Country Music 1982

Top hits of the year

Number 1 hits

January 9 - "Fourteen Carat Mind" - Gene Watson
January 16 - "I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World" - Ronnie Milsap
January 23rd - "Red Neckin 'Love Makin' Night" - Conway Twitty
January 30th - "The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" - Juice Newton
February 6th - "Lonely Nights" - Mickey Gilley
February 13 - "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" - Eddie Rabbitt
February 20th - "Only One You" - TG Sheppard
February 27th - "Lord, I Hope This Day is Good" - Don Williams
March 6th - "You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had" - Ed Bruce
March 13th - "Blue Moon With Heartache" - Rosanne Cash
March 20th - "Mountain of Love" - Charley Pride
March 27th - "She Left Love All Over Me" - Razzy Bailey
April 3rd - "Bobbie Sue" - Oak Ridge Boys
April 10 - "Big City" - Merle Haggard
April 17th - "The Clown" - Conway Twitty
April 24th - "Crying My Heart Out Over You" - Ricky Skaggs
May 1st - Mountain Music - Alabama
May 8 - " Always on My Mind " - Willie Nelson
May 22nd - "Just to Satisfy You" - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
June 5th - "Finally" - TG Sheppard
June 12th - "For All the Wrong Reasons" - Bellamy Brothers
June 19th - "Slow Hand" - Conway Twitty
July 3rd - "Any Day Now" - Ronnie Milsap
July 10th - "Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby" - Janie Fricke
July 17th - "'Till You're Gone" - Barbara Mandrell
July 24th - "Take Me Down" - Alabama
July 31st - "I Don't Care" - Ricky Skaggs
August 7 - "Honky Tonkin '" - Hank Williams Jr.
August 14th - "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" - David Frizzell
August 21 - "Nobody" - Sylvia
August 28th - "Fool Hearted Memory" - George Strait
September 4th - "Love Will Turn You Around" - Kenny Rogers
September 11th - "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" - Jerry Reed
September 25th - "What's Forever For" - Michael Martin Murphey
October 2nd - "Put Your Dreams Away" - Mickey Gilley
October 9 - "(A Taste of) Yesterday's Wine" - Merle Haggard and George Jones
October 16 - "I Will Always Love You" - Dolly Parton
October 23rd - "He Got You" - Ronnie Milsap
October 30th - "Close Enough to Perfect" - Alabama
November 6th - "You're So Good When You're Bad" - Charley Pride
November 13th - "Heartbroke" - Ricky Skaggs
November 20th - "War is Hell (On the Homefront Too)" - TG Sheppard
November 27th - "It Ain't Easy Bein 'Easy" - Janie Fricke
December 4th - "You and I" - Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle
December 11th - "Redneck Girl" - Bellamy Brothers
December 18 - "Somewhere Between Right and Wrong" - Earl Thomas Conley
December 25th - "Wild and Blue" - John Anderson

Albums (selection)

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Soundtrack - Dolly Parton (RCA)
Bobbie Sue - Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)
Family & Friends - Ricky Skaggs (Sugar Hill)
Highway & Heartaches - Ricky Skaggs (Epic / CBS)
Love Will Turn You Around - Kenny Rogers (United Artists)
Mountain Music - Alabama (RCA)
Strait to the Heart - George Strait (MCA)

Born

August 28 - LeAnn Rimes

Died

December 8th - Marty Robbins (57), versatile artist with a career spanning more than thirty years

New members of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Lefty Frizzell (1928-1975)
Roy Horton (1914-2003)
Marty Robbins (1925-1982)

Important awards

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year - Alabama
Song Of The Year - "Are The Good Times Really Over" - Merle Haggard - Merle Haggard
Single Of The Year - "Always On My Mind" - Willie Nelson
Album Of The Year - Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson
Top Male Vocalist - Ronnie Milsap
Top Female Vocalist - Sylvia
Top vocal duo - Shelly West and David Frizzell
Top Vocal Group - Alabama
Top New Male Vocalist - Michael Martin Murphey
Top New Female Vocalist - Karen Brooks

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year - Alabama
Song Of The Year - "Always On My Mind" - J.Christopher / W.Carson / M.James
Single Of The Year - "Always On My Mind" - Willie Nelson
Album Of The Year - Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson
Male Vocalist Of The Year - Ricky Skaggs
Female Vocalist Of The Year - Janie Fricke
Vocal Duo Of The Year - David Frizzell / Shelly West
Vocal Group Of The Year - Alabama
Instrumentalist Of The Year - Chet Atkins
Horizon Award - Ricky Skaggs
Instrumental Group Of The Year - Alabama