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

• Loretta Lynn
• Roy Rogers

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

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