Country-Musik 1979

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

• 6. Januar – "Tulsa Time" – Don Williams
• 13. Januar – "Lady Lay Down" – John Conlee
• 20. Januar – "I Really Got the Feeling" – Dolly Parton
• 27. Januar – "Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For" – Crystal Gayle
• 10. Februar – "Every Which Way But Loose" – Eddie Rabbitt
• 3. März – "Golden Tears" – Dave & Sugar
• 24. März – "I Just Fall in Love Again" – Anne Murray
• 14. April – "(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to be Right" – Barbara Mandrell
• 21. April – "All I Ever Need is You" – Kenny Rogers und Dottie West
• 28. April – "Where Do I Put Her Memory" – Charley Pride
• 5. Mai – "Backside of Thirty" – John Conlee
• 12. Mai – "Don't Take it Away" – Conway Twitty
• 19. Mai – "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold it Against Me" – Bellamy Brothers
• 9. Juni – "She Believes in Me" – Kenny Rogers
• 23. Juni – "Nobody Likes Sad Songs" – Ronnie Milsap
• 30. Juni – "Amanda" – Waylon Jennings
• 21. Juli – "Shadows in the Moonlight" – Anne Murray
• 28. Juli – "You're the Only One" – Dolly Parton
• 11. August – "Suspicions" – Eddie Rabbitt
• 18. August – "Coca Cola Cowboy" – Mel Tillis
• 25. August – "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" – The Charlie Daniels Band
• 1. September – "Heartbreak Hotel" – Willie Nelson und Leon Russell
• 8. September – "I May Never Get to Heaven" – Conway Twitty
• 15. September – "You're My Jamacia" – Charley Pride
• 22. September – "Just Good Ol' Boys" – Moe Bandy und Joe Stampley
• 29. September – "It Must Be Love" – Don Williams
• 6. Oktober – "Last Cheater's Waltz" – T.G. Sheppard
• 20. Oktober – "All the Gold in California" – Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
• 3. November – "You Decorated My Life" – Kenny Rogers
• 17. November – "Come With Me" – Waylon Jennings
• 1. Dezember – "Broken Hearted Me" – Anne Murray
• 8. Dezember – "I Cheated Me Right Out of You" – Moe Bandy
• 15. Dezember – "Happy Birthday Darlin'" – Conway Twitty

Weitere größere Hits

• "Back on My Mind Again" – Ronnie Milsap
• "Barstool Mountain" – Moe Bandy
• "Before My Time" – John Conlee
• "Blind in Love" – Mel Tillis
• "Blue Kentucky Girl" – Emmylou Harris
• "Come On In" – Oak Ridge Boys
• "Crazy Blue Eyes" – Lacy J. Dalton
• "Do You Ever Fool Around" – Joe Stampley
• "Don't Let Me Cross Over" – Jim Reeves und Deborah Allen
• "Down on the Rio Grande" – Johnny Rodriguez
• "Dream On" – Oak Ridge Boys
• "Everlasting Love" – Narvel Felts
• "Family Tradition" – Hank Williams Jr.
• "Farewell Party" – Gene Watson
• "Fooled by a Feeling" – Barbara Mandrell
• "Fools" – Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius
• "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" – Johnny Cash
• "Half the Way" – Crystal Gayle
• "Happy Together" – T.G. Sheppard
• "Here We Are Again" – Statler Brothers
• "How to Be a Country Star" – Statler Brothers
• "I Can't Feel You Anymore" – Loretta Lynn
• "I Just Can't Stay Married to You" – Cristy Lane
• "I Wanna Come Over" – Alabama
• "I'll Love Away Your Troubles For Awhile" – Janie Fricke
• "I'll Wake You Up When I Get Home" – Charlie Rich
• "I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind" – Loretta Lynn
• "I've Done Enough Dying Today" – Larry Gatlin
• "If Everyone Had Someone Like You" – Eddy Arnold
• "If I Could Write a Song (as Beautiful as You)" – Billy "Crash" Craddock
• "In No Time at All" – Ronnie Milsap
• "Isn't it Always Love" – Lynn Anderson
• "It's a Cheating Situation" – Moe Bandy
• "Just Long Enough to Say Goodbye" – Mickey Gilley
• "The Lady in the Blue Mercedes" – Johnny Duncan
• "Lay Down Beside Me" – Don Williams
• "Lying in Love With You" – Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius
• "Mabellene" – George Jones and Johnny Paycheck
• "My Silver Lining" – Mickey Gilley
• "My World Begins and Ends With You" – Dave & Sugar
• "No Memories Hangin' Around" – Rosanne Cash und Bobby Bare
• "No One Else in the World" – Tammy Wynette
• "Nothing as Original as You" – Statler Brothers
• "The Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell" – Statler Brothers
• "Pick the Wildwood Flower" – Gene Watson
• "Play Together Again, Again" – Buck Owens und Emmylou Harris
• "Red Bandana" – Merle Haggard
• "Reunited" – Louise Mandrell and R.C. Bannon
• "Sail Away" – Oak Ridge Boys
• "Save the Last Dance for Me" – Emmylou Harris
• "Send Me Down to Tucson" – Mel Tillis
• "Should I Go Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)" – Gene Watson
• "Slow Dancing" – Johnny Duncan
• "Somebody Special" – Donna Fargo
• "Stay With Me" – Dave & Sugar
• "Sweet Dreams" – Reba McEntire
• "Sweet Memories" – Willie Nelson
• "Sweet Summer Lovin'" – Dolly Parton
• "Tell Me What It's Like" – Brenda Lee
• "Texas (When I Die)" – Tanya Tucker
• "They Call it Making Love" – Tammy Wynette
• "Till I Can Make it on My Own" – Kenny Rogers und Dottie West
• "Too Far Gone" – Emmylou Harris
• "When I Dream" – Crystal Gayle
• "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound" – Hank Williams Jr.
• "Whiskey River" – Willie Nelson
• "You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie" – Bellamy Brothers
• "You Feel Good All Over" – T.G. Sheppard
• "Your Love Has Taken Me That High" – Conway Twitty

Geboren

• 19. Mai: Shooter Jennings

Gestorben

• 11. Mai: Lester Flatt

Neue Mitglieder der Country Music Hall of Fame

• Hubert Long
• Hank Snow

Die bedeutendsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Emmylou Harris – "Blue Kentucky Girl"
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Kenny Rogers – "The Gambler"
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Charlie Daniels Band – "The Devil Went Down To Georgia
• Best Country Instrumental Performance – Doc Watson & Merle Watson – "Big Sandy" / "Leather Breetches"
• Best Country Song – Bob Morrison & Debbie Hupp – "You Decorated My Life"

Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year – Willie Nelson
• Song Of The Year – "It's A Cheatin' Situation" – Moe Bandy – Sony Throckmorton, Curly Putman
• Single Of The Year – "All The Gold In California" – Larry Gatlin
• Album Of The Year – "Straight Ahead" – Larry Gatlin
• Top Male Vocalist – Larry Gatlin
• Top Female Vocalist – Crystal Gayle
• Top Vocal Duo – Joe Stampley und Moe Bandy
• Top New Male Vocalist – R.C. Bannon
• Top New Female Vocalist – Lacy J. Dalton

Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year – Willie Nelson
• Song Of The Year – The Gambler – Don Schlitz
• Single Of The Year – The Devil Went Down To Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band
• Album Of The Year – The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
• Male Vocalist Of The Year – Kenny Rogers
• Female Vocalist Of The Year – Barbara Mandrell
• Vocal Duo Of The Year – Kenny Rogers / Dottie West
• Vocal Group Of The Year – Statler Brothers
• Instrumentalist Of The Year – Charlie Daniels
• Instrumental Group Of The Year – Charlie Daniels Band

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