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See also: 1984 in country music, 1985 in music, other events of 1985, 1986 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

Contents

Events

  • A story published in the New York Times declares that country music is "dead." However, a number of new acts – Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam among them – are working behind the scenes to change the trend.
  • The Country Music Association Awards introduced a new award, Music Video of the Year. The first recipient was Hank Williams, Jr.'s video for, "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight."

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
January 5 Does Fort Worth
Ever Cross Your Mind		 George Strait 1
January 12 The Best Year of My Life Eddie Rabbitt 1
January 19 How Blue Reba McEntire 1
January 26 (There's A) Fire in the Night Alabama 1
February 2 A Place to Fall Apart Merle Haggard featuring Janie Fricke 1
February 9 Ain't She Something Else Conway Twitty 1
February 16 Make My Life With You The Oak Ridge Boys 1
February 23 Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On Mel McDaniel 1 C
March 2 Baby Bye-Bye Gary Morris 1
March 9 My Only Love The Statler Brothers 1
March 16 Crazy For Your Love Exile 1
March 23 Seven Spanish Angels Ray Charles
with Willie Nelson		 1 C - Ray Charles
March 30 Crazy Kenny Rogers 1
April 6 Country Girls John Schneider 1
April 13 Honor Bound Earl Thomas Conley 1
April 20 I Need More of You The Bellamy Brothers 1
April 27 Girls Night Out The Judds 1
May 4 There's No Way Alabama 1
May 11 Somebody Should Leave Reba McEntire 1
May 18 Step That Step Sawyer Brown 1 A
May 25 Radio Heart Charly McClain 1 B
June 1 Don't Call Him a Cowboy Conway Twitty 1
June 8 Natural High Merle Haggard 1
June 15 Country Boy Ricky Skaggs 1
June 22 Little Things The Oak Ridge Boys 1
June 29 She Keeps the Home Fires Burning Ronnie Milsap 1
July 6 She's a Miracle Exile 1
July 13 Forgiving You Was Easy Willie Nelson 1
July 20 Dixie Road Lee Greenwood 1
July 27 Love Don't Care
(Whose Heart It Breaks)		 Earl Thomas Conley 1
August 3 40 Hour Week (For a Livin') Alabama 1
August 10 I'm For Love Hank Williams Jr. 1
August 17 Highwayman The Highwaymen
(Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson,
Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash)		 1 C - The Highwaymen
B - Johnny Cash
B - Kris Kristofferson
August 24 Real Love Kenny Rogers
with Dolly Parton		 1
August 31 Love is Alive The Judds 1
September 7 I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me Rosanne Cash 1
September 14 Modern Day Romance The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1
September 21 I Fell in Love Again Last Night The Forester Sisters 1
September 28 Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night) Ronnie Milsap 1 1
October 12 Meet Me in Montana Dan Seals
with Marie Osmond		 1 A - Dan Seals
October 19 You Make Me Want to Make You Mine Juice Newton 1
October 26 Touch a Hand, Make a Friend The Oak Ridge Boys 1
November 2 Some Fools Never Learn Steve Wariner 1
November 9 Can't Keep a Good Man Down Alabama 1
November 16 Hang on to Your Heart Exile 1
November 23 I'll Never Stop Loving You Gary Morris 1
November 30 Too Much on My Heart The Statler Brothers 1 B
December 7 I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose) Lee Greenwood 1
December 14 Nobody Falls Like a Fool Earl Thomas Conley 1
December 21 The Chair George Strait 1
December 28 Have Mercy The Judds 2
  • 1 - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine.
  • A - First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B - Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
  • C - Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

Other major hits

Top new album releases

Other top albums

Christmas albums

  • Alabama Christmas – Alabama (RCA)

On television

Regular series

Specials

Births

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Major awards

Grammy awards

  • Best Country Vocal Performance, Female -- "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" - Rosanne Cash
  • Best Country Vocal Performance, Male -- "Lost In The Fifties Tonight (In The Still Of The Night)" - Ronnie Milsap
  • Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal -- "Why Not Me" - Judds (Naomi Judd, Wynonna Judd)
  • Best Country Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) -- "Cosmic Square Dance" - Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
  • Best Country Song -- "Highwayman" - Jimmy L. Webb, songwriter

Academy of Country Music

Country Music Association

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.

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