1983 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 albums 3.3 Christmas Albums 4 On television 4.1 Regular series 4.2 Specials 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees 8 Major Awards 8.1 Grammy awards 8.2 Academy of Country Music 8.3 Country Music Association 9 Further reading 10 Other links 11 External links

[edit] Events

• March — In a span of two days, two major cable networks signed on the air. Country Music Television (aka CMT) went on-the-air March 6, while The Nashville Network (TNN) came on one day later. CMT was chiefly video-oriented, while TNN offered more feature-oriented programming.

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

• January 8 - "Can't Even Get the Blues" - Reba McEntire
• January 15 - "Going Where the Lonely Go" - Merle Haggard
• January 22 - "(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date" - Emmylou Harris
• January 29 - "Talk to Me" - Mickey Gilley
• February 5 - "Inside" - Ronnie Milsap
• February 12 - "'Til I Gain Control Again" - Crystal Gayle
• February 19 - "Fakin' Love" - T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks
• February 26 - "Why Baby Why" - Charley Pride
• March 5 - "If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)" - Don Williams
• March 12 - "The Rose" - Conway Twitty
• March 19 - "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" - Ricky Skaggs
• March 26 - "Swingin'" - John Anderson
• April 2 - "When I'm Away From You" - Bellamy Brothers
• April 9 - "We've Got Tonight" - Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton
• April 16 - "Dixieland Delight" - Alabama
• April 23 - "American Made" - Oak Ridge Boys
• April 30 - "You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving" - Reba McEntire
• May 7 - "Jose Cuervo" - Shelly West
• May 14 - "Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love" - B.J. Thomas
• May 21 - "Common Man" - John Conlee
• May 28 - "You Take Me for Granted" - Merle Haggard
• June 4 - "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)" - Waylon Jennings
• June 11 - "Our Love is on the Faultline" - Crystal Gayle
• June 18 - "You Can't Run From Love" - Eddie Rabbitt
• June 25 - "Fool For Your Love" - Mickey Gilley
• July 2 - "Love is on a Roll" - Don Williams
• July 9 - "Highway 40 Blues" - Ricky Skaggs
• July 16 - "The Closer You Get" - Alabama
• July 23 - "Pancho and Lefty" - Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
• July 30 - "I Always Get Lucky With You" - George Jones
• August 6 - "Your Love's on the Line" - Earl Thomas Conley
• August 13 - "He's a Heartache (Looking For a Place to Happen)" - Janie Fricke
• August 20 - "Love Song" - Oak Ridge Boys
• August 27 - "You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation" - Ronnie McDowell
• September 3 - "A Fire I Can't Put Out" - George Strait
• September 10 - "I'm Only in It For the Love" - John Conlee
• September 17 - "Night Games" - Charley Pride
• September 24 - "Baby, What About You" - Crystal Gayle
• October 1 - "New Looks From an Old Lover" - B.J. Thomas
• October 8 - "Don't You Know How Much I Love You" - Ronnie Milsap
• October 15 - "Paradise Tonight" - Charly McClain and Mickey Gilley
• October 22 - "Lady Down on Love" - Alabama
• October 29 - "Islands in the Stream" - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
• November 12 - "Somebody's Gonna Love You" - Lee Greenwood
• November 19 - "One of a Kind, Pair of Fools" - Barbara Mandrell
• November 26 - "Holding Her and Loving You" - Earl Thomas Conley
• December 3 - "A Little Good News" - Anne Murray
• December 10 - "Tell Me a Lie" - Janie Fricke
• December 17 - "Black Sheep" - John Anderson
• December 24 - "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You)" - Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers

[edit] Other major hits

• "Amarillo By Morning" – George Strait
• "Baby I Lied" - Deborah Allen
• "The Conversation" - Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams Jr.
• "Don't Count the Rainy Days" - Michael Martin Murphey
• "Everything's Beautiful in its Own Way" – Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson
• "Flight 309 to Tennessee" – Shelly West
• "Foolin'" – Johnny Rodriguez
• "Going Downhill" - John Anderson
• "Hard Candy Christmas" - Dolly Parton
• "Hey Bartender" – Johnny Lee
• "How Could I Love Her So Much" – Johnny Rodriguez
• "I.O.U." – Lee Greenwood
• "I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)" – Earl Thomas Conley
• "I Love Her Mind" – Bellamy Brothers
• "Leave Them Boys Alone" - Hank Williams Jr. (with Waylon Jennings and Ernest Tubb)
• "Lost in the Feeling" - Conway Twitty
• "Love Affairs" - Michael Martin Murphey
• "The Love She Found in Me" - Gary Morris
• "Midnight Fire" – Steve Wariner
• "Nobody But You" – Don Williams
• "Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)" – Statler Brothers
• "The Ride" – David Allen Coe
• "Save Me" - Louise Mandrell
• "Scarlet Fever" – Kenny Rogers
• "Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love On Me)" – George Jones
• "Snapshot" – Sylvia
• "Still Takin' Chances" – Michael Martin Murphey
• "Stranger in My House" – Ronnie Milsap
• "Tennessee Whiskey" – George Jones
• "Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More)" - Tom Jones
• "Velvet Chains" - Gary Morris
• "Way Down Deep" - Vern Gosdin
• "What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" – Merle Haggard
• "What She Don't Know Won't Hurt Her" – Gene Watson
• "Why Do We Want What We Know We Can't Have" - Reba McEntire
• "The Wind Beneath My Wings" – Gary Morris
• "You Don't Know Love" - Janie Fricke
• "You Put the Beat in My Heart" - Eddie Rabbitt
• "You've Got a Lover" – Ricky Skaggs
• "Your Love Shines Through" - Mickey Gilley

[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Gallery

Behind the Scene Reba McEntire (Mercury)	Burlap & Satin Dolly Parton (RCA)	Cage the Songbird Crystal Gayle (Warner Bros.)	The Closer You Get Alabama (RCA)
It's Only Rock & Roll Waylon Jennings (RCA)	Johnny 99 Johnny Cash (Columbia)	Keyed Up Ronnie Milsap (RCA)	Pancho & Lefty Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson (Columbia)
Shine On George Jones (Epic)	Right or Wrong George Strait (MCA)	Take It to the Limit Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson (Columbia)	Today Statler Brothers (Mercury)
Waylon and Company Waylon Jennings (RCA)	Why Lady Why Gary Morris (Warner Bros.)

[edit] Other top albums

• All the People Are Talkin' - John Anderson (Warner Bros.)
• American Made – Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)
• Cheat the Night - Deborah Allen (RCA)
• The Closer You Get – Alabama (RCA)
• Don't Cheat in Our Hometown – Ricky Skaggs (Sugar Hill)
• Don't Let Our Dreams Die Young - Tom Jones (Mercury/Polygram)
• Don't Make it Easy for Me – Earl Thomas Conley (RCA)
• The Epic Collection (Recorded Live) - Merle Haggard (MCA)
• Even the Strong Get Lonely – Tammy Wynette (Epic/Sony)
• Exile - Exile (Epic/Sony)
• Eyes That See In The Dark – Kenny Rogers (RCA)
• For Every Rose - Johnny Rodriguez (Epic)
• The Great American Dream - B.J. Thomas (Cleveland International/Columbia)
• Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - The Gatlin Brothers (Columbia)
• Greatest Hits Vol. II - Eddie Rabbitt (Warner Bros.)
• Hangin' Up My Heart - Sissy Spacek (Atlantic)
• The Heart Never Lies - Michael Martin Murphey (Liberty)
• Heart to Heart – Merle Haggard (Epic/CBS)
• If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do it Right) - Vern Gosdin (Compleat)
• In My Eyes - John Conlee (MCA)
• John Conlee's Greatest Hits - John Conlee (MCA)
• Jones Country - George Jones (Epic)
• Just Sylvia - Sylvia (RCA)
• Keyed Up – Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
• Let's Go - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty)
• A Little Good News – Anne Murray (Capitol)
• Lost in the Feeling – Conway Twitty (Warner Bros.)
• Love Lies - Janie Fricke (Epic)
• The Man in the Mirror - Jim Glaser (Noblevision)
• Man of Steel - Hank Williams Jr. (Warner Bros./Curb)
• Memory Lane - Joe Stampley (Epic)
• Midnight Fire - Steve Wariner (RCA)
• Movin' Train - The Kendalls (Mercury/Polygram)
• Night Games - Charley Pride (RCA)
• Not the Man I Used to Be - Boxcar Willie (Mainstreet)
• Old Familiar Feeling - The Whites (Warner Bros.)
• Pancho & Lefty – Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson (Epic/CBS)
• Rebel Heart - Dan Seals (Liberty)
• Slow Burn - T. G. Sheppard (Warner Bros./Curb)
• Somebody's Gonna Love You - Lee Greenwood (MCA)
• Spun Gold - Barbara Mandrell (MCA)
• That's the Way Love Goes - Merle Haggard (Epic/CBS)
• Today - Statler Brothers (Mercury/Polygram)
• Tougher Than Leather – Willie Nelson (Columbia/CBS)
• We've Got Tonight – Kenny Rogers (Liberty)
• What Can I Say - Gail Davies (Warner Bros.)
• White Shoes - Emmylou Harris (Reprise)
• Why Lady Why - Gary Morris (Warner Bros.)
• Without a Song – Willie Nelson (Columbia/Sony)
• You've Really Got a Hold on Me - Mickey Gilley (Epic)

[edit] Christmas Albums

• Merry Twismas From Conway Twitty and His Friends - Conway Twitty (Warner Bros.)

[edit] On television

[edit] Regular series

• Hee Haw (1969-1993, syndicated)

[edit] Specials

[edit] Births

• March 10 – Carrie Underwood, 2005 American Idol winner, boosting her career.
• July 2 – Michelle Branch, member of The Wreckers.
• November 10 – Miranda Lambert, hot new country singer-songwriter and former "Nashville Star" contestant.
• December 29 – Jessica Andrews, popular teen singer of the early 2000s.

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

• Little Jimmy Dickens (born 1920)

[edit] Major Awards

[edit] Grammy awards

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female -- "A Little Good News" - Anne Murray
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male -- "I.O.U." - Lee Greenwood
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal -- "The Closer You Get" Alabama
• Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Fireball" New South (J.D. Crowe, Jerry Douglas, Todd Philips, Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs)
• Best New Country Song -- "Stranger In My House" Mike Reid, songwriter

[edit] Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year -- Alabama
• Song Of The Year -- "The Wind Beneath My Wings" - Gary Morris - Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar
• Single Of The Year -- "Islands In The Stream" - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
• Album Of The Year -- The Closer You Get - Alabama
• Top Male Vocalist -- Lee Greenwood
• Top Female Vocalist -- Janie Fricke
• Top Vocal Duo -- Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
• Top Vocal Group -- Alabama
• Top New Male Vocalist -- Jim Glaser
• Top New Female Vocalist -- Gus Hardin

[edit] Country Music Association

• Instrumental Group of the Year -- Ricky Skaggs Band
• Instrumentalist of the Year -- Chet Atkins
• Entertainer of the Year -- Alabama
• Male Vocalist of the Year -- Lee Greenwood
• Female Vocalist of the Year -- Janie Fricke
• Horizon Award -- John Anderson
• Vocal Group of the Year -- Alabama
• Vocal Duo of the Year -- Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson
• Album of the Year -- Alabama
• Song of the Year -- Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, and Mark James
• Single of the Year -- John Anderson

[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