1982 in country music
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[edit] Events
[edit] Top hits of the year
[edit] Number one hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
- January 9 – "Fourteen Carat Mind" – Gene Watson
- January 16 – "I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World" – Ronnie Milsap
- January 23 – "Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night" – Conway Twitty
- January 30 – "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" – Juice Newton
- February 6 – "Lonely Nights" – Mickey Gilley
- February 13 – "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" – Eddie Rabbitt
- February 20 – "Only One You" – T.G. Sheppard
- February 27 – "Lord, I Hope This Day is Good" – Don Williams
- March 6 – "You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had" – Ed Bruce
- March 13 – "Blue Moon With Heartache" – Rosanne Cash
- March 20 – "Mountain of Love" – Charley Pride
- March 27 – "She Left Love All Over Me" – Razzy Bailey
- April 3 – "Bobbie Sue" – Oak Ridge Boys
- April 10 – "Big City" – Merle Haggard
- April 17 – "The Clown" – Conway Twitty
- April 24 – "Crying My Heart Out Over You" – Ricky Skaggs
- May 1 – "Mountain Music" – Alabama
- May 8 – "Always on My Mind" – Willie Nelson
- May 22 – "Just to Satisfy You" – Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
- June 5 – "Finally" – T.G. Sheppard
- June 12 – "For All the Wrong Reasons" – Bellamy Brothers
- June 19 – "Slow Hand" – Conway Twitty
- July 3 – "Any Day Now" – Ronnie Milsap
- July 10 – "Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby" – Janie Fricke
- July 17 – "'Till You're Gone" – Barbara Mandrell
- July 24 – "Take Me Down" – Alabama
- July 31 – "I Don't Care" – Ricky Skaggs
- August 7 – "Honky Tonkin'" – Hank Williams Jr.
- August 14 – "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" – David Frizzell
- August 21 – "Nobody" – Sylvia
- August 28 – "Fool Hearted Memory" – George Strait
- September 4 – "Love Will Turn You Around" – Kenny Rogers
- September 11 – "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" – Jerry Reed
- September 25 – "What's Forever For" – Michael Martin Murphey
- October 2 – "Put Your Dreams Away" – Mickey Gilley
- October 9 – "(A Taste of) Yesterday's Wine" – Merle Haggard and George Jones
- October 16 – "I Will Always Love You" – Dolly Parton
- October 23 – "He Got You" – Ronnie Milsap
- October 30 – "Close Enough to Perfect" – Alabama
- November 6 – "You're So Good When You're Bad" – Charley Pride
- November 13 – "Heartbroke" – Ricky Skaggs
- November 20 – "War is Hell (On the Homefront Too)" – T.G. Sheppard
- November 27 – "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy" – Janie Fricke
- December 4 – "You and I" – Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle
- December 11 – "Redneck Girl" – Bellamy Brothers
- December 18 – "Somewhere Between Right and Wrong" – Earl Thomas Conley
- December 25 – "Wild and Blue" – John Anderson
[edit] Other major hits
- "Another Chance" – Tammy Wynette
- "Another Sleepless Night" -- Anne Murray
- "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" -- Merle Haggard
- "Big Ole Brew" -- Mel McDaniel
- "Born to Run" -- Emmylou Harris
- "Break it to Me Gently" -- Juice Newton
- "Busted" -- John Conlee
- "A Country Boy Can Survive" -- Hank Williams Jr.
- "Dancing Your Memory Away" -- Charly McClain
- "Diamonds in the Stars" -- Ray Price
- "Do Me With Love" -- Janie Fricke
- "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" -- Jim Reeves and Patsy Cline
- "Heavenly Bodies" -- Earl Thomas Conley
- "I Don't Know Where to Start" -- Eddie Rabbitt
- "I Don't Think She's in Love Anymore" -- Charley Pride
- "I Lie" -- Loretta Lynn
- "I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head" -- Oak Ridge Boys
- "I'm Not That Lonely Yet" -- Reba McEntire
- "If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)" -- George Strait
- "Let It Be Me" -- Willie Nelson
- "Listen to the Radio" -- Don Williams
- "Love's Gonna Fall Here Tonight" -- Razzy Bailey
- "Old Friends" -- Willie Nelson, Ray Price and Roger Miller
- "Only You (and You Alone)" -- Reba McEntire
- "Ring on Her Finger (Time on Her Hands)" -- Lee Greenwood
- "Same Ol' Me" -- George Jones
- "She's Lying" -- Lee Greenwood
- "She's Not Really Cheating (She's Just Getting Even)" -- Moe Bandy
- "She's Playing Hard to Forget" -- Eddy Raven
- "Shine" -- Waylon Jennings
- "Single Women" -- Dolly Parton
- "Tears of the Lonely" -- Mickey Gilley
- "Tennessee Rose" -- Emmylou Harris
- "This Dream's On Me" -- Gene Watson
- "Through the Years" -- Kenny Rogers
- "We Did But Now You Don't" -- Conway Twitty
- "Whatever" -- Statler Brothers
- "Women Do Know How to Carry On" -- Waylon Jennings
- "Would You Catch a Falling Star" -- John Anderson
- "You Never Gave Up On Me" -- Crystal Gayle
- "You're My Bestest Friend" -- Mac Davis
[edit] Top new album releases
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Soundtrack – Dolly Parton (RCA)
- Bobbie Sue – Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)
- Family & Friends – Ricky Skaggs (Sugar Hill)
- Highway & Heartaches – Ricky Skaggs (Epic/CBS)
- Inside – Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
- Love Will Turn You Around – Kenny Rogers (United Artists)
- Mountain Music – Alabama (RCA)
- Strait to the Heart – George Strait (MCA)
[edit] On television
[edit] Regular series
- Hee Haw (1969-1993, syndicated)
[edit] Specials
[edit] Births
- February 3 – Jessica Harp, member of The Wreckers.
- August 28 – LeAnn Rimes, extermely popular pop-country singer starting in the late 1990s.
[edit] Deaths
- December 8 – Marty Robbins, 57, prolific, multi-styled artist for more than 30 years (heart failure)
[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
- Lefty Frizzell (1928-1975)
- Roy Horton (1914-2003)
- Marty Robbins (1925-1982)
[edit] Major Awards
[edit] Grammy awards
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female -- "Break It To Me Gently" - Juice Newton
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male -- "Always On My Mind" - Willie Nelson
- Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal -- "Mountain Music" - Alabama
- Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Alabama Jubilee" - Roy Clark
- Best Country Song -- "Always On My Mind" - Johnny Christopher, Mark James, and Wayne Carson
[edit] Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer Of The Year -- Alabama
- Song Of The Year -- "Are The Good Times Really Over" - Merle Haggard - Merle Haggard
- Single Of The Year -- "Always On My Mind" - Willie Nelson
- Album Of The Year -- Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson
- Top Male Vocalist -- Ronnie Milsap
- Top Female Vocalist -- Sylvia
- Top Vocal Duo -- Shelly West and David Frizzell
- Top Vocal Group -- Alabama
- Top New Male Vocalist -- Michael Martin Murphey
- Top New Female Vocalist -- Karen Brooks
[edit] Country Music Association
- Instrumental Group of the Year -- Alabama
- Instrumentalist of the Year -- Chet Atkins
- Entertainer of the Year -- Alabama
- Male Vocalist of the Year -- Ricky Skaggs
- Female Vocalist of the Year -- Janie Fricke
- Horizon Award -- Ricky Skaggs
- Vocal Group of the Year -- Alabama
- Vocal Duo of the Year -- David Frizzell and Shelly West
- Album of the Year -- Willie Nelson
- Song of the Year -- "Always On My Mind" - Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, and Mark James
- Single of the Year -- "Aways On My Mind" - Willie Nelson
[edit] 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.
