See also: 1978 in country music, 1979 in music, other events of 1979, 1980 in country music, 1970s in music and the List of years in Country Music See also: 1977 in country music, 1978 in music, other events of 1978, 1979 in country music, 1970s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Events Top Hits of the Year No. ... See also: 1978 in music, other events of 1979, 1980 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Events Disco reigned supreme in 1979, with several #1 hits from The Bee Gees and Donna Summer that year. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... See also: 1979 in country music, 1980 in music, other events of 1980, 1981 in country music, 1980s in music and the List of years in Country Music // Events Top Hits of the Year No. ... 1970 in music International trends Simon & Garfunkel release Bridge Over Troubled Water; this, along with releases from James Taylor (Sweet Baby James), Cat Stevens (Tea for the Tillerman) and Joni Mitchell (Ladies of the Canyon) help define the singer-songwriter tradition Taj Mahal releases Happy to Be Just Like I... This page indexes the individual year in music pages. ...

Events

Top Hits of the Year

No. 1 Hits

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• January 6 – "Tulsa Time" – Don Williams
• January 13 – "Lady Lay Down" – John Conlee
• January 20 – "I Really Got the Feeling" – Dolly Parton
• January 27 – "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For" – Crystal Gayle
• February 10 – "Every Which Way But Loose" – Eddie Rabbitt
• March 3 – "Golden Tears" – Dave & Sugar
• March 24 – "I Just Fall in Love Again" – Anne Murray
• April 14 – "(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to be Right" – Barbara Mandrell
• April 21 – "All I Ever Need is You" – Kenny Rogers and Dottie West
• April 28 – "Where Do I Put Her Memory" – Charley Pride
• May 5 – "Backside of Thirty" – John Conlee
• May 12 – "Don't Take it Away" – Conway Twitty
• May 19 – "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold it Against Me" – Bellamy Brothers
• June 9 – "She Believes in Me" – Kenny Rogers
• June 23 – "Nobody Likes Sad Songs" – Ronnie Milsap
• June 30 – "Amanda" – Waylon Jennings
• July 21 – "Shadows in the Moonlight" – Anne Murray
• July 28 – "You're the Only One" – Dolly Parton
• August 11 – "Suspicions" – Eddie Rabbitt
• August 18 – "Coca Cola Cowboy" – Mel Tillis
• August 25 – "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" – The Charlie Daniels Band
• September 1 – "Heartbreak Hotel" – Willie Nelson and Leon Russell
• September 8 – "I May Never Get to Heaven" – Conway Twitty
• September 15 – "You're My Jamacia" – Charley Pride
• September 22 – "Just Good Ol' Boys" – Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley
• September 29 – "It Must Be Love" – Don Williams
• October 6 – "Last Cheater's Waltz" – T.G. Sheppard
• October 20 – "All the Gold in California" – Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
• November 3 – "You Decorated My Life" – Kenny Rogers
• November 17 – "Come With Me" – Waylon Jennings
• December 1 – "Broken Hearted Me" – Anne Murray
• December 8 – "I Cheated Me Right Out of You" – Moe Bandy
• December 15 – "Happy Birthday Darlin'" – Conway Twitty

January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Don Williams Don Williams is a country music singer and songwriter born May 27, 1939, in Floydada, Texas. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Dolly Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American country singer, songwriter, composer and actress. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Crystal Gayle on the cover of her concert DVD Crystal Gayle in Concert, showing her trademark long hair Crystal Gayle (born January 9, 1951) is an American country and western singer. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Eddie Rabbitt (November 27, 1941-May 7, 1998) was a country music singer and songwriter who reached the peak of his popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... Anne Murray on the cover of her Christmas album What a Wonderful Christmas Anne Murray, CC , ONS , DBE , LL.D (born June 20, 1945), is a Canadian singer born in Springhill, Nova Scotia. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948 in Houston, Texas is an American country music singer. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... Kenneth Donald Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas) is a prolific American country music singer, photographer, producer and actor. ... Dottie West, born Dorothy Marie Marsh ( October 11, 1932 in McMinnville, Tennessee - September 4, 1991 in Nashville, Tennessee) was a United States country music singer. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... Charley Frank Pride (born March 18, 1938 in Sledge, Mississippi) is a former Negro League baseball player who became one of the only African Americans to have a successful career in modern country music. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... Conway Twitty Conway Twitty, born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, (September 1, 1933 - June 5, 1993) was one of Americas most successful hit makers of the 20th century, in that he had the most singles (55) reach Number 1 in US Country chart. ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... The Bellamy Brothers are a band. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Kenneth Donald Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas) is a prolific American country music singer, photographer, producer and actor. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Lee Milsap (born January 16, 1946 (though the internet, including Wikipedia, lists a variety of contradictory years) in Robbinsville, North Carolina, USA) is an American country music singer and musician with 40 number one hit songs to his credit. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining, and the last day of June. ... Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was a respected and influential American country music singer and guitarist, born in Littlefield, Texas. ... July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... Anne Murray on the cover of her Christmas album What a Wonderful Christmas Anne Murray, CC , ONS , DBE , LL.D (born June 20, 1945), is a Canadian singer born in Springhill, Nova Scotia. ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... Dolly Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American country singer, songwriter, composer and actress. ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Eddie Rabbitt (November 27, 1941-May 7, 1998) was a country music singer and songwriter who reached the peak of his popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Mel Tillis (born Lonnie Melvin Tillis on August 8th, 1932 in Tampa, Florida) is a country music singer/songwriter, and actor. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... Charlie Daniels performs at a USO concert at Camp Victory, Iraq on April 10, 2005 Charles Edward Daniels (born October 28, 1936) is a veteran country music singer. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American guitarist and country singer, originally from Abbott, Texas. ... Leon Russell Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges on April 2, 1942 in Lawton, Oklahoma) is a singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... Conway Twitty Conway Twitty, born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, (September 1, 1933 - June 5, 1993) was one of Americas most successful hit makers of the 20th century, in that he had the most singles (55) reach Number 1 in US Country chart. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... Charley Frank Pride (born March 18, 1938 in Sledge, Mississippi) is a former Negro League baseball player who became one of the only African Americans to have a successful career in modern country music. ... September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years). ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... Don Williams Don Williams is a country music singer and songwriter born May 27, 1939, in Floydada, Texas. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... Larry Gatlin (born May 2, 1948 in Seminole, Texas) is an American singer, songwriter, stage actor, and author. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... Kenneth Donald Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas) is a prolific American country music singer, photographer, producer and actor. ... November 17 is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece. ... Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was a respected and influential American country music singer and guitarist, born in Littlefield, Texas. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Anne Murray on the cover of her Christmas album What a Wonderful Christmas Anne Murray, CC , ONS , DBE , LL.D (born June 20, 1945), is a Canadian singer born in Springhill, Nova Scotia. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Conway Twitty Conway Twitty, born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, (September 1, 1933 - June 5, 1993) was one of Americas most successful hit makers of the 20th century, in that he had the most singles (55) reach Number 1 in US Country chart. ...

Other Major Hits

• "Back on My Mind Again" - Ronnie Milsap
• "Barstool Mountain" - Moe Bandy
• "Before My Time" - John Conlee
• "Blind in Love" - Mel Tillis
• "Blue Kentucky Girl" - Emmylou Harris
• "Come On In" - Oak Ridge Boys
• "Crazy Blue Eyes" - Lacy J. Dalton
• "Do You Ever Fool Around" - Joe Stampley
• "Don't Let Me Cross Over" - Jim Reeves and Deborah Allen
• "Down on the Rio Grande" - Johnny Rodriguez
• "Dream On" - Oak Ridge Boys
• "Everlasting Love" - Narvel Felts
• "Family Tradition" - Hank Williams Jr.
• "Farewell Party" - Gene Watson
• "Fooled by a Feeling" - Barbara Mandrell
• "Fools" - Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius
• "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" - Johnny Cash
• "Half the Way" - Crystal Gayle
• "Happy Together" - T.G. Sheppard
• "Here We Are Again" - Statler Brothers
• "How to Be a Country Star" - Statler Brothers
• "I Can't Feel You Anymore" - Loretta Lynn
• "I Just Can't Stay Married to You" - Cristy Lane
• "I Wanna Come Over" - Alabama
• "I'll Love Away Your Troubles For Awhile" - Janie Fricke
• "I'll Wake You Up When I Get Home" - Charlie Rich
• "I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind" - Loretta Lynn
• "I've Done Enough Dying Today" - Larry Gatlin
• "If Everyone Had Someone Like You" - Eddy Arnold
• "If I Could Write a Song (as Beautiful as You)" - Billy "Crash" Craddock
• "In No Time at All" - Ronnie Milsap
• "Isn't it Always Love" - Lynn Anderson
• "It's a Cheating Situation" - Moe Bandy
• "Just Long Enough to Say Goodbye" - Mickey Gilley
• "The Lady in the Blue Mercedes" - Johnny Duncan
• "Lay Down Beside Me" - Don Williams
• "Lying in Love With You" - Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius
• "Mabellene" - George Jones and Johnny PayCheck
• "My Silver Lining" - Mickey Gilley
• "My World Begins and Ends With You" - Dave & Sugar
• "No Memories Hangin' Around" - Rosanne Cash and Bobby Bare
• "No One Else in the World" - Tammy Wynette
• "Nothing as Original as You" - Statler Brothers
• "The Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell" - Statler Brothers
• "Pick the Wildwood Flower" - Gene Watson
• "Play Together Again, Again" - Buck Owens and Emmylou Harris
• "Red Bandana" - Merle Haggard
• "Reunited" - Louise Mandrell and R.C. Bannon
• "Sail Away" - Oak Ridge Boys
• "Save the Last Dance for Me" - Emmylou Harris
• "Send Me Down to Tuscon" - Mel Tillis
• "Should I Go Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)" - Gene Watson
• "Slow Dancing" - Johnny Duncan
• "Somebody Special" - Donna Fargo
• "Stay With Me" - Dave & Sugar
• "Sweet Dreams" - Reba McEntire
• "Sweet Memories" - Willie Nelson
• "Sweet Summer Lovin'" - Dolly Parton
• "Tell Me What It's Like" - Brenda Lee
• "Texas (When I Die)" - Tanya Tucker
• "They Call it Making Love" - Tammy Wynette
• "Till I Can Make it on My Own" - Kenny Rogers and Dottie West
• "Too Far Gone" - Emmylou Harris
• "When I Dream" - Crystal Gayle
• "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound" - Hank Williams Jr.
• "Whiskey River" - Willie Nelson
• "You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie" - Bellamy Brothers
• "You Feel Good All Over" - T.G. Sheppard
• "Your Love Has Taken Me That High" - Conway Twitty

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Juan Raul Davis Rodriguez is a country music singer from Sabinal, Texas, better known by the nickmane Johnny Rodriguez. ... The Oak Ridge Boys are one of the best-known country and gospel bands in United States. ... Hank Williams, Jr. ... Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948 in Houston, Texas is an American country music singer. ... Johnny Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was a vastly influential American country music singer and songwriter. ... Crystal Gayle on the cover of her concert DVD Crystal Gayle in Concert, showing her trademark long hair Crystal Gayle (born January 9, 1951) is an American country and western singer. ... Categories: Stub ... Categories: Stub ... Jack White with Loretta Lynn at the 2005 Grammy Awards Loretta Lynn on the cover of her album Who Was That Stranger Loretta Lynn (born April 14, 1935) is an American country singer. ... Alabama is a country music band that was started in 1969 but did not get a recording contract until 1977. ... 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Mickey Leroy Gilley (born March 9, 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi) is an American country musician and singer. ... This article is about Johnny Duncan and the Blue Grass Boys. ... Don Williams Don Williams is a country music singer and songwriter born May 27, 1939, in Floydada, Texas. ... Another George Jones was a U.S. Senator from Georgia in 1807. ... Johnny PayCheck (May 31, 1938 in Greenfield, Ohio, United States – February 19, 2003 in Nashville, Tennessee) was a country music singer. ... Mickey Leroy Gilley (born March 9, 1936 in Natchez, Mississippi) is an American country musician and singer. ... Rosanne Cash is the daughter of Johnny Cash, born shortly before the release of her fathers first single. ... Bobby Bare April 7, 1935 in Ironton, Ohio is an American country music singer and songwriter. ... Tammy Wynette on the cover of her tribute album Tammy Wynette Remembered Tammy Wynette (May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country singer and songwriter. ... Categories: Stub ... Categories: Stub ... Buck Owens (born August 12, 1929) is an American country singer who defined the gritty Bakersfield sound. ... Emmylou Harris on the cover of her collection Profile Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is a country music singer, songwriter and musician from Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Harris graduated high school as class valedictorian and won a dramatic scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ... Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 in Bakersfield, California) is an American country music singer and songwriter. ... The Oak Ridge Boys are one of the best-known country and gospel bands in United States. ... Emmylou Harris on the cover of her collection Profile Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is a country music singer, songwriter and musician from Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Harris graduated high school as class valedictorian and won a dramatic scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ... Mel Tillis (born Lonnie Melvin Tillis on August 8th, 1932 in Tampa, Florida) is a country music singer/songwriter, and actor. ... This article is about Johnny Duncan and the Blue Grass Boys. ... Donna Fargo (born Yvonne Vaughan on November 10, 1945 in Mount Airy, North Carolina) is an American singer, best known for her 1972 hit The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A., which hit #1 on the Billboard country music charts. ... Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955 in McAlester, Oklahoma) is one of the best-selling country music performers of all time, best known for pop ballads that include 22 #1 hits on the Billboard Country Chart. ... Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American guitarist and country singer, originally from Abbott, Texas. ... Dolly Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American country singer, songwriter, composer and actress. ... Brenda Lee on the cover of her collection, part of The Millennium Collection Brenda Lee, real name Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944), was an American teen idol and country singer from Lithonia, Georgia. ... Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer. ... Tammy Wynette on the cover of her tribute album Tammy Wynette Remembered Tammy Wynette (May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country singer and songwriter. ... Kenneth Donald Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas) is a prolific American country music singer, photographer, producer and actor. ... Dottie West, born Dorothy Marie Marsh ( October 11, 1932 in McMinnville, Tennessee - September 4, 1991 in Nashville, Tennessee) was a United States country music singer. ... Emmylou Harris on the cover of her collection Profile Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is a country music singer, songwriter and musician from Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Harris graduated high school as class valedictorian and won a dramatic scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ... Crystal Gayle on the cover of her concert DVD Crystal Gayle in Concert, showing her trademark long hair Crystal Gayle (born January 9, 1951) is an American country and western singer. ... Hank Williams, Jr. ... Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American guitarist and country singer, originally from Abbott, Texas. ... The Bellamy Brothers are a band. ... Conway Twitty Conway Twitty, born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, (September 1, 1933 - June 5, 1993) was one of Americas most successful hit makers of the 20th century, in that he had the most singles (55) reach Number 1 in US Country chart. ...

Top New Album Releases

Births

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

• Hubert Long (1923-1972)
• Hank Snow (1914-1999)

1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Clarence Eugene Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999), better known as Hank Snow, was a country singer. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Major Awards

Grammy Awards

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year -- Willie Nelson
• Song Of The Year -- "It's A Cheatin' Situation" - Moe Bandy - Sony Throckmorton, Curly Putman
• Single Of The Year -- "All The Gold In California" - Larry Gatlin
• Album Of The Year -- Straight Ahead - Larry Gatlin
• Top Male Vocalist -- Larry Gatlin
• Top Female Vocalist -- Crystal Gayle
• Top Vocal Duo -- Joe Stampley und Moe Bandy
• Top New Male Vocalist -- R.C. Bannon
• Top New Female Vocalist -- Lacy J. Dalton

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American guitarist and country singer, originally from Abbott, Texas. ... Larry Gatlin (born May 2, 1948 in Seminole, Texas) is an American singer, songwriter, stage actor, and author. ... Crystal Gayle on the cover of her concert DVD Crystal Gayle in Concert, showing her trademark long hair Crystal Gayle (born January 9, 1951) is an American country and western singer. ...

Country Music Association