1981 In Country Music

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'' The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Country Music '', an eight-volume, 143-track collection, is released. The box set is considered one of the first important retrospectives of the genre and contains extensive liner notes, depicting the importance of each song or artist included.

TOP HITS OF THE YEAR

Number one hits

''(As certified by Billboard Magazine )''

January 10 – "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" – Merle Haggard

January 17 – "I Love a Rainy Night" – Eddie Rabbitt

January 24 – "9 to 5" – Dolly Parton

January 31 – "I Feel Like Loving You Again" – T.G. Sheppard

February 7 – "I Keep Coming Back" – Razzy Bailey

February 14 – "Who's Cheatin' Who" – Charly McClain

February 21 – "Southern Rains" – Mel Tillis

February 28 – "Are You Happy Baby" – Dottie West

March 7 – "Do You Love as Good as You Look" – Bellamy Brothers

March 14 – "Guitar Man" – Elvis Presley

March 21 – "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" – Willie Nelson

March 28 – "Texas Women" – Hank Williams Jr.

April 4 – "Drifter" – Sylvia

April 11 – "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" – David Frizzell and Shelly West

April 18 – "Old Flame" – Alabama

April 25 – "A Headache Tomorrow (or a Heartache Tonight)" – Mickey Gilley

May 2 – "Rest Your Love on Me" – Conway Twitty

May 9 – "Am I Losing You" – Ronnie Milsap

May 16 – "I Loved 'Em Every One" – T.G. Sheppard

May 23 – "Seven Year Ache" – Rosanne Cash

May 30 – "Elvira" – Oak Ridge Boys

June 6 – "Friends" – Razzy Bailey

June 13 – "What Are We Doin' in Love" – Dottie West and Kenny Rogers

June 20 – "But You Know I Love You" – Dolly Parton

June 27 – "Blessed Are the Believers" – Anne Murray

July 4 – "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" – Barbara Mandrell (with special guest George Jones )

July 11 – "Fire and Smoke" – Earl Thomas Conley

July 18 – "Feels So Right" – Alabama

August 1 – "Dixie on My Mind" – Hank Williams Jr.

August 8 – "Too Many Lovers" – Crystal Gayle

August 15 – "I Don't Need You" – Kenny Rogers

August 29 – "(There's) No Getting Over Me" – Ronnie Milsap

September 12 – "Older Women" – Ronnie McDowell

September 19 – "You Don't Know Me" – Mickey Gilley

September 26 – "Tight Fittin' Jeans" – Conway Twitty

October 3 – "Midnight Hauler" – Razzy Bailey

October 10 – "Party Time" – T.G. Sheppard

October 17 – "Step by Step" – Eddie Rabbitt

October 24 – "Never Been So Loved (In All My Life)" – Charley Pride

November 7 – "Fancy Free" – Oak Ridge Boys

November 14 – "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" – Rosanne Cash

November 21 – "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" – Hank Williams Jr.

November 28 – "My Favorite Memory" – Merle Haggard

December 5 – "Bet Your Heart on Me" – Johnny Lee

December 12 – "Still Doin' Time" – George Jones

December 19 – "All Roads Lead to You" – Steve Wariner

December 26 – "Love in the First Degree" – Alabama

Other major hits

"The Baron" -- Johnny Cash

"Beautiful You" -- Oak Ridge Boys

"By Now" -- Steve Wariner

"Can I See You Tonight" -- Tanya Tucker

"Chicken Truck" -- John Anderson

"Don't Get Above Your Raisin'" -- Ricky Skaggs

"Don't Wait on Me" -- Statler Brothers

"Down and Out" -- George Strait

"Dream of Me" -- Vern Gosdin

"Falling Again" -- Don Williams

"Fool By Your Side" -- Dave & Sugar

"Hey Moe, Hey Joe" -- Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley

"Hooked on Music" -- Mac Davis

"Hurricane" -- Leon Everette

"I Don't Think Love Ought to Be That Way" -- Reba McEntire

"I Need Someone to Hold Me When I Cry" -- Janie Fricke

"I Still Believe in Waltzes" -- Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn

"I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal" -- John Anderson

"It Don't Hurt Me Half as Bad" -- Ray Price

"It's Now or Never" -- John Schneider

"Leonard" -- Merle Haggard

"Louisiana Saturday Night" -- Mel McDaniel

"Lovin' Arms" -- Elvis Presley

"Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" -- Tompall And The Glaser Brothers

"Lovin' What Your Lovin' Does to Me" -- Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn

"Matador" -- Sylvia

"Miracles" -- Don Williams

"Miss Emily's Picture" -- John Conlee

"Pickin' Up Strangers" -- Johnny Lee

"Prisoner of Hope" -- Johnny Lee

"Rainbow Stew" -- Merle Haggard

"Roll On, Mississippi" -- Charley Pride

"Sleepin' With the Radio On" -- Charly McClain

"Surround Me With Love" -- Charly McClain

"The House of the Rising Sun" -- Dolly Parton

"Today All Over Again" -- Reba McEntire

"Unwound" -- George Strait

"Wandering Eyes" -- Ronnie McDowell

"You May See Me Walkin'" -- Ricky Skaggs

"Your Memory" -- Steve Wariner

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