Country music 1986

Events

Buck Owens is leaving the Hee Haw Show after 17 years .

Number 1 hits

January 11th - "Morning Desire" - Kenny Rogers
January 18th - "Bop" - Dan Seals
January 25th - "Never Be You" - Rosanne Cash
February 1st - "Just in Case" - Forester Sisters
February 8 - "Hurt" - Juice Newton
February 15th - "Making Up for Lost Time" - Gary Morris , Crystal Gayle
February 22nd - "There's No Stopping Your Heart" - Marie Osmond
March 1st - "You Can Dream of Me" - Steve Wariner
March 8th - "Think About Love" - Dolly Parton
March 15th - "I Could Get Used to You" - Exile
March 22nd - "What's a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This)" - John Schneider
March 29 - "Don't Underestimate My Love for You" - Lee Greenwood
April 5th - "100% Chance of Rain" - Gary Morris
April 12th - "She and I" - Alabama
April 19th - "Cajun Moon" - Ricky Skaggs
April 26 - "Now and Forever (You and Me)" - Anne Murray
May 3rd - "Once in a Blue Moon" - Earl Thomas Conley
May 10 - "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)" - The Judds
May 17 - "Ain't Misbehavin '" - Hank Williams Jr.
May 24th - "Tomb of the Unknown Love" - Kenny Rogers
May 31st - "Whoever's in New England" - Reba McEntire
June 7th - "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" - Ronnie Milsap
June 14th - "Life's Highway" - Steve Wariner
June 21st - "Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes" - Forester Sisters
June 28th - "Living in the Promiseland" - Willie Nelson
July 5th - "Everything That Glitters (is Not Gold)" - Dan Seals
July 12th - "Hearts Aren't Made to Break (They're Made to Love)" - Lee Greenwood
July 19 - "Until I Met You" - Judy Rodman
July 26th - "On the Other Hand" - Randy Travis
August 2nd - "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" - George Strait
August 9th - "Rockin 'With the Rhythm of the Rain" - The Judds
August 16th - "You're the Last Thing I Needed Tonight" - John Schneider
August 23rd - "Strong Heart" - TG Sheppard
August 30th - "Heartbeat in the Darkness" - Don Williams
September 6th - "Desperado Love" - Conway Twitty
September 13 - "Little Rock" - Reba McEntire
September 20th - "Got My Heart Set on You" - John Conlee
September 27th - "In Love" - Ronnie Milsap
October 4th - "Always Have, Always Will" - Janie Fricke
October 11th - "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" - Eddie Rabbitt , Juice Newton
October 18th - "Just Another Love" - Tanya Tucker
October 25th - "Cry" - Crystal Gayle
November 1st - "It'll Be Me" - Exile
November 8th - "Diggin 'Up Bones" - Randy Travis
November 15th - "That Rock Won't Roll" - Restless Heart
November 22nd - "You're Still New to Me" - Paul Davis , Marie Osmond
November 20th - "Touch Me When We're Dancing - Alabama
December 6 - "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You" - George Strait
December 13 - "Hell and High Water" - T. Graham Brown
December 20th - Too Much is Not Enough - The Bellamy Brothers , Forester Sisters
December 27th - Mind Your Own Business - Hank Williams Jr. , Reba McEntire , Tom Petty , Reverend Ike , Willie Nelson

More big hits

"1982" - Randy Travis (# 6)
"(Back to the) Heartbreak Kid" - Restless Heart (# 7)
"At the Sound of the Tone" - John Schneider (# 5)
"Betty's Bein 'Bad" - Sawyer Brown (# 5)
"Born Yesterday" - The Everly Brothers (# 17)
"Cheap Love" - Juice Newton (# 9)
"Come On In (You Did the Best You Could Do)" - The Oak Ridge Boys (# 3)
"Count On Me" - Statler Brothers (# 5)
"Country State of Mind" - Hank Williams, Jr. (# 2)
"Daddy's Hands" - Holly Dunn (# 9)
"Didn't We" - Lee Greenwood (# 10)
"Every Night" - Pake McEntire (# 20)
"Fast Lanes and Country Roads" - Barbara Mandrell (# 4)
"Feelin 'the Feelin'" The Bellamy Brothers (# 2)
"Guitars, Cadillacs" - Dwight Yoakam (# 4)
"Heart Don't Fall Now" - Sawyer Brown (# 14)
"Hold On" - Rosanne Cash (# 5)
"Home Again in My Heart" - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (# 3)
"Honky Tonk Man" - Dwight Yoakam (# 3)
"I Miss You Already (And You're Not Even Gone)" - Billy Joe Royal (# 14)
"I Only Wanted You" - Marie Osmond (# 14)
"I Tell It Like It Used to Be" - T. Graham Brown (# 5)
"I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again - T. Graham Brown (# 7)
"Juliet" - The Oak Ridge Boys (# 15)
"Lonely Alone" - Forester Sisters (# 2)
"Love at the Five and Dime" - Kathy Mattea (# 3)
"Miami, My Amy" - Keith Whitley (# 14)
"Nights" - Ed Bruce (# 4)
"No One Mends a Broken Heart Like You" - Barbara Mandrell (# 6)
"Old Bridges Burn Slow" - Billy Joe Royal (# 11)
"Old Flame" - Juice Newton (# 5)
"The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)" - George Jones (# 3)
"One Love at a Time" - Tanya Tucker (# 3)
"Only in My Mind" - Reba McEntire (# 5)
"Out Goin 'Cattin'" - Sawyer Brown (# 11)
"Partners, Brothers and Friends" - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (# 6)
"Read My Lips" - Marie Osmond (# 4)
"Reno Bound" - Southern Pacific (# 9)
"Repititive Regret" - Eddie Rabbitt (# 4)
"Savin 'My Love For You" - Pake McEntire (# 3)
"Second to No One" - Rosanne Cash (# 5)
"Shakin '" - Sawyer Brown (# 15)
"She Thinks That She'll Marry" - Judy Rodman (# 9)
"She Used To Be Somebody's Baby" - Larry Gatlin (# 2)
"Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way" - George Jones (# 9)
"Sometimes a Lady" - Eddy Raven (# 3)
"Stand a Little Rain" - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (# 5)
"Starting Over Again" - Steve Wariner (# 4)
"Sweeter and Sweeter" - Statler Brothers (# 8)
"Ten Feet Away" - Keith Whitley (# 9)
"Then It's Love" - Don Williams (# 3)
"Til I Loved You" - Restless Heart (# 10)
"Too Many Times" - Earl Thomas Conley , Anita Pointer - (# 2)
"Walk the Way the Wind Blows" - Kathy Mattea (# 10)
"We've Got a Good Fire Going" Don Williams (# 2)
"What Can I Do With My Heart?" - Juice Newton (# 9)
"What You'll Do When I'm Gone" - Waylon Jennings (# 8)
"When You Get to the Heart" - Barbara Mandrell , The Oak Ridge Boys (# 19)
"Will the Wolf Survive?" - Waylon Jennings (# 5)
"Wine Colored Roses" - George Jones (# 10)
"Working Without a Net" - Waylon Jennings (# 7)
"You Can't Stop Love" - SKO (# 9)
"You Made a Rock of a Rolling Stone" - The Oak Ridge Boys (# 24)
"You're Something Special to Me" - George Strait (# 4)

Albums (selection)

7 - George Strait (MCA)
Greatest Hits - Alabama (RCA)
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc. - Dwight Yoakam (recapitulation)
Guitar Town - Steve Earle (MCA)
Holly Dunn - Holly Dunn (MTM)
Life's Highway - Steve Wariner (MCA)
Out Goin 'Cattin - - Sawyer Brown (Capitol / Curb)
Partners - Larry Gatlin (Columbia)
Shakin - - Sawyer Brown (Capitol / Curb)
Storms of Life - Randy Travis (Warner Bros.)
Straight To The Heart - Crystal Gayle (Warner Bros.)
The Touch - Alabama (RCA)
What Am I Gonna Do About You - Reba McEntire (MCA)
Whoever's in New England - Reba McEntire (MCA)
Falling for You For Years - Conway Twitty (Warner Bros.)
Four For the Show - Statler Brothers (Mercury / Polygram)
A Friend in California - Merle Haggard (Epic)
Heart of the Matter - Kenny Rogers (RCA)
Howard & David - Bellamy Brothers (Warner Bros./Curb)
Lost in the Fifties Tonight - Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
Seasons - Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)
Too Many Times - Earl Thomas Conley (RCA)
Wine Colored Roses - George Jones (Epic)

New members of the Country Music Hall of Fame

The Duke of Paducah (1901-1986)
Wesley Rose (1918–1990)

Significant awards

Grammy Awards

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female - "Whoever's In New England" - Reba McEntire
Best Country Vocal Solo Performance, Male - "Lost In The Fifties Tonight" - Ronnie Milsap
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal - "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days)" - Judds
Best Country Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) - "Raisin 'The Dickins" - Ricky Skaggs
Best Country Song - "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days)" - Jamie O'Hara , songwriter

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year - Hank Williams Jr.
Song Of The Year - "On The Other Hand" - Randy Travis - Paul Overstreet , Don Schlitz
Single Of The Year - "On The Other Hand" - Randy Travis
Album Of The Year - Storms of Life - Randy Travis
Top Male Vocalist - Randy Travis
Top Female Vocalist - Reba McEntire
Top Vocal Duo - The Judds
Top Vocal Group - Forester Sisters
Top New Male Vocalist - Dwight Yoakam
Top New Female Vocalist - Holly Dunn
Video Of The Year - "Whoever's In New England" - Reba McEntire (Directors: Jeff Schock and Jon Small)

Country Music Association

-Instrumental Group of the Year - Oak Ridge Boys
- Instrumentalist of the Year - Johnny Gimble

- Entertainer of the Year - Reba McEntire

-Male Vocalist of the Year - George Strait

-Female Vocalist of the Year - Reba McEntire

- Horizon Award - Randy Travis

-Vocal Group of the Year - Judds

-Vocal Duo of the Year - Marie Osmond , Dan Seals

-Album of the Year - "Lost in the Fifties Tonight" - Ronnie Milsap

-Song of the Year - "On The Other Hand" - Paul Overstreet , Don Schlitz

-Single of the Year - Dan Seals

-Music Video of the Year - "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?" - George Jones (Director: Marc Ball)