Country Music 1987

Events

September - Dolly Parton gets its own TV show: Dolly . Despite a promising start and high audience interest, the show was panned by critics . The series was discontinued in 1988 after a steady decline in viewership.

Number 1 hits

January 10 - Give Me Wings - Michael Johnson
January 17 - What Am I Gonna Do About You - Reba McEntire
January 24th - Cry Myself to Sleep - The Judds
January 31 - You Still Move Me - Dan Seals
February 7 - Leave Me Lonely - Gary Morris
February 14 - How Do I Turn You On - Ronnie Milsap
February 21 - Straight to the Heart - Crystal Gayle
February 28 - Can't Win for Losin 'You - Earl Thomas Conley
March 7 - Mornin 'Ride - Lee Greenwood
March 14th - Baby's Got a New Baby - SKO
March 21 - I'll Still Be Loving You - Restless Heart
March 28 - Small Town Girl - Steve Wariner
April 4th - Ocean Front Property - George Strait
April 11th - You've Got 'The Touch Alabama
April 18 - Kids of the Baby Boom - The Bellamy Brothers
April 25 - Rose in Paradise - Waylon Jennings
May 2 - Don't Go to Strangers - T. Graham Brown
May 9 - The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder - Michael Johnson
May 16 - To Know Him Is To Love Him - Trio
May 23 - Can't Stop My Heart From Loving You - The O'Kanes
May 30 - It Takes a Little Rain (To Make Love Grow) - The Oak Ridge Boys
June 6 - I Will Be There - Dan Seals
June 13 - Forever and Ever, Amen - Randy Travis
July 4th - That Was a Close One - Earl Thomas Conley
July 11th - All My Ex's Live in Texas - George Strait
July 18 - I Know Where I'm Going - The Judds
July 25 - The Weekend - Steve Wariner
August 1 - Snap Your Fingers - Ronnie Milsap
August 8 - One Promise Too Late - Reba McEntire
August 15 - A Long Line of Love - Michael Martin Murphey
August 22nd - Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right) - Restless Heart
August 29 - Born to Boogie - Hank Williams, Jr.
September 5th - She's Too Good to Be True ´ Exile
September 12 - Make No Mistake, She's Mine - Kenny Rogers and Ronnie Milsap
September 19 - This Crazy Love - The Oak Ridge Boys
September 26th - Three Time Loser - Dan Seals
October 3rd - (I'd Choose) You Again - Forester Sisters
October 10 - The Way We Make a Broken Heart - Rosanne Cash
October 17th - Fishin 'in the Dark - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
October 24 - Shine, Shine, Shine - Eddy Raven
October 31 - Right From the Start - Earl Thomas Conley
November 7th - Am I Blue - George Strait
November 14th - Maybe Your Baby's Got the Blues - The Judds
November 21 - I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever) - Randy Travis
November 28 - Lynda - Steve Wariner
December 5th - Somebody Song - Ricky Van Shelton
December 12 - The Last One to Know - Reba McEntire
December 19 - Thu Ya - KT Oslin
December 26th - Somewhere Tonight - Highway 101

More hits

80s Ladies - KT Oslin (# 7)
Another World - Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris (# 4)
Are You Still In Love With Me? - Anne Murray (# 20)
Baby's Got a Hold On Me - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (# 2)
Bad Love - Pake McEntire (# 12)
The Bed You Made For Me - Highway 101 (# 4)
Brilliant Conversationalist - T. Graham Brown (# 9)
The Carpenter - John Conlee (# 9)
Chains of Gold - Sweethearts of the Rodeo (# 4)
Cinderella - Vince Gill (# 5)
Crazy From the Heart - Bellamy Brothers (# 3)
Crime of Passion - Ricky Van Shelton (# 7)
Crazy Over You - Foster & Lloyd (# 4)
Daddies Need to Grow Up Too The O'Kanes (# 9)
Domestic Life - John Conlee (# 5)
Don't Be Cruel - The Judds (# 10)
A Face in the Crowd - Holly Dunn and Michael Martin Murphey (# 4)
Falling For You For Years - Conway Twitty (# 2)
Fallin 'Out - Waylon Jennings (# 8)
Fire in the Sky - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (# 7)
First Time Caller - Juice Newton (# 24)
Forever - Statler Brothers (# 7)
Girls Ride Horses Too - Judy Rodman (# 7)
Goodbye's All We Got Left - Steve Earle (# 8)
Gotta Get Away - Sweethearts of the Rodeo (# 10)
Gotta Have You - Eddie Rabbitt (# 9)
Half Past Forever ('Til I'm Blue in the Heart) - TG Sheppard (# 2)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle - Glen Campbell and Steve Wariner (# 6)
Hard Livin ' - Keith Whitley (# 10)
He's Letting Go - Baillie & the Boys (# 13)
Heart vs. Heart - Pake McEntire (# 25)
Homecoming '63 - Keith Whitley (# 9)
I Want to Know You Before We Make Love - Conway Twitty (# 2)
If There's Any Justice - Lee Greenwood (# 9)
I'll Be the One - Statler Brothers - (# 10)
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Judy Rodman (# 5)
I'll Come Back As Another Woman - Tanya Tucker (# 2)
I'll Never Be In Love Again - Don Williams (# 4)
It's Only Over for You - Tanya Tucker (# 8)
Julia - Conway Twitty (# 2)
Let the Music Lift You Up - Reba McEntire (# 4)
Let's Do Something - Vince Gill (# 16)
Little Sister - Dwight Yoakam (# 7)
Little Ways - Dwight Yoakam (# 8)
Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This - Sharon White and Ricky Skaggs (# 10)
Love Me Like You Used To - Tanya Tucker (# 2)
Love Reunited - Desert Rose Band (# 6)
Love Someone Like Me - Holly Dunn (# 2)
Love, You Ain't Seen the Last of Me - John Schneider (# 8)
Love's Gonna Get You Someday - Ricky Skaggs (# 5)
Mama's Rockin 'Chair - John Conlee (# 12)
Members Only - Donna Fargo and Billy Joe Royal (# 23)
Midnight Girl / Sunset Town - Sweethearts of the Rodeo (# 4)
No Place Like Home - Randy Travis (# 2)
Nowhere Road - Steve Earle (# 17)
Oh Heart - Baillie & the Boys (# 9)
Only When I Love - Holly Dunn (# 4)
On and On - Anne Murray (# 23)
Plain Brown Wrapper - Gary Morris (# 9)
Right Hand Man - Eddy Raven (# 3)
The Right Left Hand - George Jones (# 8)
Someone - Lee Greenwood (# 6)
Take the Long Way Home - John Schneider (# 5)
Talkin 'To the Moon - Larry Gatlin (# 4)
Tar Top - Alabama (# 7)
Telling Me Lies - Trio (# 3)
Those Memories of You - Trio (# 5)
Till I'm Too Old to Die Young - Moe Bandy (# 6)
Too Many Rivers - Forester Sisters (# 5)
Train of Memories - Kathy Mattea (# 6)
Twenty Years Ago - Kenny Rogers (# 2)
Whiskey, If You Were a Woman - Highway 101 (# 2)
You're My First Lady - TG Sheppard (# 2)
You're Never Too Old For Young Love - Eddy Raven (# 3)
You're the Power - Kathy Mattea (# 5)

Albums (selection)

Always & Forever - Randy Travis (Warner Bros.)
Baillie & the Boys - Baillie & the Boys (RCA)
Cornerstone - Holly Dunn (MTM)
Greatest Hits Volume 2 - George Strait (MCA)
Heart and Soul - Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
Heartland - The Judds (RCA)
Highway 101 - Highway 101 (Warner Bros.)
Hillbilly Deluxe - Dwight Yoakam (Reprise)
Just Us - Alabama (RCA)
King's Record Shop - Rosanne Cash (Columbia)
The Last One to Know - Reba McEntire (MCA)
Love Me Like You Used To - Tanya Tucker (Capitol)
A Man Called Hoss - Waylon Jennings (MCA)
Ocean Front Property - George Strait (MCA)
Too Wild Too Long - George Jones (Epic)
Trio - Dolly Parton , Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt (Warner Bros)
Wild-Eyed Dream - Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia)
80s Ladies - KT Oslin (RCA)
After All This Time - Charley Pride (16th Avenue)
Borderline - Conway Twitty (MCA)
Chill Factor - Merle Haggard (Epic)
Greatest Hits - Steve Wariner (MCA)
Hank Live - Hank Williams Jr. (Warner Bros./Curb)
Hard Times on Easy Street - David Lynn Jones (Mercury / Polygram)
Heartbeat - Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)
Hits - Gary Morris (Warner Bros.)
Hold On - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Warner Bros.)
Maple Street Memories - Statler Brothers (Mercury / Polygram)
The Royal Treatment Billy Joe Royal (Atlantic)
Seashores of Old Mexico - Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson (Epic)
Somewhere in the Night - Sawyer Brown (Capitol / Curb)
Shelter From the Night - Exile (Epic)
Untasted Honey - Kathy Mattea (Mercury / Polygram)

New members of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Rod Brasfield (1910-1958)

Significant awards

Grammy awards

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female - 80's Ladies - KT Oslin
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male - Always & Forever - Randy Travis
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal - Trio - Dolly Parton , Linda Ronstadt , and Emmylou Harris
Best Country Vocal Performance, Duet - Make No Mistake, She's Mine - Ronnie Milsap and Kenny Rogers
Best Country Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) - String Of Pars - Asleep At The Wheel
Best Country Song - Forever And Ever, Amen - Don Schlitz and Paul Overstreet

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year - Hank Williams Jr.
Song Of The Year - Forever And Ever Amen - Randy Travis - Paul Overstreet , Don Schlitz
Single Of The Year - Forever And Ever Amen - Randy Travis
Album Of The Year - Trio - Dolly Parton , Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt
Top Male Vocalist - Randy Travis
Top Female Vocalist - Reba McEntire
Top Vocal Duo - The Judds
Top Vocal Group - Highway 101
Top New Male Vocalist - Ricky Van Shelton
Top New Female Vocalist - KT Oslin
Video Of The Year - 80's Ladies - KT Oslin (Director: Jack Cole)

Country Music Association

Instrumentalist of the Year - Johnny Gimble
Entertainer of the Year - Hank Williams, Jr.
Male Vocalist of the Year - Randy Travis
Female Vocalist of the Year - Reba McEntire
Horizon Award - Holly Dunn
Vocal Group of the Year - The Judds
Vocal Duo of the Year - Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White
Album of the Year - '' Always & Forever '' - Randy Travis
Song of the Year - Forever And Ever, Amen - Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz
Single of the Year - Forever And Ever, Amen - Randy Travis
Music Video of the Year - My Name is Bocephus - Hank Williams, Jr. (Directors: Bill Fishman and Preacher Ewing)