1983 in country music

5.1 Academy of Country Music
5.2 Country Music Association

Top Hits of the Year

No. 1 Hits

January 8 - " Can not Even Get the Blues" - Reba McEntire
January 15th - " Going Where the Lonely Go" - Merle Haggard
January 29 - " Talk to Me " - Mickey Gilley
February 5 - "Inside" - Ronnie Milsap
February 12 - " ' Til I Gain Control Again" - Crystal Gayle
February 19 - " Fakin 'Love " - T. G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks
February 26 - "Why Baby Why" - Charley Pride
March 5 - "If Hollywood Do not Need You " - Don Williams
March 12 - "The Rose" - Conway Twitty
March 19 - " I Would not Change You If I Could " - Ricky Skaggs
March 26 - " Swingin ' " - John Anderson
April 21 - " When I'm Away From You" - Bellamy Brothers
April 9 - " We've Got Tonight" - Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton
April 16 - " Dixieland Delight" - Alabama
April 23 - "American Made" - Oak Ridge Boys
April 30 - " You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving " - Reba McEntire
May 7 - " Jose Cuervo " - Shelly West
May 14 - " Whatever Happened to Old- Fashioned Love" - BJ Thomas
May 21 - " Common Man " - John Conlee
May 28 - " You Take Me for Granted" - Merle Haggard
June 4 - " Lucille ( You Will not Do Your Daddy's Will) " - Waylon Jennings
June 11 - "Our Love is on the Faultline " - Crystal Gayle
June 18 - "You Can not Run From Love" - Eddie Rabbitt
June 25 - " Fool For Your Love" - Mickey Gilley
July 2 - "Love is on a Roll" - Don Williams
July 9 - "Highway 40 Blues" - Ricky Skaggs
July 16 - "The Closer You Get" - Alabama
July 23 - " Pancho and Lefty " - Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
July 30 - " I Always Get Lucky With You" - George Jones
August 6 - " Your Love 's on the Line" - Earl Thomas Conley
August 13 - " He's a Heartache ( Looking For a Place to Happen ) " - Janie Fricke
August 20 - " Love Song" - Oak Ridge Boys
August 27 - " You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation" - Ronnie McDowell
September 3 - " A Fire I Can not Put Out " - George Strait
September 10 - " I'm Only in it For the Love " - John Conlee
September 17 - " Night Games " - Charley Pride
September 24 - "Baby What About You " - Crystal Gayle
October 11 - " New Looks From an Old Lover" - BJ Thomas
October 8th - "Do not You Know How Much I Love You" - Ronnie Milsap
October 15 - " Paradise Tonight" - Charly McClain and Mickey Gilley
October 22 - "Lady Down on Love" - Alabama
October 29 - "Islands in the Stream " - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
November 12 - " Somebody's Gonna Love You" - Lee Greenwood
November 19 - " One of a Kind, Pair of Fools" - Barbara Mandrell
November 26 - " Holding Her and Loving You " - Earl Thomas Conley
December 3 - "A Little Good News" - Anne Murray
December 10 - " Tell Me a Lie" - Janie Fricke
December 17 - " Black Sheep " - John Anderson
24 December - " Houston ( Means I'm One Day Closer to You) " - Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers

Other big hits

" Amarillo By Morning " - George Strait
" Everything's Beautiful in its Own Way " - Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson
"Flight 309 to Tennessee " - Shelly West
" Foolin ' " - Johnny Rodriguez
" Going Downhill " - John Anderson
" Hard Candy Christmas" - Dolly Parton
"Hey Bartender" - Johnny Lee
" How Could I Love Her So Much" - Johnny Rodriguez
" I.O.U. " - Lee Greenwood
"I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before ) " - Earl Thomas Conley
" I Love Her Mind" - Bellamy Brothers
" Leave Them Boys Alone" - Hank Williams Jr. ( with guests Ernest Tubb, and Waylon Jennings )
" Midnight Fire " - Steve Wariner
" Nobody But You" - Don Williams
" Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely ) " - Statler Brothers
" The Ride " - David Allen Coe
"Save Me" - Louise Mandrell
"Scarlet Fever" - Kenny Rogers
"Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love On Me) " - George Jones
"Snapshot" - Sylvia
" Stranger in My House " - Ronnie Milsap
" Tennessee Whiskey" - George Jones
" Touch Me ( I'll Be Your Fool Once More ) " - Tom Jones
" What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life ) " - Merle Haggard
" What She Do not Know Will not Hurt Her" - Gene Watson
" Why Do We Want What We Know We Can not Have" - Reba McEntire
"The Wind Beneath My Wings" - Gary Morris
"You've Got a Lover " - Ricky Skaggs

Albums ( selection)

American Made - Oak Ridge Boys ( MCA)
The Closer You Get - Alabama (RCA)
Do not Cheat in Our Hometown - Ricky Skaggs ( Sugar Hill )
Do not Make it Easy for Me - Earl Thomas Conley (RCA)
Even the Strong Get Lonely - Tammy Wynette ( Epic / Sony)
Eyes That See In The Dark - Kenny Rogers ( RCA)
Heart to Heart - Merle Haggard ( Epic / CBS)
A Little Good News - Anne Murray ( Capitol )
Pancho & Lefty - Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson ( Epic / CBS)
Right or Wrong - George Strait ( MCA)
Shine On - George Jones ( Epic / CBS)
Take it to the Limit - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson ( RCA)
That's the Way Love Goes - Merle Haggard ( Epic / CBS)
Tougher Than Leather - Willie Nelson ( Columbia / CBS)
Waylon and Company - Waylon Jennings ( RCA)
We've Got Tonight - Kenny Rogers ( Liberty )
Without a Song - Willie Nelson ( Columbia / Sony)

Born

December 29 - Jessica Andrews

New members of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Little Jimmy Dickens

Major Awards

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year - Alabama
Song Of The Year - "The Wind Beneath My Wings" - Gary Morris - Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar
Single Of The Year - " Islands In The Stream " - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
Album Of The Year - The Closer You Get - Alabama
Top Male Vocalist - Lee Greenwood
Top Female Vocalist - Janie Fricke
Top Vocal Duo - Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
Top Vocal Group - Alabama
Top New Female Vocalist - Gus Hardin

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year - Alabama
Song Of The Year - "Always On My Mind" - J.Christopher / W.Carson / M.James
Single Of The Year - " Swingin '- John Anderson
Album Of The Year - The Closer You Get - Alabama
Male Vocalist Of The Year - Lee Greenwood
Female Vocalist Of The Year - Janie Fricke
Vocal Duo Of The Year - Merle Haggard / Willie Nelson
Vocal Group Of The Year - Alabama
Instrumentalist of the Year - Chet Atkins
Horizon Award - John Anderson
Instrumental Group Of The Year - Ricky Skaggs band

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