1992 in country music

none This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1992. 1992 1992 country music Events January — After 23 years of its tried-and-true formula, the producers of Hee Haw unveil an extensively revamped show in time for the start of its belated 24th season. The show's new urban setting, along with more pop-oriented country guests, is a resounding failure and lasts only through the end of the season. That fall, viewers will be greeted with Hee Haw Silver – a collection of classic shows, with new introductions by longtime host Roy Clark; "Silver" will fill out the show's 25th (and final) season. June 27 - At a concert in Bonner Springs, Kansas, a heavily intoxicated Hank Williams Jr. repeatedly insults the crowd and exits the stage after only 20 minutes. Williams later issues an apology.https://www.apnews.com/fa8f50b943abf3a780d9d5b117847cad Hank Williams Jr. Apologizes for Abbreviated Concert AP News June 29, 1992 October 17, 2019 August 28https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104438/releaseinfo Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) – Release dates imdb.com 2009-07-28 — The major motion picture Honeymoon in Vegas is released. The soundtrack features several country music performers, including Dwight Yoakam, Travis Tritt and Trisha Yearwood covering Elvis Presley songs. October 23https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105191/releaseinfo Pure Country (1992) – Release dates imdb.com 2009-07-28 — The major motion picture Pure Country is released, starring George Strait, who also sang the soundtrack. No dates At age 52, former country star Jonie Mosby (of the 1960s-early 1970s duo Johnny and Jonie Mosby) makes national headlines when she becomes the oldest woman in the United States to undergo in vitro fertilization and successfully bear a child.Brennan, Sandra, "Johnny & Jonie Mosby," Allmusic. Retrieved 01-23-2013. Line dancing becomes a national fad, tied to the success of at least two major country music hits: Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart" and Brooks & Dunn's "Boot Scootin' Boogie." Throughout the rest of the decade, several major country music hits would have dance remixes, and several videos would be released. Top hits of the year List of number-one country hits of 1992 (U.S.) List of number-one country hits of 1992 (Canada) Singles released by American artists USCANSingleArtistReference96AcesSuzy Bogguss11Achy Breaky HeartBilly Ray Cyrus138After the Lights Go OutRicky Van Shelton1113All Is Fair in Love and WarRonnie Milsap2218Baby, I'm Missing YouHighway 10123BackroadsRicky Van Shelton22Better Class of LosersRandy Travis43Billy the KidBilly Dean11Boot Scootin' BoogieBrooks & Dunn22Born CountryAlabama107Broken Promise LandMark Chesnutt414Bubba Shot the JukeboxMark Chesnutt712Burn Me DownMarty Stuart42Burn One DownClint Black33Cadillac StyleSammy Kershaw52Cafe on the CornerSawyer Brown33Come In Out of the PainDoug Stone21Could've Been MeBilly Ray Cyrus11DallasAlan Jackson125Don't Go Near the WaterSammy Kershaw11Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' AwayVince Gill31The Dirt RoadSawyer Brown511Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'Mark Collie25Every SecondCollin Raye47Except for MondayLorrie Morgan1318First Time for EverythingLittle Texas1621Five O'Clock WorldHal Ketchum511Going Out of My MindMcBride & the Ride1413Going Out TonightMary Chapin Carpenter56Gone as a Girl Can GetGeorge Strait31The Greatest Man I Never KnewReba McEntire1813The Heart That You OwnDwight Yoakam11I Cross My HeartGeorge Strait43I Feel LuckyMary Chapin Carpenter1315I Know Where Love LivesHal Ketchum11I Saw the LightWynonna Judd11I Still Believe in YouVince Gill54I Wouldn't Have It Any Other WayAaron Tippin2013I'd Surrender AllRandy Travis2311I'll Stop Loving YouMike Reid11I'll Think of SomethingMark Chesnutt11I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)Alabama11If I Didn't Have YouRandy Travis31If There Hadn't Been YouBilly Dean1112If You Want to Find LoveKenny Rogers45If Your Heart Ain't Busy TonightTanya Tucker11In This LifeCollin Raye54Is It Cold in HereJoe Diffie11Is There Life Out ThereReba McEntire74It Only Hurts When I CryDwight Yoakam1322Jealous BonePatty Loveless414Jesus and MamaConfederate Railroad11A Jukebox with a Country SongDoug Stone1054Just Call Me LonesomeRadney Foster611Leave Him Out of ThisSteve Wariner69Letting GoSuzy Bogguss1114Lonesome Standard TimeKathy Mattea1018A Long Time AgoThe Remingtons412Look at UsVince Gill510Lord Have Mercy on the Working ManTravis Tritt66Lost and FoundBrooks & Dunn11Love, MeCollin Raye11Love's Got a Hold on YouAlan Jackson109Lovin' All NightRodney Crowell99Mama Don't Forget to Pray for MeDiamond Rio34Maybe It Was MemphisPam Tillis33Midnight in MontgomeryAlan Jackson11Neon MoonBrooks & Dunn1617Next Thing Smokin'Joe Diffie127The Night the Lights Went Out in GeorgiaReba McEntire11No One Else on EarthWynonna Judd23Norma Jean RileyDiamond Rio1512Not Too Much to AskMary Chapin Carpenterwith Joe Diffie47Nothing Short of DyingTravis Tritt1816Now That's CountryMarty Stuart715Nowhere BoundDiamond Rio54Old Flames Have New NamesMark Chesnutt43Only the WindBilly Dean99Outbound PlaneSuzy Bogguss32Papa Loved MamaGarth Brooks21Past the Point of RescueHal Ketchum2520Play, Ruby, PlayClinton Gregory11The RiverGarth Brooks25Rock My BabyShenandoah46Runnin' BehindTracy Lawrence22Sacred GroundMcBride & the Ride1223Same Ol' LoveRicky Skaggs21Seminole WindJohn Anderson33Shake the Sugar TreePam Tillis11She Is His Only NeedWynonna Judd11She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)Alan Jackson53Ships That Don't Come InJoe Diffie33So Much Like My DadGeorge Strait12Some Girls DoSawyer Brown315Some Kind of TroubleTanya Tucker1512Somebody's Doin' Me RightKeith Whitley1410Something in RedLorrie Morgan11Sticks and StonesTracy Lawrence11Straight Tequila NightJohn Anderson22Take a Little TripAlabama23Take Your Memory with YouVince Gill84That's What I Like About YouTrisha Yearwood11There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the RadioAaron Tippin76This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)Marty Stuart & Travis Tritt2311The Time Has ComeMartina McBride 319The Tips of My FingersSteve Wariner32Today's Lonely FoolTracy Lawrence42Turn That Radio OnRonnie Milsap22Two Sparrows in a HurricaneTanya Tucker1834Two-Timin' MeThe Remingtons46Warning LabelsDoug Stone24Watch MeLorrie Morgan1212We Shall Be FreeGarth Brooks21We Tell OurselvesClint Black2419What Kind of FoolLionel Cartwright23What Kind of Fool Do You Think I AmLee Roy Parnell112What Kind of LoveRodney Crowell11What She's Doing NowGarth Brooks75Whatcha Gonna Do with a CowboyChris LeDoux32When It Comes to YouJohn Anderson99When She CriesRestless Heart2316Wher'm I Gonna Live?Billy Ray Cyrus24The Whiskey Ain't Workin'Travis Tritt with Marty Stuart22(Without You) What Do I Do with MeTanya Tucker412The Woman Before MeTrisha Yearwood912A Woman LovesSteve Wariner54Wrong Side of MemphisTrisha Yearwood1713Yard SaleSammy Kershaw518You and Forever and MeLittle Texas321You Can Depend on MeRestless Heart Singles released by Canadian artists USCANSingleArtistReference—7Bad Day for TrainsPatricia Conroy—15Candle in the WindowJoan Kennedy—9Clearly CanadianGeorge Fox—18DiamondsJoel Feeney—20Drifting CowboyGary Fjellgaard—8Everybody KnowsPrairie Oyster—10Here Today, Here TomorrowGeorge Fox—9I Can See ArkansasAnne Murray—18I Walk These RailsSylvia Tyson—15If You Want LoveJoan Kennedy—14It Comes Back to YouCassandra Vasik—9Lights of LaramieIan Tyson—8My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am)Patricia Conroy518One Precious LovePrairie Oyster431One Time AroundMichelle Wright—7Orangedale WhistleThe Rankin Family—17Schubenacadie Tinsmith ManWayne Rostad—10Still in the GameDon Neilson101Take It Like a ManMichelle Wright—20Those StarsCassandra Vasik—8When You're Not Loving MeTracey Prescott & Lonesome Daddy—5Which Face Should I Put on TonightCassandra Vasik—10WildflowersCassandra Vasik—10Will I Do (Till the Real Thing Comes Along)Prairie Oyster—13(You Made A) Rock of GibraltarCindi Cain Top new album releases List of number-one country albums of 1992 (U.S.) List of number-one country albums of 1992 (Canada) US CAN Album Artist Record label Release date Reference 62 17 15 of the Best Anne Murray LibertyApr 27https://www.amazon.com/Fifteen-Best-Anne-Murray-1992-04-27/dp/B01K8NXFNM Fifteen of the Best by Anne Murray Amazon 11 4 American Pride Alabama RCA NashvilleAug 11https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/41056-alabama-american-pride.php Alabama - American Pride - Reviews - Album of The Year 20 Bad Day for Trains Patricia Conroy Warner 9 Believe in Your Country Stompin' Tom Connors CapitolMar 13https://www.beatsource.com/release/believe-in-your-country/1141959 Believe In Your Country by Stompin' Tom Connors on Beatsource Beatsource 2 3 Beyond the Season Garth Brooks LibertyAug 17https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ Gold & Platinum RIAA 26 1 Big Iron Horses Restless Heart RCA NashvilleOct 9 55 18 Blue Frontier The Remingtons BNAJan 28https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/38978-the-remingtons-blue-frontier.php The Remingtons - Blue Frontier - Reviews - Album of The Year 23 10 Cafe on the Corner Sawyer Brown CurbAug 25https://www.amoeba.com/cafe-on-the-corner-cd-sawyer-brown/albums/1423577/ Cafe On The Corner (CD) www.amoeba.com 12 4 Can't Run from Yourself Tanya Tucker LibertyNov 29 1 1 The Chase Garth Brooks LibertySep 14 6 9 Chipmunks in Low Places Alvin and the Chipmunks EpicSep 21 24 Close to the Edge Diamond Rio Arista NashvilleOct 27http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?share=1381&t=t DIAMOND RIO - CLOSE TO THE EDGE RIAA 10 Close to the Floor Ashley MacIsaac A&M 6 4 Come On Come On Mary Chapin Carpenter ColumbiaJun 26http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?share=827&t=t MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER - COME ON, COME ON RIAA 7 19 Confederate Railroad Confederate Railroad AtlanticApr 13http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?share=1094&t=t CONFEDERATE RAILROAD - CONFEDERATE RAILROAD RIAA 12 8 The Dirt Road Sawyer Brown Curb 18 Divided Highway Terry Kelly Gun 1 Fare Thee Well Love The Rankin Family Capitol 19 17 First Time for Everything Little Texas Warner Bros. 19 From the Heart Doug Stone Epic 2 From the Heart: 15 Career Classics The Judds BMG 43 13 Greatest Hits Shenandoah Columbia 9 Greatest Hits Plus Ricky Van Shelton Columbia 14 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Randy Travis Warner Bros. 20 4 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Randy Travis Warner Bros. 2 3 The Hard Way Clint Black RCA Nashville 12 7 Hearts in Armor Trisha Yearwood MCA Nashville 24 Higher Ground Joan Kennedy MCA 5 17 Holding My Own George Strait MCA Nashville 23 11 Homeward Looking Angel Pam Tillis Arista Nashville 4 6 Honeymoon in Vegas Soundtrack Various Artists Epic 47 4 I Never Knew Lonely Vince Gill RCA Nashville 3 3 I Still Believe in You Vince Gill MCA Nashville 10 12 In This Life Collin Raye Epic 1 1 It's Your Call Reba McEntire MCA Nashville 30 9 Life Is Messy Rodney Crowell Columbia 4 6 Life's a Dance John Michael Montgomery Atlantic 34 14 Long Time Comin' Shenandoah RCA Nashville 9 5 Longnecks & Short Stories Mark Chesnutt MCA Nashville 1 5 A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love) Alan Jackson Arista Nashville 7 22 Maverick Hank Williams, Jr. Curb/Warner Bros. 1 More Country Heat Various Artists RCA 20 2 Now and Then Michelle Wright Arista Nashville 1 1 Pure Country (Soundtrack) George Strait MCA Nashville 6 9 Read Between the Lines Aaron Tippin RCA Nashville 22 25 Regular Joe Joe Diffie Epic 27 15 Sacred Ground McBride & the Ride MCA Nashville 10 11 Seminole Wind John Anderson BNA 22 So Many Roads The Good Brothers Savannah 1 1 Some Gave All Billy Ray Cyrus Mercury/PolyGram 22 28 Straight Talk Soundtrack Dolly Parton Hollywood 36 21 Sure Love Hal Ketchum Curb 19 Thinking of You Rita MacNeil Virgin 12 6 This One's Gonna Hurt You Marty Stuart MCA Nashville 49 21 The Time Has Come Martina McBride RCA Nashville 23 A Travis Tritt Christmas:Loving Time of the Year Travis Tritt Warner Bros. 6 3 T-R-O-U-B-L-E Travis Tritt Warner Bros. 24 32 Walls Can Fall George Jones MCA Nashville 15 Watch Me Lorrie Morgan BNA 9 Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy Chris LeDoux Liberty 58 22 Where Forever Begins Neal McCoy Atlantic 1 1 Wynonna Wynonna Judd Curb/MCA Nashville Other top albums US CAN Album Artist Record label 44 American Patriot Lee Greenwood Liberty 63 At Her Best Patsy Cline Hollywood 32 At the Ryman Emmylou Harris Reprise 44 26 The Best of Hank & Hank Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr. Mercury/PolyGram 65 Country Music for Kids Various Artists Walt Disney 46 Del Rio, TX 1959 Radney Foster Arista Nashville 75 Every Time You Say Goodbye Alison Krauss Rounder 53 The First Christmas Doug Stone Epic 68 The Latest and the Greatest The Bellamy Brothers Intersound 41 Lonesome Standard Time Kathy Mattea Mercury/PolyGram 60 Love Is Strong Paul Overstreet RCA Nashville 66 Love Without Mercy Lee Roy Parnell Arista Nashville 72 The More I Learn Ronna Reeves Mercury/PolyGram 57 No Sir Darryl & Don Ellis Epic 68 Sneakin' Around Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed Columbia 75 A Street Man Named Desire Pirates of the Mississippi Liberty 70 Today's Best Country Various Artists K-Tel 50 Today's Hot Country Various Artists K-Tel 70 Too Dumb for New York City, Too Ugly for L.A. Waylon Jennings Epic 58 Tourist in Paradise Cleve Francis Liberty 59 Twilight Town Mike Reid Columbia 31 Voices in the Wind Suzy Bogguss Liberty On television Regular series Hee Haw (1969–1993, syndicated) Specials Births May 19 — Lainey Wilson, rising country singer-songwriter of the 2020s ("Things a Man Oughta Know", "Heart Like a Truck"). June 15 – Parker McCollum, country singer-songwriter known for his 2020 hit "Pretty Heart". June 26 — Jennette McCurdy, actress, screenwriter, producer, singer and songwriter. October 9 – Chase Bryant, up-and-coming singer of the mid-2010s, including "Take It On Back" and "Little Bit of You." November 23 — Miley Cyrus, daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus; actress and singer. December 1 – Travis Denning, country singer-songwriter known for his 2020 hit "After a Few". Deaths February 19 – Biff Collie, 66, country music disc jockey, promoter and journalist (cancer).Biff Collie, AllMusic, accessed 12-16-2019. October 25 — Roger Miller, 56, singer-songwriter best known for Grammy Award winner "King of the Road". (throat cancer) November 23 — Roy Acuff, 89, country music pioneer from the 1930s onward, and Grand Ole Opry institution. (heart failure) Hall of Fame inductees Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees The Stanley Brothers Carter Stanley Ralph Stanley Reno and Smiley Don Reno Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley Country Music Hall of Fame inductees George Jones (1931–2013) Frances Preston (1928–2012) Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Carroll Baker Gordon Burnett Major awards Grammy Awards Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "I Feel Lucky", Mary Chapin Carpenter Best Male Country Vocal Performance — I Still Believe in You, Vince Gill Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — At the Ryman, Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'", Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Sneakin' Around", Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed Best Country Song — "I Still Believe in You", Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis (Performer: Vince Gill) Best Bluegrass Album — Every Time You Say Goodbye, Alison Krauss & Union Station Juno Awards Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Gary Fjellgaard Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Michelle Wright Country Group or Duo of the Year — Tracey Prescott & Lonesome Daddy Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year — Garth Brooks Song of the Year — "I Still Believe in You", Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis (Performer: Vince Gill) Single of the Year — "Boot Scootin' Boogie", Brooks & Dunn Album of the Year — Brand New Man, Brooks & Dunn Top Male Vocalist — Vince Gill Top Female Vocalist — Mary Chapin Carpenter Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn Top Vocal Group — Diamond Rio Top New Male Vocalist — Tracy Lawrence Top New Female Vocalist — Michelle Wright Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Confederate Railroad Video of the Year — "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane", Tanya Tucker (Director: Joanne Gardner) ARIA Awards (presented in Sydney on March 6, 1992) Best Country Album - Out of the Blue (Anne Kirkpatrick) Canadian Country Music Association Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — Rita MacNeil Male Artist of the Year — Ian Tyson Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster SOCAN Song of the Year — "Did You Fall in Love with Me", Joan Besen Single of the Year — "Take It Like a Man", Michelle Wright Album of the Year — Everybody Knows, Prairie Oyster Top Selling Album — Ropin' the Wind, Garth Brooks Video of the Year — "Take It Like a Man", Michelle Wright Vista Rising Star Award — Cassandra Vasik Vocal Collaboration of the Year — Gary Fjellgaard and Linda Kidder Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year — Garth Brooks Song of the Year — "Look at Us", Vince Gill and Max D. Barnes (Performer: Vince Gill) Single of the Year — "Achy Breaky Heart", Billy Ray Cyrus Album of the Year — Ropin' the Wind, Garth Brooks Male Vocalist of the Year — Vince Gill Female Vocalist of the Year — Mary Chapin Carpenter Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn Vocal Group of the Year — Diamond Rio Horizon Award — Suzy Bogguss Music Video of the Year — "Midnight in Montgomery", Alan Jackson (Director: Jim Shea) Vocal Event of the Year — Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor 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 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. References Other links Country Music Association Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame External links Country Music Hall of Fame Country Category:Country music by year