1978 in country music

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Contents 1 Events 2 Top hits of the year 2.1 Number one hits 2.2 Other major hits 3 Top new album releases 3.1 Gallery 3.2 Other albums 3.3 Christmas albums 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees 7 Major Awards 7.1 Grammy awards 7.2 Academy of Country Music 8 Further reading 9 Other links 10 External links 10.1 Country Music Association

[edit] Events

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

• January 7 – "Take This Job and Shove It" – Johnny PayCheck
• January 21 – "What a Difference You've Made in My Life" – Ronnie Milsap
• January 28 – "Out of My Head and Back in My Bed" – Loretta Lynn
• February 11 – "I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love" – Larry Gatlin with Brothers & Friends
• February 18 – "Don't Break the Heart That Loves You" – Margo Smith
• March 4 – "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" – Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
• April 1 – "Ready for the Times to Get Better" – Crystal Gayle
• April 8 – "Someone Loves You Honey" - Charley Pride
• April 22 – "Every Time Two Fools Collide" – Kenny Rogers and Dottie West
• May 6 – "It's All Wrong But It's All Right" – Dolly Parton
• May 20 – "She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime)" – Johnny Duncan
• May 27 – "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine" – Statler Brothers
• June 10 – "Georgia on My Mind" – Willie Nelson
• June 17 – "Two More Bottles of Wine" – Emmylou Harris
• June 24 – "I'll Be True to You" – Oak Ridge Boys
• July 1 – "It Only Hurts for a Little While" – Margo Smith
• July 8 – "I Believe in You" – Mel Tillis
• July 15 – "Only One Love in My Life" – Ronnie Milsap
• August 5 – "Love or Something Like It" – Kenny Rogers
• August 12 – "You Don't Love Me Anymore" – Eddie Rabbitt
• August 19 – "Talking in Your Sleep" – Crystal Gayle
• September 2 – "Blue Skies" – Willie Nelson
• September 9 – "I've Always Been Crazy" – Waylon Jennings
• September 30 – "Heartbreaker" – Dolly Parton
• October 21 – "Tear Time" – Dave & Sugar
• October 28 – "Let's Take the Long Way Around the World" – Ronnie Milsap
• November 4 – "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed" – Barbara Mandrell
• November 25 – "Sweet Desire" – The Kendalls
• December 2 – "I Just Want to Love You" – Eddie Rabbitt
• December 9 – "On My Knees" – Charlie Rich and Janie Fricke
• December 16 – "The Gambler" – Kenny Rogers

[edit] Other major hits

• "Ain't No California" — Mel Tillis
• "All of Me" — Willie Nelson
• "Another Goodbye" – Donna Fargo
• "Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight" — Kenny Rogers and Dottie West
• "Bartender's Blues" — George Jones (feat. James Taylor)
• "Boogie Grass Band" — Conway Twitty
• "Burgers and Fries" — Charley Pride
• "Cryin' Again" — Oak Ridge Boys
• "Do I Love You (Yes in Every Way)" – Donna Fargo
• "Gotta Quit Lookin' at You Baby" — Dave & Sugar
• "Hearts on Fire" — Eddie Rabbitt
• "I Can't Wait Any Longer" — Bill Anderson
• "I Cheated on a Good Woman's Love" — Billy "Crash" Craddock
• "I Fought the Law" - Hank Williams Jr.
• "I Love You, I Love You, I Love You" - Ronnie McDowell
• "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" — Merle Haggard
• "It's Been a Great Afternoon" — Merle Haggard
• "Let's Shake Hands (and Come Out Lovin')" — Kenny O'Dell
• "A Lover's Question" — Jacky Ward
• "Never My Love" — Vern Gosdin
• "Night Time Magic" – Larry Gatlin
• "No, No, No (I'd Rather Be Free)" — Rex Allen Jr.
• "Penny Arcade" — Cristy Lane
• "Pittsburgh Stealers" — The Kendalls
• "Putting In a Little Overtime at Home" — Charlie Rich
• "Rake and Ramblin' Man" — Don Williams
• "Red Wine and Blue Memories" — Joe Stampley
• "Return to Me" — Marty Robbins
• "Rose Colored Glasses" — John Conlee
• "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" – Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings
• "Three Sheets in the Wind" — Jacky Ward and Reba McEntire
• "Walk Right Back" — Anne Murray
• "We Believe in Happy Endings" — Johnny Rodriguez
• "What Did I Promise Her Last Night" — Mel Tillis
• "When Can We Do This Again" — T.G. Sheppard
• "When I Stop Leaving (I'll Be Gone)" — Charley Pride
• "Whiskey River" — Willie Nelson
• "Who Am I to Say" — Statler Brothers
• "Womanhood" — Tammy Wynette
• "You Needed Me" — Anne Murray
• "You're the One" — Oak Ridge Boys

[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Gallery

Dark Eyed Lady Donna Fargo (Warner Bros.)	The Gambler Kenny Rogers (United Artists)	Heartbreaker Dolly Parton (RCA)	I've Always Been Crazy Waylon Jennings (RCA)
I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes Crystal Gayle (MCA)1	Night Time Magic Larry Gatlin (Monument)	Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town Emmylou Harris (Warner/Reprise)	Stardust Willie Nelson (Columbia/CBS)
TG T. G. Sheppard (Warner Bros./Curb)	TNT Tanya Tucker (MCA)	Waylon & Willie Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson (RCA)	When I Dream Crystal Gayle (United Artists)

¹ A collection of Crystal Gayle's earliest recordings from the early 1970s.

[edit] Other albums

• Bartender's Blues - George Jones (Epic/CBS)
• Billy "Crash" Craddock - Billy "Crash" Craddock (Capitol)
• Country Soul – Mel Street (Polydor/Polygram)
• Entertainers On and Off the Record - Statler Brothers (Mercury/Polygram)
• Every Time Two Fools Collide - Kenny Rogers and Dottie West (United Artists)
• Expressions - Don Williams (ABC/Dot)
• I Still Believe in Love - Charlie Rich (United Artists)
• Love's Ups and Downs - Barbara Mandrell (ABC/Dot)
• A Lover's Question - Jacky Ward (Mercury/Polygram)
• Only One Love in My Life – Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
• Oh Brother! - Larry Gatlin (Monument)
• Let's Keep it That Way - Anne Murray (Capitol)
• Love ... & Other Sad Stories - [[Bill Anderson MCA
• Love or Something Like It - Kenny Rogers (United Artists)
• Room Service - Oak Ridge Boys (ABC/Dot)
• Rose Colored Glasses - John Conlee (ABC/Dot)
• She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed Anytime - Johnny Duncan (Columbia/CBS)
• Tear Time - Dave & Sugar (RCA)
• Variations - Eddie Rabbitt (Elektra)
• White Mansions - Waylon Jennings (RCA)

[edit] Christmas albums

• Christmas Card - Statler Brothers (Mercury/Polygram)

[edit] Births

• September 14 - Danielle Peck, up-and-coming country music star

[edit] Deaths

• October 21 – Mel Street, 45, honky tonk-styled artist and one of the most promising new artists of the 1970s (suicide)
• October 23 - Maybelle Carter, 69, singer and songwriter of the Carter Family and a mother of Anita, Helen and June Carter Cash.

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

• Grandpa Jones (1913-1998)

[edit] Major Awards

[edit] Grammy awards

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female -- "Here You Come Again" - Dolly Parton
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male -- "Georgia On My Mind" - Willie Nelson
• Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group -- "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
• Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "One O'Clock Jump" - Asleep At The Wheel (Ray Benson, Link Davis, Floyd Domino, Tony Garnier, Daniel Levin, Bill Mabry, Lucky Oceans, Chris O'Connell, Leroy Preston, Pat Ryan, Andy Stein, Chris York)
• Best Country Song -- "The Gambler" - Don Schlitz

[edit] Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year -- Kenny Rogers
• Song Of The Year -- "You Needed Me" - Anne Murray - Randy Goodrum
• Single Of The Year -- "Tulsa Time" - Don Williams
• Album Of The Year -- Y'all Come Back Saloon - Oak Ridge Boys
• Top Male Vocalist -- Kenny Rogers
• Top Female Vocalist -- Barbara Mandrell
• Top Vocal Group -- Oak Ridge Boys
• Top New Male Vocalist -- John Conlee
• Top New Female Vocalist -- Christy Lane

[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.

[edit] Other links

• Country Music Association
• Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

[edit] External links

• Country Music Hall of Fame

[edit] Country Music Association