Country Music 1977

Top hits of the year

Number 1 hits

January 8th - "Broken Down in Tiny Pieces" - Billy "Crash" Craddock
January 15 - "You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (Till He Says Goodbye)" - Crystal Gayle
January 22nd - "I Can't Believe She Gives it All to Me" - Conway Twitty
January 29th - "Let My Love Be Your Pillow" - Ronnie Milsap
February 5th - " Near You " - George Jones and Tammy Wynette
February 19 - "Moody Blue" / "She Thinks I Still Care" - Elvis Presley
February 26 - "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" - Tom Jones
March 5th - "Heart Healer" - Mel Tillis
March 12th - "She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory" - Charley Pride
March 19th - "Southern Nights" - Glen Campbell
April 2nd - "Lucille" - Kenny Rogers
April 16 - "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better" - Johnny Duncan
April 23rd - "She's Got You" - Loretta Lynn
April 30th - "She's Pulling Me Back Again" - Mickey Gilley
May 7th - "Play, Guitar Play" - Conway Twitty
May 14 - "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" - Don Williams
May 21 - "Lukenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" - Waylon Jennings
July 2nd - "That Was Yesterday" - Donna Fargo
July 9th - "I'll Be Leaving Alone" - Charley Pride
July 16 - "It Was Almost Like a Song" - Ronnie Milsap
Aug 6 - "Rollin 'With the Flow" - Charlie Rich
August 20th - "Way Down" - Elvis Presley
August 27th - "Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue" - Crystal Gayle
September 24th - "I've Already Loved You in My Mind" - Conway Twitty
October 1st - "Daytime Friends" - Kenny Rogers
October 8th - "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" - The Kendalls
November 5th - "I'm Just a Country Boy" - Don Williams
November 12th - "More to Me" - Charley Pride
November 19 - "The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)" - Waylon Jennings
December 3rd - "Here You Come Again" - Dolly Parton

More big 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 and Helen Cornelius
"Burning Memories" - Mel Tillis
"Cheap Perfume and Candlelight" - Bobby Borchers
"Country Party" - Johnny Lee
"Crazy" - Linda Ronstadt
"Desperado" - Johnny Rodriguez
"Don't Be Angry" - Donna Fargo
"Don't Let Me Touch You" - Marty Robbins
"Don't Throw it All Away" - Dave & Sugar
"East Bound and Down" - Jerry Reed
"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
"Honky Tonk Memories" - Mickey Gilley
"I Can't Help Myself (Here Comes That Feeling)" - Eddie Rabbitt
"I Can't Love You Enough" - Conway Twitty and Loretta 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'll Do it All Over Again" - Crystal Gayle
"I'm Getting Good at Missing You (Solitaire)" - Rex Allen Jr.
"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 and Helen Cornelius
"If Practice Makes Perfect" - Johnny Rodriguez
"If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" - Merle Haggard
"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
"One of a Kind" - Tammy Wynette
"Paper Rosie" - Gene Watson
"The Rains Came" - Freddy Fender
"Ramblin 'Fever" - Merle Haggard
"Roses for Mama" - CW McCall
"Saying Hello, Saying I Love You, Saying Goodbye" - Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius
"Shame On Me" - Donna Fargo
"Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets" - Johnny PayCheck
"A Song in the Night" - Johnny Duncan
"Southern California" - George Jones and Tammy Wynette
"Statues Without Hearts" - Larry Gatlin with Family & Friends
"Still the One" - Bill Anderson
"Sunflower" - Glen Campbell
"A Tear Fell" - Billy "Crash" Craddock
"That's the Way Love Should Be" - Dave & Sugar
"'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
"Why Can't He Be You" - Loretta Lynn
"Why Lovers Turn to Strangers" - Freddie Hart
"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
"You're Man Loves You Honey" - Tom T. Hall

Albums (selection)

Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes - Jimmy Buffett (ABC)
Daytime Friends - Kenny Rogers (United Artists)
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton (RCA)
I Remember Patsy - Loretta Lynn (MCA)
It Was Almost Like a Song - Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
Kenny Rogers - Kenny Rogers (United Artists)
Ol 'Waylon - Waylon Jennings (RCA)
Southern Nights - Glen Campbell (Capitol)

Died

August 16 - Elvis Presley

New members of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Merle Travis

The most important awards

Grammys

Best Female Country Vocal Performance - Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Best Male Country Vocal Performance - Kenny Rogers - Lucille
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group - Kendalls - Heaven's Just a Sin Away
Best Country Instrumental Performance - Hargus Pig Robbins - Country Instrumentalist of the Year
Best Country Song - Richard Leigh - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

Academy 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
Song of the Year - Lucille - Roger Bowling / Hal Bynum
Single of the Year - Lucille - Kenny Rogers
Album of the Year - Ronnie Milsap Live - Ronnie Milsap
Male Vocalist of the Year - Ronnie Milsap
Female Vocalist of the Year - Crystal Gayle
Vocal Duo of the Year - Jim Ed Brown / Helen Cornelius
Vocal Group of the Year - Statler Brothers
Instrumentalist of the Year - Roy Clark
Instrumental Group of the Year - Original Texas Playboys