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- Events No dates
- Top hits of the year Singles released by American artists Singles released by Canadian artists
- Top new album releases Other top albums
- On television Regular series Specials
- Births
- Deaths
- Hall of Fame inductees Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
- Major awards Grammy Awards Juno Awards Academy of Country Music ARIA Awards Canadian Country Music Association Country Music Association
- Further reading
- Other links
- External links
{{Multiple issues|{{no footnotes|date=April 2015}}{{Refimprove|date=April 2015}} }}This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1987. {{YYYY music|1987}}{{Year nav topic5|1987|country music}}Events- June 13 — Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever, Amen" spends three weeks at No. 1 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It is the first multi-week chart-topping song since "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" by Ronnie Milsap spent two weeks atop the chart in September 1985; in that time span, 85 songs would rotate in and out of the chart's top spot. Incidentally, only three other songs during the entire 1980s decade — all of them in 1980 — would spend more than two weeks at No. 1, owing much to how Billboard compiled the chart data at the time.
- September — Dolly Parton's much anticipated TV variety series, Dolly, premieres on ABC in September. Despite a promising start (due to strong ratings in its early weeks), the show was panned by critics and its audience began to lose interest. After a continual decline on viewership, the series was cancelled at the end of the 1987–1988 season.
No dates- 46-year-old singer-songwriter K.T. Oslin becomes the success story of the year with her hit "80s Ladies," a Grammy Award-winner which told the story of three friends from childhood who stayed together through an era of social change. The song spawned an award-winning video as well and despite only reaching No. 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, was one of the most played songs of the year. Oslin's rise to fame in her mid-40s came at a time when mainstream country radio was beginning to shun older female artists in lieu of younger, more attractive stars.
Top hits of the year{{See also|List of number-one country singles of 1987 (U.S.)|List of number-one country hits of 1987 (Canada)}}Singles released by American artistsUS | CAN | Single | Artist | 7 | 4 | 80's Ladies | K. T. Oslin | 86 | 17 | Ain't No Cure for Love | Jennifer Warnes | 1 | 1 | All My Ex's Live in Texas | George Strait | 1 | 1 | Am I Blue | George Strait | 16 | 35 | American Me | S-K-O | 4 | — | Another World | Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris | 2 | 2 | Baby's Got a Hold on Me | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 1 | — | Baby's Got a New Baby | S-K-O | 4 | 8 | The Bed You Made for Me | Highway 101 | 10 | 9 | Bonnie Jean (Little Sister) | David Lynn Jones | 1 | 1 | Born to Boogie | Hank Williams, Jr. | 9 | 4 | Brilliant Conversationalist | T. Graham Brown | 1 | 1 | Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You | The O'Kanes | 6 | 1 | The Carpenter | John Conlee | 4 | 7 | Chains of Gold | Sweethearts of the Rodeo | 16 | 30 | Changin' Partners | Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers | 13 | 14 | Child Support | Barbara Mandrell | 5 | 3 | Cinderella | Vince Gill | 10 | 23 | Cowboy Man | Lyle Lovett | 3 | 7 | Crazy from the Heart | The Bellamy Brothers | 4 | — | Crazy Over You | Foster & Lloyd | 7 | 5 | Crime of Passion | Ricky Van Shelton | 1 | 2 | Cry Myself to Sleep | The Judds | 9 | 12 | Daddies Need to Grow Up Too | The O'Kanes | 10 | 10 | Deep River Woman | Lionel Richie with Alabama | 85 | 17 | Didn't You Go and Leave Me | Rosemary Sharp | 1 | 3 | Do Ya | K. T. Oslin | 4 | 5 | Domestic Life | John Conlee | 10 | 4 | Don't Be Cruel | The Judds | 1 | 1 | Don't Go to Strangers | T. Graham Brown | 20 | 19 | Don't Touch Me There | Charly McClain | 4 | 7 | A Face in the Crowd | Michael Martin Murphey and Holly Dunn | 2 | 2 | Fallin' for You for Years | Conway Twitty | 8 | 11 | Fallin' Out | Waylon Jennings | 7 | 5 | Fire in the Sky | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 1 | 1 | Fishin' in the Dark | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 7 | 11 | Forever | The Statler Brothers | 1 | 1 | Forever and Ever, Amen | Randy Travis | 16 | 18 | Full Grown Fool | Mickey Gilley | 7 | 10 | Girls Ride Horses Too | Judy Rodman | 13 | 18 | Give Back My Heart | Lyle Lovett | 1 | 3 | Give Me Wings | Michael Johnson | 18 | 23 | God Will | Lyle Lovett | 8 | 10 | Goodbye's All We've Got Left | Steve Earle | 10 | 11 | Gotta Get Away | Sweethearts of the Rodeo | 9 | 6 | Gotta Have You | Eddie Rabbitt | 2 | 3 | Half Past Forever (Till I'm Blue in the Heart) | T. G. Sheppard | 6 | 6 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Glen Campbell (with Steve Wariner) | 10 | — | Hard Livin' | Keith Whitley | 14 | 50 | Have I Got Some Blues for You | Charley Pride | 18 | 39 | He's Letting Go | Baillie & the Boys | 9 | 25 | Homecoming '63 | Keith Whitley | 17 | 12 | House of Blue Lights | Asleep at the Wheel | 1 | 1 | How Do I Turn You On | Ronnie Milsap | 1 | 3 | I Can't Win for Losin' You | Earl Thomas Conley | 1 | 1 | I Know Where I'm Going | The Judds | 14 | 19 | I Only Wanted You | Marie Osmond | 2 | 2 | I Prefer the Moonlight | Kenny Rogers | 2 | 2 | I Want to Know You Before We Make Love | Conway Twitty | 1 | 1 | I Will Be There | Dan Seals | 1 | 1 | I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever) | Randy Travis | 10 | 24 | I'll Be the One | The Statler Brothers | 5 | 9 | I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | Judy Rodman | 2 | 1 | I'll Come Back as Another Woman | Tanya Tucker | 4 | 15 | I'll Never Be in Love Again | Don Williams | 1 | 1 | I'll Still Be Loving You | Restless Heart | 9 | 24 | If There's Any Justice | Lee Greenwood | 1 | 1 | It Takes a Little Rain (To Make Love Grow) | The Oak Ridge Boys | 31 | 7 | It Won't Hurt | Dwight Yoakam | 8 | 12 | It's Only Over for You | Tanya Tucker | 2 | 3 | Julia | Conway Twitty | 1 | 3 | Kids of the Baby Boom | The Bellamy Brothers | 37 | 20 | Killbilly Hill | Southern Pacific | 1 | 2 | The Last One to Know | Reba McEntire | 1 | 1 | Leave Me Lonely | Gary Morris | 4 | 5 | Let the Music Lift You Up | Reba McEntire | 16 | 17 | Let's Do Something | Vince Gill | 7 | 3 | Little Sister | Dwight Yoakam | 8 | 1 | Little Ways | Dwight Yoakam | 1 | 1 | A Long Line of Love | Michael Martin Murphey | 10 | 7 | Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This | Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White | 2 | 3 | Love Me Like You Used To | Tanya Tucker | 6 | 5 | Love Reunited | The Desert Rose Band | 2 | 2 | Love Someone Like Me | Holly Dunn | 6 | 4 | Love, You Ain't Seen the Last of Me | John Schneider | 1 | 1 | Lynda | Steve Wariner | 1 | 1 | Make No Mistake, She's Mine | Kenny Rogers and Ronnie Milsap | 11 | 7 | Mama's Rockin' Chair | John Conlee | 1 | 1 | Maybe Your Baby's Got the Blues | The Judds | 4 | 6 | Midnight Girl/Sunset Town | Sweethearts of the Rodeo | 1 | 2 | The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder | Michael Johnson | 1 | 1 | Mornin' Ride | Lee Greenwood | 19 | 37 | No Easy Horses | S-K-B | 2 | 1 | No Place Like Home | Randy Travis | 20 | 7 | Nowhere Road | Steve Earle | 1 | 1 | Ocean Front Property | George Strait | 9 | 17 | Oh Heart | Baillie & the Boys | 11 | — | Old Bridges Burn Slow | Billy Joe Royal | 2 | 2 | One for the Money | T. G. Sheppard | 1 | 1 | One Promise Too Late | Reba McEntire | 4 | 7 | Only When I Love | Holly Dunn | 9 | 9 | Plain Brown Wrapper | Gary Morris | 76 | 17 | Real Good Heartache | Rosemary Sharp | 1 | 1 | Right from the Start | Earl Thomas Conley | 3 | 5 | Right Hand Man | Eddy Raven | 8 | 6 | The Right Left Hand | George Jones | 16 | 14 | The Rock and Roll of Love | Tom Wopat | 1 | 1 | Rose in Paradise | Waylon Jennings | 6 | 18 | Rough and Rowdy Days | Waylon Jennings | 9 | 12 | Señorita | Don Williams | 4 | 3 | She Couldn't Love Me Anymore | T. Graham Brown | 9 | — | She Thinks That She'll Marry | Judy Rodman | 1 | 1 | She's Too Good to Be True | Exile | 1 | 1 | Shine, Shine, Shine | Eddy Raven | 1 | 1 | Small Town Girl | Steve Wariner | 1 | 1 | Snap Your Fingers | Ronnie Milsap | 1 | 5 | Somebody Lied | Ricky Van Shelton | 5 | 3 | Someone | Lee Greenwood | 1 | 1 | Somewhere Tonight | Highway 101 | 1 | 2 | Straight to the Heart | Crystal Gayle | 20 | — | Susannah | Tom Wopat | 37 | 19 | Sweet Little '66 | Steve Earle | 10 | 7 | Take the Long Way Home | John Schneider | 4 | 3 | Talkin' to the Moon | Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers | 7 | 4 | Tar Top | Alabama | 3 | 6 | Telling Me Lies | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris | 1 | 2 | That Was a Close One | Earl Thomas Conley | 3 | 4 | Then It's Love | Don Williams | 1 | 2 | This Crazy Love | The Oak Ridge Boys | 5 | 1 | Those Memories of You | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris | 1 | 1 | Three Time Loser | Dan Seals | 6 | 10 | Till I'm Too Old to Die Young | Moe Bandy | 17 | 35 | Time In | The Oak Ridge Boys | 1 | 1 | To Know Him Is to Love Him | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris | 5 | 4 | Too Many Rivers | The Forester Sisters | 6 | 15 | Train of Memories | Kathy Mattea | 2 | 2 | Twenty Years Ago | Kenny Rogers | 1 | 1 | The Way We Make a Broken Heart | Rosanne Cash | 1 | 1 | The Weekend | Steve Wariner | 1 | 1 | What Am I Gonna Do About You | Reba McEntire | 9 | 7 | What Can I Do with My Heart | Juice Newton | 20 | 10 | When a Woman Cries | Janie Fricke | 2 | 1 | Whiskey, If You Were a Woman | Highway 101 | 1 | 1 | Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right) | Restless Heart | 15 | 24 | Why I Don't Know | Lyle Lovett | 1 | 3 | You Again | The Forester Sisters | 11 | — | You Haven't Heard the Last of Me | Moe Bandy | 1 | 1 | You Still Move Me | Dan Seals | 2 | 5 | You're My First Lady | T. G. Sheppard | 3 | 6 | You're Never Too Old for Young Love | Eddy Raven | 5 | — | You're the Power | Kathy Mattea | 1 | 1 | "You've Got" the Touch | Alabama | 12 | 13 | Your Love | Tammy Wynette |
Singles released by Canadian artistsUS | CAN | Single | Artist | — | 8 | All I Really Need | Audie Henry | 20 | 10 | Are You Still in Love with Me | Anne Murray | — | 6 | Arms That Love (Hearts That Don't) | Carroll Baker | — | 19 | Better Off Alone | The Good Brothers | — | 9 | Cowboy Pride | Ian Tyson | — | 10 | Death and Taxes and Me Lovin' You | Carroll Baker | — | 15 | Denim Blue Eyes | Sylvia Tyson | — | 14 | Diamonds in the Dark | Cameron Molloy with Silver Weasel | — | 9 | Heroes | Mercey Brothers | — | 10 | I Love You More | Family Brown | — | 20 | I've Found Someone Too | Anita Perras | — | 16 | Listen to My Heart | Stoker Bros | — | 11 | New Fool at an Old Game | Michelle Wright | — | 9 | No Holiday in L.A. | Ronnie Prophet | — | 13 | None of the Feeling Is Gone | Terry Carisse with Michelle Wright | — | 3 | Old Photographs | Terry Carisse | — | 8 | Raised by the Radio | Mercey Brothers | 84 | 11 | Roller Coaster | Alibi | — | 13 | Say When | Tim Taylor | — | 14 | Small Talk | Glory-Anne Carriere | — | 10 | Starting Forever Again | Terry Carisse | — | 15 | Taste of Romance | Bootleg | — | 20 | Too Short a Ride | Sylvia Tyson | — | 14 | True Blue | Anne Lord | — | 1 | Try | Blue Rodeo | — | 10 | Walk in the Rain Tonight | Gary Fjellgaard | — | 20 | What a Fool I'd Be | Colleen Peterson |
Top new album releases{{see also|List of number-one country albums of 1987 (U.S.)}} US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
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16 | 10 | Asleep at the Wheel | Epic | 14 | 20 Greatest Hits | Don Williams | MCA | 1 | 80's Ladies | K. T. Oslin | RCA | 18 | After All This Time | Charley Pride | 16th Avenue | 1 | Always & Forever | Randy Travis | Warner Bros. | 23 | Angel Band | Emmylou Harris | Warner Bros. | 7 | The Best | Dan Seals | Capitol | 25 | Borderline | Conway Twitty | MCA | 1 | Born to Boogie | Hank Williams, Jr. | Curb/Warner Bros. | 23 | Brilliant Conversationalist | T. Graham Brown | Capitol | 8 | Chill Factor | Merle Haggard | Epic | 17 | Come On Joe | Jo-El Sonnier | RCA | 22 | Cornerstone | Holly Dunn | MTM | 21 | Country Rap | The Bellamy Brothers | Curb/MCA | 25 | Crackin' Up | Ray Stevens | MCA | 24 | The Desert Rose Band | The Desert Rose Band | Curb/MCA | 15 | Exit 0 | Steve Earle & The Dukes | MCA | 2 | Greatest Hits | Reba McEntire | MCA | 22 | Greatest Hits | John Schneider | MCA | 25 | Greatest Hits | Steve Wariner | MCA | 1 | Greatest Hits Volume Two | George Strait | MCA | 19 | Hangin' Tough | Waylon Jennings | MCA | 1 | Hank Live | Hank Williams, Jr. | Curb/Warner Bros. | 9 | Harmony | Anne Murray | Capitol | 13 | Heart & Soul | Ronnie Milsap | RCA | 20 | Heartbeat | The Oak Ridge Boys | MCA | 1 | Heartland | The Judds | Curb/RCA | 7 | Highway 101 | Highway 101 | Warner Bros. | 1 | Hillbilly Deluxe | Dwight Yoakam | Reprise | 24 | Hits | Gary Morris | Warner Bros. | 14 | Hold On | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Warner Bros. | 18 | I Prefer the Moonlight | Kenny Rogers | RCA | 14 | Island in the Sea | Willie Nelson | Columbia | 1 | Just Us | Alabama | RCA | 6 | King's Record Shop | Rosanne Cash | Columbia | 3 | The Last One to Know | Reba McEntire | MCA | 23 | Lone Star State of Mind | Nanci Griffith | MCA | 10 | Love Me Like You Used To | Tanya Tucker | Capitol | 22 | A Man Called Hoss | Waylon Jennings | MCA | 9 | Maple Street Memories | The Statler Brothers | Mercury | 1 | Ocean Front Property | George Strait | MCA | 18 | Rainbow | Dolly Parton | Columbia | 18 | Right Hand Man | Eddy Raven | RCA | 5 | The Royal Treatment | Billy Joe Royal | Atlantic | 13 | Shelter from the Night | Exile | Epic | 16 | Somewhere in the Night | Sawyer Brown | Capitol/Curb | 24 | Sure Feels Good | Barbara Mandrell | EMI America | 14 | Too Wild Too Long | George Jones | Epic | 1 | Trio | Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris | Warner Bros. | 11 | Untasted Honey | Kathy Mattea | Mercury | 13 | The Way Back Home | Vince Gill | RCA | 25 | What If We Fall in Love? | Crystal Gayle & Gary Morris | Warner Bros. | 14 | Where the Fast Lane Ends | The Oak Ridge Boys | MCA | 1 | Wild-Eyed Dream | Ricky Van Shelton | Columbia | 13 | You Again | The Forester Sisters | Warner Bros. | 10 | You Haven't Heard the Last of Me | Moe Bandy | Curb |
Other top albums US | Album | Artist | Record Label |
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29 | After Midnight | Janie Fricke | Columbia | 37 | Ain't No Binds | The Whites | MCA | 32 | Americana | Michael Martin Murphey | Warner Bros. | 56 | Angel with a Lariat | k.d. lang | Sire | 48 | Back to Basics | Mickey Gilley | Epic | 27 | Baillie & the Boys | Baillie & the Boys | RCA | 53 | The Best of Crystal Gayle | Crystal Gayle | Warner Bros. | 41 | Blue Skies Again | John Anderson | MCA | 51 | Break the Routine | The Kendalls | Step One | 63 | Celebration | Janie Fricke | Columbia | 66 | A Christmas Card | The Forester Sisters | Warner Bros. | 57 | A Christmas Tradition | Various Artists | Warner Bros. | 49 | Christmas with the Judds | The Judds | Curb/RCA | 47 | Country Collection | Various Artists | K-Tel | 48 | Country Now | Various Artists | K-Tel | 50 | Crazy from the Heart | The Bellamy Brothers | Curb/MCA | 69 | A Crystal Christmas | Crystal Gayle | Warner Bros. | 59 | Emotion | Juice Newton | RCA | 33 | Foster & Lloyd | Foster & Lloyd | RCA | 43 | Greatest Hits | Mel McDaniel | Capitol | 59 | Greatest Hits | Sylvia | RCA | 41 | Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | Ray Stevens | MCA | 62 | Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 | Ray Stevens | MCA | 28 | Hard Times on Easy Street | David Lynn Jones | Mercury | 43 | Higher Ground | Tammy Wynette | Epic | 54 | Honky Tonk Crazy | Gene Watson | Epic | 38 | If There's Any Justice | Lee Greenwood | MCA | 29 | It's a Crazy World | Steve Wariner | MCA | 36 | Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town | Johnny Cash | Mercury/PolyGram | 54 | Larry Boone | Larry Boone | Mercury | 63 | The Lonesome Jubilee | John Mellencamp | Mercury | 50 | A Matter of Life…and Death | David Allan Coe | Columbia | 72 | Merry Christmas to You | Reba McEntire | MCA | 54 | Modern Times | Johnny Paycheck | Mercury/PolyGram | 52 | No Easy Horses | S-K-B | MTM | 47 | One for the Money | T. G. Sheppard | Columbia | 55 | The Only One | O. B. McClinton | Epic | 71 | The Patsy Cline Story | Patsy Cline | MCA | 29 | A Place Called Love | Judy Rodman | MTM | 49 | Rattlesnake Annie | Rattlesnake Annie | Columbia | 60 | Romeo's Escape | Dave Alvin | Epic | 65 | Rosie Flores | Rosie Flores | Reprise | 31 | Seashores of Old Mexico | Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson | Epic | 35 | Still I Stay | Charly McClain | Epic | 32 | Still within the Sound of My Voice | Glen Campbell | MCA | 26 | Super Hits | George Jones | Epic | 39 | Walking the Line | Merle Haggard, George Jones & Willie Nelson | Epic | 42 | What a Girl Next Door Could Do | Girls Next Door | MTM | 41 | You Ain't Seen the Last of Me | John Schneider | MCA |
On televisionRegular series- Dolly (1987–1988, ABC)
- Hee Haw (1969–1993, syndicated)
SpecialsBirths- January 31 – Tyler Hubbard, member of Florida Georgia Line, a duo of the 2010s.
- August 16 – Dan Smyers, member of Dan + Shay, a rising duo of the 2010s.
- September 25 — Greg Bates, up-and-coming country singer of the early 2010s.
Deaths- June 25 – Boudleaux Bryant, 67, songwriter (with wife Felice) of many 1950s and 1960s hits.
Hall of Fame inducteesCountry Music Hall of Fame inductees- Rod Brasfield (1910–1958)
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inducteesMajor awardsGrammy Awards- Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "80's Ladies," K. T. Oslin
- Best Male Country Vocal Performance — Always & Forever, Randy Travis
- Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — Trio, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris
- Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Make No Mistake, She's Mine," Ronnie Milsap and Kenny Rogers
- Best Country Instrumental Performance — "String of Pars," Asleep at the Wheel
- Best Country Song — "Forever and Ever, Amen," Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz (Performer: Randy Travis)
Juno Awards- Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Ian Tyson
- Country Female Vocalist of the Year — k.d. lang
- Country Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster
Academy of Country Music- Entertainer of the Year — Hank Williams, Jr.
- Song of the Year — "Forever and Ever, Amen," Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz (Performer: Randy Travis)
- Single of the Year — "Forever and Ever, Amen," Randy Travis
- Album of the Year — Trio, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstadt
- Top Male Vocalist — Randy Travis
- Top Female Vocalist — Reba McEntire
- Top Vocal Duo — The Judds
- Top Vocal Group — Highway 101
- Top New Male Vocalist — Ricky Van Shelton
- Top New Female Vocalist — K. T. Oslin
- Video of the Year — "80's Ladies," K. T. Oslin (Director: Jack Cole)
ARIA Awards (presented in Sydney on March 2, 1987)- Best Country Album - Mallee Boy (John Williamson)
Canadian Country Music Association- Entertainer of the Year — k.d. lang
- Male Artist of the Year — Ian Tyson
- Female Artist of the Year — Anita Perras
- Group of the Year — Family Brown
- SOCAN Song of the Year — "Heroes," Gary Fjellgaard (Performer: Mercey Brothers)
- Single of the Year — "Navajo Rug," Ian Tyson
- Album of the Year — Cowboyography, Ian Tyson
- Top Selling Album — Storms of Life, Randy Travis
- Vista Rising Star Award — k.d. lang
- Duo of the Year — Anita Perras and Tim Taylor
Country Music Association- Entertainer of the Year — Hank Williams, Jr.
- Song of the Year — "Forever and Ever, Amen," Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz (Performer: Randy Travis)
- Single of the Year — "Forever and Ever, Amen," Randy Travis
- Album of the Year — Always & Forever, Randy Travis
- Male Vocalist of the Year — Randy Travis
- Female Vocalist of the Year — Reba McEntire
- Vocal Duo of the Year — Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White
- Vocal Group of the Year — The Judds
- Horizon Award — Holly Dunn
- Music Video of the Year — "My Name Is Bocephus," Hank Williams, Jr. (Directors: Bill Fishman and Preacher Ewing)
- Instrumentalist of the Year — Johnny Gimble
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 ({{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.
Other links- Country Music Association
- Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame
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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