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EVENTS

TOP HITS OF THE YEAR

Number one hits

''(As certified by Billboard Magazine )''

January 8 - "Can't Even Get the Blues" - Reba McEntire

January 15 - "Going Where the Lonely Go" - Merle Haggard

January 22 - "(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date" - Emmylou Harris

January 29 - "Talk to Me" - Mickey Gilley

February 5 - "Inside" - Ronnie Milsap

February 12 - "'Til I Gain Control Again" - Crystal Gayle

February 19 - "Fakin' Love" - T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks

February 26 - "Why Baby Why" - Charley Pride

March 5 - "If Hollywood Don't Need You" - Don Williams

March 12 - "The Rose" - Conway Twitty

March 19 - "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" - Ricky Skaggs

March 26 - "Swingin'" - John Anderson

April 2 - "When I'm Away From You" - Bellamy Brothers

April 9 - "We've Got Tonight" - Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton

April 16 - "Dixieland Delight" - Alabama

April 23 - "American Made" - Oak Ridge Boys

April 30 - "You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving" - Reba McEntire

May 7 - "Jose Cuervo" - Shelly West

May 14 - "Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love" - B.J. Thomas

May 21 - "Common Man" - John Conlee

May 28 - "You Take Me for Granted" - Merle Haggard

June 4 - "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)" - Waylon Jennings

June 11 - "Our Love is on the Faultline" - Crystal Gayle

June 18 - "You Can't Run From Love" - Eddie Rabbitt

June 25 - "Fool For Your Love" - Mickey Gilley

July 2 - "Love is on a Roll" - Don Williams

July 9 - "Highway 40 Blues" - Ricky Skaggs

July 16 - "The Closer You Get" - Alabama

July 23 - "Pancho and Lefty" - Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard

July 30 - "I Always Get Lucky With You" - George Jones

August 6 - "Your Love's on the Line" - Earl Thomas Conley

August 13 - "He's a Heartache (Looking For a Place to Happen)" - Janie Fricke

August 20 - "Love Song" - Oak Ridge Boys

August 27 - "You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation" - Ronnie McDowell

September 3 - "A Fire I Can't Put Out" - George Strait

September 10 - "I'm Only in it For the Love" - John Conlee

September 17 - "Night Games" - Charley Pride

September 24 - "Baby What About You" - Crystal Gayle

October 1 - "New Looks From an Old Lover" - B.J. Thomas

October 8 - "Don't You Know How Much I Love You" - Ronnie Milsap

October 15 - "Paradise Tonight" - Charly McClain and Mickey Gilley

October 22 - "Lady Down on Love" - Alabama

October 29 - "Islands in the Stream" - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

November 12 - "Somebody's Gonna Love You" - Lee Greenwood

November 19 - "One of a Kind, Pair of Fools" - Barbara Mandrell

November 26 - "Holding Her and Loving You" - Earl Thomas Conley

December 3 - "A Little Good News" - Anne Murray

December 10 - "Tell Me a Lie" - Janie Fricke

December 17 - "Black Sheep" - John Anderson

December 24 - "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You)" - Larry Gatlin And The Gatlin Brothers

Other major hits

"Amarillo By Morning" – George Strait

"Baby I Lied" - Deborah Allen

"Don't Count the Rainy Days" - Michael Martin Murphey

"Everything's Beautiful in its Own Way" – Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson

"Flight 309 to Tennessee" – Shelly West

"Foolin'" – Johnny Rodriguez

"Going Downhill" - John Anderson

"Hard Candy Christmas" - Dolly Parton

"Hey Bartender" – Johnny Lee

"How Could I Love Her So Much" – Johnny Rodriguez

"I.O.U." – Lee Greenwood

"I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)" – Earl Thomas Conley

"I Love Her Mind" – Bellamy Brothers

"Leave Them Boys Alone" - Hank Williams Jr. (with guests Ernest Tubb and Waylon Jennings )

"Lost in the Feeling" - Conway Twitty

"Love Affairs" - Michael Martin Murphey

"The Love She Found in Me" - Gary Morris

"Midnight Fire" – Steve Wariner

"Nobody But You" – Don Williams

"Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)" – Statler Brothers

"The Ride" – David Allen Coe

"Save Me" - Louise Mandrell

"Scarlet Fever" – Kenny Rogers

"Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love On Me)" – George Jones

"Snapshot" – Sylvia

"Stranger in My House" – Ronnie Milsap

"Tennessee Whiskey" – George Jones

"Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More)" - Tom Jones

"Velvet Chains" - Gary Morris

"Way Down Deep" - Vern Gosdin

"What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" – Merle Haggard

"What She Don't Know Won't Hurt Her" – Gene Watson

"Why Do We Want What We Know We Can't Have" - Reba McEntire

"The Wind Beneath My Wings" – Gary Morris

"You Don't Know Love" - Janie Fricke

"You Put the Beat in My Heart" - Eddie Rabbitt

"You've Got a Lover" – Ricky Skaggs

"Your Love Shines Through" - Mickey Gilley

TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES

''American Made'' – Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)

''Burlap & Satin'' - Dolly Parton (RCA)

''The Closer You Get'' – Alabama (RCA)

''Don't Cheat in Our Hometown'' – Ricky Skaggs (Sugar Hill)

''Don't Make it Easy for Me'' – Earl Thomas Conley (RCA)

''Even the Strong Get Lonely'' – Tammy Wynette (Epic/Sony)

''Eyes That See In The Dark'' – Kenny Rogers (RCA)

''Heart to Heart'' – Merle Haggard (Epic/CBS)

''A Little Good News'' – Anne Murray (Capitol)

''Keyed Up'' – Ronnie Milsap (RCA)

''Lost in the Feeling'' – Conway Twitty (Warner Bros.)

''Pancho & Lefty'' – Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson (Epic/CBS)

''Right or Wrong'' - George Strait (MCA)

''Shine On'' – George Jones (Epic/CBS)

''Take it to the Limit'' - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson (RCA)

''That's the Way Love Goes'' - Merle Haggard (Epic/CBS)

''Tougher Than Leather'' – Willie Nelson (Columbia/CBS)

''Waylon and Company'' - Waylon Jennings (RCA)

''We've Got Tonight'' – Kenny Rogers (Liberty)

''Without a Song'' – Willie Nelson (Columbia/Sony)

BIRTHS

March 10 – Carrie Underwood , 2005 " American Idol " winner, boosting her career.

November 10 – Miranda Lambert , hot new country singer-songwriter and former " Nashville Star " contestant.

December 29 – Jessica Andrews , popular teen singer of the early 2000s.

DEATHS

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Little Jimmy Dickens (born 1920 )

MAJOR AWARDS

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year -- Alabama

Song Of The Year -- "The Wind Beneath My Wings" - Gary Morris - Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar

Single Of The Year -- "Islands In The Stream" - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

Album Of The Year -- The Closer You Get - Alabama

Top Male Vocalist -- Lee Greenwood

Top Female Vocalist -- Janie Fricke

Top Vocal Duo -- Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers

Top Vocal Group -- Alabama

Top New Male Vocalist -- Jim Glaser

Top New Female Vocalist -- Gus Hardin

Country Music Association

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.

OTHER LINKS

Country Music Association

Inductees Of The Country Music Hall Of Fame

EXTERNAL LINKS

Country Music Hall of Fame