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EVENTS

TOP HITS OF THE YEAR

Number one hits

''(As certified by Billboard Magazine )''

January 7 - "You Look So Good in Love" - George Strait

January 14 - "Slow Burn" - T.G. Sheppard

January 21 - "In My Eyes" - John Conlee

January 28 - "The Sound of Goodbye" - Crystal Gayle

February 4 - "Show Her" - Ronnie Milsap

February 11 - "That's the Way Love Goes" - Merle Haggard

February 18 - "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" - Ricky Skaggs

February 25 - "Stay Young" - Don Williams

March 3 - "Woke Up in Love" - Exile

March 10 - "Going, Going, Gone" - Lee Greenwood

March 17 - "Elizabeth" - Statler Brothers

March 24 - "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" - Alabama

March 31 - "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" - Janie Fricke

April 7 - "Don't Make it Easy For Me" - Earl Thomas Conley

April 14 - "Thank God for the Radio" - The Kendalls

April 21 - "The Yellow Rose (Theme from the TV Series)" - Johnny Lee and Lane Brody

April 28 - "Right or Wrong" - George Strait

May 5 - "I Guess it Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes" - Oak Ridge Boys

May 12 - "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" - Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias

May 26 - "As Long as I'm Rockin' With You" - John Conlee

June 2 - "Honey (Open That Door)" - Ricky Skaggs

June 9 - "Someday When Things are Good" - Merle Haggard

June 16 - "I Got Mexico" - Eddy Raven

June 23 - "When We Make Love" - Alabama

June 30 - "I Can Tell By The Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight)" - Vern Gosdin

July 7 - "Somebody's Needing Somebody" - Conway Twitty

July 14 - "I Don't Wanna Be a Memory" - Exile

July 21 - "Just Another Woman in Love" - Anne Murray

July 28 - "Angel in Disguise" - Earl Thomas Conley

August 4 - "Mama He's Crazy" - The Judds

August 11 - "That's the Thing About Love" - Don Williams

August 18 - "Still Losing You" - Ronnie Milsap

August 25 - "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

September 1 - "Let's Fall to Pieces Together" - George Strait

September 8 - "Tennessee Homesick Blues" - Dolly Parton

September 15 - "You're Getting To Me Again" - Jim Glaser

September 22 - "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" - Merle Haggard

September 29 - "Turning Away" - Crystal Gayle

October 6 - "Everyday" - Oak Ridge Boys

October 13 - "Uncle Pen" - Ricky Skaggs

October 20 - "I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song)" - Conway Twitty

October 27 - "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You've Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" - Alabama

November 3 - "City of New Orleans" - Willie Nelson

November 10 - "I've Been Around Enough to Know" - John Schneider

November 17 - "Give Me One More Chance" - Exile

November 24 - "You Could've Heard a Heart Break" - Johnny Lee

December 1 - "You're Heart's Not in It" - Janie Fricke

December 8 - "Chance of Lovin' You" - Earl Thomas Conley

December 15 - "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" - Anne Murray and Dave Loggins

December 22 - "Why Not Me" - The Judds

Other major hits

TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES

''Cheat the Night'' - Deborah Allen (RCA)

''Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind'' - George Strait (MCA)

''The Great Pretender'' - Dolly Parton (RCA)

''Greatest Hits'' - John Anderson (Warner Bros.)

''It's All in the Game'' - Merle Haggard (Epic)

''Ladies' Choice'' - George Jones (Epic)

''Let Me Be the First'' - Deborah Allen (RCA)

''My Kind of Country'' – Reba McEntire (MCA)

''Never Could Toe the Mark'' - Waylon Jennings (RCA)

''One More Try For Love'' – Ronnie Milsap (RCA)

''Roll On'' - Alabama (RCA)

''Too Good to Stop'' – John Schneider (MCA)

''Why Not Me'' - The Judds (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 -- "Why Not Me" - The Judds - Harlan Howard, Brent Maher, Sonny Throckmorton

Single Of The Year -- "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" - Willie Nelson , Julio Iglesias

Album Of The Year -- Roll On - Alabama

Top Male Vocalist -- George Strait

Top Female Vocalist -- Reba McEntire

Top Vocal Duo -- The Judds

Top Vocal Group -- Alabama

Top New Male Vocalist -- Vince Gill

Top New Female Vocalist -- Nicolette Larson

Video Of The Year -- "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" - )

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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