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EVENTS

TOP HITS OF THE YEAR

Number one hits

''(As certified by Billboard Magazine )''

January 5 – "Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind" – George Strait

January 12 – "The Best Year of My Life" – Eddie Rabbitt

January 19 – "How Blue" – Reba McEntire

January 26 – "(There's a) Fire in the Night" – Alabama

February 2 – "A Place to Fall Apart" – Merle Haggard and Janie Fricke

February 9 – "Ain't She Something Else" – Conway Twitty

February 16 – "Make My Life With You" – Oak Ridge Boys

February 23 – "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" – Mel McDaniel

March 2 – "Baby Bye-Bye" – Gary Morris

March 9 – "My Only Love" – Statler Brothers

March 16 – "Crazy For Your Love" – Exile

March 23 – "Seven Spanish Angels" – Ray Charles and Willie Nelson

March 30 – "Crazy" – Kenny Rogers

April 6 – "Country Girls" – John Schneider

April 13 – "Honor Bound" – Earl Thomas Conley

April 20 – "I Need More of You" – Bellamy Brothers

April 27 – "Girls Night Out" - The Judds

May 4 – "There's No Way" – Alabama

May 11 – "Somebody Should Leave" – Reba McEntire

May 18 – "Step That Step" – Sawyer Brown

May 25 – "Radio Heart" – Charly McClain

June 1 – "Don't Call Him a Cowboy" – Conway Twitty

June 8 – "Natural High" – Merle Haggard

June 15 – "Country Boy" – Ricky Skaggs

June 22 – "Little Things" – Oak Ridge Boys

June 29 – "She Keeps the Home Fires Burning" – Ronnie Milsap

July 6 – "She's a Miracle" – Exile

July 13 – "Forgiving You Was Easy" – Willie Nelson

July 20 – "Dixie Road" – Lee Greenwood

July 27 – "Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks)" – Earl Thomas Conley

August 3 – "Forty Hour Week (For a Livin')" – Alabama

August 10 – "I'm For Love" – Hank Williams Jr.

August 17 – "Highwayman" – The Highwaymen ( Waylon Jennings , Willie Nelson , Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash )

August 24 – "Real Love" – Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers

August 31 – "Love is Alive" – The Judds

September 7 – "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" – Rosanne Cash

September 14 – "Modern Day Romance" – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

September 21 – "I Fell in Love Again Last Night" – Forester Sisters

September 28 – "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" – Ronnie Milsap

October 12 – "Meet Me in Montana" – Dan Seals and Marie Osmond

October 19 – "You Make Me Want to Make You Mine" – Juice Newton

October 26 – "Touch a Hand, Make a Friend" – Oak Ridge Boys

November 2 – "Some Fools Never Learn" – Steve Wariner

November 9 – "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" – Alabama

November 16 – "Hang On to Your Heart" – Exile

November 23 – "I'll Never Stop Loving You" – Gary Morris

November 30 – "Too Much on My Heart" – Statler Brothers

December 7 – "I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)" – Lee Greenwood

December 14 – "Nobody Falls Like a Fool" – Earl Thomas Conley

December 21 – "The Chair" – George Strait

December 28 – "Have Mercy" – The Judds

Other major hits

TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES

''Forty Hour Week'' – Alabama (RCA)

''Greatest Hits, Vol. 2'' – Ronnie Milsap (RCA)

''Real Love'' - Dolly Parton (RCA)

''Rhythm and Romance'' - Rosanne Cash (Columbia)

Christmas albums

''Alabama Christmas'' – Alabama (RCA)

BIRTHS

DEATHS

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

MAJOR AWARDS

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year -- Alabama (Band)--- '''Alabama'''

Song Of The Year -- "Lost In The Fifties" - Ronnie Milsap - Fredericke Darris, Michael Reid, Troy Seals

Single Of The Year -- "Highwayman" - Willie Nelson , Waylon Jennings , Johnny Cash , Kris Kristofferson

Album Of The Year -- Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind - George Strait

Top Male Vocalist -- George Strait

Top Female Vocalist -- Reba McEntire

Top Vocal Duo -- The Judds

Top Vocal Group -- Alabama

Top New Male Vocalist -- Randy Travis

Top New Female Vocalist -- Judy Rodman

Video Of The Year -- "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" - )

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

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Inductees Of The Country Music Hall Of Fame

EXTERNAL LINKS

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