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Events

• Starting with its January 20 Hot Country Singles chart, Billboard magazine begins basing the chart entirely on radio airplay through the Broadcast Data System (BDS), which uses a computerized system to detect actual airplay. The number of chart positions is reduced from 100 to 75.

On February 17, the chart is renamed "Hot Country Singles & Tracks" (to reflect the growing number of radio-popular songs that were not released commerically as singles).

• The Smithsonian Institution releases Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, a 100-track, four-volume set including the most important and notable songs in the genre's history, from 1924 to 1987. The set, which includes an 84-page booklet by historian Bill Malone, replaces the Smithsonian's eight-volume, 143-track set – titled The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music – issued in 1981.

The release of Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection continues a trend toward issuing chronicling the genre's history via compact disc during the late 1980s/early 1990s. Time-Life Music's Country USA series continued to issue new albums, while Columbia Records issues its five-volume Country Classics series. Rhino Records also releases ten volumes of Billboard Top Country Singles, each depicting the top 10 songs from the years 1959 through 1968.

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Top hits of the year

Number one hits

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• January 13 - "It Ain't Nothin'" - Keith Whitley
• January 20 - "Nobody's Home" - Clint Black
• February 10 - "Southern Star" - Alabama
• February 17 - "On Second Thought" - Eddie Rabbitt
• March 3 - "No Matter How High" - Oak Ridge Boys
• March 10 - "Chains" - Patty Loveless
• March 17 - "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" - Randy Travis
• April 14 - "Five Minutes" - Lorrie Morgan
• April 21 - "Love On Arrival" - Dan Seals
• May 12 - "Help Me Hold On" - Travis Tritt
• May 19 - "Walkin' Away" - Clint Black
• June 2 - "I've Cried My Last Tear For You" - Ricky Van Shelton
• June 9 - "Love Without End, Amen" - George Strait
• July 14 - "The Dance" - Garth Brooks
• August 4 - "Good Times" - Dan Seals
• August 18 - "Next to You, Next to Me" - Shenandoah
• September 8 - "Jukebox in My Mind" - Alabama
• October 6 - "Friends in Low Places" - Garth Brooks
• November 3 - "You Lie" - Reba McEntire
• November 10 - "Home" - Joe Diffie
• November 17 - "You Really Had Me Going" - Holly Dunn
• November 24 - "Come Next Monday" - K.T. Oslin
• December 8 - "I've Come to Expect It From You" - George Strait

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March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in leap years). ... Patty Loveless signing a shirt Patty Loveless (born Patricia Lee Ramey on January 4, 1957 in Pikeville, Kentucky) is an American country music singer. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... Randy Travis sings his chart-topping song Three Wooden Crosses, at the DoD-sponsored salute to Korean War veterans at the MCI Center in Washington, July 26, 2003. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... Lorrie Morgan from the insert to her first Greatest Hits album in 1995. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... Dan Wayland Seals (born February 8, 1950 in McCamey, Texas) is an American musician. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... James Travis Tritt (born February 9, 1963) is a successful American country music singer. ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA) is a neotraditional country music singer, songwriter and producer. ... June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... Ricky Van Shelton (January 12, 1952 in Grit, VA) is a well known country singer best known for his songs Crime of Passion and Ive Cried my Last Tear for You. Category: ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952 – ), is an American country music artist. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... The Dance was a 1990 #1 single for country singer Garth Brooks. ... Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American country music singer-songwriter and charity director. ... August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ... Dan Wayland Seals (born February 8, 1950 in McCamey, Texas) is an American musician. ... August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Shenandoah is an American country music band that a scored a string of hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... Alabama is a country music band from Fort Payne, Alabama that was started in 1969 but did not get a recording contract until 1977. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... Friends in Low Places is a song released by American Country Music artist Garth Brooks. ... Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American country music singer-songwriter and charity director. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... Reba Nell McEntire (born on March 28, 1955) is a Grammy Award-winning singer and one of the best-selling country music performers of all time. ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... Joe Diffie was born Dec. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... Holly Dunn was a country music artist in the late 1980s and early 1990s, who first found fame with the release of her 1986 hit Daddys Hands from her self-titled début album. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Kay Toinette K.T. Oslin, (born May 15, 1941), is a country music singer and songwriter. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952 – ), is an American country music artist. ...

Other major hits

• "American Boy" — Eddie Rabbitt
• "Ain't Nobody's Business" — Hank Williams Jr.
• "Back in My Younger Days" — Don Williams
• "The Battle Hymm of Love" — Kathy Mattea and Tim O'Brien
• "Black Coffee" — Lacy J. Dalton
• "Black Velvet" — Robin Lee
• "Born to Be Blue" — The Judds
• "Bring Back Your Loving To Me" — Earl Thomas Conley
• "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow" — Alan Jackson
• "Crazy in Love" — Conway Twitty
• "Dancy's Dream" — Restless Heart
• "The Domino Theory" — Steve Wariner
• "Don't Give Us a Reason" — Hank Williams Jr.
• "Don't Go Out" — Tanya Tucker and T. Graham Brown
• "Drinking Champagne" — George Strait
• "Dumas Walker" — Kentucky Headhunters
• "Fast Movin' Train" — Restless Heart
• "Feed This Fire" – Anne Murray
• "A Few Ol' Country Boys" — Randy Travis and George Jones
• "Fourteen Minutes Old" — Doug Stone
• "Ghost In This House" — Shenandoah
• "Good Friends, Good Whiskey, Good Lovin'" — Hank Williams Jr.
• "He Talks to Me" — Lorrie Morgan
• "He Walked On Water" — Randy Travis
• "Here in the Real World" — Alan Jackson
• "Hillbilly Rock" — Marty Stuart
• "Holdin' a Good Hand" — Lee Greenwood
• "Hummingbird" — Ricky Skaggs
• "I Could Be Persuaded" — Bellamy Brothers
• "I Fell in Love" — Carlene Carter
• "I Meant Every Word He Said" — Ricky Van Shelton
• "I Watched It All on My Radio" — Lionel Cartwright
• "I'd Be Better Off in a Pine Box" — Doug Stone
• "I'm Gonna Be Somebody" — Travis Tritt
• "I'm Over You" — Keith Whitley
• "If Looks Could Kill" — Rodney Crowell
• "If You Could Only See Me Now" — T. Graham Brown
• "Island" — Eddy Raven
• "It's You Again" — Skip Ewing
• "Just as Long as I Have You" — Don Williams
• "Keep It in the Middle of the Road" — Exile
• "Leave It Alone" — Forester Sisters
• "Little Girl" — Reba McEntire
• "Many a Long and Lonesome Highway" — Rodney Crowell
• "My Arms Stay Open All Night" — Tanya Tucker
• "My Heart is Set on You" — Lionel Cartwright
• "Never Knew Lonely" — Vince Gill
• "Nobody's Talking" — Exile
• "Not Counting You" — Garth Brooks
• "Nothing's News" — Clint Black
• "(Now and Then There's a) Fool Such as I" — Baillie & the Boys
• "Pass It on Down" — Alabama
• "Oklahoma Swing" — Vince Gill and Reba McEntire
• "Oh Lonesome Me" — Kentucky Headhunters
• "On Down the Line" — Patty Loveless
• "One Man Woman" — The Judds
• "Overnight Success" — George Strait
• "Precious Thing" — Steve Wariner
• "Quittin' Time" — Mary Chapin Carpenter
• "The Richest Man on Earth" — Paul Overstreet
• "Right in the Wrong Direction" — Vern Gosdin
• "Runnin' With the Wind" — Eddie Rabbitt
• "She Came From Fort Worth" — Kathy Mattea
• "See If I Care" — Shenandoah
• "Seeing My Father in Me" — Paul Overstreet
• "Silver Stallion" — The Highwaymen (Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson)
• "Sooner or Later" — Eddy Raven
• "Start All Over Again" — Desert Rose Band
• "Statue of a Fool" — Ricky Van Shelton
• "Story of Love" — Desert Rose Band
• "Stranger Things Have Happened" — Ronnie Milsap
• "That Just About Does It" — Vern Gosdin
• "There You Are" — Willie Nelson
• "This Ain't My First Rodeo" — Vern Gosdin
• "This Side of Goodbye" — Highway 101
• "Til' a Tear Becomes a Rose" — Keith Whitley and Lorrie Morgan
• "Til' I Can't Take it Anymore" — Billy Joe Royal
• "Too Cold at Home" — Mark Chesnutt
• "Walk On" — Reba McEntire
• "Walkin' Talkin' Cryin' Barely Beatin' Broken Heart" — Highway 101
• "Walking Shoes" — Tanya Tucker
• "Wanted" — Alan Jackson
• "Western Girls" -- Marty Stuart
• "When I Call Your Name" — Vince Gill
• "When I Could Come Home to You" — Steve Wariner
• "When It's Gone" — Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• "Where've You Been" — Kathy Mattea
• "Wrong" — Waylon Jennings
• "Yet" — Exile

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Conway Twitty Conway Twitty (September 1, 1933 – June 5, 1993) was one of the United States most successful artists of the 20th century. ... Restless Heart is a country pop band originally formed as a studio band to record demos. ... Steve Wariner (born December 25, 1954 in Noblesville, Indiana) is an American country music singer, guitarist and songwriter. ... Hank Williams, Jr. ... Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer. ... . T. Graham Brown (born Anthony Graham Brown) is a country-music singer from Atlanta, Georgia. ... George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952 – ), is an American country music artist. ... The Kentucky Headhunters are an influential country rock group whose early albums were embraced by both country and rock fans, and maintain a cult following among alt-country fans to this day. ... Restless Heart is a country pop band originally formed as a studio band to record demos. ... Anne Murray CC, ONS (born Morna Anne Murray June 20, 1945), is a Canadian singer born in Springhill, Nova Scotia, known for her rich alto voice and her taste in choosing songs that appeal to pop, country and adult contemporary listeners alike. ... Randy Travis sings his chart-topping song Three Wooden Crosses, at the DoD-sponsored salute to Korean War veterans at the MCI Center in Washington, July 26, 2003. ... George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 –), nicknamed The Possum, is an American country singer known for his distinctive voice and phrasing that frequently evoke the raw emotions caused by grief, unhappy love, and emotional hardship. ... Doug Stone (born 19 June 1956) is a country singer from Georgia. ... Shenandoah is an American country music band that a scored a string of hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Hank Williams, Jr. ... Lorrie Morgan from the insert to her first Greatest Hits album in 1995. ... Randy Travis sings his chart-topping song Three Wooden Crosses, at the DoD-sponsored salute to Korean War veterans at the MCI Center in Washington, July 26, 2003. ... Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter, who became one of the best-selling country musicians of the 1990s. ... Marty Stuart is an American country musician, known for both his traditional style, and eclecting mergings of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music. ... Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood (born October 27, 1942 in South Gate, California) is an American country music singer songwriter. ... Ricky Skaggs, April 1988 Ricky Skaggs1st off Skaggs was known to hate everyone he met. ... Bellamy Brothers The Bellamy Brothers are a country music band, composed of two brothers, Howard and David Bellamy. ... Inside front cover photo from the insert to I Fell in Love. ... 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Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American country music singer-songwriter and charity director. ... Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA) is a neotraditional country music singer, songwriter and producer. ... Baillie & the Boys is a country music group which gained prominence in the late 1980s and early 1990s was originally comprised of lead singer Kathie Baillie, her husband guitarist Michael Bonagura, and bassist Alan LeBoeuf. ... Alabama is a country music band from Fort Payne, Alabama that was started in 1969 but did not get a recording contract until 1977. ... Vince Gill Vince Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music musician, songwriter, and singer. ... Reba Nell McEntire (born on March 28, 1955) is a Grammy Award-winning singer and one of the best-selling country music performers of all time. ... 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Johnny Cash (born J.R. Cash, February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an influential American country and rock and roll singer and songwriter. ... Kris Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an influential country music songwriter, singer and actor. ... Eddy Raven (born August 19, 1944 in Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American singer and songwriter. ... The Desert Rose Band was a country rock band from California, founded by Chris Hillman (formerly of The Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers), along with Herb Pedersen and John Jorgenson, in 1985. ... Ricky Van Shelton (January 12, 1952 in Grit, VA) is a well known country singer best known for his songs Crime of Passion and Ive Cried my Last Tear for You. Category: ... The Desert Rose Band was a country rock band from California, founded by Chris Hillman (formerly of The Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers), along with Herb Pedersen and John Jorgenson, in 1985. ... 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Top new album releases

• Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection – various artists (Smithsonian)
• A Collection of Hits – Kathy Mattea (Mercury/Polygram)
• Columbia Country Classics, five-volume set – various artists (Columbia/Sony)
• Livin' It Up – George Strait (MCA)
• No Fences – Garth Brooks (Capitol)
• Pass It On Down – Alabama (RCA)
• Put Yourself in My Shoes – Clint Black (RCA)
• Rumor Has It – Reba McEntire (MCA)

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On television

Regular series

• Hee Haw (1969-1993, syndicated)

Hee Haw was a long-running U.S. television variety show hosted by Buck Owens and Roy Clark and featuring country music and humor with rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. ...

Specials

Deaths

• August 15 – Lew DeWitt, 52, tenor and founding member of the Statler Brothers (complications from Crohn's disease)

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Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

• Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919–1991)

Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 -October 17, 1991), better known by the stage name Tennessee Ernie Ford, was a pioneering U.S. recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country & western, pop, and gospel musical genres. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Major Awards

Grammy awards

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female -- "Where've You Been" - Kathy Mattea
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male -- "When I Call Your Name" - Vince Gill
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal -- "Pickin' On Nashville" - The Kentucky Headhunters (Greg Martin, Doug Phelps, Ricky Lee Phelps, Fred Young, Richard Young)
• Best Country Vocal Collaboration -- "Poor Boy Blues" - Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
• Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "So Soft, Your Goodbye" - Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
• Best Bluegrass Recording -- "I've Got That Old Feeling" - Alison Krauss
• Best Country Song -- "Where've You Been" - Don Henry and Jon Vesner

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Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year -- Garth Brooks
• Song Of The Year -- "The Dance" - Garth Brooks - Tony Arata
• Single Of The Year -- "Friends in Low Places" - Garth Brooks
• Album Of The Year -- "No Fences" - Garth Brooks
• Top Male Vocalist -- Garth Brooks
• Top Female Vocalist -- Reba McEntire
• Top Vocal Duo -- The Judds
• Top Vocal Group -- Shenandoah
• Top New Male Vocalist -- Alan Jackson
• Top New Female Vocalist -- Shelby Lynne
• Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Pirates of the Mississippi
• Video Of The Year -- "The Dance" - Garth Brooks (Director: John Lloyd Miller)

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Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year -- George Strait
• Male Vocalist of the Year -- Clint Black
• Female Vocalist of the Year -- Kathy Mattea
• Horizon Award -- Garth Brooks
• Vocal Group of the Year -- Kentucky HeadHunters
• Vocal Duo of the Year -- The Judds
• Vocal Event of the Year -- Lorrie Morgan and Keith Whitley
• Album of the Year -- Kentucky Headhunters
• Song of the Year -- Don Henry and Jon Vezner
• Single of the Year -- Vince Gill
• Musician of the Year -- Johnny Gimble
• Music Video of the Year -- Garth Brooks

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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

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External links

• Country Music Hall of Fame