- 1977 in country music
"See also:"
1976 in country music ,1977 in music ,
other events of 1977,1978 in country music , and theList of years in Country Music Events
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June 25 –Waylon Jennings smash, "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" spends its sixth week at No. 1 on the "Billboard magazine " Hot Country Singles chart. It is just the third (and as it turned out, final) six-week No. 1 song of the 1970s, and will be the last song to spend as long atop the charts for 20 years (until 1997's "It's Your Love" byTim McGraw andFaith Hill ).
*June 26 –Elvis Presley performs his final concert atMarket Square Arena inIndianapolis, Indiana .
*December 31 –Dolly Parton 's "Here You Come Again" spends its fifth week at No. 1 on the "Billboard magazine " Hot Country Singles chart. It will be the last song to spend that long atop the chart until 1990's "Love Without End, Amen " byGeorge Strait .Top hits of the year
Number one hits
"(As certified by
Billboard magazine )"
*January 8 - "Broken Down in Tiny Pieces" -Billy "Crash" Craddock
*January 15 - "You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (Till He Says Goodbye)" -Crystal Gayle
*January 22 - "I Can't Believe She Gives it All to Me" -Conway Twitty
*January 29 - "Let My Love Be Your Pillow" -Ronnie Milsap
*February 5 - "Near You " -George Jones andTammy Wynette
*February 19 - "Moody Blue"/"She Thinks I Still Care" -Elvis Presley
*February 26 - "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" - Tom Jones
*March 5 - "Heart Healer" -Mel Tillis
*March 12 - "She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory" -Charley Pride
*March 19 - "Southern Nights" -Glen Campbell
*April 2 - "Lucille" -Kenny Rogers
*April 16 - "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better" - Johnny Duncan
*April 23 - "She's Got You " -Loretta Lynn
*April 30 - "She's Pulling Me Back Again" -Mickey Gilley
*May 7 - "Play, Guitar Play" -Conway Twitty
*May 14 - "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" -Don Williams
*May 21 - "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) " -Waylon Jennings andWillie Nelson
*July 2 - "That Was Yesterday " -Donna Fargo
*July 9 - "I'll Be Leaving Alone" -Charley Pride
*July 16 - "It Was Almost Like a Song " -Ronnie Milsap
*August 6 - "Rollin' With the Flow " -Charlie Rich
*August 20 - "Way Down " -Elvis Presley
*August 27 - "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue " -Crystal Gayle
*September 24 - "I've Already Loved You in My Mind" -Conway Twitty
*October 1 - "Daytime Friends" -Kenny Rogers
*October 8 - "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" -The Kendalls
*November 5 - "I'm Just a Country Boy" -Don Williams
*November 12 - "More to Me" -Charley Pride
*November 19 - "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)" -Waylon Jennings
*December 3 - "Here You Come Again " -Dolly Parton Other major 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 andHelen Cornelius
*"Burning Memories" -Mel Tillis
*"Chains of Love" -Mickey Gilley
*"Cheap Perfume and Candlelight" -Bobby Borchers
*"Country Party" -Johnny Lee
*"Cowboys Ain't Supposed to Cry" -Moe Bandy
*"Crazy" -Linda Ronstadt
*"Desperado" -Johnny Rodriguez
*"Don't Be Angry" -Donna Fargo
*"Don't Go City Girl on Me" -Tommy Overstreet
*"Don't Let Me Touch You" -Marty Robbins
*"Don't Throw it All Away" -Dave & Sugar
*"East Bound and Down" -Jerry Reed
*"Easy Look" -Charlie Rich
*"Everyday I Have to Cry Some" -Joe Stampley
*"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
*"Here I Am Drunk Again" -Moe Bandy
*"Hold Me" -Barbara Mandrell
*"Honky Tonk Memories" -Mickey Gilley
*"I Can't Help Myself (Here Comes That Feeling)" -Eddie Rabbitt
*"I Can't Love You Enough" -Conway Twitty andLoretta 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 Was There" -The Statler Brothers
*"I'll Do it All Over Again" -Crystal Gayle
*"I'm Getting Good at Missing You (Solitaire)" -Rex Allen Jr.
*"I'm Not Easy" -Billie Jo Spears
*"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 andHelen Cornelius
*"If Love Was a Bottle of Wine" -Tommy Overstreet
*"If Practice Makes Perfect" -Johnny Rodriguez
*"If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" -Merle Haggard
*"If You Want Me" -Billie Jo Spears
*"It's a Cowboy Lovin' Night" -Tanya Tucker
*"It's So Easy" -Linda Ronstadt
*"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
*"The Old Man and His Horn" -Gene Watson
*"One of a Kind" -Tammy Wynette
*"Paper Rosie" -Gene Watson
*"The Rains Came" -Freddy Fender
*"Ramblin' Fever" -Merle Haggard
*"Ridin' Rainbows" -Tanya Tucker
*"Right Time of the Night" -Jennifer Warnes
*"Roses for Mama" -C.W. McCall
*"Saying Hello, Saying I Love You, Saying Goodbye" -Jim Ed Brown andHelen Cornelius
*"Shame On Me" -Donna Fargo
*"Shame Shame On Me (I've Had Plans to be Your Man)" -Kenny Dale
*"She Just Loved the Cheatin' Out of Me" -Moe Bandy
*"She Took More Than Her Share" -Moe Bandy
*"Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets" - Johnny PayCheck
*"A Song in the Night" - Johnny Duncan
*"Southern California" -George Jones andTammy Wynette
*"Statues Without Hearts" - Larry Gatlin with Family & Friends
*"Still the One" -Bill Anderson
*"Sunflower" -Glen Campbell
*"Sweet Music Man" -Kenny Rogers
*"A Tear Fell" -Billy "Crash" Craddock
*"That's the Way Love Should Be" -Dave & Sugar
*"There She Goes Again" -Joe Stampley
*"Things" -Anne Murray
*"'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
*"When It's Just You and Me" -Dottie West
*"Why Can't He Be You" -Loretta Lynn
*"Why Lovers Turn to Strangers" - Freddie Hart
*"Wrap Your Love All Around Your Man " -Lynn Anderson
*"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
*"Your Man Loves You Honey" -Tom T. Hall Top new album releases
* "
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes " —Jimmy Buffett (MCA)
* "Fargo Country" —Donna Fargo (Warner Bros.)
* "Here You Come Again " —Dolly Parton (RCA)
* "Ol' Waylon " —Waylon Jennings (RCA)Other new albums
*"Daytime Friends" -
Kenny Rogers (United Artists)
*"I Remember Patsy" -Loretta Lynn (MCA)
*"It Was Almost Like a Song" -Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
*"Kenny Rogers" -Kenny Rogers (United Artists)
*"Southern Nights" -Glen Campbell (Capitol)
*"To Lefty From Willie" –Willie Nelson (Columbia)
*"Y'all Come Back Saloon " -Oak Ridge Boys Births
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November 17 —Aaron Lines , Canadian country singer of the 2000s, most know for his hit "You Can't Hide Beautiful".
*November 20 —Josh Turner , deep bass-voiced singer of the 2000s, styled in bluegrass and other traditional country styles.Deaths
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August 16 -Elvis Presley , 42, "The King" (heart failure).
*October 14 –Bing Crosby , 74, one of popular music's all-time leading performers; several of his 1930s and 1940s hits became hugely popular with country fans (including "Pistol Packin' Mama," the first-ever "Billboard magazine " country No. 1 song). (heart attack)Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
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Merle Travis (1917 -1983 )Major Awards
Grammy awards
*Best Country Vocal Performance, Female -- "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" -
Crystal Gayle
*Best Country Vocal Performance, Male -- "Lucille" -Kenny Rogers
*Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group -- "Heaven's Just A Sin Away" - Kendalls (Jeannie Kendall, Royce Kendall)
*Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Country Instrumentalist Of The Year" - Hargus "Pig" Robbins
*Best Country Song -- "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" - Richard LeighAcademy 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
*Male Vocalist of the Year --Ronnie Milsap
*Female Vocalist of the Year --Crystal Gayle
*Instrumental Group of the Year –-Original Texas Playboys
*Vocal Group of the Year --Statler Brothers
*Vocal Duo of the Year --Jim Ed Brown andHelen Cornelius
*Single of the Year -- "Lucille,"Kenny Rogers
*Song of the Year -- "Lucille,"Roger Bowling andHal Bynum
*Album of the Year -- "Ronnie Milsap Live,"Ronnie Milsap
*Instrumentalist of the Year --Roy Clark Further reading
*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
*
Country Music Association
*Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame External links
* [http://www.cmaawards.com/2004/hof/default.asp Country Music Hall of Fame]
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