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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1986.
Overview of the events of 1986 in country music
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For the first time in its 42-year history, there is a new No. 1 song for each week of the year, according to Billboard magazine 's Hot Country Singles Chart.
1986 was a renaissance year in country music, with a host of "A New Traditionalist "-minded artists reinvigorating a genre that critics were saying had grown increasingly stagnant and pop-oriented. Among the most successful new artists: Holly Dunn , Judy Rodman , Ricky Van Shelton , Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam . Keith Whitley , another artist who had been around for a few years, has his first major hit early in the year. They – along with popular newcomers from earlier in the decade such as Alabama , George Strait and Reba McEntire , and longtime artists like George Jones , Merle Haggard and Conway Twitty – proved not only that country music was the music of the people, but also that the genre had real resiliency.
After 17 years of playing co-host to Roy Clark , Buck Owens announces his departure from the still-popular "Hee Haw ." Clark would soldier on alone for the next six years, with rotating guest stars each week.
Top hits of the year
Singles released by American artists
US
CAN
Single
Artist
1
1
100% Chance of Rain
Gary Morris
6
5
1982
Randy Travis
1
1
Ain't Misbehavin'
Hank Williams, Jr.
6
1
All Tied Up
Ronnie McDowell
1
1
Always Have, Always Will
Janie Fricke
19
53
Arlene
Marty Stuart
5
16
At the Sound of the Tone
John Schneider
7
2
(Back to The) Heartbreak Kid
Restless Heart
14
7
Back When Love Was Enough
Mark Gray
12
15
Bad Love
Pake McEntire
1
1
Bop
Dan Seals
17
7
Born Yesterday
The Everly Brothers
1
1
Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)
Eddie Rabbitt & Juice Newton
10
—
Burned Like a Rocket
Billy Joe Royal
1
1
Cajun Moon
Ricky Skaggs
9
5
Cheap Love
Juice Newton
3
1
Come On In (You Did the Best You Could Do)
The Oak Ridge Boys
5
4
Count On Me
The Statler Brothers
2
4
Country State of Mind
Hank Williams, Jr.
1
1
Cry
Crystal Gayle
7
—
Daddy's Hands
Holly Dunn
1
1
Desperado Love
Conway Twitty
13
7
The Devil's on the Loose
Waylon Jennings
10
10
Didn't We
Lee Greenwood
1
1
Diggin' Up Bones
Randy Travis
1
1
Don't Underestimate My Love for You
Lee Greenwood
6
9
Doo-Wah Days
Mickey Gilley
12
35
Down in Tennessee
John Anderson
9
17
Dreamland Express
John Denver
8
21
Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye
Charlie Daniels
5
15
Easy to Please
Janie Fricke
20
47
Every Night
Pake McEntire
1
1
Everything That Glitters (Is Not Gold)
Dan Seals
4
2
Fast Lanes and Country Roads
Barbara Mandrell
2
8
Feelin' the Feelin'
The Bellamy Brothers
9
12
A Friend in California
Merle Haggard
17
19
A Girl Like Emmylou
Southern Pacific
1
1
Got My Heart Set on You
John Conlee
12
—
Gotta Learn to Love Without You
Michael Johnson
1
1
Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Ol' Days)
The Judds
7
7
Guitar Town
Steve Earle
4
2
Guitars, Cadillacs
Dwight Yoakam
1
1
Happy, Happy Birthday Baby
Ronnie Milsap
10
19
Harmony
John Conlee
14
16
Heart Don't Fall Now
Sawyer Brown
1
2
Heartbeat in the Darkness
Don Williams
1
1
Hearts Aren't Made to Break (They're Made to Love)
Lee Greenwood
1
1
Hell and High Water
T. Graham Brown
5
6
Hold On
Rosanne Cash
3
1
Home Again in My Heart
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
10
7
Honky Tonk Crowd
John Anderson
3
1
Honky Tonk Man
Dwight Yoakam
1
1
Hurt
Juice Newton
1
1
I Could Get Used to You
Exile
5
4
I Had a Beautiful Time
Merle Haggard
9
7
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
2
I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again
T. Graham Brown
10
7
I've Got a New Heartache
Ricky Skaggs
1
1
In Love
Ronnie Milsap
9
28
In Over My Heart
T. G. Sheppard
1
5
It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You
George Strait
1
1
It'll Be Me
Exile
7
7
It's Just a Matter of Time
Glen Campbell
15
16
Juliet
The Oak Ridge Boys
1
1
Just Another Love
Tanya Tucker
1
2
Just in Case
The Forester Sisters
1
2
Life's Highway
Steve Wariner
1
2
Little Rock
Reba McEntire
1
1
Living in the Promiseland
Willie Nelson
2
3
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
1
Love's Gonna Get You Someday
Ricky Skaggs
1
1
Makin' Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers' Song)
Crystal Gayle and Gary Morris
1
1
Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes
The Forester Sisters
5
2
Memories to Burn
Gene Watson
14
38
Miami, My Amy
Keith Whitley
1
1
Mind Your Own Business
Hank Williams, Jr.
1
1
Morning Desire
Kenny Rogers
1
2
Never Be You
Rosanne Cash
4
11
Nights
Ed Bruce
6
5
No One Mends a Broken Heart Like You
Barbara Mandrell
1
1
Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her
George Strait
12
9
Nothing but Your Love Matters
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
10
6
Oh Darlin' (Why Don't You Care For Me No More)
The O'Kanes
9
27
Oklahoma Borderline
Vince Gill
5
3
Old Flame
Juice Newton
5
6
Old School
John Conlee
1
1
On the Other Hand
Randy Travis
1
1
Once in a Blue Moon
Earl Thomas Conley
3
2
The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)
George Jones
3
1
One Love at a Time
Tanya Tucker
11
4
Out Goin' Cattin'
Sawyer Brown with Cat Joe Bonsall
6
3
Partners, Brothers and Friends
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
18
24
Perfect Stranger
Southern Pacific
7
3
Please Be Love
Mark Gray
4
5
Read My Lips
Marie Osmond
9
19
Reno Bound
Southern Pacific
4
5
Repetitive Regret
Eddie Rabbitt
1
1
Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain
The Judds
15
14
Rollin' Nowhere
Michael Martin Murphey
3
4
Savin' My Love for You
Pake McEntire
5
4
Second to No One
Rosanne Cash
15
7
Shakin'
Sawyer Brown
1
1
She and I
Alabama
2
3
She Used to Be Somebody's Baby
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers
22
18
Shoe String
Mel McDaniel
7
15
Since I Found You
Sweethearts of the Rodeo
8
—
Slow Boat to China
Girls Next Door
9
20
Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way
George Jones
3
2
Sometimes a Lady
Eddy Raven
5
3
Stand a Little Rain
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
12
5
Stand on It
Mel McDaniel
4
11
Starting Over Again
Steve Wariner
1
1
Strong Heart
T. G. Sheppard
14
21
Super Love
Exile
8
34
Sweeter and Sweeter
The Statler Brothers
9
16
Ten Feet Away
Keith Whitley
1
2
That Rock Won't Roll
Restless Heart
9
9
That's How You Know When Love's Right
Nicolette Larson (with Steve Wariner)
1
1
There's No Stopping Your Heart
Marie Osmond
1
1
Think About Love
Dolly Parton
17
20
Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)
Dolly Parton
10
11
Til I Loved You
Restless Heart
1
1
Tomb of the Unknown Love
Kenny Rogers
2
3
Too Many Times
Earl Thomas Conley & Anita Pointer
1
1
Too Much Is Not Enough
The Bellamy Brothers with The Forester Sisters
1
1
Touch Me When We're Dancing
Alabama
1
—
Until I Met You
Judy Rodman
10
—
Walk the Way the Wind Blows
Kathy Mattea
3
2
We've Got a Good Fire Goin'
Don Williams
8
7
What You'll Do When I'm Gone
Waylon Jennings
1
1
What's a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This)
John Schneider
17
27
When It's Down to Me and You
Charly McClain (with Wayne Massey )
20
33
When You Get to the Heart
Barbara Mandrell (with The Oak Ridge Boys)
1
3
Whoever's in New England
Reba McEntire
5
5
Will the Wolf Survive
Waylon Jennings
10
13
Wine Colored Roses
George Jones
16
19
Working Class Man
Lacy J. Dalton
7
5
Working Without a Net
Waylon Jennings
10
8
You Are My Music, You Are My Song
Charly McClain (with Wayne Massey)
1
1
You Can Dream of Me
Steve Wariner
9
—
You Can't Stop Love
Schuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet
24
20
You Made a Rock of a Rolling Stone
The Oak Ridge Boys
3
3
You Should Have Been Gone by Now
Eddy Raven
4
4
You're Something Special to Me
George Strait
1
1
You're Still New to Me
Marie Osmond with Paul Davis
1
1
You're the Last Thing I Needed Tonight
John Schneider
5
2
Your Memory Ain't What It Used to Be
Mickey Gilley
Singles released by Canadian artists
Top new album releases
Other top albums
On television
Regular series
Specials
Births
Deaths
February 10 — Arthur E. Satherley, 96, music executive.
May 30 — "Papa Joe" Brown, 60, founding member of Canadian country group Family Brown .
June 20 — Whitey Ford, 85, beloved Grand Ole Opry comedian and storyteller.
June 25 — Jenifer Strait, 13, daughter of George Strait (car accident ).
June 27 — Joe Maphis, 65, prolific guitarist and fiddler, prominently featured on the theme to "Bonanza " (cancer).
December 5 — Carmol Taylor, 53, songwriter.
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
Canadian Country Music Association
Country Music Association
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
References
External links