Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1985 im Genre Country-Musik.
Events Ein Artikel der New York Times erklärt die Country-Musik für „tot“. Die Country Music Association vergibt erstmals die Auszeichnung Music Video of the Year. Hank Williams, Jr. ist mit seinem Video All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight erster Preisträger
Top Hits des Jahres
Jahresendcharts Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.
Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night) – Ronnie Milsap Dixie Road – Lee Greenwood Real Love – Dolly Parton with Kenny Rogers Radio Heart – Charly McClain Highwayman – Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson She's Single Again – Janie Fricke I'm for Love – Hank Williams, Jr. Modern Day Romance – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Fallin' in Love – Sylvia Forgiving You Was Easy – Willie Nelson
Nummer-1-Hits (Billboard) 5. Januar – Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind – George Strait 12. Januar – The Best Year of My Life – Eddie Rabbitt 19. Januar – How Blue – Reba McEntire 26. Januar – (There's A) Fire in the Night – Alabama 2. Februar – A Place to Fall Apart – Merle Haggard, Janie Fricke 9. Februar – Ain't She Something Else – Conway Twitty 16. Februar – Make My Life With You – Oak Ridge Boys 23. Februar – Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On – Mel McDaniel 2. März – Baby Bye-Bye – Gary Morris 9. März – My Only Love – Statler Brothers 16. März – Crazy For Your Love – Exile 23. März – Seven Spanish Angels – Ray Charles, Willie Nelson 30. März – Crazy – Kenny Rogers 6. April – Country Girls – John Schneider 13. April – Honor Bound – Earl Thomas Conley 20. April – I Need More of You – Bellamy Brothers 27. April – Girls Night Out – The Judds 4. Mai – There's No Way – Alabama 11. Mai – Somebody Should Leave – Reba McEntire 18. Mai – Step That Step – Sawyer Brown 25. Mai – Radio Heart – Charly McClain 1. Juni – Don't Call Him a Cowboy – Conway Twitty 8. Juni – Natural High – Merle Haggard 15. Juni – Country Boy – Ricky Skaggs 22. Juni – Little Things – Oak Ridge Boys 29. Juni – She Keeps the Home Fires Burning – Ronnie Milsap 6. Juli – She's a Miracle – Exile 13. Juli – Forgiving You Was Easy – Willie Nelson 20. Juli – Dixie Road – Lee Greenwood 27. Juli – Love Don't Care – Earl Thomas Conley 3. August – 40 Hour Week (For a Livin') – Alabama 10. August – I'm For Love – Hank Williams Jr. 17. August – Highwayman – Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash 24. August – Real Love – Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton 31. August – Love is Alive – The Judds 7. September – I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me – Rosanne Cash, Vince Gill 14. September – Modern Day Romance – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 21. September – I Fell in Love Again Last Night – Forester Sisters 28. September – Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night) – Ronnie Milsap 12. Oktober – Meet Me in Montana – Dan Seals, Marie Osmond 19. Oktober – You Make Me Want to Make You Mine – Juice Newton 26. Oktober – Touch a Hand, Make a Friend – Oak Ridge Boys 2. November – Some Fools Never Learn – Steve Wariner 9. November – Can't Keep a Good Man Down – Alabama 16. November – Hang on to Your Heart – Exile 23. November – I'll Never Stop Loving You – Gary Morris 30. November – Too Much on My Heart – Statler Brothers 7. Dezember – I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose) – Lee Greenwood 14. Dezember – Nobody Falls Like a Fool – Earl Thomas Conley 21. Dezember – The Chair – George Strait 28. Dezember – Have Mercy – The Judds
Weitere Hits Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Songs, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind. USSingleArtist8All Tangled Up in LoveGus Hardin8Angel in Your ArmsBarbara Mandrell5Betty's Bein' BadSawyer Brown3Between Blue Eyes and JeansConway Twitty15Blue HighwayJohn Conlee15Break AwayGail Davies13CaliforniaKeith Stegall9Carolina in the PinesMichael Martin Murphey5The Cowboy Rides AwayGeorge Strait9Cry Just a Little BitSylvia15Desperados Waiting for a TrainThe Highwaymen20Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)Vern Gosdin8Doncha?T. G. Sheppard3Don't Call It LoveDolly Parton2Drinkin‘ and Dreamin‘Waylon Jennings20Eye of a HurricaneJohn Anderson2Fallin' in LoveSylvia5The FiremanGeorge Strait7The First Word in Memory Is MeJanie Fricke17The Girl Most Likely ToB. J. Thomas7Got No Reason Now for Goin' HomeGene Watson15Hallelujah, I Love You SoGeorge Jones with Brenda Lee6Have I Got a Deal for YouReba McEntire19Heart Don't Do This to MeLoretta Lynn8Heart TroubleSteve Wariner3Hello Mary LouThe Statler Brothers2High HorseNitty Gritty Dirt Band10I Never Made Love (Till I Made It with You)Mac Davis8I Wanna Hear It from YouEddy Raven5I Wanna Say YesLouise Mandrell10I Want Everyone to CryRestless Heart20I'd Dance Every Dance with YouThe Kendalls10I'm Gonna Leave You TomorrowJohn Schneider10I'm the One Mama Warned You AboutMickey Gilley20If It Ain't LoveEd Bruce12If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)The Whites10If It Weren't for HimVince Gill15If That Ain't LoveLacy J. Dalton16If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's MeJimmy Buffett5In a New York MinuteRonnie McDowell12It Ain't Gonna Worry My MindRay Charles and Mickey Gilley19It Should Have Been Love by NowBarbara Mandrell & Lee Greenwood10It's a Short Walk from Heaven to HellJohn Schneider15It’s All Over NowJohn Anderson20It's Time for LoveDon Williams10Kern RiverMerle Haggard4A Lady Like YouGlen Campbell9Lasso the MoonGary Morris19The Legend and the ManConway Twitty16LeonaSawyer Brown6Let It Roll (Let It Rock)Mel McDaniel16Let Me Down EasyJim Glaser2Lie to You for Your LoveThe Bellamy Brothers5A Long and Lasting LoveCrystal Gayle14(Love Always) Letter to HomeGlen Campbell9Love TalksRonnie McDowell10Major MovesHank Williams Jr.8Maybe My BabyLouise Mandrell4Me Against the NightCrystal Gayle14Me and PaulWillie Nelson20The Mississippi Squirrel RevivalRay Stevens2My Baby's Got Good TimingDan Seals9My Old Yellow CarDan Seals19My Toot TootRockin’ Sidney3Nobody Wants to Be AloneCrystal Gayle2Old HippieThe Bellamy Brothers4One Owner HeartT. G. Sheppard5Only in My MindReba McEntire9Operator, OperatorEddy Raven10Pretty LadyKeith Stegall9Rollin' LonelyJohnny Lee12Save the Last ChanceJohnny Lee11She Used to Love Me a LotDavid Allan Coe6She's Comin' Back to Say GoodbyeEddie Rabbitt9She's Gonna Win Your HeartEddy Raven2She's My RockGeorge Jones2She's Single AgainJanie Fricke19Size Seven Round (Made of Gold)George Jones with Lacy J. Dalton10Slow Burning MemoryVern Gosdin4Somebody Else's FireJanie Fricke2Something in My HeartRicky Skaggs6Sometimes When We TouchMark Gray & Tammy Wynette5Stand UpMel McDaniel10(That's What You Do) When You're in LoveThe Forester Sisters7There's No Love in TennesseeBarbara Mandrell19They Never Had to Get Over YouJohnny Lee14Thing About YouSouthern Pacific with Emmylou Harris4This Ain't DallasHank Williams Jr.14Two Old Cats Like UsRay Charles with Hank Williams Jr.3Used to BlueSawyer Brown2Walkin' a Broken HeartDon Williams10Waltz Me to HeavenWaylon Jennings4Warning SignEddie Rabbitt3What I Didn't DoSteve Wariner8What She WantsMichael Martin Murphey17When Givin' Up Was EasyEd Bruce14White LineEmmylou Harris3Who's Gonna Fill Their ShoesGeorge Jones5With Just One Look in Your EyesCharly McClain (with Wayne Massey)7Working ManJohn Conlee10A World Without LoveEddie Rabbitt2Years After YouJohn Conlee20You Can't Run Away from Your HeartLacy J. Dalton7You Make Me Feel Like a ManRicky Skaggs3You Turn Me On (Like a Radio)Ed Bruce10You're Going Out of My MindT. G. Sheppard9You've Got a Good Love Comin‘Lee Greenwood10You've Got Something on Your MindMickey Gilley
Deutschsprachige Singles
Angeln entspannt – Truck Stop Happy Birthday / Wir zwei – Truck Stop Mein Wohnmobil / Er liebt nur Video – Flophouse String Band Der Stuntman – Volker Lechtenbrink (deutschsprachige Version von The Unknown Stuntman – Lee Majors) Der Tramp / Einsamkeit – Bernd Hifinger & Twilight
Alben (Auswahl)
Jahresendcharts Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.
40 Hour Week – Alabama Why Not Me – The Judds Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind – George Strait Country Boy – Ricky Skaggs Friendship – Ray Charles Kentucky Hearts – Exile Five-O – Hank Williams, Jr. Treadin’ Water – Earl Thomas Conley Me and Paul – Willie Nelson Greatest Hits 2 – Oak Ridge Boys
Nummer-1-Hits (Alben)
5. Januar – Kentucky Hearts – Exile 19. Januar – Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind – George Strait 2. Februar – Why Not Me – The Judds 23. Februar – Country Boy – Ricky Skaggs 16. März – Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind – George Strait 23. März – Friendship – Ray Charles 30. März – 40 Hour Week – Alabama 22. Juni – Five-O – Hank Williams, Jr. 3. August – 40 Hour Week – Alabama 17. August – Five-O – Hank Williams, Jr. 7. September – Greatest Hits Vol. 2 – Ronnie Milsap 28. September – Highwayman – The Highwaymen 5. Oktober – Greatest Hits Vol. 2 – Ronnie Milsap 19. Oktober – Partners in Rhyme – The Statler Brothers 26. Oktober – Greatest Hits Vol. 2 – Ronnie Milsap 7. Dezember – Rhythm & Romance – Rosanne Cash 14. Dezember – Something Special – George Strait 21. Dezember – Anything Goes – Gary Morris 28. Dezember – The Heart of the Matter – Kenny Rogers
Weitere Alben Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Alben, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind. USAlbumArtistRecord Label8Alabama ChristmasAlabamaRCA8The Ballad of Sally RoseEmmylou HarrisWarner Bros.7CenterfieldJohn FogertyWarner Bros.7Don't Call Him a CowboyConway TwittyWarner Bros.4The Forester SistersThe Forester SistersWarner Bros.4Greatest HitsGeorge StraitMCA4Greatest HitsLee GreenwoodMCA10Half NelsonWillie NelsonColumbia2Hang on to Your HeartExileEpic10Howard & DavidThe Bellamy BrothersCurb/MCA8Kern RiverMerle HaggardEpic7Last Mango in ParisJimmy BuffettMCA4Let It RollMel McDanielCapitol17Love Is What We Make ItKenny RogersLiberty3Me and PaulWillie NelsonColumbia13My Toot TootRockin’ SidneyEpic17Nobody Wants to Be AloneCrystal GayleWarner Bros.12Old FlameJuice NewtonRCA20One Good Night Deserves AnotherSteve WarinerMCA19One Step CloserSylviaRCA9Partners, Brothers and FriendsNitty Gritty Dirt BandWarner Bros.15Radio HeartCharly McClainEpic9Real LoveDolly PartonRCA10Restless HeartRestless HeartRCA2Sawyer BrownSawyer BrownCapitol/Curb3Shakin‘Sawyer BrownCapitol/Curb3Step On OutThe Oak Ridge BoysMCA6Sweet Dreams – The Life and Times of Patsy Cline (Soundtrack)Patsy ClineMCA16There's No Stopping Your HeartMarie OsmondCapitol/Curb15Trying to Outrun the WindJohn SchneiderMCA6Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?George JonesEpic
Deutsche oder deutschsprachige Alben
Bear Family 10 Years Anniversary Festival 1985 – Sampler Erfolge, oder auch Taxi nach Texas – Martin Lauer (Kompilation) In Concert – Truck Stop Räder – Western Union Sieben Dinge braucht der Cowboy – Bruce Low Siebentausend Rinder – Peter Hinnen (Kompilation)
Geboren
5. Januar: Tim Montana 20. Januar: Brantley Gilbert 20. Mai: Jon Pardi 12. Juni: Chris Young 26. August: Brian Kelley 1. September: Charlie Worsham 19. September: Chase Rice
Gestorben
17. Juli: Wynn Stewart (51) 11. Oktober: Tex Williams
Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames
Country Music Hall of Fame Flatt and Scruggs Lester Flatt Earl Scruggs
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame Don Messer Hank Snow
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Bob McDill Carl Perkins
Die bedeutendsten Auszeichnungen Grammy Awards Best Female Country Vocal Performance – Emmylou Harris – In My Dreams Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Merle Haggard – That's The Way Love Goes Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – The Judds – Mama He's Crazy Best Country Instrumental Performance – Ricky Skaggs – Wheel Hoss Best Country Song – Steve Goodman – City Of New Orleans, (Interpret Willie Nelson)
Juno Awards