Country-Musik 1977

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

• 8. Januar – "Broken Down in Tiny Pieces" – Billy "Crash" Craddock
• 15. Januar – "You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (Till He Says Goodbye)" – Crystal Gayle
• 22. Januar – "I Can't Believe She Gives it All to Me" – Conway Twitty
• 29. Januar – "Let My Love Be Your Pillow" – Ronnie Milsap
• 5. Februar – "Near You" – George Jones und Tammy Wynette
• 19. Februar – "Moody Blue"/"She Thinks I Still Care" – Elvis Presley
• 26. Februar – "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" – Tom Jones
• 5. März – "Heart Healer" – Mel Tillis
• 12. März – "She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory" – Charley Pride
• 19. März – "Southern Nights" – Glen Campbell
• 2. April – "Lucille" – Kenny Rogers
• 16. April – "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better" – Johnny Duncan
• 23. April – "She's Got You" – Loretta Lynn
• 30. April – "She's Pulling Me Back Again" – Mickey Gilley
• 7. Mai – "Play, Guitar Play" – Conway Twitty
• 14. Mai – "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" – Don Williams
• 21. Mai – "Lukenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" – Waylon Jennings
• 2. Juli – "That Was Yesterday" – Donna Fargo
• 9. Juli – "I'll Be Leaving Alone" – Charley Pride
• 16. Juli – "It Was Almost Like a Song" – Ronnie Milsap
• 6. August – "Rollin' With the Flow" – Charlie Rich
• 20. August – "Way Down" – Elvis Presley
• 27. August – "Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue" – Crystal Gayle
• 24. September – "I've Already Loved You in My Mind" – Conway Twitty
• 1. Oktober – "Daytime Friends" – Kenny Rogers
• 8. Oktober – "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" – The Kendalls
• 5. November – "I'm Just a Country Boy" – Don Williams
• 12. November – "More to Me" – Charley Pride
• 19. November – "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)" – Waylon Jennings
• 3. Dezember – "Here You Come Again" – Dolly Parton

Weitere große Hits

• "Adios Amigo" – Marty Robbins
• "(After Sweet Memories) Play Born to Lose Again" – Dottsy
• "Are You Ready for the Country" – Waylon Jennings
• "Blue Bayou" – Linda Ronstadt
• "Bluest Heartache of the Year" – Kenny Dale
• "Born Believer" – Jim Ed Brown und Helen Cornelius
• "Burning Memories" – Mel Tillis
• "Cheap Perfume and Candlelight" – Bobby Borchers
• "Country Party" – Johnny Lee
• "Crazy" – Linda Ronstadt
• "Desperado" – Johnny Rodriguez
• "Don't Be Angry" – Donna Fargo
• "Don't Let Me Touch You" – Marty Robbins
• "Don't Throw it All Away" – Dave & Sugar
• "East Bound and Down" – Jerry Reed
• "Fools Fall in Love" – Jacky Ward
• "From Graceland to the Promiseland" – Merle Haggard
• "Georgia Keeps Pulling On My Ring" – Conway Twitty
• "Hangin' On" – Vern Gosdin
• "Head to Toe" – Bill Anderson
• "Heard it in a Love Song" – Marshall Tucker Band
• "Honky Tonk Memories" – Mickey Gilley
• "I Can't Help Myself (Here Comes That Feeling)" – Eddie Rabbitt
• "I Can't Love You Enough" – Conway Twitty und Loretta Lynn
• "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" – Marty Robbins
• "I Don't Wanna Cry" – Larry Gatlin with Family & Friends
• "I Got the Hoss" – Mel Tillis
• "I Love You a Thousand Ways" – Willie Nelson
• "I'll Do it All Over Again" – Crystal Gayle
• "I'm Getting Good at Missing You (Solitaire)" – Rex Allen Jr.
• "I'm Sorry for You My Friend" – Moe Bandy
• "I'm the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)" – Johnny PayCheck
• "If It Ain't Love By Now" – Jim Ed Brown und Helen Cornelius
• "If Practice Makes Perfect" – Johnny Rodriguez
• "If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" – Merle Haggard
• "The King is Gone" – Ronnie McDowell
• "Knee Deep in Loving You" – Dave & Sugar
• "Let Me Down Easy" – Cristy Lane
• "(Let's Get Together) One Last Time" – Tammy Wynette
• "Liars One, Believers Zero" – Bill Anderson
• "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" – Dolly Parton
• "Love is Just a Game" – Larry Gatlin with Family & Friends
• "Making Believe" – Emmylou Harris
• "Margaritaville" – Jimmy Buffett
• "Married But Not to Each Other" – Barbara Mandrell
• "Midnight Angel" – Barbara Mandrell
• "Mockingbird Hill" – Donna Fargo
• "The Movies" – Statler Brothers
• "One of a Kind" – Tammy Wynette
• "Paper Rosie" – Gene Watson
• "The Rains Came" – Freddy Fender
• "Ramblin' Fever" – Merle Haggard
• "Roses for Mama" – C.W. McCall
• "Saying Hello, Saying I Love You, Saying Goodbye" – Jim Ed Brown und Helen Cornelius
• "Shame On Me" – Donna Fargo
• "Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets" – Johnny PayCheck
• "A Song in the Night" – Johnny Duncan
• "Southern California" – George Jones and Tammy Wynette
• "Statues Without Hearts" – Larry Gatlin with Family & Friends
• "Still the One" – Bill Anderson
• "Sunflower" – Glen Campbell
• "A Tear Fell" – Billy "Crash" Craddock
• "That's the Way Love Should Be" – Dave & Sugar
• "'Til the End" – Vern Gosdin
• "Torn Between Two Lovers" – Mary MacGregor
• "Two Dollars in the Jukebox" – Eddie Rabbitt
• "Two Less Lonely People" – Rex Allen Jr.
• "Uncloudy Day" – Willie Nelson
• "We Can't Go On Living Like This" – Eddie Rabbitt
• "Why Can't He Be You" – Loretta Lynn
• "Why Lovers Turn to Strangers" – Freddie Hart
• "Y'All Come Back Saloon" – Oak Ridge Boys
• "Yesterday's Gone" – Vern Gosdin
• "You Light Up My Life" – Debby Boone
• "(You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie" – Emmylou Harris
• "You're Free to Go" – Sonny James
• "You're Man Loves You Honey" – Tom T. Hall

Alben (Auswahl)

• Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes – Jimmy Buffett (ABC)
• Daytime Friends – Kenny Rogers (United Artists)
• Here You Come Again – Dolly Parton (RCA)
• I Remember Patsy – Loretta Lynn (MCA)
• It Was Almost Like a Song – Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
• Kenny Rogers – Kenny Rogers (United Artists)
• Ol' Waylon – Waylon Jennings (RCA)
• Southern Nights – Glen Campbell (Capitol)

Gestorben

• 16. August – Elvis Presley

Neue Mitglieder der Country Music Hall of Fame

• Merle Travis

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Crystal Gayle – Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Kenny Rogers – Lucille
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Kendalls – Heaven's Just a Sin Away
• Best Country Instrumental Performance – Hargus Pig Robbins – Country Instrumentalist of the Year
• Best Country Song – Richard Leigh – Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer of the Year – Dolly Parton
• Song of the Year – "Lucille" – Kenny Rogers – Roger Bowling, Hal Bynum
• Single of the Year – "Lucille" – Kenny Rogers
• Album of the Year – Kenny Rogers – Kenny Rogers
• Top Male Vocalist – Kenny Rogers
• Top Female Vocalist – Crystal Gayle
• Top Vocal Group – Statler Brothers
• Top New Male Vocalist – Eddie Rabbitt
• Top New Female Vocalist – Debby Boone

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year – Ronnie Milsap
• Song of the Year – Lucille – Roger Bowling / Hal Bynum
• Single of the Year – Lucille – Kenny Rogers
• Album of the Year – Ronnie Milsap Live – Ronnie Milsap
• Male Vocalist of the Year – Ronnie Milsap
• Female Vocalist of the Year – Crystal Gayle
• Vocal Duo of the Year – Jim Ed Brown / Helen Cornelius
• Vocal Group of the Year – Statler Brothers
• Instrumentalist of the Year – Roy Clark
• Instrumental Group of the Year – Original Texas Playboys

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