Country-Musik 1987

Ereignisse

• September — Dolly Parton erhält eine eigene Fernsehshow: Dolly. Trotz eines viel versprechenden Starts und hohem Zuschauerinteresse wurde die Show von der Kritik verrissen. Nach einem ständigen Rückgang der Zuschauerzahlen wurde die Serie 1988 eingestellt.

Nummer-1-Hits

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

Weitere Hits

• "80s Ladies" – K.T. 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 und 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)" - T.G. 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 und 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" - T.G. Sheppard (#2)
• "You're Never Too Old For Young Love" – Eddy Raven (#3)
• "You're the Power" – Kathy Mattea (#5)

Alben (Auswahl)

• 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 und Linda Ronstadt (Warner Bros)
• Wild-Eyed Dream — Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia)
• 80s Ladies - K.T. 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 und Willie Nelson (Epic)
• Somewhere in the Night - Sawyer Brown (Capitol/Curb)
• Shelter From the Night - Exile (Epic)
• Untasted Honey - Kathy Mattea (Mercury/Polygram)

Neue Mitglieder der Country Music Hall of Fame

• Rod Brasfield (1910–1958)

Bedeutende Auszeichnungen

Grammy awards

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female - "80's Ladies" - K.T. 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 und 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 und 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 und 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 - K.T. Oslin
• Video Of The Year - "80's Ladies" - K.T. Oslin (Regisseur: 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 und Sharon White
• Album of the Year - '’Always & Forever'’ - Randy Travis
• Song of the Year - "Forever And Ever, Amen" - Paul Overstreet und Don Schlitz
• Single of the Year - "Forever And Ever, Amen" - Randy Travis
• Music Video of the Year - "My Name is Bocephus" - Hank Williams, Jr. (Regisseur: Bill Fishman und Preacher Ewing)

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