — Ronnie ProphetRonnie ProphetRonald 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...
- Male Artist of the Year — Terry CarisseTerry CarisseTerrance 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:...
- Female Artist of the Year — Marie BottrellMarie BottrellMarie 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...
- Group of the Year — Family BrownFamily BrownFamily 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...
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Jesus It's Me Again," Dick DamronDick DamronDick Damron, is a Canadian country music singer, songwriter. Guitar,Banjo,Violin and Blues Harp. Damron experimented with many musical styles in the country genre including: ‘Outlaw’, ‘Honkey tonk’ and Gospel...
(Performer: Dick Damron) - Single of the Year — "A Little Good News," Anne MurrayAnne MurrayMorna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....
- Album of the Year — Repeat After Me, Family Brown
- Top Selling Album — Eyes That See in the DarkEyes That See in the Dark- Notes :The version of "I Will Always Love You" featured on this album was written by Barry and Maurice Gibb, and is hence not the same as the more famous song of the same name, which was written by Dolly Parton...
, Kenny RogersKenny RogersKenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur... - Vista Rising Star Award — Roni Summers
- Duo of the Year — Glory Anne Carriere and Ronnie Prophet
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — AlabamaAlabama (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...
- Song of the Year — "Wind Beneath My WingsWind Beneath My Wings"Wind Beneath My Wings" is the title of a song written in 1982 by Jeff Silbar and Larry Henley. They recorded a demo of the song, which they gave to musician Bob Montgomery. Montgomery then recorded his own demo version of the song, changing it from the mid-tempo version he was given to a ballad...
," Larry HenleyLarry HenleyLarry Henley is an American singer and songwriter, born June 30, 1941 in Arp, Texas. He is perhaps best known for co-writing the 1989 hit record, "Wind Beneath My Wings". The single was a U.S...
and Jeff Silbar (Performer: Gary MorrisGary MorrisGary Gwyn Morris is an American country music artist who charted a string of countrypolitan-styled hit songs throughout the 1980s....
) - Single of the Year — "A Little Good News," Anne MurrayAnne MurrayMorna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....
- Album of the Year — A Little Good News, Anne Murray
- Male Vocalist of the Year — Lee GreenwoodLee GreenwoodMelvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts....
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Reba McEntireReba McEntireReba 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...
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Julio IglesiasJulio IglesiasJulio José Iglesias de la Cueva , better known simply as Julio Iglesias, is a Spanish singer who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music Entertainment, he is one of the top 15 best selling music artists in history,...
and Willie NelsonWillie NelsonWillie 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... - Vocal Group of the Year — The Statler Brothers
- Horizon Award — The JuddsThe JuddsThe Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country...
- Instrumentalist of the Year — Chet AtkinsChet AtkinsChester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...
- Instrumental Group of the Year — Ricky Skaggs BandRicky SkaggsRickie 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:...
Further reading
- Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
- Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
- Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.