1984 in country music

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[edit] Events

  • June 22 - The movie Rhinestone, starring Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone, is released to universally negative reviews. The much-hyped movie - about a singer's effort to transform a New York City taxicab driver into a country star within two weeks - flops, but still produces several hit singles, most notably the No. 1 hit "Tennessee Homesick Blues."
  • July 28 - With his No. 1 hit "Angel in Disguise," Earl Thomas Conley becomes the first artist in any genre to have four Billboard magazine chart-topping songs from the same album. The album in question is Don't Make it Easy For Me, and in addition to "Angel in Disguise" and the title track, Conley also hit with 1983's "Your Love's on the Line" and "Holding Her and Loving You." The feat is part of Conley's impressive 1980s streak, where he enjoyed 16 No. 1 hits through 1989.
  • September 11 – Barbara Mandrell is seriously injured in a car accident. She suffers multiple injuries and takes an 18-month sabbatical from performing to recover.

[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 7 You Look So Good in Love George Strait 1
January 14 Slow Burn T.G. Sheppard 1
January 21 In My Eyes John Conlee 1
January 28 The Sound of Goodbye Crystal Gayle 1
February 4 Show Her Ronnie Milsap 1
February 11 That's the Way Love Goes Merle Haggard 1
February 18 Don't Cheat in Our Hometown Ricky Skaggs 1
February 25 Stay Young Don Williams 1
March 3 Woke Up in Love Exile 1 A
March 10 Going, Going, Gone Lee Greenwood 1
March 17 Elizabeth The Statler Brothers 1 The first Statlers No. 1 to feature Jimmy Fortune (here, on lead vocals).
March 24 Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) Alabama 1
March 31 Let's Stop Talkin' About It Janie Fricke 1
April 7 Don't Make It Easy For Me Earl Thomas Conley 1
April 14 Thank God For the Radio The Kendalls 1 B
April 21 The Yellow Rose Johnny Lee
with Lane Brody		 1 C - Lane Brody
This was the theme from the short-lived TV series of the same name, starring Cybil Shepard.
April 28 Right Or Wrong George Strait 1 Cover of the Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys hit from the 1930s.
May 5 I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes The Oak Ridge Boys 1
May 12 To All the Girls I've Loved Before Willie Nelson
with Julio Iglesias		 2 1
C - Julio Iglesias
May 26 As Long as I'm Rockin' With You John Conlee 1
June 2 Honey (Open That Door) Ricky Skaggs 1
June 9 Someday When Things are Good Merle Haggard 1
June 16 I Got Mexico Eddy Raven 1 A
June 23 When We Make Love Alabama 1
June 30 I Can Tell By The Way You Dance
(You're Gonna Love Me Tonight)		 Vern Gosdin 1 A
July 7 Somebody's Needin' Somebody Conway Twitty 1
July 14 I Don't Want to Be a Memory Exile 1
July 21 Just Another Woman in Love Anne Murray 1
July 28 Angel in Disguise Earl Thomas Conley 1 Upon its ascension to No. 1, the album Don't Make It Easy For Me
became the first to have four No. 1 Billboard hits in any genre.
August 4 Mama He's Crazy The Judds 1 A
August 11 That's the Thing About Love Don Williams 1
August 18 Still Losing You Ronnie Milsap 1
August 25 Long Hard Road
(The Sharecropper's Dream)		 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1 A
September 1 Let's Fall to Pieces Together George Strait 1
September 8 Tennessee Homesick Blues Dolly Parton 1 From the motion picture Rhinestone.
September 15 You're Getting to Me Again Jim Glaser 1 C
  • This song represents something Jim Glaser accomplished that he failed to do with his more famous brother, Tompall — reach No. 1.
    Jim had recorded as part of the trio Tompall and the Glaser Brothers (Chuck Glaser was part of the group as well),
    and the closest any of their hits came to the top was 1981's "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)," stopping at No. 2.
September 22 Let's Chase Each Other
Around the Room		 Merle Haggard 1
September 29 Turning Away Crystal Gayle 1
October 6 Everyday The Oak Ridge Boys 1
October 13 Uncle Pen Ricky Skaggs 1
October 20 I Don't Know a Thing
About Love (The Moon Song)		 Conway Twitty 1
October 27 If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band) Alabama 1
November 3 City of New Orleans Willie Nelson 1 A cover of the classic Arlo Guthrie hit.
November 10 I've Been Around Enough to Know John Schneider 1 A
November 17 Give Me One More Chance Exile 1
November 24 You Could've Heard a Heart Break Johnny Lee 1 B
December 1 You're Heart's Not in It Janie Fricke 1
December 8 Chance of Lovin' You Earl Thomas Conley 1
December 15 Nobody Loves Me Like You Do Anne Murray
with Dave Loggins		 1 C - Dave Loggins
December 22 Why Not Me The Judds 2
  • 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 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 -- "In My Dreams" - Emmylou Harris
  • Best Country Vocal Performance, Male -- "That's The Way Love Goes" - Merle Haggard
  • Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal -- "Mama He's Crazy" - The Judds
  • Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Wheel Hoss" - Ricky Skaggs
  • Best Country Song -- "City Of New Orleans" - Steve Goodman, songwriter

[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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