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EVENTS

October 30 – Hank Williams Jr. has nine albums simultaneously on the '' Billboard Magazine '' Top Country Albums chart.

TOP HITS OF THE YEAR

Number one hits

''(As certified by Billboard Magazine )''

January 9 – "Fourteen Carat Mind" – Gene Watson

January 16 – "I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World" – Ronnie Milsap

January 23 – "Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night" – Conway Twitty

January 30 – "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" – Juice Newton

February 6 – "Lonely Nights" – Mickey Gilley

February 13 – "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" – Eddie Rabbitt

February 20 – "Only One You" – T.G. Sheppard

February 27 – "Lord, I Hope This Day is Good" – Don Williams

March 6 – "You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had" – Ed Bruce

March 13 – "Blue Moon With Heartache" – Rosanne Cash

March 20 – " Mountain Of Love " – Charley Pride

March 27 – "She Left Love All Over Me" – Razzy Bailey

April 3 – "Bobbie Sue" – Oak Ridge Boys

April 10 – "Big City" – Merle Haggard

April 17 – "The Clown" – Conway Twitty

April 24 – "Crying My Heart Out Over You" – Ricky Skaggs

May 1 – "Mountain Music" – Alabama

May 8 – " Always On My Mind " – Willie Nelson

May 22 – "Just to Satisfy You" – Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson

June 5 – "Finally" – T.G. Sheppard

June 12 – "For All the Wrong Reasons" – Bellamy Brothers

June 19 – " Slow Hand " – Conway Twitty

July 3 – "Any Day Now" – Ronnie Milsap

July 10 – "Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby" – Janie Fricke

July 17 – "'Till You're Gone" – Barbara Mandrell

July 24 – " Take Me Down " – Alabama

July 31 – "I Don't Care" – Ricky Skaggs

August 7 – "Honky Tonkin'" – Hank Williams Jr.

August 14 – "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" – David Frizzell

August 21 – " Nobody " – Sylvia

August 28 – " Fool Hearted Memory " – George Strait

September 4 – "Love Will Turn You Around" – Kenny Rogers

September 11 – "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" – Jerry Reed

September 25 – "What's Forever For" – Michael Martin Murphey

October 2 – "Put Your Dreams Away" – Mickey Gilley

October 9 – "(A Taste of) Yesterday's Wine" – Merle Haggard and George Jones

October 16 – " I Will Always Love You " – Dolly Parton

October 23 – "He Got You" – Ronnie Milsap

October 30 – " Close Enough To Perfect " – Alabama

November 6 – "You're So Good When You're Bad" – Charley Pride

November 13 – "Heartbroke" – Ricky Skaggs

November 20 – "War is Hell (On the Homefront Too)" – T.G. Sheppard

November 27 – "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" – Janie Fricke

December 4 – " You And I " – Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle

December 11 – "Redneck Girl" – Bellamy Brothers

December 18 – "Somewhere Between Right and Wrong" – Earl Thomas Conley

December 25 – "Wild and Blue" – John Anderson

Other major hits

" A Country Boy Can Survive " -- Hank Williams Jr.

"Another Chance" – Tammy Wynette

"Another Sleepless Night" -- Anne Murray

"Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" -- Merle Haggard

"Big Ole Brew" -- Mel McDaniel

"Born to Run" -- Emmylou Harris

"Break it to Me Gently" -- Juice Newton

"Busted" -- John Conlee

"Dancing Your Memory Away" -- Charly McClain

"Diamonds in the Stars" -- Ray Price

"Do Me With Love" -- Janie Fricke

"Get Into Reggae Cowboy" -- Bellamy Brothers

"Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" -- Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline

"Heavenly Bodies" -- Earl Thomas Conley

"I Don't Know Where to Start" -- Eddie Rabbitt

"I Don't Think She's in Love Anymore" -- Charley Pride

"I Lie" -- Loretta Lynn

"I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone)" -- Oak Ridge Boys

"I'm Not That Lonely Yet" -- Reba McEntire

"If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" -- George Strait

"It's High Time" -- Dottie West

"Let It Be Me" -- Willie Nelson

"Listen to the Radio" -- Don Williams

"A Little Bit Crazy" -- Eddy Raven

"Livin' In These Troubled Times" -- Crystal Gayle

"Love's Gonna Fall Here Tonight" -- Razzy Bailey

"Marina Del Rey" -- George Strait

"Mistakes" -- Don Williams

"Old Friends" -- Willie Nelson , Ray Price and Roger Miller

" Only You (And You Alone) " -- Reba McEntire

"Operator, Long Distance Please" -- Barbara Mandrell

"Ring on Her Finger (Time on Her Hands)" -- Lee Greenwood

"Round the Clock Lovin'" -- Gail Davies

"Same Ol' Me" -- George Jones

"She's Lying" -- Lee Greenwood

"She's Not Really Cheating (She's Just Getting Even)" -- Moe Bandy

"She's Playing Hard to Forget" -- Eddy Raven

"Shine" -- Waylon Jennings

"Single Women" -- Dolly Parton

"So Fine" -- Oak Ridge Boys

"Speak Softly (You're Talkin' to My Heart)" -- Gene Watson

"Tears of the Lonely" -- Mickey Gilley

"Tennessee Rose" -- Emmylou Harris

"Thank God For Kids" -- Oak Ridge Boys

"This Dream's On Me" -- Gene Watson

"Through the Years" -- Kenny Rogers

"We Did But Now You Don't" -- Conway Twitty

"Whatever" -- Statler Brothers

"Wish You Were Here" -- Barbara Mandrell

"Women Do Know How to Carry On" -- Waylon Jennings

"Would You Catch a Falling Star" -- John Anderson

"You Never Gave Up On Me" -- Crystal Gayle

"You'll Be Back (Every Night In My Dreams)" -- Statler Brothers

"You're My Bestest Friend" -- Mac Davis

TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES

''Always On My Mind'' — Willie Nelson (Columbia)

'' Black On Black '' — Waylon Jennings (RCA)

'' The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas '' Soundtrack — Various Artists (RCA)

'' Dolly Parton's Greatest Hits '' — Dolly Parton (RCA)

''Finally!'' — T. G. Sheppard (Warner Bros./Curb)

'' Heartbreak Express '' — Dolly Parton (RCA)

''Inside'' — Ronnie Milsap (RCA)

''Mountain Music'' — Alabama (RCA)

''Somewhere Between Right & Wrong'' — Earl Thomas Conley (RCA)

''Steve Wariner'' — Steve Wariner (RCA)

'' Strait From The Heart '' — George Strait (MCA)

'' A Taste Of Yesterday's Wine '' — Merle Haggard and George Jones (Epic)

''Wild and Blue'' — John Anderson (Warner Bros.)

'' Unlimited '' — Reba McEntire (Mercury)

'' The Winning Hand '' — Kris Kristofferson , Dolly Parton , Brenda Lee and Willie Nelson (Monument)

Other top new albums

''Bobbie Sue'' – Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)

''Christmas'' - Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)

''Family & Friends'' – Ricky Skaggs (Sugar Hill)

''Highways & Heartaches'' – Ricky Skaggs (Epic/CBS)

''Love Will Turn You Around'' – Kenny Rogers (United Artists)

ON TELEVISION

Regular series

'' Hee Haw '' (1969-1993, syndicated)

Specials

BIRTHS

February 3 – Jessica Harp , member of The Wreckers .

August 28 – LeAnn Rimes , pop-country singer starting in the late 1990s.

DEATHS

December 8 – Marty Robbins , 57, prolific, multi-styled artist for more than 30 years (heart failure)

COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Lefty Frizzell ( 1928 - 1975 )

Roy Horton ( 1914 - 2003 )

Marty Robbins ( 1925 - 1982 )

MAJOR AWARDS

Grammy awards

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female -- "Break It To Me Gently" - Juice Newton

Best Country Vocal Performance, Male -- "Always On My Mind" - Willie Nelson

Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal -- "Mountain Music" - Alabama

Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Alabama Jubilee" - Roy Clark

Best Country Song -- "Always On My Mind" - Johnny Christopher , Mark James , and Wayne Carson

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year -- Alabama

Song Of The Year -- "Are The Good Times Really Over" - Merle Haggard - Merle Haggard

Single Of The Year -- "Always On My Mind" - Willie Nelson

Album Of The Year -- Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson

Top Male Vocalist -- Ronnie Milsap

Top Female Vocalist -- Sylvia

Top Vocal Duo -- Shelly West and David Frizzell

Top Vocal Group -- Alabama

Top New Male Vocalist -- Michael Martin Murphey

Top New Female Vocalist -- Karen Brooks

Country Music Association

Instrumental Group of the Year -- Alabama

Instrumentalist of the Year -- Chet Atkins

Entertainer of the Year -- Alabama

Male Vocalist of the Year -- Ricky Skaggs

Female Vocalist of the Year -- Janie Fricke

Horizon Award -- Ricky Skaggs

Vocal Group of the Year -- Alabama

Vocal Duo of the Year -- David Frizzell and Shelly West

Album of the Year -- Willie Nelson

Song of the Year -- "Always On My Mind" - Wayne Carson , Johnny Christopher , and Mark James

Single of the Year -- "Aways On My Mind" - Willie Nelson

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