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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1983.
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(as certified by Billboard)
(as certified by RPM)
| Date | Single Name | Artist | Wks. No.1 | U.S. peak | Spec. Note |
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| January 15 | The Bird | Jerry Reed | 1 | 2 | [B] |
| January 22 | A Love Song | Kenny Rogers | 1 | 3 |
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| January 29 | Honky Tonkin' (All Night Long) | Dallas Harms | 1 | — | [C] |
| February 5 | Going Where the Lonely Go | Merle Haggard | 1 | ||
| February 12 | Like Nothing Ever Happened | Sylvia | 1 | 2 | |
| February 19 | Inside | Ronnie Milsap | 2 | ||
| March 5 | Faking Love | T. G.
Sheppard and Karen Brooks |
1 | [C] - Karen Brooks | |
| March 12 | If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do) | Don Williams | 1 | ||
| March 29 | Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning | Willie Nelson | 1 | 2 | |
| March 26 | The Rose | Conway Twitty | 1 | ||
| April 2 | I Wouldn't Change You If I Could | Ricky Skaggs | 1 | ||
| April 9 | We've Got Tonight | Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton |
2 | [C] - Sheena Easton | |
| April 23 | Dixieland Delight | Alabama | 1 | ||
| April 30 | Amarillo by Morning | George Strait | 1 | 4 | |
| May 7 | Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love | B. J. Thomas | 2 | [2], [A]
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| May 14 | Jose Cuervo | Shelly West | 1 | [C] | |
| May 28 | Common Man | John Conlee | 1 | ||
| June 4 | I'm Movin' On | Emmylou Harris | 1 | 5 | |
| June 11 | You Can't Run From Love | Eddie Rabbitt | 2 | [2]
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| June 18 | Our Love Is on the Faultline | Crystal Gayle | 1 | ||
| June 25 | Stranger in My House | Ronnie Milsap | 1 | 5 | |
| July 9 | Love is On a Roll | Don Williams | 1 | ||
| July 16 | Fool For Your Love | Mickey Gilley | 1 | ||
| July 23 | Highway 40 Blues | Ricky Skaggs | 1 | ||
| July 30 | The Closer You Get | Alabama | 1 | [1] | |
| August 6 | Pancho and Lefty | Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard |
1 | ||
| August 13 | He's a Heartache (Looking For a Place to Happen) | Janie Fricke | 1 | ||
| August 20 | Love Song | The Oak Ridge Boys | 1 | ||
| August 27 | Lost in the Feeling | Conway Twitty | 1 | 2 | |
| September 3 | Hey Bartender | Johnny Lee | 1 | 2 | [A] |
| September 10 | You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation | Ronnie McDowell | 1 | ||
| September 17 | Why Do I Have to Choose | Willie Nelson | 1 | 3 | |
| September 24 | Night Games | Charley Pride | 1 | [B] | |
| October 1 | Baby What About You | Crystal Gayle | 1 | ||
| October 8 | Don't You Know How Much I Love You | Ronnie Milsap | 1 | ||
| October 15 | Nobody But You | Don Williams | 1 | 2 | |
| October 22 | You've Got a Lover | Ricky Skaggs | 1 | 2 | |
| October 29 | Paradise Tonight | Charly
McClain and Mickey Gilley |
1 | ||
| November 5 | Lady Down on Love | Alabama | 1 | ||
| November 12 | Islands in the Stream | Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton |
2 | ||
| November 26 | One of a Kind, Pair of Fools | Barbara Mandrell | 1 | ||
| December 3 | Tennessee Whiskey | George Jones | 1 | 2 | |
| December 10 | A Little Good News | Anne Murray | 1 | ||
| December 17 | Tell Me a Lie | Janie Fricke | 1 | ||
| December 24 | Black Sheep | John Anderson | 1 | [A] | |
| December 31 | Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You) | Larry Gatlin
and the Gatlin Brothers |
1 | [B] |
| US | CAN | Single | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 23 | After the Great Depression | Razzy Bailey | |
| 10 | After the Last Goodbye | Gus Hardin | ||
| 7 | 27 | Ain't No Trick (It Takes Magic) | Lee Greenwood | |
| 13 | 3 | All My Life | Kenny Rogers | |
| 20 | 16 | Almost Called Her Baby by Mistake | Larry Gatlin | |
| 17 | 17 | Anybody Else's Heart But Mine | Terri Gibbs | |
| 9 | Atlanta Burned Again Last Night | Atlanta | ||
| 4 | Baby I Lied | Deborah Allen | ||
| 20 | 25 | Born to Love Me | Ray Charles | |
| 18 | 7 | Boy Gets Around | Sylvia | |
| 10 | 4 | Breakin' Down | Waylon Jennings | |
| 10 | 18 | C.C. Waterback | George Jones and Merle Haggard | |
| 17 | A Child of the Fifties | The Statler Brothers | ||
| 15 | 12 | The Conversation | Waylon Jennings with Hank Williams, Jr. | |
| 9 | 39 | Dance Little Jean | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | |
| 11 | Dixie Dreaming | Atlanta | ||
| 9 | 22 | Don't Count the Rainy Days | Michael Martin Murphey | |
| 13 | 11 | Down on the Corner | Jerry Reed | |
| 9 | 10 | Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) | Lacy J. Dalton |
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| 18 | Everybody's Dream Girl | Dan Seals | ||
| 7 | 5 | Everything's Beautiful in Its Own Way | Dolly Parton with Willie Nelson | |
| 19 | Eyes of a Stranger | David Wills | ||
| 10 | Feel Right | Tanya Tucker | ||
| 4 | 8 | Flight 309 to Tennessee | Shelly West | |
| 20 | 20 | Fly Into Love | Charly McClain | |
| 4 | 8 | Foolin' | Johnny Rodriguez | |
| 5 | 7 | Goin' Down Hill | John Anderson | |
| 4 | 4 | Gonna Go Huntin' Tonight | Hank Williams, Jr. | |
| 19 | 39 | A Good Night's Love | Tammy Wynette | |
| 16 | 31 | Good Ole Boys | Jerry Reed | |
| 9 | 16 | Guilty | The Statler Brothers | |
| 9 | 5 | Hangin' Around | The Whites | |
| 6 | 3 | Heartache Tonight | Conway Twitty |
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| 20 | 7 | Hold On, I'm Comin' | Waylon Jennings with Jerry Reed | |
| 10 | 2 | Honkytonk Man | Marty Robbins | |
| 6 | 16 | How Could I Love Her So Much | Johnny Rodriguez | |
| 6 | 4 | I.O.U. | Lee Greenwood | |
| 10 | 3 | I Don't Remember Loving You | John Conlee | |
| 2 | 3 | I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before) | Earl Thomas Conley | |
| 4 | 3 | I Love Her Mind | The Bellamy Brothers | |
| 17 | I Love How You Love Me | Glen Campbell | ||
| 19 | I Still Love You in the Same Ol' Way | Moe Bandy | ||
| 20 | I Wish I Was in Nashville | Mel McDaniel | ||
| 8 | 14 | I Wonder | Rosanne Cash | |
| 10 | 10 | I Wonder Where We'd Be Tonight | Vern Gosdin | |
| 9 | 14 | I Wonder Who's Holding My Baby Tonight | The Whites | |
| 19 | If It Was Easy | Ed Bruce | ||
| 5 | 39 | If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right) | Vern Gosdin | |
| 10 | 10 | In the Middle of the Night | Mel Tillis | |
| 4 | 6 | In Times Like These | Barbara Mandrell | |
| 14 | It Hasn't Happened Yet | Rosanne Cash | ||
| 29 | 19 | The Jogger | Bobby Bare | |
| 6 | 7 | Leave Them Boys Alone | Hank Williams, Jr. |
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| 10 | 27 | Let's Get Over Them Together | Moe Bandy with Becky Hobbs | |
| 10 | 20 | Little Old Fashioned Karma | Willie Nelson | |
| 15 | 13 | Lonely But Only for You | Sissy Spacek |
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| 5 | 5 | Lost My Baby Blues | David Frizzell | |
| 11 | 18 | Love Affairs | Michael Martin Murphey | |
| 5 | 27 | The Love She Found in Me | Gary Morris | |
| 17 | The Man in the Mirror | Jim Glaser | ||
| 6 | 2 | Marina del Rey | George Strait | |
| 5 | 11 | Midnight Fire | Steve Wariner | |
| 7 | 3 | More and More | Charley Pride | |
| 20 | Movin' Train | The Kendalls | ||
| 23 | 13 | My Baby Don't Slow Dance | Johnny Lee | |
| 6 | 33 | My First Taste of Texas | Ed Bruce | |
| 9 | My Lady Loves Me (Just As I Am) | Leon Everette | ||
| 2 | 26 | (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely | The Statler Brothers | |
| 12 | 42 | Only If There Is Another You | Moe Bandy | |
| 18 | Outside Lookin' In | Bandana | ||
| 15 | Over You | Lane Brody | ||
| 10 | 11 | Personally | Ronnie McDowell | |
| 12 | Poor Side of Town | Joe Stampley | ||
| 20 | 13 | Potential New Boyfriend | Dolly Parton | |
| 19 | Precious Love | The Kendalls | ||
| 5 | 6 | Queen of My Heart | Hank Williams, Jr. | |
| 6 | 7 | Reasons to Quit | Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson | |
| 4 | 2 | The Ride | David Allan Coe | |
| 6 | 2 | Save Me | Louise Mandrell | |
| 5 | 4 | Scarlet Fever | Kenny Rogers | |
| 15 | 6 | Shadows on My Mind | Leon Everette | |
| 15 | 10 | Shame on the Moon | Bob Seger | |
| 3 | 8 | Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me) | George Jones | |
| 19 | Shot Full of Love | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | ||
| 17 | 19 | Singing the Blues | Gail Davies | |
| 5 | 3 | Snapshot | Sylvia | |
| 28 | 14 | So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) | Emmylou Harris | |
| 9 | 6 | Sometimes I Get Lucky and Forget | Gene Watson | |
| 6 | 9 | Sounds Like Love | Johnny Lee | |
| 3 | 17 | Still Takin' Chances | Michael Martin Murphey | |
| 15 | 15 | Strong Weakness | The Bellamy Brothers | |
| 3 | 24 | Thank God for Kids | The Oak Ridge Boys |
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| 10 | Today My World Slipped Away | Vern Gosdin | ||
| 10 | 26 | Too Hot to Sleep | Louise Mandrell | |
| 4 | 5 | Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More) | Tom Jones | |
| 9 | 31 | Velvet Chains | Gary Morris | |
| 5 | 3 | Way Down Deep | Vern Gosdin | |
| 3 | 2 | What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life) | Merle Haggard | |
| 18 | What I Learned from Loving You | Lynn Anderson | ||
| 5 | 3 | What She Don't Know Won't Hurt Her | Gene Watson | |
| 16 | When You're Not a Lady | Jim Glaser | ||
| 10 | 13 | Where Are You Spendin' Your Nights These Days | David Frizzell | |
| 7 | 45 | Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have) | Reba McEntire | |
| 14 | 15 | Wild Montana Skies | John Denver with Emmylou Harris | |
| 4 | 10 | The Wind Beneath My Wings | Gary Morris | |
| 7 | 6 | With You | Charly McClain | |
| 12 | 10 | Without You | T. G. Sheppard |
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| 4 | 3 | You Don't Know Love | Janie Fricke | |
| 10 | 4 | You Put the Beat in My Heart | Eddie Rabbitt | |
| 18 | 20 | You're a Hard Dog (To Keep Under the Porch) | Gail Davies | |
| 2 | 5 | You're Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without | Gene Watson | |
| 5 | 6 | Your Love Shines Through | Mickey Gilley |
| US | CAN | Single | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Born Again | Terry Sumsion | |
| 19 | Come January (You're My June) | Lou Natale | |
| 19 | Could It Be Love | Kelita Haverland | |
| 5 | Country Fever | Dallas Harms | |
| 10 | Does Your Heart Still Belong to Me | Marie Bottrell | |
| 8 | Dressed to Kill | Gilles Godard | |
| 12 | Everybody Wants to Be Single | Marie Bottrell | |
| 7 | Face in the Mirror | Albert Hall | |
| 8 | Fooling with Fire | Dallas Harms | |
| 18 | I Need a Lover | Ronnie Prophet | |
| 12 | I've Already Left You (In My Mind) | Mercey Brothers | |
| 86 | 8 | If Tomorrow Never Comes | Ray Griff |
| 8 | Love Hangover | Carroll Baker | |
| 18 | Loving You Needing You | Eddie Eastman | |
| 8 | Memorized by Heart | Family Brown | |
| 18 | Never Did Like That Train | Murray McLauchlan | |
| 17 | One Less Lonely Night | Jessie Burns | |
| 17 | Only the Names Have Been Changed | Marie Bottrell | |
| 9 | Pressures of Progress | Harold MacIntyre | |
| 18 | Right or Wrong | Carroll Baker | |
| 7 | 3 | Somebody's Always Saying Goodbye | Anne Murray |
| 9 | Two Bits Worth of Hurtin' | Paul Weber | |
| 67 | 4 | We Really Got a Hold on Love | Family Brown |
| 14 | What's He Doin' at the Door | David Thompson | |
| 9 | Where Beauty Lives in Memory | Paul Weber |
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