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EVENTS

TOP HITS OF THE YEAR

Number one hits

''(As certified by Billboard Magazine )''

January 7 - "Hold Me" - K.T. Oslin

January 14 - "Change of Heart" - The Judds

January 21 - "She's Crazy For Leavin'" - Rodney Crowell

January 28 - "Deeper Than the Holler" - Randy Travis

February 4 - "What I'd Say" - Earl Thomas Conley

February 11 - "Song of the South" - Alabama

February 18 - "Big Wheels in the Moonlight" - Dan Seals

February 25 - "I Sang Dixie" - Dwight Yoakam

March 4 - "I Still Believe in You" - Desert Rose Band

March 11 - "Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me" - Ronnie Milsap

March 18 - "From a Jack to a King" - Ricky Van Shelton

March 25 - "New Fool at an Old Game" - Reba McEntire

April 1 - "Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" - George Strait

April 8 - "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" - Keith Whitley

April 22 - "The Church on Cumberland Road" - Shenandoah

May 6 - "Young Love (Strong Love)" - The Judds

May 13 - "Is It Still Over" - Randy Travis

May 20 - "If I Had You" - Alabama

May 27 - "After All This Time" - Rodney Crowell

June 3 - "Where Did I Go Wrong" - Steve Wariner

June 10 - "A Better Man" - Clint Black

June 17 - "Love Out Loud" - Earl Thomas Conley

June 24 - "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" - Rosanne Cash

July 1 - "Come From the Heart" - Kathy Mattea

July 8 - "Lovin' Only Me" - Ricky Skaggs

July 15 - "In a Letter to You" - Eddy Raven

July 22 - "What's Going on in Your World" - George Strait

July 29 - "Cathy's Clown" - Reba McEntire

August 5 - "Why'd You Come in Here Looking Like That" - Dolly Parton

August 12 - "Timber, I'm Falling in Love" - Patty Loveless

August 19 - "Sunday in the South" - Shenandoah

August 26 - "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me" - Holly Dunn

September 2 - "I'm Still Crazy" - Vern Gosdin

September 9 - "I Wonder Do You Think of Me" - Keith Whitley

September 16 - "Nothing I Can Do About It Now" - Willie Nelson

September 23 - "Above and Beyond" - Rodney Crowell

September 30 - "Let Me Tell You About Love" - The Judds

October 7 - "I Got Dreams" - Steve Wariner

October 14 - "Killin' Time" - Clint Black

October 21 - "Living Proof" - Ricky Van Shelton

October 28 - "High Cotton" - Alabama

November 4 - "Ace in the Hole" - George Strait

November 11 - "Burnin' Old Memories" - Kathy Mattea

November 18 - "Bayou Boys" - Eddy Raven

November 25 - "Yellow Roses" - Dolly Parton

December 2 - "It's Just a Matter of Time" - Randy Travis

December 9 - "If Tomorrow Never Comes" - Garth Brooks

December 16 - "Two Dozen Roses" - Shenandoah

December 23 - "A Woman in Love" - Ronnie Milsap

December 30 - "Who's Lonely Now" - Highway 101

Other major hits

"All the Fun" - Paul Overstreet

"All the Reasons Why" - Highway 101

"An American Family" - Oak Ridge Boys

"And So it Goes" - John Denver and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

"Any Way the Wind Blows" - Southern Pacific

"A Better Love Next Time" - Merle Haggard

"Beyond Those Years" - Oak Ridge Boys

"Big Dreams in a Small Town" - Restless Heart

"Big Love" - Bellamy Brothers

"Blue Blooded Woman" - Alan Jackson

"Blue Side of Town" - Patty Loveless

"Bridges and Walls" - Oak Ridge Boys

"Burnin' a Hole In My Heart" - Skip Ewing

"Call On Me" - Tanya Tucker

"Come As You Were" - T. Graham Brown

"Country Club" - Travis Tritt

"Cross My Broken Heart" - Suzy Bogguss

"Dear Me" - Lorrie Morgan

"Don't Toss Us Away" - Patty Loveless

"Don't Waste it on the Blues" - Gene Watson

"Down That Road Tonight" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

"Fair Shake" - Foster & Lloyd

"Finders Are Keepers" - Hank Williams Jr.

"From the Word Go" - Michael Martin Murphey

"Give Me His Last Chance" - Lionel Cartwright

"The Gospel According to Luke" - Skip Ewing

"The Heart" - Lacy J. Dalton

"Heartbreak Hill" - Emmylou Harris

"Hey Bobby" - K.T. Oslin

"Hold On (A Little Longer)" - Steve Wariner

"Hole In My Pocket" - Ricky Van Shelton

"Honey I Dare You" - Southern Pacific

"Honky Tonk Heart" - Highway 101

"I Got You" - Dwight Yoakam

"(I Wish I Had a) Heart of Stone" - Baillie & The Boys

"I Wish I Was Still In Your Dreams" - Conway Twitty

"(I'm a) One Woman Man" - George Jones

"I've Been Loved By the Best" - Don Williams

"(It's Always Gonna Be) Someday" - Holly Dunn

"It's You Again" - Skip Ewing

"Let It Be You" - Ricky Skaggs

"Lonely Side of Love" - Patty Loveless

"Long Shot" - Baillie & The Boys

"Love Has No Right" - Billy Joe Royal

"More Than a Name On a Wall" - Statler Brothers

"Much Too Young (to Feel This Damn Old)" - Garth Brooks

"Never Givin' Up On Love" - Michael Martin Murphey

"Never Had it So Good" - Mary Chapin Carpenter

"Old Coyote Town" - Don Williams

"One Good Well" - Don Williams

"Out of Your Shoes" - Lorrie Morgan

"Planet Texas" - Kenny Rogers

"The Race is On" - Sawyer Brown

"Say What's In Your Heart" - Restless Heart

"Setting Me Up" - Highway 101

"She Deserves You" - Baillie & The Boys

"She Don't Love Nobody" - Desert Rose Band

"She's Gone, Gone, Gone" - Glen Campbell

"She's Got a Single Thing in Mind" - Conway Twitty

"Sowin' Love" - Paul Overstreet

"Tell it Like it Is" - Billy Joe Royal

"There Goes My Heart Again" - Holly Dunn

"There's a Tear In My Beer" - Hank Williams Jr. and Hank Williams Sr.

"They Rage On" - Dan Seals

"This Woman" - K.T. Oslin

"'Til You Cry" - Eddy Raven

"Till Love Comes Again" - Reba McEntire

"Trainwreck of Emotion" - Lorrie Morgan

"The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)" - Kenny Rogers

"Who You Gonna Blame it On This Time" - Vern Gosdin

"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" - Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn

"You'll Never Be Sorry" - Bellamy Brothers

TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES

''Garth Brooks'' – Garth Brooks (Capitol)

''Kentucky Thunder'' – Ricky Skaggs (Epic/Sony)

''Killin' Time'' – Clint Black (RCA)

''Leave the Light On'' – Lorrie Morgan (RCA)

''Southern Star'' – Alabama (RCA)

''Stranger Things Have Happened'' – Ronnie Milsap (RCA)

''Sweet Sixteen'' – Reba McEntire (MCA)

''When I Call Your Name'' – Vince Gill (MCA)

''White Limozeen'' – Dolly Parton (Columbia/Sony)

BIRTHS

DEATHS

May 9 - Keith Whitley , honky tonk-styled singer who rose to fame in the mid-1980s (alcohol poisoning)

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Jack Stapp ( 1912 – 1980 )

Cliffie Stone ( 1917 – 1998 )

Hank Thompson (born 1925 )

MAJOR AWARDS

Grammy awards

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year -- George Strait

Song Of The Year -- "Where've You Been" - Kathy Mattea - Jon Vezner, Don Henry

Single Of The Year -- "A Better Man" - Clint Black

Album Of The Year -- Killin' Time - Clint Black

Top Male Vocalist -- Clint Black

Top Female Vocalist -- Kathy Mattea

Top Vocal Duo -- The Judds

Top Vocal Group -- Restless Heart

Top New Male Vocalist -- Clint Black

Top New Female Vocalist -- Mary Chapin Carpenter

Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Kentucky HeadHunters

Video Of The Year -- "There's A Tear In My Beer" - )

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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