This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1979.
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| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 16 | Alibis | Johnny Rodriguez |
| 16 | 32 | All-Around Cowboy | Marty Robbins |
| 10 | 4 | Are You Sincere | Elvis Presley |
| 12 | 14 | As Long as I Can Wake Up in Your Arms | Kenny O'Dell |
| 9 | 21 | Barstool Mountain | Moe Bandy |
| 6 | 16 | Blind in Love | Mel Tillis |
| 6 | 7 | Blue Kentucky Girl | Emmylou Harris |
| 25 | 17 | Buenos Dias Argentina | Marty Robbins |
| 3 | 3 | Come On In | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 16 | 10 | Crazy Arms | Willie Nelson |
| 17 | — | Crazy Blue Eyes | Lacy J. Dalton |
| 14 | 25 | Daddy | Donna Fargo |
| 18 | 36 | Darlin' | David Rogers |
| 17 | — | Della and the Dealer | Hoyt Axton |
| 5 | 3 | Do You Ever Fool Around | Joe Stampley |
| 10 | — | Don't Let Me Cross Over | Jim Reeves with Deborah Allen |
| 6 | 13 | Down on the Rio Grande | Johnny Rodriguez |
| 16 | 60 | Down to Earth Woman | Kenny Dale |
| 14 | 7 | Everlasting Love | Narvel Felts |
| 10 | 11 | Fall in Love with Me Tonight | Randy Barlow |
| 4 | 16 | Family Tradition | Hank Williams, Jr. |
| 5 | 9 | Farewell Party | Gene Watson |
| 19 | 22 | Feet | Ray Price |
| 4 | 5 | Fooled by a Feeling | Barbara Mandrell |
| 3 | 14 | Fools | Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius |
| 17 | 44 | Fools for Each Other | Johnny Rodriguez |
| 14 | 21 | Gimme Back My Blues | Jerry Reed |
| 8 | 6 | Happy Together | T. G. Sheppard |
| 11 | 28 | Here We Are Again | The Statler Brothers |
| 25 | 11 | Hound Dog Man | Glen Campbell |
| 7 | 18 | How to Be a Country Star | The Statler Brothers |
| 10 | 18 | I Ain't Got No Business Doin' Business Today | Razzy Bailey |
| 3 | 2 | I Can't Feel You Anymore | Loretta Lynn |
| 16 | 33 | I Don't Do Like That No More | The Kendalls |
| 12 | 21 | I Don't Lie | Joe Stampley |
| 5 | 4 | I Had a Lovely Time | The Kendalls |
| 16 | 65 | I Hate the Way I Love It | Johnny Rodriguez and Charly McClain |
| 5 | 5 | I Just Can't Stay Married to You | Cristy Lane |
| 10 | 12 | I Know a Heartache When I See One | Jennifer Warnes |
| 26 | 10 | I Lost My Head | Charlie Rich |
| 18 | 40 | I Love How You Love Me | Lynn Anderson |
| 21 | 9 | I Will Survive | Billie Jo Spears |
| 20 | 55 | I'd Rather Go on Hurtin' | Joe Sun |
| 14 | 7 | I'll Love Away Your Troubles for Awhile | Janie Fricke |
| 3 | 2 | I'll Wake You Up When I Get Home | Charlie Rich |
| 13 | 8 | I'm Gonna Love You | Glen Campbell |
| 18 | 6 | I'm the Singer, You're the Song | Tanya Tucker |
| 14 | 16 | I've Been Waiting for You All of My Life | Con Hunley |
| 7 | 5 | I've Done Enough Dying Today | Larry Gatlin |
| 5 | 2 | I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind | Loretta Lynn |
| 13 | 12 | If Everyone Had Someone Like You | Eddy Arnold |
| 4 | 8 | If I Could Write a Song (As Beautiful as You) | Billy "Crash" Craddock |
| 18 | — | If I Fell in Love with You | Rex Allen, Jr. |
| 10 | 45 | If I Give My Heart to You | Margo Smith |
| 6 | 33 | If Love Had a Face | Razzy Bailey |
| 6 | 9 | In No Time at All | Ronnie Milsap |
| 10 | 7 | Isn't It Always Love | Lynn Anderson |
| 12 | 13 | It's Time We Talk Things Over | Rex Allen, Jr. and The Byrds |
| 11 | 4 | Just Like Real People | The Kendalls |
| 10 | 10 | Just Long Enough to Say Goodbye | Mickey Gilley |
| 9 | 21 | The Lady in the Blue Mercedes | Johnny Duncan |
| 3 | 2 | Lay Down Beside Me | Don Williams |
| 14 | 17 | Liberated Woman | John Wesley Ryles |
| 16 | 25 | Lovin' On | The Bellamy Brothers |
| 2 | 3 | Lying in Love with You | Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius |
| 7 | 4 | Maybelline | George Jones and Johnny Paycheck |
| 9 | — | Me and My Broken Heart | Rex Allen, Jr. |
| 19 | 3 | Mississippi | Charlie Daniels |
| 20 | 65 | Mr. Jones | Big Al Downing |
| 11 | 20 | My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own | Debby Boone |
| 4 | 4 | My Own Kind of Hat | Merle Haggard |
| 8 | 62 | My Silver Lining | Mickey Gilley |
| 4 | 7 | My World Begins and Ends with You | Dave & Sugar |
| 17 | 13 | Next Best Feeling | Mary K. Miller |
| — | 10 | Nickels and Dimes | Nana Mouskouri |
| 17 | 38 | No Memories Hangin' Around | Rosanne Cash with Bobby Bare |
| 7 | 5 | No One Else in the World | Tammy Wynette |
| 10 | 33 | Nothing as Original as You | The Statler Brothers |
| 5 | 7 | The Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell | The Statler Brothers |
| 17 | — | The One Thing My Lady Never Puts Into Words | Mel Street |
| 7 | 20 | Only Love Can Break a Heart | Kenny Dale |
| 5 | 2 | Pick the Wildwood Flower | Gene Watson |
| 11 | 44 | Play Together Again, Again | Buck Owens with Emmylou Harris |
| 9 | 9 | Put Your Clothes Back On | Joe Stampley |
| 4 | 2 | Red Bandana | Merle Haggard |
| 13 | — | Reunited | Louise Mandrell and R. C. Bannon |
| 16 | 34 | Robinhood | Billy "Crash" Craddock |
| 18 | 34 | Rockin' My Life Away | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 14 | — | A Rusty Old Halo | Hoyt Axton |
| 16 | — | Sail On | Tom Grant |
| 4 | 20 | Save the Last Dance for Me | Emmylou Harris |
| 26 | 18 | Save the Last Dance for Me | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 10 | — | Say You Love Me | Stephanie Winslow |
| 18 | 17 | Second-Hand Satin Lady (And a Bargain Basement Boy) | Jerry Reed |
| 2 | 4 | Send Me Down to Tucson | Mel Tillis |
| 15 | 5 | September Song | Willie Nelson |
| 15 | 38 | Sharing | Kenny Dale |
| 3 | 6 | Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy) | Gene Watson |
| 10 | 26 | Simple Little Words | Cristy Lane |
| 20 | 42 | Since I Fell for You | Con Hunley |
| 17 | 22 | Slippin' Up, Slippin' Around | Cristy Lane |
| 6 | 8 | Slow Dancing | Johnny Duncan |
| 6 | 5 | Somebody Special | Donna Fargo |
| 11 | — | Someone Is Looking for Someone Like You | Gail Davies |
| 14 | 18 | Son of Clayton Delaney | Tom T. Hall |
| 13 | 26 | The Song We Made Love To | Mickey Gilley |
| 20 | 7 | Spanish Eyes | Charlie Rich |
| 6 | — | Stay with Me | Dave & Sugar |
| 26 | 13 | Steady as the Rain | Stella Parton |
| 7 | 17 | Still a Woman | Margo Smith |
| 19 | 46 | Sweet Dreams | Reba McEntire |
| 10 | 14 | Sweet Melinda | Randy Barlow |
| 7 | 6 | Sweet Summer Lovin' | Dolly Parton |
| 8 | 18 | Tell Me What It's Like | Brenda Lee |
| 5 | 3 | Texas (When I Die) | Tanya Tucker |
| 18 | 44 | That's the Only Way to Say Good Morning | Ray Price |
| 20 | 21 | There Is a Miracle in You | Tom T. Hall |
| 6 | 3 | There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In) | Elvis Presley |
| 6 | 6 | They Call It Makin' Love | Tammy Wynette |
| 20 | 15 | This Is a Love Song | Bill Anderson |
| 6 | 5 | Tonight She's Gonna Love Me (Like There Was No Tomorrow) | Razzy Bailey |
| 13 | 12 | Too Far Gone | Emmylou Harris |
| 18 | 59 | Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More) | Big Al Downing |
| 15 | 18 | Touch Me with Magic | Marty Robbins |
| 12 | 18 | Tryin' to Satisfy You | Dottsy |
| 6 | 51 | Two Steps Forward and Three Steps Back | Susie Allanson |
| 22 | 13 | Walking Piece of Heaven | Freddy Fender |
| 31 | 18 | Walkin' the Floor Over You | Ernest Tubb and Merle Haggard |
| 16 | — | What a Lie | Sammi Smith |
| 11 | 31 | When a Love Ain't Right | Charly McClain |
| 3 | 3 | When I Dream | Crystal Gayle |
| 12 | 3 | Whiskey River | Willie Nelson |
| 20 | 24 | Who Will the Next Fool Be | Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 8 | — | Wisdom of a Fool | Jacky Ward |
| 8 | 7 | Words | Susie Allanson |
| 18 | 35 | World's Most Perfect Woman | Ronnie McDowell |
| 5 | 11 | You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie | The Bellamy Brothers |
| 14 | 26 | You Can Have Her | George Jones and Johnny Paycheck |
| 10 | 8 | You Don't Bring Me Flowers | Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius |
| 4 | 20 | You Feel Good All Over | T. G. Sheppard |
| 12 | 28 | You Pick Me Up (And Put Me Down) | Dottie West |
| 11 | 26 | You Show Me Your Heart (And I'll Show You Mine) | Tom T. Hall |
| 20 | 24 | You Were Always on My Mind | John Wesley Ryles |
| 20 | 66 | You're a Part of Me | Charly McClain |
| 14 | — | You're My Kind of Woman | Jacky Ward |
| 16 | 27 | You've Got Somebody, I've Got Somebody | Vern Gosdin |
| 7 | 14 | Your Kisses Will | Crystal Gayle |
| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | 6 | The Ballad of the Duke | Dallas Harms |
| — | 13 | Bingo and Another World | Rex Hemeon |
| — | 5 | Build My Life Around You | Carroll Baker |
| — | 9 | Easy | Eddie Eastman |
| — | 20 | Easy Does It | Rondini |
| — | 10 | Every Woman | Van Dyke |
| — | 18 | Everyone's Laughin' but Me | Chris Nielsen |
| — | 9 | Four States to Go | Alex Fraser |
| — | 17 | Half of What You've Been to Me | R. Harlan Smith |
| — | 13 | Hell Bent for Mexico | Mercey Brothers |
| — | 12 | High on You | Dick Damron |
| — | 7 | I Picked a Daisy | Dallas Harms |
| — | 16 | Kelly Green | Glory-Anne Carriere |
| — | 16 | Love Catch Fire | Ian Kemp |
| — | 8 | Love Is Such an Easy Word to Say | Eddie Eastman |
| — | 3 | Love When It Leaves Here | Canadian Zephyr |
| — | 6 | Loving You | Mike Graham |
| — | 8 | Mes Amis O Canada | Laura Vinson |
| — | 15 | Mighty Big to Me | Alex Fraser |
| — | 6 | Rachel I'm Just Not That Strong | David Thompson |
| — | 7 | Silver and Shine | Dick Damron |
| — | 19 | Some Kind of Woman | The Good Brothers |
| — | 10 | Sorry and the Hobo | Orval Prophet |
| — | 4 | Stay with Me | Family Brown |
| — | 9 | Stranger | Mercey Brothers |
| 33 | 19 | Takes a Fool to Love a Fool | Burton Cummings |
| — | 15 | Time to Go | Terry Carisse |
| — | 9 | Willie Boy | Wayne Rostad |
| 100 | 6 | You Can't Make Love to a Memory | Iris Larratt |