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9	Always Late with Your Kisses	Dwight Yoakam Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam is an United States singer-songwriter and actor, most famous for his country music. Active since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than twenty albums and compilations, and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....
8	Americana	Moe Bandy Moe Bandy Marion Franklin Bandy, Jr.?better known professionally as Moe Bandy?...
5	Another Place, Another Time	Don Williams Don Williams Don Williams , is a country music singer and songwriter. He grew up in Portland, Texas, Texas, and graduated in 1958 from Gregory-Portland High School....
2	Baby I'm Yours	Steve Wariner Steve Wariner Steven Noel Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. In his career, he has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records....
15	The Best I Know How	The Statler Brothers
10	Blue Love	The O'Kanes The O'Kanes The O'Kanes were an American country music duo composed of Jamie O'Hara and Kieran Kane. They had one #1 on the country chart, their second single "Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You", as well as six more singles, all but one of which reached Top Ten on the country charts....
5	Blue to the Bone	Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo was an American country music duo from Los Angeles, California who were active from 1986 to 1996. The duo consisted of sisters Janis Oliver and Kristine Oliver....
10	Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues	Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels is an United States musician famous for his contributions to country music and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his Number One country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written....
4	Button Off My Shirt Button Off My Shirt "Button Off My Shirt", released in 1988 in country music, is a song made famous by country pop singer Ronnie Milsap.Originally exclusive to album Heart & Soul, the song was later featured on a number of his compilation albums....	Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and musician. He was one of country?s most popular and influential artists in the List of years in country music....
9	Chill Factor	Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
6	Chisled in Stone	Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin is an United States country music singer. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man and sang in a gospel quartet called The Gosdin Brothers....
4	Crying Shame	Michael Johnson Michael Johnson (singer) Michael Johnson , is an United States pop music, country music and folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his 1978 hit song "Bluer Than Blue"....
7	Desperately	Don Williams
4	Do You Believe Me Now	Vern Gosdin
10	Don't Give Candy to a Stranger	Larry Boone Larry Boone Larry Boone is an American country music artist. Between 1985 and 1993, Boone recorded five major label studio albums, in addition to charting several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....
11	Everybody's Sweetheart	Vince Gill Vince Gill Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an United States neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a vocalist and musician have placed him in hig...
6	The Factory	Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is an United States country music singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.He has been very successful, charting more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the United States alone....
4	The Gift	The McCarters The McCarters The McCarters was an United States country music trio composed of Jennifer McCarter and her sisters Lisa and Teresa, who were twins. The trio was signed to Warner Bros....
2	Give a Little Love	The Judds The Judds The Judds were a Grammy Award-winning United States country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. The Judds signed with RCA Records in 1983 and were one of the most popular country music duos of the decade, recording more than ten studio albums and charting several hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singl...
8	Givers and Takers	Schuyler, Knobloch & Bickhardt
7	Goodbye Time Goodbye Time "Goodbye Time" is a single by United States country music singer Conway Twitty that reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It was the first single from Twitty's 1988 album Still in Your Dreams, and it features Vince Gill on background vocals....	Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty was one of the United States most successful country music artists during the 20th century. Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early rock and roll, R&B, and Pop music....
4	Heaven Can't Be Found	Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr., is an award-winning American country music singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of southern rock, blues, and traditional country....
14	High Ridin' Heroes	David Lynn Jones David Lynn Jones David Lynn Jones is an United States country music singer-songwriter. Between 1987 and 1994, Jones released four studio albums; he also charted four singles on Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.... with Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....
12	I Didn't (Every Chance I Had)	Johnny Rodriguez Johnny Rodriguez Johnny Rodriguez is an United States country music singer. He was the first famous Latin American country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish language....
8	I Don't Have Far to Fall	Skip Ewing Skip Ewing Donald Ralph Ewing is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts....
7	I Have You	Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning, and two time nominated Golden Globe Award United States country pop singer, guitarist and occasional actor....
2	I Should Be with You	Steve Wariner
12	I Still Believe	Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than thirty-five singles on the Billboard country music charts....
18	I Want a Love Like That	Judy Rodman Judy Rodman Judy Rodman is an United States. In the mid-80s, she was a successful country music singer, making all the way to number one on the country charts in 1986 with the song "Until I Met You." She also won the Academy of Country Music's "Top New Female Vocalist" award in 1985....
7	I Will Whisper Your Name	Michael Johnson
5	I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today	Barbara Mandrell Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer. She is best-known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country music's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s....
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 Billy Joe Royal Billy Joe Royal is an United States singer.Raised in Marietta, Georgia, Georgia , Royal became a local singing sensation at Savannah, Georgia Bamboo Ranch in the 1950s and 1960s....
13	I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio	Charley Pride Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride is a country music artist. During his career, he has had thirty-six number-one hits on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs charts....
3	I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl	Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey is a writer and performer of United States music. He is singer-songwriter in country music, Western music , and popular music....
18	I'm Tired	Ricky Skaggs Ricky Skaggs For the punk rock musician, see Ricky Scaggs.Richard Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a Grammy-winning country music and bluegrass music singer, musician, producer, and composer....
2	I've Been Lookin'	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an United States country music-folk music-rock and roll band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966 in music....
10	If My Heart Had Windows If My Heart Had Windows (George Jones song) "If My Heart Had Windows" is the title of a country song written by Dallas Frazier and recorded by George Jones in 1967 on his If My Heart Had Windows ....	Patty Loveless Patty Loveless Patty Loveless is an United States country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in 1987 with her first, self-titled album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and Bluegrass music genres....
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 Ronnie McDowell Ronnie McDowell is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1977 with the song "The King Is Gone", a tribute to Elvis Presley, who had died not long before the single's release.... with Conway Twitty
5	Just Lovin' You	The O'Kanes
9	Just One Kiss	Exile Exile (American band) Exile, originally known as The Exiles, is an United States band. They originally began as a pop rock group, hitting the peak of their success in 1978 with the rock pop ballad hit "Kiss You All Over"....
4	The Last Resort	T. Graham Brown T. Graham Brown Anthony Graham Brown is an American country music artist, known professionally as T. Graham Brown. Active since 1986, Brown has recorded a total of thirteen studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....
9	Letter Home	The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters are an United States country music vocal group consisting of Kathy, June, Kim and Christy Forester. Their peak years were the 1980s; their hits included "That's What You Do When You're In Love", "Leave It Alone", "Don't You", "Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes", "I Fell in Love Again Last Night", and "Lyin' In His Arms Again."...
18	A Little Bit Closer	Tom Wopat Tom Wopat Tom Wopat is an United States actor and singer.He first achieved fame as Luke Duke in the long-running 1979 television series The Dukes of Hazzard, along with John Schneider ....
2	A Little Bit in Love A Little Bit in Love "A Little Bit in Love" is a single release by Patty Loveless, recorded at MCA/Nashville in the fall of 1987. It was included on her second album with MCA Records, If My Heart Had Windows , with the single being released in June 1988....	Patty Loveless
20	Louisiana Rain	John Wesley Ryles John Wesley Ryles John Wesley Ryles is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1968 with the release of his single "Kay", a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, and the title track to his debut album for Columbia Records....
3	Love Helps Those	Paul Overstreet Paul Overstreet Paul Overstreet is a country music singer and songwriter. He recorded ten studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted sixteen singles on the Billboard country charts, including two Number One hits....
4	Love of a Lifetime	Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Larry Gatlin Larry Gatlin is an United States. He is best-known for teaming up with his brothers in the late 1970s, where they became one of country music's most successful acts of the 1970s and 1980s....
5	Lyin' in His Arms Again	The Forester Sisters
5	Mama Knows	Shenandoah Shenandoah (band) Shenandoah is an American country music band founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1985 by Marty Raybon , Ralph Ezell , Stan Thorn , Jim Seales , and Mike McGuire ....
14	Midnight Highway	Southern Pacific Southern Pacific (band) Southern Pacific was a country rock band that ran from 1983 in music to 1991 in music. They are best known for hits such as "Any Way the Wind Blows" , which was heard in the film Pink Cadillac starring Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters, and "New Shade of Blue" ....
13	Money	K. T. Oslin K. T. Oslin K. T. Oslin is a Grammy Award-winning country music singer and songwriter. Between 1981 and the present, she has released seven studio albums, and has charted more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts....
11	My Baby's Gone	Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida by five members of country pop singer Don King 's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller ....
2	New Shade of Blue	Southern Pacific
7	No More One More Time	Jo-El Sonnier Jo-El Sonnier Jo-El Sonnier is an American singer-songwriter and accordionist who performs country music and Cajun music. Originally signed to Mercury Nashville Records, Sonnier charted several minor singles on the Billboard country charts in the late 1970s....
5	Oh What a Love	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2	Old Folks	Ronnie Milsap with Mike Reid
15	One Step Forward	The Desert Rose Band
4	One True Love	The O'Kanes
11	Only Love Can Save Me Now	Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle is an United States country music singer best known for a series of country-pop crossover hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including the Grammy Award-winning, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue." She accumulated 18 No....
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 Mel McDaniel Mel McDaniel is an American country music artist. His hitmaking years were the 1980s; his hits include "Louisiana Saturday Night," "Stand Up," "Anger and Tears," the Number One "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On," "I Call It Love", "Stand On It" and a remake of Chuck Berry's "Let It Roll ."...
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 Lyle Lovett Lyle Pearce Lovett is an United States singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the #10 chart hit on the U.S....
5	Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This	Charley Pride
16	Some Old Side Road	Keith Whitley Keith Whitley Jesse Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 till his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters....
8	Spanish Eyes	Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an United States country music singer-songwriter author, poet and actor. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains Cultural icon, especially in American popular culture.... with Julio Iglesias Julio Iglesias Julio Iglesias De la Cueva is a Spain singer who has sold over 300 million albums in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music he is one of the top 10 best selling music artists ever....
5	Still Within the Sound of My Voice	Glen Campbell
7	Strangers Again	Holly Dunn Holly Dunn Holly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled d?but album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot....
2	Summer Wind	The Desert Rose Band
5	Sunday Kind of Love A Sunday Kind of Love "A Sunday Kind of Love" is a popular music song by Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, and Louis Prima, published in 1946 in music.The song has become a popular music and jazz standard, recorded by many artists....	Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an United States country music singer, performer and actress. Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country", she is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads....
8	Sure Thing	Foster & Lloyd Foster & Lloyd Foster & Lloyd was an American country music duo consisting of Radney Foster and Bill Lloyd, both singer-songwriters in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1986, the duo recorded three albums for RCA Records, in addition to charting nine singles on the Billboard country charts....
16	Talkin' to Myself Again	Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an United States and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
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 Juice Newton Juice Newton is an American Pop music and Country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. To date, Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories , as well as a Country Music Association Award for Best New Female Artist and two Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards ....
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 The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are a country music and gospel music group that is based in the United States. The group was founded in 1945 as the Oak Ridge Quartet....
4	Untold Stories	Kathy Mattea Kathy Mattea Kathleen Alice Mattea is an American female country music and Bluegrass music performer who often brings Celtic music sounds to her music. Active since 1983 as a singer, she has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts....
7	We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right	Eddie Rabbitt Eddie Rabbitt Edward Thomas Rabbitt was a country music singer. He enjoyed much pop success in his career, helping develop the Crossover -influenced sound in country music during the 1970s and 80s....
6	What Do You Want from Me This Time	Foster & Lloyd
9	Wilder Days	Baillie & the Boys Baillie & the Boys Baillie & the Boys is an United States country music group wthat gained prominence in the late 1980s. The band's original lineup consisted of Kathie Baillie , her husband, Michael Bonagura , and Alan LeBoeuf ....
6	Wildflowers	Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music.... , Linda Ronstadt Linda Ronstadt Maria Linda Ronstadt , known as Linda Ronstadt, is an United States popular music Singing and entertainer whose vocal styles in a variety of genres have resonated with the general public over the course of her four-decade career.... and Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris is an United States Country music singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other highly successful, well-known artists....
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

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Alabama Live
Alabama Live

Alabama Live is the first Live album from country music band Alabama , it was released in 1988 in country music....

Alabama

Alabama (band)

Alabama is a Grammy Award-winning country music and southern rock band that originated in Fort Payne, Alabama, Alabama, United States. They were the most commercially successful country act in the 1980s and remain one of the bestselling American musical acts of all time....

RCA

All Keyed Up

Becky Hobbs

Becky Hobbs is an American country music singer, songwriter and pianist. She has recorded seven studio albums, and has charted multiple singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the #10 hit "Let's Get Over Them Together", a duet with Moe Bandy....

MTM

Big Dreams in a Small Town
Big Dreams in a Small Town

Big Dreams in a Small Town is the third studio album by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released by RCA Records in 1988....

Restless Heart

Restless Heart is an American country music band established in 1984. The band's original members were John Dittrich , Paul Gregg , Dave Innis , Greg Jennings , and Verlon Thompson ....

RCA

Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room

Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room is the third consecutive #1 Billboard Country Album by Dwight Yoakam. It features Yoakam's first two #1 Hot Country Songs hits....

Dwight Yoakam

Dwight David Yoakam is an United States singer-songwriter and actor, most famous for his country music. Active since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than twenty albums and compilations, and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....

Reprise

Chisled in Stone

Vern Gosdin

Vern Gosdin is an United States country music singer. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man and sang in a gospel quartet called The Gosdin Brothers....

Columbia

Come as You Were

T. Graham Brown

Anthony Graham Brown is an American country music artist, known professionally as T. Graham Brown. Active since 1986, Brown has recorded a total of thirteen studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....

Capitol

Comin' Home to Stay

Ricky Skaggs

For the punk rock musician, see Ricky Scaggs.Richard Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a Grammy-winning country music and bluegrass music singer, musician, producer, and composer....

Epic

Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road

Copperhead Road is an United States country music/country rock album released in 1988 by Steve Earle.The title song "Copperhead Road" tells of a Vietnam War veteran, scion of a rural moonshine rum-running clan, who returns home to Johnson County, Tennessee, to grow cannabis on his family's land ....

Steve Earle

Stephen 'Steve' Fain Earle is an United States singer-songwriter, well known for his rock music and country music, as well as his political views....

MCA

Diamonds & Dirt
Diamonds & Dirt

Diamonds & Dirt is the title of an album released in 1988 by American country music singer Rodney Crowell . His fifth studio album, it was also his second release for the Columbia Records label....

Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music.Crowell was born in Houston, Texas to James Walter Crowell and Addie Cauzette Willoughby....

Columbia

Don't Close Your Eyes

Keith Whitley

Jesse Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 till his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters....

RCA

Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (The Judds album)

Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits collection released in 1988 by the American country music duo The Judds. It features the singles "Give a Little Love" and "Change of Heart."...

The Judds

The Judds were a Grammy Award-winning United States country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. The Judds signed with RCA Records in 1983 and were one of the most popular country music duos of the decade, recording more than ten studio albums and charting several hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singl...

Curb/RCA

Highway 101, Volume 2
Highway 101, Volume 2

On the group's second album, Highway 101? , there certainly wasn't any comedown from the heights reached by their first album. Four more songs reached the Billboard Music Charts Country Top Ten, with " Just Say Yes" at #1, "All the Reasons Why" at #5, "Honky Tonk Heart" at #6, and their cover of Dire Straits' "Setting Me Up" at #7....

Highway 101

Highway 101 (band)

Highway 101 is an United States country music band. Active since the mid-1980s, the band has gone through several rotations in membership, and currently comprises lead singer Nikki Nelson, along with Cactus Moser, Curtis Stone, and Andy Gurley....

Warner Bros.

Homesick Heroes

The Charlie Daniels Band

Charlie Daniels

Charlie Daniels is an United States musician famous for his contributions to country music and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his Number One country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written....

Epic

Honky Tonk Angel

Patty Loveless

Patty Loveless is an United States country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in 1987 with her first, self-titled album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and Bluegrass music genres....

MCA

I Should Be with You

Steve Wariner

Steven Noel Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. In his career, he has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records....

MCA

If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'
If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'

If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin is George Strait's 8th original studio album and 11th overall album. It was released by MCA Records in 1988....

George Strait

George Harvey Strait is a Grammy Award -winning United States country music singer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend....

MCA

Loving Proof
Loving Proof

Loving Proof is the second album of Country Music artist Ricky Van Shelton. The Singles, "I'll Leave This World Loving You", "From a Jack to a King", and "Living Proof " all reached number one on the charts."Hole In My Pocket" reached number 4....

Ricky Van Shelton

Ricky Van Shelton is an American country music artist. Active since 1986, he has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....

Columbia

Monongahela

The Oak Ridge Boys

The Oak Ridge Boys are a country music and gospel music group that is based in the United States. The group was founded in 1945 as the Oak Ridge Quartet....

MCA

Old 8×10
Old 8×10

Old 8×10 is the third album by country music star Randy Travis. It was released on July 12, 1988 by Warner Bros. Records Nashville. The album produced the singles "Honky Tonk Moon", "Deeper Than the Holler", "Is It Still Over", and "Promises"....

Randy Travis

Randy Travis is a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance- and Dove Award-winning United States country music singer. Active since 1985, he has recorded more than a dozen studio albums to date, in addition to charting more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which sixteen have reached Number On...

Warner Bros.

One Time, One Night
One Time, One Night

Sweethearts of the Rodeo's second album, One Time, One Night, came out in 1988 and continued on the success of their first. The top songs included "Satisfy You" and "Blue to the Bone," which both hit #5 on the Billboard Music Charts Hot Country Singles chart....

Sweethearts of the Rodeo

Sweethearts of the Rodeo was an American country music duo from Los Angeles, California who were active from 1986 to 1996. The duo consisted of sisters Janis Oliver and Kristine Oliver....

Columbia

Pontiac
Pontiac (album)

Pontiac is the title of Lyle Lovett's second album, released in 1987....

Lyle Lovett

Lyle Pearce Lovett is an United States singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the #10 chart hit on the U.S....

Curb/MCA

Rage On
Rage On

Rage On is the seventh studio album rleased by Country Music artist Dan Seals. The Album charted at number 6 on the Top Country Albums chart, his second highest charting album since Won't Be Blue Anymore in 1985....

Dan Seals

Dan Wayland Seals is an American musician. In the 1970s, he was the "England Dan" half of the soft rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, who are best known for their hit single "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"....

Capitol

Reba
Reba (album)

Reba is a studio album released in 1988. It not only signaled to the world that Reba McEntire had by now become so well known that she could be identified by first name alone, but also signaled an entirely different style to her music....

Reba McEntire

Reba Nell McEntire is an United States country music singer, performer and actress. Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country", she is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads....

MCA

River of Time
River of Time (Michael Martin Murphey album)

River of Time is Michael Martin Murphey's fourteenth album....

Michael Martin Murphey

Michael Martin Murphey is a writer and performer of United States music. He is singer-songwriter in country music, Western music , and popular music....

Warner Bros.

Shadowland
Shadowland (album)

Shadowland is the debut solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1988 . The album included her collaboration with Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn and Brenda Lee on "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley" and was produced by Owen Bradley, who produced Patsy Cline's best-known work....

k.d. lang

K.D. Lang

k.d. lang Order of Canada is a Canada pop music and country music singer-songwriter. The artist gives her name in lowercase letters, with the given names contracted to initials and no space between these initials....

Sire

The Statlers Greatest Hits

The Statler Brothers

Mercury

Strong Enough to Bend
Strong Enough to Bend

Strong Enough to Bend is a 1988 album by Tanya Tucker. There were three singles that made the Billboard Music Charts Top Ten Country singles charts: "Strong Enough to Bend" at #1, "Highway Robbery" at #2, and "Call on Me" at #4....

Tanya Tucker

Tanya Denise Tucker is an American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of Top Ten and Top 40 hits....

Capitol

This Is My Country

Lee Greenwood

Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than thirty-five singles on the Billboard country music charts....

MCA

This Woman
This Woman (K. T. Oslin album)

This Woman is the second studio album by American country music artist K. T. Oslin. It was released by RCA Records in 1988. "Money," "Hold Me," "Hey Bobby," the title track and "Didn't Expect It to Go Down This Way" were released as singles....

K. T. Oslin

K. T. Oslin is a Grammy Award-winning country music singer and songwriter. Between 1981 and the present, she has released seven studio albums, and has charted more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts....

RCA

Tired of the Runnin

The O'Kanes

The O'Kanes were an American country music duo composed of Jamie O'Hara and Kieran Kane. They had one #1 on the country chart, their second single "Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You", as well as six more singles, all but one of which reached Top Ten on the country charts....

Columbia

What a Wonderful World

What a Wonderful World (album)

What a Wonderful World is an album by country music singer Willie Nelson released in March of 1988....

Willie Nelson

Willie Hugh Nelson is an United States country music singer-songwriter author, poet and actor. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains Cultural icon, especially in American popular culture....

Columbia

Wild Streak

Wild Streak is a studio album by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr. It was released by Warner Bros. Records on June 21, 1988. "If the South Woulda Won" and "Early in the Morning and Late at Night" were released as singles....

Hank Williams, Jr.

Hank Williams, Jr., is an award-winning American country music singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of southern rock, blues, and traditional country....

Curb/Warner Bros.

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John Anderson

John Anderson (musician)

John Anderson is an American country music artist who began his career in 1977 with the single "I've Got a Feelin' ". Although he continued to chart several more singles into the 1980s, including "Wild and Blue" by John Scott Sherrill it was not until the release of his 1983 crossover single "Swingin'" that he broke through as a mainstream c...

MCA

Across the Rio Grande

Across the Rio Grande is country music artist Holly Dunn's third album, released in 1988. It did not do quite as well as the preceding Cornerstone ....

Holly Dunn

Holly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled d?but album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot....

MTM

Alive & Well

Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers

Larry Gatlin

Larry Gatlin is an United States. He is best-known for teaming up with his brothers in the late 1970s, where they became one of country music's most successful acts of the 1970s and 1980s....

Columbia

All in Love

All in Love is the seventh solo studio album release by American country music singer, Marie Osmond. It was her third album release for Curb/Capitol records and was issued in 1988....

Marie Osmond

Olive Marie Osmond is an United States actress, singer, doll designer, and a member of the show business family, The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s....

Capitol/Curb

As I Am

Anne Murray

Anne Murray, Order of Canada, Order of Nova Scotia is a Canada singer. Murray has performed in Pop Music, Country Music and Adult Contemporary styles....

Capitol

Best of Eddy Raven

Eddy Raven

Eddy Raven is an American country music artist. He charted a string of hit singles on the country music charts between 1974 and 1991.Influenced by Cajun music, the country music sounds from popular radio broadcasts such as the Louisiana Hayride, New Orleans blues, and the new sounds of rock and roll, Raven developed his own unique sound....

RCA

Brand New

Gary Stewart

Gary Stewart (singer)

Gary Stewart was a country musician and songwriter known for his distinctive vibrato voice and his southern rock, outlaw country sound. During the peak of his popularity in the mid-1970s Time magazine described him as the "king of Honky-tonk."...

Hightone

Chasing Rainbows

Mickey Gilley

Mickey Gilley is an United States country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop music-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as well....

Airborne

A Christmas Tradition, Vol.

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May 21 — Country music stars highlight a concert at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four arenas in New York City....
in New York. Featured: Alabama
Alabama (band)

Alabama is a Grammy Award-winning country music and southern rock band that originated in Fort Payne, Alabama, Alabama, United States. They were the most commercially successful country act in the 1980s and remain one of the bestselling American musical acts of all time....
, The Judds
The Judds

The Judds were a Grammy Award-winning United States country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. The Judds signed with RCA Records in 1983 and were one of the most popular country music duos of the decade, recording more than ten studio albums and charting several hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singl...
, George Strait
George Strait

George Harvey Strait is a Grammy Award -winning United States country music singer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend....
and Randy Travis
Randy Travis

Randy Travis is a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance- and Dove Award-winning United States country music singer. Active since 1985, he has recorded more than a dozen studio albums to date, in addition to charting more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which sixteen have reached Number On...
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Time-Life Records releases the first volume of its "Country USA
Country USA (Time-Life Music)

Country USA was a 23-volume series issued by Time-Life Music during the late 1980s and early 1990s, spotlighting country music of the 1950s through early 1970s....
" series. The series, which would eventually include 23 volumes, each chronicles one year per volume - 1950 through 1972. Each volume - offered on two record albums, or one cassette or compact disc
Compact Disc

A Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store Data , originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial Sound recording and reproduction to the present day....
- contains liner notes from some of country music's most respected historians. In many cases, the songs offered on each volume represented the first time they had ever been re-released on compact disc. "Country USA" was offered through television and magazine advertisements.
The Country Music Association Awards introduced a new award, Vocal Event of the Year, awarding collaborative efforts by two or more artists who normally don't work together. (Previously such efforts had to included with Best Duo or Group nominations.) The first recipient was the group of Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is an United States Country music singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other highly successful, well-known artists....
, Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music....
, and Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt

Maria Linda Ronstadt , known as Linda Ronstadt, is an United States popular music Singing and entertainer whose vocal styles in a variety of genres have resonated with the general public over the course of her four-decade career....
for their Trio album.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

(as certified by Billboard)

Other major hits

Peak	Single	Artist
9	Always Late with Your Kisses	Dwight Yoakam Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam is an United States singer-songwriter and actor, most famous for his country music. Active since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than twenty albums and compilations, and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....
8	Americana	Moe Bandy Moe Bandy Marion Franklin Bandy, Jr.?better known professionally as Moe Bandy?...
5	Another Place, Another Time	Don Williams Don Williams Don Williams , is a country music singer and songwriter. He grew up in Portland, Texas, Texas, and graduated in 1958 from Gregory-Portland High School....
2	Baby I'm Yours	Steve Wariner Steve Wariner Steven Noel Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. In his career, he has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records....
15	The Best I Know How	The Statler Brothers
10	Blue Love	The O'Kanes The O'Kanes The O'Kanes were an American country music duo composed of Jamie O'Hara and Kieran Kane. They had one #1 on the country chart, their second single "Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You", as well as six more singles, all but one of which reached Top Ten on the country charts....
5	Blue to the Bone	Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo was an American country music duo from Los Angeles, California who were active from 1986 to 1996. The duo consisted of sisters Janis Oliver and Kristine Oliver....
10	Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues	Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels is an United States musician famous for his contributions to country music and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his Number One country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written....
4	Button Off My Shirt Button Off My Shirt "Button Off My Shirt", released in 1988 in country music, is a song made famous by country pop singer Ronnie Milsap.Originally exclusive to album Heart & Soul, the song was later featured on a number of his compilation albums....	Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Lee Milsap is an American country music singer and musician. He was one of country?s most popular and influential artists in the List of years in country music....
9	Chill Factor	Merle Haggard Merle Haggard Merle Ronald Haggard is an United States country music singer, guitarist, instrumentalist, and songwriter.Merle Haggard has become one of the true giants of country music, as a singer, guitarist, songwriter, and instrumentalist....
6	Chisled in Stone	Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin is an United States country music singer. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man and sang in a gospel quartet called The Gosdin Brothers....
4	Crying Shame	Michael Johnson Michael Johnson (singer) Michael Johnson , is an United States pop music, country music and folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his 1978 hit song "Bluer Than Blue"....
7	Desperately	Don Williams
4	Do You Believe Me Now	Vern Gosdin
10	Don't Give Candy to a Stranger	Larry Boone Larry Boone Larry Boone is an American country music artist. Between 1985 and 1993, Boone recorded five major label studio albums, in addition to charting several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....
11	Everybody's Sweetheart	Vince Gill Vince Gill Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an United States neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a vocalist and musician have placed him in hig...
6	The Factory	Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is an United States country music singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.He has been very successful, charting more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the United States alone....
4	The Gift	The McCarters The McCarters The McCarters was an United States country music trio composed of Jennifer McCarter and her sisters Lisa and Teresa, who were twins. The trio was signed to Warner Bros....
2	Give a Little Love	The Judds The Judds The Judds were a Grammy Award-winning United States country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. The Judds signed with RCA Records in 1983 and were one of the most popular country music duos of the decade, recording more than ten studio albums and charting several hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singl...
8	Givers and Takers	Schuyler, Knobloch & Bickhardt
7	Goodbye Time Goodbye Time "Goodbye Time" is a single by United States country music singer Conway Twitty that reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It was the first single from Twitty's 1988 album Still in Your Dreams, and it features Vince Gill on background vocals....	Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty was one of the United States most successful country music artists during the 20th century. Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early rock and roll, R&B, and Pop music....
4	Heaven Can't Be Found	Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr., is an award-winning American country music singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of southern rock, blues, and traditional country....
14	High Ridin' Heroes	David Lynn Jones David Lynn Jones David Lynn Jones is an United States country music singer-songwriter. Between 1987 and 1994, Jones released four studio albums; he also charted four singles on Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.... with Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....
12	I Didn't (Every Chance I Had)	Johnny Rodriguez Johnny Rodriguez Johnny Rodriguez is an United States country music singer. He was the first famous Latin American country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish language....
8	I Don't Have Far to Fall	Skip Ewing Skip Ewing Donald Ralph Ewing is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts....
7	I Have You	Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning, and two time nominated Golden Globe Award United States country pop singer, guitarist and occasional actor....
2	I Should Be with You	Steve Wariner
12	I Still Believe	Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than thirty-five singles on the Billboard country music charts....
18	I Want a Love Like That	Judy Rodman Judy Rodman Judy Rodman is an United States. In the mid-80s, she was a successful country music singer, making all the way to number one on the country charts in 1986 with the song "Until I Met You." She also won the Academy of Country Music's "Top New Female Vocalist" award in 1985....
7	I Will Whisper Your Name	Michael Johnson
5	I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today	Barbara Mandrell Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer. She is best-known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country music's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s....
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 Billy Joe Royal Billy Joe Royal is an United States singer.Raised in Marietta, Georgia, Georgia , Royal became a local singing sensation at Savannah, Georgia Bamboo Ranch in the 1950s and 1960s....
13	I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio	Charley Pride Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride is a country music artist. During his career, he has had thirty-six number-one hits on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs charts....
3	I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl	Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey is a writer and performer of United States music. He is singer-songwriter in country music, Western music , and popular music....
18	I'm Tired	Ricky Skaggs Ricky Skaggs For the punk rock musician, see Ricky Scaggs.Richard Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a Grammy-winning country music and bluegrass music singer, musician, producer, and composer....
2	I've Been Lookin'	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an United States country music-folk music-rock and roll band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966 in music....
10	If My Heart Had Windows If My Heart Had Windows (George Jones song) "If My Heart Had Windows" is the title of a country song written by Dallas Frazier and recorded by George Jones in 1967 on his If My Heart Had Windows ....	Patty Loveless Patty Loveless Patty Loveless is an United States country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in 1987 with her first, self-titled album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and Bluegrass music genres....
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 Ronnie McDowell Ronnie McDowell is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1977 with the song "The King Is Gone", a tribute to Elvis Presley, who had died not long before the single's release.... with Conway Twitty
5	Just Lovin' You	The O'Kanes
9	Just One Kiss	Exile Exile (American band) Exile, originally known as The Exiles, is an United States band. They originally began as a pop rock group, hitting the peak of their success in 1978 with the rock pop ballad hit "Kiss You All Over"....
4	The Last Resort	T. Graham Brown T. Graham Brown Anthony Graham Brown is an American country music artist, known professionally as T. Graham Brown. Active since 1986, Brown has recorded a total of thirteen studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....
9	Letter Home	The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters are an United States country music vocal group consisting of Kathy, June, Kim and Christy Forester. Their peak years were the 1980s; their hits included "That's What You Do When You're In Love", "Leave It Alone", "Don't You", "Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes", "I Fell in Love Again Last Night", and "Lyin' In His Arms Again."...
18	A Little Bit Closer	Tom Wopat Tom Wopat Tom Wopat is an United States actor and singer.He first achieved fame as Luke Duke in the long-running 1979 television series The Dukes of Hazzard, along with John Schneider ....
2	A Little Bit in Love A Little Bit in Love "A Little Bit in Love" is a single release by Patty Loveless, recorded at MCA/Nashville in the fall of 1987. It was included on her second album with MCA Records, If My Heart Had Windows , with the single being released in June 1988....	Patty Loveless
20	Louisiana Rain	John Wesley Ryles John Wesley Ryles John Wesley Ryles is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1968 with the release of his single "Kay", a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, and the title track to his debut album for Columbia Records....
3	Love Helps Those	Paul Overstreet Paul Overstreet Paul Overstreet is a country music singer and songwriter. He recorded ten studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted sixteen singles on the Billboard country charts, including two Number One hits....
4	Love of a Lifetime	Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Larry Gatlin Larry Gatlin is an United States. He is best-known for teaming up with his brothers in the late 1970s, where they became one of country music's most successful acts of the 1970s and 1980s....
5	Lyin' in His Arms Again	The Forester Sisters
5	Mama Knows	Shenandoah Shenandoah (band) Shenandoah is an American country music band founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1985 by Marty Raybon , Ralph Ezell , Stan Thorn , Jim Seales , and Mike McGuire ....
14	Midnight Highway	Southern Pacific Southern Pacific (band) Southern Pacific was a country rock band that ran from 1983 in music to 1991 in music. They are best known for hits such as "Any Way the Wind Blows" , which was heard in the film Pink Cadillac starring Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters, and "New Shade of Blue" ....
13	Money	K. T. Oslin K. T. Oslin K. T. Oslin is a Grammy Award-winning country music singer and songwriter. Between 1981 and the present, she has released seven studio albums, and has charted more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts....
11	My Baby's Gone	Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida by five members of country pop singer Don King 's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller ....
2	New Shade of Blue	Southern Pacific
7	No More One More Time	Jo-El Sonnier Jo-El Sonnier Jo-El Sonnier is an American singer-songwriter and accordionist who performs country music and Cajun music. Originally signed to Mercury Nashville Records, Sonnier charted several minor singles on the Billboard country charts in the late 1970s....
5	Oh What a Love	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
2	Old Folks	Ronnie Milsap with Mike Reid
15	One Step Forward	The Desert Rose Band
4	One True Love	The O'Kanes
11	Only Love Can Save Me Now	Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle is an United States country music singer best known for a series of country-pop crossover hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including the Grammy Award-winning, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue." She accumulated 18 No....
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 Mel McDaniel Mel McDaniel is an American country music artist. His hitmaking years were the 1980s; his hits include "Louisiana Saturday Night," "Stand Up," "Anger and Tears," the Number One "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On," "I Call It Love", "Stand On It" and a remake of Chuck Berry's "Let It Roll ."...
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 Lyle Lovett Lyle Pearce Lovett is an United States singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the #10 chart hit on the U.S....
5	Shouldn't It Be Easier Than This	Charley Pride
16	Some Old Side Road	Keith Whitley Keith Whitley Jesse Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 till his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters....
8	Spanish Eyes	Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an United States country music singer-songwriter author, poet and actor. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains Cultural icon, especially in American popular culture.... with Julio Iglesias Julio Iglesias Julio Iglesias De la Cueva is a Spain singer who has sold over 300 million albums in 14 languages and released 77 albums. According to Sony Music he is one of the top 10 best selling music artists ever....
5	Still Within the Sound of My Voice	Glen Campbell
7	Strangers Again	Holly Dunn Holly Dunn Holly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled d?but album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot....
2	Summer Wind	The Desert Rose Band
5	Sunday Kind of Love A Sunday Kind of Love "A Sunday Kind of Love" is a popular music song by Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Stan Rhodes, and Louis Prima, published in 1946 in music.The song has become a popular music and jazz standard, recorded by many artists....	Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an United States country music singer, performer and actress. Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country", she is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads....
8	Sure Thing	Foster & Lloyd Foster & Lloyd Foster & Lloyd was an American country music duo consisting of Radney Foster and Bill Lloyd, both singer-songwriters in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1986, the duo recorded three albums for RCA Records, in addition to charting nine singles on the Billboard country charts....
16	Talkin' to Myself Again	Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an United States and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....
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 Juice Newton Juice Newton is an American Pop music and Country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. To date, Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories , as well as a Country Music Association Award for Best New Female Artist and two Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards ....
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 The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are a country music and gospel music group that is based in the United States. The group was founded in 1945 as the Oak Ridge Quartet....
4	Untold Stories	Kathy Mattea Kathy Mattea Kathleen Alice Mattea is an American female country music and Bluegrass music performer who often brings Celtic music sounds to her music. Active since 1983 as a singer, she has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts....
7	We Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right	Eddie Rabbitt Eddie Rabbitt Edward Thomas Rabbitt was a country music singer. He enjoyed much pop success in his career, helping develop the Crossover -influenced sound in country music during the 1970s and 80s....
6	What Do You Want from Me This Time	Foster & Lloyd
9	Wilder Days	Baillie & the Boys Baillie & the Boys Baillie & the Boys is an United States country music group wthat gained prominence in the late 1980s. The band's original lineup consisted of Kathie Baillie , her husband, Michael Bonagura , and Alan LeBoeuf ....
6	Wildflowers	Dolly Parton Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music.... , Linda Ronstadt Linda Ronstadt Maria Linda Ronstadt , known as Linda Ronstadt, is an United States popular music Singing and entertainer whose vocal styles in a variety of genres have resonated with the general public over the course of her four-decade career.... and Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris is an United States Country music singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other highly successful, well-known artists....
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

Top new album releases

US	Album	Artist	Record Label
1	Alabama Live Alabama Live *Alabama Live* is the first Live album from country music band Alabama , it was released in 1988 in country music....	Alabama Alabama (band) Alabama is a Grammy Award-winning country music and southern rock band that originated in Fort Payne, Alabama, Alabama, United States. They were the most commercially successful country act in the 1980s and remain one of the bestselling American musical acts of all time....	RCA
25	All Keyed Up	Becky Hobbs Becky Hobbs Becky Hobbs is an American country music singer, songwriter and pianist. She has recorded seven studio albums, and has charted multiple singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the #10 hit "Let's Get Over Them Together", a duet with Moe Bandy....	MTM
4	Big Dreams in a Small Town Big Dreams in a Small Town *Big Dreams in a Small Town* is the third studio album by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released by RCA Records in 1988....	Restless Heart Restless Heart Restless Heart is an American country music band established in 1984. The band's original members were John Dittrich , Paul Gregg , Dave Innis , Greg Jennings , and Verlon Thompson ....	RCA
1	Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room *Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room* is the third consecutive #1 Billboard Country Album by Dwight Yoakam. It features Yoakam's first two #1 Hot Country Songs hits....	Dwight Yoakam Dwight Yoakam Dwight David Yoakam is an United States singer-songwriter and actor, most famous for his country music. Active since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than twenty albums and compilations, and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....	Reprise
7	Chisled in Stone	Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin Vern Gosdin is an United States country music singer. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man and sang in a gospel quartet called The Gosdin Brothers....	Columbia
22	Come as You Were	T. Graham Brown T. Graham Brown Anthony Graham Brown is an American country music artist, known professionally as T. Graham Brown. Active since 1986, Brown has recorded a total of thirteen studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....	Capitol
12	Comin' Home to Stay	Ricky Skaggs Ricky Skaggs For the punk rock musician, see Ricky Scaggs.Richard Lee "Ricky" Skaggs is a Grammy-winning country music and bluegrass music singer, musician, producer, and composer....	Epic
7	Copperhead Road Copperhead Road *Copperhead Road* is an United States country music/country rock album released in 1988 by Steve Earle.The title song "Copperhead Road" tells of a Vietnam War veteran, scion of a rural moonshine rum-running clan, who returns home to Johnson County, Tennessee, to grow cannabis on his family's land ....	Steve Earle Steve Earle Stephen 'Steve' Fain Earle is an United States singer-songwriter, well known for his rock music and country music, as well as his political views....	MCA
8	Diamonds & Dirt Diamonds & Dirt *Diamonds & Dirt* is the title of an album released in 1988 by American country music singer Rodney Crowell . His fifth studio album, it was also his second release for the Columbia Records label....	Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music.Crowell was born in Houston, Texas to James Walter Crowell and Addie Cauzette Willoughby....	Columbia
8	Don't Close Your Eyes	Keith Whitley Keith Whitley Jesse Keith Whitley , known professionally as Keith Whitley, was an American country music singer. Whitley's brief career in mainstream country music lasted from 1984 till his death in 1989, but he continues to influence an entire generation of singers and songwriters....	RCA
1	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits (The Judds album) *Greatest Hits* is the first greatest hits collection released in 1988 by the American country music duo The Judds. It features the singles "Give a Little Love" and "Change of Heart."...	The Judds The Judds The Judds were a Grammy Award-winning United States country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. The Judds signed with RCA Records in 1983 and were one of the most popular country music duos of the decade, recording more than ten studio albums and charting several hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singl...	Curb/RCA
8	Highway 101, Volume 2 Highway 101, Volume 2 On the group's second album, Highway 101? , there certainly wasn't any comedown from the heights reached by their first album. Four more songs reached the Billboard Music Charts Country Top Ten, with " Just Say Yes" at #1, "All the Reasons Why" at #5, "Honky Tonk Heart" at #6, and their cover of Dire Straits' "Setting Me Up" at #7....	Highway 101 Highway 101 (band) Highway 101 is an United States country music band. Active since the mid-1980s, the band has gone through several rotations in membership, and currently comprises lead singer Nikki Nelson, along with Cactus Moser, Curtis Stone, and Andy Gurley....	Warner Bros.
16	Homesick Heroes	The Charlie Daniels Band Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels is an United States musician famous for his contributions to country music and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his Number One country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written....	Epic
7	Honky Tonk Angel	Patty Loveless Patty Loveless Patty Loveless is an United States country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in 1987 with her first, self-titled album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and Bluegrass music genres....	MCA
20	I Should Be with You	Steve Wariner Steve Wariner Steven Noel Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. In his career, he has released eighteen studio albums, including six on MCA Records, and three each on RCA Records, Arista Records and Capitol Records....	MCA
1	If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin is George Strait's 8th original studio album and 11th overall album. It was released by MCA Records in 1988....	George Strait George Strait George Harvey Strait is a Grammy Award -winning United States country music singer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend....	MCA
1	Loving Proof Loving Proof *Loving Proof* is the second album of Country Music artist Ricky Van Shelton. The Singles, "I'll Leave This World Loving You", "From a Jack to a King", and "Living Proof " all reached number one on the charts."Hole In My Pocket" reached number 4....	Ricky Van Shelton Ricky Van Shelton Ricky Van Shelton is an American country music artist. Active since 1986, he has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....	Columbia
9	Monongahela	The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys The Oak Ridge Boys are a country music and gospel music group that is based in the United States. The group was founded in 1945 as the Oak Ridge Quartet....	MCA
1	Old 8×10 Old 8×10 Old 8×10 is the third album by country music star Randy Travis. It was released on July 12, 1988 by Warner Bros. Records Nashville. The album produced the singles "Honky Tonk Moon", "Deeper Than the Holler", "Is It Still Over", and "Promises"....	Randy Travis Randy Travis Randy Travis is a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance- and Dove Award-winning United States country music singer. Active since 1985, he has recorded more than a dozen studio albums to date, in addition to charting more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which sixteen have reached Number On...	Warner Bros.
11	One Time, One Night One Time, One Night Sweethearts of the Rodeo's second album, *One Time, One Night*, came out in 1988 and continued on the success of their first. The top songs included "Satisfy You" and "Blue to the Bone," which both hit #5 on the Billboard Music Charts Hot Country Singles chart....	Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo Sweethearts of the Rodeo was an American country music duo from Los Angeles, California who were active from 1986 to 1996. The duo consisted of sisters Janis Oliver and Kristine Oliver....	Columbia
12	Pontiac Pontiac (album) *Pontiac* is the title of Lyle Lovett's second album, released in 1987....	Lyle Lovett Lyle Lovett Lyle Pearce Lovett is an United States singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the #10 chart hit on the U.S....	Curb/MCA
6	Rage On Rage On *Rage On* is the seventh studio album rleased by Country Music artist Dan Seals. The Album charted at number 6 on the Top Country Albums chart, his second highest charting album since Won't Be Blue Anymore in 1985....	Dan Seals Dan Seals Dan Wayland Seals is an American musician. In the 1970s, he was the "England Dan" half of the soft rock duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, who are best known for their hit single "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"....	Capitol
1	Reba Reba (album) *Reba* is a studio album released in 1988. It not only signaled to the world that Reba McEntire had by now become so well known that she could be identified by first name alone, but also signaled an entirely different style to her music....	Reba McEntire Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire is an United States country music singer, performer and actress. Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country", she is known for her lively stage-shows and pop-tinged ballads....	MCA
11	River of Time River of Time (Michael Martin Murphey album) *River of Time* is Michael Martin Murphey's fourteenth album....	Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey Michael Martin Murphey is a writer and performer of United States music. He is singer-songwriter in country music, Western music , and popular music....	Warner Bros.
9	Shadowland Shadowland (album) *Shadowland* is the debut solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1988 . The album included her collaboration with Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn and Brenda Lee on "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley" and was produced by Owen Bradley, who produced Patsy Cline's best-known work....	k.d. lang K.D. Lang k.d. lang Order of Canada is a Canada pop music and country music singer-songwriter. The artist gives her name in lowercase letters, with the given names contracted to initials and no space between these initials....	Sire
21	The Statlers Greatest Hits	The Statler Brothers	Mercury
9	Strong Enough to Bend Strong Enough to Bend *Strong Enough to Bend* is a 1988 album by Tanya Tucker. There were three singles that made the Billboard Music Charts Top Ten Country singles charts: "Strong Enough to Bend" at #1, "Highway Robbery" at #2, and "Call on Me" at #4....	Tanya Tucker Tanya Tucker Tanya Denise Tucker is an American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature into adulthood without losing her audience, and during the course of her career, she notched a streak of Top Ten and Top 40 hits....	Capitol
25	This Is My Country	Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than thirty-five singles on the Billboard country music charts....	MCA
2	This Woman This Woman (K. T. Oslin album) *This Woman* is the second studio album by American country music artist K. T. Oslin. It was released by RCA Records in 1988. "Money," "Hold Me," "Hey Bobby," the title track and "Didn't Expect It to Go Down This Way" were released as singles....	K. T. Oslin K. T. Oslin K. T. Oslin is a Grammy Award-winning country music singer and songwriter. Between 1981 and the present, she has released seven studio albums, and has charted more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts....	RCA
21	Tired of the Runnin	The O'Kanes The O'Kanes The O'Kanes were an American country music duo composed of Jamie O'Hara and Kieran Kane. They had one #1 on the country chart, their second single "Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You", as well as six more singles, all but one of which reached Top Ten on the country charts....	Columbia
6	What a Wonderful World What a Wonderful World (album) *What a Wonderful World* is an album by country music singer Willie Nelson released in March of 1988....	Willie Nelson Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson is an United States country music singer-songwriter author, poet and actor. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains Cultural icon, especially in American popular culture....	Columbia
1	Wild Streak Wild Streak *Wild Streak* is a studio album by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr. It was released by Warner Bros. Records on June 21, 1988. "If the South Woulda Won" and "Early in the Morning and Late at Night" were released as singles....	Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr. Hank Williams, Jr., is an award-winning American country music singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of southern rock, blues, and traditional country....	Curb/Warner Bros.

Other top albums

US	Album	Artist	Record Label
51	10	John Anderson John Anderson (musician) John Anderson is an American country music artist who began his career in 1977 with the single "I've Got a Feelin' ". Although he continued to chart several more singles into the 1980s, including "Wild and Blue" by John Scott Sherrill it was not until the release of his 1983 crossover single "Swingin'" that he broke through as a mainstream c...	MCA
26	Across the Rio Grande Across the Rio Grande *Across the Rio Grande* is country music artist Holly Dunn's third album, released in 1988. It did not do quite as well as the preceding Cornerstone ....	Holly Dunn Holly Dunn Holly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled d?but album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot....	MTM
46	Alive & Well	Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Larry Gatlin Larry Gatlin is an United States. He is best-known for teaming up with his brothers in the late 1970s, where they became one of country music's most successful acts of the 1970s and 1980s....	Columbia
29	All in Love All in Love *All in Love* is the seventh solo studio album release by American country music singer, Marie Osmond. It was her third album release for Curb/Capitol records and was issued in 1988....	Marie Osmond Marie Osmond Olive Marie Osmond is an United States actress, singer, doll designer, and a member of the show business family, The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her family's singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in the 1970s and 1980s....	Capitol/Curb
45	As I Am	Anne Murray Anne Murray Anne Murray, Order of Canada, Order of Nova Scotia is a Canada singer. Murray has performed in Pop Music, Country Music and Adult Contemporary styles....	Capitol
36	Best of Eddy Raven	Eddy Raven Eddy Raven Eddy Raven is an American country music artist. He charted a string of hit singles on the country music charts between 1974 and 1991.Influenced by Cajun music, the country music sounds from popular radio broadcasts such as the Louisiana Hayride, New Orleans blues, and the new sounds of rock and roll, Raven developed his own unique sound....	RCA
60	Brand New	Gary Stewart Gary Stewart (singer) Gary Stewart was a country musician and songwriter known for his distinctive vibrato voice and his southern rock, outlaw country sound. During the peak of his popularity in the mid-1970s Time magazine described him as the "king of Honky-tonk."...	Hightone
52	Chasing Rainbows	Mickey Gilley Mickey Gilley Mickey Gilley is an United States country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop music-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as well....	Airborne
61	A Christmas Tradition, Vol. II	Various Artists	Warner Bros.
29	The Coast of Colorado	Skip Ewing Skip Ewing Donald Ralph Ewing is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1988, Ewing has recorded nine studio albums, and has charted fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts....	MCA
56	Every Christmas	Gary Morris Gary Morris Gary Gwyn Morris is an American country music artist who charted a string of countrypolitan-styled hit songs throughout the 1980s.Morris is known for the 1983 ballad "The Wind Beneath My Wings", although his credits include more than twenty-five other chart singles on the Billboard country charts, including five No....	Warner Bros.
33	Exchange of Hearts	David Slater David Slater David Slater was the Male Vocalist champion on Star Search in 1987. Slater then signed a recording contract with Capitol Records and launched a country music career....	Capitol
36	Full Circle Full Circle (Waylon Jennings album) *Full Circle* is an album by Waylon Jennings, released on MCA Records in 1988 in music. Jennings' fourth and final studio album for MCA before his move to Epic Records, it yielded four minor country hits: "Trouble Man" , "Which Way Do I Go " , "How Much Is It Worth to Live in L.A." and "You Put the Soul in the Song" ....	Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings was an influential United States of America country music singer and musician. A self-taught guitar player, he rose to prominence as a bass guitar player for Buddy Holly following the break-up of The Crickets....	MCA
36	The Gift	The McCarters The McCarters The McCarters was an United States country music trio composed of Jennifer McCarter and her sisters Lisa and Teresa, who were twins. The trio was signed to Warner Bros....	Warner Bros.
66	Greatest Hits	Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers Kenneth Ray "Kenny" Rogers is an United States country music singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor and entrepreneur.He has been very successful, charting more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the United States alone....	RCA
27	Greatest Hits Volume Two	Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood Lee Greenwood is an American country music artist. Active since the early 1980s, he has released more than twenty major-label albums and has charted more than thirty-five singles on the Billboard country music charts....	MCA
33	The Heart of It All	Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley is an United States country music singer and composer. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for the RCA Records label....	RCA
49	Higher Ground Higher Ground (John Denver album) *Higher Ground* is an album by United States singer-songwriter John Denver, released in 1989....	John Denver John Denver John Denver , born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was an United States Country Music/folk music singer-songwriter and folk rock musician. He was one of the most popular acoustic artists of the 1970s in terms of record sales, recording and releasing around 300 songs, of which about half were composed by him....	Windstar
37	Hot Dog!	Buck Owens Buck Owens Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens, Jr., was an United States singer and guitarist, who had 21 number-one hits on the Billboard magazine country music charts, with his legendary band, the Buckaroos....	Capitol
51	I Guess I Just Missed You	Canyon	16th Avenue
52	I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like	Ray Stevens Ray Stevens Ray Stevens is an United States country music and pop music singer-songwriter known for his novelty songs as well as more serious works. He was born in Clarkdale, Georgia, Georgia , a small town west of Atlanta, Georgia....	MCA
34	I Wanna Dance with You	Eddie Rabbitt Eddie Rabbitt Edward Thomas Rabbitt was a country music singer. He enjoyed much pop success in his career, helping develop the Crossover -influenced sound in country music during the 1970s and 80s....	RCA
35	I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight	Barbara Mandrell Barbara Mandrell Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer. She is best-known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country music's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s....	Capitol
36	I'm Gonna Love Her on the Radio	Charley Pride Charley Pride Charley Frank Pride is a country music artist. During his career, he has had thirty-six number-one hits on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Songs charts....	16th Avenue
45	I'm Still Missing You	Ronnie McDowell Ronnie McDowell Ronnie McDowell is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1977 with the song "The King Is Gone", a tribute to Elvis Presley, who had died not long before the single's release....	Curb
33	If My Heart Had Windows	Patty Loveless Patty Loveless Patty Loveless is an United States country music singer.Since her emergence on the country music scene in 1987 with her first, self-titled album, Loveless has been one of the most popular female singers of the Neotraditional country movement, although she has also recorded albums in the Country pop and Bluegrass music genres....	MCA
64	Just Enough Love	Ray Price Ray Price (musician) Ray Price is an American country and western singer/songwriter/guitarist. Some of his more famous songs include "Release Me ", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "City Lights ", "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You", "For the Good Times", "I Won't Mention It Again", "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me", and "Danny Boy." He w...	Step One
58	Light Years Light Years (Glen Campbell album) *Light Years* is the 44th album by United States singer/guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 1988 ....	Glen Campbell Glen Campbell Glen Travis Campbell is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning, and two time nominated Golden Globe Award United States country pop singer, guitarist and occasional actor....	MCA
27	Little Love Affairs Little Love Affairs *Little Love Affairs* is Nanci Griffith's sixth album, and it had similar success to her preceding Lone Star State of Mind on the Billboard charts....	Nanci Griffith Nanci Griffith 'Nanci Caroline Griffith', is an United States singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas.Griffith's career has spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country music, folk music, and what she terms "folkabilly." Griffith won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for her recording, Other Voices, Other R...	MCA
60	Live at the Opry Live at the Opry *Live At the Opry* is the name of a compilation album released by MCA Records to release live version of Patsy Cline's hits.The songs featured here are live songs, spanning from the years 1956 through 1962, featuring Cline singing her biggest hits, like "Crazy", "She's Got You", and "I Fall to Pieces" to name a few....	Patsy Cline Patsy Cline Patsy Cline was an United States country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville Sound in the early 1960s....	MCA
62	Making Believe	Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty was one of the United States most successful country music artists during the 20th century. Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early rock and roll, R&B, and Pop music.... & Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn is an United States country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and 1970s and is revered as a country icon....	MCA
64	New Faces of Country	Various Artists	K-Tel
28	No Regrets	Moe Bandy Moe Bandy Marion Franklin Bandy, Jr.?better known professionally as Moe Bandy?...	Curb
63	Nobody's Angel Nobody's Angel (Crystal Gayle album) *Nobody's Angel* was a #63 Billboard Music Charts Country Album for Crystal Gayle. Its title song, "Nobody's Angel", marks her latest appearance within the Top 40 of the Billboard country singles chart, at #22 in late 1988....	Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle Crystal Gayle is an United States country music singer best known for a series of country-pop crossover hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including the Grammy Award-winning, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue." She accumulated 18 No....	Warner Bros.
51	Now You're Talkin	Mel McDaniel Mel McDaniel Mel McDaniel is an American country music artist. His hitmaking years were the 1980s; his hits include "Louisiana Saturday Night," "Stand Up," "Anger and Tears," the Number One "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On," "I Call It Love", "Stand On It" and a remake of Chuck Berry's "Let It Roll ."...	Capitol
43	One Fair Summer Evening One Fair Summer Evening *One Fair Summer Evening* is Nanci Griffith's seventh album, and her first one recorded in a live setting. It was recorded on August 19 and August 20, 1988 at Anderson Fair, a Houston, Texas club long known for featuring folk artists in an intimate setting....	Nanci Griffith Nanci Griffith 'Nanci Caroline Griffith', is an United States singer, guitarist and songwriter from Austin, Texas.Griffith's career has spanned a variety of musical genres, predominantly country music, folk music, and what she terms "folkabilly." Griffith won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for her recording, Other Voices, Other R...	MCA
45	Rebels Without a Clue	The Bellamy Brothers	Curb/MCA
26	Running	The Desert Rose Band	Curb/MCA
64	Saddle the Wind	Janie Fricke Janie Fricke Janie Fricke is an American country music singer, best remembered for a series of country music hits in the early to mid 1980s.Janie Fricke was one of the most popular female country singers of the '80s, racking a string of hits and proving herself a versatile vocalist with a particular flair for ballads....	Columbia
30	Sincerely	The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters The Forester Sisters are an United States country music vocal group consisting of Kathy, June, Kim and Christy Forester. Their peak years were the 1980s; their hits included "That's What You Do When You're In Love", "Leave It Alone", "Don't You", "Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes", "I Fell in Love Again Last Night", and "Lyin' In His Arms Again."...	Warner Bros.
28	Still in Your Dreams	Conway Twitty Conway Twitty Conway Twitty was one of the United States most successful country music artists during the 20th century. Most commonly thought of as a country music singer, he also enjoyed success in early rock and roll, R&B, and Pop music....	MCA
47	Stout & High	The Wagoneers The Wagoneers The Wagoneers were an United States country music band from Austin, Texas that were briefly active during the 1980s. The band consisted of Monte Warden on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Brent Wilson playing lead and contributing backing vocals, Craig Allan Pettigrew on bass, and drummer Thomas A....	A&M
47	Swingin' Doors, Sawdust Floors	Larry Boone Larry Boone Larry Boone is an American country music artist. Between 1985 and 1993, Boone recorded five major label studio albums, in addition to charting several singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....	Mercury
39	View from the House View from the House *View from the House* is a studio album by Kim Carnes, released in 1988 . The album marked a return to her early country music roots.The album spawned two minor hit singles, "Crazy in Love" and "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness", both charting on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks at #68 and #70 respectively....	Kim Carnes Kim Carnes Kim Carnes is a Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter. She is noted for her distinctive, raspy voice which she attributes to many hours spent singing in smoky bars and nightclub....	MCA
48	Water from the Wells of Home Water from the Wells of Home *Water from the Wells of Home* is an album by United States country music singer Johnny Cash, released on Mercury Records in 1988 . It features several collaborations with other artists, including "New Moon Over Jamaica" with Paul McCartney....	Johnny Cash Johnny Cash Johnny Cash was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll , as well as blues, folk music and Gospel music....	Mercury
34	Western Standard Time	Asleep at the Wheel Asleep at the Wheel Asleep at the Wheel, is a multiple Grammy Award-winning Country /Western Swing band formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, but based in Austin, Texas....	Epic
33	Wide Open Wide Open (album) *Wide Open* is the fifth studio album by the American country music band Sawyer Brown. It was released in June 1988 on Capitol Records, and features the singles "My Baby's Gone", "It Wasn't His Child", and "Old Pair of Shoes"....	Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown is an American country music band founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida by five members of country pop singer Don King 's road band: Bobby Randall and Jim Scholten , both from Midland, Michigan; Joe Smyth , Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard , and Mark Miller ....	Capitol/Curb
63	Who Was That Stranger	Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn is an United States country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and 1970s and is revered as a country icon....	MCA
33	Workin' Band	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an United States country music-folk music-rock and roll band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966 in music....	Warner Bros.
27	Zuma	Southern Pacific Southern Pacific (band) Southern Pacific was a country rock band that ran from 1983 in music to 1991 in music. They are best known for hits such as "Any Way the Wind Blows" , which was heard in the film Pink Cadillac starring Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters, and "New Shade of Blue" ....	Warner Bros.

On television

Regular series

Dolly (1987-1988)
Hee Haw
Hee Haw

Hee Haw was a television variety show, initially co-hosted by musicians Buck Owens and Roy Clark and featuring country music and humor with fictional, rural "Kornfield Kounty" as a backdrop....
(1969-1993, syndicated)

Specials

Births

May 24 — Billy Gilman
Billy Gilman

William "Billy" Wendell Gilman III is an American country music artist. In 2000, at the age of 12, he debuted with the single "One Voice," a Top 20 hit on the Billboard country music charts and became the youngest singer to chart a Top 40 hit on the country music charts....
, the youngest artist to ever have a country hit record (2000's "One Voice").
July 20 — Julianne Hough
Julianne Hough

Julianne Hough is an American professional ballroom dancer and country music singer. She is most-widely known for being a two-time winner of ABC's Dancing with the Stars ....
, rising country music star and professional dancer, best known for her appearances on Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars is the name of a group of international television series based on the format of the United Kingdom series Strictly Come Dancing, distributed by BBC Worldwide the commercial arm of the BBC....
.

Deaths

September 20 — Leon McAuliffe
Leon McAuliffe

Leon McAuliffe was a Western swing musician from Houston, Texas. He is famous for his steel guitar solos with Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys, inspiring Wills's phrase "Take it away, Leon."...
, 71, prominent member of Bob Wills
Bob Wills

James Robert Wills was an United States Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader, considered by many music authorities one of the fathers of Western swing and called by his fans the "King of Western Swing."...
' Texas Playboys and a star in his own right.
December 6 — Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison was an influential Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades....
, 52, American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter

File:Joan Baez Bob Dylan crop.jpgSinger-songwriter is a term that refers to performers who Lyricist, composer and singing their own Musical piece including lyrics and melody....
and a pioneer of rock and roll
Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a form of music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Its roots lay mainly in rhythm and blues, Country music, folk music, gospel music, and jazz....
.

Hall of Fame inductees

Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn is an United States country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and 1970s and is revered as a country icon....
(born 1935)
Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers , was a singer and cowboy actor, as well as the founder of the famous Roy Rogers Restaurants chain. He and his third wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino Trigger , and his German Shepherd Dog, Bullet, were featured in over one hundred movies and The Roy Rogers Show....
(1911–1998)

Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

Jack Feeney

Major awards

Grammy Awards

Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Hold Me," K. T. Oslin
K. T. Oslin

K. T. Oslin is a Grammy Award-winning country music singer and songwriter. Between 1981 and the present, she has released seven studio albums, and has charted more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts....
Best Male Country Vocal Performance — Old 8×10
Old 8×10

Old 8×10 is the third album by country music star Randy Travis. It was released on July 12, 1988 by Warner Bros. Records Nashville. The album produced the singles "Honky Tonk Moon", "Deeper Than the Holler", "Is It Still Over", and "Promises"....
, Randy Travis
Randy Travis

Randy Travis is a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance- and Dove Award-winning United States country music singer. Active since 1985, he has recorded more than a dozen studio albums to date, in addition to charting more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which sixteen have reached Number On...
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Give a Little Love," The Judds
The Judds

The Judds were a Grammy Award-winning United States country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. The Judds signed with RCA Records in 1983 and were one of the most popular country music duos of the decade, recording more than ten studio albums and charting several hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singl...
Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "Crying
Crying (song)

"Crying" is a rock and roll Ballad written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson and sung by Orbison....
," Roy Orbison
Roy Orbison

Roy Kelton Orbison was an influential Grammy Award-winning United States singer-songwriter, guitarist and a pioneer of rock and roll whose recording career spanned more than four decades....
and k.d. lang
K.D. Lang

k.d. lang Order of Canada is a Canada pop music and country music singer-songwriter. The artist gives her name in lowercase letters, with the given names contracted to initials and no space between these initials....
Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Sugarfoot Rag," Asleep at the Wheel
Asleep at the Wheel

Asleep at the Wheel, is a multiple Grammy Award-winning Country /Western Swing band formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, but based in Austin, Texas....
Best Country Song — "Hold Me," K. T. Oslin
Best Bluegrass Recording — "Southern Flavor," Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe

William Smith Monroe was an United States musician who helped develop the style of music known as bluegrass music, which takes its name from his band, the "Blue Grass Boys," named for Monroe's home state of Kentucky....

Juno Awards

Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Murray McLauchlan
Murray McLauchlan

Murray McLauchlan, Order of Canada is a Canada singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and harmonica player....
Country Female Vocalist of the Year — k.d. lang
K.D. Lang

k.d. lang Order of Canada is a Canada pop music and country music singer-songwriter. The artist gives her name in lowercase letters, with the given names contracted to initials and no space between these initials....
Country Group or Duo of the Year — Family Brown

Academy of Country Music

Entertainer of the Year — Hank Williams, Jr.
Hank Williams, Jr.

Hank Williams, Jr., is an award-winning American country music singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of southern rock, blues, and traditional country....
Song of the Year — "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses
Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses

"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" is a country music by Kathy Mattea from her 1987 album, Untasted Honey. The song was released as a single and hit number one on both the US Hot Country Charts and Canadian Country charts in 1988....
," Charles Nelson and Paul Nelson (Performer: Kathy Mattea
Kathy Mattea

Kathleen Alice Mattea is an American female country music and Bluegrass music performer who often brings Celtic music sounds to her music. Active since 1983 as a singer, she has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts....
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Single of the Year — "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses," Kathy Mattea
Album of the Year — This Woman
This Woman (K. T. Oslin album)

This Woman is the second studio album by American country music artist K. T. Oslin. It was released by RCA Records in 1988. "Money," "Hold Me," "Hey Bobby," the title track and "Didn't Expect It to Go Down This Way" were released as singles....
, K. T. Oslin
K. T. Oslin

K. T. Oslin is a Grammy Award-winning country music singer and songwriter. Between 1981 and the present, she has released seven studio albums, and has charted more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts....
Top Male Vocalist — George Strait
George Strait

George Harvey Strait is a Grammy Award -winning United States country music singer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country," and critics call Strait a living legend....
Top Female Vocalist — K. T. Oslin
Top Vocal Duo — The Judds
The Judds

The Judds were a Grammy Award-winning United States country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. The Judds signed with RCA Records in 1983 and were one of the most popular country music duos of the decade, recording more than ten studio albums and charting several hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singl...
Top Vocal Group — Highway 101
Highway 101 (band)

Highway 101 is an United States country music band. Active since the mid-1980s, the band has gone through several rotations in membership, and currently comprises lead singer Nikki Nelson, along with Cactus Moser, Curtis Stone, and Andy Gurley....
Top New Male Vocalist — Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music.Crowell was born in Houston, Texas to James Walter Crowell and Addie Cauzette Willoughby....
Top New Female Vocalist — Suzy Bogguss
Suzy Bogguss

Suzy Bogguss is an United States country music singer. In the 1980s and 90s she released one platinum and three gold albums and charted six top ten singles, winning the Academy of Country Music's award for Top New Female Vocalist and the Country Music Association's Horizon Award....
Video of the Year — "Young Country," Hank Williams, Jr. (Director: Bill Fishman)

Canadian Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year — k.d. lang
K.D. Lang

k.d. lang Order of Canada is a Canada pop music and country music singer-songwriter. The artist gives her name in lowercase letters, with the given names contracted to initials and no space between these initials....
Male Artist of the Year — Ian Tyson
Ian Tyson

Ian Tyson, Order of Canada Singer, songwriter, guitarist, rancher, born Victoria, British Columbia on 25 September 1933; honorary D LITT 1993, honorary LLD 2001....
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
Shadowland (album)

Shadowland is the debut solo album by k.d. lang, released in 1988 . The album included her collaboration with Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn and Brenda Lee on "Honky Tonk Angels' Medley" and was produced by Owen Bradley, who produced Patsy Cline's best-known work....
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Top Selling Album — Always & Forever
Always & Forever

Always & Forever is the second album by country music singer Randy Travis. It was released on April 4, 1987 by Warner Bros. Records. Released from this album were the singles "Too Gone Too Long", "I Won't Need You Anymore ", "Forever and Ever, Amen" and "I Told You So", all of which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs c...
, Randy Travis
Randy Travis

Randy Travis is a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance- and Dove Award-winning United States country music singer. Active since 1985, he has recorded more than a dozen studio albums to date, in addition to charting more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which sixteen have reached Number On...
Vista Rising Star Award — Blue Rodeo
Blue Rodeo

Blue Rodeo is a Canada country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987....
Duo of the Year — Anita Perras and Tim Taylor

Country Music Association

Entertainer of the Year — Hank Williams, Jr.
Hank Williams, Jr.

Hank Williams, Jr., is an award-winning American country music singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of southern rock, blues, and traditional country....
Song of the Year — "80's Ladies," K. T. Oslin
K. T. Oslin

K. T. Oslin is a Grammy Award-winning country music singer and songwriter. Between 1981 and the present, she has released seven studio albums, and has charted more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country charts....
(Performer: K. T. Oslin)
Single of the Year — "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses
Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses

"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" is a country music by Kathy Mattea from her 1987 album, Untasted Honey. The song was released as a single and hit number one on both the US Hot Country Charts and Canadian Country charts in 1988....
," Kathy Mattea
Kathy Mattea

Kathleen Alice Mattea is an American female country music and Bluegrass music performer who often brings Celtic music sounds to her music. Active since 1983 as a singer, she has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts....
Album of the Year — Born to Boogie
Born to Boogie (album)

Born to Boogie is a studio album by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr. It was released by Warner Bros. Records in 1987. The title track, "Heaven Can't Be Found" and "Young Country" were released as singles....
, Hank Williams, Jr.
Male Vocalist of the Year — Randy Travis
Randy Travis

Randy Travis is a Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance- and Dove Award-winning United States country music singer. Active since 1985, he has recorded more than a dozen studio albums to date, in addition to charting more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which sixteen have reached Number On...
Female Vocalist of the Year — K. T. Oslin
Vocal Duo of the Year — The Judds
The Judds

The Judds were a Grammy Award-winning United States country music duo composed of Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna Judd. The Judds signed with RCA Records in 1983 and were one of the most popular country music duos of the decade, recording more than ten studio albums and charting several hit singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singl...
Vocal Group of the Year — Highway 101
Highway 101 (band)

Highway 101 is an United States country music band. Active since the mid-1980s, the band has gone through several rotations in membership, and currently comprises lead singer Nikki Nelson, along with Cactus Moser, Curtis Stone, and Andy Gurley....
Horizon Award — Ricky Van Shelton
Ricky Van Shelton

Ricky Van Shelton is an American country music artist. Active since 1986, he has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts....
Vocal Event of the Year — Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris is an United States Country music singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other highly successful, well-known artists....
, Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton

Dolly Rebecca Parton is a Grammy Award-winning United Statesn singer-songwriter, author, actress and philanthropist, known for her prolific work in country music....
, and Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt

Maria Linda Ronstadt , known as Linda Ronstadt, is an United States popular music Singing and entertainer whose vocal styles in a variety of genres have resonated with the general public over the course of her four-decade career....
Musician of the Year — Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins

Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins was an influential American guitarist and record producer.His picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul, brought him admirers both within and outside the country scene, both in the United States and internationally....

1988 in country music

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