1985 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 Christmas albums

4 On television

4.1 Regular series
4.2 Specials

5 Births
6 Deaths
7 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
8 Major Awards

8.1 Grammy awards
8.2 Academy of Country Music
8.3 Country Music Association

9 Further reading
10 Other links
11 External links

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.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(As certified by Billboard magazine)

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

Other major hits

On television

Regular series

Hee Haw (1969-1993, syndicated)

Specials

Births

Deaths

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

Lester Flatt (1914-1979), Earl Scruggs (1924-), and The Foggy Mountain Boys

Major Awards

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

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer Of The Year -- Alabama
Song Of The Year -- "Lost In The Fifties" - Ronnie Milsap - Fredericke Darris, Michael Reid, Troy Seals
Single Of The Year -- "Highwayman" - Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson
Album Of The Year -- Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind - George Strait
Top Male Vocalist -- George Strait
Top Female Vocalist -- Reba McEntire
Top Vocal Duo -- The Judds
Top Vocal Group -- Alabama
Top New Male Vocalist -- Randy Travis
Top New Female Vocalist -- Judy Rodman
Video Of The Year -- "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" - George Jones (Director: Marc Ball)

Country Music Association

Instrumental Group of the Year -- Ricky Skaggs Band
Instrumentalist of the Year -- Chet Atkins
Entertainer of the Year -- Ricky Skaggs
Male Vocalist of the Year -- George Strait
Female Vocalist of the Year -- Reba McEntire
Horizon Award -- Sawyer Brown
Vocal Group of the Year -- The Judds
Vocal Duo of the Year -- Dave Loggins and Anne Murray
Album of the Year -- George Strait
Song of the Year -- Lee Greenwood
Single of the Year -- The Judds
Music Video of the Year -- Hank Williams, Jr.

External links

[Country Music Hall of Fame]

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