1988 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1988.
Events
- May 21 — Country music stars highlight a concert at Madison Square GardenMadison Square GardenMadison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Manhattan and located at 8th Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets, situated on top of Pennsylvania Station.Opened on February 11, 1968, it is the...
in New York. Featured: 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...
, 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...
, 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...
and Randy TravisRandy TravisRandy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...
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- Time-Life Records releases the first volume of its "Country USACountry USA (Time-Life Music)Country USA was a 23-volume series issued by Time-Life Music during the late 1980s and early 1990s, spotlighting country music of the 1950s through early 1970s....
" series. The series, which would eventually include 23 volumes, each chronicles one year per volume - 1950 through 1972. Each volume - offered on two record albums, or one cassette or compact discCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
- contains liner notes from some of country music's most respected historians. In many cases, the songs offered on each volume represented the first time they had ever been re-released on compact disc. "Country USA" was offered through television and magazine advertisements. - The Country Music Association Awards introduced a new award, Vocal Event of the Year, awarding collaborative efforts by two or more artists who normally don't work together. (Previously such efforts had to be included with Best Duo or Group nominations.) The first recipient was the group of 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...
, 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 Linda RonstadtLinda RonstadtLinda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden...
for their Trio album. - MTM RecordsMTM RecordsMTM Records was an American independent record label specializing in country music. It was founded in 1984 as a subsidiary of the production company of the same name, a company owned by actress Mary Tyler Moore. After MTM Enterprises was sold in late 1988, the label was absorbed into Capitol Records...
is sold and disestablished after four years. During its short stay in the music business, two songs released by MTM will top the Billboard Hot Country SinglesHot Country SongsHot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart: Judy Rodman's "Until I Met YouUntil I Met You"Until I Met You" is a country music song released as a single in 1986 by American country music artist, Judy Rodman. It was Rodman's fourth-issued single and her only song to reach #1 on the Billboard Country chart .-Song information:...
" (1986) and S-K-OS-K-OS-K-O, originally known as Schuyler, Knobloch and Overstreet, was an American country music group composed of Thom Schuyler, Fred Knobloch and Paul Overstreet. The original lineup recorded one album for MTM Records and charted three country hits, including the Number One "Baby's Got a New Baby"...
's "Baby's Got a New BabyBaby's Got a New Baby"Baby's Got a New Baby" is a 1986 single by S-K-O. "Baby's Got a New Baby" was written by Fred Knobloch, who sings lead vocals and Dan Tyler and was S-K-O's second country hit and the group's only number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of...
" (1987). - Real CountryReal countryReal Country is a 24-hour radio format produced by Cumulus Media Networks. Real Country, originally one of the Satellite Music Network stations, is marketed at the 18 to 54 demographic in rural areas of the United States...
, a 24-hour satellite music network focusing on classic countryClassic countryClassic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country hits from past decades.This genre generally follows one of two formats: those specializing in hits from the 1920s through the early 1970s, and focus primarily on innovators and artists from country music's Golden...
and neotraditional countryNeotraditional countryNeotraditional country, also known as "new traditional" country, is a country music style that emphasizes the instrumental background and a 'traditional' country vocal style. Neotraditional country artists often dress in the fashions of the country music scene of the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s...
, is launched by country star Buck OwensBuck OwensAlvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
and carried by the Satellite Music NetworkSatellite Music NetworkSatellite Music Network was the first satellite delivered network to provide complete live 24-hour a day music programming to local stations, under several different formats...
. It is heard primarily in smaller- and medium-sized markets.
Top hits of the year
Singles released by American artists
| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Addicted | 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... |
| 9 | 5 | Always Late with Your Kisses Always Late with Your Kisses "Always Late " is a song co-written and recorded by country music artist Lefty Frizzell. It was the fifth single released from his 1951/1952 album Listen to Lefty. It peaked at number one in 1951 and became his fourth release to hit the top... |
Dwight Yoakam Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music... |
| 8 | — | Americana Americana (song) "Americana" is a single by American country music artist Moe Bandy. It was released in January 1988 as the first single from his album No Regrets. The song peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:... |
Moe Bandy Moe Bandy Marion Franklin Bandy, Jr.–better known professionally as Moe Bandy– is a country music singer... |
| 5 | — | Another Place, Another Time Another Place, Another Time "Another Place, Another Time" is a single by American country music artist Don Williams. Released in 1988, it was the second single from the album Traces. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Don Williams Don Williams Don Williams , is an American country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. He grew up in Portland, Texas, and graduated in 1958 from Gregory-Portland High School. After seven years with the folk-pop group Pozo-Seco Singers, he began his solo career in 1971,... |
| 1 | 3 | Baby Blue Baby Blue (George Strait song) "Baby Blue" is the title of a song written by Aaron Baker and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in April 1988 as the second single from his 1988 album If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'. It was a number-one hit in the United States, while it peaked at #3... |
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... |
| 1 | 3 | Baby Blue Baby Blue (George Strait song) "Baby Blue" is the title of a song written by Aaron Baker and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in April 1988 as the second single from his 1988 album If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'. It was a number-one hit in the United States, while it peaked at #3... |
George Strait |
| 2 | 1 | Baby I'm Yours Baby I'm Yours (Steve Wariner song) "Baby I'm Yours" is a single by American country music artist Steve Wariner. Released in 1988, it was the first single from the album I Should Be with You. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:... |
Steve Wariner Steve Wariner Steven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records... |
| 15 | 33 | The Best I Know How | The Statler Brothers |
| 10 | ? | Blue Love Blue Love (song) "Blue Love" is a single written and recorded by American country music duo The O'Kanes. Released in 1988, it was the second single from the album Tired of the Runnin. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
The O'Kanes The O'Kanes The O'Kanes was an American country music duo, composed of Jamie O'Hara and Kieran Kane. Active between 1986 and 1990, the duo recorded three albums for Columbia Records and charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, including the Number One "Can't Stop My Heart from Loving... |
| 5 | ? | Blue to the Bone Blue to the Bone "Blue to the Bone" is a single by American country music duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo. Released in 1988, it was the second single from the album One Time, One Night. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo is an American country music duo composed of sisters Janis Oliver and Kristine Oliver . The duo recorded for Columbia Records between 1986 and 1991, releasing four albums and twelve singles for the label. In the 1990s, they also recorded two albums for Sugar Hill Records... |
| 1 | 2 | Bluest Eyes in Texas The Bluest Eyes in Texas "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" is the title of a song written by Tim DuBois, Dave Robbins and Van Stephenson, and recorded by American country music group, Restless Heart. It was released in May 1988 as the lead single from their album Big Dreams in a Small Town. It hit #1 on Billboard's Hot Country... |
Restless Heart Restless Heart Restless Heart is an American country music band established in 1984. The band's original members were John Dittrich , Paul Gregg , Dave Innis , Greg Jennings , and Verlon Thompson... |
| 10 | ? | Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues "Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music group Charlie Daniels Band. It was released in 1988 as the first single from the album Homesick Heroes. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart... |
Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer... |
| 4 | ? | Button Off My Shirt Button Off My Shirt "Button Off My Shirt" is a song made famous by country pop singer Ronnie Milsap. It appears on his 1988 album Heart & Soul, and it peaked at number four on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1988.... |
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... |
| 9 | 12 | Chill Factor Chill Factor (song) "Chill Factor" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. Released in 1988, it was the second single and title track from the album Chill Factor. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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,... |
| 6 | ? | Chiseled in Stone Chiseled in Stone "Chiseled in Stone" is a single by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. Released in 1988, it was the third single and title track from the album Chiseled in Stone. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 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... |
| 1 | 1 | Cry, Cry, Cry | Highway 101 Highway 101 Highway 101 is an American country music band founded by Paulette Carlson , Jack Daniels , Curtis Stone and Scott "Cactus" Moser . With Carlson as lead vocalist, the band recorded three albums for Warner Bros. Records Nashville and charted ten consecutive Top Ten hits on the Hot Country Songs... |
| 4 | 8 | Crying Shame Crying Shame "Crying Shame" is a single by American country pop artist Michael Johnson. Released in 1987, it was the first single from the album That's That. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Michael Johnson Michael Johnson (singer) Michael Johnson , is an American pop, country and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his 1978 hit song "Bluer Than Blue". To date, he has charted four hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and nine more on the Hot Country Songs charts, including two Number One country hits... |
| 1 | ? | Darlene Darlene (T. Graham Brown song) "Darlene is a 1988 single written by Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis, and Ricky Ray Rector and recorded by T. Graham Brown. "Darlene" was T. Graham Brown's third and final number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country... |
T. Graham Brown T. Graham Brown Anthony "T." Graham Brown is an American country music artist. Active since 1986, Brown has recorded a total of thirteen studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
| 7 | ? | Desperately Desperately (Don Williams song) "Desperately" is a single by American country music artist Don Williams. Released in 1988, it was the third single from the album Traces. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Don Williams |
| 4 | 13 | Do You Believe Me Now Do You Believe Me Now (Vern Gosdin song) "Do You Believe Me Now" is a single by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. Released in 1987, it was the first single from the album Chiseled in Stone. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Vern Gosdin |
| 1 | 1 | (Do You Love Me) Just Say Yes (Do You Love Me) Just Say Yes " Just Say Yes" is the title of a song written by Bob DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill, and Dennis Robbins and recorded by Highway 101. " Just Say Yes" was Highway 101's third number one on the country chart. The song spent one week at that position and twenty weeks on the chart... |
Highway 101 |
| 1 | 2 | Don't Close Your Eyes Don't Close Your Eyes (song) "Don't Close Your Eyes" is a song recorded by country music artist Keith Whitley. It is the third single released from his 1987 album of the same name. It peaked at number-one in the United States, and #2 in Canada. Additionally, it was Billboard's number-one country single of the year 1988... |
Keith Whitley Keith Whitley Jackie Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 until his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters... |
| 10 | ? | Don't Give Candy to a Stranger Don't Give Candy to a Stranger "Don't Give Candy to a Stranger" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Larry Boone. It was released in May 1988 as the seventh single from his self-titled debut album. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:... |
Larry Boone Larry Boone Larry Eugene Boone is an American country music artist. Between 1985 and 1993, Boone recorded five major label studio albums, in addition to charting several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. His highest-charting single, "Don't Give Candy to a Stranger", reached #10 in 1988... |
| 1 | 1 | Don't We All Have the Right Don't We All Have the Right "Don't We All Have the Right" is a song written and recorded by Roger Miller in 1970 and featured on his album, Trip in the Country, released as a double A-side with "South." It was later recorded by Ricky Van Shelton... |
Ricky Van Shelton Ricky Van Shelton Ricky Van Shelton is a currently retired American country music artist. Active between 1986 and 2006, he has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
| 1 | 1 | Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" is a country song by Kathy Mattea from her 1987 album, Untasted Honey. The song was released as a single and hit number one on both the US and Canadian Country charts in 1988. The song is about a truck driver called Charlie who is retiring after 30 years to spend... |
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... |
| 11 | 3 | Everybody's Sweetheart Everybody's Sweetheart "Everybody's Sweetheart" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. Released in 1988, it was the third single from the album The Way Back Home. The song reached #11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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... |
| 1 | 1 | Face to Face Face to Face (Alabama song) "Face to Face" is a 1987 single by Alabama, written by lead singer Randy Owen. "Face to Face" featured K.T. Oslin on guest vocals and was Alabama's twenty-second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent fifteen weeks on the country chart.-Chart... |
Alabama Alabama (band) Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook... |
| 6 | 3 | The Factory The Factory (song) "The Factory" is the title of a song written by Bud McGuire and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in January 1988 as the third single from the album I Prefer the Moonlight. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart... |
Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur... |
| 1 | 1 | Fallin' Again Fallin' Again "Fallin' Again" is a song recorded by the country music group Alabama. It was the third and final single to their 1987 album Just Us. It was a number-one hit in both the United States and Canada.-Single and album versions:... |
Alabama |
| 1 | 1 | Famous Last Words of a Fool Famous Last Words of a Fool "Famous Last Words of a Fool" is the title of a single released by country singer George Strait in 1988. It was the first single from his eighth studio album, If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin.... |
George Strait |
| 4 | 2 | The Gift The Gift (The McCarters song) "The Gift" is a single by American country music trio The McCarters. It was released in May 1988 as the second single from their album The Gift. The song peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:... |
The McCarters The McCarters The McCarters was an American country music trio composed of Jennifer McCarter and her sisters Lisa and Teresa , who are twins. The trio was signed to Warner Bros... |
| 2 | 1 | Give a Little Love Give a Little Love (The Judds song) "Give a Little Love" is the title of a song written by Paul Kennerley and recorded by American country music duo The Judds. It was released in June 1988 as the first new single from their Greatest Hits album. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:"Give a... |
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... |
| 8 | 8 | Givers and Takers Givers and Takers "Givers and Takers" is a single by American country music group S-K-B. Released in 1988, it was the third single from the album No Easy Horses. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
S-K-B S-K-O S-K-O, originally known as Schuyler, Knobloch and Overstreet, was an American country music group composed of Thom Schuyler, Fred Knobloch and Paul Overstreet. The original lineup recorded one album for MTM Records and charted three country hits, including the Number One "Baby's Got a New Baby"... |
| 1 | 3 | Goin' Gone Goin' Gone "Goin' Gone" is a 1987 single written by Pat Alger, Bill Dale, and Fred Koller and recorded by Kathy Mattea. "Goin' Gone" was Kathy Mattea's ninth country hit and the first of four number one country singles. The single went to number one for one week and spent fifteen weeks on the country... |
Kathy Mattea |
| 1 | ? | Gonna Take a Lot of River | 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... |
| 7 | 11 | Goodbye Time Goodbye Time "Goodbye Time" is the title of a song recorded by American country music singer Conway Twitty. It was released in February 1988 as the first single from Twitty's 1988 album Still in Your Dreams. The song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.In 2004, a cover was recorded by... |
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... |
| 4 | 13 | Heaven Can't Be Found Heaven Can't Be Found "Heaven Can't Be Found" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr.. It was released in October 1987 as was the second single from the album Born to Boogie. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr. Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country... |
| 1 | 1 | He's Back and I'm Blue He's Back and I'm Blue "He's Back and I'm Blue" is a 1988 single written by Robert Anderson and Michael Woody and recorded by The Desert Rose Band. "He's Back and I'm Blue" was the fourth country hit for The Desert Rose Band and the first of two number ones for the group. The single went to number one for one week and... |
The Desert Rose Band |
| 14 | 12 | High Ridin' Heroes | David Lynn Jones David Lynn Jones David Lynn Jones is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1987 and 1994, Jones released four studio albums. He also charted four singles on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart... with 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... |
| 1 | ? | Honky Tonk Moon Honky Tonk Moon "Honky Tonk Moon" is the title of a song written by Dennis O'Rourke and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was the lead off single released from his album, Old 8x10. It became his seventh and fifth consecutive #1 hit in the United States. It peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot... |
Randy Travis Randy Travis Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits... |
| 1 | 1 | I Can't Get Close Enough I Can't Get Close Enough "I Can't Get Close Enough" is a 1987 single by Exile. "I Can't Get Close Enough" was written by then-lead singer J.P. Pennington and bass player Sonny LeMaire and was Exile's tenth and final number one country hit. The single went to number for one week and spent a total of fourteen 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... |
| 1 | 1 | I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" is a 1988 single written and performed by Rodney Crowell. "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" was a track of off Rodney Crowell's "Diamonds & Dirt" album and was the first of his four number one country singles... |
Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music.... |
| 12 | 14 | I Didn't (Every Chance I Had) | 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.... |
| 8 | ? | I Don't Have Far to Fall I Don't Have Far to Fall "I Don't Have Far to Fall" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Skip Ewing. It was released in August 1988 as the second single from the album The Coast of Colorado. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Skip Ewing Skip Ewing Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts.-Career:... |
| 7 | 44 | I Have You I Have You "I Have You" is the title of a song written by Paul and Gene Nelson, and recorded by American Country music artist Glen Campbell. It was released in 1988 as the fourth single from the album Still Within the Sound of My Voice. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks... |
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... |
| 1 | ? | I Know How He Feels I Know How He Feels "I Know How He Feels" is a 1988 single written by Rick Bowles and Will Robinson and recorded by Reba McEntire. "I Know How He Feels" was Reba McEntire's eleventh number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.-Chart... |
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... |
| 2 | 1 | I Should Be with You I Should Be with You (song) "I Should Be with You" is a single written and recorded by American country artist Steve Wariner. Released in 1988, it was the second single and title track from the album I Should Be with You. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:-References:... |
Steve Wariner |
| 12 | 18 | I Still Believe | 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.... |
| 1 | 1 | I Told You So I Told You So (Randy Travis song) Carrie Underwood released a cover version of the song on her 2007 album Carnival Ride. It was the fifth and final single released from the album. Her version of the song was featured on the album Now That's What I Call Country Volume 2... |
Randy Travis |
| 1 | 1 | I Wanna Dance with You I Wanna Dance with You (song) "I Wanna Dance with You" is the title track of Eddie Rabbitt's 1988 album. "I Wanna Dance with You" was written by Eddie Rabbitt and Junior Walker was Eddie Rabbitt'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... |
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... |
| 18 | 41 | I Want a Love Like That | Judy Rodman Judy Rodman Judy Rodman is an American Country Music Singer. In the mid-80s, she was a successful country music singer, making all the way to number one on the country charts in 1986 with the song "Until I Met You." She also won the Academy of Country Music's "Top New Female Vocalist" award in 1985.Today,... |
| 7 | 19 | I Will Whisper Your Name I Will Whisper Your Name "I Will Whisper Your Name" is a single by American country pop artist Michael Johnson. Released in 1988, it was the second single from the album That's That. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Michael Johnson |
| 5 | ? | I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today "I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today" is the title of a song written by Harlan Howard and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in 1988 as the first single from the album I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles... |
Barbara Mandrell Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s... |
| 1 | 10 | I Won't Take Less Than Your Love I Won't Take Less Than Your Love "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" is a 1987 single by Tanya Tucker with Paul Davis & Paul Overstreet. The single went to number one for one week and spent fifteen weeks on the country chart.... |
Tanya Tucker Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13... , Paul Davis Paul Davis (singer) Paul Lavon Davis was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his radio hits and solo career which started worldwide in 1970. His career encompassed soul, country and pop music... and Paul Overstreet Paul Overstreet Paul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two #1 hits... |
| 9 | 7 | I Wouldn't Be a Man I Wouldn't Be a Man "I Wouldn't Be a Man" is the title of a song written by Mike Reid and Rory Michael Bourke. Originally recorded by Don Williams, it has also been released as a single by Billy Dean, and covered by Josh Turner... |
Don Williams |
| 1 | 1 | I'll Always Come Back I'll Always Come Back "I'll Always Come Back" is a 1988 single written and recorded by K.T. Oslin. "I'll Always Come Back" was K.T. Oslin's second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.... |
K. T. Oslin |
| 6 | 12 | I'll Give You All My Love Tonight I'll Give You All My Love Tonight "I'll Give You All My Love Tonight" is a single by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. Released in 1988, it was the third single from the album Crazy from the Heart. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
The Bellamy Brothers |
| 1 | ? | I'll Leave This World Loving You I'll Leave This World Loving You "I'll Leave This World Loving You" is a country music song written by Wayne Kemp and Mack Vickery. Kemp released it in 1980 on the Mercury Records label.The song was later covered by Ricky Van Shelton in 1988... |
Ricky Van Shelton |
| 5 | 17 | I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow" is a single by American country pop artist Billy Joe Royal. Released in 1987, it was the second single from the album The Royal Treatment. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Billy Joe Royal Billy Joe Royal Billy Joe Royal is an American singer.-Biography:Born in Valdosta and raised in Marietta in 1942, Royal became a local star at Savannah, Georgia's Bamboo Ranch in the 1950s and 1960s... |
| 1 | 1 | I'm Gonna Get You I'm Gonna Get You "I Gonna Get You" is a song written by Dennis Linde. It was first recorded by Billy Swan, whose version was released as a single in 1987 and went to #63 on the U.S. country singles charts.... |
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... |
| 13 | 33 | I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio | 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... |
| 3 | 4 | I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl" is the title of a song written by Jesse Winchester and recorded by Michael Martin Murphey. It was released in October 1987 as the lead single from the album, River of Time. The song peaked at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and at #4 on the Canadian RPM... |
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... |
| 18 | 6 | I'm Tired | 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:... |
| 2 | ? | I've Been Lookin' I've Been Lookin' "I've Been Lookin" is the title of a song written by Jeff Hanna and Jimmy Ibbotson, and recorded by American country music group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It was released in August 1988 as the second single from the album Workin' Band. The song reached #2 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... |
| 1 | — | If It Don't Come Easy If It Don't Come Easy "If It Don't Come Easy" is a 1988 single written by Dave Gibson and Craig Karp and recorded by Tanya Tucker. "If It Don't Come Easy" was Tanya Tucker's ninth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent fourteen weeks on the country chart.-Chart performance:... |
Tanya Tucker |
| 10 | 9 | If My Heart Had Windows If My Heart Had Windows (George Jones song) "If My Heart Had Windows" is the title of a country song written by Dallas Frazier and recorded by George Jones in 1967 on his album of the same name... |
Patty Loveless Patty Loveless Patty Loveless , is an American country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in late 1986 with her first album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and... |
| 16 | 37 | If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now | Waylon Jennings |
| 8 | 22 | If the South Woulda Won If the South Woulda Won "If the South Woulda Won" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr.. It was released in July 1988 as the first single from the album Wild Streak. The song is about what Hank would've done as President of the southern States, had the South won... |
Hank Williams, Jr. |
| 1 | ? | If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') "If You Ain't Lovin' " the title of a song written by Tommy Collins and originally recorded by country music artist Faron Young... |
George Strait |
| 1 | 1 | If You Change Your Mind If You Change Your Mind "If You Change Your Mind" is a 1988 single by Rosanne Cash, who co-wrote the song with Hank DeVito. "If You Change Your Mind" was Rosanne Cash's ninth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the country chart.-Chart... |
Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin.... |
| 67 | 9 | If You're Gonna Tell Me Lies | Rosemary Sharp Rosemary Sharp Rosemary Sharp is an American country music singer. Between 1987 and 1988, Sharp released four singles on Canyon Creek Records. While she never reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, three of her songs reached the Top 20 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in... |
| 17 | ? | It Keeps Right on Hurtin' | Billy Joe Royal |
| 8 | 5 | It's Only Make Believe It's Only Make Believe "It's Only Make Believe" is the title of a song written by Jack Nance and American country music artist Conway Twitty, released by Twitty as a single in July 1958. The single topped both U.S... |
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... with Conway Twitty |
| 1 | 1 | It's Such a Small World It's Such a Small World "It's Such a Small World" is a duet by American country music artists Rodney Crowell and Rosanne Cash, released in January 1988. "It's Such a Small World" was the lead-off single to Crowell's Diamonds and Dirt album, which charted five No... |
Rodney Crowell with Rosanne Cash |
| 1 | 1 | Joe Knows How to Live Joe Knows How to Live "Joe Knows How to Live" is a 1988 single written by Troy Seals, Max D. Barnes, and Graham Lyle and recorded by Eddy Raven. "Joe Knows How to Live" was Eddy Raven's fourth number one on the country chart... |
Eddy Raven |
| 5 | 9 | Just Lovin' You Just Lovin' You "Just Lovin' You" is a single written and recorded by American country music duo The O'Kanes. Released in 1987, it was the fourth single from the album The O'Kanes. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
The O'Kanes |
| 9 | 3 | Just One Kiss Just One Kiss "Just One Kiss" is a single by American country music group Exile. Released in March 1988, it was the third single from their album Shelter from the Night. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in July 1988.... |
Exile |
| 4 | 4 | The Last Resort The Last Resort (T. Graham Brown song) "The Last Resort" is a single by American country music artist T. Graham Brown. Released in 1988, it was the third from the album Brilliant Conversationalist. The reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
T. Graham Brown |
| 9 | 7 | Letter Home Letter Home "Letter Home" is a single by American country music group The Forester Sisters. Released in 1988, it was the first single from the album Sincerely. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters are an American country music vocal group consisting of sisters Kathy, June, Kim and Christy Forester. The quartet had commercial success in the 1980s, charting fifteen Top Tens on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including the Number Ones "I Fell in Love Again Last... |
| 1 | 1 | Life Turned Her That Way Life Turned Her That Way "Life Turned Her That Way" is the title of a song written by Harlan Howard and first recorded by American Country Music artist Little Jimmy Dickens in 1965. Mel Tillis would record it in 1967 and release it as a single. Ricky Van Shelton would also later record it and release it as a single. It was... |
Ricky Van Shelton |
| 18 | — | A Little Bit Closer | Tom Wopat Tom Wopat Tom Wopat is an American actor and singer. He first achieved fame as Luke Duke in the long-running 1979 television series The Dukes of Hazzard, along with John Schneider. He also played Jeff, one of Cybill Shepherd's ex-husbands in the TV series Cybill.-Life and career:Wopat was born in Lodi,... |
| 2 | ? | A Little Bit in Love A Little Bit in Love "A Little Bit in Love" is a single release by Patty Loveless, recorded at MCA/Nashville in the fall of 1987. It was included on her second album with MCA Records, If My Heart Had Windows, with the single being released in June 1988. It was the third single released from the album.-Background:"A... |
Patty Loveless |
| 20 | — | Louisiana Rain | John Wesley Ryles John Wesley Ryles John Wesley Ryles is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1968 with the single "Kay", a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, and the title track to his debut album for Columbia Records.Ryles later recorded one album, Reconsider Me, for the Plantation label,... |
| 3 | ? | Love Helps Those Love Helps Those "Love Helps Those" is a single by American country music artist Paul Overstreet. Released in August 1988, it was the first single from his album Sowin' Love. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in December 1988.... |
Paul Overstreet |
| 4 | 3 | Love of a Lifetime Love of a Lifetime (Larry Gatlin song) "Love of a Lifetime" is a single by American country music group Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers. It was released in February 1988 as the first single from their album Alive and Well. The song peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:... |
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... |
| 1 | 1 | Love Will Find Its Way to You | Reba McEntire |
| 5 | 5 | Lyin' in His Arms Again Lyin' in His Arms Again "Lyin' in His Arms Again" is a single by American country music group The Forester Sisters. Released in 1987, it was the third single from the album You Again. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
The Forester Sisters |
| 5 | ? | Mama Knows Mama Knows "Mama Knows" is the title of a song written by Tony Haselden and Tim Mensy, and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in August 1988 as the first single from their album The Road Not Taken. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in... |
Shenandoah Shenandoah (band) Shenandoah is an American country music group founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1984 by Marty Raybon , Ralph Ezell , Stan Thorn , Jim Seales , and Mike McGuire... |
| 14 | 16 | Midnight Highway | Southern Pacific Southern Pacific (band) Southern Pacific was an American country rock band that ran from 1983 to 1991. They are best known for hits such as "Any Way the Wind Blows" , which was used in the soundtrack for the film Pink Cadillac starring Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters, and "New Shade of Blue"... |
| 13 | 11 | Money | K. T. Oslin K. T. Oslin Kay Toinette "K. T." Oslin is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for a series of top-ten country hits during the late 1980s and early 1990s, four of which topped the chart.-Early life and career:... |
| 11 | ? | My Baby's Gone | Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller... |
| 2 | ? | New Shade of Blue New Shade of Blue "New Shade of Blue" is the title of a song written by John McFee and Andre Pessis, and recorded by American country music group Southern Pacific. It was released in July 1988 as the second single from the album Zuma. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart... |
Southern Pacific |
| 7 | 2 | No More One More Time No More One More Time "No More One More Time" is the title of a song written by Troy Seals and Dave Kirby, and recorded by American country music artist Jo-El Sonnier. It was released in February 1988 as the second single from the album Come On Joe. The reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks... |
Jo-El Sonnier Jo-El Sonnier Jo-El Sonnier is an American singer-songwriter and accordionist who performs country music and Cajun music. Originally signed to Mercury Nashville Records, Sonnier charted several minor singles on the Billboard country charts in the late 1970s... |
| 5 | — | Oh What a Love Oh What a Love "Oh What a Love" is the title of a song written by Jimmy Ibbotson and recorded by American country music group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It was released in November 1987 as the third single from the album Hold On. The reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The b-side of this... |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 2 | 12 | Old Folks Old Folks "Old Folks" is a single by American country music artists Ronnie Milsap and Mike Reid. Released in 1988, it was the third single from the album Heart & Soul... |
Ronnie Milsap with Mike Reid |
| 1 | 1 | One Friend One Friend "One Friend" was a single released from Dan Seals' hits compilation The Best in 1987. It peaked at #1, becoming his seventh straight number-one single... |
Dan Seals |
| 2 | 15 | One Step Forward One Step Forward "One Step Forward" is the title of a song written by Chris Hillman and Bill Wildes, and recorded by American country music group The Desert Rose Band. It was released in October 1987 as the third single from the album The Desert Rose Band. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles &... |
The Desert Rose Band |
| 4 | 5 | One True Love One True Love (song) "One True Love" is a single written and recorded by American country music duo The O'Kanes. Released in 1988, it was the first single from the album Tired of the Runnin. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
The O'Kanes |
| 11 | 18 | Only Love Can Save Me Now | 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... |
| 10 | 7 | Out of Sight and on My Mind Out of Sight and on My Mind "Out of Sight and on My Mind" is a single by American country pop artist Billy Joe Royal. Released in 1988, it was the third single from the album The Royal Treatment. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Billy Joe Royal |
| 6 | 2 | Please, Please Baby Please, Please Baby "Please, Please Baby" is the title of a song written and recorded by country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released in November 1987 as the third single from his album, Hillbilly Deluxe in 1987. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and #2 on the Canadian RPM country singles... |
Dwight Yoakam |
| 9 | 4 | Real Good Feel Good Song Real Good Feel Good Song "Real Good Feel Good Song" is the title of a song written by Richard Fagan and Larry Alderman, and recorded by American country music artist, Mel McDaniel. It was released in April 1988 as the third single from McDaniel's album , Now You're Talkin. 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... |
| 9 | ? | Rebels Without a Clue Rebels Without a Clue "Rebels Without a Clue" is a single by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. Released in 1988, it was the first single and title track from the album Rebels Without a Clue. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
The Bellamy Brothers |
| 1 | ? | Runaway Train Runaway Train (Rosanne Cash song) "Runaway Train" is a 1988 single written by John Stewart and recorded by Rosanne Cash. "Runaway Train" was Rosanne Cash's ninth number one on the country chart as a solo artist... |
Rosanne Cash |
| 5 | 2 | Santa Fe Santa Fe (song) "Santa Fe" is a single by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. Released in 1988, it was the second single from the album Crazy from the Heart. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
The Bellamy Brothers |
| 5 | 11 | Satisfy You Satisfy You (Sweethearts of the Rodeo song) "Satisfy You" is a single by American country music duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo. Released in 1988, it was the first single from the album One Time, One Night. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Sweethearts of the Rodeo |
| 9 | ? | Saturday Night Special Saturday Night Special (Conway Twitty song) "Saturday Night Special" is a single by American country music artist Conway Twitty. Released in 1988, it was the second single from the album Still in Your Dreams. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Conway Twitty |
| 1 | 2 | Set 'Em Up Joe Set 'Em Up Joe "Set 'Em Up Joe" is a 1988 single by Vern Gosdin, who co-wrote the song with Dean Dillon, Hank Cochran, and Buddy Cannon. "Set 'Em Up Joe" was a tribute song to Ernest Tubb and was Vern Gosdin's second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total... |
Vern Gosdin |
| 9 | 36 | She Doesn't Cry Anymore She Doesn't Cry Anymore "She Doesn't Cry Anymore" is the title of a song written by Robert Byrne and Will Robinson, and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in March 1988as the third and final single from their debut album Shenandoah. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles... |
Shenandoah |
| 17 | 8 | She's No Lady | Lyle Lovett Lyle Lovett Lyle Pearce Lovett is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man"... |
| 5 | 29 | Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This "Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This" is a single by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in October 1987 as the first single from his album I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio. The song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:... |
Charley Pride |
| 16 | 32 | Some Old Side Road Some Old Side Road "Some Old Side Road" is the title of a song written by Roger Ferris and recorded by American country music artist Keith Whitley. It was released in November 1987 as the second single from the album Don't Close Your Eyes. The song reached #16 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks... |
Keith Whitley |
| 8 | ? | Spanish Eyes Moon Over Naples "Moon Over Naples" is a 1965 instrumental composed and originally performed by German bandleader Bert Kaempfert and was the first track on his album, The Magic Music of Far Away Places for Decca Records.... |
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,... |
| 5 | 47 | Still Within the Sound of My Voice Still Within the Sound of My Voice (song) "Still Within the Sound of My Voice" is the title of a song written by Jimmy Webb and recorded by American country music artist Glen Campbell. It was released in September 1987 as the second single and title track from the album Still Within the Sound of My Voice. The song reached #5 on the... |
Glen Campbell |
| 7 | 36 | Strangers Again Strangers Again "Strangers Again" is a single by American country music artist Holly Dunn. Released in 1988, it the third single from the album Cornerstone. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Holly Dunn 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... |
| 1 | ? | Streets of Bakersfield Streets of Bakersfield "Streets of Bakersfield" is a 1973 song written by Homer Joy and popularized by Buck Owens.-Cover versions:*In 1988, the song was recorded by country music artist Dwight Yoakam with his hero Buck Owens and was the lead-off single to his 1988 album Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room... |
Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens Buck Owens Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos... |
| 1 | ? | Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend (song) "Strong Enough to Bend" is the title track to a 1988 album by Tanya Tucker. "Strong Enough to Bend" was written by Beth Nielsen Chapman and Don Schlitz and was Tanya Tucker's ninth number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of... |
Tanya Tucker |
| 2 | ? | Summer Wind Summer Wind (The Desert Rose Band song) "Summer Wind" is a single by American country music group The Desert Rose Band. Released in 1988, it was the first single from the album Running. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
The Desert Rose Band |
| 5 | 9 | Sunday Kind of Love A Sunday Kind of Love "A Sunday Kind of Love" is a popular song composed by Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, and Louis Prima, published in 1946.The song has become a pop and jazz standard, recorded by many artists.- Notable recordings :... |
Reba McEntire |
| 8 | 8 | Sure Thing Sure Thing (Foster & Lloyd song) "Sure Thing" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music duo Foster & Lloyd. It was released as the second single from their eponymous debut album in 1987 . It reached #8 on both the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and the Canadian RPM country Tracks chart in 1987.-Chart... |
Foster & Lloyd Foster & Lloyd Foster & Lloyd is an American country music duo consisting of singer-songwriters Radney Foster and Bill Lloyd . Founded in 1986, the duo recorded three albums for RCA Records, in addition to charting nine singles on the Billboard country charts. The highest-peaking of these was their debut single... |
| 16 | 23 | Talkin' to Myself Again | Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists.... |
| 4 | 1 | Talkin' to the Wrong Man Talkin' to the Wrong Man "Talkin' to the Wrong Man" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Michael Martin Murphey with his son Ryan Murphey. It was released in February 1988 as the second single from Murphey's album River of Time... |
Michael Martin Murphey with Ryan Murphey Ryan Murphey Ryan Murphey is a Grammy-nominated music producer, songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist. Since 1988, Ryan has toured with his father, Michael Martin Murphey, as lead guitarist and vocalist in the Rio Grande Band. Ryan is Michael's oldest son, and has worked with his father extensively throughout... |
| 9 | 6 | Tear-Stained Letter | Jo-El Sonnier |
| 8 | 2 | Tell Me True Tell Me True "Tell Me True" is a single by American country pop artist Juice Newton. Released in 1987, it was the second single from the album Emotion. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Juice Newton Juice Newton Judith Kay "Juice" Newton is an American Pop music and Country singer, songwriter and guitarist... |
| 1 | ? | A Tender Lie A Tender Lie "A Tender Lie" is the title of a song written by Randy Sharp and recorded by American country music band Restless Heart. It was released in September 1988 as the second single from the album, Big Dreams in a Small Town. The song was the sixth and final number one on the country chart, and was also... |
Restless Heart |
| 1 | 1 | Tennessee Flat Top Box Tennessee Flat Top Box "Tennessee Flat Top Box" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. It was released as a single in late 1961, reaching 11 on the Billboard country singles charts and 84 on the pop charts... |
Rosanne Cash |
| 18 | — | Texas in 1880 | Foster & Lloyd |
| 17 | 10 | Thanks Again | Ricky Skaggs |
| 6 | 4 | That's My Job That's My Job "That's My Job" is a single by American country music artist Conway Twitty. Released in 1987, it was the third single from the album Borderline. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Conway Twitty |
| 9 | ? | That's That That's That (Michael Johnson song) "That's That" is a single by American country pop artist Michael Johnson. Released in 1988, it was the third single and title track from the album That's That. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Michael Johnson |
| 5 | 6 | That's What Your Love Does to Me That's What Your Love Does to Me "That's What Your Love Does to Me" is a single by American country music artist Holly Dunn. Released in 1988, it was the first single from the album Across the Rio Grande. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Holly Dunn |
| 2 | 1 | This Missin' You Heart of Mine This Missin' You Heart of Mine "This Missin' You Heart of Mine" is the title of a song written by Mike Geiger and Woody Mullis, and recorded by American country music group Sawyer Brown. Released in November 1987, it was the second single from the album Somewhere in the Night. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country... |
Sawyer Brown |
| 5 | 6 | Timeless and True Love Timeless and True Love "Timeless and True Love" is a single by American country music trio The McCarters. It was released in December 1987 as the first single from their album The Gift. The song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.... |
The McCarters |
| 1 | 1 | Too Gone Too Long Too Gone Too Long "Too Gone Too Long" is a song by En Vogue, released as the final single from their third album, EV3. The song was written by famed writer Diane Warren who has written mega hits like "Un-Break My Heart" and "Because You Loved Me"... |
Randy Travis |
| 5 | 3 | Touch and Go Crazy Touch and Go Crazy "Touch and Go Crazy" is single by American country music artist Lee Greenwood. Released in December 1987, it was the third single from the album If There's Any Justice. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Lee Greenwood |
| 5 | 21 | True Heart True Heart (song) "True Heart" is a single by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. Released in 1988, it was the second single from the album Heartbeat. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 1 | 5 | Turn It Loose Turn It Loose "Turn it Loose" is the title of a song written by Craig Bickhardt, Don Schlitz, and Brent Maher and recorded by American country music duo The Judds. The song was The Judds' eleventh number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the... |
The Judds |
| 1 | 1 | Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" is a 1987 single by Merle Haggard, who co-wrote the song with Freddy Powers. "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" was the last of Merle Haggard's thirty-four number one singles as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent fifteen weeks on the... |
Merle Haggard |
| 4 | ? | Untold Stories Untold Stories "Untold Stories" is a single by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. Released in 1988, it was the third single from the album Untasted Honey. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Kathy Mattea |
| 1 | 1 | The Wanderer The Wanderer (Dion song) "The Wanderer" is a song written by Ernie Maresca and originally recorded by Dion. The song, with a 12-bar blues-base verse and an eight-bar bridge, tells the story of a travelling man and his many loves... |
Eddie Rabbitt |
| 1 | 1 | We Believe in Happy Endings We Believe in Happy Endings "We Believe in Happy Endings" is the title of a song written by Bob McDill and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley with Emmylou Harris as a duet. It was released in June 1988 as the second single from the album, The Heart of It All. The song was the only collaboration of... |
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... with 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... |
| 7 | ? | We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right "We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" is a single by American country artist Eddie Rabbitt. Released in 1988, it was the third single from the album I Wanna Dance with You. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Eddie Rabbitt |
| 6 | ? | What Do You Want from Me This Time What Do You Want from Me This Time "What Do You Want from Me This Time" is a single written and recorded by American country music duo Foster & Lloyd. Released in 1988, it was the fourth single from the album Foster & Lloyd. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Foster & Lloyd |
| 1 | 2 | What She Is (Is a Woman in Love) What She Is (Is a Woman in Love) "What She Is " is the title of a song written by Bob McDill and Paul Harrison and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in February 1988 as the lead single from the album, The Heart of It All. The song was Earl Thomas Conley's fourteenth number one on the... |
Earl Thomas Conley |
| 1 | 1 | Wheels Wheels (Restless Heart song) "Wheels" is the title of a song written by Dave Loggins and recorded by American country music band Restless Heart. It was released in October 1987 as the fourth and final single from the album, Wheels. The song was Restless Heart's fourth number one country single... |
Restless Heart |
| 1 | ? | When You Say Nothing at All When You Say Nothing at All "When You Say Nothing at All" is the debut solo single by Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating. The song was recorded in 1999 for the soundtrack of the film Notting Hill. It also appeared on Keating's debut solo album, Ronan. The song was released on July 26, 1999 in the United Kingdom. It peaked... |
Keith Whitley |
| 1 | 1 | Where Do the Nights Go Where Do the Nights Go "Where Do the Nights Go" is a 1987 single written by Mike Reid and Rory Michael Bourke and recorded by Ronnie Milsap. "Where Do the Nights Go" was Ronnie Milsap's thirty-third number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent thirteen weeks on the country chart... |
Ronnie Milsap |
| 9 | 7 | Wilder Days Wilder Days "Wilder Days" is a single by American country music group Baillie & the Boys. Released in 1988, it was the third single from the album Baillie & the Boys. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Baillie & the Boys Baillie & the Boys Baillie & the Boys is an American country music group that gained prominence in the late 1980s. The band's original lineup consisted of Kathie Baillie , her husband, Michael Bonagura , and Alan LeBoeuf . Baillie & the Boys has recorded five studio albums and charted ten Top-40 singles on the U.S... |
| 6 | 8 | Wildflowers | 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... , Linda Ronstadt Linda Ronstadt Linda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden... and Emmylou Harris |
| 4 | 6 | Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go) Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go) "Workin' Man " is the title of a song written by Jimmie Fadden and recorded by American country music group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It was released in April 1988 as the lead single from the album Workin' Band. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart... |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 72 | 10 | You Are My Angel | Billy Parker Billy Parker (singer) Billy Parker is an American country music disc jockey and singer. Parker was named Disc Jockey of the Year by the Country Music Association in 1974 and by the Academy of Country Music in 1975, 1977, 1978 and 1984... |
| 20 | ? | You Can't Fall in Love When You're Cryin' | Lee Greenwood |
| 2 | 2 | Young Country Young Country "Young Country" is the title of a song written and recorded by country music artist Hank Williams, Jr.. It features guest vocals from Butch Baker, Steve Earle, Highway 101, Dana McVicker, Marty Stuart, Keith Whitley, T. Graham Brown. It was released in February 1988 as the third and final single... |
Hank Williams, Jr. |
| 17 | — | Your Memory Wins Again | Skip Ewing |
Singles released by Canadian artists
| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | 8 | Angelina | George Fox George Fox (musician) George Fox is a country/western music singer/songwriter raised in Cochrane, Alberta, the son of cattle ranchers Bert and Gert Fox.His debut single “Angelina” reached #8 on Canadian country music charts... |
| — | 7 | Cheater's Moon | 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... |
| — | 15 | Cinderella/Gingerbread Man | Dick Damron Dick Damron Dick 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... |
| — | 18 | The Circle of Wood | Wayne Pronger |
| 61 | 10 | Do You Have Any Doubts | Alibi |
| — | 8 | Fifty Years Ago | Ian Tyson Ian Tyson Ian Tyson CM, AOE is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for his song "Four Strong Winds". He was also one half of the duo Ian & Sylvia.-Career:Tyson was born to British immigrants in Victoria in 1933, and grew up in Duncan B.C... |
| — | 17 | The Gift | Ian Tyson |
| — | 12 | Give In | 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:... |
| — | 8 | Gone So Long | The Good Brothers The Good Brothers The 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 .... |
| — | 10 | Highway to Heaven | Stoker Bros |
| — | 14 | I Still Think of You | Colleen Peterson Colleen Peterson Colleen Susan Peterson was a Canadian country and folk singer, who performed both as a solo artist and as a member of the band Quartette.-Career:... & Gilles Godard |
| 21 | 7 | I'm Down to My Last Cigarette | k.d lang |
| — | 17 | If You're Up for 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... |
| — | 10 | Isn't That the Strangest Thing | Anita Perras Anita Perras Anita Perras is a Canadian country music singer. Perras has released seven albums and charted twenty-six songs on the RPM Country Tracks chart between 1981 and 1995, including the Top 10 singles "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose" , "Isn't That the Strangest Thing" , "One Smokey Rose" , "The Tip of My... & Tim Taylor |
| — | 15 | Listening to the Singer | Cindi Cain Cindi Cain Cindi Cain is a Canadian country music artist. Cain was nominated for Best Country Female Vocalist at the Juno Awards in 1992. Her 1989 single "I Think That I'll Be Needing You" reached the Top 10 of the RPM Country Tracks chart.-Albums:-Singles:... |
| — | 15 | The Music Still in Me | Cindi Cain |
| — | 9 | One Smokey Rose | Anita Perras |
| — | 8 | She Knows I Can't Say No | Ken Harnden |
| — | 14 | Straight to Your Heart | 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... |
| — | 10 | Thank You for Being My Friend | The Ellis Family Band |
| — | 1 | Til I Find My Love Til I Find My Love "Til I Find My Love" is a single by Canadian country music group Family Brown. Released in 1988, the single is from their album These Days. The song reached #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in July 1988 and also crossed over to the Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, peaking at #19.-Chart performance:... |
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... |
| — | 14 | You Won't Fool This Fool This Time | The Good Brothers |
| — | 7 | You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin" is a 1964 song by The Righteous Brothers which became a number-one hit single in the United States and the United Kingdom the following year. In 1999, the performing-rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. ranked the song as having had more radio and television... |
Carroll Baker |
Top new album releases
| US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama Live Alabama Live Alabama Live is the title of an album by the American band Alabama. Their first live compilation, it was released in 1988 via RCA Records. It was a Number One album on Top Country Albums. The album includes live renditions of various singles from the band's career, as well as the album tracks "Red... |
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 |
| 25 | All Keyed Up | Becky Hobbs Becky Hobbs Becky Hobbs is an American country music singer, songwriter and pianist. She first attracted critical attention from rock journalist Stann Findelle, who also wrote the liner notes on her debut MCA album, "Becky Hobbs." She has recorded seven studio albums, and has charted multiple singles on the... |
MTM |
| 4 | Big Dreams in a Small Town Big Dreams in a Small Town Big Dreams in a Small Town is the third studio album by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released by RCA Records in July 1988... |
Restless Heart Restless Heart Restless Heart is an American country music band established in 1984. The band's original members were John Dittrich , Paul Gregg , Dave Innis , Greg Jennings , and Verlon Thompson... |
RCA |
| 1 | Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room is the third consecutive No. 1 Billboard Country Album by Dwight Yoakam. It features Yoakam's first two No. 1 Hot Country Singles hits. The first was "Streets of Bakersfield," a duet with country music veteran Buck Owens, and the second was Yoakam's own... |
Dwight Yoakam Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music... |
Reprise |
| 7 | Chiseled in Stone Chiseled in Stone (album) Chiseled in Stone is a studio album by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in 1988 via Columbia Records. The album peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:#"Do You Believe Me Now" Chiseled in Stone is a studio album by American country... |
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... |
Columbia |
| 22 | Come as You Were | T. Graham Brown T. Graham Brown Anthony "T." Graham Brown is an American country music artist. Active since 1986, Brown has recorded a total of thirteen studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
Capitol |
| 12 | Comin' Home to Stay Comin' Home to Stay Comin' Home to Stay is the eighth studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1988 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 12 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 |
| 7 | Copperhead Road Copperhead Road Copperhead Road is an American country music/country rock album released in 1988 by Steve Earle. Often referred to as Earle's first "rock record", Earle himself calls it the world's first blend of heavy metal and bluegrass, while in their January 26, 1989 review of the album Rolling Stone suggested... |
Steve Earle Steve Earle Stephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play.... |
MCA |
| 8 | Diamonds & Dirt Diamonds & Dirt Diamonds & Dirt is the title of an album released in 1988 by American singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell . His fifth studio album, it was also his second release for the Columbia Records label. The album was also his most successful, achieving RIAA gold certification... |
Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music.... |
Columbia |
| 8 | Don't Close Your Eyes | Keith Whitley Keith Whitley Jackie Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 until his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters... |
RCA |
| 1 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (The Judds album) Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits collection released in 1988 by the American country music duo The Judds. It features the singles "Give a Little Love" and "Change of Heart."-Track listing:... |
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 |
| 8 | Highway 101, Volume 2 Highway 101, Volume 2 Highway 101² is the second studio album by the American country music band Highway 101. It accounted for four singles on the Hot Country Songs: " Just Say Yes" at #1, "All the Reasons Why" at #5, "Honky Tonk Heart" at #6, and their cover of Dire Straits' "Setting Me Up" at #7... |
Highway 101 Highway 101 (band) Highway 101 is an American country music band founded by Paulette Carlson , Jack Daniels , Curtis Stone and Scott "Cactus" Moser . With Carlson as lead vocalist, the band recorded three albums for Warner Bros. Records Nashville and charted ten consecutive Top Ten hits on the Hot Country Songs... |
Warner Bros. |
| 16 | Homesick Heroes Homesick Heroes Homesick Heroes is a studio album by The Charlie Daniels Band released on August 15, 1988. The album is known for the CDB's cover of the Jimmy Dean classic, "Big Bad John," which also includes guest vocals by The Oak Ridge Boys.- Track listing :... |
The Charlie Daniels Band Charlie Daniels Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer... |
Epic |
| 7 | Honky Tonk Angel | Patty Loveless Patty Loveless Patty Loveless , is an American country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in late 1986 with her first album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and... |
MCA |
| 20 | I Should Be with You I Should Be with You I Should Be with You is the title of an album by American country music artist Steve Wariner. It was released on March 7, 1988 via MCA Records. It includes the singles "Baby I'm Yours", "I Should Be With You" and "Hold On ", which reached #2, #2, and #6, respectively, on the Billboard country charts... |
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... |
MCA |
| 1 | If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin is George Strait's 8th original studio album and 11th overall album. It was released by MCA Records in 1988... |
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 |
| 1 | Loving Proof Loving Proof Loving Proof is the second album of Country Music artist Ricky Van Shelton. The Singles, "I'll Leave This World Loving You", "From a Jack to a King", and "Living Proof" all reached number one on the charts."Hole In My Pocket" reached number 4... |
Ricky Van Shelton Ricky Van Shelton Ricky Van Shelton is a currently retired American country music artist. Active between 1986 and 2006, he has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
Columbia |
| 9 | Monongahela Monongahela (album) Monongahela is a studio album by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. It was released in 1988 via MCA Records. The album peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:... |
The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s... |
MCA |
| 1 | Old 8×10 Old 8×10 Old 8×10 is the third album by country music star Randy Travis. It was released on July 12, 1988 by Warner Bros. Records Nashville. The album produced the singles "Honky Tonk Moon", "Deeper Than the Holler", "Is It Still Over", and "Promises". All of these except "Promises" reached Number One... |
Randy Travis Randy Travis Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits... |
Warner Bros. |
| 11 | One Time, One Night One Time, One Night Sweethearts of the Rodeo's second album, One Time, One Night, came out in 1988 and continued on the success of their first. The top songs included "Satisfy You" and "Blue to the Bone," which both hit #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. A cover of the Beatles's "I Feel Fine" rose to #9,... |
Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo is an American country music duo composed of sisters Janis Oliver and Kristine Oliver . The duo recorded for Columbia Records between 1986 and 1991, releasing four albums and twelve singles for the label. In the 1990s, they also recorded two albums for Sugar Hill Records... |
Columbia |
| 12 | Pontiac Pontiac (album) - Chart success :Pontiac reached number 12 on Billboard's chart for Top Country Albums, and 117 in the Billboard Hot 200.- Critical acclaim :... |
Lyle Lovett Lyle Lovett Lyle Pearce Lovett is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man"... |
Curb/MCA |
| 6 | Rage On Rage On Rage On is the seventh studio album released by Country Music artist Dan Seals. The Album charted at number 6 on the Top Country Albums chart, his second highest charting album since Won't Be Blue Anymore in 1985... |
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 |
| 1 | Reba Reba (album) Reba is the fifteenth studio album, released in 1988 by Reba McEntire, the title signifying that she had become so well known that she could be identified by first name alone, but also signaling an entirely different style to her music... |
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 |
| 11 | River of Time River of Time (Michael Martin Murphey album) - Track listing :# "From the Word Go"# "Talkin' to the Wrong Man" # "River of Time"# "Vanishing Breed"# "Pilgrims on the Way "# "The Running Blood"# "Children of the Wild World"# " Miss You Girl"... |
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... |
Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Shadowland | k.d. lang K.D. Lang Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress... |
Sire |
| 21 | The Statlers Greatest Hits | The Statler Brothers | Mercury |
| 9 | Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend is a 1988 album by Tanya Tucker. There were three singles that made the Billboard Top Ten Country singles charts: "Strong Enough to Bend" at #1, "Highway Robbery" at #2, and "Call on Me" at #4... |
Tanya Tucker Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13... |
Capitol |
| 25 | This Is My Country | 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 |
| 2 | This Woman This Woman (K. T. Oslin album) This Woman is the second studio album by American country music artist K. T. Oslin. It was released by RCA Records in 1988. "Money," "Hold Me," "Hey Bobby," the title track and "Didn't Expect It to Go Down This Way" were released as singles... |
K. T. Oslin K. T. Oslin Kay Toinette "K. T." Oslin is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for a series of top-ten country hits during the late 1980s and early 1990s, four of which topped the chart.-Early life and career:... |
RCA |
| 21 | Tired of the Runnin | The O'Kanes The O'Kanes The O'Kanes was an American country music duo, composed of Jamie O'Hara and Kieran Kane. Active between 1986 and 1990, the duo recorded three albums for Columbia Records and charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, including the Number One "Can't Stop My Heart from Loving... |
Columbia |
| 6 | What a Wonderful World | Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized... |
Columbia |
| 1 | Wild Streak Wild Streak Wild Streak is a studio album by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr. It was released by Warner Bros. Records on June 21, 1988. "If the South Woulda Won" and "Early in the Morning and Late at Night" were released as singles... |
Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr. Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country... |
Curb/Warner Bros. |
Other top albums
| US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 10 10 (John Anderson album) -Album:-Singles:... |
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... |
MCA |
| 26 | Across the Rio Grande Across the Rio Grande Across the Rio Grande is country music artist Holly Dunn's third album, released in 1988. It did not do quite as well as the preceding Cornerstone. The only hits were the #5 "That's What Your Love Does to Me", and " Someday," which logged in at Billboard Top Country Singles #11... |
Holly Dunn 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... |
MTM |
| 46 | Alive & Well | 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 |
| 29 | All in Love All in Love All in Love is the seventh solo studio album release by American country music singer, Marie Osmond. It was her third album release for Curb/Capitol records and was issued in 1988.- Background :... |
Marie Osmond Marie Osmond Olive Marie Osmond is an American singer, actress, doll designer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s... |
Capitol/Curb |
| 29 | As I Am As I Am (Anne Murray album) As I Am is a studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. It was released by Capitol Records in 1988. The album peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:#"Flying on Your Own" – 4:27... |
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 |
| 36 | Best of Eddy Raven | 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 |
| 60 | Brand New | Gary Stewart Gary Stewart (singer) Gary Stewart was a country musician and songwriter known for his distinctive vibrato voice and his southern rock influenced, outlaw country sound... |
Hightone |
| 52 | Chasing Rainbows | 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... |
Airborne |
| 61 | A Christmas Tradition, Vol. II | Various Artists | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | The Coast of Colorado | Skip Ewing Skip Ewing Donald Ralph "Skip" Ewing is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts.-Career:... |
MCA |
| 56 | Every Christmas | 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. |
| 33 | Exchange of Hearts | David Slater David Slater David Slater is an American singer.-Career:He was the Male Vocalist champion on TV's Star Search in 1987. Slater then signed a recording contract with Capitol Records and launched a country music career. He released two critically acclaimed albums on Capitol in the late 1980s entitled and . Both... |
Capitol |
| 36 | Full Circle Full Circle (Waylon Jennings album) Full Circle is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on MCA Records in 1988. Jennings' fourth and final studio album for MCA before his move to Epic Records, it yielded four minor country hits: "Trouble Man" , "Which Way Do I Go " , "How Much Is It Worth to Live in L.A." and "You Put the Soul in... |
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... |
MCA |
| 36 | The Gift | The McCarters The McCarters The McCarters was an American country music trio composed of Jennifer McCarter and her sisters Lisa and Teresa , who are twins. The trio was signed to Warner Bros... |
Warner Bros. |
| 66 | Greatest Hits | Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur... |
RCA |
| 27 | Greatest Hits Volume Two | 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 |
| 33 | The Heart of It All | 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 |
| 49 | Higher Ground Higher Ground (John Denver album) Higher Ground is the 20th album by American singer-songwriter John Denver released in September 1989. It was recorded at Denver's private studio in Snowmass, Colorado, with the exception of "For You" and the didjeridu part in "Sing Australia." These were recorded in Sydney, Australia.-Track... |
John Denver John Denver Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. , known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After growing up in numerous locations with his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success... |
Windstar |
| 37 | Hot Dog! | Buck Owens Buck Owens Alvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos... |
Capitol |
| 51 | I Guess I Just Missed You | Canyon Canyon (country music band) Canyon was an American country music group composed of Steve Cooper , Johnny Boatright , Jay Brown , Randy Rigney and Keech Rainwater . Between 1988 and 1989, the band released two studio albums on 16th Avenue... |
16th Avenue |
| 52 | I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like is Ray Stevens' twenty-fifth studio album and his fifth for MCA Records, released in 1988. Two singles were lifted from the album: "Surfin' U.S.S.R." and "The Day I Tried to Teach Charlene Mackenzie How to Drive." The album cover shows Stevens spoofing a cowboy... |
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 |
| 34 | I Wanna Dance With You I Wanna Dance with You I Wanna Dance With You was the eleventh studio album of Country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1988 under the RCA Records label... |
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... |
RCA |
| 35 | I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight is the twenty first studio album by American country artist Barbara Mandrell. The album was released in September 1988 on Capitol 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... |
Capitol |
| 36 | I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio | 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... |
16th Avenue |
| 45 | I'm Still Missing You | 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... |
Curb |
| 33 | If My Heart Had Windows | Patty Loveless Patty Loveless Patty Loveless , is an American country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in late 1986 with her first album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and... |
MCA |
| 64 | Just Enough Love | Ray Price Ray Price (musician) Ray Price is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music... |
Step One |
| 58 | Light Years Light Years (Glen Campbell album) Light Years is the 44th album by American singer/guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 1988 .-Track listing:All tracks composed by Jimmy Webb; except where indicatedSide 1:# "Lightning In A Bottle" - 4:03... |
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... |
MCA |
| 27 | Little Love Affairs Little Love Affairs Little Love Affairs is Nanci Griffith's sixth album, and it had similar success to her preceding Lone Star State of Mind on the Billboard charts. The album topped out at #27 on the Country Albums chart and one of its tracks entered into the Top 40 of the Hot Country Singles chart: "I Knew Love"... |
Nanci Griffith Nanci Griffith Nanci Griffith, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas.-Biography:... |
MCA |
| 60 | Live at the Opry Live at the Opry - Personnel :* Patsy Cline – lead vocals* Little Jimmy Dickens – speaker, speech* Ray Price – speech, speaking part* Jim Reeves – speech, speaking part* Hank Snow – speech, speaking part- Technical personnel :* Milan Bogdan – mastering, digital transfers... |
Patsy Cline Patsy Cline Patsy Cline , born Virginia Patterson Hensley in Gore, Virginia, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s... |
MCA |
| 62 | Making Believe | Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006... & Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he... |
MCA |
| 64 | New Faces of Country | Various Artists | K-Tel |
| 28 | No Regrets | Moe Bandy Moe Bandy Marion Franklin Bandy, Jr.–better known professionally as Moe Bandy– is a country music singer... |
Curb |
| 63 | Nobody's Angel Nobody's Angel (Crystal Gayle album) Nobody's Angel is an album by the american country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in 1988, the album peaked at #63 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart.... |
Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle is an American country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, she accumulated 18 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s... |
Warner Bros. |
| 51 | Now You're Talkin | 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 |
| 43 | One Fair Summer Evening One Fair Summer Evening One Fair Summer Evening is Nanci Griffith's seventh album, and her first one recorded in a live setting. It was recorded on August 19 and August 20, 1988 at Anderson Fair, a Houston, Texas club long known for featuring folk artists in an intimate setting... |
Nanci Griffith Nanci Griffith Nanci Griffith, is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas.-Biography:... |
MCA |
| 45 | Rebels Without a Clue | The Bellamy Brothers | Curb/MCA |
| 26 | Running Running (The Desert Rose Band album) Running is the second studio album by American country music group The Desert Rose Band. It was released September 6, 1988 via MCA/Curb. The album peaked at #26 on the Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:#"She Don't Love Nobody" – 2:56... |
The Desert Rose Band | Curb/MCA |
| 64 | Saddle the Wind | 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 |
| 30 | Sincerely | The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters are an American country music vocal group consisting of sisters Kathy, June, Kim and Christy Forester. The quartet had commercial success in the 1980s, charting fifteen Top Tens on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including the Number Ones "I Fell in Love Again Last... |
Warner Bros. |
| 28 | Still in Your Dreams | Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006... |
MCA |
| 47 | Stout & High | The Wagoneers The Wagoneers The Wagoneers is an American country music band from Austin, Texas that was briefly active during the 1980s. The band consisted of Monte Warden on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Brent Wilson playing lead and contributing backing vocals, Craig Allan Pettigrew on bass, and drummer Thomas A... |
A&M |
| 47 | Swingin' Doors, Sawdust Floors | Larry Boone Larry Boone Larry Eugene Boone is an American country music artist. Between 1985 and 1993, Boone recorded five major label studio albums, in addition to charting several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. His highest-charting single, "Don't Give Candy to a Stranger", reached #10 in 1988... |
Mercury |
| 39 | View from the House View from the House View from the House is a studio album by Kim Carnes, released in 1988 . The album marked a return to her early country music roots.... |
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.... |
MCA |
| 48 | Water from the Wells of Home Water from the Wells of Home Water from the Wells of Home is an album by American country singer Johnny Cash, released on Mercury Records in 1988 . It features several collaborations with other artists, including "New Moon Over Jamaica" with Paul McCartney... |
Johnny Cash Johnny Cash John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century... |
Mercury |
| 34 | Western Standard Time | Asleep at the Wheel Asleep at the Wheel Asleep at the Wheel is a American country music group that was formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, but based in Austin, Texas. Altogether, they have won nine Grammy Awards since their 1970 inception. In their career, they have released more than twenty studio albums, and have charted more than twenty... |
Epic |
| 33 | Wide Open | Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller... |
Capitol/Curb |
| 63 | Who Was That Stranger | Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he... |
MCA |
| 33 | Workin' Band Workin' Band Workin' Band is the 1988 album from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is notable for having many charting albums and singles. This album went to 33 on the US Country charts. The three singles from it were top 10... |
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. |
| 27 | Zuma | Southern Pacific Southern Pacific (band) Southern Pacific was an American country rock band that ran from 1983 to 1991. They are best known for hits such as "Any Way the Wind Blows" , which was used in the soundtrack for the film Pink Cadillac starring Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters, and "New Shade of Blue"... |
Warner Bros. |
Regular series
- DollyDolly (TV series)Dolly is a television variety show that ran on ABC during the 1987-1988 season featuring Dolly Parton.-Overview:The show was an attempt at a traditional variety show, featuring music, comedy skits and various guest stars...
(1987–1988, ABC) - Hee HawHee HawHee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on CBS-TV from 1969–1971 before a 20-year run in local syndication. The show was inspired by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the major difference being...
(1969–1993, syndicated)
Births
- May 24 — Billy GilmanBilly GilmanWilliam Wendell "Billy" Gilman III is an American country music artist. In 2000, at the age of 12, he debuted with the single "One Voice," a Top 20 hit on the Billboard country music charts and became the youngest singer to a Top 40 hit on the country music charts...
, the youngest artist to ever have a country hit record (2000's "One Voice"). - July 20 — Julianne HoughJulianne HoughJulianne Alexandra Hough is an American professional ballroom dancer, country music singer and actress. She is most widely known for being a two-time champion of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. She earned a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nomination in 2007 for choreography...
, rising country music star and professional dancer, best known for her appearances on Dancing with the StarsDancing with the StarsDancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
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Deaths
- September 20 — Leon McAuliffeLeon McAuliffeLeon McAuliffe , born William Leon McAuliffe, was an American Western swing musician from Houston, Texas...
, 71, prominent member of Bob WillsBob WillsJames 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...
' Texas Playboys and a star in his own right. - December 6 — Roy OrbisonRoy OrbisonRoy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...
, 52, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer-songwriterSinger-songwriterSinger-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and a pioneer of rock and rollRock and rollRock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
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Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Hold Me," K. T. OslinK. T. OslinKay Toinette "K. T." Oslin is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for a series of top-ten country hits during the late 1980s and early 1990s, four of which topped the chart.-Early life and career:...
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — Old 8×10Old 8×10Old 8×10 is the third album by country music star Randy Travis. It was released on July 12, 1988 by Warner Bros. Records Nashville. The album produced the singles "Honky Tonk Moon", "Deeper Than the Holler", "Is It Still Over", and "Promises". All of these except "Promises" reached Number One...
, Randy TravisRandy TravisRandy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits... - Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Give a Little Love," 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 Collaboration with Vocals — "Crying," Roy OrbisonRoy OrbisonRoy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis...
and k.d. langK.D. LangKathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress... - Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Sugarfoot Rag," Asleep at the WheelAsleep at the WheelAsleep at the Wheel is a American country music group that was formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, but based in Austin, Texas. Altogether, they have won nine Grammy Awards since their 1970 inception. In their career, they have released more than twenty studio albums, and have charted more than twenty...
- Best Country Song — "Hold Me," K. T. Oslin
- Best Bluegrass Recording — "Southern Flavor," Bill MonroeBill MonroeWilliam 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...
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 — k.d. langK.D. LangKathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...
- Country Group or Duo 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...
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer of the Year — 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...
- Song of the Year — "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen RosesEighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" is a country song by Kathy Mattea from her 1987 album, Untasted Honey. The song was released as a single and hit number one on both the US and Canadian Country charts in 1988. The song is about a truck driver called Charlie who is retiring after 30 years to spend...
," Charles Nelson and Paul Nelson (Performer: Kathy MatteaKathy MatteaKathleen 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...
) - Single of the Year — "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses," Kathy Mattea
- Album of the Year — This WomanThis Woman (K. T. Oslin album)This Woman is the second studio album by American country music artist K. T. Oslin. It was released by RCA Records in 1988. "Money," "Hold Me," "Hey Bobby," the title track and "Didn't Expect It to Go Down This Way" were released as singles...
, K. T. OslinK. T. OslinKay Toinette "K. T." Oslin is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for a series of top-ten country hits during the late 1980s and early 1990s, four of which topped the chart.-Early life and career:... - 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 — K. T. Oslin
- Top Vocal Duo — 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...
- Top Vocal Group — Highway 101Highway 101 (band)Highway 101 is an American country music band founded by Paulette Carlson , Jack Daniels , Curtis Stone and Scott "Cactus" Moser . With Carlson as lead vocalist, the band recorded three albums for Warner Bros. Records Nashville and charted ten consecutive Top Ten hits on the Hot Country Songs...
- Top New Male Vocalist — Rodney CrowellRodney CrowellRodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....
- Top New Female Vocalist — Suzy BoggussSuzy BoggussSusan Kay "Suzy" Bogguss is an American country music singer. In the 1980s and 90s she released one platinum and three gold albums and charted six top ten singles, winning the Academy of Country Music's award for Top New Female Vocalist and the Country Music Association's Horizon Award.After...
- Video of the Year — "Young Country," Hank Williams, Jr. (Director: Bill Fishman)
Canadian Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — k.d. langK.D. LangKathryn Dawn Lang, OC , known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress...
- Male Artist of the Year — Ian TysonIan TysonIan Tyson CM, AOE is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for his song "Four Strong Winds". He was also one half of the duo Ian & Sylvia.-Career:Tyson was born to British immigrants in Victoria in 1933, and grew up in Duncan B.C...
- Female Artist of the Year — k.d. lang
- 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 — "One Smokey Rose," Tim Taylor (Performer: Anita PerrasAnita PerrasAnita Perras is a Canadian country music singer. Perras has released seven albums and charted twenty-six songs on the RPM Country Tracks chart between 1981 and 1995, including the Top 10 singles "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose" , "Isn't That the Strangest Thing" , "One Smokey Rose" , "The Tip of My...
) - Single of the Year — "One Smokey Rose," Anita Perras
- Album of the Year — Shadowland, k.d. lang
- Top Selling Album — Always & Forever, Randy TravisRandy TravisRandy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...
- Vista Rising Star Award — Blue RodeoBlue RodeoBlue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...
- Duo of the Year — Anita Perras and Tim Taylor
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — 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...
- Song of the Year — "80's Ladies," K. T. OslinK. T. OslinKay Toinette "K. T." Oslin is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is known for a series of top-ten country hits during the late 1980s and early 1990s, four of which topped the chart.-Early life and career:...
(Performer: K. T. Oslin) - Single of the Year — "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen RosesEighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" is a country song by Kathy Mattea from her 1987 album, Untasted Honey. The song was released as a single and hit number one on both the US and Canadian Country charts in 1988. The song is about a truck driver called Charlie who is retiring after 30 years to spend...
," Kathy MatteaKathy MatteaKathleen 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... - Album of the Year — Born to BoogieBorn to Boogie (album)Born to Boogie is a studio album by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr. It was released by Warner Bros. Records in July 1987. The title track, "Heaven Can't Be Found" and "Young Country" were released as singles. The album reached #1 on the Top Country Albums chart and has been...
, Hank Williams, Jr. - Male Vocalist of the Year — Randy TravisRandy TravisRandy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...
- Female Vocalist of the Year — K. T. Oslin
- Vocal Duo of the Year — 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...
- Vocal Group of the Year — Highway 101Highway 101 (band)Highway 101 is an American country music band founded by Paulette Carlson , Jack Daniels , Curtis Stone and Scott "Cactus" Moser . With Carlson as lead vocalist, the band recorded three albums for Warner Bros. Records Nashville and charted ten consecutive Top Ten hits on the Hot Country Songs...
- Horizon Award — Ricky Van SheltonRicky Van SheltonRicky Van Shelton is a currently retired American country music artist. Active between 1986 and 2006, he has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...
- Vocal Event of the Year — 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...
, 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 Linda RonstadtLinda RonstadtLinda Ronstadt is an American popular music recording artist. She has earned eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy Award, an ALMA Award, numerous United States and internationally certified gold, platinum and multiplatinum albums, in addition to Tony Award and Golden... - Musician 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...
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.