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EVENTS

  • March — In a span of two days, two major cable networks signed on the air. Country Music Television (aka CMT) went on-the-air March 6 , while The Nashville Network (TNN) came on one day later. CMT was chiefly video-oriented, while TNN offered more feature-oriented programming.



TOP HITS OF THE YEAR


Number one hits

''(As certified by Billboard Magazine )''


Other major hits



TOP NEW ALBUM RELEASES



Other top albums



Christmas Albums

  • ''Merry Twismas From Conway Twitty and His Friends'' - Conway Twitty (Warner Bros.)



ON TELEVISION


Regular series

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



Specials


BIRTHS



DEATHS

  • October 20Merle Travis , 65, singer and composer of classic songs such as "Sixteen Tons", "Dark as a Dungeon", "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" and "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette." (heart attack)



COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES



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.



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