1986 in country music
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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1986.
Events
- January 18 — "American Country CountdownAmerican Country CountdownAmerican Country Countdown, also known as ACC or American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks, is an internationally syndicated radio program which counts down the top 30 country songs of the previous week, from No. 30 to No. 1, according to the Mediabase country chart...
" with Bob KingsleyBob KingsleyBob Kingsley is an American country music radio personality and host of the nationally syndicated programs "Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40" and "Bob Kingsley with Today's Hit Makers."...
expands from three to four hours. Several new features — including a chronological playback of songs reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country SinglesHot Country SongsHot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart and a calendar feature (highlighting a birthday, or anniversary of a notable song or event in country music) — are added. - June 25 — Jenifer Strait, the 13 year-old daughter of George StraitGeorge StraitGeorge Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional...
(who by now is one of country music's top performers) is killed in a car accidentCar accidentA traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, Road Traffic Collision or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction,...
in San Marcos, TexasSan Marcos, TexasSan Marcos is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and is the seat of Hays County. Located within the metropolitan area, the city is located on the Interstate 35 corridor—between Austin and San Antonio....
. Her father still refuses to talk about his daughter's death to this day.
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- For the first time in its 42-year history, there is a new No. 1 song for each week of the year, according to Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles Chart.
- 1986 was a renaissance year in country music, with a host of "New Traditionalist"-minded artists reinvigorating a genre that critics were saying had grown increasingly stagnant and pop-oriented. Among the most successful new artists: Holly DunnHolly DunnHolly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled début album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot.Dunn is the daughter of a minister father...
, Judy RodmanJudy RodmanJudy Rodman is an American Country Music Singer. In the mid-80s, she was a successful country music singer, making all the way to number one on the country charts in 1986 with the song "Until I Met You." She also won the Academy of Country Music's "Top New Female Vocalist" award in 1985.Today,...
, Ricky Van SheltonRicky Van SheltonRicky Van Shelton is a currently retired American country music artist. Active between 1986 and 2006, he has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts...
, Randy TravisRandy TravisRandy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...
and Dwight YoakamDwight YoakamDwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music...
. Keith WhitleyKeith WhitleyJackie Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 until his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters...
, another artist who had been around for a few years, has his first major hit early in the year. They - along with popular newcomers from earlier in the decade such as AlabamaAlabama (band)Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook...
, George StraitGeorge StraitGeorge Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional...
and Reba McEntireReba McEntireReba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
, and longtime artists like George JonesGeorge JonesGeorge Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
, Merle HaggardMerle HaggardMerle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
and Conway TwittyConway TwittyConway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006...
- proved not only that country music was the music of the people, but also that the genre had real resiliency. - After 17 years of playing co-host to Roy ClarkRoy ClarkRoy Linwood Clark is an American country music musician and performer. He is best known for hosting Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969–1992. Clark has been an important and influential figure in country music, both as a performer and helping to popularize the genre...
, Buck OwensBuck OwensAlvis Edgar Owens, Jr. , better known as Buck Owens, was an American singer and guitarist who had 21 No. 1 hits on the Billboard country music charts with his band, the Buckaroos...
announces his departure from the still-popular "Hee HawHee HawHee Haw is an American television variety show featuring country music and humor with fictional rural Kornfield Kounty as a backdrop. It aired on CBS-TV from 1969–1971 before a 20-year run in local syndication. The show was inspired by Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, the major difference being...
." Clark would soldier on alone for the next six years, with rotating guest stars each week.
Top hits of the year
Singles released by American artists
| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 100% Chance of Rain | Gary Morris Gary Morris Gary Gwyn Morris is an American country music artist who charted a string of countrypolitan-styled hit songs throughout the 1980s.... |
| 6 | 5 | 1982 1982 (song) "1982" is a single by American country music singer Randy Travis. Released as the second single from his 1986 album Storms of Life. It peaked at #6 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and #5 in Canada... |
Randy Travis Randy Travis Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits... |
| 1 | 1 | Ain't Misbehavin' Ain't Misbehavin' (song) "Ain't Misbehavin" is a 1929 song written by Thomas "Fats" Waller, Harry Brooks and Andy Razaf . Waller recorded the original version that year for Victor Records and also later performed the song in the 1943 film Stormy Weather. It was used in the off-broadway musical Connie's Hot Chocolates... |
Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr. Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country... |
| 6 | 1 | All Tied Up All Tied Up (song) "All Tied Up" is a single by American country music artist Ronnie McDowell. Released in April 1986, it was the first single from his album All Tied Up in Love. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in July 1986 and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.-Chart... |
Ronnie McDowell Ronnie McDowell Ronald Dean "Ronnie" McDowell is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1977 with the song "The King Is Gone", a tribute to Elvis Presley, who had died not long before the single's release. From that single onward, McDowell has charted more than thirty Top 40 hits on the Billboard... |
| 1 | 1 | Always Have, Always Will | Janie Fricke Janie Fricke Janie Fricke is an American country music singer, best remembered for a series of country music hits in the early to mid 1980s.... |
| 19 | 53 | Arlene | Marty Stuart Marty Stuart John Martin "Marty" Stuart is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music... |
| 5 | 16 | At the Sound of the Tone At the Sound of the Tone "At the Sound of the Tone" is a single by American country music artist and actor John Schneider. Released in 1986, it was the first single from the album Take the Long Way Home. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
John Schneider John Schneider (television actor) John Richard Schneider III is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Bo Duke in the 1980s American television series The Dukes of Hazzard, and as Jonathan Kent on Smallville, a 2001 television adaptation of Superman.Alongside his acting career, Schneider performed as a... |
| 7 | 2 | (Back to The) Heartbreak Kid (Back to the) Heartbreak Kid " Heartbreak Kid" is a single by American country music group Restless Heart. Released in 1985, it was the third single from the album Restless Heart... |
Restless Heart Restless Heart Restless Heart is an American country music band established in 1984. The band's original members were John Dittrich , Paul Gregg , Dave Innis , Greg Jennings , and Verlon Thompson... |
| 14 | 7 | Back When Love Was Enough | Mark Gray |
| 12 | 15 | Bad Love | Pake McEntire Pake McEntire Del Stanley McEntire is an American country music artist. He is the oldest brother of Reba McEntire and Susie Luchsinger and a younger brother of Alice Foran. He's also a country music artist... |
| 1 | 1 | Bop Bop (Dan Seals song) "Bop" is the second single released from Dan Seals' 1985 album Won't Be Blue Anymore. It reached #1 on the Country singles chart in early-1986 - his second number one hit, but his first as a solo artist. It was a major crossover hit as well, peaking at #42 on the US Hot 100, and at #10 on the US... |
Dan Seals Dan Seals Danny Wayland "Dan" Seals was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals & Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as the "England Dan" half of the soft rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, which charted nine pop and adult contemporary singles between 1976 and 1980, including... |
| 17 | 7 | Born Yesterday | The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing... |
| 1 | 1 | Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers) | Eddie Rabbitt Eddie Rabbitt Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt was an American singer-songwriter and musician. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974... with Juice Newton Juice Newton Judith Kay "Juice" Newton is an American Pop music and Country singer, songwriter and guitarist... |
| 10 | — | Burned Like a Rocket Burned Like a Rocket "Burned Like a Rocket" is a single by American country pop artist Billy Joe Royal. Released in 1985, it was the first single from the album Looking Ahead. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Billy Joe Royal Billy Joe Royal Billy Joe Royal is an American singer.-Biography:Born in Valdosta and raised in Marietta in 1942, Royal became a local star at Savannah, Georgia's Bamboo Ranch in the 1950s and 1960s... |
| 1 | 1 | Cajun Moon Cajun Moon "Cajun Moon is a 1986 single written by Jim Rushing and recorded Ricky Skaggs. "Cajun Moon" was Ricky Skaggs' tenth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent thirteen weeks on the country chart .... |
Ricky Skaggs Ricky Skaggs Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:... |
| 9 | 5 | Cheap Love Cheap Love "Cheap Love" is a single by American country pop artist Juice Newton. Released in 1986, it was the fourth single from the album Old Flame. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Juice Newton |
| 3 | 1 | Come On In (You Did the Best You Could Do) Come on In (You Did the Best You Could Do) "Come On In " is a single by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys. Released in 1986, it was the third single from the album Step On Out. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s... |
| 5 | 4 | Count on Me Count on Me (The Statler Brothers song) "Count on Me" is a single by American country music group The Statler Brothers. It was released in April 1986 as the first single from their album Four for the Show. The song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.... |
The Statler Brothers |
| 2 | 4 | Country State of Mind Country State of Mind "Country State of Mind" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr.. It was released in June 1986 as the first single from the album Montana Cafe. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Hank Williams, Jr. |
| 1 | 1 | Cry Cry (Churchill Kohlman song) "Cry" is the title of a 1951 popular song written by Churchill Kohlman. The song was first recorded by Ruth Casey on the Cadillac label. The biggest hit version was recorded in New York City by Johnnie Ray and The Four Lads on October 16, 1951.... |
Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle is an American country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, she accumulated 18 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s... |
| 7 | — | Daddy's Hands Daddy's Hands "Daddy's Hands" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Holly Dunn. Released in 1986, it was the second single from the album Holly Dunn. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Holly Dunn Holly Dunn Holly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled début album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot.Dunn is the daughter of a minister father... |
| 1 | 1 | Desperado Love Desperado Love "Desperado Love" is a 1986 single written by Michael Garvin and Sammy Johns and recorded by Conway Twitty. "Desperado Love" was Conway Twitty's 35th and final number one country hit as a solo artist... |
Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006... |
| 13 | 7 | The Devil's on the Loose | Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL... |
| 10 | 10 | Didn't We Didn't We "Didn't We" is a single by American country music artist Lee Greenwood. Released in August 1986, it was the first single from the album Love Will Find Its Way to You. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts.... |
| 1 | 1 | Diggin' Up Bones Diggin' Up Bones "Diggin' Up Bones" is a song recorded by country music artist Randy Travis. It was the third single to his 1986 album Storms of Life. It peaked at number-one in both the United States and Canada.-Chart positions:... |
Randy Travis |
| 1 | 1 | Don't Underestimate My Love for You Don't Underestimate My Love For You "Don't Underestimate My Love for You" is a 1985 single written by Dave Loggins, Steve Dorff, and Steve Diamond and recorded by Lee Greenwood. Greenwood's fifth number one country single in the United States, it spent one week at the top of the Billboard country chart in March 1986 and twelve weeks... |
Lee Greenwood |
| 6 | 9 | Doo-Wah Days Doo-Wah Days "Doo-Wah Days" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Mickey Gilley. It was released in July 1986 as the only single from his album Back to Basics. The song reached #6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and #9 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart in... |
Mickey Gilley Mickey Gilley Mickey Leroy Gilley is an American country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as... |
| 12 | 35 | Down in Tennessee Down in Tennessee "Down in Tennessee" is the title of a song written by Wayland Holyfield and recorded by American country music artist John Anderson. It was released in November 1985 as the second single from the album Tokyo, Oklahoma... |
John Anderson John Anderson (musician) John David Anderson is an American country music artist with a successful career that has lasted more than 30 years... |
| 9 | 17 | Dreamland Express Dreamland Express (song) "Dreamland Express" is the title of a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter John Denver. It was released in November 1985 as the second single from his album Dreamland Express. The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and number 34 on the Hot Adult... |
John Denver John Denver Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. , known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer/songwriter, activist, and humanitarian. After growing up in numerous locations with his military family, Denver began his music career in folk music groups in the late 1960s. His greatest commercial success... |
| 8 | 21 | Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye "Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye", is the title of a song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band. It was released in March 1986 as the third and final single from their 1985 album Me and the Boys.-Chart performance:... |
Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels Charles Edward "Charlie" Daniels is an American musician known for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer... |
| 5 | 15 | Easy to Please Easy to Please "Easy to Please" is a single by American country music artist Janie Fricke. Released in 1986, it was the third single from the album Somebody Else's Fire. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Janie Fricke |
| 20 | 47 | Every Night | Pake McEntire |
| 1 | 1 | Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold) Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold) "Everything That Glitters " is the third and final single released from Dan Seals' 1985 album Won't Be Blue Anymore. It peaked at number-one in both the United States and Canada.-Content:... |
Dan Seals |
| 4 | 2 | Fast Lanes and Country Roads Fast Lanes and Country Roads "Fast Lanes and Country Roads" is the title of a song written by Roger Murrah and Steve Dean, and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in November 1985 as the second single from the album Get to the Heart. The song reached #4 on the Billboard hot Country... |
Barbara Mandrell Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s... |
| 2 | 8 | Feelin' the Feelin' Feelin' the Feelin' "Feelin' the Feelin" is a single by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. Released in 1986, it was the third single from the album Howard and David. The song reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:... |
The Bellamy Brothers |
| 9 | 12 | A Friend in California A Friend in California "A Friend in California" is a single by American country music artist Merle Haggard. Released in 1986, it was the second single and title track from the album A Friend in California. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,... |
| 17 | 19 | A Girl Like Emmylou | Southern Pacific Southern Pacific (band) Southern Pacific was an American country rock band that ran from 1983 to 1991. They are best known for hits such as "Any Way the Wind Blows" , which was used in the soundtrack for the film Pink Cadillac starring Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters, and "New Shade of Blue"... |
| 1 | 1 | Got My Heart Set on You Got My Heart Set on You "Got My Heart Set on You" is a 1986 single written by Dobie Gray and Bud Reneau and recorded by John Conlee. "Got My Heart Set on You" was John Conlee's seventh and final number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country... |
John Conlee John Conlee John Conlee is an American country music singer. Between 1978 and 2004, Conlee charted a total of thirty-two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and recorded eleven studio albums... |
| 12 | — | Gotta Learn to Live Without You | Michael Johnson Michael Johnson (singer) Michael Johnson , is an American pop, country and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his 1978 hit song "Bluer Than Blue". To date, he has charted four hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and nine more on the Hot Country Songs charts, including two Number One country hits... |
| 1 | 1 | Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days) Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days) "Grandpa " is a 1986 song written by Jamie O'Hara, and made famous by The Judds."Grandpa" — as the song is sometimes known — is a reflection on days gone by, wherein the narrator expresses discontent about the decline in traditional values, the hectic lifestyle of the day and how progress hasn't... |
The Judds The Judds The Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country... |
| 7 | 7 | Guitar Town Guitar Town (song) "Guitar Town" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Steve Earle. It was released in June 1986 as the second single and title track from the album Guitar Town. The song reached #7 on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and the Canadian RPM... |
Steve Earle Steve Earle Stephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play.... |
| 4 | 2 | Guitars, Cadillacs Guitars, Cadillacs "Guitars, Cadillacs" is the title of a song written and recorded by country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released in June 1986 as the second single and partial title track released from his 1986 debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.... |
Dwight Yoakam Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music... |
| 1 | 1 | Happy, Happy Birthday Baby Happy, Happy Birthday Baby "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" is a 1957 song written by Margo Sylvia & Gilbert Lopez. "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" was originally performed by The Tune Weavers, who had their only hit with this song. Both Margo Sylvia and Gilbert Lopez were members of The Tune Weavers. The single went to number... |
Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s... |
| 10 | 19 | Harmony Harmony (song) "Harmony" is a single by American country music artist John Conlee. Released in 1986, it was the first single and title track from the album Harmony. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
John Conlee |
| 14 | 16 | Heart Don't Fall Now | Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller... |
| 1 | 2 | Heartbeat in the Darkness Heartbeat in the Darkness "Heartbeat in the Darkness" is a 1986 single written by Dave Loggins and Russell Smith and recorded by Don Williams. "Heartbeat in the Darkness" was Don Williams' seventeenth and final number one on the country chart. The single spent one week at number one and spent a total of thirteen weeks on... |
Don Williams Don Williams Don Williams , is an American country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. He grew up in Portland, Texas, and graduated in 1958 from Gregory-Portland High School. After seven years with the folk-pop group Pozo-Seco Singers, he began his solo career in 1971,... |
| 1 | 1 | Hearts Aren't Made to Break (They're Made to Love) Hearts Aren't Made to Break (They're Made to Love) "Hearts Aren't Made to Break " is a 1986 single written by Roger Murrah and Steve Dean and recorded by Lee Greenwood. "Hearts Aren't Made to Break " was Lee Greenwood's sixth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the... |
Lee Greenwood |
| 1 | 1 | Hell and High Water Hell and High Water (song) Hell and High Water" is a 1986 single by T. Graham Brown, who co-wrote the song with Alex Harvey. "Hell and High Water" was T. Graham Brown's third country hit and the first of three number ones on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen weeks on... |
T. Graham Brown T. Graham Brown Anthony "T." Graham Brown is an American country music artist. Active since 1986, Brown has recorded a total of thirteen studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
| 5 | 6 | Hold On Hold On (Rosanne Cash song) "Hold On" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Rosanne Cash. Released in 1986, it was the third single from the album Rhythm and Romance. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin.... |
| 3 | 1 | Home Again in My Heart Home Again in My Heart "Home Again in My Heart" is the title of a song written by Josh Leo and Wendy Waldman, and recorded by American country music group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It was released in October 1985 as the second single from their album Partners, Brothers and Friends... |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded... |
| 10 | 7 | Honky Tonk Crowd | John Anderson |
| 3 | 1 | Honky Tonk Man Honky Tonk Man (song) "Honky Tonk Man" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Johnny Horton. It was released in March 1956 as his debut single, reaching #9 on the U.S. country singles charts... |
Dwight Yoakam |
| 1 | 1 | Hurt Hurt (Roy Hamilton song) "Hurt" is a 1954 song by Jamie Crane and Al Jacobs. "Hurt" was originally performed by Roy Hamilton, whose version peaked at number eight on the R&B Best Seller chart and spent a total of seven weeks on the chart. The song is considered to be the signature hit of Timi Yuro, whose version went to... |
Juice Newton |
| 1 | 1 | I Could Get Used to You I Could Get Used to You "I Could Get Used to You" is a 1985 single by Exile. "I Could Get Used to You" was written by then-lead singer J.P. Pennington and bass player Sonny LeMaire and was the seventh number one country hit for Exile. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the... |
Exile Exile (American band) Exile, originally known as The Exiles, is an American band founded in Richmond, Kentucky by J.P. Pennington. They started by playing local clubs which led to touring with Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars opening shows and providing backup for major rock artists of the period.Their name was shortened... |
| 5 | 4 | I Had a Beautiful Time I Had a Beautiful Time "I Had a Beautiful Time" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. Released in 1986, it was the first single from the album A Friend in California. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Merle Haggard |
| 9 | 7 | I Love You by Heart I Love You by Heart "I Love You by Heart" is a single by American country music artists Sylvia and Michael Johnson. Released in 1985, it was the third single from the album One Step Closer The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Sylvia Sylvia (singer) Sylvia Jane Kirby is an American country music and country pop singer and songwriter. More commonly known by the singular name Sylvia, she enjoyed crossover music success with the song "Nobody" in 1982.... with Michael Johnson |
| 14 | — | I Miss You Already | Billy Joe Royal |
| 7 | — | I Tell It Like It Used to Be I Tell It Like It Used to Be "I Tell It Like It Used to Be" is a single by American country music artist T. Graham Brown. Released in 1985, it was the first single and title track from the album I Tell It Like It Used to Be. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
T. Graham Brown |
| 3 | 2 | I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again "I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again" is a song first recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers, released in 1978 on his multi-million selling album The Gambler, although Rogers did not release it as a single the album included two number 1 singles in the title cut and "She... |
T. Graham Brown |
| 10 | 7 | I've Got a New Heartache I've Got a New Heartache "I've Got a New Heartache" is a single by American country music artist Ray Price. Released in 1956, it was the first new single from his Greatest Hits album. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:... |
Ricky Skaggs |
| 1 | 1 | In Love | Ronnie Milsap |
| 9 | 28 | In Over My Heart In Over My Heart "In Over My Heart" is a single by American country music artist T.G. Sheppard. Released in 1986, it was the third single from the album Livin' on the Edge. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
T. G. Sheppard T. G. Sheppard T. G. Sheppard is an American country music singer, who had 14 number one hits during the 1970s and 1980s.-Early life:... |
| 1 | 5 | It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You" the title of a song co-written by Dean Dillon and Royce Porter and recorded by country music artist George Strait. It was released in August 1986 as the second and final single from his 1986 album, #7. It became his 9th #1 single.-Content:The narrator is a man... |
George Strait George Strait George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional... |
| 1 | 1 | It'll Be Me It'll Be Me "It'll Be Me" is a 1986 single by Exile. "It'll Be Me", which was written by then-lead singer J.P. Pennington and bass player Sonny LeMaire and featured Les Taylor and lead vocals, was Exile's seventh number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of... |
Exile |
| 7 | 7 | It's Just a Matter of Time It's Just a Matter of Time (Brook Benton song) "It's Just a Matter of Time" is a popular song written by Brook Benton and Clyde Otis. The original recording by Benton topped the Billboard rhythm & blues chart in 1959 and peaked at No... |
Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell is an American country music singer, guitarist, television host and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television.During his 50 years in show... |
| 15 | 16 | Juliet | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 1 | 1 | Just Another Love Just Another Love "Just Another Love" is a 1986 single written by Paul Davis and recorded by Tanya Tucker.-Success:A track on Girls Like Me, her first album of new material released since 1982, "Just Another Love" became Tucker's seventh No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. In doing so, the song became... |
Tanya Tucker Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13... |
| 1 | 2 | Just in Case Just in Case (song) "Just in Case" is a 1985 single written by J.P. Pennington and Sonny LeMaire and recorded by The Forester Sisters. "Just in Case" was The Forester Sisters' second number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for thirteen weeks within the Top 40.-Chart performance:... |
The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters are an American country music vocal group consisting of sisters Kathy, June, Kim and Christy Forester. The quartet had commercial success in the 1980s, charting fifteen Top Tens on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including the Number Ones "I Fell in Love Again Last... |
| 1 | 2 | Life's Highway Life's Highway (song) "Life's Highway" is a song recorded by country music artist Steve Wariner and was his fourth number-one hit on the country chart . It was the second single from his 1986 album of the same name and was a #2 hit in Canada.-Chart performance:... |
Steve Wariner Steve Wariner Steven Noel "Steve" Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records... |
| 1 | 2 | Little Rock Little Rock (Reba McEntire song) "Little Rock" is a song written by Pat McManus, Bob DiPiero, and Gerry House. It was recorded by American country music artist, Reba McEntire for her 1986 studio album, Whoever's in New England. Produced by Jimmy Bowen and McEntire, the song was released as the album's second single, reaching... |
Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma... |
| 1 | 1 | Living in the Promiseland Living in the Promiseland "Living in the Promiseland" is a 1986 single written by David Lynn Jones and recorded by Willie Nelson. "Living in the Promiseland" was Willie Nelson's twelfth number one single on the country chart as a solo artist, spending one week at number one and twenty weeks on the chart.In 1988, Jones... |
Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized... |
| 2 | 3 | Lonely Alone Lonely Alone "Lonely Alone" is a single by American country music group The Forester Sisters. Released in 1986, it was the first single from the album Perfume, Ribbons & Pearls. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
The Forester Sisters |
| 3 | — | Love at the Five and Dime Love at the Five and Dime "Love at the Five and Dime" is a single by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. Released in 1986, it was the first single from the album Walk the Way the Wind Blows. The song was Mattea's breakthrough hit, becoming her first top 10 hit and eventually peaking at No... |
Kathy Mattea Kathy Mattea Kathleen Alice "Kathy" Mattea is an American country music and bluegrass performer who often brings folk, Celtic and traditional country sounds to her music. Active since 1983 as a recording artist, she has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot... |
| 14 | — | Love Will Get You Through Times with No Money | Girls Next Door Girls Next Door (band) Girls Next Door is an American country music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1982 and disbanded in 1991. The group consisted of Doris King, Cindy Nixon, Diane Williams, and Tammy Stephens. They were previously known as Belle and Wildflower. Girls Next Door recorded two albums for MTM... |
| 4 | 1 | Love's Gonna Get You Someday Love's Gonna Get You Someday "Love's Gonna Get You Someday" is a single by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. Released in September 1986, it was the first single from his album Love's Gonna Get Ya! The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in December 1986 and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in... |
Ricky Skaggs |
| 1 | 1 | Makin' Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers Song) Makin' Up For Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers Song) "Makin' Up for Lost Time " is a 1985 duet by Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris, who co-wrote the song with Dave Loggins. "Makin' Up for Lost Time" was from the CBS TV series, "Dallas" and would be the most successful country hit for the duo of Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris... |
Gary Morris with Crystal Gayle |
| 1 | 1 | Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes "Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes" is a 1986 single written by Terry Skinner and J.L. Wallace and recorded by The Forester Sisters. "Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes" was The Forester Sisters' third number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fifteen... |
The Forester Sisters |
| 5 | 2 | Memories to Burn Memories to Burn "Memories to Burn" is a single by American country music artist Gene Watson. Released in 1985, it was the second single and title track from the album Memories to Burn. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Gene Watson Gene Watson Gary Gene Watson is an American country singer. He is most famous for his 1975 hit "Love in the Hot Afternoon," his 1982 hit "Fourteen Carat Mind," and his signature song "Farewell Party." Watson's long career has notched six number ones, 23 top tens and over 75 charted singles.-Biography:Watson... |
| 14 | 38 | Miami, My Amy Miami, My Amy "Miami, My Amy" is a single by American country music artist Keith Whitley. Released in January 1986, it was the second single from the album L.A. to Miami. The song reached #14 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Keith Whitley Keith Whitley Jackie Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 until his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters... |
| 1 | 1 | Mind Your Own Business Mind Your Own Business (song) "Mind Your Own Business" is a 1949 song written and originally performed by Hank Williams. "Mind Your Own Business" went to number six on the C&W Best Seller list where it stayed for two weeks.-Cover versions:... |
Hank Williams, Jr. featuring Reba McEntire, Tom Petty Tom Petty Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T... , Reverend Ike Reverend Ike Reverend Ike was an American minister and electronic evangelist based in New York City. He was best known for the slogan "You can't lose with the stuff I use!"-Background:... and Willie Nelson |
| 1 | 1 | Morning Desire Morning Desire "Morning Desire" is the title of a song written by Dave Loggins and recorded by Kenny Rogers. It was released in October 1985 as the lead single from the album, The Heart of the Matter. The song was Kenny Rogers' twelfth number one on the country chart as a solo artist... |
Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur... |
| 1 | 2 | Never Be You Never Be You "Never Be You" is a 1985 single written by Tom Petty and Benmont Tench and recorded by Rosanne Cash. "Never Be You" was Rosanne Cash's fifth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 16 weeks on the chart... |
Rosanne Cash |
| 4 | 11 | Nights Nights (song) "Nights" is a country song written by Byron Hill and Tony Hiller, recorded by RCA recording artist Ed Bruce. The song included on country singer Ed Bruce's 1984 album "Night Things" and was #4 chart country single in 1986.-Chart positions:... |
Ed Bruce Ed Bruce William Edwin "Ed" Bruce, Jr. is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is known for penning the 1975 song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" .-Early life & songwriting career:... |
| 6 | 5 | No One Mends a Broken Heart Like You No One Mends a Broken Heart Like You No One Mends a Broken Like You is the title of a song written by John Schweers and recorded by American country music artist Barbara Mandrell. It was released in August 1986 as the first single from the album Moments. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. -Chart... |
Barbara Mandrell |
| 1 | 1 | Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" is the title of a song written by Dean Dillon and recorded by American country singer George Strait in 1986.... |
George Strait |
| 12 | 9 | Nothing But Your Love Matters | Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Larry Gatlin Larry Wayne Gatlin is an American country music singer/songwriter. He is perhaps best known for teaming up with his brothers Steve and Rudy in the late 1970s, becoming one of country music's most successful acts of the 1970s and 1980s. Gatlin has had a total of 33 Top 40 singles... |
| 10 | 6 | Oh Darlin' Oh Darlin' "Oh Darlin" is a the debut single written and recorded by American country music duo The O'Kanes. Released in 1986, it was the first single from the album The O'Kanes. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
The O'Kanes The O'Kanes The O'Kanes was an American country music duo, composed of Jamie O'Hara and Kieran Kane. Active between 1986 and 1990, the duo recorded three albums for Columbia Records and charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, including the Number One "Can't Stop My Heart from Loving... |
| 9 | 27 | Oklahoma Borderline Oklahoma Borderline "Oklahoma Borderline" is a single by American country music artist Vince Gill. Released in November 1985, it was the third single from the album The Things That Matter. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Vince Gill Vince Gill Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a... |
| 5 | 3 | Old Flame Old Flame (Juice Newton song) "Old Flame" is a single by American country pop artist Juice Newton. Released in 1986, it was the third single and title track from the album Old Flame. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Juice Newton |
| 5 | 6 | Old School Old School (John Conlee song) "Old School" is a single by American country music artist John Conlee. Released in 1985, it was the first new single from his Greatest Hits 2 album. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
John Conlee |
| 1 | 1 | On the Other Hand On the Other Hand "On the Other Hand" is a country music song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. First recorded by Keith Whitley on his 1985 album L.A. to Miami, it was later released as a single by Randy Travis. It was the lead-off single to his 1986 album Storms of Life, and it peaked at #67 in the United... |
Randy Travis |
| 1 | 1 | Once in a Blue Moon Once in a Blue Moon (song) "Once in a Blue Moon" is the title of a song written by Robert Byrne and Tom Brasfield and recorded by Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in January 1986 as the second and final single from the compilation album, "Greatest Hits". The song was Earl Thomas Conley's eleventh number one on the country... |
Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for the RCA Records label. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which... |
| 3 | 2 | The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song) The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song) "The One I Loved Back Then " is the title of a country song written by Gary Gentry and recorded by American country music singer George Jones. It was recorded for his 1985 album Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes, from which it was released in late 1985 as the second single... |
George Jones George Jones George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette.... |
| 3 | 1 | One Love at a Time One Love at a Time "One Love at a Time" is a single by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. Released in 1986, it was the first single from the album Girls Like Me. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Tanya Tucker |
| 11 | 4 | Out Goin' Cattin' Out Goin' Cattin' (song) "Out Goin' Cattin'" is the title of a song released by the American country music group Sawyer Brown in September 1986. It featured guest vocals from Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys. He was credited as Cat Joe Bonsall. It was written by Randy Scruggs and Mark Miller and was the lead-off single to... |
Sawyer Brown with Cat Joe Bonsall Joe Bonsall Joseph Sloan Bonsall, Jr. known professionally as Joe Bonsall is a member of the Oak Ridge Boys, since 1973 and an author... |
| 6 | 3 | Partners, Brothers and Friends Partners, Brothers and Friends "Partners, Brothers and Friends" is a the title of a song written by Jeff Hanna and Jimmy Ibbotson and recorded by American country music group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It was released in February 1986, as the third single and title track from the album Partners, Brothers and Friends... |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 18 | 24 | Perfect Stranger | Southern Pacific |
| 7 | 3 | Please Be Love Please Be Love "Please Be Love" is a single by American country music artist Mark Gray. It was released in 1985 as the first single from his album That Feeling Inside. The song peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:... |
Mark Gray |
| 4 | 5 | Read My Lips Read My Lips (Marie Osmond song) "Read My Lips" is a single by American country music artist Marie Osmond. Released in 1986, it was the second single from the album There's No Stopping Your Heart. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Marie Osmond Marie Osmond Olive Marie Osmond is an American singer, actress, doll designer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s... |
| 9 | 19 | Reno Bound Reno Bound "Reno Bound" is a single by American country music group Southern Pacific. Released in 1986, it was the third single from the album Southern Pacific. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Southern Pacific |
| 4 | 5 | Repetitive Regret Repetitive Regret "Repetitive Regret" is a single by American country music artist Eddie Rabbitt. Released in 1986, it was the second single from the album Rabbitt Trax. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Eddie Rabbitt |
| 1 | 1 | Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain "Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain" is a 1986 single by The Judds. "Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain" was written by Brent Maher and Don Schlitz and was The Judds' seventh number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent twelve weeks on the country chart... |
The Judds |
| 15 | 14 | Rollin' Nowhere Rollin' Nowhere "Rollin' Nowhere" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Michael Martin Murphey. It was released in May 1986 as the second single from the album, Tonight We Ride. The song peaked at #15 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles and at #14 on the Canadian RPM... |
Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, Country music, and Popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter... |
| 3 | 4 | Savin' My Love for You Savin' My Love for You "Savin' My Love for You" is a single by American country music artist Pake McEntire. It was released in April 1986 as the second single from his album Too Old to Grow Up Now. The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.... |
Pake McEntire |
| 5 | 4 | Second to No One Second to No One "Second to No One" is a single written and recorded by American country music artist Rosanne Cash. Released in 1986, it was the fourth single from the album Rhythm and Romance. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Rosanne Cash |
| 15 | 7 | Shakin' Shakin' (song) "Shakin" is the title of a song written by Mark Miller and Randy Scruggs, and recorded by American country music group Sawyer Brown. It was released in May 1986 as the third single and title track from the album Shakin. The song reached #15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks... |
Sawyer Brown |
| 1 | 1 | She and I She and I "She and I" is a song written by Dave Loggins and recorded by American country music band Alabama. Originally released in December 1985, the song — an uptempo, rock-tinged song professing marital lust — was one of two new tracks on Alabama's first greatest hits album.The song became their 19th... |
Alabama Alabama (band) Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook... |
| 2 | 3 | She Used to Be Somebody's Baby She Used to Be Somebody's Baby "She Used to Be Somebody's Baby" is a single by American country music group Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers. It was released in July 1986 as the first single from their album Partners. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:... |
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers |
| 22 | 18 | Shoe String | Mel McDaniel Mel McDaniel Mel McDaniel was an American country music artist. His chart making years were mainly the 1980s and his hits from that era include "Louisiana Saturday Night", "Big Ole Brew", "Stand Up", the Number One "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On", "I Call It Love", "Stand on It", and a remake of Chuck Berry's... |
| 7 | 15 | Since I Found You Since I Found You "Since i Found You" is a single by American country music duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo. Released in 1986, it was the second from the album Sweethearts of the Rodeo. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo is an American country music duo composed of sisters Janis Oliver and Kristine Oliver . The duo recorded for Columbia Records between 1986 and 1991, releasing four albums and twelve singles for the label. In the 1990s, they also recorded two albums for Sugar Hill Records... |
| 8 | — | Slow Boat to China Slow Boat to China "Slow Boat to China" is the title of a song written by Mike Ragogna and recorded by American country music group Girls Next Door. It was released in May 1986 as the second single from their album The Girls Next Door. The song peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart... |
Girls Next Door |
| 9 | 20 | Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way "Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way" is a single by American country music artist George Jones. It was released in April 1986 as the third single from his album Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes. The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:... |
George Jones |
| 3 | 2 | Sometimes a Lady Sometimes a Lady "Sometimes a Lady" is a single by American country music artist Eddy Raven. Released in 1986, it was the first single from the album Right Hand Man. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Eddy Raven Eddy Raven Edward Garvin Futch is an American country music artist known professionally as Eddy Raven. Known for his Cajun-influenced country music, Raven has been a recording artist since 1962... |
| 5 | 3 | Stand a Little Rain Stand a Little Rain "Stand a Little Rain" is the title of a song written by Donny Lowery and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It was released in June 1986 as the first new single from the album Twenty Years of Dirt. The song reached #5 on the U.S... |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band |
| 12 | 5 | Stand on It Stand on It "Stand on It" is the title of a song written by Bruce Springsteen and recorded by American country music artist, Mel McDaniel. It was released in September 1986 as the lead single from McDaniel's album, Just Can't Sit Down Music. It peaked at number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles &... |
Mel McDaniel |
| 4 | 11 | Starting Over Again Starting Over Again (Steve Wariner song) "Starting Over Again" is a single by American country music artist Steve Wariner. Released in 1986, it was the third single from the album Life's Highway. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Steve Wariner |
| 1 | 1 | Strong Heart Strong Heart (T.G. Sheppard song) "Strong Heart" is a 1986 song written by Tommy Rocco, Charlie Black, and Austin Roberts and recorded by T. G. Sheppard. "Strong Heart" was Sheppard's fourteenth and last number-one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single spent one week at the top of the chart in August 1986.-Chart... |
T. G. Sheppard |
| 14 | 21 | Super Love | Exile |
| 8 | 34 | Sweeter and Sweeter Sweeter and Sweeter "Sweeter and Sweeter" is a single by American country music group The Statler Brothers. It was released in November 1985 as the third single from their album Pardners in Rhyme. The song peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.... |
The Statler Brothers |
| 9 | 16 | Ten Feet Away Ten Feet Away "Ten Feet Away" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Keith Whitley. Released in June 1986, it was the second single from the album L.A. to Miami... |
Keith Whitley |
| 1 | 2 | That Rock Won't Roll That Rock Won't Roll "That Rock Won't Roll" is the title of a song written by Bob DiPiero and John Scott Sherrill and recorded by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released in 1986 as the lead single from the album, Wheels. The song was Restless Heart's fifth country hit and the first of six... |
Restless Heart |
| 9 | 9 | That's How You Know When Love's Right That's How You Know When Love's Right "That's How You Know When Love's Right" is a single by American country music artists Nicolette Larson and Steve Wariner. It was released in May 1986 as the second single from Larson's album Rose of My Heart. The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.-Chart performance:... |
Nicolette Larson Nicolette Larson Nicolette Larson was an American pop singer. She is perhaps best known for her work in the late 1970s with Neil Young, as well as her 1978 cover of Young's "Lotta Love". The song, her debut single, was a Number One Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks hit and #8 pop hit that year... with Steve Wariner |
| 1 | 1 | There's No Stopping Your Heart There's No Stopping Your Heart (song) "There's No Stopping Your Heart" is a 1985 single written by Michael Bonagura and Craig Karp and recorded by Marie Osmond. "There's No Stopping Your Heart" would be Marie Osmond's fifth country hit and her second and last number one on the country chart, as a solo artist... |
Marie Osmond |
| 1 | 1 | Think About Love Think About Love (song) "Think About Love" is a song recorded by Dolly Parton, first released on her 1985 Real Love album. The song, written by Richard "Spady" Brannan and Tom Campbell, was an uptempo pop tune, employing synthesizers and other distinctive pop flourishes... |
Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk... |
| 17 | 20 | Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot) | Dolly Parton |
| 10 | 11 | Til I Loved You Til I Loved You "Til I Loved You" is a single by American country music group Restless Heart. Released in 1986, it was the fourth single from the album Restless Heart. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The original recording of the song appeared on Juice Newton's 1983... |
Restless Heart |
| 1 | 1 | Tomb of the Unknown Love Tomb of the Unknown Love "Tomb of the Unknown Love" is the title of a song written by Michael Smotherman and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in February 1986 as the second and final single from the album, The Heart of the Matter. The song was Kenny Rogers' thirteenth number one... |
Kenny Rogers |
| 2 | 3 | Too Many Times Too Many Times (Earl Thomas Conley and Anita Pointer song) "Too Many Times" is the title of a song recorded American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley and R&B artist Anita Pointer. It was released in July 1986 as the first single and title track from the album Too Many Times. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks... |
Earl Thomas Conley with Anita Pointer Anita Pointer Anita Pointer is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter and a member of The Pointer Sisters.-Biography:... |
| 1 | 1 | Too Much Is Not Enough Too Much Is Not Enough "Too Much is Not Enough" is a 1986 single and collaboration by The Bellamy Brothers along with The Forester Sisters. "Too Much is Not Enough" was written by David Bellamy and Ron Taylor and became the ninth number one on the country chart for the The Bellamy Brothers. The single went to number... |
The Bellamy Brothers with The Forester Sisters |
| 1 | 1 | Touch Me When We're Dancing Touch Me When We're Dancing "Touch Me When We're Dancing" is a song written by Terry Skinner, J. L. Wallace and Ken Bell. Skinner and Wallace headed the Muscle Shoals, Alabama session group Bama, who first recorded this song and released it as a single in 1979 reaching the Billboard Easy Listening chart at #42 and ranking on... |
Alabama |
| 1 | — | Until I Met You Until I Met You "Until I Met You" is a country music song released as a single in 1986 by American country music artist, Judy Rodman. It was Rodman's fourth-issued single and her only song to reach #1 on the Billboard Country chart .-Song information:... |
Judy Rodman Judy Rodman Judy Rodman is an American Country Music Singer. In the mid-80s, she was a successful country music singer, making all the way to number one on the country charts in 1986 with the song "Until I Met You." She also won the Academy of Country Music's "Top New Female Vocalist" award in 1985.Today,... |
| 10 | — | Walk the Way the Wind Blows Walk the Way the Wind Blows (song) "Walk the Way the Wind Blows" is a single by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. Released in 1986, it was the second single and title track from the album Walk the Way the Wind Blows. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Kathy Mattea |
| 3 | 2 | We've Got a Good Fire Goin' We've Got a Good Fire Goin' "We've Got a Fire Goin" is a single by American country music artist Don Williams. Released in 1986, it was the first single from the album New Moves. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Don Williams |
| 8 | 7 | What You'll Do When I'm Gone What You'll Do When I'm Gone "What You'll Do When I'm Gone" is a single by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. Released in 1986, it was the third single from the album Will the Wolf Survive. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Waylon Jennings |
| 1 | 1 | What's a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This) What's a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This) "What's a Memory Like You " is a 1986 single written by Charles Quillen and John Jarrard and recorded by John Schneider. "What's a Memory Like You " was John Schneider's third number one on the country chart... |
John Schneider |
| 17 | 27 | When It's Down to Me and You | Charly McClain Charly McClain Charlotte Denise McClain is an American country music singer, best-known for series of Country hits during the 1980s.... with Wayne Massey Wayne Massey Donald Wayne Massey is an American country music artist and actor. He is best known for playing the role of country/rock music superstar Johnny Drummond on the American daytime soap opera One Life to Live from 1980 to 1984. Massey is also known for marrying country music singer Charly McClain,... |
| 20 | 33 | When You Get to the Heart | Barbara Mandrell with The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 1 | 3 | Whoever's in New England Whoever's in New England (song) "Whoever's in New England" is the name of a popular single made famous by Reba McEntire in 1986. The song was considered one of her signature and breakthrough singles.-Song background:... |
Reba McEntire |
| 5 | 5 | Will the Wolf Survive Will the Wolf Survive (song) "Will the Wolf Survive" is a single by American Chicano rock band Los Lobos. Released in 1984, it was the second single from their album How Will the Wolf Survive? The song reached number 26 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart and number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100.-Chart performance:-Waylon... |
Waylon Jennings |
| 10 | 13 | Wine Colored Roses Wine Colored Roses (song) "Wine Colored Roses" is a single by American country music artist George Jones. It was released in September 1986 as the first single from his album Wine Colored Roses. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.... |
George Jones |
| 16 | 19 | Working Class Man | Lacy J. Dalton Lacy J. Dalton Lacy J. Dalton , is an American country and western singer and songwriter, known for her gritty, powerful vocals, which a number of critics likened to a country equivalent to Bonnie Raitt . She had a number of hits in the 1980s, including "Takin' It Easy," "Crazy Blue Eyes" and "16th Avenue." ... |
| 7 | 5 | Working Without a Net Working Without a Net "Working Without a Net" is a single by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. Released in 1986, it was the first single from the album Will the Wolf Survive. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Waylon Jennings |
| 10 | 8 | You Are My Music, You Are My Song You Are My Music, You Are My Song "You Are My Music, You Are My Song" is a single by American country music artists Charly McClain and Wayne Massey. Released in 1985, it was the third single from the album Radio Heart. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Charly McClain with Wayne Massey |
| 1 | 1 | You Can Dream of Me You Can Dream of Me "You Can Dream of Me" is a 1986 single by Steve Wariner, who co-wrote the song with John Hall. "You Can Dream of Me" would be Steve Wariner's third number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of twenty-two weeks on the country chart.-Chart... |
Steve Wariner |
| 9 | — | You Can't Stop Love You Can't Stop Love "You Can't Stop Love" is the debut single by American country music group Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet. Released in 1986, it was the first single from the album Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:... |
Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet S-K-O S-K-O, originally known as Schuyler, Knobloch and Overstreet, was an American country music group composed of Thom Schuyler, Fred Knobloch and Paul Overstreet. The original lineup recorded one album for MTM Records and charted three country hits, including the Number One "Baby's Got a New Baby"... |
| 24 | 20 | You Made a Rock of a Rolling Stone | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 3 | 3 | You Should Have Been Gone By Now You Should Have Been Gone By Now "You Should Have Been Gone By Now" is a single by American country music artist Eddy Raven. Released in 1986, it was the third single from the album Love and Other Hard Times. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.... |
Eddy Raven |
| 4 | 4 | You're Something Special to Me You're Something Special to Me "You're Something Special to Me" the title of a song written by David Anthony and recorded by country music artist George Strait. It was released as the second and final single from his album, Something Special in 1986.-Chart performance:... |
George Strait |
| 1 | 1 | You're Still New to Me You're Still New to Me "You're Still New to Me" is a 1986 duet by Marie Osmond with Paul Davis. "You're Still New to Me" was written by Davis and Paul Overstreet and was the only collaboration as a duo for Marie Osmond and Paul Davis and went to number one on the country chart. The single was number one for one week... |
Paul Davis Paul Davis (singer) Paul Lavon Davis was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his radio hits and solo career which started worldwide in 1970. His career encompassed soul, country and pop music... with Marie Osmond |
| 1 | 1 | You're the Last Thing I Needed Tonight You're the Last Thing I Needed Tonight "You're the Last Thing I Needed Tonight" is the title of a song written by Don Pfrimmer and David Wills and recorded by American country music artist John Schneider. "You're the Last Thing I Needed Tonight" was John Schneider's fourth and last number one on the country chart... |
John Schneider |
| 5 | 2 | Your Memory Ain't What It Used to Be Your Memory Ain't What It Used to Be "Your Memory Ain't What It Used to Be" is the title of a song recorded by American country music artist Mickey Gilley. It was released in December 1985 as the second and final single from his album I Feel Good About Lovin' You. The song reached #5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and... |
Mickey Gilley |
Singles released by Canadian artists
| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | 9 | Being a Fool Again | Audie Henry |
| — | 15 | Call Me Up | Rae Palmer |
| — | 16 | Fiddlin' Man | Whiskey Jack |
| — | 13 | Forget About Me | Anne Lord |
| — | 4 | He's My Gentle Man | Audie Henry |
| — | 10 | Heads You Win (Tails I Lose) | Anita Perras Anita Perras Anita Perras is a Canadian country music singer. Perras has released seven albums and charted twenty-six songs on the RPM Country Tracks chart between 1981 and 1995, including the Top 10 singles "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose" , "Isn't That the Strangest Thing" , "One Smokey Rose" , "The Tip of My... |
| — | 8 | Hot on the Heels of Love | The Haggertys |
| — | 6 | I'll Never Get Over You | Anne Lord |
| — | 13 | I'm Best at Lovin' You | Murray McLauchlan Murray McLauchlan Murray McLauchlan, CM is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player.-Biography:Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada with his family when he was five years old... |
| — | 9 | I'm Taking Care of Myself | Carroll Baker Carroll Baker (singer) Carroll Baker, CM , , is a Juno Award winning Canadian country music singer and songwriter.-Biography:Carroll Baker was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia... |
| — | 5 | In My Arms Tonight | Bootleg |
| — | 9 | It's Times Like This | Carol Martyn |
| — | 18 | Love Crazy | Gilles Godard |
| — | 6 | Love Sweet Love | Terry Carisse Terry Carisse Terrance Victor Carisse known as Terry Carisse, was one of Canadian Country Music's most awarded, decorated and popular singer-songwriters. He was nominated four times for a Juno Award.-Early life:... |
| — | 16 | Lovin' the Night Away | Terry Sumsion |
| 1 | 1 | Now and Forever (You and Me) Now and Forever (You and Me) "Now and Forever is a 1986 single written by David Foster, Randy Goodrum, and Jim Vallance and recorded by Anne Murray. The song was Murray's ninth and final number one as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the U.S. country... |
Anne Murray Anne Murray Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies.... |
| — | 8 | Pretty Diamond Ring | Mercey Brothers Mercey Brothers The Mercey Brothers was a Canadian country music group active from 1957 to 1989.-Before they were famous:The Mercey family grew up to music in their household at an early age. Brothers Larry, Ray, and Lloyd Mercey formed a country-infused musical group in 1966... |
| — | 9 | Reach Out and Touch Her | Harvey Henry |
| — | 14 | Rise Against the Wind | Dick Damron Dick Damron Dick Damron, is a Canadian country music singer, songwriter. Guitar,Banjo,Violin and Blues Harp. Damron experimented with many musical styles in the country genre including: ‘Outlaw’, ‘Honkey tonk’ and Gospel... with Ginny Mitchell |
| — | 19 | Something Good | Anita Perras with Tim Taylor |
| — | 14 | Stealer of Hearts | Ronnie Prophet Ronnie Prophet Ronald Lawrence Victor Prophet is a Canadian-born country musician and comedy performer.In his childhood, Ronnie Prophet lived in Calumet, Quebec and began performing at local venues in his youth. His successful musical career in the United States began in the mid-1960s... |
| — | 17 | Summer Nights | The Ellis Family Band |
| — | 6 | Take a Little Chance on Love | Mercey Brothers |
| — | 15 | Two Hearts in a Lonely Mind | Jules |
| 80 | 8 | What If It's Right | Family Brown Family Brown Family Brown was a Canadian country music band founded in 1967 by Joe Brown , along with his son Barry and daughters Lawanda and Tracey , as well as Dave Dennison and Ron Sparling . Between 1967 and 1990, the band charted several singles in both Canada and the United States... |
| — | 18 | You Can't Hide from Love | Stoker Bros |
Top new album releases
| US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #7 7 (George Strait album) -Band:*Harmony Vocals: Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young*Drums: Eddie Bayers*Bass guitar: David Hungate*Electric guitar: Billy Joe Walker Jr.*Electric Guitar: Reggie Young*Electric Guitar: Richard Bennett*Acoustic guitar: Billy Joe Walker Jr.... |
George Strait George Strait George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional... |
MCA |
| 16 | American Faces | John Conlee John Conlee John Conlee is an American country music singer. Between 1978 and 2004, Conlee charted a total of thirty-two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and recorded eleven studio albums... |
Columbia |
| 1 | Black & White Black & White (Janie Fricke album) Black and White is a studio album by American country music artist Janie Fricke. It was released by Columbia Records in 1986. "Always Have, Always Will" and "When a Woman Cries" were released as singles... |
Janie Fricke Janie Fricke Janie Fricke is an American country music singer, best remembered for a series of country music hits in the early to mid 1980s.... |
Columbia |
| 22 | Born Yesterday Born Yesterday (album) Born Yesterday is an album by The Everly Brothers, released in 1985. It peaked at No. 83 on the Billboard 200 and No. 22 on the Top Country Albums charts.-Track listing:#"Amanda Ruth"... |
The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
| 15 | Class of '55 Class of '55 Class of '55 is a 1986 album by Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and Carl Perkins.While the album was in part a tribute to Elvis Presley, it was mainly a commemoration of those young performing hopefuls, the four album participants included, who came to Sun Records in 1955 to make music in... |
Carl Perkins Carl Perkins Carl Lee Perkins was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954... , Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The... , Roy Orbison Roy Orbison Roy Kelton Orbison was an American singer-songwriter, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly/country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis... & Johnny Cash Johnny Cash John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century... |
America/Smash |
| 17 | Countrified Countrified (John Anderson album) -Album:-Singles:-References:*Poet, J. [ Countrified], Allmusic.... |
John Anderson John Anderson (musician) John David Anderson is an American country music artist with a successful career that has lasted more than 30 years... |
Warner Bros. |
| 7 | Four for the Show | The Statler Brothers | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 2 | A Friend in California | Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,... |
Epic |
| 16 | From the Pages of My Mind | Ray Charles Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson , known by his shortened stage name Ray Charles, was an American musician. He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records... |
Columbia |
| 20 | Girls Like Me Girls Like Me Girls Like Me is a 1986 album by Tanya Tucker. It included the number one country hit "Just Another Love." "I'll Come Back as Another Woman" and "One Love at a Time" would do almost as well at #2 and #3, respectively... |
Tanya Tucker Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13... |
Capitol |
| 1 | Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (Alabama album) Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits package released by the American country music band Alabama. The album was released on RCA Records in 1986, and has since been certified platinum for sales of 5 million units by the Recording Industry Association of America.By the mid-1980s, Alabama had... |
Alabama Alabama (band) Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook... |
RCA |
| 2 | Greatest Hits | Exile Exile (American band) Exile, originally known as The Exiles, is an American band founded in Richmond, Kentucky by J.P. Pennington. They started by playing local clubs which led to touring with Dick Clark’s Caravan of Stars opening shows and providing backup for major rock artists of the period.Their name was shortened... |
Epic |
| 1 | Guitar Town Guitar Town Guitar Town is the debut album from singer-songwriter Steve Earle, released on March 5, 1986. It topped the Billboard country album charts, and the title song reached #7 on the country singles charts... |
Steve Earle Steve Earle Stephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play.... |
MCA |
| 1 | Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. is country music artist Dwight Yoakam's début album. It was also the first of three consecutive No. 1 Billboard Country Albums for him. Three of its tracks rose into the Top 40 of the Hot Country Singles chart in 1986. Yoakam's first single was "Honky Tonk Man"... |
Dwight Yoakam Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music... |
Reprise |
| 9 | Harmony | John Conlee John Conlee John Conlee is an American country music singer. Between 1978 and 2004, Conlee charted a total of thirty-two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and recorded eleven studio albums... |
Columbia |
| 13 | Heroes Heroes (Cash and Jennings album) Heroes is an album by country singers Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings, released on Columbia Records in 1986 . Although the two musicians had collaborated several times before - most notably in 1985 as part of The Highwaymen, along with Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson - this was the duo's first... |
Johnny Cash Johnny Cash John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century... & Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL... |
Columbia |
| 19 | I Only Wanted You I Only Wanted You I Only Wanted You is the sixth solo studio album released by American country music singer, Marie Osmond. It was Osmond's second album issued on Capitol/Curb Records and was released in 1986.-Background:... |
Marie Osmond Marie Osmond Olive Marie Osmond is an American singer, actress, doll designer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s... |
Capitol/Curb |
| 15 | I Tell It Like It Used to Be | T. Graham Brown T. Graham Brown Anthony "T." Graham Brown is an American country music artist. Active since 1986, Brown has recorded a total of thirteen studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts... |
Capitol |
| 23 | Judy | Judy Rodman Judy Rodman Judy Rodman is an American Country Music Singer. In the mid-80s, she was a successful country music singer, making all the way to number one on the country charts in 1986 with the song "Until I Met You." She also won the Academy of Country Music's "Top New Female Vocalist" award in 1985.Today,... |
MTM |
| 25 | Just Can't Sit Down Music | Mel McDaniel Mel McDaniel Mel McDaniel was an American country music artist. His chart making years were mainly the 1980s and his hits from that era include "Louisiana Saturday Night", "Big Ole Brew", "Stand Up", the Number One "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On", "I Call It Love", "Stand on It", and a remake of Chuck Berry's... |
Capitol |
| 21 | Looking Ahead Looking Ahead (album) Looking Ahead is the fifth studio album by Billy Joe Royal released in 1987.Three singles from this album charted on the Country Singles chart. The first was Burned Like a Rocket, which peaked at #10... |
Billy Joe Royal Billy Joe Royal Billy Joe Royal is an American singer.-Biography:Born in Valdosta and raised in Marietta in 1942, Royal became a local star at Savannah, Georgia's Bamboo Ranch in the 1950s and 1960s... |
Atlantic America |
| 9 | Love Will Find Its Way to You | Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood Melvin Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than 35 singles on the Billboard country music charts.... |
MCA |
| 3 | Love's Gonna Get Ya! Love's Gonna Get Ya! Love's Gonna Get Ya! is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1986 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:... |
Ricky Skaggs Ricky Skaggs Rickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:... |
Epic |
| 14 | Lyle Lovett Lyle Lovett (album) Lyle Lovett is Lovett's 1986 eponymous debut album. By the mid-1980s Lovett had already distinguished himself in the burgeoning Texas singer-songwriter scene. He had performed in the New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1980 and returned to win in 1982. In 1984 Lovett recorded... |
Lyle Lovett Lyle Lovett Lyle Pearce Lovett is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man"... |
Curb/MCA |
| 17 | Merry Christmas Strait to You Merry Christmas Strait to You Merry Christmas Strait to You! is a Christmas album by George Strait released by MCA Records in 1986. It reached #17 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and is certified double platinum by the RIAA.-Track listing:... |
George Strait George Strait George Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional... |
MCA |
| 1 | Montana Cafe Montana Cafe Montana Cafe is a studio album by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr. It was released by Warner Bros. Records in July 1986. "Country State of Mind," "Mind Your Own Business" and "When Something Is Good " were released as singles... |
Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr. Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country... |
Curb/Warner Bros. |
| 9 | The O'Kanes | The O'Kanes The O'Kanes The O'Kanes was an American country music duo, composed of Jamie O'Hara and Kieran Kane. Active between 1986 and 1990, the duo recorded three albums for Columbia Records and charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, including the Number One "Can't Stop My Heart from Loving... |
Columbia |
| 12 | On the Front Line On the Front Line (Dan Seals album) On The Front Line is the sixth album released by country music artist Dan Seals. It reached #12 on the Top Country Albums chart."You Still Move Me", "I Will Be There", and "Three Time Loser" were all number one singles.- Track listing :... |
Dan Seals Dan Seals Danny Wayland "Dan" Seals was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals & Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as the "England Dan" half of the soft rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, which charted nine pop and adult contemporary singles between 1976 and 1980, including... |
Capitol |
| 15 | Out Among the Stars | Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,... |
Epic |
| 8 | Out Goin' Cattin' Out Goin' Cattin' Out Goin' Cattin' is the third studio album by American country music band Sawyer Brown. Its title track, along with "Savin' the Honey for the Honeymoon" and "Gypsies on Parade", were all released as singles.-Track listing:... |
Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by five members of country pop singer Don King's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller... |
Capitol/Curb |
| 13 | Partners | Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Larry Gatlin Larry Wayne Gatlin is an American country music singer/songwriter. He is perhaps best known for teaming up with his brothers Steve and Rudy in the late 1970s, becoming one of country music's most successful acts of the 1970s and 1980s. Gatlin has had a total of 33 Top 40 singles... |
Columbia |
| 13 | Partners Partners (Willie Nelson album) - Track listing :#"Partners After All"#"When I Dream"#"Hello Love Goodbye"#"Heart of Gold"#"Kathleen#"Something"#"So Much Like My Dad"#"My Own Peculiar Way"#"Remember Me "#"Home Away from Home"- Personnel :... |
Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized... |
Columbia |
| 9 | Plain Brown Wrapper | Gary Morris Gary Morris Gary Gwyn Morris is an American country music artist who charted a string of countrypolitan-styled hit songs throughout the 1980s.... |
Warner Bros. |
| 1 | The Promiseland The Promiseland The Promiseland is a 1986 album by country singer Willie Nelson. It reached number one on the U.S. Country Albums chart.- Track listing :#"Living in the Promiseland" – 3:18#"I'm Not Trying to Forget You" – 3:17#"Here in My Heart" – 3:50... |
Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized... |
Columbia |
| 6 | Rabbitt Trax Rabbitt Trax Rabbitt Trax was the tenth studio album of Country music artist Eddie Rabbitt, released in 1986 under the RCA Records label. The album produced four singles including "A World Without Love", "Repetitive Regret", Both to Each Other a duet with country-pop star Juice Newton, and "Gotta Have You."... |
Eddie Rabbitt Eddie Rabbitt Edward Thomas "Eddie" Rabbitt was an American singer-songwriter and musician. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974... |
RCA |
| 8 | Seasons | The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s... |
MCA |
| 2 | Something to Talk About Something to Talk About (album) Something to Talk About is a studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray. It was released by Capitol Records in 1986. The album peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.-Track listing:... |
Anne Murray Anne Murray Morna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies.... |
Capitol |
| 1 | Storms of Life Storms of Life Storms of Life is the debut album by country music star Randy Travis, and was released on June 6, 1986 by Warner Bros. Records Nashville. Certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for American shipments of three million copies, it features the singles "On the Other Hand" Storms of Life is the... |
Randy Travis Randy Travis Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits... |
Warner Bros. |
| 12 | Straight to the Heart | Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle is an American country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, she accumulated 18 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s... |
Warner Bros. |
| 11 | Surely You Joust Surely You Joust Surely You Joust was Ray Stevens' twenty-third studio album and his third for MCA Records. The album's front cover shows Stevens disguised as a medieval knight with a horse standing next to him. The album's back cover shows Stevens in the same costume but in a junk pile with two junk men... |
Ray Stevens Ray Stevens Ray Stevens is an American country music, pop singer-songwriter who has become known for his novelty songs.-Early career:... |
MCA |
| 8 | Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo (album) Sweethearts of the Rodeo is the debut album from the American country music group Sweethearts of the Rodeo. Five of the tracks would rise into the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart... |
Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo is an American country music duo composed of sisters Janis Oliver and Kristine Oliver . The duo recorded for Columbia Records between 1986 and 1991, releasing four albums and twelve singles for the label. In the 1990s, they also recorded two albums for Sugar Hill Records... |
Columbia |
| 17 | Take the Long Way Home | John Schneider John Schneider (television actor) John Richard Schneider III is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Bo Duke in the 1980s American television series The Dukes of Hazzard, and as Jonathan Kent on Smallville, a 2001 television adaptation of Superman.Alongside his acting career, Schneider performed as a... |
MCA |
| 16 | They Don't Make Them Like They Used To They Don't Make Them Like They Used To They Don't Make Them Like They Used To is a 1986 album by country music superstar Kenny Rogers.- Overview :The album was generally regarded among country fans as a huge departure from his usual style... |
Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur... |
RCA |
| 9 | Thirteen Thirteen (Emmylou Harris album) Thirteen was a 1986 Emmylou Harris album. The title came from its status as her thirteenth studio album... |
Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including... |
Warner Bros. |
| 3 | Too Many Times | Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for the RCA Records label. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which... |
RCA |
| 1 | The Touch The Touch (album) The Touch is the seventh studio album from country music band Alabama. It was released in 1986.-Track listing:#"You've Got the Touch" - 4:15#"Vacation" - 5:33#"True, True Housewife" - 3:53... |
Alabama Alabama (band) Alabama is a country music and southern rock band from Fort Payne, Alabama, United States. The band was founded in 1969 by Randy Owen and his cousin Teddy Gentry , soon joined by Jeff Cook... |
RCA |
| 10 | Twenty Years of Dirt Twenty Years of Dirt Twenty Years of Dirt is the 1986 album from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. It is a collection of hits from their 20 year career. The album contained one new song, Stand A Little Rain, which reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The album reached 10 on the US Country charts... |
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from 1976 to 1981 when the band performed and recorded... |
Warner Bros. |
| 13 | Walk the Way the Wind Blows Walk the Way the Wind Blows Walk the Way the Wind Blows is the third album released by American country music singer Kathy Mattea. It was released in 1986 on Mercury Records. This album produced Mattea's first Top Ten country hit in "Love at the Five and Dime", which reached #3 on the Billboard country charts... |
Kathy Mattea Kathy Mattea Kathleen Alice "Kathy" Mattea is an American country music and bluegrass performer who often brings folk, Celtic and traditional country sounds to her music. Active since 1983 as a recording artist, she has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot... |
Mercury |
| 1 | What Am I Gonna Do About You What Am I Gonna Do About You What Am I Gonna Do About You is the eleventh album, and second straight #1 album for Reba McEntire on the Billboard country charts, containing two #1 singles, What Am I Gonna Do About You and One Promise Too Late.... |
Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma... |
MCA |
| 1 | Wheels Wheels (Restless Heart album) Wheels is the second studio album by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released by RCA Records in October 1986. "That Rock Won't Roll," "I'll Still Be Loving You," "New York ," "Why Does It Have to Be " and the title track were released as singles... |
Restless Heart Restless Heart Restless Heart is an American country music band established in 1984. The band's original members were John Dittrich , Paul Gregg , Dave Innis , Greg Jennings , and Verlon Thompson... |
RCA |
| 1 | Whoever's in New England Whoever's in New England Whoever's in New England is Reba McEntire's tenth album, and her first #1 album on the Billboard country charts. It also produced two singles that were #1 country hits: "Whoever's in New England" and "Little Rock."... |
Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma... |
MCA |
| 1 | Will the Wolf Survive Will the Wolf Survive Will the Wolf Survive is an album by Waylon Jennings, his debut for MCA Records after a twenty-year stay at RCA. First released in 1986, it proved a greater commercial success than the singer's previous several releases, the peak of Jennings' popularity having passed... |
Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL... |
MCA |
| 5 | Wine Colored Roses Wine Colored Roses Wine Colored Roses is an album by American country music artist George Jones. This album was released in 1986 on the Epic Records label. It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. Wine Colored Roses went Gold in 1994.... |
George Jones George Jones George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette.... |
Epic |
Other top albums
| US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | All Tied Up in Love | Ronnie McDowell Ronnie McDowell Ronald Dean "Ronnie" McDowell is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1977 with the song "The King Is Gone", a tribute to Elvis Presley, who had died not long before the single's release. From that single onward, McDowell has charted more than thirty Top 40 hits on the Billboard... |
MCA |
| 53 | American Vagabond | William Lee Golden William Lee Golden William Lee Golden , a native of Brewton, Alabama, is an American country music singer. Between 1965 and 1987, and again from 1995 onward, he has been the baritone singer in the country music group The Oak Ridge Boys.-Personal life:... |
MCA |
| 59 | The Boys Are Back in Town | The Maines Brothers Band The Maines Brothers Band The Maines Brothers Band is a Texas-based country music band. The Maines Brothers for which the band was named are Lloyd Maines , Donnie Maines , Kenny Maines , and Steve Maines... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
| 65 | Chance | Chance Chance (band) Chance was an American country music group composed of Jeff Barosh , Mick Barosh , John Buckley , Jon Mulligan and Billy Hafer... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
| 50 | Christmas Again | The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s... |
MCA |
| 65 | Christmas with Ronnie Milsap Christmas with Ronnie Milsap Christmas with Ronnie Milsap is a 1986 holiday album recorded by country music legend Ronnie Milsap. To date, it his only Christmas album ever... |
Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s... |
RCA |
| 49 | Everybody Knows I'm Yours | Jim Glaser Jim Glaser Jim Glaser is an American country music artist. The brother of country singers Chuck and Tompall Glaser, he has performed as both a solo artist and alongside his two brothers in the group Tompall and the Glaser Brothers... |
MCA/Noble Vision |
| 37 | Fallin' for You for Years | Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty , born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, was an American country music artist. He also had success in early rock and roll, R&B, and pop music. He held the record for the most number one singles of any act with 55 No. 1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006... |
Warner Bros. |
| 47 | Fire at First Sight | The Kendalls The Kendalls The Kendalls was an American country music duo, consisting of Royce Kendall and his daughter Jeannie Kendall . Between the 1960s and 1990s, they released sixteen albums on various labels, including five on Mercury Records... |
MCA |
| 29 | Floridays Floridays Floridays is the 16th album by American popular music singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett. It was released in June 1986 as MCA 5730 and was produced by Coral Reefer Band member Michael Utley. The title of the album is taken from the 1941 poetry collection of the same name by Don Blanding... |
Jimmy Buffett Jimmy Buffett James William "Jimmy" Buffett is a singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur, and film producer. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffett's musical hits include "Margaritaville" , and "Come Monday"... |
MCA |
| 30 | The Girls Next Door | Girls Next Door Girls Next Door (band) Girls Next Door is an American country music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1982 and disbanded in 1991. The group consisted of Doris King, Cindy Nixon, Diane Williams, and Tammy Stephens. They were previously known as Belle and Wildflower. Girls Next Door recorded two albums for MTM... |
MTM |
| 48 | Greatest Hits | Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin was an American country music singer. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man and sang in a gospel quartet called The Gosdin Brothers. An inheritor of the soulful honky tonk style of Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard, Gosdin was nicknamed "The Voice" by his... |
Compleat |
| 27 | Greatest Hits, Vol. II | The Bellamy Brothers | Curb/MCA |
| 32 | Highway Diner | Lacy J. Dalton Lacy J. Dalton Lacy J. Dalton , is an American country and western singer and songwriter, known for her gritty, powerful vocals, which a number of critics likened to a country equivalent to Bonnie Raitt . She had a number of hits in the 1980s, including "Takin' It Easy," "Crazy Blue Eyes" and "16th Avenue." ... |
Columbia |
| 29 | Holly Dunn Holly Dunn (album) Holly Dunn was the 1986 self-titled début album from country music artist Holly Dunn, who scored her first Billboard hit with "Daddy's Hands," which reached #7. An earlier single, "Two Too Many," could only rise to the #39 position... |
Holly Dunn Holly Dunn Holly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled début album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot.Dunn is the daughter of a minister father... |
MTM |
| 26 | It Still Rains in Memphis | T. G. Sheppard T. G. Sheppard T. G. Sheppard is an American country music singer, who had 14 number one hits during the 1970s and 1980s.-Early life:... |
Columbia |
| 35 | Killbilly Hill | Southern Pacific Southern Pacific (band) Southern Pacific was an American country rock band that ran from 1983 to 1991. They are best known for hits such as "Any Way the Wind Blows" , which was used in the soundtrack for the film Pink Cadillac starring Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters, and "New Shade of Blue"... |
Warner Bros. |
| 26 | L.A. to Miami L.A. to Miami L.A. to Miami is the second studio album by American country music singer Keith Whitley. It was released in October 1985 via RCA Records Nashville. The album includes the singles "I've Got the Heart for You," "Miami, My Amy," "Ten Feet Away," "Homecoming '63" and "Hard Livin'," all of which charted... |
Keith Whitley Keith Whitley Jackie Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 until his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters... |
RCA |
| 34 | Marty Stuart Marty Stuart (album) Marty Stuart is an eponymous album, and the third solo output by country singer Marty Stuart. It was released in 1986 on Columbia, his only disc with that label. His next record, 1989's Hillbilly Rock, would see him jump ship to MCA.-Overview:... |
Marty Stuart Marty Stuart John Martin "Marty" Stuart is an American country music singer-songwriter, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music... |
Columbia |
| 62 | Memphis Sessions | Rick Nelson Ricky Nelson Eric Hilliard Nelson , better known as Ricky Nelson or Rick Nelson, was an American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and actor... |
Epic |
| 53 | Moments Moments (Barbara Mandrell album) Moments is the nineteenth studio album released by American country artist Barbara Mandrell. The album was released in August 1986 on MCA Records and was produced by Tom Collins... |
Barbara Mandrell Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s... |
MCA |
| 66 | New Grass Revival New Grass Revival (1986 album) New Grass Revival is an album by the progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival, released in 1986. []-Track listing:# "What You Do To Me" # "Love Someone Like Me" # "Lonely Rider" # "Sweet Release"... |
New Grass Revival New Grass Revival New Grass Revival was an American progressive bluegrass band founded in 1971, and composed of Sam Bush, Courtney Johnson, Ebo Walker, Curtis Burch, Butch Robins, John Cowan, Béla Fleck and Pat Flynn. They were active between 1971 and 1989, releasing more than twenty albums as well as six singles.... |
Capitol |
| 29 | New Moves | Don Williams Don Williams Don Williams , is an American country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. He grew up in Portland, Texas, and graduated in 1958 from Gregory-Portland High School. After seven years with the folk-pop group Pozo-Seco Singers, he began his solo career in 1971,... |
Capitol |
| 40 | One and Only | Mickey Gilley Mickey Gilley Mickey Leroy Gilley is an American country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as... |
Epic |
| 27 | Perfume, Ribbons and Pearls | The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters are an American country music vocal group consisting of sisters Kathy, June, Kim and Christy Forester. The quartet had commercial success in the 1980s, charting fifteen Top Tens on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including the Number Ones "I Fell in Love Again Last... |
Warner Bros. |
| 56 | Portrait of a Singer | Ray Price Ray Price (musician) Ray Price is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music... |
Step One |
| 31 | Radio Gospel Favorites | The Statler Brothers | Mercury/PolyGram |
| 40 | Reba Nell McEntire Reba Nell McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is Reba McEntire's eleventh album, a collection of songs recorded in her time at Mercury Records but not released until her departure from the label. It features songs that were most likely deemed not good enough to include on an album. They found their way onto this disc along... |
Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
| 31 | Repossessed Repossessed (album) Repossessed is an album by Kris Kristofferson, release on Mercury Records in 1986 . It was Kristofferson's first full-length solo album since 1981's To the Bone, although the singer did collaborate with other artists in the meantime, most notably on Highwayman with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and... |
Kris Kristofferson Kris Kristofferson Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
| 57 | Robin Lee | Robin Lee Robin Lee (singer) Robin Lee Irwin is an American country music artist, known professionally as Robin Lee or Robin Lee Bruce. After several years on an independent label, Lee broke through on the country music scene in 1990 with her cover of Alannah Myles' Number One pop single "Black Velvet"... |
Evergreen |
| 40 | Rose of My Heart | Nicolette Larson Nicolette Larson Nicolette Larson was an American pop singer. She is perhaps best known for her work in the late 1970s with Neil Young, as well as her 1978 cover of Young's "Lotta Love". The song, her debut single, was a Number One Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks hit and #8 pop hit that year... |
MCA |
| 39 | Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet | S-K-O S-K-O S-K-O, originally known as Schuyler, Knobloch and Overstreet, was an American country music group composed of Thom Schuyler, Fred Knobloch and Paul Overstreet. The original lineup recorded one album for MTM Records and charted three country hits, including the Number One "Baby's Got a New Baby"... |
MTM |
| 70 | The Shoppe | The Shoppe The Shoppe The Shoppe was an American country music group from Dallas, Texas, composed of Mark Cathey , Kevin Bailey , Roger Ferguson , Clarke Wilcox , Mike Caldwell , Jack Wilcox , and Lou Chavez .... |
MTM |
| 31 | Son of the South | David Allan Coe David Allan Coe David Allan Coe is an American outlaw country music singer who achieved popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his career... |
Columbia |
| 49 | Starting New Memories | Gene Watson Gene Watson Gary Gene Watson is an American country singer. He is most famous for his 1975 hit "Love in the Hot Afternoon," his 1982 hit "Fourteen Carat Mind," and his signature song "Farewell Party." Watson's long career has notched six number ones, 23 top tens and over 75 charted singles.-Biography:Watson... |
Epic |
| 38 | Street Language Street Language (album) Street Language is the title of the fourth studio album released by American country music artist Rodney Crowell. It was released in 1986 by Columbia Records, his first release on that label. It peaked at #38 on the Top Country Albums chart... |
Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music.... |
Columbia |
| 59 | Thank God for the Radio… And All the Hits |
The Kendalls The Kendalls The Kendalls was an American country music duo, consisting of Royce Kendall and his daughter Jeannie Kendall . Between the 1960s and 1990s, they released sixteen albums on various labels, including five on Mercury Records... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
| 35 | That Feeling Inside | Mark Gray | Columbia |
| 54 | Think About Love Think About Love Think About Love was a 1986 compilation of previously released Dolly Parton tracks, many of which were presented in remixes or alternate takes. RCA released the album after Parton had left the label... |
Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk... |
RCA |
| 46 | Tonight We Ride Tonight We Ride Tonight We Ride is Michael Martin Murphey's twelfth album. This was Murphey's debut album on Warner Bros. Records.- Track listing :# "Tonight We Ride"# "Rollin' Nowhere"# "Innocent Hearts"# "Close to My Heart"# "Face to Face With the Night"... |
Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, Country music, and Popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter... |
Warner Bros. |
| 52 | Too Old to Grow Up | Pake McEntire Pake McEntire Del Stanley McEntire is an American country music artist. He is the oldest brother of Reba McEntire and Susie Luchsinger and a younger brother of Alice Foran. He's also a country music artist... |
RCA |
| 28 | When Love Is Right | Charly McClain Charly McClain Charlotte Denise McClain is an American country music singer, best-known for series of Country hits during the 1980s.... & Wayne Massey Wayne Massey Donald Wayne Massey is an American country music artist and actor. He is best known for playing the role of country/rock music superstar Johnny Drummond on the American daytime soap opera One Life to Live from 1980 to 1984. Massey is also known for marrying country music singer Charly McClain,... |
Epic |
| 26 | Wings | Michael Johnson Michael Johnson (singer) Michael Johnson , is an American pop, country and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his 1978 hit song "Bluer Than Blue". To date, he has charted four hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and nine more on the Hot Country Songs charts, including two Number One country hits... |
RCA |
| 50 | Winners | Donna Fargo Donna Fargo Donna Fargo is an American country music singer-songwriter, who is best-known for a series of Top 10 country hits in the 1970s... |
Mercury/PolyGram |
Births
- January 21 - Brantley GilbertBrantley GilbertBrantley Gilbert is an American country rock music singer-songwriter. He has released two albums, both on the Average Joe's Entertainment Group label. His songs have also been recorded by Colt Ford and Jason Aldean. In February 2011, he left Average Joe's label to join Valory Music Group, where he...
, country-rock singer who rose to prominence with "Country Must Be Country Wide." - April 1 — Hillary ScottHillary Scott (singer)Hillary Dawn Scott is an American country music singer-songwriter. She is currently a member of Lady Antebellum, a country band that was formed in 2006 and signed to Capitol Nashville.-Early life:...
, female vocalist and member of Lady AntebellumLady AntebellumLady Antebellum is an American country pop music group formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2006. The trio is composed of Charles Kelley , Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott .The group made its debut in 2007 as guest vocalists on Jim Brickman's single "Never Alone", before signing to Capitol...
. - June 28 — Kellie PicklerKellie PicklerKellie Dawn Pickler is an American country music artist and television personality. She gained fame as a contestant on the fifth season of the Fox reality show American Idol, eventually finishing in sixth place. In 2006, she signed to 19 Recordings and BNA Records as a recording artist, releasing...
, former American IdolAmerican IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
finalist and current country up-and-comer. - August 16 — Ashton ShepherdAshton ShepherdAshton Delilah Shepherd is an American country music singer-songwriter. She was first signed to Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA Nashville division in April 2007. Her 2008 debut album Sounds So Good produced two top 40 hits on the Hot Country Songs charts: "Takin' Off This Pain" and the title...
, debuted in late 2007-early 2008 with her Top 30 single "Takin' Off This Pain"
Deaths
- February 10 - Arthur E. Satherley, 96, music executive
- June 20 — Whitey FordWhitey FordEdward Charles "Whitey" Ford is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who spent his entire 18-year career with the New York Yankees. He was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.-Early life and career:...
, 85, beloved Grand Ole OpryGrand Ole OpryThe Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM-AM...
comedian and storyteller. - June 25 — Jenifer Strait, 13, daughter of George StraitGeorge StraitGeorge Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional...
(car accidentCar accidentA traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, Road Traffic Collision or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction,...
). - June 27 — Joe Maphis, 65, prolific guitarist and fiddler, prominently featured on the theme to "BonanzaBonanzaBonanza is an American western television series that both ran on and was a production of NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes, it ranks as the second longest running western series and still continues to air in syndication. It centers on the...
" (cancer). - December 5 — Carmol Taylor, 53, songwriter.
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Duke of PaducahDuke of PaducahThis article is about the country comedian. For the Texas politician with the same nickname, see William S. Heatly. For the city that awards the title, see Paducah, Kentucky....
(1901–1986) - Wesley RoseWesley RoseWesley Rose was an American music industry executive and record producer.The son of songwriter Fred Rose, he was born in Chicago, Illinois, and studied to become a Chartered Accountant...
(1918–1990)
Grammy Awards
- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Whoever's in New EnglandWhoever's in New England (song)"Whoever's in New England" is the name of a popular single made famous by Reba McEntire in 1986. The song was considered one of her signature and breakthrough singles.-Song background:...
," Reba McEntireReba McEntireReba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma... - Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Lost in the Fifties TonightLost in the Fifties Tonight"Lost in The Fifties Tonight ", also known simply as "Lost in The Fiftes Tonight", is a song made famous by country music singer Ronnie Milsap.-Success and Reception:...
," Ronnie MilsapRonnie MilsapRonnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s... - Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)," The JuddsThe JuddsThe Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country...
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Raisin' the Dickins," Ricky SkaggsRicky SkaggsRickie Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, and banjo.-Early career:...
- Best Country Song — "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)," Jamie O'HaraJamie O'Hara (singer)Jamie O'Hara is an American country music artist. Between 1986 and 1990, he and Kieran Kane comprised The O'Kanes, a duo which charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, including the Number One single "Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You"...
(Performer: The Judds)
Juno Awards
- Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Murray McLauchlanMurray McLauchlanMurray McLauchlan, CM is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player.-Biography:Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada with his family when he was five years old...
- Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Anne MurrayAnne MurrayMorna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....
- Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie OysterPrairie OysterPrairie Oyster is an award-winning Canadian country music group from Ontario. They were named Country Group or Duo of the year six times by both the Canadian Country Music Association and the Juno Awards. The band also won the Bud Country Fans' Choice Award from the CCMA in 1994...
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer of the Year — Hank Williams, Jr.Hank Williams, Jr.Randall Hank Williams , better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country...
- Song of the Year — "On the Other Hand," Paul OverstreetPaul OverstreetPaul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two #1 hits...
and Don SchlitzDon SchlitzDonald Alan "Don" Schlitz, Jr. is a country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammys, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards...
(Performer: Randy TravisRandy TravisRandy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...
) - Single of the Year — "On the Other Hand," Randy Travis
- Album of the Year — Storms of LifeStorms of LifeStorms of Life is the debut album by country music star Randy Travis, and was released on June 6, 1986 by Warner Bros. Records Nashville. Certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for American shipments of three million copies, it features the singles "On the Other Hand" Storms of Life is the...
, Randy Travis - Top Male Vocalist — Randy Travis
- Top Female Vocalist — Reba McEntireReba McEntireReba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
- Top Vocal Duo — The JuddsThe JuddsThe Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country...
- Top Vocal Group — The Forester SistersThe Forester SistersThe Forester Sisters are an American country music vocal group consisting of sisters Kathy, June, Kim and Christy Forester. The quartet had commercial success in the 1980s, charting fifteen Top Tens on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, including the Number Ones "I Fell in Love Again Last...
- Top New Male Vocalist — Dwight YoakamDwight YoakamDwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music...
- Top New Female Vocalist — Holly DunnHolly DunnHolly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled début album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot.Dunn is the daughter of a minister father...
- Video of the Year — "Whoever's in New EnglandWhoever's in New England (song)"Whoever's in New England" is the name of a popular single made famous by Reba McEntire in 1986. The song was considered one of her signature and breakthrough singles.-Song background:...
," Reba McEntire (Directors: Jeff Schock and Jon Small)
Canadian Country Music Association
- Entertainer(s) of the Year — Family BrownFamily BrownFamily Brown was a Canadian country music band founded in 1967 by Joe Brown , along with his son Barry and daughters Lawanda and Tracey , as well as Dave Dennison and Ron Sparling . Between 1967 and 1990, the band charted several singles in both Canada and the United States...
- Male Artist of the Year — Terry CarisseTerry CarisseTerrance Victor Carisse known as Terry Carisse, was one of Canadian Country Music's most awarded, decorated and popular singer-songwriters. He was nominated four times for a Juno Award.-Early life:...
- Female Artist of the Year — Anita PerrasAnita PerrasAnita Perras is a Canadian country music singer. Perras has released seven albums and charted twenty-six songs on the RPM Country Tracks chart between 1981 and 1995, including the Top 10 singles "Heads You Win, Tails I Lose" , "Isn't That the Strangest Thing" , "One Smokey Rose" , "The Tip of My...
- Group of the Year — Family Brown
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Now and Forever," David FosterDavid FosterDavid Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
, Jim VallanceJim VallanceJames Douglas "Jim" Vallance, OC is a retired Canadian musician, songwriter, arranger and producer based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known as the former songwriting partner of Canadian international recording artist Bryan Adams...
, Charles Randolph Goodrum (Performer: Anne MurrayAnne MurrayMorna Anne Murray CC, ONS is a Canadian singer in pop, country and adult contemporary styles whose albums have sold over 54 million copies....
) - Single of the Year — "Now and Forever," Anne Murray
- Album of the Year — Feel the Fire, Family Brown
- Top Selling Album — Hymns of Gold, Carroll BakerCarroll Baker (singer)Carroll Baker, CM , , is a Juno Award winning Canadian country music singer and songwriter.-Biography:Carroll Baker was born in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia...
- Vista Rising Star Award — J. K. Gulley
- Duo of the Year — Anita Perras and Tim Taylor
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year — Reba McEntireReba McEntireReba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
- Song of the Year — "On the Other Hand," Paul OverstreetPaul OverstreetPaul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two #1 hits...
and Don SchlitzDon SchlitzDonald Alan "Don" Schlitz, Jr. is a country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammys, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards...
(Performer: Randy TravisRandy TravisRandy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...
) - Single of the Year — "BopBop (Dan Seals song)"Bop" is the second single released from Dan Seals' 1985 album Won't Be Blue Anymore. It reached #1 on the Country singles chart in early-1986 - his second number one hit, but his first as a solo artist. It was a major crossover hit as well, peaking at #42 on the US Hot 100, and at #10 on the US...
," Dan SealsDan SealsDanny Wayland "Dan" Seals was an American musician. The younger brother of Seals & Crofts member Jim Seals, he first gained fame as the "England Dan" half of the soft rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, which charted nine pop and adult contemporary singles between 1976 and 1980, including... - Album of the Year — Lost in the Fifties Tonight, Ronnie MilsapRonnie MilsapRonnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and pianist. He was one of country’s most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s...
- Male Vocalist of the Year — George StraitGeorge StraitGeorge Harvey Strait is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional...
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Reba McEntire
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Marie OsmondMarie OsmondOlive Marie Osmond is an American singer, actress, doll designer, and a member of the show business family The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s...
and Dan Seals - Vocal Group of the Year — The JuddsThe JuddsThe Judds were an American country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. Signed to RCA Records in 1983, the duo released six studio albums between then and 1991. One of the most successful acts in country music history, The Judds won five Grammy Awards for Best Country...
- Horizon Award — Randy Travis
- Music Video of the Year — "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?," George JonesGeorge JonesGeorge Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
(Director: Marc Ball) - Instrumentalist of the Year — Johnny GimbleJohnny GimbleJohn Paul Gimble , better known as Johnny Gimble, is an American country musician associated with Western swing. He is an award-winning fiddle player and considered one of the most impressive fiddlers in the genre's history....
- Instrumental Group of the Year — The Oak Ridge BoysThe Oak Ridge BoysThe Oak Ridge Boys are an American country and gospel vocal quartet.The group was founded in the 1940s as the Oak Ridge Quartet. They became popular in southern gospel during the 1950s...
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.