1990 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1990.
Events
- January 20 — Billboard magazine begins basing the 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 entirely on radio airplay through Nielsen Broadcast Data SystemsNielsen Broadcast Data SystemsNielsen Broadcast Data Systems, better known as BDS, is a service that tracks monitored radio, television and internet airplay of songs based on the number of spins and detections...
(BDS), which uses a computerized system to detect actual radio spinSpin (radio)In radio broadcasting, a spin is a single play of a song. The term is also used as a unit to measure popularity, typically in spins per week...
s. The number of chart positions is reduced from 100 to 75. The new system has an immediate effect on how long the year's biggest songs stay at No. 1:- February 3 — "Nobody's Home" by Clint BlackClint BlackClint Patrick Black is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country...
becomes the first three-week No. 1 since 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...
' "Forever and Ever, Amen" in 1987. - April 7 — Travis' "Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart" breaks the four-week barrier, the first since 1978's "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" by Waylon JenningsWaylon JenningsWaylon 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...
and Willie NelsonWillie NelsonWillie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...
. - July 7 — "Love Without End, Amen" by 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...
is Billboards first five-week No. 1 song, matching 1977's "Here You Come Again" by 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...
. Incidentally, "Love Without End, Amen" is Strait's first multi-week chart-topper, after his first 18 No. 1s had spent just one week on top.
- February 3 — "Nobody's Home" by Clint Black
- Just 23 songs would reach the chart's summit in 1990, 13 of them multi-weekers; this was fewer than half the number that reached the top of the chart a year earlier, and the fewest since 1972.
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- The Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian InstitutionThe Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...
releases Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian CollectionClassic Country Music: A Smithsonian CollectionClassic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection was a multi-volume set of recordings released by the Smithsonian Institution. Released in 1990, the collection contains 100 tracks deemed to be significantly important to the history of country music....
, a 100-track, four-volume set including the most important and notable songs in the genre's history, from 1924 to 1987. The set, which includes an 84-page booklet by historian Bill Malone, replaces the Smithsonian's eight-volume, 143-track set – titled The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country MusicThe Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country MusicThe Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music was a multi-volume set of recordings released by the Smithsonian Institution. Released in 1981, the collection contains 143 tracks deemed to be significantly important to the history of country music....
– issued in 1981.
- The release of Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection continues a trend toward issuing chronicling the genre's history via 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 ,...
during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Time-LifeTime-LifeTime–Life is a creator and direct marketer of books, music, video/DVD, and multimedia products. Its products are sold throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia through television, print, retail, the Internet, telemarketing, and direct sales....
Music's 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 continued to issue new albums, while Columbia RecordsColumbia RecordsColumbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
issues its five-volume Country ClassicsColumbia Country ClassicsColumbia Country Classics was a multi-volume set of recordings released in 1990 by Legacy Recordings. The collection contains 128 tracks from the Columbia, Epic and associated recording labels, and covers a span from the mid-1930s through the late 1980s....
series during the summer. Rhino Records also releases ten volumes of Billboard Top Country Singles, each depicting the top 10 songs from the years 1959 through 1968.
Top hits of the year
Singles released by American artists
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| 17 | 29 | Ain't Necessarily So | Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized... |
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| 15 | 16 | Ain't Nobody's Business Ain't Nobody's Business "Ain't Nobody's Business" or "Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do" is an eight-bar vaudeville blues song that became an early blues standard. It was written in the 1920s by pianist Porter Grainger, who had been Bessie Smith's accompanist, and Everett Robbins. The song was first recorded October 19,... |
Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr. Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country... |
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| 11 | — | American Boy American Boy (Eddie Rabbitt song) "American Boy" was a song written and recorded by Country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1990 from his album Jersey Boy, it reached number 11 on country charts, and was his final song to reach the top 40 on the chart.... |
Eddie Rabbitt Eddie Rabbitt Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt was an American singer-songwriter and musician. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974... |
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| 2 | 1 | Back in My Younger Days Back in My Younger Days "Back in My Younger Days" is a single by American country music artist Don Williams. Released in September 1990, it was the first single from Williams' album True Love. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in November 1990 and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in... |
Don Williams Don Williams Don Williams , is an American country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. He grew up in Portland, Texas, and graduated in 1958 from Gregory-Portland High School. After seven years with the folk-pop group Pozo-Seco Singers, he began his solo career in 1971,... |
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| 14 | 18 | Back Where I Come From | Mac McAnally Mac McAnally Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts... |
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| 9 | 10 | The Battle Hymn of Love The Battle Hymn of Love "The Battle Hymn of Love" is a single by American country music artists Kathy Mattea and Tim O'Brien. Released in 1990, it was the first new single from Mattea's album A Collection of Hits. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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... with Tim O'Brien Tim O'Brien (musician) Tim O'Brien is an American country and bluegrass musician. In addition to singing, he plays guitar, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki and mandocello... |
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| 15 | 19 | Black Coffee | Lacy J. Dalton Lacy J. Dalton Lacy J. Dalton , is an American country and western singer and songwriter, known for her gritty, powerful vocals, which a number of critics likened to a country equivalent to Bonnie Raitt . She had a number of hits in the 1980s, including "Takin' It Easy," "Crazy Blue Eyes" and "16th Avenue." ... |
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| 12 | 21 | Black Velvet Black Velvet (song) "Black Velvet" is a rock song written by Canadian musicians David Tyson and Christopher Ward, and recorded by Canadian singer Alannah Myles in 1988. It became a number one hit for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1990 and reached number one on the Album Rock Tracks chart, as well as... |
Robin Lee Robin Lee (singer) Robin Lee Irwin is an American country music artist, known professionally as Robin Lee or Robin Lee Bruce. After several years on an independent label, Lee broke through on the country music scene in 1990 with her cover of Alannah Myles' Number One pop single "Black Velvet"... |
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| 5 | 4 | Born to Be Blue Born to Be Blue (song) "Born to Be Blue" is the title of a song recorded by American country music duo The Judds. It was released in August 1990 as the first single from the album Love Can Build a Bridge. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:"Born to Be Blue" debuted... |
The Judds The Judds The Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country... |
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| 11 | 11 | Bring Back Your Love to Me | Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for the RCA Records label. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which... |
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| 1 | 1 | Chains Chains (Patty Loveless song) "Chains" is a single release by Patty Loveless, recorded at MCA/Nashville in the spring of 1988. It was included on her third album with MCA Records, Honky Tonk Angel, with the single being released in December 1989. It was the fifth single released from the album.-Background:"Chains" was Loveless'... |
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... |
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| 2 | 5 | Chasin' That Neon Rainbow Chasin' That Neon Rainbow "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" is the title of a song written by American country music artist Alan Jackson and Jim McBride, and recorded by Jackson... |
Alan Jackson Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista... |
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| 1 | 1 | Come Next Monday Come Next Monday "Come Next Monday" is a 1990 single by American country music singer K. T. Oslin. "Come Next Monday" was Oslin's fourth and final number one on the country chart, and the second of five singles from her 1990 album Love in a Small Town. The single went to number one for two weeks and spent a total... |
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:... |
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| 2 | 4 | Crazy in Love | Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006... |
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| 1 | 1 | The Dance | Garth Brooks Garth Brooks Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart... |
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| 5 | 4 | Dancy's Dream Dancy's Dream "Dancy's Dream" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released in April 1990 as the second single from the album Fast Movin' Train. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was written by Greg Jennings, Monty... |
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... |
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| 7 | 3 | The Domino Theory The Domino Theory "The Domino Theory" is a single by American country music artist Steve Wariner. Released in 1990, it was the first single from the album Laredo. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Steve Wariner Steve Wariner Steven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records... |
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| 6 | 11 | Don't Go Out Don't Go Out "Don't Go Out" is a single by American country music artists Tanya Tucker and T. Graham Brown. Released in 1990, it was the second single from the album Tennessee Woman. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 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... with 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... |
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| 4 | 3 | Drinking Champagne Drinking Champagne "Drinking Champagne" is a song written by Bill Mack which has been recorded by two artists. The first version, by Cal Smith, reached #35 on the country music charts in 1968.... |
George Strait George Strait George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional... |
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| 15 | 54 | Dumas Walker Dumas Walker "Dumas Walker" is a 1990 single released by country rock band the Kentucky Headhunters from its 1989 album Pickin' on Nashville. It reached number 15 on Country charts, and was written by the band's five members at the time.-Content:... |
The Kentucky Headhunters The Kentucky Headhunters The Kentucky Headhunters are an American country rock band. They were founded in 1968 as Itchy Brother, which comprised brothers Richard Young and Fred Young along with Greg Martin and Anthony Kenney... |
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| 4 | 3 | Fast Movin' Train Fast Movin' Train (song) "Fast Movin' Train" is the title of a song written by Dave Loggins and recorded by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released in December 1989 as the first single and title track from the album Fast Movin' Train... |
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| 8 | 4 | A Few Ole Country Boys A Few Ole Country Boys "A Few Ole Country Boys" is the title of a recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It is a duet with country musician George Jones and was written by Troy Seals and Mentor Williams. It was the first single released from his album of duets, Heroes & Friends... |
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... with George Jones George Jones George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette.... |
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| 1 | 9 | Five Minutes | Lorrie Morgan Lorrie Morgan In 1996 Morgan married Jon Randall, a singer/songwriter now credited with writing the 2004 Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss hit "Whiskey Lullaby"; they divorced three years later in 1999.... |
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| 5 | 7 | Fool Such as I (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I " A Fool Such as I" is a popular song written by Bill Trader and was published in 1952. Performed by Hank Snow it peaked at number four on the country charts early in 1953.... |
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... |
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| 6 | 5 | Fourteen Minutes Old Fourteen Minutes Old "Fourteen Minutes Old" is the title of a song co-written by A.L. Owens and Dennis Knutson. It was the second single released by American country music artist Doug Stone from his 1990 self titled debut album... |
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| 1 | 1 | Friends in Low Places Friends in Low Places "Friends in Low Places" is a song released by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was the first single from his second album, No Fences. The song spent four weeks at #1 on the U.S... |
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| 5 | 2 | Ghost in This House Ghost in This House "Ghost in This House" is the title of a song written by Hugh Prestwood and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in September 1990 as the second single from their album Extra Mile... |
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... |
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| 10 | 16 | Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin' Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin' "Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr.. It was released in May 1990 as the second single from his album Lone Wolf. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and peaked at... |
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| 1 | 1 | Good Times Good Times (Sam Cooke song) "Good Times" is a song written and recorded by Sam Cooke, released as single in 1964.Featured musicians are John Ewing , Edward Hall , John Pisano , Clifton White and The Soul Stirrers... |
Dan Seals Dan Seals Danny Wayland "Dan" Seals was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals & Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as the "England Dan" half of the soft rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, which charted nine pop and adult contemporary singles between 1976 and 1980, including... |
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| 1 | 1 | Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" is the title of a song written by Hugh Prestwood and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis. Originally released in January 1990, the song was the second track released from Travis' 1989 album, No Holdin' Back... |
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| 4 | 7 | He Talks to Me He Talks to Me "He Talks to Me" is a single by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan. Released in April 1990, it was the fifth single from her album Leave the Light On. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in August 1990.... |
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| 2 | 1 | He Walked on Water He Walked on Water "He Walked on Water" is a country music song written by Allen Shamblin and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis on his 1989 album No Holdin' Back, from which it was released as the third and final single... |
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| 25 | 6 | He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You) | Ricky Skaggs Ricky Skaggs Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:... |
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| 13 | 5 | Heartbreak Hurricane | Ricky Skaggs | |
| 1 | 1 | Help Me Hold On Help Me Hold On "Help Me Hold On" is a song co-written and recorded by country music artist Travis Tritt. It is the second single released from his 1990 debut album Country Club. It reached #1 in both the United States and Canada, thus becoming Travis Tritt's first number-one hit.-Content:"Help Me Hold On" is a... |
Travis Tritt Travis Tritt James Travis Tritt is an American country music singer from Marietta, Georgia. He signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1989, releasing seven studio albums and a greatest hits package for the label between then and 1999. In the 2000s, he released two albums on Columbia Records and one for the defunct... |
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| 3 | 1 | Here in the Real World Here in the Real World (song) "Here in the Real World" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in January 1990 as the second of five singles from his 1990 debut album Here in the Real World, and in early 1990 it became his first Top 40 country hit. The song... |
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| 8 | 6 | Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Rock (song) "Hillbilly Rock" is the title of a song written by Paul Kennerley and recorded by American country music artist Marty Stuart. It was released in March 1990 as the third single and title track from the album Hillbilly Rock. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks... |
Marty Stuart Marty Stuart John Martin "Marty" Stuart is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music... |
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| 2 | 2 | Holdin' a Good Hand Holdin' a Good Hand "Holdin' a Good Hand" is the title of a song written by Rob Crosby and Johnny Few, and recorded by American country music artist Lee Greenwood. It was released in June 1990 as the first single and title track from the album Holdin' a Good Hand. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 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.... |
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| 1 | 1 | Home Home (Joe Diffie song) "Home" is the title of a song written by Fred Lehner and Andy Spooner, and recorded American country music singer Joe Diffie as his debut single. It was released in August 1990 as the lead-off single from his debut album A Thousand Winding Roads... |
Joe Diffie Joe Diffie Joe Logan Diffie is an American country music singer known for his ballads and novelty songs. Between 1990 and 2004, Diffie charted 35 cuts on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including five number one singles: his debut release "Home", "If the Devil Danced ", "Third Rock from the Sun",... |
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| 26 | 12 | Honky Tonk Blues Honky Tonk Blues "Honky Tonk Blues" was a hit country and western song written and performed by Hank Williams. The original 1952 recording was a major hit, and it later became a hit for later-day superstar Charley Pride.-Song history:... |
Pirates of the Mississippi Pirates of the Mississippi Pirates of the Mississippi was an American country music group. It was founded in 1987 by Rich Alves , Bill McCorvey Jimmy Lowe , Pat Severs , and Dean Townson... |
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| 20 | 15 | Hummingbird | Ricky Skaggs | |
| 9 | 4 | I Can't Turn the Tide I Can't Turn the Tide "I Can't Turn the Tide" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Baillie & the Boys. It was released in January 1990 as the fourth single from the album Turn the Tide. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 7 | 8 | I Could Be Persuaded I Could Be Persuaded "I Could Be Persuaded" is a single by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. Released in 1990, it was the first single from the album Reality Check. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was their duo's last Top 10 hit.-Chart performance:... |
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| 3 | 3 | I Fell in Love I Fell in Love (song) "I Fell in Love" is a single by American country music artist Carlene Carter. Released in May 1990, it was the first single from her album I Fell in Love. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1990.... |
Carlene Carter Carlene Carter Carlene Carter is an American country singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter and her first husband, Carl Smith.... |
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| 31 | 17 | I Go to Pieces I Go to Pieces "I Go to Pieces" is the title of a song written by Del Shannon which became a Top Ten hit for Peter and Gordon in 1965.-Background and writing:... |
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"... |
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| 2 | 1 | I Meant Every Word He Said I Meant Every Word He Said "I Meant Every Word He Said" is the title of a song co-written by Joe Chambers, Bucky Jones and Curly Putman and recorded by country music artist Ricky Van Shelton, who released as a single from the album, RVS III in 1990... |
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... |
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| 8 | 14 | I Watched It All (On My Radio) I Watched It All (On My Radio) "I Watched It All " is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music Lionel Cartwright. Released in February 1990, it was the first single from the album I Watched It on the Radio... |
Lionel Cartwright Lionel Cartwright Lionel Cartwright is an American country music artist. Between 1988 and 1992, Cartwright charted twelve singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, including a Number One single in 1991's "Leap of Faith"... |
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| 4 | 5 | I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box) I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box) "I'd Be Better Off " is the title of a song co-written by Johnny MacRae and Steve Clark. It was the debut single of American country music artist Doug Stone from his self titled debut album. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #5 on The Canadian RPM Tracks chart... |
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| 2 | 1 | I'm Gonna Be Somebody I'm Gonna Be Somebody "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" is a song written by Jill Colucci and Stewart Harris, and recorded by country music artist Travis Tritt. It is the third single released from his 1990 debut album Country Club. It reached #2 in the United States, while it became his second number-one hit in... |
Travis Tritt | |
| 3 | 3 | I'm Over You I'm Over You (Keith Whitley song) "I'm Over You" is a single by American country music artist Keith Whitley. Posthumously released in January 1990, it was the third single from the album I Wonder Do You Think of Me. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. In 2010, country artist Chris Young... |
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... |
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| 1 | 1 | I've Come to Expect It from You I've Come to Expect It From You "I've Come to Expect It from You" is the title of a song written by Buddy Cannon and Dean Dillon, and recorded by country music artist George Strait. It was released in October 1990 as the third and final single from his 1990 album Livin' It Up. It peaked at #1 on both the U.S. Billboard Hot... |
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| 1 | 1 | I've Cried My Last Tear for You I've Cried My Last Tear for You "I've Cried My Last Tear for You" is a country music song written by Tony King and Chris Waters, and recorded by American country music singer Ricky Van Shelton. Released as the second single from his 1989 album, RVS III, the song became Shelton's seventh number-one single on the Billboard Hot... |
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| 6 | 4 | If Looks Could Kill If Looks Could Kill (Rodney Crowell song) "If Looks Could Kill" is a single by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. Released in January 1990, it was the second single from Crowell's album Keys to the Highway. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in May 1990 and #4 on the RPM Country Tracks chart... |
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.... |
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| 6 | 5 | If You Could Only See Me Now If You Could Only See Me Now "If You Could Only See Me Now" is a single by American country music artist T. Graham Brown. Released in 1990, it was the first single from the album Bumper to Bumper. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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| 23 | 15 | If You Want to Be My Woman | Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,... |
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| 13 | 18 | In Another Lifetime In Another Lifetime "In Another Lifetime" is the title of a song written by Chris Hillman and Steve Hill, and recorded by American country music group The Desert Rose Band. It was released in February 1990 as the second single from the album Pages of Life. The song reached #13 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles &... |
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| 12 | 6 | In My Eyes In My Eyes (Lionel Cartwright song) "In My Eyes" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music Lionel Cartwright. It was released in October 1989 as the fourth and final single from his self-titled album. The song reached number twelve on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:"In... |
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| 10 | 6 | Island Island (song) "Island " is the fourth track and first single off The Starting Line's 2007 album, Direction. The music video for the song was directed by Jay Martin and it takes place on a shipwrecked beach. The music video premiered on July 31, 2007 on TRL. The song hit #21 on the US Modern Rock chart in 2007... |
Eddy Raven Eddy Raven Edward Garvin Futch is an American country music artist known professionally as Eddy Raven. Known for his Cajun-influenced country music, Raven has been a recording artist since 1962... |
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| 1 | 1 | It Ain't Nothin' It Ain't Nothin' "It Ain't Nothin" is a 1989 country music single made famous by Keith Whitley. His fifth and last No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, the song was his second posthumous chart-topper, reaching the top of the chart seven months after his death.... |
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| 5 | 9 | It's You Again It's You Again "It's You Again" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Skip Ewing. It was released in October 1989, it was the first single from the album The Will to Love. The song reached #5 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:... |
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| 1 | 1 | Jukebox in My Mind Jukebox in My Mind "Jukebox in My Mind" is a song recorded by the country music group Alabama. It was the second single to their 1990 album Pass It On Down. It was a number-one hit in both the United States and Canada.-Chart performance:... |
Alabama Alabama (band) Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook... |
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| 4 | 11 | Just as Long as I Have You Just as Long as I Have You "Just as Long as I Have You" is a song written by Dave Loggins. Loggins originally recorded the song with Gus Hardin in 1985. Their version peaked at number 72 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.... |
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| 17 | 19 | Keep It in the Middle of the Road | Exile Exile (American band) Exile, originally known as The Exiles, is an American band founded in Richmond, Kentucky by J.P. Pennington. They started by playing local clubs which led to touring with Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars opening shows and providing backup for major rock artists of the period.Their name was shortened... |
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| 7 | 6 | Leave It Alone Leave It Alone (The Forester Sisters song) "Leave It Alone" is a single by American country music group The Forester Sisters. Released in 1989, it was the second new single from their Greatest Hits album. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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... |
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| 7 | 7 | Little Girl Little Girl (Reba McEntire song) "Little Girl" is a single by American country artist Reba McEntire. Released in 1990, it was the third single from the album Sweet Sixteen. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:-References:... |
Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma... |
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| 21 | 14 | Love Is Strange Love Is Strange "Love Is Strange" was a crossover hit by American rhythm and blues duet Mickey & Sylvia, which was released in late November 1956 by the Groove record label.The song was based on a guitar riff by Jody Williams. The co-writers of the song are of some dispute... |
Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur... with Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk... |
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| 1 | 1 | Love on Arrival Love on Arrival "Love on Arrival" is a song recorded by American country music singer Dan Seals. The lead-off single to his 1990 album On Arrival, the song spent three weeks at No... |
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| 1 | 1 | Love Without End, Amen Love Without End, Amen "Love Without End, Amen" is the title of a song written by Aaron Barker and recorded by American country music singer George Strait. It was released in April 1990 as the lead-off single from his album, Livin' It Up, the song spent five weeks at Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles &... |
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| 3 | 1 | Many a Long and Lonesome Highway Many a Long and Lonesome Highway "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" is a single by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. Released in September 1989, it was the first single from Crowell's album Keys to the Highway. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in January 1990 and #1 on the RPM... |
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| 25 | 17 | Maybe | Kenny Rogers with 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... |
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| 18 | 9 | Moonshadow Road Moonshadow Road "Moonshadow Road" is a single by American country music artist T. Graham Brown. Released in 1990, it was the second single from the album Bumper to Bumper. The song reached #18 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 2 | 2 | My Arms Stay Open All Night My Arms Stay Open All Night "My Arms Stay Open All Night" is a single by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. Released in 1989, it was the second new single from her 1989 Greatest Hits album. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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| 7 | 6 | My Heart Is Set on You My Heart Is Set on You "My Heart Is Set on You" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Lionel Cartwright. Released in 1990, it was the second aingle from the album I Watched It on the Radio. The song reached number seven on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 22 | 12 | My Past Is Present | Rodney Crowell | |
| 3 | 7 | Never Knew Lonely Never Knew Lonely "Never Knew Lonely" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. Released in September 1990, it was the fourth single from the album When I Call Your Name. The song reached #3 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... |
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| 1 | 1 | Next to You, Next to Me Next to You, Next to Me "Next to You, Next to Me" is the title of a song written by Robert Ellis Orrall and Curtis Wright, and recorded by country music group Shenandoah. It was released in June 1990 as the lead-off single to their 1990 album Extra Mile... |
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| 20 | 4 | The Night's Too Long The Night's Too Long The Night's Too Long is a single release by Patty Loveless, recorded at MCA/Nashville in the spring of 1990. It was included on her fourth album with MCA Records, On Down the Line, with the single being released in September 1990... |
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| 1 | 1 | No Matter How High No Matter How High "No Matter How High" is a 1990 single by The Oak Ridge Boys from their 1989 album American Dreams. "No Matter How High" was The Oak Ridge Boys' seventeenth and final number one on the country chart... |
The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s... |
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| 1 | 1 | Nobody's Home Nobody's Home (Clint Black song) "Nobody's Home" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in October 1989 as the third single as well as his third consecutive number-one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks... |
Clint Black Clint Black Clint Patrick Black is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country... |
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| 2 | 3 | Nobody's Talking Nobody's Talking "Nobody's Talking" is the title of a song written by Sonny LeMaire and Randy Sharp, and recorded by American country music group Exile. It was released in March 1990 as the second single from their album Still Standing. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July... |
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| 2 | 1 | Not Counting You Not Counting You "Not Counting You" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was the third single from his 1989 self-titled debut album Garth Brooks. It peaked at #2 in the United States, while it was a number-one in Canada. According to "The Garth Brooks Story" T.V... |
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| 3 | 1 | Nothing's News Nothing's News "Nothing's News" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was the fifth and final single released from his debut album, Killin' Time... |
Clint Black | |
| 8 | 19 | Oh Lonesome Me Oh Lonesome Me "Oh Lonesome Me" is a popular song written and recorded by Don Gibson with Chet Atkins producing for RCA Victor in Nashville in 1958. The song topped the country chart for eight non consecutive weeks, in addition to reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100... |
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| 13 | 7 | Oklahoma Swing Oklahoma Swing "Oklahoma Swing" is a single by American country music artists Vince Gill and Reba McEntire. Released in 1990, it was the second single from the album When I Call Your Name. The song reached #13 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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| 5 | 3 | On Down the Line On Down the Line (Patty Loveless song) "On Down the Line" is a single release by Patty Loveless, recorded at MCA/Nashville in the spring of 1990. It was included on her fourth album with MCA Records, On Down the Line, with the single being released in May 1990. It was the first single released from the album.-Background:This song came... |
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| 1 | 1 | On Second Thought | Eddie Rabbitt | |
| 8 | 14 | One Man Woman One Man Woman (The Judds song) "One Man Woman" is the title of a song written by Paul Kennerley and recorded by American country music duo The Judds. It was released in 1990 as the third single from the album River of Time. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:"One Man Woman"... |
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| 8 | 7 | Overnight Success Overnight Success "Overnight Success" the title of a song written by Sanger D. Shafer and recorded by country music artist George Strait. It was released in November 1989 as the fourth and final single from his album, Beyond the Blue Neon.-Chart performance:... |
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| 3 | 2 | Pass It On Down Pass It On Down (song) "Pass It On Down" is a song recorded by the country music group Alabama. It was the lead-off single to their 1990 album of the same name. It peaked at #3 in the United States, and #2 in Canada.-Chart positions:... |
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| 23 | 16 | Perfect | Baillie & the Boys | |
| 8 | 13 | Precious Thing Precious Thing "Precious Thing" is a single by American country music artist Steve Wariner. Released in 1990, it was the second single from the album Laredo. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 4 | 3 | Put Yourself in My Shoes Put Yourself in My Shoes (song) "Put Yourself in My Shoes" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Clint Black. It was released in October 1990 as the lead single and title track to his second album, 1990's Put Yourself in My Shoes. The song made its chart debut in October 1990 and peaked... |
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| 33 | 19 | Puttin' the Dark Back into the Night | 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... |
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| 7 | 8 | Quittin' Time Quittin' Time "Quittin' Time" is a single by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. Released in 1990, it was the third single from the album State of the Heart. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Mary Chapin Carpenter Mary Chapin Carpenter Mary Chapin Carpenter is an American folk and country music artist. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer... |
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| 3 | 4 | Richest Man on Earth Richest Man on Earth "Richest Man on Earth" is a single by American country music artist Paul Overstreet. Released in April 1990, it was the fifth single from his album Sowin' Love. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in August 1990.... |
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... |
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| 10 | 6 | Right in the Wrong Direction Right in the Wrong Direction "Right in the Wrong Direction" is a single by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. Released in 1990, it was the third single from the album Alone. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin was an American country music singer. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man and sang in a gospel quartet called The Gosdin Brothers. An inheritor of the soulful honky tonk style of Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard, Gosdin was nicknamed "The Voice" by his... |
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| 8 | 6 | Runnin' with the Wind Runnin' with the Wind "Runnin' with the Wind" is a single by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. Released in 1990, it was the second single from the album Jersey Boy. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 17 | 33 | Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue | 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... |
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| 6 | 5 | See If I Care See If I Care (song) "See If I Care" is the title of a song written by Walt Aldridge and Robert Byrne, and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in January 1990 as the fifth single from their album The Road Not Taken. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart... |
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| 2 | 2 | Seein' My Father in Me Seein' My Father in Me "Seein' My Father in Me" is a single by American country music artist Paul Overstreet. Released in 1990, it was the fourth single from his album Sowin' Love. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in March 1990.... |
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| 2 | 13 | She Came from Fort Worth She Came from Fort Worth "She Came from Fort Worth" is a single by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. Released in 1990, it was the fourth single from the album Willow in the Wind. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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| 14 | 11 | Someone Else's Trouble Now | 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... |
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| 14 | 8 | Something of a Dreamer Something of a Dreamer "Something of a Dreamer" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. Released in 1990, it was the fourth single from the album State of the Heart. The song reached #14 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart..-Chart performance:... |
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| 6 | 18 | Sooner or Later Sooner or Later (Eddy Raven song) "Sooner or Later" is a single by American country music artist Eddy Raven. Released in 1990, it was the third single from the album Temporary Sanity. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 1 | 1 | Southern Star Southern Star (song) "Southern Star" is the name of a country song Alabama from their 1989 album Southern Star. The song hit number one in the United States on the Hot Country Singles charts.-Lyrics:... |
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| 6 | 3 | Start All Over Again Start All Over Again "Start All Over Again" is the title of a song written by Chris Hillman and Steve Hill, and recorded by American country music group The Desert Rose Band. It was released in November 1989, it was the first single from the album Pages of Life. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles... |
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| 2 | 1 | Statue of a Fool Statue of a Fool "Statue of a Fool" is the title of a song written by Jan Crutchfield and recorded by many country artists. It was first recorded in 1969 by country music artist Jack Greene where it was released as a single and became a number 1 hit. Brian Collins would record and release it in 1974 from his second... |
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| 10 | 6 | Story of Love Story of Love "Story of Love" is the title of a song written by Chris Hillman and Steve Hill, and recorded by American country music group The Desert Rose Band. It was released in July 1990 as the third single from the album Pages of Life. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks... |
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| 2 | 1 | Stranger Things Have Happened Stranger Things Have Happened (song) "Stranger Things Have Happened" is a single by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap. Released in 1990, it was the fourth single and title track from the album Stranger Things Have Happened. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart... |
Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s... |
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| 18 | — | Tell Me Why | Jann Browne Jann Browne Jann Browne is an American country singer. Before her solo career, she was a vocalist with the Western swing group Asleep at the Wheel. She has recorded four studio albums, and has charted three singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Her highest single is 1990's "Tell Me Why" at... |
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| 4 | 3 | That Just About Does It That Just About Does It "That Just About Does It" is a single by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. Released in 1989, it was the second single from the album Alone. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 8 | 4 | There You Are There You Are (Willie Nelson song) "There You Are" is a single by American country music artist Willie Nelson. Released in September 1989, it was the second single from his album A Horse Called Music, and his last release in the 1980s. The song peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 14 | 19 | This Ain't My First Rodeo This Ain't My First Rodeo "This Ain't My First Rodeo" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in July 1990 as the lead single from his album, 10 Years of Greatest Hits.-Background:... |
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| 11 | 9 | This Side of Goodbye This Side of Goodbye "This Side of Goodbye" is a single by American country music group Highway 101. Released in 1990, it was the third single from the album Paint the Town. The song reached #11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 13 | 13 | 'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose 'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose "Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" is a single by American country music artist Leon Everette. It was released in 1985 from his Mercury Records album Where's the Fire. His version of the song peaked at number 44 on Hot Country Songs.... |
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| 2 | 3 | Till I Can't Take It Anymore Till I Can't Take It Anymore "Till I Can't Take It Anymore" is a song written by Clyde Otis and Ulysses Burton. It was first recorded as a duet between Dottie West and Don Gibson, whose version went to number 46 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1970. Since then, it has also charted as a single by Andra Willis, whose version... |
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| 39 | 18 | Till I See You Again | Kevin Welch Kevin Welch Kevin Welch is an American country music artist. He has charted five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and released eight studio albums... |
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| 26 | 19 | Time's Up | Southern Pacific with Carlene Carter | |
| 3 | 1 | Too Cold at Home Too Cold at Home (song) "Too Cold at Home" is the title of a song written by Bobby Harden and recorded by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in July 1990 as the lead-off single to his 1990 album of the same name. It peaked at #3 in the United States, while it was a number-one hit in Canada in... |
Mark Chesnutt Mark Chesnutt Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item... |
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| 2 | 1 | Walk On Walk On (Reba McEntire song) "Walk On" is a single by American country music artist Reba McEntire. Released in March 1990, it was the fourth and final single from her album, Sweet Sixteen. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in June 1990.... |
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| 1 | 1 | Walkin' Away Walkin' Away (Clint Black song) "Walkin' Away" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Clint Black. It was co-written with Hayden Nicholas, Black's electric guitarist and Dick Gay, his drummer. It was released in February 1990 as the fourth single from his album, Killin' Time... |
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| 4 | 5 | Walkin', Talkin', Cryin', Barely Beatin' Broken Heart Walkin', Talkin', Cryin', Barely Beatin' Broken Heart "Walkin', Talkin', Cryin', Barely Beatin' Broken Heart" is the title of a song written by Roger Miller and Justin Tubb. It was first recorded by American country music artist Johnnie Wright, whose version peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1964... |
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| 3 | 2 | Walking Shoes Walking Shoes "Walking Shoes" is a single by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. Released in 1990, it was the first single from the album Tennessee Woman. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 3 | 3 | Wanted Wanted (Alan Jackson song) "Wanted" is the title of a song written by American country music artist Alan Jackson and Charlie Craig, and recorded by Jackson. It was released in May 1990 as the third single from Jackson's first album, Here in the Real World, the song peaked at number 3 on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles... |
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| 20 | 16 | Western Girls | Marty Stuart | |
| 2 | 5 | When I Call Your Name When I Call Your Name (Vince Gill song) "When I Call Your Name" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. Released in May 1990, it was the third single and title track from the album When I Call Your Name. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart... |
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| 5 | 10 | When I Could Come Home to You When I Could Come Home to You "When I Could Come Home to You" is a single by American country music artist Steve Wariner. Released in 1989, it was the third single from the album I Got Dreams. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:... |
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| 10 | 11 | When It's Gone When It's Gone "When It's Gone" is the title of a song written by Jimmie Fadden and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It was released in October 1989 as the third single from the album Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two. The song reached #10 on the Billboard... |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded... |
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| 40 | 18 | When Love Comes Callin' | Sawyer Brown | |
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| 10 | 13 | Where've You Been Where've You Been "Where've You Been" is a single by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. Released in 1989, it was the third single from the album Willow in the Wind. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
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| 5 | 2 | Wrong Wrong (Waylon Jennings song) "Wrong" is the title of a song written by Steve Seskin and Andre Pessis, and recorded by American country music singer Waylon Jennings. It was released in early 1990 as his first cut for Epic Records after a two-year stint on MCA Records... |
Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL... |
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| 7 | 5 | Yet Yet (song) "Yet" is the title of a song written by Sonny LeMaire and Randy Sharp by American country music group Exile. It was released in August 1990 as the third single from their album Still Standing. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in November 1990.-Chart performance:... |
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| 1 | 1 | You Lie | Reba McEntire | |
| 1 | 1 | You Really Had Me Going You Really Had Me Going "You Really Had Me Going" is a 1990 single by Holly Dunn. "You Really Had Me Going" was Dunn's second and final number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 20 weeks on the country chart.... |
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| — | 20 | After All | 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... |
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| — | 20 | Ain't No Trains to Nashville | 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... |
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| — | 9 | Always Hum a Song in Your Soul | Morris P. Rainville Morris P. Rainville Morris P. Rainville is a Canadian country music artist. Rainville's debut album, The Mississauga Man, was released in 1993. His 1990 single "Always Hum a Song in Your Soul" reached the Top 10 of the RPM Country Tracks chart.-Albums:-Singles:... |
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| — | 4 | Bachelor Girl | 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... |
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| — | 12 | The Colour of Your Collar | Gary Fjellgaard Gary Fjellgaard Gary Fjellgaard is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Fjellgaard has released fifteen albums and charted thirty-five songs on the RPM Country Tracks chart between 1977 and 1996, including the Top 10 singles "Walk in the Rain Tonight" , "The Moon Is Out to Get Me" , "Cowboy in Your... |
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| — | 19 | Couldn't See the Gold | Tommy Hunter Tommy Hunter Thomas James "Tommy" Hunter, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian country music performer, known as "Canada's Country Gentleman".-Career:... with Janie Fricke Janie Fricke Janie Fricke is an American country music singer, best remembered for a series of country music hits in the early to mid 1980s.... |
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| — | 10 | Daddy, Sing to Me | Lisa Brokop Lisa brokop Lisa Brokop is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter and actress. Active since 1990 in the country music field, she has released a total of six studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the country music charts in her native Canada... |
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| — | 10 | Dreamin' Ain't Cheatin' | Carroll Baker Carroll Baker (singer) Carroll Baker, CM , , is a Juno Award winning Canadian country music singer and songwriter.-Biography:Carroll Baker was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia... |
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| 5 | 6 | Feed This Fire | Anne Murray Anne Murray Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies.... |
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| 62 | 3 | Goodbye, So Long, Hello | Prairie Oyster Prairie Oyster Prairie Oyster is an award-winning Canadian country music group from Ontario. They were named Country Group or Duo of the year six times by both the Canadian Country Music Association and the Juno Awards. The band also won the Bud Country Fans' Choice Award from the CCMA in 1994... |
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| — | 9 | Here Comes My Baby | Anita Perras | |
| — | 3 | How Many Times | 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... |
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| — | 17 | I Broke His Heart | Jenny Lee West | |
| 70 | 5 | I Don't Hurt Anymore | Prairie Oyster | |
| — | 9 | I Want to Fly | Errol Ranville | |
| — | 9 | I'll Accept the Rose | Rita MacNeil Rita MacNeil Rita MacNeil, CM, ONS is a Canadian country and folk singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she has had hits on the country... |
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| — | 10 | In My Heart | Gary Fjellgaard with Linda Kidder | |
| — | 10 | Lime Rickey | George Fox | |
| — | 14 | Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young | 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 .... |
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| — | 10 | Luck in My Eyes | k.d lang | |
| — | 16 | Never Be Sorry | Greg Paul | |
| 32 | 4 | New Kind of Love | Michelle Wright Michelle Wright Michelle Wright is a Canadian country music artist. She is one of the country's most widely recognized and awarded female country singers of the 1990s, winning the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice... |
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| — | 10 | No Trespassing | George Fox | |
| — | 19 | Once the Magic's Gone | 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:... |
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| — | 13 | Pioneers | Family Brown | |
| — | 8 | Quittin' Time | Michael Dee | |
| — | 9 | Rosanne | Albert Hall | |
| — | 17 | Rumour | Dan Rogers Dan Rogers Dan Rogers is a Canadian politician, currently the mayor of Prince George, British Columbia. He previously served as a Councillor for Prince George until his resignation to run for the mayoral position.-References:* -External links:... |
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| — | 10 | She Told Me So | The Good Brothers | |
| — | 17 | Since the Rain | 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... |
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| — | 7 | Somewhere on the Island | Gary Fjellgaard | |
| — | 6 | Start of Something New | 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:... with Tracey Brown Tracey Brown Tracey Brown is a Canadian country music artist. Brown, a former member of Family Brown, was nominated for a 1999 Juno Award for Best Country Female Vocalist... |
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| — | 10 | This Time | Patricia Conroy Patricia Conroy Patricia Conroy is a Canadian country music singer. In her career, she has released five studio albums and a one compilation album. Several of her singles have charted on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart, most notably her number one hits "Somebody's Leavin'" and "What Else Can I Do" from 1994... |
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| 55 | 9 | Three Days | k.d. lang | |
| — | 10 | Touch My Heart | Anita Perras | |
| — | 17 | Why Do I Think of You Today | Rita MacNeil | |
| 72 | 14 | Woman's Intuition | Michelle Wright | |
Top new album releases
| US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
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| 21 | 10 Years of Greatest Hits 10 Years of Greatest Hits 10 Years of Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. It was released in 1990 via Columbia Records. The album peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:... |
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 |
| 11 | America (The Way I See It) America (The Way I See It) America is a compilation album by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr.. It was released by Warner Bros./Curb Records in October 1990. "Don't Give Us a Reason" was released as a single... |
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. |
| 23 | Black Velvet Black Velvet (album) Black Velvet is the third studio album released by American country music artist Robin Lee, and her first album for Atlantic Records. The album's title track is a cover of Alannah Myles' Number One single from 1989... |
Robin Lee Robin Lee (singer) Robin Lee Irwin is an American country music artist, known professionally as Robin Lee or Robin Lee Bruce. After several years on an independent label, Lee broke through on the country music scene in 1990 with her cover of Alannah Myles' Number One pop single "Black Velvet"... |
Atlantic |
| 8 | A Collection of Hits A Collection of Hits - Chart performance :... |
Kathy Mattea Kathy Mattea Kathleen Alice "Kathy" Mattea is an American country music and bluegrass performer who often brings folk, Celtic and traditional country sounds to her music. Active since 1983 as a recording artist, she has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
| 3 | Country Club Country Club (album) Country Club is the American artist Travis Tritt's debut album, released on Warner Bros. Records in February 1990. The tracks "Country Club", "I'm Gonna Be Somebody", "Help Me Hold On", "Drift Off to Dream", and "Put Some Drive in Your Country" were released as singles... |
Travis Tritt Travis Tritt James Travis Tritt is an American country music singer from Marietta, Georgia. He signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1989, releasing seven studio albums and a greatest hits package for the label between then and 1999. In the 2000s, he released two albums on Columbia Records and one for the defunct... |
Warner Bros. |
| 25 | Cowboy Songs Cowboy Songs (Michael Martin Murphey album) Cowboy Songs is Michael Martin Murphey's sixteenth album. This is Murphey's first album of cowboy music and is considered one of the better modern collections.-Track listings:# "Cowboy Logic... |
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. |
| 12 | Doug Stone Doug Stone (album) Doug Stone is the debut album of American country music singer Doug Stone, released in 1990. It features the singles "I'd Be Better Off ", "Fourteen Minutes Old", "In a Different Light", and "These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye", all of which charted in the Top Ten on the Billboard country... |
Doug Stone | Epic |
| 24 | Duets Duets (Emmylou Harris album) Duets is a compilation of duets by country music artist Emmylou Harris in partnership with other well-known country and rock artists. Most of the twelve tracks on the album originally appeared as singles or on albums released by her singing partners... |
Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including... |
Warner Bros. |
| 9 | The Eagle The Eagle (album) The Eagle is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on Epic Records in 1990. It was the first of his two solo albums on the label, which he joined after a two-year stay at MCA. The selections themselves are a mixture of fast-paced songs and slower ballads. "Wrong", a humorous track about a... |
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... |
Epic |
| 11 | Extra Mile Extra Mile (album) Extra Mile is the third studio album by the American country music band Shenandoah. It was released May 2, 1990 on Columbia Records. Their final album for the label, it produced five chart singles on the Billboard country charts... |
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... |
Columbia |
| 6 | Fast Movin' Train Fast Movin' Train Fast Movin' Train is the fourth studio album by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released by RCA Records in 1990. The title track, "Dancy's Dream," "When Somebody Loves You" and "Long Lost Friend" were released as singles... |
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 Nashville |
| 5 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Keith Whitley album) Greatest Hits is country music artist Keith Whitley's first greatest hits album, released a year after his death. It was released in 1990 by RCA Records. It peaked at #5 on the Top Country Albums chart, and was certified platinum by the RIAA. One single was released from it: "'Til a Tear Becomes a... |
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 Nashville |
| 4 | Here in the Real World Here in the Real World -Track listing:# "Ace of Hearts" – 3:06# "Here in the Real World" – 3:38# "Blue Blooded Woman" – 2:14# "Wanted" – 2:59... |
Alan Jackson Alan Jackson Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista... |
Arista Nashville |
| 1 | Heroes & Friends Heroes & Friends Heroes & Friends is the title of an album released in 1990 by American country music artist Randy Travis. Except for the title track , every song on this album is a duet with another recording artist... |
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. |
| 4 | Highwayman 2 Highwayman 2 Highwayman 2 is an album by American country supergroup The Highwaymen. This album was released in 1990 on the Columbia Records label.-Track listing:# "Silver Stallion" – 3:12... |
The Highwaymen The Highwaymen (country supergroup) The Highwaymen were an American supergroup comprising four country music artists well known for, among other things, their involvement and pioneering influence on the outlaw country subgenre: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson... |
Columbia |
| 19 | I Fell in Love I Fell in Love I Fell in Love is a studio album, released in 1990 by Carlene Carter. This is also her highest ranking Billboard album of her career, at #19 on the US Country charts. Four singles from the album also charted, with the title song "I Fell in Love," and "Come on Back" both reaching #3 as singles... |
Carlene Carter Carlene Carter Carlene Carter is an American country singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter and her first husband, Carl Smith.... |
Reprise |
| 21 | I Watched It on the Radio I Watched It on the Radio I Watched It on the Radio was the second album released by country music artist Lionel Cartwright. Singles released from this album and their performance on the Hot Country Songs chart included, "I Watched It All " , "My Heart Is Set on You" , and "Say It's Not True"... |
Lionel Cartwright Lionel Cartwright Lionel Cartwright is an American country music artist. Between 1988 and 1992, Cartwright charted twelve singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, including a Number One single in 1991's "Leap of Faith"... |
MCA Nashville |
| 7 | If There Was a Way If There Was a Way If There Was a Way is the fourth album by Dwight Yoakam. Five of its tracks would rise into the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1991 and 1992. They were "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" at No. 11, "You're the One" at No. 5, "Nothing's Changed Here" at No. 15, "It Only... |
Dwight Yoakam Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music... |
Reprise |
| 23 | Interiors Interiors (Rosanne Cash album) Not particularly country-sounding, the introspective Interiors was seen by a number of critics and fans as a personal catharsis for Rosanne Cash; shortly after its release, she broke up with husband and longtime producer Rodney Crowell. In a first, Cash produced the album herself, and all of the... |
Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin.... |
Columbia |
| 20 | Laredo Laredo (album) Laredo is the title of the ninth studio album released by American country music artist Steve Wariner. His last release for MCA Records, it produced three chart singles on the Billboard country charts: "The Domino Theory" at #7, "Precious Thing" at #8, and "There for Awhile" at #17. After the final... |
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 Nashville |
| 1 | Livin' It Up | 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 Nashville |
| 2 | Lone Wolf | Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr. Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country... |
Curb/Warner Bros. |
| 5 | Love Can Build a Bridge Love Can Build a Bridge (album) Love Can Build a Bridge is the title of a studio album released by RCA Records in 1990 by US mother-daughter country duo The Judds. It features the singles "Born to Be Blue," the title track and "One Hundred and Two"... |
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... |
RCA/Curb |
| 5 | Love in a Small Town Love in a Small Town Love in a Small Town is the third studio album by American country music artist K. T. Oslin. It was released by RCA Records in 1990. "Two Hearts," "Come Next Monday," "Mary and Willie," "You Call Everybody Darling" and "Cornell Crawford" 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 Nashville |
| 21 | Love Is Strange Love Is Strange (album) Love Is Strange is a 1990 album by country music superstar Kenny Rogers.- Track listing :# Love Is Strange [Duet with Dolly Parton] [3:27]# Soldier of Love [2:50]... |
Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur... |
Reprise |
| 1 | No Fences No Fences No Fences is the second studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 27, 1990 and reached #3 on the Billboard 200, and #1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart... |
Garth Brooks Garth Brooks Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart... |
Capitol Nashville |
| 13 | On Arrival On Arrival On Arrival is the eighth studio album released by country music artist Dan Seals. The album reached #13 on the Top Country Albums chart. "Love on Arrival" and "Good Times" were the first two singles which both reached #1 while the last two singles, "Bordertown" and "Water Under the Bridge" only... |
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 Nashville |
| 12 | On Down the Line On Down the Line On Down the Line is the fourth album released by country music artist Patty Loveless. Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee during December 1989/January 1990, it was the follow-up to her breakthrough album, 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 Nashville |
| 24 | Out of the Shadows Out of the Shadows (album) Out of the Shadows is the eighth studio album by Billy Joe Royal, which was released in 1990.The album landed on the Country Albums chart, reaching #24 in 1990.- Track listing :# "Searchin' for Some Kind of Clue"# "Before the Night Is Over"... |
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... |
Atlantic |
| 17 | Pages of Life Pages of Life Pages of Life is the third studio album by American country music group The Desert Rose Band. It was released January 16, 1990 via MCA/Curb... |
Desert Rose Band Desert Rose Band The Desert Rose Band is a US country music band from California founded by Chris Hillman along with Herb Pedersen and John Jorgenson in 1985. Rounding out the original lineup were Bill Bryson on bass guitar, Jay Dee Maness on pedal steel guitar, and Steve Duncan on drums... |
Curb/MCA Nashville |
| 3 | Pass It on Down Pass It on Down (Alabama album) Pass It on Down is the tenth studio album from American country music band Alabama. It was released in 1990. Singles released from the album were the title track, "Here We Are", "Down Home", "Forever's as Far as I'll Go" and "Jukebox in My Mind".... |
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 Nashville |
| 12 | Pirates of the Mississippi Pirates of the Mississippi (album) Pirates of the Mississippi is the self-titled debut album of the American country music band Pirates of the Mississippi. It was released in 1990 on Capitol Records Nashville and contains four singles: "Honky Tonk Blues" , "Rollin' Home", "Feed Jake", and "Speak of the Devil"... |
Pirates of the Mississippi Pirates of the Mississippi Pirates of the Mississippi was an American country music group. It was founded in 1987 by Rich Alves , Bill McCorvey Jimmy Lowe , Pat Severs , and Dean Townson... |
Capitol Nashville |
| 1 | Put Yourself in My Shoes Put Yourself in My Shoes Put Yourself in My Shoes is a 1990 album by American country music singer-songwriter Clint Black. All four singles from the album produced huge hits for Black on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts: "Loving Blind" and "Where Are You Now" both at Number One; the title track at #4; and... |
Clint Black Clint Black Clint Patrick Black is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country... |
RCA Nashville |
| 2 | Rumor Has It Rumor Has It (Reba McEntire album) Rumor Has It is the seventeenth album by Reba McEntire, released in 1990. The album continued her streak of late-80s success. The album features one of her signature songs, "Fancy". CMT ranked "Fancy" at No. 26 on its list of the 100 Greatest Country Songs. Additionally, they ranked the video at... |
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 Nashville |
| 1 | RVS III RVS III RVS III is the third album by Country Music artist by Ricky Van Shelton. The Singles released from the album were "Statue of a Fool" , "I've Cried My Last Tear for You", "I Meant Every Word He Said" , and "Life's Little Ups and Downs" . The album was certified platinum by the RIAA on April 8,... |
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 |
| 11 | Shooting Straight in the Dark Shooting Straight in the Dark Shooting Straight in the Dark is Mary Chapin Carpenter's third studio album. It was a #11 Country Album on the Billboard Country Albums chart. Four of its tracks became Billboard Hot Country Songs hits: "You Win Again" at #16, "Right Now" at #15, "Down at the Twist and Shout" at #2, and "Going Out... |
Mary Chapin Carpenter Mary Chapin Carpenter Mary Chapin Carpenter is an American folk and country music artist. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer... |
Columbia |
| 18 | Tennessee Woman Tennessee Woman Tennessee Woman is an album, released in 1990, by American country singer Tanya Tucker. Three singles from Tennessee Woman made the Billboard Top Ten Country singles charts: "Walking Shoes" at #3, and "It Won't Be Me" and the duet with T. Graham Brown, "Don't Go Out" both at #6... |
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 Nashville |
| 25 | Texas Tornados Texas Tornados (album) Texas Tornados is an album by supergroup Texas Tornados, released in August, 1990, through the record label Reprise Records. In 1992, the track "Soy de San Luis", earned the band a Grammy Award for Best Mexican/Mexican-American Album.-Track listing:... |
Texas Tornados Texas Tornados Texas Tornados is a Tejano band. Its music is a fusion of rock, country and various Mexican styles.-History:The initial combination of musicians of the Texas Tornados happened almost by chance at a concert performance of a mutual acquaintance... |
Reprise |
| 23 | A Thousand Winding Roads A Thousand Winding Roads A Thousand Winding Roads is the debut album of American country music artist Joe Diffie. The album's title is derived from a line in its lead-off single "Home", which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks #now Hot Country Songs# charts in late 1990... |
Joe Diffie Joe Diffie Joe Logan Diffie is an American country music singer known for his ballads and novelty songs. Between 1990 and 2004, Diffie charted 35 cuts on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including five number one singles: his debut release "Home", "If the Devil Danced ", "Third Rock from the Sun",... |
Epic |
| 12 | Too Cold at Home Too Cold at Home Too Cold at Home is the second album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt, released in 1990 on MCA Records. Certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies, the album produced five Top Ten singles for Chesnutt on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
Mark Chesnutt Mark Chesnutt Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item... |
MCA Nashville |
| 12 | Young Man Young Man (Billy Dean album) Young Man is the debut album of American country music artist Billy Dean. Released on Capitol Records in 1991, the album produced two hit singles: "Only Here for a Little While" and "Somewhere in My Broken Heart"... |
Billy Dean Billy Dean William Harold "Billy" Dean, Jr. is an American country music singer and songwriter. Billy Dean first gained national attention after appearing on the television talent competition Star Search... |
SBK/Liberty |
Other top albums
| US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
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| 47 | Blue Jungle | 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,... |
Curb |
| 31 | Born for Trouble Born for Trouble Born for Trouble is a 1990 album by country singer Willie Nelson. It was his first release in the 1990s.- Track listing :#"Ain't Necessarily So"#" To Go to California Anymore"#"Ten With a Two"#"The Piper Came Today"#"You Decide"... |
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 |
| 45 | Brand New Dance Brand New Dance Brand New Dance was an album which Emmylou Harris released on October 16, 1990. Produced by Richard Bennett and Allan Reynolds, the album mixed a rather eclectic collection of covers, including Bruce Springsteen's "Tougher Than the Rest", and Dave Mallett's "Red, Red Rose"... |
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... |
Reprise |
| 44 | Breaking New Ground | Wild Rose Wild Rose (band) Wild Rose was an American country music band founded in 1988 by five women: Pamela Gadd , Kathy Mac , Pam Perry , Nancy Given Prout , and Wanda Vick... |
Capitol Nashville |
| 41 | Buffalo Zone Buffalo Zone Buffalo Zone is an album by the female country music duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo, released in 1990 by Columbia Records. The album's cover was an obvious homage to The Byrds' 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo, from which the duo derived their name. The album was not as successful as their first... |
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 |
| 33 | Bumper to Bumper | 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 Nashville |
| 71 | Christmas Memories | 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 Nashville |
| 54 | Come Hold Me | 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. |
| 42 | County Line | 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. |
| 35 | Crazy in Love Crazy In Love (Conway Twitty album) Crazy In Love is the first full-length album by Conway Twitty to be released in the 1990s. It was released in 1990 on MCA Records, and included a pair of top three hits, one in the title track, and the other in the song "I Couldn't See You Leavin'".... |
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 Nashville |
| 61 | Different Kind of Fire Different Kind of Fire Different Kind of Fire is the second studio album by Canadian country music group Prairie Oyster. It was released by RCA Records on April 10, 1990 and served as their debut album in the United States... |
Prairie Oyster Prairie Oyster Prairie Oyster is an award-winning Canadian country music group from Ontario. They were named Country Group or Duo of the year six times by both the Canadian Country Music Association and the Juno Awards. The band also won the Bud Country Fans' Choice Award from the CCMA in 1994... |
RCA Nashville |
| 63 | Down That River Road | 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/PolyGram |
| 27 | Greatest Hits | 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. |
| 26 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Sawyer Brown album) Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits compilation to be released by American country music band Sawyer Brown. It was released in 1990 on Capitol Records, and it features nine singles from the band's first six albums, as well as the track "When Love Comes Callin'", which was released as a... |
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 |
| 35 | Greatest Hits Volume II | 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 Nashville |
| 54 | Greatest Hits, Vol. III | 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 Nashville |
| 57 | Hardin County Line Hardin County Line "Hardin County Line" is the first full-length recorded by country music singer-songwriter Mark Collie. It featured 3 singles, one of which, "Looks Aren't Everything", hit the top 40. The other two, the title track and "Something With A Ring To It" failed to chart... |
Mark Collie Mark Collie George Mark Collie is an American country music artist and occasional actor. He has released eight albums, and has charted 16 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His highest peaking singles are "Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'" at #5, and "Born to Love You" at #6, from 1992 and... |
MCA Nashville |
| 45 | Have a Little Faith | 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... |
RCA Nashville |
| 47 | Heart Full of Love Heart Full of Love Heart Full of Love is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Holly Dunn. It includes the singles "You Really Had Me Going" and "Heart Full of Love," which respectively reached #1 and #19 on the Hot Country Songs charts... |
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... |
Warner Bros. |
| 64 | Heart Over Mind | Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists.... |
Epic |
| 69 | Holdin' a Good Hand | 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.... |
Capitol Nashville |
| 74 | Home for Christmas Home for Christmas (Dolly Parton album) Home for Christmas is the second holiday album by singer/songwriter Dolly Parton. Unlike her 1984 duet holiday album Once Upon a Christmas with Kenny Rogers, which included a number of original songs, Home for Christmas relied heavily on classic holiday favorites. Its release was accompanied by an... |
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... |
Columbia |
| 69 | How 'bout Us | Girls Next Door Girls Next Door (band) Girls Next Door is an American country music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1982 and disbanded in 1991. The group consisted of Doris King, Cindy Nixon, Diane Williams, and Tammy Stephens. They were previously known as Belle and Wildflower. Girls Next Door recorded two albums for MTM... |
Atlantic |
| 63 | Imagine That | 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 |
| 34 | Jersey Boy Jersey Boy Jersey Boy was the twelfth studio album of Country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. It was released in 1990 under the Capitol Records label. The album produced five singles including "On Second Thought", the final number one country hit of Rabbitt's career, and "American Boy", which became a popular... |
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... |
Capitol Nashville |
| 73 | Keepin' Me Up Nights | 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... |
Arista Nashville |
| 69 | Kevin Welch | Kevin Welch Kevin Welch Kevin Welch is an American country music artist. He has charted five singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and released eight studio albums... |
Reprise |
| 26 | Lacy J. | Lacy J. Dalton Lacy J. Dalton Lacy J. Dalton , is an American country and western singer and songwriter, known for her gritty, powerful vocals, which a number of critics likened to a country equivalent to Bonnie Raitt . She had a number of hits in the 1980s, including "Takin' It Easy," "Crazy Blue Eyes" and "16th Avenue." ... |
Capitol Nashville |
| 35 | The Lights of Home The Lights of Home The Lights of Home is the third album by country music group Baillie & the Boys. It rose to the #35 position in the Billboard Country Albums chart in 1990... |
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... |
RCA Nashville |
| 57 | Live at Liberty Lunch | Joe Ely Joe Ely Joe Ely is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas Country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll.... |
MCA Nashville |
| 43 | Lying to the Moon Lying to the Moon Lying to the Moon is the debut album of American country music singer Matraca Berg. It was released in 1990 via RCA Records Nashville. The album accounted for the singles "Baby, Walk On," "The Things You Left Undone," "I Got It Bad" and "I Must Have Been Crazy." Berg co-wrote all ten of the... |
Matraca Berg Matraca Berg Matraca Maria Berg is an American country music singer and songwriter. She has released five albums: three for RCA Records, one for Rising Tide Records and one for Dualtone Records, and has charted in the top 40 of the U.S. Billboard country charts with "Baby, Walk On" and "The Things You Left... |
RCA Nashville |
| 49 | Marsha Thornton | Marsha Thornton Marsha Thornton Marsha Thornton is a female country music singer. Between 1990 and 2003, she released three studio albums, with her first two released on MCA Records; she has also issued four singles on the Hot Country Songs charts... |
MCA Nashville |
| 75 | Missing You | The Marcy Brothers The Marcy Brothers The Marcy Brothers was an American country music trio formed in Oroville, California in 1988 and disbanded in 1991. The trio consisted of three brothers: Kevin, Kris, and Kendal Marcy. They released two albums for divisions of Warner Music Group and charted six singles on the Billboard country charts... |
Warner Bros. |
| 31 | Music, Memories and You | The Statler Brothers | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 27 | Neck and Neck Neck and Neck Neck and Neck is a 1990 collaborative album by Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler released by Columbia Records. "Poor Boy Blues" was released as a single and won the 1991 Grammy for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. "So Soft Your Goodbye" won the Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance... |
Chet Atkins Chet Atkins Chester 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... & Mark Knopfler Mark Knopfler Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977... |
Columbia |
| 72 | No Nonsense No Nonsense (album) No Nonsense is the twenty third studio album by American country artist Barbara Mandrell. The album was released on August 21, 1990 on Capitol Records and was produced by Jimmy Bowen... |
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 Nashville |
| 71 | Reality Check | The Bellamy Brothers | Curb/MCA Nashville |
| 53 | The Rest of the Dream The Rest of the Dream The Rest Of The Dream is the 1990 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 53 on the US Country charts. Two singles from the album were top 100... |
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... |
MCA Nashville |
| 63 | Simple Life | Mac McAnally Mac McAnally Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts... |
Warner Bros. |
| 42 | Still Standing | 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... |
Arista Nashville |
| 72 | Stone by Stone | Tim Mensy Tim Mensy Timmie Menzies is an American country music artist known as Tim Mensy. Initially, he was a member of the band Bandana, in which he charted several singles on the Hot Country Songs charts in the 1980s... |
Columbia |
| 46 | Tell Me Why Tell Me Why (Jann Browne album) Tell Me Why is the début album by country music artist Jann Browne. Three singles from the album rose to positions on the Billboard Country Singles charts: "You Ain't Down Home" at #19, "Tell Me Why" at #18, and "Louisville" at #75. Also featured on the album is a cover of The Davis Sisters' "I... |
Jann Browne Jann Browne Jann Browne is an American country singer. Before her solo career, she was a vocalist with the Western swing group Asleep at the Wheel. She has recorded four studio albums, and has charted three singles on the Hot Country Songs charts. Her highest single is 1990's "Tell Me Why" at... |
Curb |
| 62 | Tim Ryan | Tim Ryan Tim Ryan (country musician) Tim Ryan Rouillier is an American country music artist, known professionally as Tim Ryan. Between 1990 and 1997, Ryan released four major-label studio albums. He also charted six singles on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart... |
Epic |
| 31 | Tough All Over | Shelby Lynne Shelby Lynne Shelby Lynne is an American singer, songwriter and actress. The success of the 1999 album I Am Shelby Lynne led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, even though she had been active in the music industry for some time... |
Epic |
| 56 | True Love | 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,... |
RCA Nashville |
| 40 | Version of the Truth Version of the Truth Version of the Truth is the title of the third and final album released the American country music duo Foster & Lloyd. Despite it charting higher than their previous album, Faster & Llouder , Its singles were less successful... |
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... |
RCA Nashville |
| 64 | Well Travelled Love Well Travelled Love Well Traveled Love is the debut album of American singer Kelly Willis. It was released in 1990 via MCA Records and produced by Tony Brown. "I Don't Want to Love You", "River of Love" and "Looking for Someone Like You" were all released as singles from it... |
Kelly Willis Kelly Willis Kelly Willis is an American country music singer-songwriter, whose music has been described as contemporary country, alternative country and new traditionalist.-Early life:... |
MCA Nashville |
| 51 | What a Way to Go | Ray Kennedy Ray Kennedy (country singer) Ray Kennedy is an American country music artist. He has recorded three studio albums: one on Columbia Records and two on Atlantic Records... |
Atlantic |
| 65 | When the Night Falls | Black Tie Black Tie (band) Black Tie was an American country rock supergroup composed of Jimmy Griffin, Randy Meisner and Billy Swan. The group's first album, When the Night Falls, was released in December 1990 by Bench Records... |
Bench |
| 66 | Wood, Wind and Stone | 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... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
| 35 | You Oughta Be Here with Me You Oughta Be Here with Me You Oughta Be Here with Me is an album by American country music singer George Jones. This album was released in 1990 on Epic Records. It includes the singles "Hell Stays Open " and "Six Foot Deep, Six Foot Down", neither of which charted... |
George Jones George Jones George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette.... |
Epic |
| 47 | You Will You Will (album) You Will is a studio album by Anne Murray issued in 1990. The album peaked at number 47 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:#"Hold Me "#"New Way Out"#"Bluebird"#"Wrong End of the Rainbow"... |
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 |
Deaths
- April 26 - Wesley RoseWesley RoseWesley Rose was an American music industry executive and record producer.The son of songwriter Fred Rose, he was born in Chicago, Illinois, and studied to become a Chartered Accountant...
, 72, president of Acuff-Rose MusicAcuff-Rose MusicAcuff-Rose Music was an American music publishing firm formed by Roy Acuff and Fred Rose in Nashville, Tennessee. Acuff-Rose's honest behavior towards their writers set them apart from other music publishing firms at the time and lead them to fame throughout the 50's, 60's, 70's.-History:Acuff-Rose...
publishing. - August 15 — Lew DeWittLew DeWittLewis Calvin "Lew" DeWitt was an American country music singer and composer.For most of his career DeWitt sang tenor for The Statler Brothers...
, 52, tenor and founding member of the Statler BrothersStatler BrothersThe Statler Brothers were an American country music vocal group founded in 1955 in Staunton, Virginia.Originally performing gospel music at local churches, the group billed themselves as The Four Star Quartet, and later The Kingsmen...
(complications from Crohn's diseaseCrohn's diseaseCrohn's disease, also known as regional enteritis, is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that may affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, causing a wide variety of symptoms...
)
Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Where've You Been," 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...
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "When I Call Your Name," Vince GillVince GillVincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — Pickin' on NashvillePickin' on Nashville-Personnel:*Greg Martin - electric guitar, slide guitar*Doug Phelps - background vocals, bass guitar*Ricky Lee Phelps - lead vocals*Richard Ripani - organ on "Rock & Roll Angel" and "Oh Lonesome Me"*Fred Young - drums, percussion*Richard Young - rhythm guitar...
, The Kentucky HeadhuntersThe Kentucky HeadhuntersThe Kentucky Headhunters are an American country rock band. They were founded in 1968 as Itchy Brother, which comprised brothers Richard Young and Fred Young along with Greg Martin and Anthony Kenney... - Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Poor Boy Blues," 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...
and Mark KnopflerMark KnopflerMark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977... - Best Country Instrumental Performance — "So Soft, Your Goodbye," Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
- Best Country Song — "Where've You Been," Don Henry and Jon Vesner
- Best Bluegrass Recording — "I've Got That Old Feeling," Alison KraussAlison KraussAlison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...
Juno Awards
- Country Male Vocalist of the Year — George FoxGeorge 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...
- Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Rita MacNeilRita MacNeilRita MacNeil, CM, ONS is a Canadian country and folk singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she has had hits on the country...
- Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie OysterPrairie OysterPrairie Oyster is an award-winning Canadian country music group from Ontario. They were named Country Group or Duo of the year six times by both the Canadian Country Music Association and the Juno Awards. The band also won the Bud Country Fans' Choice Award from the CCMA in 1994...
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer of the Year — Garth BrooksGarth BrooksTroyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...
- Song of the Year — "The DanceThe Dance (Garth Brooks song)"The Dance" is a song recorded by country singer Garth Brooks. The song, written by Brooks' friend, Tony Arata, was a key track on his self-titled debut album Garth Brooks and a #1 chart hit...
," Tony Arata (Performer: Garth Brooks) - Single of the Year — "Friends in Low PlacesFriends in Low Places"Friends in Low Places" is a song released by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was the first single from his second album, No Fences. The song spent four weeks at #1 on the U.S...
," Garth Brooks - Album of the Year — No FencesNo FencesNo Fences is the second studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 27, 1990 and reached #3 on the Billboard 200, and #1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart...
, Garth Brooks - Top Male Vocalist — Garth Brooks
- Top Female Vocalist — Reba McEntireReba McEntireReba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
- Top Vocal Duo — The 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 — ShenandoahShenandoah (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...
- Top New Male Vocalist — Alan JacksonAlan JacksonAlan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista...
- Top New Female Vocalist — Shelby LynneShelby LynneShelby Lynne is an American singer, songwriter and actress. The success of the 1999 album I Am Shelby Lynne led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, even though she had been active in the music industry for some time...
- Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Pirates of the MississippiPirates of the MississippiPirates of the Mississippi was an American country music group. It was founded in 1987 by Rich Alves , Bill McCorvey Jimmy Lowe , Pat Severs , and Dean Townson...
- Video of the Year — "The Dance," Garth Brooks (Director: John Lloyd Miller)
Canadian Country Music Association
- Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — 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 — George FoxGeorge 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...
- Female Artist of the Year — Michelle WrightMichelle WrightMichelle Wright is a Canadian country music artist. She is one of the country's most widely recognized and awarded female country singers of the 1990s, winning the Canadian Country Music Association's Fans' Choice Award twice...
- Group of the Year — Prairie OysterPrairie OysterPrairie Oyster is an award-winning Canadian country music group from Ontario. They were named Country Group or Duo of the year six times by both the Canadian Country Music Association and the Juno Awards. The band also won the Bud Country Fans' Choice Award from the CCMA in 1994...
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Pioneers," Barry BrownBarry Brown (Canadian musician)Barry Brown is a Canadian country music artist and songwriter. Brown, a former member of Family Brown and Prescott-Brown. Both bands included his sister, singer Tracey Brown.-Biography:...
- Single of the Year — "Goodbye, So Long, Hello," Prairie Oyster
- Album of the Year — Absolute Torch and TwangAbsolute Torch and TwangAbsolute Torch and Twang is the third album by k.d. lang and the Reclines, released in 1989.-Track listing:#"Luck in My Eyes" – 4:10#"Three Days" – 3:17#"Trail of Broken Hearts" – 3:24...
, k.d. lang - Top Selling Album — Rita, Rita MacNeilRita MacNeilRita MacNeil, CM, ONS is a Canadian country and folk singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she has had hits on the country...
- Video of the Year — "Pioneers," 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...
- Vista Rising Star Award — Patricia ConroyPatricia ConroyPatricia Conroy is a Canadian country music singer. In her career, she has released five studio albums and a one compilation album. Several of her singles have charted on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart, most notably her number one hits "Somebody's Leavin'" and "What Else Can I Do" from 1994...
- Duo of the Year — Gary FjellgaardGary FjellgaardGary Fjellgaard is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Fjellgaard has released fifteen albums and charted thirty-five songs on the RPM Country Tracks chart between 1977 and 1996, including the Top 10 singles "Walk in the Rain Tonight" , "The Moon Is Out to Get Me" , "Cowboy in Your...
and Linda Kidder
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — 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...
- Song of the Year — "Where've You Been," Don Henry and Jon Vezner (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 — "When I Call Your Name," Vince GillVince GillVincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
- Album of the Year — Pickin' on NashvillePickin' on Nashville-Personnel:*Greg Martin - electric guitar, slide guitar*Doug Phelps - background vocals, bass guitar*Ricky Lee Phelps - lead vocals*Richard Ripani - organ on "Rock & Roll Angel" and "Oh Lonesome Me"*Fred Young - drums, percussion*Richard Young - rhythm guitar...
, The Kentucky HeadhuntersThe Kentucky HeadhuntersThe Kentucky Headhunters are an American country rock band. They were founded in 1968 as Itchy Brother, which comprised brothers Richard Young and Fred Young along with Greg Martin and Anthony Kenney... - Male Vocalist of the Year — Clint BlackClint BlackClint Patrick Black is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country...
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Kathy Mattea
- 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 — The Kentucky Headhunters
- Horizon Award — Garth BrooksGarth BrooksTroyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...
- Music Video of the Year — "The DanceThe Dance (Garth Brooks song)"The Dance" is a song recorded by country singer Garth Brooks. The song, written by Brooks' friend, Tony Arata, was a key track on his self-titled debut album Garth Brooks and a #1 chart hit...
," Garth Brooks (Director: John Lloyd Miller) - Vocal Event of the Year — "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose," Lorrie MorganLorrie MorganIn 1996 Morgan married Jon Randall, a singer/songwriter now credited with writing the 2004 Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss hit "Whiskey Lullaby"; they divorced three years later in 1999....
and Keith WhitleyKeith WhitleyJackie 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... - Musician of the Year — Johnny Gimble
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.