Country-Musik 1986

Ereignisse

25. Juni: Jenifer Strait, die 13-jährige Tochter von George Strait, stirbt bei einem Autounfall. George Strait sprach nur selten über den Unfall, der ihn lange beschäftigte. Die Familie gründete kurz darauf die Jenifer Strait Memorial Foundation.^[1]
19. Juli: Columbia Records trennt sich nach 28 Jahren von Johnny Cash^[2]
Buck Owens verlässt nach 17 Jahren die Hee Haw Show.^[3]

Top Hits des Jahres

Jahresendcharts

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.^[4]

Never Be You – Rosanne Cash
Too Much on My Heart – The Statler Brothers
Don’t Mind the Thorns (If You’re the Rose) – Lee Greenwood
Have Mercy – The Judds
I’ll Never Stop Loving You – Gary Morris
Morning Desire – Kenny Rogers
You Can Dream of Me – Steve Wariner
Whoever’s in New England – Reba McEntire
Until I Met You – Judy Rodman
On the Other Hand – Randy Travis

Nummer-1-Hits

11. Januar – Morning Desire – Kenny Rogers
18. Januar – Bop – Dan Seals
25. Januar – Never Be You – Rosanne Cash
1. Februar – Just in Case – Forester Sisters
8. Februar – Hurt – Juice Newton
15. Februar – Making Up for Lost Time – Gary Morris, Crystal Gayle
22. Februar – There’s No Stopping Your Heart – Marie Osmond
1. März – You Can Dream of Me – Steve Wariner
8. März – Think About Love – Dolly Parton
15. März – I Could Get Used to You – Exile
22. März – What’s a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This) – John Schneider
29. März – Don’t Underestimate My Love for You – Lee Greenwood
5. April – 100% Chance of Rain – Gary Morris
12. April – She and I – Alabama
19. April – Cajun Moon – Ricky Skaggs
26. April – Now and Forever (You and Me) – Anne Murray
3. Mai – Once in a Blue Moon – Earl Thomas Conley
10. Mai – Grandpa (Tell Me ’Bout the Good Old Days) – The Judds
17. Mai – Ain’t Misbehavin‘ – Hank Williams Jr.
24. Mai – Tomb of the Unknown Love – Kenny Rogers
31. Mai – Whoever’s in New England – Reba McEntire
7. Juni – Happy, Happy Birthday Baby – Ronnie Milsap
14. Juni – Life’s Highway – Steve Wariner
21. Juni – Mama’s Never Seen Those Eyes – Forester Sisters
28. Juni – Living in the Promiseland – Willie Nelson
5. Juli – Everything That Glitters (is Not Gold) – Dan Seals
12. Juli – Hearts Aren’t Made to Break (They’re Made to Love) – Lee Greenwood
19. Juli – Until I Met You – Judy Rodman
26. Juli – On the Other Hand – Randy Travis
2. August – Nobody in His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her – George Strait
9. August – Rockin’ With the Rhythm of the Rain – The Judds
16. August – You’re the Last Thing I Needed Tonight – John Schneider
23. August – Strong Heart – T.G. Sheppard
30. August – Heartbeat in the Darkness – Don Williams
6. September – Desperado Love – Conway Twitty
13. September – Little Rock – Reba McEntire
20. September – Got My Heart Set on You – John Conlee
27. September – In Love – Ronnie Milsap
4. Oktober – Always Have, Always Will – Janie Fricke
11. Oktober – Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers) – Eddie Rabbitt, Juice Newton
18. Oktober – Just Another Love – Tanya Tucker
25. Oktober – Cry – Crystal Gayle
1. November – It’ll Be Me – Exile
8. November – Diggin’ Up Bones – Randy Travis
15. November – That Rock Won’t Roll – Restless Heart
22. November – You’re Still New to Me – Paul Davis, Marie Osmond
20. November – Touch Me When We’re Dancing – Alabama
6. Dezember – It Ain’t Cool to Be Crazy About You – George Strait
13. Dezember – Hell and High Water – T. Graham Brown
20. Dezember – Too Much is Not Enough – The Bellamy Brothers, Forester Sisters
27. Dezember – Mind Your Own Business – Hank Williams Jr., Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike, Willie Nelson

Weitere Hits

Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Songs, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.^[5]

US	Single	Künstler
6	1982	Randy Travis
6	All Tied Up	Ronnie McDowell
19	Arlene	Marty Stuart
5	At the Sound of the Tone	John Schneider
7	(Back to The) Heartbreak Kid	Restless Heart
14	Back When Love Was Enough	Mark Gray
12	Bad Love	Pake McEntire
17	Born Yesterday	The Everly Brothers
10	Burned Like a Rocket	Billy Joe Royal
9	Cheap Love	Juice Newton
3	Come On In (You Did the Best You Could Do)	The Oak Ridge Boys
5	Count On Me	The Statler Brothers
2	Country State of Mind	Hank Williams, Jr.
7	Daddy's Hands	Holly Dunn
13	The Devil's on the Loose	Waylon Jennings
10	Didn't We	Lee Greenwood
6	Doo-Wah Days	Mickey Gilley
12	Down in Tennessee	John Anderson
9	Dreamland Express	John Denver
8	Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye	Charlie Daniels
5	Easy to Please	Janie Fricke
20	Every Night	Pake McEntire
4	Fast Lanes and Country Roads	Barbara Mandrell
2	Feelin' the Feelin‘	The Bellamy Brothers
9	A Friend in California	Merle Haggard
17	A Girl Like Emmylou	Southern Pacific
12	Gotta Learn to Love Without You	Michael Johnson
7	Guitar Town	Steve Earle
4	Guitars, Cadillacs	Dwight Yoakam
10	Harmony	John Conlee
14	Heart Don't Fall Now	Sawyer Brown
5	Hold On	Rosanne Cash
3	Home Again in My Heart	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
10	Honky Tonk Crowd	John Anderson
3	Honky Tonk Man	Dwight Yoakam
5	I Had a Beautiful Time	Merle Haggard
9	I Love You by Heart	Sylvia & Michael Johnson
14	I Miss You Already	Billy Joe Royal
7	I Tell It Like It Used to Be	T. Graham Brown
3	I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again	T. Graham Brown
10	I've Got a New Heartache	Ricky Skaggs
9	In Over My Heart	T. G. Sheppard
7	It's Just a Matter of Time	Glen Campbell
15	Juliet	The Oak Ridge Boys
2	Lonely Alone	The Forester Sisters
3	Love at the Five and Dime	Kathy Mattea
14	Love Will Get You Through Times of No Money	Girls Next Door
4	Love's Gonna Get You Someday	Ricky Skaggs
5	Memories to Burn	Gene Watson
14	Miami, My Amy	Keith Whitley
4	Nights	Ed Bruce
6	No One Mends a Broken Heart Like You	Barbara Mandrell
12	Nothing but Your Love Matters	Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
10	Oh Darlin‘	The O’Kanes
9	Oklahoma Borderline	Vince Gill
5	Old Flame	Juice Newton
5	Old School	John Conlee
3	The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)	George Jones
3	One Love at a Time	Tanya Tucker
11	Out Goin' Cattin‘	Sawyer Brown with Cat Joe Bonsall
6	Partners, Brothers and Friends	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
18	Perfect Stranger	Southern Pacific
7	Please Be Love	Mark Gray
4	Read My Lips	Marie Osmond
9	Reno Bound	Southern Pacific
4	Repetitive Regret	Eddie Rabbitt
15	Rollin' Nowhere	Michael Martin Murphey
3	Savin' My Love for You	Pake McEntire
5	Second to No One	Rosanne Cash
15	Shakin‘	Sawyer Brown
2	She Used to Be Somebody's Baby	Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
7	Since I Found You	Sweethearts of the Rodeo
8	Slow Boat to China	Girls Next Door
9	Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way	George Jones
3	Sometimes a Lady	Eddy Raven
5	Stand a Little Rain	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
12	Stand on It	Mel McDaniel
4	Starting Over Again	Steve Wariner
14	Super Love	Exile
8	Sweeter and Sweeter	The Statler Brothers
9	Ten Feet Away	Keith Whitley
9	That's How You Know When Love's Right	Nicolette Larson (with Steve Wariner)
17	Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)	Dolly Parton
10	Til I Loved You	Restless Heart
2	Too Many Times	Earl Thomas Conley & Anita Pointer
10	Walk the Way the Wind Blows	Kathy Mattea
3	We've Got a Good Fire Goin‘	Don Williams
8	What You'll Do When I'm Gone	Waylon Jennings
17	When It's Down to Me and You	Charly McClain (with Wayne Massey)
20	When You Get to the Heart	Barbara Mandrell (with The Oak Ridge Boys)
5	Will the Wolf Survive	Waylon Jennings
10	Wine Colored Roses	George Jones
16	Working Class Man	Lacy J. Dalton
7	Working Without a Net	Waylon Jennings
10	You Are My Music, You Are My Song	Charly McClain (with Wayne Massey)
9	You Can't Stop Love	Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet
3	You Should Have Been Gone by Now	Eddy Raven
4	You're Something Special to Me	George Strait
5	Your Memory Ain't What It Used to Be	Mickey Gilley

Deutschsprachige Singles

Hallo Dortmund (...Stark Für „Made In Germany“) – Gunter Gabriel & Manfred Krug
Das Lied schrieb die Erinnerung – Ralf Paulsen
Louisiana Ladies – Truck Stop

Alben

Jahres-End-Charts

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.^[6]

Rockin' With the Rhythm – The Judds
Greatest Hits – Earl Thomas Conley
Greatest Hits – Alabama
Something Special – George Strait
Guitars, Cadillacs, etc, etc – Dwight Yoakam
Live in London – Ricky Skaggs
Rhythm and Romance – Rosanne Cash
Whoever's in New England – Reba McEntire
Shakin‘ – Sawyer Brown
Streamline – Lee Greenwood

Nummer-1-Alben

11. Januar – The Heart of the Matter – Kenny Rogers
18. Januar – Bop – Dan Seals
8. Februar – Greatest Hits Volume 2 – Hank Williams, Jr.
22. Februar – Streamline – Lee Greenwood
1. März – Rockin' With the Rhythm – The Judds
8. März – Won't Be Blue Anymore – Dan Seals
15. März – I Have Returned – Ray Stevens
22. März – Greatest Hits – Earl Thomas Conley
29. März – Live in London – Ricky Skaggs
5. April – Greatest Hits – Alabama
19. April – A Memory Like You – John Schneider
26. April – Greatest Hits – Alabama
17. Mai – Five-O – Hank Williams Jr.
24. Mai – Whoever's in New England – Reba McEntire
31. Mai – The Promiseland – Waylon Jennings
14. Juni – Will the Wolf Survive – Steve Wariner
21. Juni – Lost in the Fifties Tonight – Ronnie Milsap
28. Juni – Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. – Dwight Yoakam
12. Juli – #7 – George Strait
9. August – Storms of Life – Randy Travis
6. September – Montana Cafe – Hank Williams, Jr.
4. Oktober – Black and White – Janie Fricke
11. Oktober – Storms of Life – Randy Travis
8. November – Guitar Town – Steve Earle
15. November – The Touch – Alabama

Weitere Alben

Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Alben, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.

US	Album	Artist	Record Label
16	American Faces	John Conlee	Columbia
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
2	Greatest Hits	Exile	Epic
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
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
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.
6	Rabbitt Trax	Eddie Rabbitt	RCA
8	Seasons	The Oak Ridge Boys	MCA
2	Something to Talk About	Anne Murray	Capitol
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 Them Like They Used To	Kenny Rogers	RCA
9	Thirteen	Emmylou Harris	Warner Bros.
3	Too Many Times	Earl Thomas Conley	RCA
10	Twenty Years of Dirt	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Warner Bros.
13	Walk the Way the Wind Blows	Kathy Mattea	Mercury
5	Wine Colored Roses	George Jones	Epic

Deutschsprachige Alben

Hallo, Guten Morgen Deutschland – Tom Astor
Hallo Mary Lou – Truck Stop (Kompilation)
Jonny Hill singt die größten Country-Hits – Jonny Hill (Kompilation)
Louisiana Ladies – Truck Stop
Trucker Weihnacht – Tom Astor

Geboren

2. Februar: Blaine Larsen
23. März: Brett Eldredge
1. April: Hillary Scott
2. April: Chris Janson
18. Juni: Jimmie Allen
28. Juni: Kellie Pickler
16. August: Ashton Shepherd
10. September: Ashley Monroe

Gestorben

30. Mai: „Papa Joe“ Brown

Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames

Country Music Hall of Fame

The Duke of Paducah
Wesley Rose

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

„Papa Joe“ Brown

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

Bedeutende Auszeichnungen

Grammy Awards

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female – I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me – Rosanne Cash
Best Country Vocal Performance, Male – Lost In The Fifties Tonight (In The Still Of The Night) – Ronnie Milsap
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal – Why Not Me – The Judds
Best Country Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) – Cosmic Square Dance – Chet Atkins und Mark Knopfler
Best Country Song – Highwayman – Autor: Jimmy L. Webb^[7]

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 Awards

Entertainer Of The Year – Alabama
Song Of The Year – Lost In The Fifties – Ronnie Milsap – Fredericke Darris, Michael Reid, Troy Seals
Single Of The Year – Highwayman – Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson
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 (Regisseur: Marc Ball)

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 Awards

Instrumental Group of the Year – Oak Ridge Boys
Instrumentalist of the Year – Johnny Gimble
Entertainer of the Year – Reba McEntire
Male Vocalist of the Year – George Strait
Female Vocalist of the Year – Reba McEntire
Horizon Award – Randy Travis
Vocal Group of the Year – The Judds
Vocal Duo of the Year – Marie Osmond, Dan Seals
Album of the Year – Lost in the Fifties Tonight – Ronnie Milsap
Song of the Year – On The Other Hand – Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz
Single of the Year – Dan Seals
Music Video of the Year – Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes? – George Jones (Regisseur: Marc Ball)

American Music Awards

Favorite Country Male Artist – Willie Nelson
Favorite Country Female Artist – Crystal Gayle
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Alabama
Favorite Country Album – 40-Hour Week – Alabama
Favorite Country Song – Forgiving You Was Easy – Willie Nelson
Favorite Country Video – Highwayman – The Highwaymen
Favorite Country Male Video Artist – Hank Williams Jr.
Favorite Country Female Video Artist – Crystal Gaye
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group Video Artist – The Highwaymen

Einzelnachweise

↑ What Happened To George Strait's Daughter Jennifer Strait. In: countrythangdaily.com. 27. Juni 2020, abgerufen am 12. März 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).
↑ LOOK BACK: Johnny Cash Dropped by Columbia Records in 1986. In: WKML 95.7. 15. Juli 2021, abgerufen am 12. März 2022.
↑ Gayle Thompson: Buck Owens Slams 'Hee Haw' in New Book. Abgerufen am 12. März 2022 (englisch).
↑ Nielsen Business Media Inc: Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 27. Dezember 1986, S. Y-28 (google.de [abgerufen am 12. März 2022]).
↑ Hot Country Songs Chart. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 12. März 2022.
↑ Nielsen Business Media Inc: Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 27. Dezember 1986, S. Y-33 (google.de [abgerufen am 12. März 2022]).
↑ 28st Grammy Awards - 1986. In: Rock On The Net. Abgerufen am 22. Juni 2022 (englisch).

[1] What Happened To George Strait's Daughter Jennifer Strait. In: countrythangdaily.com. 27. Juni 2020, abgerufen am 12. März 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).

[2] LOOK BACK: Johnny Cash Dropped by Columbia Records in 1986. In: WKML 95.7. 15. Juli 2021, abgerufen am 12. März 2022.

[3] Gayle Thompson: Buck Owens Slams 'Hee Haw' in New Book. Abgerufen am 12. März 2022 (englisch).

[4] Nielsen Business Media Inc: Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 27. Dezember 1986, S. Y-28 (google.de [abgerufen am 12. März 2022]).

[5] Hot Country Songs Chart. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 12. März 2022.

[6] Nielsen Business Media Inc: Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc., 27. Dezember 1986, S. Y-33 (google.de [abgerufen am 12. März 2022]).

[7] 28st Grammy Awards - 1986. In: Rock On The Net. Abgerufen am 22. Juni 2022 (englisch).

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