Country-Musik 1987

Ereignisse

13. Juni: Randy Travis’ Song Forever and Ever, Amen ist der erste Song seit dem September 1985, der mehr als zwei Wochen auf Platz 1 der Charts verbringt.
September — Dolly Parton erhält eine eigene Fernsehshow: Dolly. Trotz eines viel versprechenden Starts und hohem Zuschauerinteresse wurde die Show von der Kritik verrissen. Nach einem ständigen Rückgang der Zuschauerzahlen wurde die Serie 1988 eingestellt.^[1]

Top Hits des Jahres

Jahresendcharts

Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.^[2]

Give Me Wings – Michael Johnson
Half Past Forever (Till I'm Blue in the Heart) – T.G. Sheppard
What Am I Gonna Do About You – Reba McEntire
Fishin' in the Dark – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Cry Myself to Sleep – The Judds
You Again – The Forester Sisters
Somebody Lied – Ricky Van Shelton
The Way We Make a Broken Heart – Rosanne Cash
It Takes a Little Rain – Oak Ridge Boys

Nummer-1-Hits

10. Januar – Give Me Wings – Michael Johnson
17. Januar – What Am I Gonna Do About You – Reba McEntire
24. Januar – Cry Myself to Sleep – The Judds
31. Januar – You Still Move Me – Dan Seals
7. Februar – Leave Me Lonely – Gary Morris
14. Februar – How Do I Turn You On – Ronnie Milsap
21. Februar – Straight to the Heart – Crystal Gayle
28. Februar – Can't Win for Losin' You – Earl Thomas Conley
7. März – Mornin' Ride – Lee Greenwood
14. März – Baby's Got a New Baby – S-K-O
21. März – I'll Still Be Loving You – Restless Heart
28. März – Small Town Girl – Steve Wariner
4. April – Ocean Front Property – George Strait
11. April – You've Got' The Touch Alabama
18. April – Kids of the Baby Boom – The Bellamy Brothers
25. April – Rose in Paradise – Waylon Jennings
2. Mai – Don't Go to Strangerws – T. Graham Brown
9. Mai – The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder – Michael Johnson
16. Mai – To Know Him Is to Love Him – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt und Emmylou Harris
23. Mai – Can't Stop My Heart From Loving You – The O’Kanes
30. Mai – It Takes a Little Rain (To Make Love Grow) – The Oak Ridge Boys
6. Juni – I Will Be There – Dan Seals
13. Juni – Forever and Ever, Amen – Randy Travis
4. Juli – That Was a Close One – Earl Thomas Conley
11. Juli – All My Ex's Live in Texas – George Strait
18. Juli – I Know Where I'm Going – The Judds
25. Juli – The Weekend – Steve Wariner
1. August – Snap Your Fingers – Ronnie Milsap
8. August – One Promise Too Late – Reba McEntire
15. August – A Long Line of Love – Michael Martin Murphey
22. August – Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right) – Restless Heart
29. August – Born to Boogie – Hank Williams, Jr.
5. September – She's Too Good to Be True ´Exile
12. September – Make No Mistake, She's Mine – Kenny Rogers und Ronnie Milsap
19. September – This Crazy Love – The Oak Ridge Boys
26. September – Three Time Loser – Dan Seals
3. Oktober – (I'd Choose) You Again – Forester Sisters
10. Oktober – The Way We Make a Broken Heart – Rosanne Cash
17. Oktober – Fishin' in the Dark – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
24. Oktober – Shine, Shine, Shine – Eddy Raven
31. Oktober – Right From the Start – Earl Thomas Conley
7. November – Am I Blue – George Strait
14. November – Maybe Your Baby's Got the Blues – The Judds
21. November – I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever) – Randy Travis
28. November – Lynda – Steve Wariner
5. Dezember – Somebody Lied – Ricky Van Shelton
12. Dezember – The Last One to Know – Reba McEntire
19. Dezember – Do Ya – K.T. Oslin
26. Dezember – Somewhere Tonight – Highway 101

Weitere Hits

Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Songs, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind.^[3]

US	Single	Künstler
7	80's Ladies	K. T. Oslin
16	American Me	S-K-O
4	Another World	Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris
2	Baby's Got a Hold on Me	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4	The Bed You Made for Me	Highway 101
10	Bonnie Jean (Little Sister)	David Lynn Jones
9	Brilliant Conversationalist	T. Graham Brown
6	The Carpenter	John Conlee
4	Chains of Gold	Sweethearts of the Rodeo
16	Changin' Partners	Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers
13	Child Support	Barbara Mandrell
5	Cinderella	Vince Gill
10	Cowboy Man	Lyle Lovett
3	Crazy from the Heart	The Bellamy Brothers
4	Crazy Over You	Foster & Lloyd
7	Crime of Passion	Ricky Van Shelton
9	Daddies Need to Grow Up Too	The O’Kanes
10	Deep River Woman	Lionel Richie with Alabama
4	Domestic Life	John Conlee
10	Don’t Be Cruel	The Judds
20	Don't Touch Me There	Charly McClain
4	A Face in the Crowd	Michael Martin Murphey and Holly Dunn
2	Fallin' for You for Years	Conway Twitty
8	Fallin' Out	Waylon Jennings
7	Fire in the Sky	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
7	Forever	The Statler Brothers
16	Full Grown Fool	Mickey Gilley
7	Girls Ride Horses Too	Judy Rodman
13	Give Back My Heart	Lyle Lovett
18	God Will	Lyle Lovett
8	Goodbye's All We've Got Left	Steve Earle
10	Gotta Get Away	Sweethearts of the Rodeo
9	Gotta Have You	Eddie Rabbitt
2	Half Past Forever (Till I'm Blue in the Heart)	T. G. Sheppard
6	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	Glen Campbell (with Steve Wariner)
10	Hard Livin‘	Keith Whitley
14	Have I Got Some Blues for You	Charley Pride
18	He's Letting Go	Baillie & the Boys
9	Homecoming '63	Keith Whitley
17	House of Blue Lights	Asleep at the Wheel
14	I Only Wanted You	Marie Osmond
2	I Prefer the Moonlight	Kenny Rogers
2	I Want to Know You Before We Make Love	Conway Twitty
10	I'll Be the One	The Statler Brothers
5	I'll Be Your Baby Tonight	Judy Rodman
2	I'll Come Back as Another Woman	Tanya Tucker
4	I'll Never Be in Love Again	Don Williams
9	If There's Any Justice	Lee Greenwood
31	It Won't Hurt	Dwight Yoakam
8	It's Only Over for You	Tanya Tucker
2	Julia	Conway Twitty
4	Let the Music Lift You Up	Reba McEntire
16	Let's Do Something	Vince Gill
7	Little Sister	Dwight Yoakam
8	Little Ways	Dwight Yoakam
10	Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This	Ricky Skaggs & Sharon White
2	Love Me Like You Used To	Tanya Tucker
6	Love Reunited	The Desert Rose Band
2	Love Someone Like Me	Holly Dunn
6	Love, You Ain't Seen the Last of Me	John Schneider
11	Mama's Rockin' Chair	John Conlee
4	Midnight Girl/Sunset Town	Sweethearts of the Rodeo
19	No Easy Horses	S-K-B
2	No Place Like Home	Randy Travis
20	Nowhere Road	Steve Earle
9	Oh Heart	Baillie & the Boys
11	Old Bridges Burn Slow	Billy Joe Royal
2	One for the Money	T. G. Sheppard
4	Only When I Love	Holly Dunn
9	Plain Brown Wrapper	Gary Morris
3	Right Hand Man	Eddy Raven
8	The Right Left Hand	George Jones
16	The Rock and Roll of Love	Tom Wopat
6	Rough and Rowdy Days	Waylon Jennings
9	Señorita	Don Williams
4	She Couldn't Love Me Anymore	T. Graham Brown
9	She Thinks That She'll Marry	Judy Rodman
5	Someone	Lee Greenwood
20	Susannah	Tom Wopat
10	Take the Long Way Home	John Schneider
4	Talkin' to the Moon	Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
7	Tar Top	Alabama
3	Telling Me Lies	Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
3	Then It's Love	Don Williams
5	Those Memories of You	Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
6	Till I'm Too Old to Die Young	Moe Bandy
17	Time In	The Oak Ridge Boys
5	Too Many Rivers	The Forester Sisters
6	Train of Memories	Kathy Mattea
2	Twenty Years Ago	Kenny Rogers
9	What Can I Do with My Heart	Juice Newton
20	When a Woman Cries	Janie Fricke
2	Whiskey, If You Were a Woman	Highway 101
15	Why I Don't Know	Lyle Lovett
11	You Haven't Heard the Last of Me	Moe Bandy
2	You're My First Lady	T. G. Sheppard
3	You're Never Too Old for Young Love	Eddy Raven
5	You're the Power	Kathy Mattea
12	Your Love	Tammy Wynette

Deutschsprachige Singles

Die Lady und der Tramp – Truck Stop

Alben

Jahres-End-Charts

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

Storms of Life – Randy Travis
Ocean Front Property – George Strait
Wheels – Restless Heart
The Touch – Alabama
Guitars, Cadillac etc. etc. – Dwight Yoakam
Always & Forever – Randy Travis
What Am, I Gona Do About You – Reba McEntire
Trio – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris

Nummer-1-Alben

27. Dezember 1986 – The Touch – Alabama
24. Januar – What Am I Gonna Do About You – Reba McEntire
14. Februar – Ocean Front Property – George Strait
21. März – Heartland – The Judds
28. Februar – Can't Win for Losin' You – Earl Thomas Conley
7. März – Mornin' Ride – Lee Greenwood
11. April – Hank Live – Hank Williams, Jr.
18. April – Wheels – Restless Heart
2. Mai – Trio – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
6. Juni – Hillbily Deluxe – Dwight Yoakam
20. Juni – Always & Forever – Randy Travis
29. August – Born to Boogie – Hank Williams, Jr.
5. September – Always & Forever – Randy Travis
7. November – Greatest Hits Volume II – George Strait
14. November – Always & Forever – Randy Travis
21. November – Just Us – Alabama
28. November – Always & Forever – Randy Travis

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	10	Asleep at the Wheel	Epic
14	20 Greatest Hits	Don Williams	MCA
18	After All This Time	Charley Pride	16th Avenue
7	The Best	Dan Seals	Capitol
8	Chill Factor	Merle Haggard	Epic
17	Come On Joe	Jo-El Sonnier	RCA
15	Exit 0	Steve Earle & The Dukes	MCA
2	Greatest Hits	Reba McEntire	MCA
19	Hangin' Tough	Waylon Jennings	MCA
9	Harmony	Anne Murray	Capitol
13	Heart & Soul	Ronnie Milsap	RCA
20	Heartbeat	The Oak Ridge Boys	MCA
7	Highway 101	Highway 101	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
6	King's Record Shop	Rosanne Cash	Columbia
3	The Last One to Know	Reba McEntire	MCA
10	Love Me Like You Used To	Tanya Tucker	Capitol
9	Maple Street Memories	The Statler Brothers	Mercury
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
14	Too Wild Too Long	George Jones	Epic
11	Untasted Honey	Kathy Mattea	Mercury
13	The Way Back Home	Vince Gill	RCA
14	Where the Fast Lane Ends	The Oak Ridge Boys	MCA
13	You Again	The Forester Sisters	Warner Bros.
10	You Haven't Heard the Last of Me	Moe Bandy	Curb

Deutschsprachige Alben

Greatest Hits – Live – Western Union
Lass rollen, Trucker! – Tom Astor
Freunde bleiben – Truck Stop
Eine kleine Dosis Freiheit – Tom Astor
Viel Herz – D. W. Rogers^[5]
Weit ist der Weg – Freddy Quinn (Kompilation)

Geboren

31. Januar: Tyler Hubbard
7. Mai: Russell Dickerson
23. Juni: Caitlin Rose
16. August: Dan Smyers
25. September: Greg Bates
17. Oktober: Jameson Rodgers

Gestorben

5. Februar: Dub Adams
14. März: Tex Fletcher
25. Juni: Boudleaux Bryant
27. August: Benny Barnes
27. November: Charline Arthur

Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames

Country Music Hall of Fame

Rod Brasfield

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

Lucille Starr

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

Bedeutende Auszeichnungen

Grammy Awards

Best Country Vocal Performance, Female – Whoever’s In New England – Reba McEntire
Best Country Vocal Solo Performance, Male – Lost In The Fifties Tonight – Ronnie Milsap
Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal – Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days) – Judds
Best Country Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Soloist) – Raisin' The Dickins – Ricky Skaggs
Best Country Song – Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days) – Jamie O’Hara, Autor^[6]

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 Awards

Entertainer of The Year – Hank Williams Jr.
Song The Year – On The Other Hand – Randy Travis – Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz
Single of The Year – On The Other Hand – Randy Travis
Album of The Year – Storms of Life – Randy Travis
Top Male Vocalist – Randy Travis
Top Female Vocalist – Reba McEntire
Top Vocal Duo – The Judds
Top Vocal Group – Forester Sisters
Top New Male Vocalist – Dwight Yoakam
Top New Female Vocalist – Holly Dunn
Video of The Year – Whoever's In New England – Reba McEntire (Regisseur: Jeff Schock and Jon Small)

ARIA Awards

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 Awards

Instrumentalist of the Year – Johnny Gimble
Entertainer of the Year – Hank Williams, Jr.
Male Vocalist of the Year – Randy Travis
Female Vocalist of the Year – Reba McEntire
Horizon Award – Holly Dunn
Vocal Group of the Year – The Judds
Vocal Duo of the Year – Ricky Skaggs und Sharon White
Album of the Year – Always & Forever – Randy Travis
Song of the Year – Forever And Ever, Amen – Autoren: Paul Overstreet und Don Schlitz
Single of the Year – Forever And Ever, Amen – Randy Travis
Music Video of the Year – My Name is Bocephus – Hank Williams, Jr. (Regisseur: Bill Fishman und Preacher Ewing)

American Music Awards

Favorite Country Male Artist – Willie Nelson
Favorite Country Female Artist – Barbara Mandrell
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Alabama
Favorite Country Album – Greatest Hits – Alabama
Favorite Country Song – Grandpa (Tell Me ’Bout the Good Ol’ Days) – The Judds
Favorite Country Video – Grandpa (Tell Me ’Bout the Good Ol’ Days) – The Judds
Favorite Country Male Video Artist – George Jones
Favorite Country Female Video Artist – Reba McEntire
Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group Video Artist – Alabama

Einzelnachweise

↑ Dolly (TV Series 1987–1988) - IMDb. Abgerufen am 14. November 2021.
↑ Hot Country Songs - Year-End. Abgerufen am 9. November 2021.
↑ Hot Country Songs Chart. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 13. November 2021.
↑ Top Country Albums - Year-End. Abgerufen am 9. November 2021.
↑ D.W. Rogers – Viel Herz (1987, Vinyl). Abgerufen am 14. November 2021.
↑ 29st Grammy Awards - 1987. In: Rock On The Net. Abgerufen am 22. Juni 2022 (englisch).

[1] Dolly (TV Series 1987–1988) - IMDb. Abgerufen am 14. November 2021.

[2] Hot Country Songs - Year-End. Abgerufen am 9. November 2021.

[3] Hot Country Songs Chart. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 13. November 2021.

[4] Top Country Albums - Year-End. Abgerufen am 9. November 2021.

[5] D.W. Rogers – Viel Herz (1987, Vinyl). Abgerufen am 14. November 2021.

[6] 29st Grammy Awards - 1987. In: Rock On The Net. Abgerufen am 22. Juni 2022 (englisch).

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