1979 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1979.

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Events

Top hits of the year

=Number one hits=

==United States==

(as certified by Billboard)

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!Date

!Single Name

!Artist

!width="40"|Wks. No.1

!width="40"|CAN peak

!Spec. Note

January 6

|Tulsa Time

|Don Williams

|align="center"|1

|

|

January 13

|Lady Lay Down

|John Conlee

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|{{anchor|ref_A}}[A]

January 20

|I Really Got the Feeling/Baby I'm Burning

|Dolly Parton

|align="center"|1

|

|

January 27

|Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For

|Crystal Gayle

|align="center"|2

|

|

February 10

|Every Which Way but Loose

|Eddie Rabbitt

|align="center"|3

|

|

March 3

|Golden Tears

|Dave & Sugar

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|2

|{{anchor|ref_B}}[B]

March 24

|I Just Fall in Love Again

|Anne Murray

|align="center"|3

|

|{{anchor|ref_1}}[1]

April 14

|(If Loving You Is Wrong)
I Don't Want to Be Right

|Barbara Mandrell

|align="center"|1

|

|Cover of the Luther Ingram hit.

April 21

|All I Ever Need Is You

|Kenny Rogers
and Dottie West

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|Cover of the Sonny and Cher hit.

April 28

|Where Do I Put Her Memory

|Charley Pride

|align="center"|1

|

|

May 5

|Backside of Thirty

|John Conlee

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|5

|

May 12

|Don't Take It Away

|Conway Twitty

|align="center"|1

|

|

May 19

|If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body
Would You Hold It Against Me

|The Bellamy Brothers

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|24

|{{anchor|ref_A}}[A]

June 9

|She Believes in Me

|Kenny Rogers

|align="center"|2

|

|

June 23

|Nobody Likes Sad Songs

|Ronnie Milsap

|align="center"|1

|

|

June 30

|Amanda

|Waylon Jennings

|align="center"|3

|

|

July 21

|Shadows in the Moonlight

|Anne Murray

|align="center"|1

|

|

July 28

|You're the Only One

|Dolly Parton

|align="center"|2

|

|

August 11

|Suspicions

|Eddie Rabbitt

|align="center"|1

|

|

August 18

|Coca-Cola Cowboy

|Mel Tillis

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|3

|

August 25

|The Devil Went Down to Georgia

|The Charlie Daniels Band

|align="center"|1

|

|{{anchor|ref_C}}[C]

September 1

|Heartbreak Hotel

|Willie Nelson
and Leon Russell

|align="center"|1

|

|{{anchor|ref_C}}[C] – Leon Russell

Cover of the Elvis Presley hit.

September 8

|I May Never Get to Heaven

|Conway Twitty

|align="center"|1

|

|

September 15

|You're My Jamaica

|Charley Pride

|align="center"|1

|

|

September 22

|Just Good Ol' Boys

|Moe Bandy and
Joe Stampley

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|8

|{{anchor|ref_A}}[A] – Moe Bandy
{{anchor|ref_B}}[B] – Joe Stampley

September 29

|It Must Be Love

|Don Williams

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|

October 6

|Last Cheater's Waltz

|T. G. Sheppard

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|7

|

October 20

|All the Gold in California

|Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|2

|

November 3

|You Decorated My Life

|Kenny Rogers

|align="center"|2

|

|

November 17

|Come with Me

|Waylon Jennings

|align="center"|2

|

|

December 1

|Broken Hearted Me

|Anne Murray

|align="center"|1

|

|

December 8

|I Cheated Me Right Out of You

|Moe Bandy

|align="center"|1

|

|{{anchor|ref_B}}[B]

December 15

|Happy Birthday Darlin'

|Conway Twitty

|align="center"|3

|align="center"|13

|

{{refbegin}}

;Notes

  • 1{{anchor|endnote_1}}^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard.
  • A{{anchor|endnote_A}}^ First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B{{anchor|endnote_B}}^ Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • C{{anchor|endnote_C}}^ Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

{{refend}}

==Canada==

(as certified by RPM)

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!Date

!Single Name

!Artist

!width="40"|Wks. No.1

!width="40"|U.S. peak

!Spec. Note

January 13

|Burgers and Fries

|Charley Pride

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|

January 20

|Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's
Done Got Out of Hand

|Waylon Jennings

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|5

|

January 27

|Tulsa Time

|Don Williams

|align="center"|1

|

|

February 3

|Your Love Had Taken Me That High

|Conway Twitty

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|3

|

February 10

|I Really Got the Feeling/Baby I'm Burning

|Dolly Parton

|align="center"|1

|

|

February 17

|Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For

|Crystal Gayle

|align="center"|1

|

|

February 24

|Every Which Way but Loose

|Eddie Rabbitt

|align="center"|3

|

|

March 17

|Back on My Mind Again

|Ronnie Milsap

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|

March 24

|You Made My Day Tonight

|Canadian Zephyr

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|—

|{{anchor|ref_A}}[A]

March 31

|I Just Fall in Love Again

|Anne Murray

|align="center"|2

|

|

April 14

|It's a Cheating Situation

|Moe Bandy with
Janie Fricke

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|{{anchor|ref_A}}[A] – Moe Bandy
{{anchor|ref_A}}[A] – Janie Fricke

April 21

|Sweet Memories

|Willie Nelson

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|4

|

April 28

|(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right

|Barbara Mandrell

|align="center"|1

|

|

May 5

|Where Do I Put Her Memory

|Charley Pride

|align="center"|2

|

|

May 19

|Don't Take It Away

|Conway Twitty

|align="center"|1

|

|

May 26

|I'm Getting High Remembering

|Carroll Baker

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|—

|

June 2

|Sail Away

|The Oak Ridge Boys

|align="center"|4

|align="center"|2

|

June 30

|Nobody Likes Sad Songs

|Ronnie Milsap

|align="center"|1

|

|

July 7

|She Believes in Me

|Kenny Rogers

|align="center"|1

|

|

July 14

|Amanda

|Waylon Jennings

|align="center"|1

|

|

July 21

|You're the Only One

|Dolly Parton

|align="center"|4

|

|{{anchor|ref_1}}[1], {{anchor|ref_2}}[2]

  • Fell to #2 on the week of August 4.
August 4

|Shadows in the Moonlight

|Anne Murray

|align="center"|1

|

|

August 11

|(Ghost) Riders in the Sky

|Johnny Cash

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|

September 1

|Suspicions

|Eddie Rabbitt

|align="center"|1

|

|

September 8

|The Devil Went Down to Georgia

|Charlie Daniels

|align="center"|2

|

|{{anchor|ref_C}}[C]

September 22

|'Til I Can Make It on My Own

|Kenny Rogers and
Dottie West

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|3

|{{anchor|ref_B}}[B] – Dottie West

September 29

|Heartbreak Hotel

|Willie Nelson and
Leon Russell

|align="center"|1

|

|{{anchor|ref_C}}[C] – Leon Russell

October 6

|You're My Jamaica

|Charley Pride

|align="center"|1

|

|

October 13

|I May Never Get to Heaven

|Conway Twitty

|align="center"|1

|

|

October 20

|Before My Time

|John Conlee

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|{{anchor|ref_A}}[A]

October 27

|Stolen Moments

|R. Harlan Smith and
Chris Nielsen

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|—

|{{anchor|ref_B}}[B] – R. Harlan Smith
{{anchor|ref_C}}[C] – Chris Nielsen

November 3

|Dream On

|The Oak Ridge Boys

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|7

|

November 10

|You Decorated My Life

|Kenny Rogers

|align="center"|2

|

|

November 24

|Broken Hearted Me

|Anne Murray

|align="center"|1

|

|

December 1

|Come with Me

|Waylon Jennings

|align="center"|1

|

|

December 8

|Half the Way

|Crystal Gayle

|align="center"|1

|align="center"|2

|

December 15

|I Cheated Me Right Out of You

|Moe Bandy

|align="center"|1

|

|

December 22

|Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound

|Hank Williams, Jr.

|align="center"|2

|align="center"|2

|

{{refbegin}}

;Notes

  • 1{{anchor|endnote_1}}^ No. 1 song of the year, as determined by RPM.
  • 2{{anchor|endnote_2}}^ Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
  • A{{anchor|endnote_A}}^ First RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B{{anchor|endnote_B}}^ Last RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • C{{anchor|endnote_C}}^ Only RPM No. 1 hit for that artist.

{{refend}}

=Other major hits=

==Singles released by American artists==

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!width="50"|US

!width="50"|CAN

!width="250"|Single

!width="150"|Artist

align="center"|16

|align="center"|16

|Alibis

|Johnny Rodriguez

align="center"|16

|align="center"|32

|All-Around Cowboy

|Marty Robbins

align="center"|10

|align="center"|4

|Are You Sincere

|Elvis Presley

align="center"|12

|align="center"|14

|As Long as I Can Wake Up in Your Arms

|Kenny O'Dell

align="center"|9

|align="center"|21

|Barstool Mountain

|Moe Bandy

align="center"|6

|align="center"|16

|Blind in Love

|Mel Tillis

align="center"|6

|align="center"|7

|Blue Kentucky Girl

|Emmylou Harris

align="center"|25

|align="center"|17

|Buenos Dias Argentina

|Marty Robbins

align="center"|3

|align="center"|3

|Come On In

|The Oak Ridge Boys

align="center"|16

|align="center"|10

|Crazy Arms

|Willie Nelson

align="center"|17

|align="center"|—

|Crazy Blue Eyes

|Lacy J. Dalton

align="center"|14

|align="center"|25

|Daddy

|Donna Fargo

align="center"|18

|align="center"|36

|Darlin'

|David Rogers

align="center"|17

|align="center"|—

|Della and the Dealer

|Hoyt Axton

align="center"|5

|align="center"|3

|Do You Ever Fool Around

|Joe Stampley

align="center"|10

|align="center"|—

|Don't Let Me Cross Over

|Jim Reeves with Deborah Allen

align="center"|6

|align="center"|13

|Down on the Rio Grande

|Johnny Rodriguez

align="center"|16

|align="center"|60

|Down to Earth Woman

|Kenny Dale

align="center"|14

|align="center"|7

|Everlasting Love

|Narvel Felts

align="center"|10

|align="center"|11

|Fall in Love with Me Tonight

|Randy Barlow

align="center"|4

|align="center"|16

|Family Tradition

|Hank Williams, Jr.

align="center"|5

|align="center"|9

|Farewell Party

|Gene Watson

align="center"|19

|align="center"|22

|Feet

|Ray Price

align="center"|4

|align="center"|5

|Fooled by a Feeling

|Barbara Mandrell

align="center"|3

|align="center"|14

|Fools

|Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius

align="center"|17

|align="center"|44

|Fools for Each Other

|Johnny Rodriguez

align="center"|14

|align="center"|21

|Gimme Back My Blues

|Jerry Reed

align="center"|8

|align="center"|6

|Happy Together

|T. G. Sheppard

align="center"|11

|align="center"|28

|Here We Are Again

|The Statler Brothers

align="center"|25

|align="center"|11

|Hound Dog Man

|Glen Campbell

align="center"|7

|align="center"|18

|How to Be a Country Star

|The Statler Brothers

align="center"|10

|align="center"|18

|I Ain't Got No Business Doin' Business Today

|Razzy Bailey

align="center"|3

|align="center"|2

|I Can't Feel You Anymore

|Loretta Lynn

align="center"|16

|align="center"|33

|I Don't Do Like That No More

|The Kendalls

align="center"|12

|align="center"|21

|I Don't Lie

|Joe Stampley

align="center"|5

|align="center"|4

|I Had a Lovely Time

|The Kendalls

align="center"|16

|align="center"|65

|I Hate the Way I Love It

|Johnny Rodriguez and Charly McClain

align="center"|5

|align="center"|4

|I Just Can't Stay Married to You

|Cristy Lane

align="center"|10

|align="center"|12

|I Know a Heartache When I See One

|Jennifer Warnes

align="center"|26

|align="center"|10

|I Lost My Head

|Charlie Rich

align="center"|18

|align="center"|40

|I Love How You Love Me

|Lynn Anderson

align="center"|21

|align="center"|9

|I Will Survive

|Billie Jo Spears

align="center"|20

|align="center"|55

|I'd Rather Go on Hurtin'

|Joe Sun

align="center"|14

|align="center"|7

|I'll Love Away Your Troubles for Awhile

|Janie Fricke

align="center"|3

|align="center"|2

|I'll Wake You Up When I Get Home

|Charlie Rich

align="center"|13

|align="center"|8

|I'm Gonna Love You

|Glen Campbell

align="center"|18

|align="center"|6

|I'm the Singer, You're the Song

|Tanya Tucker

align="center"|14

|align="center"|16

|I've Been Waiting for You All of My Life

|Con Hunley

align="center"|7

|align="center"|5

|I've Done Enough Dying Today

|Larry Gatlin

align="center"|5

|align="center"|2

|I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind

|Loretta Lynn

align="center"|13

|align="center"|12

|If Everyone Had Someone Like You

|Eddy Arnold

align="center"|4

|align="center"|8

|If I Could Write a Song (As Beautiful as You)

|Billy "Crash" Craddock

align="center"|18

|align="center"|—

|If I Fell in Love with You

|Rex Allen, Jr.

align="center"|10

|align="center"|45

|If I Give My Heart to You

|Margo Smith

align="center"|6

|align="center"|33

|If Love Had a Face

|Razzy Bailey

align="center"|6

|align="center"|9

|In No Time at All

|Ronnie Milsap

align="center"|10

|align="center"|7

|Isn't It Always Love

|Lynn Anderson

align="center"|12

|align="center"|13

|It's Time We Talk Things Over

|Rex Allen, Jr. and The Byrds

align="center"|11

|align="center"|4

|Just Like Real People

|The Kendalls

align="center"|10

|align="center"|10

|Just Long Enough to Say Goodbye

|Mickey Gilley

align="center"|9

|align="center"|21

|The Lady in the Blue Mercedes

|Johnny Duncan

align="center"|3

|align="center"|2

|Lay Down Beside Me

|Don Williams

align="center"|14

|align="center"|17

|Liberated Woman

|John Wesley Ryles

align="center"|16

|align="center"|25

|Lovin' On

|The Bellamy Brothers

align="center"|2

|align="center"|3

|Lying in Love with You

|Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius

align="center"|7

|align="center"|4

|Maybellene

|George Jones and Johnny Paycheck

align="center"|9

|align="center"|—

|Me and My Broken Heart

|Rex Allen, Jr.

align="center"|19

|align="center"|3

|Mississippi

|Charlie Daniels

align="center"|20

|align="center"|65

|Mr. Jones

|Big Al Downing

align="center"|11

|align="center"|20

|My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own

|Debby Boone

align="center"|4

|align="center"|4

|My Own Kind of Hat

|Merle Haggard

align="center"|8

|align="center"|62

|My Silver Lining

|Mickey Gilley

align="center"|4

|align="center"|7

|My World Begins and Ends with You

|Dave & Sugar

align="center"|17

|align="center"|13

|Next Best Feeling

|Mary K. Miller

align="center"|—

|align="center"|10

|Nickels and Dimes

|Nana Mouskouri

align="center"|17

|align="center"|38

|No Memories Hangin' Round

|Rosanne Cash with Bobby Bare

align="center"|7

|align="center"|5

|No One Else in the World

|Tammy Wynette

align="center"|10

|align="center"|33

|Nothing as Original as You

|The Statler Brothers

align="center"|5

|align="center"|7

|The Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell

|The Statler Brothers

align="center"|17

|align="center"|—

|The One Thing My Lady Never Puts Into Words

|Mel Street

align="center"|7

|align="center"|20

|Only Love Can Break a Heart

|Kenny Dale

align="center"|5

|align="center"|2

|Pick the Wildwood Flower

|Gene Watson

align="center"|11

|align="center"|44

|Play Together Again, Again

|Buck Owens with Emmylou Harris

align="center"|9

|align="center"|9

|Put Your Clothes Back On

|Joe Stampley

align="center"|4

|align="center"|2

|Red Bandana

|Merle Haggard

align="center"|13

|align="center"|—

|Reunited

|Louise Mandrell and R. C. Bannon

align="center"|16

|align="center"|34

|Robinhood

|Billy "Crash" Craddock

align="center"|18

|align="center"|34

|Rockin' My Life Away

|Jerry Lee Lewis

align="center"|14

|align="center"|—

|A Rusty Old Halo

|Hoyt Axton

align="center"|16

|align="center"|—

|Sail On

|Tom Grant

align="center"|4

|align="center"|20

|Save the Last Dance for Me

|Emmylou Harris

align="center"|26

|align="center"|18

|Save the Last Dance for Me

|Jerry Lee Lewis

align="center"|10

|align="center"|—

|Say You Love Me

|Stephanie Winslow

align="center"|18

|align="center"|17

|Second-Hand Satin Lady (And a Bargain Basement Boy)

|Jerry Reed

align="center"|2

|align="center"|4

|Send Me Down to Tucson

|Mel Tillis

align="center"|15

|align="center"|5

|September Song

|Willie Nelson

align="center"|15

|align="center"|38

|Sharing

|Kenny Dale

align="center"|3

|align="center"|6

|Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)

|Gene Watson

align="center"|10

|align="center"|26

|Simple Little Words

|Cristy Lane

align="center"|20

|align="center"|42

|Since I Fell for You

|Con Hunley

align="center"|17

|align="center"|22

|Slippin' Up, Slippin' Around

|Cristy Lane

align="center"|6

|align="center"|8

|Slow Dancing

|Johnny Duncan

align="center"|6

|align="center"|5

|Somebody Special

|Donna Fargo

align="center"|11

|align="center"|—

|Someone Is Looking for Someone Like You

|Gail Davies

align="center"|14

|align="center"|18

|Son of Clayton Delaney

|Tom T. Hall

align="center"|13

|align="center"|26

|The Song We Made Love To

|Mickey Gilley

align="center"|20

|align="center"|7

|Spanish Eyes

|Charlie Rich

align="center"|6

|align="center"|—

|Stay with Me

|Dave & Sugar

align="center"|26

|align="center"|13

|Steady as the Rain

|Stella Parton

align="center"|7

|align="center"|17

|Still a Woman

|Margo Smith

align="center"|19

|align="center"|46

|Sweet Dreams

|Reba McEntire

align="center"|10

|align="center"|14

|Sweet Melinda

|Randy Barlow

align="center"|7

|align="center"|6

|Sweet Summer Lovin'

|Dolly Parton

align="center"|8

|align="center"|18

|Tell Me What It's Like

|Brenda Lee

align="center"|5

|align="center"|3

|Texas (When I Die)

|Tanya Tucker

align="center"|18

|align="center"|44

|That's the Only Way to Say Good Morning

|Ray Price

align="center"|20

|align="center"|21

|There Is a Miracle in You

|Tom T. Hall

align="center"|6

|align="center"|3

|There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)

|Elvis Presley

align="center"|6

|align="center"|6

|They Call It Making Love

|Tammy Wynette

align="center"|20

|align="center"|15

|This Is a Love Song

|Bill Anderson

align="center"|6

|align="center"|5

|Tonight She's Gonna Love Me (Like There Was No Tomorrow)

|Razzy Bailey

align="center"|13

|align="center"|12

|Too Far Gone

|Emmylou Harris

align="center"|18

|align="center"|59

|Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More)

|Big Al Downing

align="center"|15

|align="center"|18

|Touch Me with Magic

|Marty Robbins

align="center"|12

|align="center"|18

|Tryin' to Satisfy You

|Dottsy

align="center"|6

|align="center"|51

|Two Steps Forward and Three Steps Back

|Susie Allanson

align="center"|22

|align="center"|13

|Walking Piece of Heaven

|Freddy Fender

align="center"|31

|align="center"|18

|Walking the Floor Over You

|Ernest Tubb and Merle Haggard

align="center"|16

|align="center"|—

|What a Lie

|Sammi Smith

align="center"|11

|align="center"|31

|When a Love Ain't Right

|Charly McClain

align="center"|3

|align="center"|3

|When I Dream

|Crystal Gayle

align="center"|12

|align="center"|3

|Whiskey River

|Willie Nelson

align="center"|20

|align="center"|24

|Who Will the Next Fool Be

|Jerry Lee Lewis

align="center"|8

|align="center"|—

|Wisdom of a Fool

|Jacky Ward

align="center"|8

|align="center"|7

|Words

|Susie Allanson

align="center"|18

|align="center"|35

|World's Most Perfect Woman

|Ronnie McDowell

align="center"|5

|align="center"|11

|You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie

|The Bellamy Brothers

align="center"|14

|align="center"|26

|You Can Have Her

|George Jones and Johnny Paycheck

align="center"|10

|align="center"|8

|You Don't Bring Me Flowers

|Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius

align="center"|4

|align="center"|20

|You Feel Good All Over

|T. G. Sheppard

align="center"|12

|align="center"|28

|You Pick Me Up (And Put Me Down)

|Dottie West

align="center"|11

|align="center"|26

|You Show Me Your Heart (And I'll Show You Mine)

|Tom T. Hall

align="center"|20

|align="center"|24

|You Were Always on My Mind

|John Wesley Ryles

align="center"|20

|align="center"|66

|You're a Part of Me

|Charly McClain

align="center"|14

|align="center"|—

|You're My Kind of Woman

|Jacky Ward

align="center"|16

|align="center"|27

|You've Got Somebody, I've Got Somebody

|Vern Gosdin

align="center"|7

|align="center"|14

|Your Kisses Will

|Crystal Gayle

==Singles released by Canadian artists==

class="wikitable sortable"

!width="50"|US

!width="50"|CAN

!Single

!Artist

align="center"|—

|align="center"|6

|The Ballad of the Duke

|Dallas Harms

align="center"|—

|align="center"|13

|Bingo and Another World

|Rex Hemeon

align="center"|—

|align="center"|5

|Build My Life Around You

|Carroll Baker

align="center"|—

|align="center"|9

|Easy

|Eddie Eastman

align="center"|—

|align="center"|20

|Easy Does It

|Rondini

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|align="center"|10

|Every Woman

|Van Dyke

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|align="center"|18

|Everyone's Laughin' but Me

|Chris Nielsen

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|align="center"|9

|Four States to Go

|Alex Fraser

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|align="center"|17

|Half of What You've Been to Me

|R. Harlan Smith

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|align="center"|13

|Hell Bent for Mexico

|Mercey Brothers

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|align="center"|12

|High on You

|Dick Damron

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|align="center"|7

|I Picked a Daisy

|Dallas Harms

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|align="center"|16

|Kelly Green

|Glory-Anne Carriere

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|align="center"|16

|Love Catch Fire

|Ian Kemp

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|align="center"|8

|Love Is Such an Easy Word to Say

|Eddie Eastman

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|align="center"|3

|Love When It Leaves Here

|Canadian Zephyr

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|align="center"|6

|Loving You

|Mike Graham

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|align="center"|8

|Mes Amis O Canada

|Laura Vinson

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|align="center"|15

|Mighty Big to Me

|Alex Fraser

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|align="center"|6

|Rachel I'm Just Not That Strong

|David Thompson

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|align="center"|7

|Silver and Shine

|Dick Damron

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|align="center"|19

|Some Kind of Woman

|The Good Brothers

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|align="center"|10

|Sorry and the Hobo

|Orval Prophet

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|align="center"|4

|Stay with Me

|Family Brown

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|align="center"|9

|Stranger

|Mercey Brothers

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|align="center"|19

|Takes a Fool to Love a Fool

|Burton Cummings

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|align="center"|15

|Time to Go

|Terry Carisse

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|align="center"|9

|Willie Boy

|Wayne Rostad

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|align="center"|6

|You Can't Make Love to a Memory

|Iris Larratt

Top new album releases

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3/4 Lonely

|T. G. Sheppard

|Warner Bros./Curb

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

The Electric Horseman

|Willie Nelson

|Columbia/CBS

Encore!

|Jeanne Pruett

|IBC

From the Heart

|Janie Fricke

|Columbia

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

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

|RCA Victor

Straight Ahead

|Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers

|Columbia

Straight From Texas

|Johnny Duncan

|Columbia

Take Heart

|Juice Newton

|Capitol

The Two and Only

|The 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.

A Woman

|Margo Smith

|Warner Bros.

You Don't Bring Me Flowers

|Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius

|RCA Victor

You're My Jamaica

|Charley Pride

|RCA

=Christmas albums=

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Light of the Stable

|Emmylou Harris

|Reprise

Pretty Paper

|Willie Nelson

|CBS

Births

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Major awards

=Grammy Awards=

=Juno Awards=

=Academy of Country Music=

=Country Music Association=

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.