1979 in country music

6.1 Grammys
6.2 Academy of Country Music
6.3 Country Music Association

Events

Top Hits of the Year

No. 1 Hits

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

Other major 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
" Do not Let Me Cross Over " - Jim Reeves and 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 not Feel You Anymore " - Loretta Lynn
"I Just Can not 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 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
" Is not 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
" Mabellene " - 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 Is not Just Whistlin ' Dixie" - Bellamy Brothers
" You Feel Good All Over " - T. G. Sheppard
"Your Love Has Taken Me That High" - Conway Twitty

Born

Died

New members of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Hubert Long
Hank Snow

The major awards

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 and 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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