1983 In Country Music

1982 In Country Music ,
1983 In Music ,
Other Events Of 1983 ,
1984 In Country Music and the List Of Years In Country Music

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 )''

January 8 - "Can't Even Get the Blues" - Reba McEntire

January 15 - "Going Where the Lonely Go" - Merle Haggard

January 22 - "(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date" - Emmylou Harris

January 29 - "Talk to Me" - Mickey Gilley

February 5 - "Inside" - Ronnie Milsap

February 12 - "'Til I Gain Control Again" - Crystal Gayle

February 19 - "Fakin' Love" - T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks

February 26 - "Why Baby Why" - Charley Pride

March 5 - "If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)" - Don Williams

March 12 - " The Rose " - Conway Twitty

March 19 - "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" - Ricky Skaggs

March 26 - "Swingin'" - John Anderson

April 2 - "When I'm Away From You" - Bellamy Brothers

April 9 - " We've Got Tonight " - Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton

April 16 - " Dixieland Delight " - Alabama

April 23 - "American Made" - Oak Ridge Boys

April 30 - "You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving" - Reba McEntire

May 7 - "Jose Cuervo" - Shelly West

May 14 - "Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love" - B.J. Thomas

May 21 - "Common Man" - John Conlee

May 28 - "You Take Me for Granted" - Merle Haggard

June 4 - " Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will) " - Waylon Jennings

June 11 - "Our Love is on the Faultline" - Crystal Gayle

June 18 - "You Can't Run From Love" - Eddie Rabbitt

June 25 - "Fool For Your Love" - Mickey Gilley

July 2 - "Love is on a Roll" - Don Williams

July 9 - "Highway 40 Blues" - Ricky Skaggs

July 16 - " The Closer You Get " - Alabama

July 23 - " Pancho And Lefty " - Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard

July 30 - "I Always Get Lucky With You" - George Jones

August 6 - "Your Love's on the Line" - Earl Thomas Conley

August 13 - "He's a Heartache (Looking For a Place to Happen)" - Janie Fricke

August 20 - "Love Song" - Oak Ridge Boys

August 27 - "You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation" - Ronnie McDowell

September 3 - "A Fire I Can't Put Out" - George Strait

September 10 - "I'm Only in It For the Love" - John Conlee

September 17 - "Night Games" - Charley Pride

September 24 - "Baby, What About You" - Crystal Gayle

October 1 - "New Looks From an Old Lover" - B.J. Thomas

October 8 - "Don't You Know How Much I Love You" - Ronnie Milsap

October 15 - "Paradise Tonight" - Charly McClain and Mickey Gilley

October 22 - " Lady Down On Love " - Alabama

October 29 - " Islands In The Stream " - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

November 12 - "Somebody's Gonna Love You" - Lee Greenwood

November 19 - "One of a Kind, Pair of Fools" - Barbara Mandrell

November 26 - "Holding Her and Loving You" - Earl Thomas Conley

December 3 - "A Little Good News" - Anne Murray

December 10 - "Tell Me a Lie" - Janie Fricke

December 17 - "Black Sheep" - John Anderson

December 24 - "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You)" - Larry Gatlin And The Gatlin Brothers

Other major hits

"Amarillo By Morning" – George Strait

"Baby I Lied" - Deborah Allen

"The Conversation" - Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams Jr.

"Don't Count the Rainy Days" - Michael Martin Murphey

"Everything's Beautiful in its Own Way" – Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson

"Flight 309 to Tennessee" – Shelly West

"Foolin'" – Johnny Rodriguez

"Going Downhill" - John Anderson

"Hard Candy Christmas" - Dolly Parton

"Hey Bartender" – Johnny Lee

"How Could I Love Her So Much" – Johnny Rodriguez

"I.O.U." – Lee Greenwood

"I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)" – Earl Thomas Conley

"I Love Her Mind" – Bellamy Brothers

"Leave Them Boys Alone" - Hank Williams Jr. (with Waylon Jennings and Ernest Tubb )

"Lost in the Feeling" - Conway Twitty

"Love Affairs" - Michael Martin Murphey

"The Love She Found in Me" - Gary Morris

"Midnight Fire" – Steve Wariner

"Nobody But You" – Don Williams

" (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely " – Statler Brothers

" The Ride " – David Allen Coe

"Save Me" - Louise Mandrell

"Scarlet Fever" – Kenny Rogers

" Shame On The Moon " - Bob Seger

"Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love On Me)" – George Jones

"Snapshot" – Sylvia

"Still Takin' Chances" – Michael Martin Murphey

"Stranger in My House" – Ronnie Milsap

"Tennessee Whiskey" – George Jones

"Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More)" - Tom Jones

"Velvet Chains" - Gary Morris

"Way Down Deep" - Vern Gosdin

"What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" – Merle Haggard

"What She Don't Know Won't Hurt Her" – Gene Watson

"Why Do We Want What We Know We Can't Have" - Reba McEntire

" The Wind Beneath My Wings " – Gary Morris

"You Don't Know Love" - Janie Fricke

"You Put the Beat in My Heart" - Eddie Rabbitt

"You've Got a Lover" – Ricky Skaggs

"Your Love Shines Through" - Mickey Gilley

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