1982 in country music

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See also: 1981 in country music, 1982 in music, other events of 1982, 1983 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

Contents

[edit] Events

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
January 9 Fourteen Carat Mind Gene Watson 1
January 16 I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World Ronnie Milsap 1
January 23 Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night Conway Twitty 1
January 30 The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) Juice Newton 1
February 6 Lonely Nights Mickey Gilley 1
February 13 Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight Eddie Rabbitt 1
February 20 Only One You T.G. Sheppard 1
February 27 Lord, I Hope This Day is Good Don Williams 1
March 6 You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had Ed Bruce 1
March 13 Blue Moon With Heartache Rosanne Cash 1
March 20 Mountain of Love Charley Pride 1
March 27 She Left Love All Over Me Razzy Bailey 1 B
April 3 Bobbie Sue The Oak Ridge Boys 1
April 10 Big City Merle Haggard 1
April 17 The Clown Conway Twitty 1
April 24 Crying My Heart Out Over You Ricky Skaggs 1 A
May 1 Mountain Music Alabama 1
May 8 Always on My Mind Willie Nelson 2 1
May 22 Just to Satisfy You Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson 2
June 5 Finally T.G. Sheppard 1
June 12 For All the Wrong Reasons The Bellamy Brothers 1
June 19 Slow Hand Conway Twitty 2
July 3 Any Day Now Ronnie Milsap 1
July 10 Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby Janie Fricke 1
July 17 Till You're Gone Barbara Mandrell 1
July 24 Take Me Down Alabama 1
July 31 I Don't Care Ricky Skaggs 1
August 7 Honky Tonkin' Hank Williams Jr. 1
August 14 I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home David Frizzell 1 B
August 21 Nobody Sylvia 1 B
August 28 Fool Hearted Memory George Strait 1 A
September 4 Love Will Turn You Around Kenny Rogers 1
September 11 She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) Jerry Reed 2 B
September 25 What's Forever For Michael Martin Murphey 1 A
October 2 Put Your Dreams Away Mickey Gilley 1
October 9 (A Taste of) Yesterday's Wine Merle Haggard and George Jones 1
October 16 I Will Always Love You Dolly Parton 1
October 23 He Got You Ronnie Milsap 1
October 30 Close Enough to Perfect Alabama 1
November 6 You're So Good When You're Bad Charley Pride 1
November 13 Heartbroke Ricky Skaggs 1
November 20 War is Hell (On the Homefront Too) T.G. Sheppard 1
November 27 It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy Janie Fricke 1
December 4 You and I Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle 1
December 11 Redneck Girl The Bellamy Brothers 1
December 18 Somewhere Between Right and Wrong Earl Thomas Conley 1
December 25 Wild and Blue John Anderson 1 A
  • 1 - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine.
  • A - First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B - Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
  • C - Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

[edit] Other major hits

[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Other top new albums

[edit] On television

[edit] Regular series

[edit] Specials

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

[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

[edit] Country Music Association

[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.

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