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| 8th | Top years in country music |
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1982.
| List of years in country music (Table) |
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| … 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 – 1982 – 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 … |
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| … 1979 •
1980 • 1981 – 1982 – 1983 • 1984 • 1985 … … 1950s • 1960s • 1970s – 1980s – 1990s • 2000s • 2010s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … |
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Contents |
(as certified by Billboard)
(as certified by RPM)
| Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | U.S. peak | Spec. Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 16 | Love in the First Degree | Alabama | 1 | ||
| January 23 | I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World | Ronnie Milsap | 2 | ||
| February 6 | The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) | Juice Newton | 1 | [A] | |
| February 13 | Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue) |
Patsy Cline and Jim Reeves | 1 | 5 | [B] - Jim Reeves [C] - Patsy Cline |
| February 20 | Lonely Nights | Mickey Gilley | 1 | ||
| February 27 | Only One You | T. G. Sheppard | 1 | ||
| March 6 | Lord I Hope This Day is Good | Don Williams | 1 | ||
| March 13 | Do Me with Love | Janie Fricke | 1 | 4 | |
| March 20 | Shine | Waylon Jennings | 1 | 5 | |
| March 27 | Mountain of Love | Charley Pride | 1 | ||
| April 3 | Bobbie Sue | The Oak Ridge Boys | 2 | ||
| April 17 | Big City | Merle Haggard | 1 | ||
| April 24 | Another Sleepless Night | Anne Murray | 1 | 4 | |
| May 1 | Same Ole Me | George Jones | 2 | 5 | |
| May 15 | Mountain Music | Alabama | 2 | ||
| May 29 | Single Women | Dolly Parton | 1 | 8 | |
| June 5 | Always on My Mind | Willie Nelson | 2 | ||
| June 19 | Listen to the Radio | Don Williams | 1 | 3 | |
| June 26 | Tears of the Lonely | Mickey Gilley | 1 | 3 | |
| July 3 | Any Day Now | Ronnie Milsap | 3 | ||
| July 24 | Take Me Down | Alabama | 2 | ||
| August 7 | I Don't Think She's in Love Anymore | Charley Pride | 1 | 2 | |
| August 14 | Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver) |
Merle Haggard | 1 | 2 | |
| August 21 | Heartbreak Express | Dolly Parton | 1 | 7 | |
| August 28 | Some Memories Just Won't Die | Marty Robbins | 1 | 10 | [B] |
| September 4 | Nobody | Sylvia | 1 | [A] | |
| September 11 | Fool Hearted Memory | George Strait | 1 | [A] | |
| September 18 | Love Will Turn You Around | Kenny Rogers | 2 | [1] | |
| October 2 | Hey! Baby | Anne Murray | 1 | 7 | |
| October 9 | Put Your Dreams Away | Mickey Gilley | 1 | ||
| October 16 | What's Forever For | Michael Martin Murphey | 1 | [A] | |
| October 23 | I Will Always Love You | Dolly Parton | 2 | ||
| November 6 | Let It Be Me | Willie Nelson | 2 | 2 | |
| November 20 | Close Enough to Perfect | Alabama | 2 | ||
| December 4 | Heartbroke | Ricky Skaggs | 1 | [A] | |
| December 11 | It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy | Janie Fricke | 1 | ||
| December 18 | You and I | Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle | 1 | ||
| December 25 | Sure Feels Like Love | Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers | 1 | 5 |
| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 31 | After the Love Slips Away | Earl Thomas Conley |
| 4 | 5 | Ain't No Money | Rosanne Cash |
| 5 | American Dream | Hank Williams, Jr. | |
| 8 | 3 | Another Chance | Tammy Wynette |
| 4 | 20 | Another Honky Tonk Night on Broadway | David Frizzell and Shelly West |
| 19 | 19 | Ashes to Ashes | Terri Gibbs |
| 36 | 15 | Bad News | Boxcar Willie |
| 10 | 5 | Be There for Me Baby | Johnny Lee |
| 4 | 4 | Big Ole Brew | Mel McDaniel |
| 9 | 4 | Blaze of Glory | Kenny Rogers |
| 3 | 10 | Born to Run | Emmylou Harris |
| 2 | 2 | Break It to Me Gently | Juice Newton |
| 6 | 5 | Busted | John Conlee |
| 10 | 24 | Cherokee Fiddle | Johnny Lee |
| 2 | 2 | A Country Boy Can Survive | Hank Williams, Jr. |
| 3 | 6 | Dancing Your Memory Away | Charly McClain |
| 9 | 22 | Diamonds in the Stars | Ray Price |
| 12 | 35 | Don't Look Back | Gary Morris |
| 15 | Dreams Die Hard | Gary Morris | |
| 4 | 4 | Ever, Never Lovin' You | Ed Bruce |
| 5 | 28 | Everybody Makes Mistakes | Lacy J. Dalton |
| 10 | 9 | Every Time You Cross My Mind (You Break My Heart) | Razzy Bailey |
| 18 | 7 | Forty and Fadin' | Ray Price |
| 21 | 9 | Get Into Reggae Cowboy | The Bellamy Brothers |
| 8 | 27 | Hard Candy Christmas | Dolly Parton |
| 8 | 3 | Heavenly Bodies | Earl Thomas Conley |
| 2 | 13 | I Don't Know Where to Start | Eddie Rabbitt |
| 3 | 9 | I Just Came Here to Dance | David Frizzell and Shelly West |
| 7 | 5 | I Just Came Home to Count the Memories | John Anderson |
| 11 | 24 | I Just Cut Myself (On a Piece of Her Broken Heart) | Ronnie McDowell |
| 9 | 9 | I Lie | Loretta Lynn |
| 17 | I Think About Your Lovin' | The Osmonds | |
| 2 | 4 | I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone) | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 18 | 24 | I'm Goin' Hurtin' | Joe Stampley |
| 3 | 11 | I'm Not That Lonely Yet | Reba McEntire |
| 3 | 2 | If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home) | George Strait |
| 10 | If You're Waitin' on Me (You're Backin' up) | The Kendalls | |
| 15 | 12 | In Like with Each Other | Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers |
| 19 | 40 | Innocent Lies | Sonny James |
| 17 | It Turns Me Inside Out | Lee Greenwood | |
| 19 | It'll Be Her | Tompall & the Glaser Brothers | |
| 16 | 31 | It's High Time | Dottie West |
| 16 | It's Who You Love | Kieran Kane | |
| 7 | 4 | Just Give Me What You Think is Fair | Leon Everette |
| 15 | Kansas City Lights | Steve Wariner | |
| 17 | The Killin' Kind | Bandana | |
| 12 | 43 | A Little Bit Crazy | Eddy Raven |
| 9 | 30 | Livin' in These Troubled Times | Crystal Gayle |
| 13 | 14 | Love's Found You and Me | Ed Bruce |
| 8 | 11 | Love's Gonna Fall Here Tonight | Razzy Bailey |
| 19 | 41 | Making Love from Memory | Loretta Lynn |
| 9 | 19 | Midnight Rodeo | Leon Everette |
| 12 | 7 | Mis'ry River | Terri Gibbs |
| 3 | 3 | Mistakes | Don Williams |
| 20 | Natural Love | Petula Clark | |
| 12 | 32 | New Cut Road | Bobby Bare |
| 17 | New Way Out | Karen Brooks | |
| 20 | 44 | No Relief in Sight | Con Hunley |
| 19 | Nothing but the Radio On | James & Michael Younger | |
| 12 | 26 | Oh Girl | Con Hunley |
| 19 | 18 | Old Friends | Willie Nelson, Ray Price, and Roger Miller |
| 13 | Only You (And You Alone) | Reba McEntire | |
| 9 | 9 | Operator, Long Distance Please | Barbara Mandrell |
| 19 | 37 | Preaching Up a Storm | Mel McDaniel |
| 5 | 2 | Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands | Lee Greenwood |
| 10 | 12 | Rodeo Romeo | Moe Bandy |
| 9 | 13 | 'Round the Clock Lovin' | Gail Davies |
| 16 | Run for the Roses | Dan Fogelberg | |
| 19 | 21 | She Used to Sing on Sunday | Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers |
| 7 | 6 | She's Lying | Lee Greenwood |
| 4 | 2 | She's Not Really Cheating (She's Just Getting Even) | Moe Bandy |
| 10 | She's Playing Hard to Forget | Eddy Raven | |
| 13 | 2 | (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay | Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson |
| 7 | 13 | 16th Avenue | Lacy J. Dalton |
| 13 | Slow Down | Lacy J. Dalton | |
| 22 | 16 | So Fine | The Oak Ridge Boys |
| 20 | 39 | Some of My Best Friends Are Old Songs | Louise Mandrell |
| 10 | 20 | Soul Searchin' | Leon Everette |
| 9 | 4 | Speak Softly (You're Talkin' to My Heart) | Gene Watson |
| 17 | Stay a Little Longer | Mel Tillis | |
| 7 | Step Back | Ronnie McDowell | |
| 19 | 35 | Stuck Right in the Middle of Your Love | Billy Swan |
| 12 | 11 | Sweet Yesterday | Sylvia |
| 10 | 22 | Take Me to the Country | Mel McDaniel |
| 10 | Tell Me Why | Earl Thomas Conley | |
| 9 | 5 | Tennessee Rose | Emmylou Harris |
| 8 | 11 | This Dream's on Me | Gene Watson |
| 5 | 5 | Through the Years | Kenny Rogers |
| 24 | 17 | Tie Your Dream to Mine | Marty Robbins |
| 5 | 20 | The Very Best Is You | Charly McClain |
| 4 | 3 | Watchin' Girls Go By | Ronnie McDowell |
| 2 | 2 | We Did But Now You Don't | Conway Twitty |
| 7 | 13 | Whatever | The Statler Brothers |
| 18 | When a Man Loves a Woman | Jack Grayson & Blackjack | |
| 14 | 46 | When You Fall in Love | Johnny Lee |
| 11 | Who Do You Know in California | Eddy Raven | |
| 16 | 15 | A Woman's Touch | Tom Jones |
| 4 | 6 | Women Do Know How to Carry on | Waylon Jennings |
| 6 | 15 | Would You Catch a Falling Star | John Anderson |
| 12 | Years Ago | The Statler Brothers | |
| 5 | 3 | You Never Gave up on Me | Crystal Gayle |
| 10 | You Put the Blue in Me | The Whites | |
| 16 | 42 | You Still Get to Me in My Dreams | Tammy Wynette |
| 17 | 7 | You Turn Me on (I'm a Radio) | Gail Davies |
| 3 | You'll Be Back (Every Night in My Dreams) | The Statler Brothers | |
| 5 | 26 | You're My Bestest Friend | Mac Davis |
| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Another Motel Memory | Ruth Ann | |
| 6 | Brand New Tears (For an Old Heartache) | Carroll Baker | |
| 9 | Did I Forget to Tell Her | Jerry Palmer | |
| 7 | A Dreamer and a Fool (Am I) | Kevin Waara | |
| 18 | Everybody's Going Country | Midnite Rodeo Band | |
| 8 | The Ex-Superstar's Waltz | Ronnie Prophet | |
| 4 | From the Bar Room to the Bedroom | Eddie Eastman | |
| 9 | Good Ol' Time Country Rock 'N' Roll | Dick Damron | |
| 7 | Honky Tonk Angels and Good Ol' Boys | Dick Damron | |
| 20 | I Am Your Fire | Bill Hersh & Blue Train | |
| 13 | I've Gotta Cowboy in the Saddle | Iris Larratt | |
| 14 | Intimate Strangers | Eddie Eastman | |
| 7 | Kentucky Serenade | Tony Prophet | |
| 14 | Lay Your Heart on the Line | Marie Bottrell | |
| 10 | (Livin' On) Fast Love | Midnite Rodeo Band | |
| 12 | Married or Single | Ruth Ann | |
| 8 | Maybe It's Love This Time | Mercey Brothers | |
| 11 | Nobody Quite Like You | Eddie Eastman | |
| 15 | Overnight Success | John Allan Cameron | |
| 16 | The Parting of the Ways | John Winters | |
| 9 | Raised on Country Music | Family Brown | |
| 9 | Reunion | Dick Damron | |
| 4 | The Second Time Around | Carroll Baker | |
| 10 | Should You Ever Think of Cheating | John Winters | |
| 61 | 4 | Some Never Stand a Chance | Family Brown |
| 16 | Starlight Lady | Gurney Anderson | |
| 10 | Sugartime | Glory-Anne Carriere | |
| 6 | Summertime | The Good Brothers | |
| 17 | Ten Years Old and Barefoot | Gary Fjellgaard | |
| 10 | Took a Train to Vegas | Gilles Godard | |
| 10 | Took You Back Again | Canadian Zephyr | |
| 15 | You Never Really Loved Me | David Thompson |
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