Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr 1986 im Genre Country-Musik.
Ereignisse 25. Juni: Jenifer Strait, die 13-jährige Tochter von George Strait, stirbt bei einem Autounfall. George Strait sprach nur selten über den Unfall, der ihn lange beschäftigte. Die Familie gründete kurz darauf die Jenifer Strait Memorial Foundation. 19. Juli: Columbia Records trennt sich nach 28 Jahren von Johnny Cash Buck Owens verlässt nach 17 Jahren die Hee Haw Show.
Top Hits des Jahres
Jahresendcharts Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.
Never Be You – Rosanne Cash Too Much on My Heart – The Statler Brothers Don’t Mind the Thorns (If You’re the Rose) – Lee Greenwood Have Mercy – The Judds I’ll Never Stop Loving You – Gary Morris Morning Desire – Kenny Rogers You Can Dream of Me – Steve Wariner Whoever’s in New England – Reba McEntire Until I Met You – Judy Rodman On the Other Hand – Randy Travis
Nummer-1-Hits 11. Januar – Morning Desire – Kenny Rogers 18. Januar – Bop – Dan Seals 25. Januar – Never Be You – Rosanne Cash 1. Februar – Just in Case – Forester Sisters 8. Februar – Hurt – Juice Newton 15. Februar – Making Up for Lost Time – Gary Morris, Crystal Gayle 22. Februar – There’s No Stopping Your Heart – Marie Osmond 1. März – You Can Dream of Me – Steve Wariner 8. März – Think About Love – Dolly Parton 15. März – I Could Get Used to You – Exile 22. März – What’s a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This) – John Schneider 29. März – Don’t Underestimate My Love for You – Lee Greenwood 5. April – 100% Chance of Rain – Gary Morris 12. April – She and I – Alabama 19. April – Cajun Moon – Ricky Skaggs 26. April – Now and Forever (You and Me) – Anne Murray 3. Mai – Once in a Blue Moon – Earl Thomas Conley 10. Mai – Grandpa (Tell Me ’Bout the Good Old Days) – The Judds 17. Mai – Ain’t Misbehavin‘ – Hank Williams Jr. 24. Mai – Tomb of the Unknown Love – Kenny Rogers 31. Mai – Whoever’s in New England – Reba McEntire 7. Juni – Happy, Happy Birthday Baby – Ronnie Milsap 14. Juni – Life’s Highway – Steve Wariner 21. Juni – Mama’s Never Seen Those Eyes – Forester Sisters 28. Juni – Living in the Promiseland – Willie Nelson 5. Juli – Everything That Glitters (is Not Gold) – Dan Seals 12. Juli – Hearts Aren’t Made to Break (They’re Made to Love) – Lee Greenwood 19. Juli – Until I Met You – Judy Rodman 26. Juli – On the Other Hand – Randy Travis 2. August – Nobody in His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her – George Strait 9. August – Rockin’ With the Rhythm of the Rain – The Judds 16. August – You’re the Last Thing I Needed Tonight – John Schneider 23. August – Strong Heart – T.G. Sheppard 30. August – Heartbeat in the Darkness – Don Williams 6. September – Desperado Love – Conway Twitty 13. September – Little Rock – Reba McEntire 20. September – Got My Heart Set on You – John Conlee 27. September – In Love – Ronnie Milsap 4. Oktober – Always Have, Always Will – Janie Fricke 11. Oktober – Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers) – Eddie Rabbitt, Juice Newton 18. Oktober – Just Another Love – Tanya Tucker 25. Oktober – Cry – Crystal Gayle 1. November – It’ll Be Me – Exile 8. November – Diggin’ Up Bones – Randy Travis 15. November – That Rock Won’t Roll – Restless Heart 22. November – You’re Still New to Me – Paul Davis, Marie Osmond 20. November – Touch Me When We’re Dancing – Alabama 6. Dezember – It Ain’t Cool to Be Crazy About You – George Strait 13. Dezember – Hell and High Water – T. Graham Brown 20. Dezember – Too Much is Not Enough – The Bellamy Brothers, Forester Sisters 27. Dezember – Mind Your Own Business – Hank Williams Jr., Reba McEntire, Tom Petty, Reverend Ike, Willie Nelson
Weitere Hits Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Songs, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind. USSingleKünstler61982Randy Travis6All Tied UpRonnie McDowell19ArleneMarty Stuart5At the Sound of the ToneJohn Schneider7(Back to The) Heartbreak KidRestless Heart14Back When Love Was EnoughMark Gray12Bad LovePake McEntire17Born YesterdayThe Everly Brothers10Burned Like a RocketBilly Joe Royal9Cheap LoveJuice Newton3Come On In (You Did the Best You Could Do)The Oak Ridge Boys5Count On MeThe Statler Brothers2Country State of MindHank Williams, Jr.7Daddy's HandsHolly Dunn13The Devil's on the LooseWaylon Jennings10Didn't WeLee Greenwood6Doo-Wah DaysMickey Gilley12Down in TennesseeJohn Anderson9Dreamland ExpressJohn Denver8Drinkin' My Baby GoodbyeCharlie Daniels5Easy to PleaseJanie Fricke20Every NightPake McEntire4Fast Lanes and Country RoadsBarbara Mandrell2Feelin' the Feelin‘The Bellamy Brothers9A Friend in CaliforniaMerle Haggard17A Girl Like EmmylouSouthern Pacific12Gotta Learn to Love Without YouMichael Johnson7Guitar TownSteve Earle4Guitars, CadillacsDwight Yoakam10HarmonyJohn Conlee14Heart Don't Fall NowSawyer Brown5Hold OnRosanne Cash3Home Again in My HeartNitty Gritty Dirt Band10Honky Tonk CrowdJohn Anderson3Honky Tonk ManDwight Yoakam5I Had a Beautiful TimeMerle Haggard9I Love You by HeartSylvia & Michael Johnson14I Miss You AlreadyBilly Joe Royal7I Tell It Like It Used to BeT. Graham Brown3I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way AgainT. Graham Brown10I've Got a New HeartacheRicky Skaggs9In Over My HeartT. G. Sheppard7It's Just a Matter of TimeGlen Campbell15JulietThe Oak Ridge Boys2Lonely AloneThe Forester Sisters3Love at the Five and DimeKathy Mattea14Love Will Get You Through Times of No MoneyGirls Next Door4Love's Gonna Get You SomedayRicky Skaggs5Memories to BurnGene Watson14Miami, My AmyKeith Whitley4NightsEd Bruce6No One Mends a Broken Heart Like YouBarbara Mandrell12Nothing but Your Love MattersLarry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers10Oh Darlin‘The O’Kanes9Oklahoma BorderlineVince Gill5Old FlameJuice Newton5Old SchoolJohn Conlee3The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)George Jones3One Love at a TimeTanya Tucker11Out Goin' Cattin‘Sawyer Brown with Cat Joe Bonsall6Partners, Brothers and FriendsNitty Gritty Dirt Band18Perfect StrangerSouthern Pacific7Please Be LoveMark Gray4Read My LipsMarie Osmond9Reno BoundSouthern Pacific4Repetitive RegretEddie Rabbitt15Rollin' NowhereMichael Martin Murphey3Savin' My Love for YouPake McEntire5Second to No OneRosanne Cash15Shakin‘Sawyer Brown2She Used to Be Somebody's BabyLarry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers7Since I Found YouSweethearts of the Rodeo8Slow Boat to ChinaGirls Next Door9Somebody Wants Me Out of the WayGeorge Jones3Sometimes a LadyEddy Raven5Stand a Little RainNitty Gritty Dirt Band12Stand on ItMel McDaniel4Starting Over AgainSteve Wariner14Super LoveExile8Sweeter and SweeterThe Statler Brothers9Ten Feet AwayKeith Whitley9That's How You Know When Love's RightNicolette Larson (with Steve Wariner)17Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)Dolly Parton10Til I Loved YouRestless Heart2Too Many TimesEarl Thomas Conley & Anita Pointer10Walk the Way the Wind BlowsKathy Mattea3We've Got a Good Fire Goin‘Don Williams8What You'll Do When I'm GoneWaylon Jennings17When It's Down to Me and YouCharly McClain (with Wayne Massey)20When You Get to the HeartBarbara Mandrell (with The Oak Ridge Boys)5Will the Wolf SurviveWaylon Jennings10Wine Colored RosesGeorge Jones16Working Class ManLacy J. Dalton7Working Without a NetWaylon Jennings10You Are My Music, You Are My SongCharly McClain (with Wayne Massey)9You Can't Stop LoveSchuyler, Knobloch & Overstreet3You Should Have Been Gone by NowEddy Raven4You're Something Special to MeGeorge Strait5Your Memory Ain't What It Used to BeMickey Gilley
Deutschsprachige Singles
Hallo Dortmund (...Stark Für „Made In Germany“) – Gunter Gabriel & Manfred Krug Das Lied schrieb die Erinnerung – Ralf Paulsen Louisiana Ladies – Truck Stop
Alben
Jahres-End-Charts Dies ist die Top 10 der Year-End-Charts, die vom Billboard-Magazin erhoben wurde.
Rockin' With the Rhythm – The Judds Greatest Hits – Earl Thomas Conley Greatest Hits – Alabama Something Special – George Strait Guitars, Cadillacs, etc, etc – Dwight Yoakam Live in London – Ricky Skaggs Rhythm and Romance – Rosanne Cash Whoever's in New England – Reba McEntire Shakin‘ – Sawyer Brown Streamline – Lee Greenwood
Nummer-1-Alben
11. Januar – The Heart of the Matter – Kenny Rogers 18. Januar – Bop – Dan Seals 8. Februar – Greatest Hits Volume 2 – Hank Williams, Jr. 22. Februar – Streamline – Lee Greenwood 1. März – Rockin' With the Rhythm – The Judds 8. März – Won't Be Blue Anymore – Dan Seals 15. März – I Have Returned – Ray Stevens 22. März – Greatest Hits – Earl Thomas Conley 29. März – Live in London – Ricky Skaggs 5. April – Greatest Hits – Alabama 19. April – A Memory Like You – John Schneider 26. April – Greatest Hits – Alabama 17. Mai – Five-O – Hank Williams Jr. 24. Mai – Whoever's in New England – Reba McEntire 31. Mai – The Promiseland – Waylon Jennings 14. Juni – Will the Wolf Survive – Steve Wariner 21. Juni – Lost in the Fifties Tonight – Ronnie Milsap 28. Juni – Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. – Dwight Yoakam 12. Juli – #7 – George Strait 9. August – Storms of Life – Randy Travis 6. September – Montana Cafe – Hank Williams, Jr. 4. Oktober – Black and White – Janie Fricke 11. Oktober – Storms of Life – Randy Travis 8. November – Guitar Town – Steve Earle 15. November – The Touch – Alabama
Weitere Alben Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf Alben, die in den Country-Billboard-Charts in die Top 20 gekommen sind. USAlbumArtistRecord Label16American FacesJohn ConleeColumbia15Class of '55Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison & Johnny CashAmerica/Smash17CountrifiedJohn AndersonWarner Bros.7Four for the ShowThe Statler BrothersMercury/PolyGram2A Friend in CaliforniaMerle HaggardEpic16From the Pages of My MindRay CharlesColumbia20Girls Like MeTanya TuckerCapitol2Greatest HitsExileEpic9HarmonyJohn ConleeColumbia13HeroesJohnny Cash & Waylon JenningsColumbia19I Only Wanted YouMarie OsmondCapitol/Curb15I Tell It Like It Used to BeT. Graham BrownCapitol9Love Will Find Its Way to YouLee GreenwoodMCA3Love's Gonna Get Ya!Ricky SkaggsEpic14Lyle LovettLyle LovettCurb/MCA17Merry Christmas Strait to YouGeorge StraitMCA9The O'KanesThe O’KanesColumbia12On the Front LineDan SealsCapitol15Out Among the StarsMerle HaggardEpic8Out Goin' Cattin‘Sawyer BrownCapitol/Curb13PartnersLarry Gatlin and the Gatlin BrothersColumbia13PartnersWillie NelsonColumbia9Plain Brown WrapperGary MorrisWarner Bros.6Rabbitt TraxEddie RabbittRCA8SeasonsThe Oak Ridge BoysMCA2Something to Talk AboutAnne MurrayCapitol12Straight to the HeartCrystal GayleWarner Bros.11Surely You JoustRay StevensMCA8Sweethearts of the RodeoSweethearts of the RodeoColumbia17Take the Long Way HomeJohn SchneiderMCA16They Don't Make Them Like They Used ToKenny RogersRCA9ThirteenEmmylou HarrisWarner Bros.3Too Many TimesEarl Thomas ConleyRCA10Twenty Years of DirtNitty Gritty Dirt BandWarner Bros.13Walk the Way the Wind BlowsKathy MatteaMercury5Wine Colored RosesGeorge JonesEpic
Deutschsprachige Alben
Hallo, Guten Morgen Deutschland – Tom Astor Hallo Mary Lou – Truck Stop (Kompilation) Jonny Hill singt die größten Country-Hits – Jonny Hill (Kompilation) Louisiana Ladies – Truck Stop Trucker Weihnacht – Tom Astor
Geboren
2. Februar: Blaine Larsen 23. März: Brett Eldredge 1. April: Hillary Scott 2. April: Chris Janson 18. Juni: Jimmie Allen 28. Juni: Kellie Pickler 16. August: Ashton Shepherd 10. September: Ashley Monroe
Gestorben
30. Mai: „Papa Joe“ Brown
Neue Mitglieder der Hall of Fames
Country Music Hall of Fame The Duke of Paducah Wesley Rose
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame „Papa Joe“ Brown
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Otis Blackwell Dolly Parton
Bedeutende Auszeichnungen Grammy Awards Best Country Vocal Performance, Female – I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me – Rosanne Cash Best Country Vocal Performance, Male – Lost In The Fifties Tonight (In The Still Of The Night) – Ronnie Milsap