Country-Musik 1979

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1979 im Genre Country-Musik.

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

6. Januar – Tulsa Time – Don Williams
13. Januar – Lady Lay Down – John Conlee
20. Januar – I Really Got the Feeling – Dolly Parton
27. Januar – Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For – Crystal Gayle
10. Februar – Every Which Way But Loose – Eddie Rabbitt
3. März – Golden Tears – Dave & Sugar
24. März – I Just Fall in Love Again – Anne Murray
14. April – (If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to be Right – Barbara Mandrell
21. April – All I Ever Need is You – Kenny Rogers und Dottie West
28. April – Where Do I Put Her Memory – Charley Pride
5. Mai – Backside of Thirty – John Conlee
12. Mai – Don't Take it Away – Conway Twitty
19. Mai – If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold it Against Me – Bellamy Brothers
9. Juni – She Believes in Me – Kenny Rogers
23. Juni – Nobody Likes Sad Songs – Ronnie Milsap
30. Juni – Amanda – Waylon Jennings
21. Juli – Shadows in the Moonlight – Anne Murray
28. Juli – You're the Only One – Dolly Parton
11. August – Suspicions – Eddie Rabbitt
18. August – Coca Cola Cowboy – Mel Tillis
25. August – The Devil Went Down to Georgia – The Charlie Daniels Band
1. September – Heartbreak Hotel – Willie Nelson und Leon Russell
8. September – I May Never Get to Heaven – Conway Twitty
15. September – You're My Jamaica – Charley Pride
22. September – Just Good Ol' Boys – Moe Bandy und Joe Stampley
29. September – It Must Be Love – Don Williams
6. Oktober – Last Cheater's Waltz – T.G. Sheppard
20. Oktober – All the Gold in California – Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
3. November – You Decorated My Life – Kenny Rogers
17. November – Come With Me – Waylon Jennings
1. Dezember – Broken Hearted Me – Anne Murray
8. Dezember – I Cheated Me Right Out of You – Moe Bandy
15. Dezember – Happy Birthday Darlin‘ – Conway Twitty

Weitere größere Hits

Back on My Mind Again – Ronnie Milsap
Barstool Mountain – Moe Bandy
Before My Time – John Conlee
Blind in Love – Mel Tillis
Blue Kentucky Girl – Emmylou Harris
Come On In – Oak Ridge Boys
Crazy Blue Eyes – Lacy J. Dalton
Do You Ever Fool Around – Joe Stampley
Don't Let Me Cross Over – Jim Reeves und Deborah Allen
Down on the Rio Grande – Johnny Rodriguez
Dream On – Oak Ridge Boys
Everlasting Love – Narvel Felts
Family Tradition – Hank Williams Jr.
Farewell Party – Gene Watson
Fooled by a Feeling – Barbara Mandrell
Fools – Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky – Johnny Cash
Half the Way – Crystal Gayle
Happy Together – T.G. Sheppard
Here We Are Again – Statler Brothers
How to Be a Country Star – Statler Brothers
I Can't Feel You Anymore – Loretta Lynn
I Just Can't Stay Married to You – Cristy Lane
I Wanna Come Over – Alabama
I'll Love Away Your Troubles For Awhile – Janie Fricke
I'll Wake You Up When I Get Home – Charlie Rich
I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind – Loretta Lynn
I've Done Enough Dying Today – Larry Gatlin
If Everyone Had Someone Like You – Eddy Arnold
If I Could Write a Song (as Beautiful as You) – Billy "Crash" Craddock
In No Time at All – Ronnie Milsap
Isn't it Always Love – Lynn Anderson
It's a Cheating Situation – Moe Bandy
Just Long Enough to Say Goodbye – Mickey Gilley
The Lady in the Blue Mercedes – Johnny Duncan
Lay Down Beside Me – Don Williams
Lying in Love With You – Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius
Maybellene – George Jones and Johnny Paycheck
My Silver Lining – Mickey Gilley
My World Begins and Ends With You – Dave & Sugar
No Memories Hangin' Around – Rosanne Cash und Bobby Bare
No One Else in the World – Tammy Wynette
Nothing as Original as You – Statler Brothers
The Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell – Statler Brothers
Pick the Wildwood Flower – Gene Watson
Play Together Again, Again – Buck Owens und Emmylou Harris
Red Bandana – Merle Haggard
Reunited – Louise Mandrell and R. C. Bannon
Sail Away – Oak Ridge Boys
Save the Last Dance for Me – Emmylou Harris
Send Me Down to Tucson – Mel Tillis
Should I Go Home (Or Should I Go Crazy) – Gene Watson
Slow Dancing – Johnny Duncan
Somebody Special – Donna Fargo
Stay With Me – Dave & Sugar
Sweet Dreams – Reba McEntire
Sweet Memories – Willie Nelson
Sweet Summer Lovin‘ – Dolly Parton
Tell Me What It's Like – Brenda Lee
Texas (When I Die) – Tanya Tucker
They Call it Making Love – Tammy Wynette
Till I Can Make it on My Own – Kenny Rogers und Dottie West
Too Far Gone – Emmylou Harris
When I Dream – Crystal Gayle
Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound – Hank Williams Jr.
Whiskey River – Willie Nelson
You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie – Bellamy Brothers
You Feel Good All Over – T.G. Sheppard
Your Love Has Taken Me That High – Conway Twitty

Geboren

19. Mai – Shooter Jennings

Gestorben

11. Mai – Lester Flatt

Neue Mitglieder der Country Music Hall of Fame

Hubert Long (* 1923–† 1972)
Hank Snow (* 1914–† 1999)

Die bedeutendsten Auszeichnungen

Grammys

Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Emmylou Harris – "Blue Kentucky Girl"
Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Kenny Rogers – "The Gambler"
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Charlie Daniels Band – "The Devil Went Down To Georgia
Best Country Instrumental Performance – Doc Watson & Merle Watson – "Big Sandy" / "Leather Breetches"
Best Country Song – Bob Morrison & Debbie Hupp – "You Decorated My Life"

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year – Willie Nelson
Song Of The Year – "It's A Cheatin' Situation" – Moe Bandy – Sony Throckmorton, Curly Putman
Single Of The Year – "All The Gold In California" – Larry Gatlin
Album Of The Year – "Straight Ahead" – Larry Gatlin
Top Male Vocalist – Larry Gatlin
Top Female Vocalist – Crystal Gayle
Top Vocal Duo – Joe Stampley und Moe Bandy
Top New Male Vocalist – R. C. Bannon
Top New Female Vocalist – Lacy J. Dalton

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year – Willie Nelson
Song Of The Year – The Gambler – Don Schlitz
Single Of The Year – The Devil Went Down To Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band
Album Of The Year – The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
Male Vocalist Of The Year – Kenny Rogers
Female Vocalist Of The Year – Barbara Mandrell
Vocal Duo Of The Year – Kenny Rogers / Dottie West
Vocal Group Of The Year – Statler Brothers
Instrumentalist Of The Year – Charlie Daniels
Instrumental Group Of The Year – Charlie Daniels Band

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