1985 in country music

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See also: 1984 in country music, 1985 in music, other events of 1985, 1986 in country music and the List of years in Country Music

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[edit] Events

  • A story published in the New York Times declares that country music is "dead." However, a number of new acts – Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam among them – are working behind the scenes to change the trend.
  • The Country Music Association Awards introduced a new award, Music Video of the Year. The first recipient was Hank Williams, Jr.'s video for, "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight."

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

Date Song Name Artist Wks. No. 1 Spec.
Note
January 5 Does Fort Worth
Ever Cross Your Mind		 George Strait 1
January 12 The Best Year of My Life Eddie Rabbitt 1
January 19 How Blue Reba McEntire 1
January 26 (There's A) Fire in the Night Alabama 1
February 2 A Place to Fall Apart Merle Haggard featuring Janie Fricke 1
February 9 Ain't She Something Else Conway Twitty 1
February 16 Make My Life With You The Oak Ridge Boys 1
February 23 Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On Mel McDaniel 1 C
March 2 Baby Bye-Bye Gary Morris 1
March 9 My Only Love The Statler Brothers 1
March 16 Crazy For Your Love Exile 1
March 23 Seven Spanish Angels Ray Charles
with Willie Nelson		 1 C - Ray Charles
March 30 Crazy Kenny Rogers 1
April 6 Country Girls John Schneider 1
April 13 Honor Bound Earl Thomas Conley 1
April 20 I Need More of You The Bellamy Brothers 1
April 27 Girls Night Out The Judds 1
May 4 There's No Way Alabama 1
May 11 Somebody Should Leave Reba McEntire 1
May 18 Step That Step Sawyer Brown 1 A
May 25 Radio Heart Charly McClain 1 B
June 1 Don't Call Him a Cowboy Conway Twitty 1
June 8 Natural High Merle Haggard 1
June 15 Country Boy Ricky Skaggs 1
June 22 Little Things The Oak Ridge Boys 1
June 29 She Keeps the Home Fires Burning Ronnie Milsap 1
July 6 She's a Miracle Exile 1
July 13 Forgiving You Was Easy Willie Nelson 1
July 20 Dixie Road Lee Greenwood 1
July 27 Love Don't Care
(Whose Heart It Breaks)		 Earl Thomas Conley 1
August 3 40 Hour Week (For a Livin') Alabama 1
August 10 I'm For Love Hank Williams Jr. 1
August 17 Highwayman The Highwaymen
(Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson,
Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash)		 1 C - The Highwaymen
B - Johnny Cash
B - Kris Kristofferson
August 24 Real Love Kenny Rogers
with Dolly Parton		 1
August 31 Love is Alive The Judds 1
September 7 I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me Rosanne Cash (featuring Vince Gill) 1 A - Vince Gill
September 14 Modern Day Romance The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1
September 21 I Fell in Love Again Last Night The Forester Sisters 1
September 28 Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night) Ronnie Milsap 1 1
October 12 Meet Me in Montana Dan Seals
with Marie Osmond		 1 A - Dan Seals
October 19 You Make Me Want to Make You Mine Juice Newton 1
October 26 Touch a Hand, Make a Friend The Oak Ridge Boys 1
November 2 Some Fools Never Learn Steve Wariner 1
November 9 Can't Keep a Good Man Down Alabama 1
November 16 Hang on to Your Heart Exile 1
November 23 I'll Never Stop Loving You Gary Morris 1
November 30 Too Much on My Heart The Statler Brothers 1 B
December 7 I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose) Lee Greenwood 1
December 14 Nobody Falls Like a Fool Earl Thomas Conley 1
December 21 The Chair George Strait 1
December 28 Have Mercy The Judds 2
  • 1 - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard magazine.
  • A - First Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist.
  • B - Last Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.
  • C - Only Billboard No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

[edit] Other major hits

[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Other top albums

[edit] Christmas albums

  • Alabama Christmas – Alabama (RCA)

[edit] On television

[edit] Regular series

[edit] Specials

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

[edit] Major awards

[edit] Grammy awards

  • Best Country Vocal Performance, Female -- "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me" - Rosanne Cash
  • Best Country Vocal Performance, Male -- "Lost In The Fifties Tonight (In The Still Of The Night)" - Ronnie Milsap
  • Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal -- "Why Not Me" - Judds (Naomi Judd, Wynonna Judd)
  • Best Country Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) -- "Cosmic Square Dance" - Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
  • Best Country Song -- "Highwayman" - Jimmy L. Webb, songwriter

[edit] Academy of Country Music

[edit] Country Music Association

[edit] Further reading

  • Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
  • Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
  • Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
  • Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.

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