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
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