1979 in country music

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Contents 1 Events 2 Top hits of the year 2.1 Number one hits 2.2 Other major hits 3 Top new album releases 3.1 Gallery 3.2 Other top new albums 3.3 Christmas albums 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees 7 Major Awards 7.1 Grammy awards 7.2 Academy of Country Music 8 Further reading 9 Other links 10 External links 10.1 Country Music Association

[edit] Events

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

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

[edit] Other major hits

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

[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Gallery

3/4 Lonely T. G. Sheppard (Warner Bros./Curb)

[edit] Other top new albums

• All Around Cowboy - Marty Robbins (Columbia)
• Alone Too Long - Charly McClain (Epic)
• Are You Sincere - Mel Tillis (MCA)
• Blue Kentucky Girl - Emmylou Harris (Reprise)
• Classics - Kenny Rogers and Dottie West (United Artists)
• Cross Winds - Conway Twitty (MCA)
• Electric Horseman - Willie Nelson (Columbia/CBS)
• Great Balls of Fire - Dolly Parton (RCA)
• I Don't Lie - Joe Stampley (Epic)
• Images – Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
• It's a Cheating Situation - Moe Bandy (Columbia)
• Jim Ed and Helen - Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius (RCA Victor)
• Just For the Record - Barbara Mandrell (MCA)
• Just Good Ol' Boys - Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley (Columbia/CBS)
• Kenny - Kenny Rogers (United Artists)
• Ladies Choice - Bill Anderson (MCA)
• Love Notes - Janie Fricke (Epic)
• Love Lies - Cristy Lane (LS)
• Loveline - Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra)
• New Kind of Feeling - Anne Murray (Capitol)
• Million Mile Reflections - The Charlie Daniels Band (Epic)
• Miss the Mississippi...and You - Crystal Gayle (United Artists)
• Mr. Entertainer - Mel Tillis (MCA)
• The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived - Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)
• One for the Road - Willie Nelson and Leon Russell (Columbia/CBS)
• The Originals - Statler Brothers (Mercury/Polygram)
• Out of a Dream - Reba McEntire (Mercury/Polygram)
• Outlaw is Just a State of Mind - Lynn Anderson (Columbia)
• The Performer - Marty Robbins (Columbia)
• Portraits - Don Williams (MCA)
• Rides Again Vol. 2 - Statler Brothers (Mercury/Polygram)
• See You When the Sun Goes Down - Johnny Duncan (Columbia)
• Simple Little Words - Cristy Lane (United Artists)
• Sings Kris Kristofferson - Willie Nelson (Columbia/CBS)
• Songs We Made Love To - Mickey Gilley (Playboy)
• Stay With Me/Golden Tears - Dave & Sugar
• Straight Ahead - Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers (Columbia)
• Straight Frrom Texas - Johnny Duncan (Columbia)
• The Two and Only - Bellamy Brothers (Warner Bros./Curb)
• We Should Be Together - Crystal Gayle (United Artists)
• What Goes Around Comes Around - Waylon Jennings (RCA)
• Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound - Hank Williams Jr. (Warner Bros.)
• You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius (RCA Victor)
• You're My Jamacia - Charley Pride (RCA)

[edit] Christmas albums

• Light of the Stable - Emmylou Harris (Reprise)
• Pretty Paper - Willie Nelson (CBS)

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

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

[edit] Major Awards

[edit] Grammy awards

[edit] Academy of Country Music

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

[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.

[edit] Other links

• Country Music Association
• Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

[edit] External links

• Country Music Hall of Fame

[edit] Country Music Association