Country-Musik 1988

Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1988 im Genre Country–Musik.

Ereignisse

• 21. Mai – Im New Yorker Madison Square Garden findet ein großes Country–Musik–Konzert statt. Teilnehmer sind: Alabama, The Judds, George Strait und Randy Travis.[1]
• Time–Life Records veröffentlicht den ersten Teil der „Country USA“ Serie. Die Serie sollte schließlich 23 Jahrgänge von 1950 bis 1972 umfassen.
• Für die Fernsehserie Großstadtrevier schrieb Truck Stop das gleichnamige Titellied. Obwohl die Serie 1986 Premiere hatte, erschien das Lied erst in diesem Jahr als B-Seite der Single Tanz mit mir

Top Hits des Jahres

Jahresendcharts

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

1. Don't Close Your Eyes – Keith Whitley
2. If You Change Your Mind – Rosanne Cash
3. Set 'Em Up Joe – Vern Gosdin
4. Strong Enough to Bend – Tanya Tucker
5. Bluest Eyes in Texas – Restless Heart
7. I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried – Rodney Crowell
8. If It Don’t Come Easy – Tanya Tucker
9. I'm Gonna Get You – Eddy Raven
10. Joe Knows How to Live – Eddy Raven

Nummer–1–Hits

• 9. Januar – I Can't Get Close Enough – Exile
• 16. Januar – One Friend – Dan Seals
• 23. Januar – Where Do the Nights Go – Ronnie Milsap
• 30. Januar – Goin' Gone – Kathy Mattea
• 6. Februar – Wheels – Restless Heart
• 13. Februar – Tennessee Flat Top Box – Rosanne Cash
• 20. Februar – Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star – Merle Haggard
• 27. Februar – I Won't Take Less Than Your Love – Paul Davis, Tanya Tucker, and Paul Overstreet
• 5. März – Face to Face – Alabama featuring K.T. Oslin
• 21. März – Too Gone Too Long – Randy Travis
• 19. März – Life Turned Her That Way – Ricky Van Shelton
• 26. März – Turn It Loose – The Judds
• 2. April – Love Will Find Its Way to You – Reba McEntire
• 19. April – Famous Last Words of a Fool – George Strait
• 16. April – I Wanna Dance With You – Eddie Rabbitt
• 23. April – I'll Always Come Back – K.T. Oslin
• 30. April – It's Such a Small World – Rodney Crowell mit Rosanne Cash
• 7. Mai – Cry, Cry, Cry – Highway 101
• 14. Mai – I'm Gonna – Eddy Raven
• 21. Mai – Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses – Kathy Mattea
• 4. Juni – What She is (is a Woman in Love) – Earl Thomas Conley
• 11. Juni – I Told You So – Randy Travis
• 25. Juni – He's Back and I'm Blue – Desert Rose Band
• 2. Juli – If It Don't Come Easy – Tanya Tucker
• 9. Juli – Fallin' Again – Alabama
• 16. Juli – If You Change Your Mind – Rosanne Cash
• 23. Juli – Set 'Em Up Joe –Vern Gosdin
• 30. Juli – Don't We All Have the Right – Ricky Van Shelton
• 6. August – Baby Blue – George Strait
• 13. August – Don't Close Your Eyes – Keith Whitley
• 20. August – Bluest Eyes in Texas – Restless Heart
• 27. August – The Wanderer – Eddie Rabbitt
• 3. September – I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried – Rodney Crowell
• 10. September – (Do You Love Me) Just Say Yes – Highway 101
• 17. September – Joe Knows How to Live – Eddy Raven
• 24. September – Addicted – Dan Seals
• 1. Oktober – We Believe in Happy Endings – Earl Thomas Conley mit Emmylou Harris
• 8. Oktober – Honky Tonk Moon – Randy Travis
• 15. Oktober – Streets of Bakersfield – Dwight Yoakam mit Buck Owens
• 22. Oktober – Strong Enough to Bend – Tanya Tucker
• 29. Oktober – Gonna Take a Lot of River – The Oak Ridge Boys
• 5. November – Darlene – T. Graham Brown
• 12. November – Runaway Train – Rosanne Cash
• 19. November – I'll Leave This World Loving You – Ricky Van Shelton
• 3. Dezember – I Know How He Feels – Reba McEntire
• 10. Dezember – If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') – George Strait
• 17. Dezember – A Tender Lie – Restless Heart
• 24. Dezember – When You Say Nothing at All – Keith Whitley

Weitere Hits

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

US	Single	Künstler
9	Always Late with Your Kisses	Dwight Yoakam
8	Americana	Moe Bandy
5	Another Place, Another Time	Don Williams
2	Baby I'm Yours	Steve Wariner
15	The Best I Know How	The Statler Brothers
10	Blue Love	The O’Kanes
5	Blue to the Bone	Sweethearts of the Rodeo
10	Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues	Charlie Daniels Band
4	Button Off My Shirt	Ronnie Milsap
9	Chill Factor	Merle Haggard
6	Chiseled in Stone	Vern Gosdin
4	Crying Shame	Michael Johnson
7	Desperately	Don Williams
4	Do You Believe Me Now	Vern Gosdin
10	Don't Give Candy to a Stranger	Larry Boone
11	Everybody's Sweetheart	Vince Gill
6	The Factory	Kenny Rogers
4	The Gift	The McCarters
2	Give a Little Love	The Judds
8	Givers and Takers	S–K–O
7	Goodbye Time	Conway Twitty
4	Heaven Can't Be Found	Hank Williams Jr.
14	High Ridin' Heroes	David Lynn Jones with Waylon Jennings
12	I Didn't (Every Chance I Had)	Johnny Rodriguez
8	I Don't Have Far to Fall	Skip Ewing
28	I Give You Music	The McCarters
7	I Have You	Glen Campbell
2	I Should Be with You	Steve Wariner
12	I Still Believe	Lee Greenwood
18	I Want a Love Like That	Judy Rodman
7	I Will Whisper Your Name	Michael Johnson
5	I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today	Barbara Mandrell
9	I Wouldn't Be a Man	Don Williams
6	I'll Give You All My Love Tonight	The Bellamy Brothers
5	I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow	Billy Joe Royal
13	I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio	Charley Pride
3	I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl	Michael Martin Murphey
18	I'm Tired	Ricky Skaggs
2	I've Been Lookin‘	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
10	If My Heart Had Windows	Patty Loveless
16	If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now	Waylon Jennings
8	If the South Woulda Won	Hank Williams Jr.
17	It Keeps Right on Hurtin‘	Billy Joe Royal
8	It's Only Make Believe	Ronnie McDowell
5	Just Lovin' You	The O’Kanes
9	Just One Kiss	Exile
4	The Last Resort	T. Graham Brown
9	Letter Home	The Forester Sisters
18	A Little Bit Closer	Tom Wopat
2	A Little Bit in Love	Patty Loveless
20	Louisiana Rain	John Wesley Ryles
3	Love Helps Those	Paul Overstreet
4	Love of a Lifetime	Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers
5	Lyin' in His Arms Again	The Forester Sisters
5	Mama Knows	Shenandoah
14	Midnight Highway	Southern Pacific
13	Money	K. T. Oslin
11	My Baby's Gone	Sawyer Brown
2	New Shade of Blue	Southern Pacific
7	No More One More Time	Jo–El Sonnier
5	Oh What a Love	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2	Old Folks	Ronnie Milsap & Mike Reid
2	One Step Forward	The Desert Rose Band
4	One True Love	The O’Kanes
11	Only Love Can Save Me Now	Crystal Gayle
10	Out of Sight and on My Mind	Billy Joe Royal
6	Please, Please Baby	Dwight Yoakam
9	Real Good Feel Good Song	Mel McDaniel
9	Rebels Without a Clue	The Bellamy Brothers
5	Santa Fe	The Bellamy Brothers
5	Satisfy You	Sweethearts of the Rodeo
9	Saturday Night Special	Conway Twitty
9	She Doesn't Cry Anymore	Shenandoah
17	She's No Lady	Lyle Lovett
5	Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This	Charley Pride
16	Some Old Side Road	Keith Whitley
8	Spanish Eyes	Willie Nelson with Julio Iglesias
5	Still Within the Sound of My Voice	Glen Campbell
7	Strangers Again	Holly Dunn
2	Summer Wind	The Desert Rose Band
5	Sunday Kind of Love	Reba McEntire
8	Sure Thing	Foster & Lloyd
16	Talkin' to Myself Again	Tammy Wynette
4	Talkin' to the Wrong Man	Michael Martin Murphey (with Ryan Murphey)
9	Tear–Stained Letter	Jo–El Sonnier
8	Tell Me True	Juice Newton
18	Texas in 1880	Foster & Lloyd
17	Thanks Again	Ricky Skaggs
6	That's My Job	Conway Twitty
9	That's That	Michael Johnson
5	That's What Your Love Does to Me	Holly Dunn
2	This Missin' You Heart of Mine	Sawyer Brown
5	Timeless and True Love	The McCarters
5	Touch and Go Crazy	Lee Greenwood
5	True Heart	The Oak Ridge Boys
4	Untold Stories	Kathy Mattea
7	We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right	Eddie Rabbitt
6	What Do You Want from Me This Time	Foster & Lloyd
9	Wilder Days	Baillie & the Boys
6	Wildflowers	Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris
4	Workin' Man (Nowhere to Go)	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
20	You Can't Fall in Love When You're Cryin‘	Lee Greenwood
2	Young Country	Hank Williams Jr.
17	Your Memory Wins Again	Skip Ewing

Deutschsprachige Singles

• Big White Diesel – Truck Stop
• Freunde – Tom Astor
• International Airport – Tom Astor
• Tanz mit mir (B-Seite: Großstadtrevier) – Truck Stop

Alben

Jahres–End–Charts

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

1. Always & Forever – Randy Travis
2. Wild Eyed Dream – Ricky Van Shelton
3. 80′s Ladies – K. T. Oslin
4. Born to Boogie – Hank Williams, Jr.
5. Greatest Hits Vol. II – George Strait
6. King’s Record Shop – Rosanne Cash
7. The Royal Treatment – Billy Joe Royal
8. If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin’ – George Strait
9. The Last One to Know – Reba McEntire
10. Just Us – Alabama

Nummer–1–Alben

• 26. Dezember 1987 – Always & Forever – Randy Travis
• 27. Februar – 80′s Ladies – K. T. Oslin
• 5. März – Wild Eyed Dream – Ricky Van Shelton
• 15. März – Always & Forever – Randy Travis
• 16. April – Wild Eyed Dream – Ricky Van Shelton
• 23. April – If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin’ – George Strait
• 7. Mai – Always & Forever – Randy Travis
• 11. Juni – Reba – Reba McEntire
• 6. August – Live – Alabama
• 13. August – Wild Streak – Hank Williams, Jr.
• 27. August – Old 8x10 – Randy Travis
• 22. Oktober – Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room – Dwight Yoakam
• 29. Oktober – Greatest Hits – The Judds
• 5. November – Loving Proof – Ricky Van Shelton

Weitere Alben

Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Alben, die in die Top 20 der US-Country-Album-Charts gekommen sind.

US	Album	Künstler	Record Label
4	Big Dreams in a Small Town	Restless Heart	RCA
7	Chiseled in Stone	Vern Gosdin	Columbia
12	Comin' Home to Stay	Ricky Skaggs	Epic
7	Copperhead Road	Steve Earle	MCA
8	Diamonds & Dirt	Rodney Crowell	Columbia
8	Don't Close Your Eyes	Keith Whitley	RCA
8	Highway 101, Volume 2	Highway 101	Warner Bros.
16	Homesick Heroes	The Charlie Daniels Band	Epic
7	Honky Tonk Angel	Patty Loveless	MCA
20	I Should Be with You	Steve Wariner	MCA
9	Monongahela	The Oak Ridge Boys	MCA
11	One Time, One Night	Sweethearts of the Rodeo	Columbia
12	Pontiac	Lyle Lovett	Curb/MCA
6	Rage On	Dan Seals	Capitol
11	River of Time	Michael Martin Murphey	Warner Bros.
9	Shadowland	k.d. lang	Sire
9	Strong Enough to Bend	Tanya Tucker	Capitol
2	This Woman	K. T. Oslin	RCA
21	Tired of the Runnin‘	The O’Kanes	Columbia
6	What a Wonderful World	Willie Nelson	Columbia

Deutschsprachige Alben

• Fest im Sattel – Truck Stop (2LP)
• Ich möcht’ so gern Dave Dudley hör’n – Truck Stop (Kompilation)
• Ruf Teddybär Eins-Vier – Jonny Hill (Kompilation)

Geboren

• 15. März: Wesley MacInnes
• 30. März: Jordan Davis
• 29. April: Michael Ray
• 24. Mai: Billy Gilman
• 20. Juli: Julianne Hough
• 16. August: Lisa McHugh
• 21. August: Kacey Musgraves
• 17. November: Reid Perry

Gestorben

• 29. Februar: Vaughn Horton
• 24. August: Nat Stuckey
• 20. September: Leon McAuliffe
• 6. Dezember: Roy Orbison

Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames

Country Music Hall of Fame

• Loretta Lynn
• Roy Rogers

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame

• Jack Feeney

ARIA Hall of Fame

• Slim Dusty

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

• Hoagy Carmichael

Die wichtigsten Auszeichnungen

Grammy Awards

• Best Country Vocal Performance, Female – 80's Ladies – K.T. Oslin
• Best Country Vocal Performance, Male – Always & Forever – Randy Travis
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal – Trio – Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris
• Best Country Vocal Collaboration – Ronnie Milsap und Kenny Rogers
• Best Country Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group Or Solist) – String Of Pars – Asleep At The Wheel
• Best Country Song – Forever And Ever, Amen – Don Schlitz und Paul Overstreet – Interpret: Randy Travis[5]

Juno Awards

• Country Male Vocalist of the Year – Murray McLauchlan
• Country Female Vocalist of the Year – k.d. lang
• Country Group or Duo of the Year – Family Brown

Academy of Country Music Awards

• Entertainer Of The Year – Hank Williams Jr.
• Song Of The Year – Forever And Ever Amen – Randy Travis – Autoren: Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz
• Single Of The Year – Forever And Ever Amen – Randy Travis
• Album Of The Year – Trio – Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris und 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 (Regisseur: Jack Cole)

ARIA Awards

• Best Country Album – This Town – Flying Emus

Country Music Association Awards

• Entertainer of the Year – Hank Williams Jr.
• Male Vocalist of the Year – Randy Travis
• Female Vocalist of the Year – K. T. Oslin
• Horizon Award – Ricky Van Shelton
• Vocal Group of the Year – Highway 101
• Vocal Duo of the Year – The Judds
• Vocal Event of the Year – Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton und Linda Ronstadt
• Album of the Year – Hank Williams Jr.
• Song of the Year – K. T. Oslin
• Single of the Year – Kathy Mattea
• Musician of the Year – Chet Atkins

American Music Awards

• Favorite Country Male Artist – Randy Travis
• Favorite Country Female Artist – Reba McEntire
• Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group – Alabama
• Favorite Country Album – Always & Forever – Randy Travis
• Favorite Country Song – Forever and Ever, Amen – Randy Travis
• Favorite Country Video – Forever and Ever, Amen – Randy Travis

Canadian Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year – k.d. lang
• Male Artist of the Year – Ian Tyson
• Female Artist of the Year – k.d. lang
• Group of the Year – Family Brown
• SOCAN Song of the Year – One Smokey Rose, Tim Taylor (Performer: Anita Perras)
• Single of the Year – One Smokey Rose, Anita Perras
• Album of the Year – Shadowland, k.d. lang
• Top Selling Album – Always & Forever, Randy Travis
• Vista Rising Star Award – Blue Rodeo
• Duo of the Year – Anita Perras and Tim Taylor

Einzelnachweise

1. RolandNote.com: The Ultimate Country Music Database. 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. 30st Grammy Awards - 1988. In: Rock On The Net. Abgerufen am 21. Juni 2022 (englisch).