Country-Musik 1988
Events
- 21. Mai - Im New Yorker Madison Square Garden findet ein großes Country-Musik-Konzert statt. Teilnehmer sind: Alabama, The Judds, George Strait und Randy Travis.
- Time-Life Records veröffentlicht den ersten Teil der "Country USA" Serie. Die Serie sollte schließlich 23 Jahrgänge von 1950 bis 1972 umfassen.
Top Hits des Jahres
Nummer-1-Hits
- 9. Januar - I Can't Get Close Enough - Exile
- 16. Januar - One Friend - Dan Seals
- 23. Januar - Where Do the Nights Go - Ronnie Milsap
- 30. Januar - Goin' Gone - Kathy Mattea
- 6. Februar - Wheels - Restless Heart
- 13. Februar - Tennessee Flat Top Box - Rosanne Cash
- 20. Februar - Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star - Merle Haggard
- 27. Februar - I Won't Take Less Than Your Love - Paul Davis, Tanya Tucker, and Paul Overstreet
- 5. März - Face to Face - Alabama featuring K.T. Oslin
- 21. März - Too Gone Too Long - Randy Travis
- 19. März - Life Turned Her That Way - Ricky Van Shelton
- 26. März - Turn It Loose - The Judds
- 2. April - Love Will Find Its Way to You - Reba McEntire
- 19. April - Famous Last Words of a Fool - George Strait
- 16. April - I Wanna Dance With You - Eddie Rabbitt
- 23. April - I'll Always Come Back - K.T. Oslin
- 30. April - It's Such a Small World - Rodney Crowell mit Rosanne Cash
- 7. Mai - Cry, Cry, Cry - Highway 101
- 14. Mai - I'm Gonna Get You - Eddy Raven
- 21. Mai - Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses - Kathy Mattea
- 4. Juni - What She is (is a Woman in Love) - Earl Thomas Conley
- 11. Juni - I Told You So - Randy Travis
- 25. Juni - He's Back and I'm Blue - Desert Rose Band
- 2. Juli - If It Don't Come Easy - Tanya Tucker
- 9. Juli - Fallin' Again - Alabama
- 16. Juli - If You Change Your Mind - Rosanne Cash
- 23. Juli - Set 'Em Up Joe -Vern Gosdin
- 30. Juli - Don't We All Have the Right - Ricky Van Shelton
- 6. August - Baby Blue - George Strait
- 13. August - Don't Close Your Eyes - Keith Whitley
- 20. August - Bluest Eyes in Texas - Restless Heart
- 27. August - The Wanderer - Eddie Rabbitt
- 3. September - I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried - Rodney Crowell
- 10. September - (Do You Love Me) Just Say Yes - Highway 101
- 17. September - Joe Knows How to Live - Eddy Raven
- 24. September - Addicted - Dan Seals
- 1. Oktober - We Believe in Happy Endings - Earl Thomas Conley mit Emmylou Harris
- 8. Oktober - Honky Tonk Moon - Randy Travis
- 15. Oktober - Streets of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam mit Buck Owens
- 22. Oktober - Strong Enough to Bend - Tanya Tucker
- 29. Oktober - Gonna Take a Lot of River - The Oak Ridge Boys
- 5. November - Darlene - T. Graham Brown
- 12. November - Runaway Train - Rosanne Cash
- 19. November - I'll Leave This World Loving You - Ricky Van Shelton
- 3. Dezember - I Know How He Feels - Reba McEntire
- 10. Dezember - If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') - George Strait
- 17. Dezember - A Tender Lie - Restless Heart
- 24. Dezember - When You Say Nothing at All - Keith Whitley
Weitere größere Hits
- "A Little Bit Closer" - Tom Wopat (#18)
- "A Little Bit in Love" - Patty Loveless (#2)
- "Always Late (With Your Kisses)" - Dwight Yoakam (#9)
- "Americana" - Moe Bandy (#8)
- "Another Place, Another Time" - Don Williams (#5)
- "Baby I'm Yours" - Steve Wariner (#2)
- "The Best I Know How" - The Statler Brothers (#15)
- "Blue Love" - The O’Kanes (#10)
- "Blue to the Bone" - Sweethearts of the Rodeo (#5)
- "Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues" - Charlie Daniels Band (#10)
- "Button Off My Shirt" - Ronnie Milsap (#4)
- "Chill Factor" - Merle Haggard (#9)
- "Chiseled in Stone" - Vern Gosdin (#6)
- "Crying Shame" - Michael Johnson (#4)
- "Desperately" - Don Williams (#7)
- "Do You Believe Me Now?" - Vern Gosdin (#4)
- "Don't Give Candy to a Stranger" - Larry Boone (#10)
- "Early in the Morning and Late at Night - Hank Williams Jr. (#13)
- "Everybody's Sweetheart" - Vince Gill (#11)
- "The Factory" - Kenny Rogers (#6)
- "The Gift" - The McCarters (#4)
- "Give a Little Love" - The Judds (#2)
- "Givers and Takers" - Schuyler, Knobloch and Bickhardt (#8)
- "Goodbye Time" - Conway Twitty (#7)
- "Heaven Can't Be Found" - Hank Williams, Jr. (#4)
- "High Ridin' Heroes" – David Lynn Jones and Waylon Jennings (#14)
- "I Didn't (Every Chance I Had)" - Johnny Rodriguez (#12)
- "I Don't Have Far to Fall" - Skip Ewing (#8)
- "I Have You" - Glen Campbell (#7)
- "I Loved You Yesterday" - Lyle Lovett (#24)
- "I Prefer the Moonlight" - Kenny Rogers (#2)
- "I Should Be With You" - Steve Wariner (#2)
- "I Still Believe" - Lee Greenwood (#12)
- "I Will Whisper Your Name" - Michael Johnson (#7)
- "I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today - Barbara Mandrell (#5)
- "I Wouldn't Be a Man" - Don Williams (#9)
- "I'll Give You All My Love Tonight" - The Bellamy Brothers (#6)
- "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow" - Billy Joe Royal (#5)
- "I'm Down to My Last Cigarette" - k.d. lang (#21)
- "I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio" - Charley Pride (#13)
- "I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl" - Michael Martin Murphey (#3)
- "I've Been Lookin'" - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#2)
- "If My Heart Had Windows" - Patty Loveless (#10)
- "If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now" - Waylon Jennings (#16)
- "If the South Woulda Won" - Hank Williams, Jr. (#8)
- "It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin'" - Billy Joe Royal (#17)
- "It's You Again" - Exile (#21)
- "Just Lovin' You" - The O’Kanes (#5)
- "Just One Kiss" - Exile (#9)
- "The Last Resort" - T. Graham Brown (#4)
- "Letter Home" - Forester Sisters (#9)
- "Love Helps Those" - Paul Overstreet (#3)
- "Love of a Lifetime" - Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Band (#4)
- "Lyin' In His Arms Again" Forester Sisters (#5)
- "Mama Knows" - Shenandoah (#5)
- "Midnight Highway" - Southern Pacific (#14)
- "Money" - K.T. Oslin (#13)
- "New Shade of Blue" - Southern Pacific (#2)
- "No More One More Time" - Jo-El Sonnier (#7)
- "Oh What a Love" - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#5)
- "Old Folks" - Ronnie Milsap with Mike Reid (#2)
- "One For the Money" - T.G. Sheppard (#2)
- "One Step Forward" - Desert Rose Band (#2)
- "One True Love" - The O’Kanes (#4)
- "Out of Sight and on My Mind" - Billy Joe Royal (#10)
- "Please, Please Baby" - Dwight Yoakam (#6)
- "Real Good Feel Good Song" - Mel McDaniel (#9)
- "Rebels Without a Clue" - The Bellamy Brothers (#9)
- "Rough and Rowdy Days" - Waylon Jennings (#6)
- "Santa Fe" - The Bellamy Brothers (#5)
- "Satisfy You"- Sweethearts of the Rodeo (#5)
- "Saturday Night Special" - Conway Twitty (#9)
- "She Couldn't Love Me Anymore" - T. Graham Brown (#4)
- "She Doesn't Cry Anymore" - Shenandoah (#9)
- "She's No Lady" - Lyle Lovett (#17)
- "Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This" - Charley Pride (#5)
- "Sincerely" - Forester Sisters (#8)
- "Some Old Side Road" - Keith Whitley (#16)
- "Spanish Eyes" - Willie Nelson und Julio Iglesias (#8)
- "Still Within the Sound of My Voice" - Glen Campbell (#5)
- "Strangers Again" - Holly Dunn (#7)
- "Summer Wind" - Desert Rose Band (#2)
- "Sunday Kind of Love" - Reba McEntire (#5)
- "Sure Thing" - Foster & Lloyd (#8)
- "Talkin' to Myself Again" - Tammy Wynette (#16)
- "Talkin' to the Wrong Man - Michael Martin Murphey (#4)
- "Tear Stained Letter" - Jo-El Sonnier (#9)
- "Tell Me True" - Juice Newton (#8)
- "Texas in 1880" - Foster & Lloyd (#18)
- "Thanks Again" - Ricky Skaggs (#17)
- "That's My Job" - Conway Twitty (#6)
- "That's That" - Michael Johnson (#9)
- "That's What Your Love Does to Me" - Holly Dunn (#5)
- "This Missin' You Heart of Mine" - Sawyer Brown (#2)
- "Timeless and True Love" - The McCarters (#5)
- "Touch and Go Crazy" - Lee Greenwood (#5)
- "True Heart" - The Oak Ridge Boys (#5)
- "Under the Boardwalk" - Lynn Anderson (#24)
- "Untold Stories" - Kathy Mattea (#4)
- "We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" - Eddie Rabbitt (#7)
- "We Never Touch at All" - Merle Haggard (#22)
- "What Do You Want From Me This Time?" - Foster & Lloyd (#6)
- "Wilder Days" - Baillie & the Boys (#9)
- "Wildflowers" - Trio (Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, und Linda Ronstadt) (#6)
- "Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go)" - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (#4)
- "You Can't Fall in Love When You're Cryin'" - Lee Greenwood (#20)
- "Young Country" - Hank Williams, Jr. (#2)
- "Your Memory Wins Again" - Skip Ewing (#17)
Alben (Auswahl)
- Across the Rio Grande — Holly Dunn (MTM)
- Alabama Live — Alabama (RCA)
- Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room — Dwight Yoakam (Reprise)
- Full Circle — Waylon Jennings (MCA)
- Greatest Hits — The Judds (RCA)
- Highway 101² — Highway 101 (Warner Bros.)
- Honky Tonk Angel — Patty Loveless (MCA)
- If My Heart Had Windows — Patty Loveless (MCA)
- If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin — George Strait (MCA)
- I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight — Barbara Mandrell (Capitol)
- Living Proof — Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia)
- Old 8x10 — Randy Travis (Warner Bros.)
- Reba — Reba McEntire (MCA)
- Strong Enough to Bend — Tanya Tucker (Capitol)
- Wide Open — Sawyer Brown (Capitol/Curb)
- Big Dreams in a Small Town - Restless Heart (RCA)
- Chisled in Stone – Vern Gosdin (Epic)
- Come As You Were – T. Graham Brown (Capitol)
- Diamonds and Dirt – Rodney Crowell (Columbia)
- I Wanna Dance With You - Eddie Rabbitt (RCA)
- Wild Streak – Hank Williams, Jr. (Warner Bros.)
Geboren
- 24. Mai - Billy Gilman
Gestorben
- 20. September - Leon McAuliffe, 71
- 6. Dezember - Roy Orbison, 52
Neue Country Music Hall of Fame Mitglieder
Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen
Grammy Awards
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female - "Hold Me" - K. T. Oslin
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male - "Old 8x10" - Randy Travis
- Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal - "Give A Little Love" - The Judds
- Best Country Vocal Collaboration - "Crying" - Roy Orbison and k.d. lang
- Best Country Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) - "Sugarfoot Rag" - Asleep At The Wheel
- Best Bluegrass Recording (Vocal Or Instrumental) - "Southern Flavor" - Bill Monroe
- Best Country Song - "Hold Me" - K. T. Oslin, songwriter
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer Of The Year - Hank Williams Jr.
- Song Of The Year - "Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses" - Kathy Mattea - Charles Nelson, Paul Nelson
- Single Of The Year - "Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen Roses" - Kathy Mattea
- Album Of The Year - This Woman - K. T. Oslin
- Top Male Vocalist - George Strait
- Top Female Vocalist - K. T. Oslin
- Top Vocal Duo - The Judds
- Top Vocal Group - Highway 101
- Top New Male Vocalist - Rodney Crowell
- Top New Female Vocalist - Suzy Bogguss
- Video Of The Year - Young Country" - Hank Williams Jr. (Regisseur: Bill Fishman)
Country Music Association
- Entertainer of the Year - Hank Williams Jr.
- Male Vocalist of the Year - Randy Travis
- Female Vocalist of the Year - K. T. Oslin
- Horizon Award - Ricky Van Shelton
- Vocal Group of the Year - Highway 101
- Vocal Duo of the Year - The Judds
- Vocal Event of the Year - Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton und Linda Ronstadt
- Album of the Year - Hank Williams Jr.
- Song of the Year - K. T. Oslin
- Single of the Year - Kathy Mattea
- Musician of the Year - Chet Atkins