Country Music 1997

Events

On February 26th, LeAnn Rimes, at the age of fourteen, was the youngest person to receive a Grammy (for 1996)
Barbara Mandrell gives her last concert in October

Top hits of the year

Number 1 hits

January 11th - "Nobody Knows" - Kevin Sharp
February 8 - "It's a Little Too Late" - Mark Chesnutt
February 22nd - "A Man This Lonely" - Brooks & Dunn
March 1st - "Running Out of Reasons to Run" - Rick Trevino
March 8th - "Me Too" - Toby Keith
March 15th - "We Danced Anyway" - Deana Carter
March 29 - "How Was I to Know" - Reba McEntire
April 5th - "This Ain't No Thinkin 'Thing" - Trace Adkins
April 12th - "Rumor Has It" - Clay Walker
April 26th - "One Night at a Time" - George Strait
May 31st - "Sittin 'on Go" - Bryan White
June 7th - "It's Your Love" - Tim McGraw (featuring Faith Hill )
July 19 - "Carrying Your Love With Me" - George Strait
August 16th - "Come Cryin 'to Me" - Lonestar
August 30th - "She's Got It All - Kenny Chesney
September 20th - "There Goes" - Alan Jackson
September 27th - "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" - Diamond Rio
October 18 - "How Do I Get There" - Deana Carter
October 25 - "Everywhere" - Tim McGraw
November 8th - "Love Gets Me Every Time" - Shania Twain
December 13th - "From Here to Eternity" - Michael Peterson
December 20th - "Longneck Bottle" - Garth Brooks

More hits

"455 Rocket" - Kathy Mattea
"All The Good Ones Are Gone" - Pam Tillis
"Amen Kind of Love" - Daryle Singletary
"Another You" - David Kersh
"Better Man Better Off" - Tracy Lawrence
"Big Love" - Tracy Byrd
"Count Me In" - Deana Carter
"Dancin 'Shaggin' On The Boulevard" - Alabama
"Day in, Day Out" - David Kersh
"Did I Shave My Legs For This" - Deana Carter
"(Don't Take Her) She's All I Got" - Tracy Byrd
"Drink, Swear, Steal and Lie" - Michael Peterson
"Emotional Girl" - Terri Clark
"Everybody Knows" - Trisha Yearwood
"Everything I Love" - Alan Jackson
"The Fool" - Lee Ann Womack
"Friends" - John Michael Montgomery
"A Girl's Gotta Do (What A Girl's Gotta Do)" - Mindy McCready
"Go Away" - Lorrie Morgan
"Good as I Was to You" - Lorrie Morgan
"Halfway Up" - Clint Black
"He Left A Lot To Be Desired" - Ricochet
"Her Man" - Gary Allan
"Holdin '" - Diamond Rio
"Honky Tonk Truth" - Brooks & Dunn
"How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye" - Tracy Lawrence
"How Do I Live" - LeAnn Rimes
"How Do I Live" - Trisha Yearwood
"How Was I To Know" - John Michael Montgomery
"I Left Something Turned On at Home" - Trace Adkins
"I Miss You A Little" - John Michael Montgomery
"I Only Get This Way With You" - Rick Trevino
"I'd Rather Ride Around With You" - Reba McEntire
"If She Don't Love You" - Buffalo Club
"In Another's Eyes" - Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood
"Is That a Tear" - Tracy Lawrence
"Land of the Living" - Pam Tillis
"Let It Rain" - Mark Chesnutt
"Let Me Into Your Heart" - Mary Chapin Carpenter
"The Light in Your Eyes" - LeAnn Rimes
"A Little More Love" - Vince Gill
"Little Things" - Tanya Tucker
"Love Is The Right Place" - Bryan White
"Loved Too Much" - Ty Herndon
"Maybe We Should Just Sleep On It" - Tim McGraw
"Never Again, Again" - Lee Ann Womack
"Places I've Never Been" - Mark Wills
"Please" - The Kinleys
"Pretty Little Adriana" - Vince Gill
"Sad Lookin 'Moon" - Alabama
"The Shake" - Neal McCoy
"She Drew A Broken Heart" - Patty Loveless
"She's Sure Taking it Well" - Kevin Sharp
"She's Taken a Shine" - John Berry
"Shut Up and Drive" - Chely Wright
"Six Days on the Road" - Sawyer Brown
"Thank God For Believers" - Mark Chesnutt
"This Night Won't Last Forever" - Sawyer Brown
"Today My World Slipped Away" - George Strait
" Unchained Melody " - LeAnn Rimes
"We Were In Love" - Toby Keith
"What If It's You" - Reba McEntire
"What the Heart Wants" - Collin Raye
"Whatever Comes First" - Sons of the Desert
"When I Close My Eyes" - Kenny Chesney
"When Love Starts Talkin '" - Wynonna Judd
"When You Love Somebody" - Kevin Sharp
"Where Corn Don't Grow" - Travis Tritt
"Who's Cheatin 'Who" - Alan Jackson
"Why Would I Say Goodbye" - Brooks & Dunn
"You And You Alone" - Vince Gill
"You Don't Seem to Miss Me" - Patty Loveless and George Jones
"You Light Up My Life" - LeAnn Rimes

Albums (selection)

Shania Twain - Come On Over

Died

October 12 - John Denver , 53, country singer (“Take Me Home Country Roads”)
December 31 - Floyd Cramer , 64, eminent session musician, co-founder of the Nashville Sound

New members of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Harlan Howard (1927-2002)
Brenda Lee (born 1944)
Cindy Walker (1918-2006)

The most important awards

Grammys

Best Female Country Vocal Performance - Trisha Yearwood - How Do I Live
Best Male Country Vocal Performance - Vince Gill - Pretty Little Adriana
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group - Alison Krauss & Union Station - Looking In The Eyes Of Love
Best Country Collaboration With Vocals - Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood - In Another's Eyes
Best Country Instrumental Performance - Alison Krauss & Union Station - Little Liza Jane
Best Country Song - Bob Carlisle & Randy Thomas - Butterfly Kisses
Best Country Album - Johnny Cash - Unchained
Best Bluegrass Album - Alison Krauss & Union Station - So Long So Wrong

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year - Garth Brooks
Song Of The Year - "It's Your Love" - Tim McGraw & Faith Hill - Stephony Smith
Single Of The Year - "It's Your Love" - Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
Album Of The Year - Carrying Your Love With Me - George Strait
Top Male Vocalist - George Strait
Top Female Vocalist - Trisha Yearwood
Top Vocal Duo - Brooks & Dunn
Top Vocal Group - Brooks & Dunn
Top New Male Vocalist - Kenny Chesney
Top New Female Vocalist - Lee Ann Womack
Top New Vocal Duo Or Group - The Kinleys
Video Of The Year - "It's Your Love" Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
Vocal Event Of The Year - "It's Your Love" - Tim McGraw with Faith Hill

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year - Garth Brooks
Male Vocalist of the Year - George Strait
Female Vocalist of the Year - Trisha Yearwood
Vocal Group of the Year - Diamond Rio
Vocal Duo of the Year - Brooks & Dunn
Horizon Award - LeAnn Rimes
Musician of the Year - Brent Mason
Vocal Event of the Year - "It's Your Love", Tim McGraw (featuring Faith Hill )
Single of the Year - "Strawberry Wine", Deanna Carter
Song of the Year - "Strawberry Wine", Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison
Album of the Year - Carrying Your Love With Me , George Strait
Music Video of the Year - "455 Rocket", Kathy Mattea (Director: Steve Goldmann)