1986 in country music

none May 2015 May 2015 This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1986. 1986 1986 country music Events January 18 — "American Country Countdown" with Bob Kingsley expands from three to four hours. Several new features — including a chronological playback of songs reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and a calendar feature (highlighting a birthday, or anniversary of a notable song or event in country music) — are added. June 25 — Jenifer Strait, the 13-year-old daughter of George Strait (who by now is one of country music's top performers) is killed in a car accident in San Marcos, Texas. Her father still refuses to talk about his daughter's death to this day. July 19 — Columbia Records drops Johnny Cash from the label's roster after 28 years.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-19-ca-26200-story.html Columbia Label Drops Johnny Cash July 19, 1986 Los Angeles Times No dates For the first time in its 42-year history, there is a new No. 1 song for each week of the year, according to Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles Chart. 1986 was a renaissance year in country music, with a host of "A New Traditionalist"-minded artists reinvigorating a genre that critics were saying had grown increasingly stagnant and pop-oriented. Among the most successful new artists: Holly Dunn, Judy Rodman, Ricky Van Shelton, Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam. Keith Whitley, another artist who had been around for a few years, has his first major hit early in the year. They – along with popular newcomers from earlier in the decade such as Alabama, George Strait and Reba McEntire, and longtime artists like George Jones, Merle Haggard and Conway Twitty – proved not only that country music was the music of the people, but also that the genre had real resiliency. After 17 years of playing co-host to Roy Clark, Buck Owens announces his departure from the still-popular "Hee Haw." Clark would soldier on alone for the next six years, with rotating guest stars each week. Top hits of the year List of number-one country singles of 1986 (U.S.) List of number-one country hits of 1986 (Canada) Singles released by American artists USCANSingleArtist11100% Chance of RainGary Morris651982Randy Travis11Ain't Misbehavin'Hank Williams, Jr.61All Tied UpRonnie McDowell11Always Have, Always WillJanie Fricke1953ArleneMarty Stuart516At the Sound of the ToneJohn Schneider72(Back to The) Heartbreak KidRestless Heart147Back When Love Was EnoughMark Gray1215Bad LovePake McEntire11BopDan Seals177Born YesterdayThe Everly Brothers11Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)Eddie Rabbitt & Juice Newton10—Burned Like a RocketBilly Joe Royal11Cajun MoonRicky Skaggs95Cheap LoveJuice Newton31Come On In (You Did the Best You Could Do)The Oak Ridge Boys54Count On MeThe Statler Brothers24Country State of MindHank Williams, Jr.11CryCrystal Gayle7—Daddy's HandsHolly Dunn11Desperado LoveConway Twitty137The Devil's on the LooseWaylon Jennings1010Didn't WeLee Greenwood11Diggin' Up BonesRandy Travis11Don't Underestimate My Love for YouLee Greenwood69Doo-Wah DaysMickey Gilley1235Down in TennesseeJohn Anderson917Dreamland ExpressJohn Denver821Drinkin' My Baby GoodbyeCharlie Daniels515Easy to PleaseJanie Fricke2047Every NightPake McEntire11Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)Dan Seals42Fast Lanes and Country RoadsBarbara Mandrell28Feelin' the Feelin'The Bellamy Brothers912A Friend in CaliforniaMerle Haggard1719A Girl Like EmmylouSouthern Pacific11Got My Heart Set on YouJohn Conlee12—Gotta Learn to Love Without YouMichael Johnson11Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)The Judds77Guitar TownSteve Earle 42Guitars, CadillacsDwight Yoakam11Happy, Happy Birthday BabyRonnie Milsap1019HarmonyJohn Conlee1416Heart Don't Fall NowSawyer Brown12Heartbeat in the DarknessDon Williams11Hearts Aren't Made to Break (They're Made to Love)Lee Greenwood11Hell and High WaterT. Graham Brown56Hold OnRosanne Cash31Home Again in My HeartNitty Gritty Dirt Band107Honky Tonk CrowdJohn Anderson31Honky Tonk ManDwight Yoakam11HurtJuice Newton11I Could Get Used to YouExile54I Had a Beautiful TimeMerle Haggard97I Love You by HeartSylvia & Michael Johnson14—I Miss You AlreadyBilly Joe Royal7—I Tell It Like It Used to BeT. Graham Brown32I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way AgainT. Graham Brown107I've Got a New HeartacheRicky Skaggs11In LoveRonnie Milsap928In Over My HeartT. G. Sheppard15It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About YouGeorge Strait11It'll Be MeExile77It's Just a Matter of TimeGlen Campbell1516JulietThe Oak Ridge Boys11Just Another LoveTanya Tucker12Just in CaseThe Forester Sisters12Life's HighwaySteve Wariner12Little RockReba McEntire11Living in the PromiselandWillie Nelson23Lonely AloneThe Forester Sisters3—Love at the Five and DimeKathy Mattea14—Love Will Get You Through Times of No MoneyGirls Next Door41Love's Gonna Get You SomedayRicky Skaggs11Makin' Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers' Song)Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris11Mama's Never Seen Those EyesThe Forester Sisters52Memories to BurnGene Watson1438Miami, My AmyKeith Whitley11Mind Your Own BusinessHank Williams, Jr.11Morning DesireKenny Rogers12Never Be YouRosanne Cash411NightsEd Bruce65No One Mends a Broken Heart Like YouBarbara Mandrell11Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left HerGeorge Strait129Nothing but Your Love MattersLarry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers106Oh Darlin' (Why Don't You Care for Me No More)The O'Kanes927Oklahoma BorderlineVince Gill53Old FlameJuice Newton56Old SchoolJohn Conlee11On the Other HandRandy Travis11Once in a Blue MoonEarl Thomas Conley32The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)George Jones31One Love at a TimeTanya Tucker114Out Goin' Cattin'Sawyer Brown with Cat Joe Bonsall63Partners, Brothers and FriendsNitty Gritty Dirt Band1824Perfect StrangerSouthern Pacific73Please Be LoveMark Gray45Read My LipsMarie Osmond919Reno BoundSouthern Pacific45Repetitive RegretEddie Rabbitt11Rockin' with the Rhythm of the RainThe Judds1514Rollin' NowhereMichael Martin Murphey34Savin' My Love for YouPake McEntire54Second to No OneRosanne Cash157Shakin'Sawyer Brown11She and IAlabama23She Used to Be Somebody's BabyLarry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers2218Shoe StringMel McDaniel715Since I Found YouSweethearts of the Rodeo8—Slow Boat to ChinaGirls Next Door920Somebody Wants Me Out of the WayGeorge Jones32Sometimes a LadyEddy Raven53Stand a Little RainNitty Gritty Dirt Band125Stand on ItMel McDaniel411Starting Over AgainSteve Wariner11Strong HeartT. G. Sheppard1421Super LoveExile834Sweeter and SweeterThe Statler Brothers916Ten Feet AwayKeith Whitley12That Rock Won't RollRestless Heart99That's How You Know When Love's RightNicolette Larson (with Steve Wariner)11There's No Stopping Your HeartMarie Osmond11Think About LoveDolly Parton1720Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)Dolly Parton1011Til I Loved YouRestless Heart11Tomb of the Unknown LoveKenny Rogers23Too Many TimesEarl Thomas Conley & Anita Pointer11Too Much Is Not EnoughThe Bellamy Brothers with The Forester Sisters11Touch Me When We're DancingAlabama1—Until I Met YouJudy Rodman10—Walk the Way the Wind BlowsKathy Mattea32We've Got a Good Fire Goin'Don Williams87What You'll Do When I'm GoneWaylon Jennings11What's a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This)John Schneider1727When It's Down to Me and YouCharly McClain (with Wayne Massey)2033When You Get to the HeartBarbara Mandrell (with The Oak Ridge Boys)13Whoever's in New EnglandReba McEntire55Will the Wolf SurviveWaylon Jennings1013Wine Colored RosesGeorge Jones1619Working Class ManLacy J. Dalton75Working Without a NetWaylon Jennings108You Are My Music, You Are My SongCharly McClain (with Wayne Massey)11You Can Dream of MeSteve Wariner9—You Can't Stop LoveSchuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet2420You Made a Rock of a Rolling StoneThe Oak Ridge Boys33You Should Have Been Gone by NowEddy Raven44You're Something Special to MeGeorge Strait11You're Still New to MeMarie Osmond with Paul Davis11You're the Last Thing I Needed TonightJohn Schneider52Your Memory Ain't What It Used to BeMickey Gilley Singles released by Canadian artists USCANSingleArtist919Being a Fool AgainAudie Henry—15Call Me UpRae Palmer—16Fiddlin' ManWhiskey Jack—13Forget About MeAnne Lord—4He's My Gentle ManAudie Henry—10Heads You Win (Tails I Lose)Anita Perras—8Hot on the Heels of LoveThe Haggertys—6I'll Never Get Over YouAnne Lord—13I'm Best at Lovin' YouMurray McLauchlan—9I'm Taking Care of MyselfCarroll Baker—5In My Arms TonightBootleg—9It's Times Like ThisCarol Martyn—18Love CrazyGilles Godard—6Love Sweet LoveTerry Carisse—16Lovin' the Night AwayTerry Sumsion11Now and Forever (You and Me)Anne Murray—8Pretty Diamond RingMercey Brothers—9Reach Out and Touch HerHarvey Henry—14Rise Against the WindDick Damron with Ginny Mitchell—19Something GoodAnita Perras with Tim Taylor—14Stealer of HeartsRonnie Prophet—17Summer NightsThe Ellis Family Band—6Take a Little Chance on LoveMercey Brothers—15Two Hearts in a Lonely MindJules808What If It's RightFamily Brown—18You Can't Hide from LoveStoker Bros Top new album releases List of number-one country albums of 1986 (U.S.) US Album Artist Record label 1 #7 George Strait MCA 1 Black & White Janie Frickie Columbia 22 Born Yesterday The Everly Brothers Mercury/PolyGram 15 Class of '55 Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis,Roy Orbison & Johnny Cash America/Smash 17 Countrified John Anderson Warner Bros. 7 Four for the Show The Statler Brothers Mercury/PolyGram 2 A Friend in California Merle Haggard Epic 16 From the Pages of My Mind Ray Charles Columbia 20 Girls Like Me Tanya Tucker Capitol 1 Greatest Hits Alabama RCA 2 Greatest Hits Exile Epic 1 Guitar Town Steve Earle MCA 1 Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. Dwight Yoakam Reprise 9 Harmony John Conlee Columbia 13 Heroes Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings Columbia 19 I Only Wanted You Marie Osmond Capitol/Curb 15 I Tell It Like It Used to Be T. Graham Brown Capitol 23 Judy Judy Rodman MTM 25 Just Can't Sit Down Music Mel McDaniel Capitol 21 Looking Ahead Billy Joe Royal Atlantic America 9 Love Will Find Its Way to You Lee Greenwood MCA 3 Love's Gonna Get Ya! Ricky Skaggs Epic 14 Lyle Lovett Lyle Lovett Curb/MCA 17 Merry Christmas Strait to You George Strait MCA 1 Montana Cafe Hank Williams, Jr. Curb/Warner Bros. 9 The O'Kanes The O'Kanes Columbia 12 On the Front Line Dan Seals Capitol 15 Out Among the Stars Merle Haggard Epic 8 Out Goin' Cattin' Sawyer Brown Capitol/Curb 13 Partners Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Columbia 13 Partners Willie Nelson Columbia 9 Plain Brown Wrapper Gary Morris Warner Bros. 1 The Promiseland Willie Nelson Columbia 6 Rabbitt Trax Eddie Rabbitt RCA 8 Seasons The Oak Ridge Boys MCA 2 Something to Talk About Anne Murray Capitol 1 Storms of Life Randy Travis Warner Bros. 12 Straight to the Heart Crystal Gayle Warner Bros. 11 Surely You Joust Ray Stevens MCA 8 Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo Columbia 17 Take the Long Way Home John Schneider MCA 16 They Don't Make ThemLike They Used To Kenny Rogers RCA 9 Thirteen Emmylou Harris Warner Bros. 3 Too Many Times Earl Thomas Conley RCA 1 The Touch Alabama RCA 10 Twenty Years of Dirt Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Warner Bros. 13 Walk the Way the Wind Blows Kathy Mattea Mercury 1 What Am I Gonna Do About You Reba McEntire MCA 1 Wheels Restless Heart RCA 1 Whoever's in New England Reba McEntire MCA 1 Will the Wolf Survive Waylon Jennings MCA 5 Wine Colored Roses George Jones Epic Other top albums US Album Artist Record label 34 All Tied Up in Love Ronnie McDowell MCA 53 American Vagabond William Lee Golden MCA 59 The Boys Are Back in Town The Maines Brothers Band Mercury/PolyGram 65 Chance Chance Mercury/PolyGram 50 Christmas Again The Oak Ridge Boys MCA 65 Christmas with Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap RCA 49 Everybody Knows I'm Yours Jim Glaser MCA/Noble Vision 37 Fallin' for You for Years Conway Twitty Warner Bros. 47 Fire at First Sight The Kendalls MCA 29 Floridays Jimmy Buffett MCA 30 The Girls Next Door Girls Next Door MTM 48 Greatest Hits Vern Gosdin Compleat 27 Greatest Hits Volume Two The Bellamy Brothers Curb/MCA 32 Highway Diner Lacy J. Dalton Columbia 29 Holly Dunn Holly Dunn MTM 26 It Still Rains in Memphis T. G. Sheppard Columbia 35 Killbilly Hill Southern Pacific Warner Bros. 26 L.A. to Miami Keith Whitley RCA 34 Marty Stuart Marty Stuart Columbia 62 Memphis Sessions Rick Nelson Epic 53 Moments Barbara Mandrell MCA 66 New Grass Revival New Grass Revival Capitol 29 New Moves Don Williams Capitol 53 Night Things Ed Bruce RCA 40 One and Only Mickey Gilley Epic 35 Patty Loveless Patty Loveless MCA 27 Perfume, Ribbons & Pearls The Forester Sisters Warner Bros. 56 Portrait of a Singer Ray Price Step One 31 Radio Gospel Favorites The Statler Brothers Mercury/PolyGram 40 Reba Nell McEntire Reba McEntire Mercury/PolyGram 31 Repossessed Kris Kristofferson Mercury/PolyGram 57 Robin Lee Robin Lee Evergreen 40 Rose of My Heart Nicolette Larson MCA 39 Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet S-K-O MTM 70 The Shoppe The Shoppe MTM 31 Son of the South David Allan Coe Columbia 49 Starting New Memories Gene Watson Epic 38 Street Language Rodney Crowell Columbia 59 Thank God for the Radio...And All the Hits The Kendalls Mercury/PolyGram 35 That Feeling Inside Mark Gray Columbia 54 Think About Love Dolly Parton RCA 46 Tonight We Ride Michael Martin Murphey Warner Bros. 52 Too Old to Grow Up Pake McEntire RCA 28 When Love Is Right Charly McClain & Wayne Massey Epic 26 Wings Michael Johnson RCA 50 Winners Donna Fargo Mercury/PolyGram On television Regular series Hee Haw (1969–1993, syndicated) Specials Births February 2 — Blaine Larsen, 2000's (decade) singer better known for his single "How Do You Get That Lonely". March 23 — Brett Eldredge, singer of the 2010s best known for hits including "Don't Ya" and "Beat of the Music". April 1 — Hillary Scott, member of Lady Antebellum and daughter of Linda Davis. April 2 — Chris Janson, singer-songwriter known for his 2015 hit "Buy Me a Boat". June 18 — Jimmie Allen, singer-songwriter known for his late 2010s hits "Best Shot" and "Make Me Want To". June 28 — Kellie Pickler, sixth-place finalist on the fifth season of American Idol. August 16 — Ashton Shepherd, debuted in late 2007-early 2008 with her top 20 single "Takin' Off This Pain". September 10 — Ashley Monroe, singer-songwriter of the 2000s and 2010s and member of the Pistol Annies. September 19 — Chase Rice, singer of the 2010s best known for the hit "Ready Set Roll." Deaths February 10 — Arthur E. Satherley, 96, music executive. May 30 — "Papa Joe" Brown, 60, founding member of Canadian country group Family Brown. June 20 — Whitey Ford, 85, beloved Grand Ole Opry comedian and storyteller. June 25 — Jenifer Strait, 13, daughter of George Strait (car accident). June 27 — Joe Maphis, 65, prolific guitarist and fiddler, prominently featured on the theme to "Bonanza" (cancer). December 5 — Carmol Taylor, 53, songwriter. Hall of Fame inductees Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Duke of Paducah (1901–1986) Wesley Rose (1918–1990) Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Papa Joe Brown Major awards Grammy Awards Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Whoever's in New England", Reba McEntire Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Lost in the Fifties Tonight", Ronnie Milsap Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)". The Judds Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Raisin' the Dickins", Ricky Skaggs Best Country Song — "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)", Jamie O'Hara (Performer: The Judds) Juno Awards Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Murray McLauchlan Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Anne Murray Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year — Hank Williams, Jr. Song of the Year — "On the Other Hand", Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz (Performer: Randy Travis) Single of the Year — "On the Other Hand", Randy Travis Album of the Year — Storms of Life, Randy Travis Top Male Vocalist — Randy Travis Top Female Vocalist — Reba McEntire Top Vocal Duo — The Judds Top Vocal Group — The Forester Sisters Top New Male Vocalist — Dwight Yoakam Top New Female Vocalist — Holly Dunn Video of the Year — "Whoever's in New England", Reba McEntire (Directors: Jeff Schock and Jon Small) Canadian Country Music Association Entertainer(s) of the Year — Family Brown Male Artist of the Year — Terry Carisse Female Artist of the Year — Anita Perras Group of the Year — Family Brown SOCAN Song of the Year — "Now and Forever", David Foster, Jim Vallance, Charles Randolph Goodrum (Performer: Anne Murray) Single of the Year — "Now and Forever," Anne Murray Album of the Year — Feel the Fire, Family Brown Top Selling Album — Hymns of Gold, Carroll Baker Vista Rising Star Award — J. K. Gulley Duo of the Year — Anita Perras and Tim Taylor Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year — Reba McEntire Song of the Year — "On the Other Hand", Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz (Performer: Randy Travis) Single of the Year — "Bop", Dan Seals Album of the Year — Lost in the Fifties Tonight, Ronnie Milsap Male Vocalist of the Year — George Strait Female Vocalist of the Year — Reba McEntire Vocal Duo of the Year — Marie Osmond and Dan Seals Vocal Group of the Year — The Judds Horizon Award — Randy Travis Music Video of the Year — "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?", George Jones (Director: Marc Ball) Instrumentalist of the Year — Johnny Gimble Instrumental Group of the Year — The Oak Ridge Boys Hollywood Walk of Fame Country stars who got a star in 1986 the Everly Brothers 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 (0-8118-3572-3) Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (0-06-273244-7) Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition." 2005. Other links Country Music Association Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame References External links Country Music Hall of Fame Country Category:Country music by year