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{{One source|date=May 2015}}This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1985. {{YYYY music|1985}}{{Year nav topic5|1985|country music}}EventsNo dates- 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.
- The Country Music Association Awards introduced a new award, Music Video of the Year. The first recipient was Hank Williams Jr.'s video for "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight."
Top hits of the year{{See also|List of number-one country singles of 1985 (U.S.)|List of number-one country hits of 1985 (Canada)}}Singles released by American artistsUS | CAN | Single | Artist |
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1 | 1 | 40 Hour Week (For a Livin') | Alabama | 1 | 1 | Ain't She Somethin' Else | Conway Twitty | 8 | 8 | All Tangled Up in Love | Gus Hardin | 8 | 22 | Angel in Your Arms | Barbara Mandrell | 1 | 1 | Baby Bye Bye | Gary Morris | 1 | 1 | Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On | Mel McDaniel | 1 | 1 | The Best Year of My Life | Eddie Rabbitt | 5 | 5 | Betty's Bein' Bad | Sawyer Brown | 3 | 7 | Between Blue Eyes and Jeans | Conway Twitty | 15 | 13 | Blue Highway | John Conlee | 15 | — | Break Away | Gail Davies | 13 | 11 | California | Keith Stegall | 1 | 1 | Can't Keep a Good Man Down | Alabama | 9 | 11 | Carolina in the Pines | Michael Martin Murphey | 1 | 1 | The Chair | George Strait | 1 | 1 | Country Boy | Ricky Skaggs | 1 | 1 | Country Girls | John Schneider | 5 | 3 | The Cowboy Rides Away | George Strait | 1 | 1 | Crazy | Kenny Rogers | 1 | 1 | Crazy for Your Love | Exile | 9 | 8 | Cry Just a Little Bit | Sylvia | 15 | 20 | Desperados Waiting for a Train | The Highwaymen | 20 | 16 | Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) | Vern Gosdin | 1 | 1 | Dixie Road | Lee Greenwood | 1 | 10 | Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind | George Strait | 8 | 5 | Doncha? | T. G. Sheppard | 1 | 1 | Don't Call Him a Cowboy | Conway Twitty | 3 | 5 | Don't Call It Love | Dolly Parton | 2 | 26 | Drinkin' and Dreamin' | Waylon Jennings | 20 | 17 | Eye of a Hurricane | John Anderson | 2 | 1 | Fallin' in Love | Sylvia | 5 | 10 | The Fireman | George Strait | 7 | 5 | The First Word in Memory Is Me | Janie Fricke | 1 | 1 | Forgiving You Was Easy | Willie Nelson | 17 | 5 | The Girl Most Likely To | B. J. Thomas | 1 | 1 | Girls' Night Out | The Judds | 7 | 15 | Got No Reason Now for Goin' Home | Gene Watson | 15 | 13 | Hallelujah, I Love You So | George Jones with Brenda Lee | 1 | 1 | Hang On to Your Heart | Exile | 6 | 10 | Have I Got a Deal for You | Reba McEntire | 1 | 2 | Have Mercy | The Judds | 19 | 42 | Heart Don't Do This to Me | Loretta Lynn | 8 | 15 | Heart Trouble | Steve Wariner | 3 | 3 | Hello Mary Lou | The Statler Brothers | 2 | 2 | High Horse | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 1 | 1 | Highwayman | The Highwaymen | 1 | 1 | Honor Bound | Earl Thomas Conley | 1 | 6 | How Blue | Reba McEntire | 1 | 1 | I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me | Rosanne Cash | 1 | 1 | I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose) | Lee Greenwood | 1 | 3 | I Fell in Love Again Last Night | The Forester Sisters | 1 | 4 | I Need More of You | The Bellamy Brothers | 10 | 6 | I Never Made Love (Till I Made It with You) | Mac Davis | 8 | 6 | I Wanna Hear It from You | Eddy Raven | 5 | 3 | I Wanna Say Yes | Louise Mandrell | 10 | 9 | I Want Everyone to Cry | Restless Heart | 20 | — | I'd Dance Every Dance with You | The Kendalls | 1 | 1 | I'll Never Stop Loving You | Gary Morris | 1 | 5 | I'm for Love | Hank Williams Jr. | 10 | 7 | I'm Gonna Leave You Tomorrow | John Schneider | 10 | 10 | I'm the One Mama Warned You About | Mickey Gilley | 20 | 19 | If It Ain't Love | Ed Bruce | 12 | 22 | If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone) | The Whites | 10 | 5 | If It Weren't for Him | Vince Gill | 15 | 15 | If That Ain't Love | Lacy J. Dalton | 16 | 45 | If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me | Jimmy Buffett | 5 | 1 | In a New York Minute | Ronnie McDowell | 12 | 31 | It Ain't Gonna Worry My Mind | Ray Charles and Mickey Gilley | 19 | 12 | It Should Have Been Love by Now | Barbara Mandrell & Lee Greenwood | 10 | 6 | It's a Short Walk from Heaven to Hell | John Schneider | 15 | 18 | It's All Over Now | John Anderson | 20 | 49 | It's Time for Love | Don Williams | 10 | 10 | Kern River | Merle Haggard | 4 | — | A Lady Like You | Glen Campbell | 9 | 8 | Lasso the Moon | Gary Morris | 19 | 21 | The Legend and the Man | Conway Twitty | 16 | — | Leona | Sawyer Brown | 6 | 6 | Let It Roll (Let It Rock) | Mel McDaniel | 16 | 33 | Let Me Down Easy | Jim Glaser | 23 | 20 | Let the Heartache Ride | Restless Heart | 2 | 3 | Lie to You for Your Love | The Bellamy Brothers | 1 | 1 | Little Things | The Oak Ridge Boys | 5 | 5 | A Long and Lasting Love | Crystal Gayle | 1 | 1 | Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night) | Ronnie Milsap | 14 | — | (Love Always) Letter to Home | Glen Campbell | 1 | 1 | Love Don't Care (Whose Heart It Breaks) | Earl Thomas Conley | 1 | 1 | Love Is Alive | The Judds | 9 | 14 | Love Talks | Ronnie McDowell | 10 | 14 | Major Moves | Hank Williams Jr. | 1 | 1 | Make My Life with You | The Oak Ridge Boys | 8 | 23 | Maybe My Baby | Louise Mandrell | 4 | 1 | Me Against the Night | Crystal Gayle | 14 | 6 | Me and Paul | Willie Nelson | 1 | 19 | Meet Me in Montana | Marie Osmond (with Dan Seals) | 20 | 32 | The Mississippi Squirrel Revival | Ray Stevens | 1 | 2 | Modern Day Romance | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 2 | 2 | My Baby's Got Good Timing | Dan Seals | 9 | 9 | My Old Yellow Car | Dan Seals | 1 | 3 | My Only Love | The Statler Brothers | 19 | — | My Toot Toot | Rockin' Sidney | 1 | 2 | Natural High | Merle Haggard | 1 | 1 | Nobody Falls Like a Fool | Earl Thomas Conley | 3 | 4 | Nobody Wants to Be Alone | Crystal Gayle | 2 | 1 | Old Hippie | The Bellamy Brothers | 4 | 3 | One Owner Heart | T. G. Sheppard | 5 | 6 | Only in My Mind | Reba McEntire | 9 | 8 | Operator, Operator | Eddy Raven | 1 | 1 | A Place to Fall Apart | Merle Haggard featuring Janie Fricke | 10 | 12 | Pretty Lady | Keith Stegall | 1 | 1 | Radio Heart | Charly McClain | 1 | 1 | Real Love | Dolly Parton (duet with Kenny Rogers) | 9 | 9 | Rollin' Lonely | Johnny Lee | 12 | 12 | Save the Last Chance | Johnny Lee | 1 | 1 | Seven Spanish Angels | Ray Charles (with Willie Nelson) | 1 | 1 | She Keeps the Home Fires Burning | Ronnie Milsap | 11 | 11 | She Used to Love Me a Lot | David Allan Coe | 1 | 1 | She's a Miracle | Exile | 6 | 22 | She's Comin' Back to Say Goodbye | Eddie Rabbitt | 9 | 5 | She's Gonna Win Your Heart | Eddy Raven | 2 | 1 | She's My Rock | George Jones | 2 | 2 | She's Single Again | Janie Fricke | 19 | 11 | Size Seven Round (Made of Gold) | George Jones with Lacy J. Dalton | 10 | 7 | Slow Burning Memory | Vern Gosdin | 1 | 1 | Some Fools Never Learn | Steve Wariner | 4 | 4 | Somebody Else's Fire | Janie Fricke | 1 | 8 | Somebody Should Leave | Reba McEntire | 26 | 14 | Someone Like You | Emmylou Harris | 2 | 1 | Something in My Heart | Ricky Skaggs | 6 | 24 | Sometimes When We Touch | Mark Gray & Tammy Wynette | 5 | 3 | Stand Up | Mel McDaniel | 1 | 1 | Step That Step | Sawyer Brown | 10 | — | (That's What You Do) When You're in Love | The Forester Sisters | 1 | 1 | (There's A) Fire in the Night | Alabama | 7 | 24 | There's No Love in Tennessee | Barbara Mandrell | 1 | 2 | There's No Way | Alabama | 19 | 37 | They Never Had to Get Over You | Johnny Lee | 14 | 14 | Thing About You | Southern Pacific with Emmylou Harris | 4 | 22 | This Ain't Dallas | Hank Williams Jr. | 1 | 1 | Too Much on My Heart | The Statler Brothers | 1 | 1 | Touch a Hand, Make a Friend | The Oak Ridge Boys | 14 | 18 | Two Old Cats Like Us | Ray Charles with Hank Williams Jr. | 3 | 1 | Used to Blue | Sawyer Brown | 2 | 3 | Walkin' a Broken Heart | Don Williams | 10 | 14 | Waltz Me to Heaven | Waylon Jennings | 4 | 3 | Warning Sign | Eddie Rabbitt | 3 | 1 | What I Didn't Do | Steve Wariner | 8 | 6 | What She Wants | Michael Martin Murphey | 17 | 46 | When Givin' Up Was Easy | Ed Bruce | 14 | 6 | White Line | Emmylou Harris | 3 | 2 | Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes | George Jones | 5 | 9 | With Just One Look in Your Eyes | Charly McClain (with Wayne Massey) | 7 | 6 | Working Man | John Conlee | 10 | 27 | A World Without Love | Eddie Rabbitt | 2 | 2 | Years After You | John Conlee | 20 | 20 | You Can't Run Away from Your Heart | Lacy J. Dalton | 7 | 8 | You Make Me Feel Like a Man | Ricky Skaggs | 1 | 1 | You Make Me Want to Make You Mine | Juice Newton | 3 | 3 | You Turn Me On (Like a Radio) | Ed Bruce | 10 | 8 | You're Going Out of My Mind | T. G. Sheppard | 9 | 6 | You've Got a Good Love Comin' | Lee Greenwood | 10 | 7 | You've Got Something on Your Mind | Mickey Gilley |
Singles released by Canadian artistsUS | CAN | Single | Artist |
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— | 12 | Blue Moon Cafe | Albert Hall | — | 13 | Counting the I Love Yous | Terry Carisse | 73 | 10 | Heaven Knows | Audie Henry | — | 12 | Hold On to What You Got | Gilles Godard | 7 | 4 | I Don't Think I'm Ready for You | Anne Murray | — | 18 | I Just Didn't Love You Very Well | John Winters | — | 9 | I'll Take Her Love Anytime | George Carone | — | 10 | I'm Glad We're Bad at Something | Ronnie Prophet & Glory-Anne Carriere | — | 9 | If You Can't Stand the Heat | Carroll Baker | 95 | 5 | It Always Hurts the First Time | Carroll Baker | — | 19 | The Loneliest Star in Texas | Terry Sumsion | — | 7 | Love Is the Reason | Mercey Brothers | — | 9 | Magic in the Music | C-Weed Band | — | 11 | She Saves Her Love for Me | Stoker Bros | — | 18 | She's No Lady | Paul Weber | — | 17 | Sonny's Dream | Valdy | — | 10 | Sweet Blue | Terry Carisse | 71 | 10 | Sweet Salvation | Audie Henry | — | 10 | Take Me Home Mississippi | Jamie Warren | — | 15 | That's When You Know It's Over | Terry Sumsion | 2 | 1 | Time Don't Run Out on Me | Anne Murray | — | 17 | Two Broken Hearts | Terry Carisse | — | 12 | We Can Only Pretend | George Carone | — | 7 | We Won't Ever Say Goodbye | Gilles Godard | — | 10 | You Lifted Me High Enough | Mercey Brothers |
Top new album releases{{see also|List of number-one country albums of 1985 (U.S.)}} US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
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1 | 40-Hour Week | Alabama | RCA | 8 | Alabama Christmas | Alabama | RCA | 25 | Amber Waves of Grain | Merle Haggard | Epic | 1 | Anything Goes | Gary Morris | Warner Bros. | 8 | The Ballad of Sally Rose | Emmylou Harris | Warner Bros. | 7 | Centerfield | John Fogerty | Warner Bros. | 22 | Darlin', Darlin | David Allan Coe | Columbia | 7 | Don't Call Him a Cowboy | Conway Twitty | Warner Bros. | 24 | Favorite Country Hits | Ricky Skaggs | Epic | 1 | Five-O | Hank Williams Jr. | Curb/Warner Bros. | 4 | The Forester Sisters | The Forester Sisters | Warner Bros. | 4 | Greatest Hits | George Strait | MCA | 25 | Get to the Heart | Barbara Mandrell | MCA | 1 | Greatest Hits | Earl Thomas Conley | RCA | 4 | Greatest Hits | Lee Greenwood | MCA | 1 | Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Ronnie Milsap | RCA | 10 | Half Nelson | Willie Nelson | Columbia | 1 | Greatest Hits Volume 2 | Hank Williams Jr. | Curb/Warner Bros. | 2 | Hang on to Your Heart | Exile | Epic | 1 | The Heart of the Matter | Kenny Rogers | RCA | 23 | High Country Snows | Dan Fogelberg | Full Moon/Epic | 1 | Highwayman | The Highwaymen | Columbia | 10 | Howard & David | The Bellamy Brothers | Curb/MCA | 1 | I Have Returned | Ray Stevens | MCA | 8 | Kern River | Merle Haggard | Epic | 7 | Last Mango in Paris | Jimmy Buffett | MCA | 4 | Let It Roll | Mel McDaniel | Capitol | 22 | Life Highway | Steve Wariner | MCA | 1 | Live in London | Ricky Skaggs | Epic | 1 | Lost in the Fifties Tonight | Ronnie Milsap | RCA | 17 | Love Is What We Make It | Kenny Rogers | Liberty | 3 | Me and Paul | Willie Nelson | Columbia | 1 | A Memory Like You | John Schneider | MCA | 13 | My Toot Toot | Rockin' Sidney | Epic | 17 | Nobody Wants to Be Alone | Crystal Gayle | Warner Bros. | 12 | Old Flame | Juice Newton | RCA | 24 | Old Ways | Neil Young | Geffen | 20 | One Good Night Deserves Another | Steve Wariner | MCA | 19 | One Step Closer | Sylvia | RCA | 1 | Pardners in Rhyme | The Statler Brothers | Mercury/PolyGram | 9 | Partners, Brothers and Friends | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Warner Bros. | 15 | Radio Heart | Charly McClain | Epic | 9 | Real Love | Dolly Parton | RCA | 10 | Restless Heart | Restless Heart | RCA | 1 | Rhythm & Romance | Rosanne Cash | Columbia | 1 | Rockin' with the Rhythm | The Judds | Curb/RCA | 2 | Sawyer Brown | Sawyer Brown | Capitol/Curb | 3 | Shakin' | Sawyer Brown | Capitol/Curb | 21 | Somebody Else's Fire | Janie Fricke | Columbia | 1 | Something Special | George Strait | MCA | 25 | Southern Pacific | Southern Pacific | Warner Bros. | 25 | Stand Up | Mel McDaniel | Capitol | 3 | Step On Out | The Oak Ridge Boys | MCA | 1 | Streamline | Lee Greenwood | MCA | 6 | Sweet Dreams–The Life and Times of Patsy Cline (Soundtrack) | Patsy Cline | MCA | 16 | There's No Stopping Your Heart | Marie Osmond | Capitol/Curb | 24 | Tokyo, Oklahoma | John Anderson | Warner Bros. | 15 | Trying to Outrun the Wind | John Schneider | MCA | 23 | Turn the Page | Waylon Jennings | RCA | 6 | Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes? | George Jones | Epic | 1 | Won't Be Blue Anymore | Dan Seals | Capitol |
Other top albums US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
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27 | 12 Greatest Hits | Patsy Cline | MCA | 50 | 19 Hot Country Requests | Various Artists | Epic | 59 | 19 Hot Country Requests–Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Epic | 33 | Atlanta | Atlanta | MCA | 61 | The Bama Band | The Bama Band | Compleat | 29 | The Best of Reba McEntire | Reba McEntire | Mercury/PolyGram | 39 | Big River–The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Various Artists | MCA | 39 | Biggest Hits | Charly McClain | Epic | 33 | Can't Run Away from Your Heart | Lacy J. Dalton | Columbia | 29 | Chasin' Rainbows | Conway Twitty | Warner Bros. | 42 | Christmas Present | The Statler Brothers | Mercury/PolyGram | 29 | Christmas to Christmas | Lee Greenwood | MCA | 38 | Cut from a Different Stone | Razzy Bailey | MCA | 40 | Dallas–The Music Story | Various Artists | Warner Bros. | 28 | Don't Make Me Wait on the Moon | Shelly West | Viva | 64 | Dreamland Express | John Denver | RCA | 34 | Eddie Rabbitt #1's | Eddie Rabbitt | Warner Bros. | 42 | From My Heart | Kathy Mattea | Mercury/PolyGram | 27 | Greatest Hits | Barbara Mandrell | MCA | 33 | Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | John Conlee | MCA | 60 | Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Charley Pride | RCA | 60 | Greatest Hits Vol. IV | Don Williams | MCA | 27 | Have I Got a Deal for You | Reba McEntire | MCA | 38 | His Best | Merle Haggard | MCA | 40 | I Feel Good (About Lovin' You) | Mickey Gilley | Epic | 32 | It's Just a Matter of Time | Glen Campbell | Atlantic America | 49 | John McEuen | John McEuen | Warner Bros. | 63 | Just a Woman | Loretta Lynn | MCA | 36 | Keep Me Hangin' On | Johnny Lee | Warner Bros. | 45 | Keith Stegall | Keith Stegall | Epic | 55 | Lane Brody | Lane Brody | Capitol | 53 | Live! At Gilley's | Mickey Gilley | Epic | 26 | Livin' on the Edge | T. G. Sheppard | Columbia | 62 | Lone Justice | Lone Justice | Geffen | 64 | Love and Other Hard Times | Eddy Raven | RCA | 60 | Maybe My Baby | Louise Mandrell | RCA | 27 | Me and the Boys | The Charlie Daniels Band | Epic | 35 | Memories to Burn | Gene Watson | Epic | 55 | Music from Rustler's Rhapsody and Other Songs | Various Artists | Warner Bros. | 58 | Old Friends | Terri Gibbs | Warner Bros. | 40 | Past the Point of No Return | Jim Glaser | MCA/Noble Vision | 48 | ...Say When | Nicolette Larson | MCA | 35 | Smile | Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers | Columbia | 32 | Sometimes When We Touch | Tammy Wynette | Epic | 63 | Song in a Seashell | Tom T. Hall | Mercury/PolyGram | 27 | Songs You Know by Heart | Jimmy Buffett | MCA | 42 | The Spirit of Christmas | Ray Charles | Columbia | 54 | T. G. Sheppard | T. G. Sheppard | Warner Bros. | 54 | Tender Loving Care | Tom Jones | Mercury/PolyGram | 45 | Tennessee Christmas | Various Artists | MCA | 63 | The Things That Matter | Vince Gill | RCA | 48 | Till I Made It with You | Mac Davis | MCA | 31 | Time Stood Still | Vern Gosdin | Compleat | 27 | Two Heart Harmony | The Kendalls | Mercury/PolyGram | 49 | Unchained | David Allan Coe | Columbia | 33 | The Very Best of Janie | Janie Fricke | Columbia | 64 | Wall of Tears | Gus Hardin | RCA | 52 | Where's the Fire | Leon Everette | Mercury/PolyGram | 42 | Whole New World | The Whites | MCA |
On televisionRegular series- Hee Haw (1969–1993, syndicated)
- That Nashville Music (1970–1985, syndicated)
SpecialsBirths- January 20 – Brantley Gilbert, singer of the 2010s best known for "Country Must Be Country Wide" and "You Don't Know Her Like I Do"
- May 20 – Jon Pardi, country singer of the 2010s
- June 12 – Chris Young, winner on the fourth season of Nashville Star
- August 26 – Brian Kelley, member of Florida Georgia Line, a duo of the 2010s.
- September 1 — Charlie Worsham, singer/multi-instrumentalist honored by the Mississippi state senate[1]
Deaths- July 17 – Wynn Stewart, 51, key progenitor of the Bakersfield sound, known for hits such as "It's Such a Pretty World Today" (heart attack)
- August 8 – Benny Barnes, 51, former rhythm guitarist for George Jones, best known for his 1956 hit "Poor Man's Riches"[2]
- October 11 -- Tex Williams, 68, Western swing and talking blues performer best known for "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" (pancreatic cancer)
Hall of Fame inducteesCountry Music Hall of Fame inductees- Flatt and Scruggs (Lester Flatt 1914–1979 and Earl Scruggs 1924–2012)
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inducteesMajor awardsGrammy Awards- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me," Rosanne Cash
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Lost in the Fifties Tonight," Ronnie Milsap
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Why Not Me," The Judds
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Cosmic Square Dance," Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler
- Best Country Song — "Highwayman," Jimmy Webb (Performer: The Highwaymen)
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 — Family Brown
Academy of Country Music- Entertainer of the Year — Alabama
- Song of the Year — "Lost in the Fifties Tonight," Fred Parris, Mike Reid and Troy Seals (Performer: Ronnie Milsap)
- Single of the Year — "Highwayman," The Highwaymen
- 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 (Directors: Marc Ball)
Canadian Country Music Association- Entertainer of the Year — Dick Damron
- Male Artist of the Year — Terry Carisse
- Female Artist of the Year — Carroll Baker
- Group of the Year — The Mercey Brothers
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Counting the I Love You's," Terry Carisse, Bruce Rawlins (Performer: Terry Carisse)
- Single of the Year — "Riding on the Wind," Gary Fjellgaard
- Album of the Year — Closest Thing to You, Terry Carisse
- Top Selling Album — Once Upon a Christmas, Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
- Vista Rising Star Award — Ginny Mitchell
- Duo of the Year — Anita Perras and Tim Taylor
Country Music Association- Entertainer of the Year — Ricky Skaggs
- Song of the Year — "God Bless the USA," Lee Greenwood (Performer: Lee Greenwood)
- Single of the Year — "Why Not Me," The Judds
- Album of the Year — Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind, George Strait
- Male Vocalist of the Year — George Strait
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Reba McEntire
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Dave Loggins and Anne Murray
- Vocal Group of the Year — The Judds
- Horizon Award — Sawyer Brown
- Music Video of the Year — "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight," Hank Williams Jr. (Director: John Goodhue)
- Instrumentalist of the Year — Chet Atkins
- Instrumental Group of the Year — Ricky Skaggs Band
See also- Country Music Association
- Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/1999%5Cpdf%5CHC/HC0044IN.pdf |format=PDF |title=HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 44 |publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us |accessdate=2015-05-01}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|page=44|year=2008|isbn=0-89820-177-2}}
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 ({{ISBN|978-0679435563}})
- Kingsbury, Paul, Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947–1989, Country Music Foundation, 2003 ({{ISBN|0-8118-3572-3}})
- Millard, Bob, Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music, HarperCollins, New York, 1993 ({{ISBN|0-06-273244-7}})
- Whitburn, Joel, Top Country Songs 1944–2005 – 6th Edition. 2005 ({{ISBN|978-0898201659}})
External links- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051201094226/http://www.cmaawards.com/2004/hof/default.asp Country Music Hall of Fame]
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