1985_in_country_music

1985 in country music

1985 in country music

Overview of the events of 1985 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1985.

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Events

  • January — In radio, the United Stations Programming Network’s "Solid Gold Country," a country music spinoff of the oldies-focused "Solid Gold Scrapbook," switches from a three-hour-a-week show to a five-day-a-week program (with the option to air all five hours in as a weekly program). Under the new format, each hourly program covered a different topic, such as a profile on a singer, songwriter or producer; a look back at the popular songs from the current week in a past year, gold records from the current month and other topics under virtually every conceivable topic. The new program will run 8-1/2 years.
  • May 8 - 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, George Strait, and Reba McEntire win
  • A story published in The New York Times declares that country music is "dead." However, a number of new acts – Randy Travis and Dwight Yoakam among them – are working behind the scenes to change the trend.
  • The Country Music Association Awards introduced a new award, Music Video of the Year. The first recipient was Hank Williams Jr.'s video for "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight."

Top hits of the year

See also: List of number-one country singles of 1985 (U.S.) and List of number-one country hits of 1985 (Canada)

Singles released by American artists

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Singles released by Canadian artists

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Top new album releases

See also: List of number-one country albums of 1985 (U.S.)
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Other top albums

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On television

Regular series

Specials

Births

  • January 20 – Brantley Gilbert, singer of the 2010s best known for "Country Must Be Country Wide" and "You Don't Know Her Like I Do"
  • May 20 – Jon Pardi, country singer of the 2010s
  • June 12 – Chris Young, winner on the fourth season of Nashville Star
  • August 26 – Brian Kelley, member of Florida Georgia Line, a duo of the 2010s.
  • September 1 — Charlie Worsham, singer/multi-instrumentalist honored by the Mississippi state senate[1]
  • September 19 — Chase Rice, country singer of the 2010s

Deaths

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

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 44" (PDF). Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
  2. [2]
    Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 44. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.

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 (ISBN 978-0679435563)
  • 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 (ISBN 978-0898201659)
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