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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1982.

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## Events

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* October 30 — Hank Williams, Jr. has nine albums simultaneously on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
* December 8 — The death of Marty Robbins at age 57 stuns the country music world and leaves a huge void among fans. He is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame just weeks earlier.

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* Drake-Chenault syndicates The History of Country Music, a 52-hour country music version of the radio syndicator's successful The History of Rock and Roll (which had three editions issued, the last in 1981). Produced in 1981 and early 1982 before syndicating to radio stations, the radio documentary was hosted by Ralph Emery. Like its rock and roll forebear, the program featured artist interviews, outtakes from notable radio and television broadcasts; spotlights on notable artists, styles and trends, along with songs that helped illustrate the subject; and time sweeps of individual years through 1981, with a montage of the biggest and most noteworthy hits of each year played. The final hour, Hour 52, was a time sweep of all of the country No. 1 songs from 1944 to the then-present, or approximately 650 individual songs that had topped the Billboard country charts.[1] The special was structured much like the Rock and Roll program, allowing radio programmers to air it as a one-time "marathon" special (such as over holiday weekends), in multiple parts over a period of time, or as one-hour weekly programs.

## Top hits of the year

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See also: List of number-one country singles of 1982 (U.S.) and List of number-one country hits of 1982 (Canada)

### Singles released by American artists

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US | CAN | Single  | Artist

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16  | 31  | After the Love Slips Away | Earl Thomas Conley
4  | 5  | Ain't No Money | Rosanne Cash
1  | 1  | Always on My Mind | Willie Nelson
5  | —  | The American Dream | Hank Williams, Jr.
8  | 3  | Another Chance | Tammy Wynette
8  | 20  | Another Honky-Tonk Night on Broadway | David Frizzell and Shelly West
1  | 1  | Any Day Now | Ronnie Milsap
2  | 1  | Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver) | Merle Haggard
19  | 19  | Ashes to Ashes  | Terri Gibbs
36  | 15  | Bad News  | Boxcar Willie
10  | 5  | Be There for Me Baby | Johnny Lee
1  | 1  | Big City | Merle Haggard
4  | 4  | Big Ole Brew | Mel McDaniel
9  | 4  | Blaze of Glory | Kenny Rogers
1  | 2  | Blue Moon with Heartache | Rosanne Cash
1  | 1  | Bobbie Sue | The Oak Ridge Boys
3  | 10  | Born to Run | Emmylou Harris
2  | 2  | Break It to Me Gently | Juice Newton
6  | 5  | Busted | John Conlee
10  | 24  | Cherokee Fiddle | Johnny Lee
1  | 1  | Close Enough to Perfect | Alabama
1  | 7  | The Clown | Conway Twitty
2  | 2  | A Country Boy Can Survive | Hank Williams, Jr.
1  | 3  | Crying My Heart Out Over You | Ricky Skaggs
3  | 6  | Dancing Your Memory Away | Charly McClain
9  | 22  | Diamonds in the Stars  | Ray Price
4  | 1  | Do Me with Love | Janie Fricke
12  | 35  | Don't Look Back | Gary Morris
1  | 8  | Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby | Janie Fricke
15  | —  | Dreams Die Hard | Gary Morris
4  | 4  | Ever, Never Lovin' You | Ed Bruce
5  | 28  | Everybody Makes Mistakes | Lacy J. Dalton
10  | 9  | Every Time You Cross My Mind (You Break My Heart)  | Razzy Bailey
1  | 10  | Finally | T. G. Sheppard
1  | 1  | Fool Hearted Memory | George Strait
1  | 20  | For All the Wrong Reasons | The Bellamy Brothers
18  | 7  | Forty and Fadin'  | Ray Price
1  | 5  | Fourteen Carat Mind | Gene Watson
21  | 9  | Get into Reggae Cowboy | The Bellamy Brothers
8  | 27  | Hard Candy Christmas | Dolly Parton
5  | 1  | Have You Ever Been Lonely? | Patsy Cline and Jim Reeves
1  | 2  | He Got You | Ronnie Milsap
7  | 1  | Heartbreak Express | Dolly Parton
1  | 1  | Heartbroke | Ricky Skaggs
8  | 3  | Heavenly Bodies | Earl Thomas Conley
1  | 6  | Honky Tonkin' | Hank Williams, Jr.
1  | 2  | I Don't Care | Ricky Skaggs
2  | 13  | I Don't Know Where to Start | Eddie Rabbitt
2  | 1  | I Don't Think She's in Love Anymore | Charley Pride
3  | 9  | I Just Came Here to Dance | David Frizzell and Shelly West
7  | 5  | I Just Came Home to Count the Memories | John Anderson
11  | 24  | I Just Cut Myself | Ronnie McDowell
9  | 9  | I Lie | Loretta Lynn
17  | —  | I Think About Your Lovin' | The Osmonds
1  | 1  | I Will Always Love You | Dolly Parton
2  | 4  | I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone) | The Oak Ridge Boys
1  | 1  | I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World | Ronnie Milsap
18  | 24  | I'm Goin' Hurtin'  | Joe Stampley
1  | 3  | I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home | David Frizzell
3  | 11  | I'm Not That Lonely Yet | Reba McEntire
3  | 2  | If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home) | George Strait
10  | —  | If You're Waitin' on Me (You're Backin' up)  | The Kendalls
15  | 12  | In Like with Each Other  | Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band
19  | 40  | Innocent Lies  | Sonny James
1  | 1  | It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy | Janie Fricke
17  | —  | It Turns Me Inside Out | Lee Greenwood
19  | —  | It'll Be Her  | Tompall & the Glaser Brothers
16  | 31  | It's High Time | Dottie West
16  | —  | It's Who You Love  | Kieran Kane
7  | 4  | Just Give Me What You Think is Fair  | Leon Everette
1  | 2  | Just to Satisfy You | Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
15  | —  | Kansas City Lights | Steve Wariner
17  | —  | The Killin' Kind  | Bandana
2  | 1  | Let It Be Me | Willie Nelson
3  | 1  | Listen to the Radio | Don Williams
12  | 43  | A Little Bit Crazy | Eddy Raven
9  | 30  | Livin' in These Troubled Times | Crystal Gayle
1  | 1  | Lonely Nights | Mickey Gilley
1  | 1  | Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good | Don Williams
1  | 1  | Love Will Turn You Around | Kenny Rogers
13  | 14  | Love's Found You and Me | Ed Bruce
8  | 11  | Love's Gonna Fall Here Tonight | Razzy Bailey
19  | 41  | Making Love from Memory | Loretta Lynn
9  | 19  | Midnight Rodeo  | Leon Everette
12  | 7  | Mis'ry River  | Terri Gibbs
3  | 3  | Mistakes | Don Williams
1  | 1  | Mountain Music | Alabama
1  | 1  | Mountain of Love | Charley Pride
20  | —  | Natural Love  | Petula Clark
12  | 32  | New Cut Road  | Bobby Bare
17  | —  | New Way Out  | Karen Brooks
20  | 44  | No Relief in Sight  | Con Hunley
1  | 1  | Nobody | Sylvia
19  | —  | Nothing but the Radio On  | James & Michael Younger
12  | 26  | Oh Girl | Con Hunley
19  | 18  | Old Friends  | Roger Miller, Willie Nelson (with Ray Price)
1  | 1  | Only One You | T. G. Sheppard
13  | —  | Only You (And You Alone) | Reba McEntire
9  | 9  | Operator, Long Distance Please | Barbara Mandrell
19  | 37  | Preaching Up a Storm  | Mel McDaniel
1  | 1  | Put Your Dreams Away | Mickey Gilley
1  | 3  | Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night | Conway Twitty
1  | 7  | Redneck Girl | The Bellamy Brothers
5  | 2  | Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands | Lee Greenwood
10  | 12  | Rodeo Romeo  | Moe Bandy
9  | 13  | Round the Clock Lovin' | Gail Davies
—  | 16  | Run for the Roses | Dan Fogelberg
5  | 1  | Same Ole Me | George Jones
1  | 3  | She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft) | Jerry Reed
1  | 2  | She Left Love All Over Me | Razzy Bailey
19  | 21  | She Used to Sing on Sunday  | Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band
7  | 6  | She's Lying | Lee Greenwood
4  | 2  | She's Not Really Cheating (She's Just Getting Even)  | Moe Bandy
10  | —  | She's Playing Hard to Forget | Eddy Raven
5  | 1  | Shine | Waylon Jennings
8  | 1  | Single Women | Dolly Parton
13  | 2  | (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson
7  | 13  | 16th Avenue | Lacy J. Dalton
13  | —  | Slow Down | Lacy J. Dalton
1  | 6  | Slow Hand | Conway Twitty
22  | 16  | So Fine  | The Oak Ridge Boys
10  | 1  | Some Memories Just Won't Die | Marty Robbins
20  | 39  | Some of My Best Friends Are Old Songs  | Louise Mandrell
1  | 4  | Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight | Eddie Rabbitt
1  | 39  | Somewhere Between Right and Wrong | Earl Thomas Conley
10  | 20  | Soul Searchin'  | Leon Everette
9  | 4  | Speak Softly (You're Talking to My Heart) | Gene Watson
17  | —  | Stay a Little Longer | Mel Tillis
7  | —  | Step Back | Ronnie McDowell
19  | 35  | Stuck Right in the Middle of Your Love  | Billy Swan
5  | 1  | Sure Feels Like Love | Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band
12  | 11  | Sweet Yesterday | Sylvia
1  | 1  | The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) | Juice Newton
1  | 1  | Take Me Down | Alabama
10  | 22  | Take Me to the Country | Mel McDaniel
3  | 1  | Tears of the Lonely | Mickey Gilley
10  | —  | Tell Me Why | Earl Thomas Conley
9  | 5  | Tennessee Rose | Emmylou Harris
8  | 11  | This Dream's on Me | Gene Watson
5  | 5  | Through the Years | Kenny Rogers
24  | 17  | Tie Your Dream to Mine | Marty Robbins
1  | 3  | Till You're Gone | Barbara Mandrell
5  | 20  | The Very Best Is You | Charly McClain
1  | 5  | War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too) | T. G. Sheppard
4  | 3  | Watchin' Girls Go By | Ronnie McDowell
2  | 2  | We Did But Now You Don't | Conway Twitty
1  | 1  | What's Forever For | Michael Martin Murphey
7  | 13  | Whatever | The Statler Brothers
18  | —  | When a Man Loves a Woman | Jack Grayson & Blackjack
14  | 46  | When You Fall in Love | Johnny Lee
11  | —  | Who Do You Know in California | Eddy Raven
1  | 15  | Wild and Blue | John Anderson
16  | 15  | A Woman's Touch  | Tom Jones
4  | 6  | Women Do Know How to Carry On | Waylon Jennings
6  | 15  | Would You Catch a Falling Star | John Anderson
12  | —  | Years Ago | The Statler Brothers
1  | 5  | Yesterday's Wine | Merle Haggard and George Jones
1  | 1  | You and I | Eddie Rabbitt with Crystal Gayle
5  | 3  | You Never Gave Up on Me | Crystal Gayle
10  | —  | You Put the Blue in Me  | The Whites
16  | 42  | You Still Get to Me in My Dreams | Tammy Wynette
17  | 7  | You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio | Gail Davies
3  | —  | You'll Be Back (Every Night in My Dreams) | The Statler Brothers
5  | 26  | You're My Bestest Friend  | Mac Davis
1  | 2  | You're So Good When You're Bad | Charley Pride
1  | 10  | You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had | Ed Bruce

### Singles released by Canadian artists

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US | CAN | Single  | Artist

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—  | 19  | Another Motel Memory  | Ruth Ann
4  | 1  | Another Sleepless Night | Anne Murray
—  | 6  | Brand New Tears (For an Old Heartache)  | Carroll Baker
—  | 9  | Did I Forget to Tell Her  | Jerry Palmer
—  | 7  | A Dreamer and a Fool (Am I)  | Kevin Waara
—  | 18  | Everybody's Going Country  | Midnite Rodeo Band
—  | 8  | The Ex-Superstar's Waltz  | Ronnie Prophet
—  | 4  | From the Bar Room to the Bedroom  | Eddie Eastman
—  | 9  | Good Ol' Time Country Rock 'N' Roll  | Dick Damron
7  | 1  | Hey! Baby | Anne Murray
—  | 7  | Honky Tonk Angels and Good Ol' Boys  | Dick Damron
—  | 20  | I Am Your Fire  | Bill Hersh & Blue Train
—  | 13  | I've Gotta Cowboy in the Saddle  | Iris Larratt
—  | 14  | Intimate Strangers  | Eddie Eastman
—  | 7  | Kentucky Serenade  | Tony Prophet
—  | 14  | Lay Your Heart on the Line  | Marie Bottrell
—  | 10  | (Livin' On) Fast Love  | Midnite Rodeo Band
—  | 12  | Married or Single  | Ruth Ann
—  | 8  | Maybe It's Love This Time  | Mercey Brothers
—  | 11  | Nobody Quite Like You  | Eddie Eastman
—  | 15  | Overnight Success  | John Allan Cameron
—  | 16  | The Parting of the Ways  | John Winters
—  | 9  | Raised on Country Music  | Family Brown
—  | 9  | Reunion  | Dick Damron
—  | 4  | The Second Time Around  | Carroll Baker
—  | 10  | Should You Ever Think of Cheating  | John Winters
61  | 4  | Some Never Stand a Chance  | Family Brown
—  | 16  | Starlight Lady  | Gurney Anderson
—  | 10  | Sugartime  | Glory-Anne Carriere
—  | 6  | Summertime  | The Good Brothers
—  | 17  | Ten Years Old and Barefoot  | Gary Fjellgaard
—  | 10  | Took a Train to Vegas  | Gilles Godard
—  | 10  | Took You Back Again  | Canadian Zephyr
—  | 15  | You Never Really Loved Me  | David Thompson

## Top new album releases

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See also: List of number-one country albums of 1982 (U.S.)

US | Album  | Artist  | Record Label

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23  | 16th Avenue | Lacy J. Dalton | Columbia
1  | Always on My Mind | Willie Nelson | Columbia
16  | Anniversary – 10 Years of Hits | George Jones | Epic
5  | Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Soundtrack | Various Artists  | MCA
22  | Big Al Downing | Big Al Downing | Team
17  | Biggest Hits | Marty Robbins | Columbia
20  | The Bird | Jerry Reed | RCA
3  | Black on Black | Waylon Jennings | RCA
1  | Bobbie Sue | The Oak Ridge Boys | MCA
23  | Brotherly Love | Gary Stewart & Dean Dillon | RCA
21  | Busted | John Conlee | MCA
10  | Charley Sings Everybody's Choice | Charley Pride | RCA
9  | Christmas | The Oak Ridge Boys | MCA
25  | Come Back to Me | Marty Robbins | Columbia
21  | Conway's #1 Classics Volume One | Conway Twitty | Elektra
8  | The David Frizzell & Shelly West Album | David Frizzell & Shelly West | Warner Bros./Viva
7  | Dolly Parton's Greatest Hits | Dolly Parton | RCA
15  | Dream Maker | Conway Twitty | Elektra
12  | The Dukes of Hazzard (Soundtrack) | Various Artists  | Scotti Brothers
7  | The Family's Fine, But This One's All Mine! | David Frizzell | Warner Bros./Viva
10  | Feelin' Right | Razzy Bailey | RCA
4  | Finally! | T. G. Sheppard | Warner Bros./Curb
19  | Get Closer | Linda Ronstadt | Asylum
3  | Going Where the Lonely Go | Merle Haggard | Epic
9  | Greatest Hits | The Bellamy Brothers | Warner Bros./Curb
5  | Hank Williams, Jr.'s Greatest Hits | Hank Williams, Jr. | Elektra/Curb
5  | Heartbreak Express | Dolly Parton | RCA
3  | High Notes | Hank Williams, Jr. | Elektra/Curb
1  | Highways & Heartaches | Ricky Skaggs | Epic
7  | ...In Black and White | Barbara Mandrell | MCA
4  | Inside | Ronnie Milsap | RCA
12  | Inside Out | Lee Greenwood | MCA
15  | It Ain't Easy | Janie Fricke | Columbia
2  | Just Sylvia | Sylvia | RCA
9  | Last Date | Emmylou Harris | Warner Bros.
17  | The Legend Goes On | The Statler Brothers | Mercury
6  | Listen to the Radio | Don Williams | MCA
22  | Love to Burn | Ronnie McDowell | Epic
5  | Love Will Turn You Around | Kenny Rogers | Liberty
10  | The Man with the Golden Thumb | Jerry Reed | RCA
14  | Michael Martin Murphey | Michael Martin Murphey | Liberty
1  | Mountain Music | Alabama | RCA
20  | Number Ones | Conway Twitty | MCA
25  | Perfect Stranger | T. G. Sheppard | Warner Bros./Curb
10  | Put Your Dreams Away | Mickey Gilley | Epic
7  | Quiet Lies | Juice Newton | Capitol
5  | Radio Romance | Eddie Rabbitt | Warner Bros.
18  | Seasons of the Heart | John Denver | RCA
19  | She's Not Really Cheatin' (She's Just Gettin' Even) | Moe Bandy | Columbia
10  | Somewhere Between Right and Wrong | Earl Thomas Conley | RCA
6  | Somewhere in the Stars | Rosanne Cash | Columbia
5  | Southern Comfort | Conway Twitty | Elektra
18  | Strait from the Heart | George Strait | MCA
17  | Strong Weakness | The Bellamy Brothers | Elektra/Curb
18  | Sure Feels Like Love | Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers | Columbia
21  | The Survivors Live | Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis
and Carl Perkins | Columbia
4  | A Taste of Yesterday's Wine | Merle Haggard & George Jones | Epic
21  | Tom Jones Country | Tom Jones | Mercury
22  | Too Good to Hurry | Charly McClain | Epic
14  | True Love | Crystal Gayle | Elektra
22  | Unlimited | Reba McEntire | Mercury
15  | When We Were Boys | The Bellamy Brothers | Elektra/Curb
3  | Wild & Blue | John Anderson | Warner Bros.
7  | Windows | Charlie Daniels | Epic
4  | The Winning Hand | Various Artists  | Monument
3  | WWII | Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson | RCA

### Other top albums

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US | Album  | Artist  | Record Label

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54  | After All These Years | Tompall & the Glaser Brothers | Elektra
29  | Ain't Got Nothin' to Lose | Bobby Bare | Columbia
37  | Amazing Grace | Cristy Lane | Liberty
53  | Back in the Country | Roy Acuff | Elektra
63  | Backslidin' | Joe Stampley | Epic
34  | Best of Boxcar, Vol. 1 | Boxcar Willie | Main Street
62  | The Best of Willie Nelson | Willie Nelson | RCA
39  | Biggest Hits | Mickey Gilley | Epic
64  | Biggest Hits | Tammy Wynette | Epic
64  | Bluegrass Spectacular | Osborne Brothers | RCA
47  | Changes | Tanya Tucker | Arista
62  | Charley Pride Live | Charley Pride | RCA
35  | Conway's #1 Classics Volume Two | Conway Twitty | Elektra
50  | A Country Christmas | Various Artists  | RCA
29  | The Elvis Medley | Elvis Presley | RCA
52  | Family & Friends | Ricky Skaggs | Rounder
39  | Gary Morris | Gary Morris | Warner Bros.
40  | A Gatlin Family Christmas | Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers | Columbia
41  | Givin' Herself Away | Gail Davies | Warner Bros.
41  | Goin' Home for Christmas | Merle Haggard | Epic
62  | Good Love & Heartbreak | Tammy Wynette | Epic
49  | Greatest Hits | Moe Bandy | Columbia
34  | Greatest Hits | Janie Fricke | Columbia
43  | Greatest Hits | Charly McClain | Epic
59  | He Set My Life to Music | Barbara Mandrell | MCA
48  | Heartbreak | Rodney Lay and the Wild West | Churchill
42  | Here's to Us | Cristy Lane | Liberty
27  | Honkytonk Man (Soundtrack) | Various Artists  | Warner Bros.
29  | The Hottest Night of the Year | Anne Murray | Capitol
63  | I Write It Down | Ed Bruce | MCA
37  | I'm Goin' Hurtin' | Joe Stampley | Epic
38  | It's a Long Way to Daytona | Mel Tillis | Elektra
59  | Jack Grayson Sings | Jack Grayson | Joe-Wes
26  | Just Hooked on Country | Albert Coleman's Atlanta Pops | Epic
38  | Kieran Kane | Kieran Kane | Elektra
27  | Last Train to Heaven | Boxcar Willie | Main Street
59  | A Little More Razz | Razzy Bailey | RCA
67  | Live | Tanya Tucker | MCA
58  | Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits | Mel Tillis | Elektra
48  | Memories of Christmas | Elvis Presley | RCA
37  | Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits | Merle Haggard | MCA
45  | Night After Night | Jacky Ward | Asylum
56  | Oh Girl | Con Hunley | Warner Bros.
33  | Old Home Town | Glen Campbell | Atlantic America
54  | The Osmond Brothers | The Osmond Brothers | Elektra/Curb
41  | Pistol Packin' Mama | Hoyt Axton | Jeremiah
49  | The Roy Clark Show Live from Austin City Limits | Roy Clark | Churchill
31  | Soft Touch | Tammy Wynette | Epic
33  | Some Days It Rains All Night Long | Terri Gibbs | MCA
32  | Sounds Like Love | Johnny Lee | Full Moon
35  | Steve Wariner | Steve Wariner | RCA
38  | Stickin' Together | The Kendalls | Mercury
56  | Sugar Free | Dave Rowland | Elektra
43  | Take Me to the Country | Mel McDaniel | Capitol
67  | Talk to Me | Cindy Hurt | Churchill
27  | This Dream's on Me | Gene Watson | MCA
43  | Turned Loose | Roy Clark | Churchill
38  | Walk On | Karen Brooks | Warner Bros.
37  | When a Man Loves a Woman | Jack Grayson | Koala
44  | (You're My) Super Woman/(You're My) Incredible Man | Louise Mandrell & R.C. Bannon | RCA

## On television

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### Regular series

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* Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters (1980–1982, NBC)
* Hee Haw (1969–1993, syndicated)
* Pop! Goes the Country (1974–1982, syndicated)
* That Nashville Music (1970–1985, syndicated)

### Specials

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## Births

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* February 3 — Jessica Harp, member of The Wreckers.
* April 12 — Easton Corbin, singer of the early 2010s, with hits including "A Little More Country Than That"
* April 24 — Kelly Clarkson, pop singer who crossed over to country for hits including "Because of You" (duet with Reba McEntire) and "Don't You Wanna Stay" (duet with Jason Aldean); first winner of American Idol.
* May 31 — Casey James, third-place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol.
* July 5 — Dave Haywood, member of Lady Antebellum.
* August 28 — LeAnn Rimes, country pop superstar starting in the late 1990s (decade).
* December 16 — Frankie Ballard, country singer of the 2010s best known for "Helluva Life"

## Deaths

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* July 2 — DeFord Bailey, 82, harmonicaist and first African American performer on the Grand Ole Opry.
* October 27 — Hoyt Hawkins, 55, member of The Jordanaires.
* December 8 — Marty Robbins, 57, prolific, multi-styled artist for more than 30 years (heart failure).

## Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

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* Lefty Frizzell (1928–1975)
* Roy Horton (1914–2003)
* Marty Robbins (1925–1982)

## Major awards

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### Grammy Awards

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* Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Break It to Me Gently", Juice Newton
* Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "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, Wayne Carson Thompson and Mark James (Performer: Willie Nelson)

### Juno Awards

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* Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Ronnie Hawkins
* Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Anne Murray
* Country Group or Duo of the Year — The Good Brothers

### Academy of Country Music

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* Entertainer of the Year — Alabama
* Song of the Year — "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)", Merle Haggard (Performer: Merle Haggard)
* Single of the Year — "Always on My Mind," Willie Nelson
* Album of the Year — Always on My Mind, Willie Nelson
* Top Male Vocalist — Ronnie Milsap
* Top Female Vocalist — Sylvia
* Top Vocal Duo — Shelly West and David Frizzell
* Top Vocal Group — Alabama
* Top New Male Vocalist — Michael Martin Murphey
* Top New Female Vocalist — Karen Brooks

### Canadian Country Music Association

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* Entertainer of the Year — Family Brown
* Male Artist of the Year — Terry Carisse
* Female Artist of the Year — Carroll Baker
* Group of the Year — Family Brown
* SOCAN Song of the Year — "Some Never Stand a Chance", Family Brown (Performer: Family Brown)
* Single of the Year — "Some Never Stand a Chance", Family Brown
* Album of the Year — Raised on Country Music, Family Brown
* Vista Rising Star Award — Ruth Ann

### Country Music Association

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* Entertainer of the Year — Alabama
* Song of the Year — "Always on My Mind", Johnny Christopher, Wayne Carson Thompson and Mark James (Performer: Willie Nelson)
* Single of the Year — "Always on My Mind", Willie Nelson
* Album of the Year — Always on My Mind, Willie Nelson
* Male Vocalist of the Year — Ricky Skaggs
* Female Vocalist of the Year — Janie Fricke
* Vocal Duo of the Year — David Frizzell and Shelly West
* Vocal Group of the Year — Alabama
* Horizon Award — Ricky Skaggs
* Instrumentalist of the Year — Chet Atkins
* Instrumental Group of the Year — Alabama

## Further reading

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* 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.

## Other links

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* Country Music Association
* Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

## References

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1. ^ "Drake-Chenault History Of Country Music – FOUND!!!" Charis Music Group. Accessed 07-07-2017. [1]

## External links

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* Country Music Hall of Fame

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List of years in country music

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* Prior to 1920

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* 1921
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* 1926
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* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
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* 1939

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* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
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* 1948
* 1949
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* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959

* 1960
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* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
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* 1968
* 1969
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* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979

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* 1985
* 1986
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* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

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* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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