Country-Musik 1983

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1983 im Genre Country-Musik.

Top Hits des Jahres

Nummer-1-Hits

Die folgende Liste umfasst die Nummer-eins-Hits der Billboard Hot Country Songs des US-amerikanischen Musikmagazines Billboard chronologisch nach Wochenplatzierung.^[1]

8. Januar – Can't Even Get the Blues – Reba McEntire
15. Januar – Going Where the Lonely Go – Merle Haggard
22. Januar – (Lost His Love) On Our Last Date – Emmylou Harris
29. Januar – Talk to Me – Mickey Gilley
5. Februar – Inside – Ronnie Milsap
12. Februar – ’Til I Gain Control Again – Crystal Gayle
19. Februar – Fakin' Love – T.G. Sheppard und Karen Brooks
26. Februar – Why Baby Why – Charley Pride
5. März – If Hollywood Don't Need You – Don Williams
12. März – The Rose – Conway Twitty
19. März – I Wouldn't Change You If I Could – Ricky Skaggs
26. März – Swingin‘ – John Anderson
21. April – When I'm Away From You – Bellamy Brothers
9. April – We've Got Tonight – Kenny Rogers und Sheena Easton
16. April – Dixieland Delight – Alabama
23. April – American Made – Oak Ridge Boys
30. April – You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving – Reba McEntire
7. Mai – Jose Cuervo – Shelly West
14. Mai – Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love – B.J. Thomas
21. Mai – Common Man – John Conlee
28. Mai – You Take Me for Granted – Merle Haggard
4. Juni – Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will) – Waylon Jennings
11. Juni – Our Love is on the Faultline – Crystal Gayle
18. Juni – You Can't Run From Love – Eddie Rabbitt
25. Juni – Fool For Your Love – Mickey Gilley
2. Juli – Love is on a Roll – Don Williams
9. Juli – Highway 40 Blues – Ricky Skaggs
16. Juli – The Closer You Get – Alabama
23. Juli – Pancho and Lefty – Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
30. Juli – I Always Get Lucky With You – George Jones
6. August – Your Love's on the Line – Earl Thomas Conley
13. August – He's a Heartache (Looking For a Place to Happen) – Janie Fricke
20. August – Love Song – Oak Ridge Boys
27. August – You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation – Ronnie McDowell
3. September – A Fire I Can't Put Out – George Strait
10. September – I'm Only in it For the Love – John Conlee
17. September – Night Games – Charley Pride
24. September – Baby What About You – Crystal Gayle
11. Oktober – New Looks From an Old Lover – B.J. Thomas
8. Oktober – Don't You Know How Much I Love You – Ronnie Milsap
15. Oktober – Paradise Tonight – Charly McClain und Mickey Gilley
22. Oktober – Lady Down on Love – Alabama
29. Oktober – Islands in the Stream – Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
12. November – Somebody's Gonna Love You – Lee Greenwood
19. November – One of a Kind, Pair of Fools – Barbara Mandrell
26. November – Holding Her and Loving You – Earl Thomas Conley
3. Dezember – A Little Good News – Anne Murray
10. Dezember – Tell Me a Lie – Janie Fricke
17. Dezember – Black Sheep – John Anderson
24. Dezember – Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You) – Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers

Weitere große Hits

Amarillo By Morning – George Strait
Everything's Beautiful in its Own Way – Dolly Parton und Willie Nelson
Flight 309 to Tennessee – Shelly West
Foolin‘ – Johnny Rodriguez
Going Downhill – John Anderson
Hard Candy Christmas – Dolly Parton
Hey Bartender – Johnny Lee
How Could I Love Her So Much – Johnny Rodriguez
I.O.U. – Lee Greenwood
I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before) – Earl Thomas Conley
I Love Her Mind – Bellamy Brothers
Leave Them Boys Alone – Hank Williams Jr. (mit Ernest Tubb und Waylon Jennings)
Midnight Fire – Steve Wariner
Nobody But You – Don Williams
Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely) – Statler Brothers
The Ride – David Allan Coe
Save Me – Louise Mandrell
Scarlet Fever – Kenny Rogers
Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love On Me) – George Jones
Snapshot – Sylvia
Stranger in My House – Ronnie Milsap
Tennessee Whiskey – George Jones
Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More) – Tom Jones
What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life) – Merle Haggard
What She Don't Know Won't Hurt Her – Gene Watson
Why Do We Want What We Know We Can't Have – Reba McEntire
The Wind Beneath My Wings – Gary Morris
You've Got a Lover – Ricky Skaggs

Alben

Nummer-1-Alben

Die folgende Liste umfasst die Nummer-eins-Hits der Billboard Top Country Albums des US-amerikanischen Musikmagazines Billboard chronologisch nach Wochenplatzierung.^[2]

1. Januar – Mountain Music – Alabama
9. April – Panco & Lefty – Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson
16. April – The Closer You Get... – Alabama
29. Oktober – Eyes That See in the Dark – Kenny Rogers

Weitere Alben

American Made – Oak Ridge Boys
Don't Cheat in Our Hometown – Ricky Skaggs
Don't Make it Easy for Me – Earl Thomas Conley
Even the Strong Get Lonely – Tammy Wynette
Heart to Heart – Merle Haggard
A Little Good News – Anne Murray
Lost in the Feeling – Conway Twitty
Right or Wrong – George Strait
Shine On – George Jones
Take it to the Limit – Waylon Jennings und Willie Nelson
That's the Way Love Goes – Merle Haggard
Tougher Than Leather – Willie Nelson
Waylon and Company – Waylon Jennings
We've Got Tonight – Kenny Rogers
Without a Song – Willie Nelson

Geboren

10. März – Carrie Underwood
30. Juni – Cole Swindell
10. November – Miranda Lambert
29. Dezember – Jessica Andrews

Gestorben

2. April Cliff Carlisle
20. Oktober – Merle Travis

Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames

Country Music Hall of Fame

Little Jimmy Dickens^[3]

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

Die bedeutendsten Auszeichnungen

Grammy Awards

Beste weibliche Gesangsdarbietung – Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Female) – Break It to Me Gently – Juice Newton
Beste männliche Gesangsdarbietung – Country (Best Country Vocal Performance, Male) – Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson
Beste Countrydarbietung eines Duos oder einer Gruppe mit Gesang (Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal) – Mountain Music – Alabama
Bestes Darbietung eines Countryinstrumentals (Best Country Instrumental Performance) Alabama Jubilee – Roy Clark
Bester Countrysong (Best Country Song) – Alway On My Mind von Autoren: Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, Mark James, Interpret Willie Nelson^[4]

Academy of Country Music Awards

Entertainer Of The Year – Alabama
Song Of The Year – Are The Good Times Really Over – Interpret: Merle Haggard – Autor: Merle Haggard
Single Of The Year – Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson
Album Of The Year – Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson
Top Male Vocalist – Ronnie Milsap
Top Female Vocalist – Sylvia
Top Vocal Duo – Shelly West and David Frizzell
Top Vocal Group – Alabama
Top New Male Vocalist – Michael Martin Murphey
Top New Female Vocalist – Karen Brooks

Country Music Association Awards

Entertainer of the Year – Alabama
Song Of The Year – Always On My Mind – J.Christopher / W.Carson / M.James
Single Of The Year – Swingin – John Anderson
Album Of The Year – The Closer You Get – Alabama
Male Vocalist Of The Year – Lee Greenwood
Female Vocalist Of The Year – Janie Fricke
Vocal Duo Of The Year – Merle Haggard / Willie Nelson
Vocal Group Of The Year – Alabama
Instrumentalist Of The Year – Chet Atkins
Horizon Award – John Anderson
Instrumental Group Of The Year – Ricky Skaggs Band

American Music Awards

Favorite Country Male Artist – Kenny Rogers
Favorite Country Female Artist – Barbara Mandrell
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Alabama
Favorite Country Album – Always on My Mind – Willie Nelson
Favorite Country Song – Love Will Turn You Around – Kenny Rogers

Einzelnachweise

↑ Hot Country Songs Chart - Chartssuche ab 1. Januar 1983. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 26. Juni 2022 (englisch).
↑ Top Country Albums - Chartssuche ab 1. Januar 1983. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 26. Juni 2022 (englisch).
↑ LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS. INDUCTED : 1983. In: Country Music Hall of Fame. Abgerufen am 26. Juni 2022 (englisch).
↑ 25st Grammy Awards - 1983. In: Rock On The Net. Abgerufen am 25. Juni 2022 (englisch).

[Singles-1] Hot Country Songs Chart - Chartssuche ab 1. Januar 1983. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 26. Juni 2022 (englisch).

[Alben-2] Top Country Albums - Chartssuche ab 1. Januar 1983. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 26. Juni 2022 (englisch).

[3] LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS. INDUCTED : 1983. In: Country Music Hall of Fame. Abgerufen am 26. Juni 2022 (englisch).

[4] 25st Grammy Awards - 1983. In: Rock On The Net. Abgerufen am 25. Juni 2022 (englisch).

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