Country Music 1984

Top hits of the year

Number 1 hits

January 7th - "You Look So Good in Love" - George Strait
January 14th - "Slow Burn" - TG Sheppard
January 21st - "In My Eyes" - John Conlee
January 28th - "The Sound of Goodbye" - Crystal Gayle
February 4th - "Show Her" - Ronnie Milsap
February 11th - "That's the Way Love Goes" - Merle Haggard
February 18th - "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" - Ricky Skaggs
February 25 - "Stay Young" - Don Williams
March 3rd - "Woke Up in Love" - Exile
March 10th - "Going, Going, Gone" - Lee Greenwood
March 17th - "Elizabeth" - Statler Brothers
March 24 - "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" - Alabama
March 31st - "Let's Stop Talkin 'About It" - Janie Fricke
April 7th - "Don't Make it Easy For Me" - Earl Thomas Conley
April 14th - "Thank God for the Radio" - The Kendalls
April 21 - "The Yellow Rose (Theme from the TV Series)" - Johnny Lee and Lane Brody
April 28 - "Right or Wrong" - George Strait
May 5th - "I Guess it Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes" - Oak Ridge Boys
May 12 - "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" - Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias
May 26th - "As Long as I'm Rockin 'With You" - John Conlee
June 2nd - "Honey (Open That Door)" - Ricky Skaggs
June 9th - "Someday When Things are Good" - Merle Haggard
June 16th - "I Got Mexico" - Eddy Raven
June 23 - "When We Make Love" - Alabama
June 30th - "I Can Tell By The Way You Dance (You're Gonna Love Me Tonight)" - Vern Gosdin
July 7th - "Somebody's Needing Somebody" - Conway Twitty
July 14th - "I Don't Wanna Be a Memory" - Exile
July 21 - "Just Another Woman in Love" - Anne Murray
July 28th - Angel in Disguise - Earl Thomas Conley
August 4th - "Mama He's Crazy" - The Judds
August 11th - "That's the Thing About Love" - Don Williams
August 18th - "Still Losing You" - Ronnie Milsap
August 25th - "Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
September 1st - "Let's Fall to Pieces Together" - George Strait
September 8 - "Tennessee Homesick Blues" - Dolly Parton
September 15th - "You're Getting To Me Again" - Jim Glaser
September 22nd - "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" - Merle Haggard
September 29th - "Turning Away" - Crystal Gayle
October 6 - "Everyday" - Oak Ridge Boys
October 13th - "Uncle Pen" - Ricky Skaggs
October 20 - "I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song)" - Conway Twitty
October 27 - "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You've Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" - Alabama
November 3rd - "City of New Orleans" - Willie Nelson
November 10th - "I've Been Around Enough to Know" - John Schneider
November 17th - "Give Me One More Chance" - Exile
November 24th - "You Could've Heard a Heart Break" - Johnny Lee
December 1st - "You're Heart's Not in It" - Janie Fricke
December 8th - "Chance of Lovin 'You" - Earl Thomas Conley
December 15th - "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" - Anne Murray and Dave Loggins
December 22nd - "Why Not Me" - The Judds

Albums (selection)

Cheat the Night - Deborah Allen (RCA)
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind - George Strait (MCA)
Greatest Hits - John Anderson (Warner Bros.)
It's All in the Game - Merle Haggard (Epic)
Ladies' Choice - George Jones (Epic)
Let Me Be the First - Deborah Allen (RCA)
Never Could Toe the Mark - Waylon Jennings (RCA)
Roll On - Alabama (RCA)
Why Not Me - The Judds (RCA)

The most important awards

Grammy Awards

Best Female Country Vocal Performance - Emmylou Harris - In My Dreams
Best Male Country Vocal Performance - Merle Haggard - That's The Way Love Goes
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group - Judds - Mama He's Crazy
Best Country Instrumental Performance - Ricky Skaggs - Wheel Hoss
Best Country Song - Steve Goodman - City Of New Orleans

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year - Alabama
Song Of The Year - "Why Not Me" - The Judds - Harlan Howard, Brent Maher, Sonny Throckmorton
Single Of The Year - "To All The Girls I've Loved Before" - Willie Nelson , Julio Iglesias
Album Of The Year - Roll On - Alabama
Top Male Vocalist - George Strait
Top Female Vocalist - Reba McEntire
Top Vocal Duo - The Judds
Top Vocal Group - Alabama
Top New Male Vocalist - Vince Gill
Top New Female Vocalist - Nicolette Larson
Video Of The Year - "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" - Hank Williams, Jr.

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year - Alabama (Band) * Alabama
Song Of The Year - Wind Beneath My Wings - L.Henley / J.Silbar
Single Of The Year - A Little Good News - Anne Murray
Album Of The Year - A Little Good News - Anne Murray
Male Vocalist Of The Year - Lee Greenwood
Female Vocalist Of The Year - Reba McEntire
Vocal Duo Of The Year - Willie Nelson / Julio Iglesias
Vocal Group Of The Year - Statler Brothers
Instrumentalist Of The Year - Chet Atkins
Horizon Award - The Judds
Instrumental Group Of The Year - Ricky Skaggs Band