Country Music 1989

Top hits of the year

Number 1 hits

January 7th - "Hold Me" - KT Oslin
January 14th - "Change of Heart" - The Judds
January 21 - "She's Crazy For Leavin '" - Rodney Crowell
January 28th - "Deeper Than the Holler" - Randy Travis
February 4th - "What I'd Say" - Earl Thomas Conley
February 11th - "Song of the South" - Alabama
February 18th - "Big Wheels in the Moonlight" - Dan Seals
February 25th - "I Sang Dixie" - Dwight Yoakam
March 4th - "I Still Believe in You" - Desert Rose Band
March 11th - "Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me" - Ronnie Milsap
March 18th - "From a Jack to a King" - Ricky Van Shelton
March 25th - "New Fool at an Old Game" - Reba McEntire
April 1st - "Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" - George Strait
April 8 - "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" - Keith Whitley
April 22nd - "The Church on Cumberland Road" - Shenandoah
May 6 - "Young Love (Strong Love)" - The Judds
May 13 - "Is It Still Over" - Randy Travis
May 20 - "If I Had You" - Alabama
May 27 - "After All This Time" - Rodney Crowell
June 3rd - "Where Did I Go Wrong" - Steve Wariner
June 10th - "A Better Man" - Clint Black
June 17th - "Love Out Loud" - Earl Thomas Conley
June 24th - "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" - Rosanne Cash
July 1st - "Come From the Heart" - Kathy Mattea
July 8th - "Lovin 'Only Me" - Ricky Skaggs
July 15th - "In a Letter to You" - Eddy Raven
July 22nd - "What's Going On In Your World" - George Strait
July 29th - " Cathy's Clown " - Reba McEntire
August 5th - "Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That" - Dolly Parton
August 12th - "Timber, I'm Falling In Love" - Patty Loveless
August 19th - "Sunday In the South" - Shenandoah
Aug 26 - "Are You Ever Gonna Love Me" - Holly Dunn
September 2nd - "I'm Still Crazy" - Vern Gosdin
September 9 - "I Wonder Do You Think of Me" - Keith Whitley
September 16 - "Nothing I Can Do About It Now" - Willie Nelson
September 23rd - "Above and Beyond" - Rodney Crowell
September 30th - "Let Me Tell You About Love" - The Judds
October 7th - "I Got Dreams" - Steve Wariner
October 14th - "Killin 'Time" - Clint Black
October 21 - "Living Proof" - Ricky Van Shelton
October 28 - "High Cotton" - Alabama
November 4th - "Ace In the Hole" - George Strait
November 11th - "Burnin 'Old Memories" - Kathy Mattea
November 18th - "Bayou Boys" - Eddy Raven
November 25th - "Yellow Roses" - Dolly Parton
December 2nd - It's Just a Matter of Time - Randy Travis
December 9th - "If Tomorrow Never Comes" - Garth Brooks
December 16 - "Two Dozen Roses" - Shenandoah
December 23rd - "A Woman In Love" - Ronnie Milsap

More bigger hits

"All the Fun" - Paul Overstreet
"All the Reasons Why" - Highway 101
"An American Family" - Oak Ridge Boys
"And So it Goes" - John Denver and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
"Any Way the Wind Blows" - Southern Pacific
"A Better Love Next Time" - Merle Haggard
"Beyond Those Years" - Oak Ridge Boys
"Big Dreams in a Small Town" - Restless Heart
"Big Love" - Bellamy Brothers
"Blue Blooded Woman" - Alan Jackson
"Blue Side of Town" - Patty Loveless
"Bridges and Walls" - Oak Ridge Boys
"Burnin 'a Hole In My Heart" - Skip Ewing
"Call On Me" - Tanya Tucker
"Come As You Were" - T. Graham Brown
"Country Club" - Travis Kick
"Cross My Broken Heart" - Suzy Bogguss
"Dear Me" - Lorrie Morgan
"Don't Toss Us Away" - Patty Loveless
"Don't Waste it on the Blues" - Gene Watson
"Down That Road Tonight" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
"Fair Shake" - Foster & Lloyd
"Finders Are Keepers" - Hank Williams Jr.
"From the Word Go" - Michael Martin Murphey
"Give Me His Last Chance" - Lionel Cartwright
"The Gospel According to Luke" - Skip Ewing
"The Heart" - Lacy J. Dalton
"Heartbreak Hill" - Emmylou Harris
"Hey Bobby" - KT Oslin
"Hold On (A Little Longer)" - Steve Wariner
"Hole In My Pocket" - Ricky Van Shelton
"Honey I Dare You" - Southern Pacific
"Honky Tonk Heart" - Highway 101
"I Got You" - Dwight Yoakam
"(I Wish I Had a) Heart of Stone" - Baillie and the Boys
"I Wish I Was Still In Your Dreams" - Conway Twitty
"(I'm a) One Woman Man" - George Jones
"I've Been Loved By the Best" - Don Williams
"(It's Always Gonna Be) Someday" - Holly Dunn
"Let It Be You" - Ricky Skaggs
"Lonely Side of Love" - Patty Loveless
"Long Shot" - Baillie and the Boys
"Love Has No Right" - Billy Joe Royal
"More Than a Name On a Wall" - Statler Brothers
"Much Too Young (to Feel This Damn Old)" - Garth Brooks
"Never Givin 'Up On Love" - Michael Martin Murphey
"Never Had it So Good" - Mary Chapin Carpenter
"Old Coyote Town" - Don Williams
"One Good Well" - Don Williams
"Out of Your Shoes" - Lorrie Morgan
"Planet Texas" - Kenny Rogers
"The Race is On" - Sawyer Brown
"Say What's In Your Heart" - Restless Heart
"Setting Me Up" - Highway 101
"She Deserves You" - Baillie and the Boys
"She Don't Love Nobody" - Desert Rose Band
"She's Gone, Gone, Gone" - Glen Campbell
"She's Got a Single Thing in Mind" - Conway Twitty
"Sowin 'Love" - Paul Overstreet
"Tell it Like it Is" - Billy Joe Royal
"There Goes My Heart Again" - Holly Dunn
"There's a Tear In My Beer" - Hank Williams Jr. and Hank Williams Sr.
"They Rage On" - Dan Seals
"This Woman" - KT Oslin
"'Til You Cry" - Eddy Raven
"Till Love Comes Again" - Reba McEntire
"Trainwreck of Emotion" - Lorrie Morgan
"The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True to You)" - Kenny Rogers
"Who You Gonna Blame it On This Time" - Vern Gosdin
"You Ain't Goin 'Nowhere" - Chris Hillman and Roger McGuinn
"You'll Never Be Sorry" - Bellamy Brothers

Died

May 9 - Keith Whitley

The most important awards

Grammys

Best Female Country Vocal Performance - kdlang - Absolute Torch And Twang
Best Male Country Vocal Performance - Lyle Lovett - Lyle Lovett And His Large Band
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken Volume Two
Best Country Vocal Collaboration - Hank Williams Jr. & Hank Williams Sr. - There's A Tear In My Beer
Best Country Instrumental Performance - Randy Scruggs - Amazing Grace
Best Bluegrass Recording - Bruce Hornsby & Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - The Valley Road
Best Country Song - Rodney Crowell - After All This Time

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year - George Strait
Song Of The Year - "Where've You Been" - Kathy Mattea - Jon Vezner, Don Henry
Single Of The Year - "A Better Man" - Clint Black
Album Of The Year - Killin 'Time - Clint Black
Top Male Vocalist - Clint Black
Top Female Vocalist - Kathy Mattea
Top Vocal Duo - The Judds
Top Vocal Group - Restless Heart
Top New Male Vocalist - Clint Black
Top New Female Vocalist - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Top New Vocal Duo Or Group - Kentucky HeadHunters
Video Of The Year - "There's A Tear In My Beer" - Hank Williams Jr.

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year - George Strait
Song Of The Year - Chiseled In Stone - MDBarnes / Vern Gosdin
Single Of The Year - I'm No Stranger To The Rain - Keith Whitley
Album Of The Year - Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol.II - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Male Vocalist Of The Year - Ricky Van Shelton
Female Vocalist Of The Year - Kathy Mattea
Vocal Duo Of The Year - The Judds
Vocal Group Of The Year - Highway 101
Musician Of The Year - Johny Gimble
Horizon Award - Clint Black
Vocal Event Of The Year - Hank Williams, Jr. / Hank Williams
Music Video Of The Year - There's A Tear In My Beer - Hank Williams, Jr. / Hank Williams