This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1992.

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Contents 1 Events 2 Top hits of the year 2.1 Number one hits 2.1.1 United States 2.1.2 Canada 2.2 Other major hits 2.2.1 Singles released by American artists 2.2.2 Singles released by Canadian artists 3 Top new album releases 3.1 Other top albums 4 On television 4.1 Regular series 4.2 Specials 5 Births 6 Deaths 7 Hall of Fame inductees 7.1 Country Music Hall of Fame inductees 7.2 Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees 8 Major awards 8.1 Grammy Awards 8.2 Juno Awards 8.3 Academy of Country Music 8.4 Canadian Country Music Association 8.5 Country Music Association 9 Further reading 10 References 11 Other links 12 External links

[edit] Events

• January — After 23 years of its tried-and-true formula, the producers of Hee Haw unveil an extensively revamped show in time for the start of its belated 24th season. The show's new urban setting, along with more pop-oriented country guests, is a resounding failure and lasts only through the end of the season. That fall, viewers will be greeted with Hee Haw Silver - a collection of classic shows, with new introductions by longtime host Roy Clark; "Silver" will fill out the show's 25th (and final) season.
• August 28^[1] — The major motion picture Honeymoon in Vegas is released. The soundtrack features several country music performers.
• October 23^[2] — The major motion picture Pure Country is released, starring George Strait, who also sang the soundtrack.

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

[edit] United States

(as certified by Billboard)

Date	Single Name	Artist	Wks. No.1	CAN peak	Spec. Note
January 4	Love, Me	Collin Raye	3		[A]
January 25	Sticks and Stones	Tracy Lawrence	1		[A]
February 1	A Jukebox with a Country Song	Doug Stone	2
February 15	What She's Doing Now	Garth Brooks	4
March 14	Straight Tequila Night	John Anderson	1		Anderson's first Billboard #1 since "Black Sheep" in December 1983.
March 21	Dallas	Alan Jackson	1
March 28	Is There Life Out There	Reba McEntire	2
April 11	She Is His Only Need	Wynonna	1		[A] This was the first solo single for Wynonna, who previously performed alongside her mother, Naomi Judd, as The Judds.
April 18	There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio	Aaron Tippin	3		[A]
May 9	Neon Moon	Brooks & Dunn	2
May 23	Some Girls Do	Sawyer Brown	1	2	Sawyer Brown's first Billboard #1 since "Step That Step" in May 1985.
May 30	Achy Breaky Heart	Billy Ray Cyrus	5		[C]
July 4	I Saw the Light	Wynonna	3		[1]
July 25	The River	Garth Brooks	1
August 1	Boot Scootin' Boogie	Brooks & Dunn	4
August 29	I'll Think of Something	Mark Chesnutt	1		Previously a #7 hit in 1974 for Hank Williams, Jr.
September 5	I Still Believe in You	Vince Gill	2		[A]
September 19	Love's Got a Hold on You	Alan Jackson	2
October 3	In This Life	Collin Raye	2
October 17	If I Didn't Have You	Randy Travis	1
October 24	No One Else on Earth	Wynonna	4
November 21	I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)	Alabama	2
December 5	I Cross My Heart	George Strait	2
December 19	She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)	Alan Jackson	1		Co-written by Randy Travis.
December 26	Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away	Vince Gill	3

[edit] Canada

(as certified by RPM)

Date	Single Name	Artist	Wks. No.1	U.S. Peak	Spec. Note
January 18	Love, Me	Collin Raye	2		[A]
February 1	Sticks and Stones	Tracy Lawrence	1		[A]
February 8	A Jukebox with a Country Song	Doug Stone	1
February 15	The Dirt Road	Sawyer Brown	2	3
February 29	What She's Doing Now	Garth Brooks	3
March 21	Straight Tequila Night	John Anderson	1
March 28	Dallas	Alan Jackson	1
April 4	Is There Life Out There	Reba McEntire	2
April 18	She Is His Only Need	Wynonna	3		[A]
May 9	There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio	Aaron Tippin	1		[C]
May 16	Past the Point of Rescue	Hal Ketchum	1	2	[C]
May 23	Neon Moon	Brooks & Dunn	2
June 6	Take It Like a Man	Michelle Wright	3	10	[A] This was one of only three Top 40 country hits in the U.S. for Wright, although she had several more in her native Canada.
June 27	Achy Breaky Heart	Billy Ray Cyrus	3		[1], [A]
July 18	I Saw the Light	Wynonna	3
August 8	The River	Garth Brooks	1
August 15	Boot Scootin' Boogie	Brooks & Dunn	3
September 5	We Tell Ourselves	Clint Black	2	2
September 19	I'll Think of Something	Mark Chesnutt	1
September 26	I Still Believe in You	Vince Gill	1		[A]
October 3	Could've Been Me	Billy Ray Cyrus	1	2
October 10	One Time Around	Michelle Wright	1	43
October 17	In This Life	Collin Raye	1
October 24	Love's Got a Hold on You	Alan Jackson	1
October 31	If I Didn't Have You	Randy Travis	2
November 14	No One Else on Earth	Wynonna	1
November 21	The Greatest Man I Never Knew	Reba McEntire	1	3
November 28	Seminole Wind	John Anderson	1	2	[B]
December 5	If There Hadn't Been You	Billy Dean	1	3	[A]
December 12	I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)	Alabama	1
December 19	I Cross My Heart	George Strait	2

[edit] Other major hits

[edit] Singles released by American artists

US	CAN	Single	Artist	Notes
9	6	Aces	Suzy Bogguss
13	8	After the Lights Go Out	Ricky Van Shelton
11	13	All Is Fair in Love and War	Ronnie Milsap
22	18	Baby, I'm Missing You	Highway 101
2	3	Backroads	Ricky Van Shelton	Co-written by Canadian singer Charlie Major.
2	2	Better Class of Losers	Randy Travis	Co-written by Alan Jackson.
4	3	Billy the Kid	Billy Dean
2	2	Born Country	Alabama
10	7	Broken Promise Land	Mark Chesnutt
4	14	Bubba Shot the Jukebox	Mark Chesnutt
7	12	Burn Me Down	Marty Stuart
4	2	Burn One Down	Clint Black
3	3	Cadillac Style	Sammy Kershaw
5	2	Cafe on the Corner	Sawyer Brown
3	3	Come In Out of the Pain	Doug Stone
12	5	Don't Go Near the Water	Sammy Kershaw
5	11	Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'	Mark Collie
2	5	Every Second	Collin Raye
4	7	Except for Monday	Lorrie Morgan
13	18	First Time for Everything	Little Texas
16	21	Five O'Clock World	Hal Ketchum	Cover of a song made famous by The Vogues.
5	11	Going Out of My Mind	McBride & the Ride
14	13	Going Out Tonight	Mary Chapin Carpenter
5	6	Gone as a Girl Can Get	George Strait
18	13	The Heart That You Own	Dwight Yoakam
4	3	I Feel Lucky	Mary Chapin Carpenter
13	15	I Know Where Love Lives	Hal Ketchum
5	4	I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way	Aaron Tippin
20	13	I'd Surrender All	Randy Travis	Also co-written by Alan Jackson.
23	11	I'll Stop Loving You	Mike Reid
11	12	If You Want to Find Love	Kenny Rogers
4	5	If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight	Tanya Tucker
5	4	Is It Cold in Here	Joe Diffie
7	4	It Only Hurts When I Cry	Dwight Yoakam	Co-written by Roger Miller, who also sang backing vocals on it.
13	22	Jealous Bone	Patty Loveless
4	14	Jesus and Mama	Confederate Railroad
10	54	Just Call Me Lonesome	Radney Foster
6	11	Leave Him Out of This	Steve Wariner
6	9	Letting Go	Suzy Bogguss
11	14	Lonesome Standard Time	Kathy Mattea
10	18	A Long Time Ago	The Remingtons
4	12	Look at Us	Vince Gill
5	10	Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man	Travis Tritt	Features backing vocals from Brooks & Dunn, Dana McVicker, T. Graham Brown, George Jones, Little Texas, Tanya Tucker, and Porter Wagoner.
6	6	Lost and Found	Brooks & Dunn
10	9	Lovin' All Night	Rodney Crowell
9	9	Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me	Diamond Rio
3	4	Maybe It Was Memphis	Pam Tillis
3	3	Midnight in Montgomery	Alan Jackson
16	17	Next Thing Smokin'	Joe Diffie
12	7	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Reba McEntire	Cover of the Vicki Lawrence song.
2	3	Norma Jean Riley	Diamond Rio
15	12	Not Too Much to Ask	Mary Chapin Carpenter with Joe Diffie
4	7	Nothing Short of Dying	Travis Tritt
18	16	Now That's Country	Marty Stuart
7	15	Nowhere Bound	Diamond Rio
5	4	Old Flames Have New Names	Mark Chesnutt
4	3	Only the Wind	Billy Dean
9	9	Outbound Plane	Suzy Bogguss
3	2	Papa Loved Mama	Garth Brooks
25	20	Play, Ruby, Play	Clinton Gregory
2	5	Rock My Baby	Shenandoah
4	6	Runnin' Behind	Tracy Lawrence
2	2	Sacred Ground	McBride & the Ride	Previously a #89-peaking single for its co-writer, Kix Brooks of Brooks & Dunn, in 1989.
12	23	Same Ol' Love	Ricky Skaggs	Co-written by Chris Austin. In the music video, it was dedicated to him.
3	3	Shake the Sugar Tree	Pam Tillis
5	3	Ships That Don't Come In	Joe Diffie
3	3	So Much Like My Dad	George Strait
3	15	Some Kind of Trouble	Tanya Tucker
15	12	Somebody's Doin' Me Right	Keith Whitley
14	10	Something in Red	Lorrie Morgan
2	2	Take a Little Trip	Alabama
2	3	Take Your Memory with You	Vince Gill
8	4	That's What I Like About You	Trisha Yearwood
7	6	This One's Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)	Marty Stuart with Travis Tritt
23	11	The Time Has Come	Martina McBride
3	19	The Tips of My Fingers	Steve Wariner	Cover of the Bill Anderson song.
3	2	Today's Lonely Fool	Tracy Lawrence
4	2	Turn That Radio On	Ronnie Milsap
2	2	Two Sparrows in a Hurricane	Tanya Tucker
18	34	Two-Timin' Me	The Remingtons
4	6	Warning Labels	Doug Stone
2	4	Watch Me	Lorrie Morgan
12	12	We Shall Be Free	Garth Brooks
24	19	What Kind of Fool	Lionel Cartwright
2	3	What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am	Lee Roy Parnell
11	2	What Kind of Love	Rodney Crowell	Co-written by Roy Orbison.
7	5	Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy	Chris LeDoux	Features backing vocals from Garth Brooks.
3	2	When It Comes to You	John Anderson	Written by Mark Knopfler.
9	9	When She Cries	Restless Heart	Restless Heart's biggest crossover single, this was also the first song of their career not to feature lead singer Larry Stewart.
23	16	Wher'm I Gonna Live?	Billy Ray Cyrus
2	4	The Whiskey Ain't Workin'	Travis Tritt with Marty Stuart
2	2	(Without You) What Do I Do with Me	Tanya Tucker
4	12	The Woman Before Me	Trisha Yearwood
9	12	A Woman Loves	Steve Wariner
5	4	Wrong Side of Memphis	Trisha Yearwood
17	13	Yard Sale	Sammy Kershaw
5	18	You and Forever and Me	Little Texas
3	21	You Can Depend on Me	Restless Heart

[edit] Singles released by Canadian artists

US	CAN	Single	Artist
	7	Bad Day for Trains	Patricia Conroy
	15	Candle in the Window	Joan Kennedy
	9	Clearly Canadian	George Fox
	18	Diamonds	Joel Feeney
	20	Drifting Cowboy	Gary Fjellgaard
	8	Everybody Knows	Prairie Oyster
	10	Here Today, Here Tomorrow	George Fox
	9	I Can See Arkansas	Anne Murray
	18	I Walk These Rails	Sylvia Tyson
	15	If You Want Love	Joan Kennedy
	14	It Comes Back to You	Cassandra Vasik
	9	Lights of Laramie	Ian Tyson
	8	My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am)	Patricia Conroy
51	8	One Precious Love	Prairie Oyster
	17	Schubenacadie Tinsmith Man	Wayne Rostad
	10	Still in the Game	Don Neilson
	20	Those Stars	Cassandra Vasik
	8	When You're Not Loving Me	Tracey Prescott & Lonesome Daddy
	5	Which Face Should I Put on Tonight	Cassandra Vasik
	10	Wildflowers	Cassandra Vasik
	10	Will I Do (Till the Real Thing Comes Along)	Prairie Oyster
	13	(You Made A) Rock of Gibraltar	Cindi Cain

[edit] Top new album releases

US	CAN	Album	Artist	Record Label
62	17	15 of the Best	Anne Murray	Liberty
11	4	American Pride	Alabama	RCA Nashville
	20	Bad Day for Trains	Patricia Conroy	Warner
	9	Believe in Your Country	Stompin' Tom Connors	Capitol
2	3	Beyond the Season	Garth Brooks	Liberty
26	1	Big Iron Horses	Restless Heart	RCA Nashville
55	18	Blue Frontier	The Remingtons	BNA
23	10	Cafe on the Corner	Sawyer Brown	Curb
12	4	Can't Run from Yourself	Tanya Tucker	Liberty
1	1	The Chase	Garth Brooks	Liberty
6	9	Chipmunks in Low Places	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Epic
24		Close to the Edge	Diamond Rio	Arista Nashville
	10	Close to the Floor	Ashley MacIsaac	A&M
6	4	Come On Come On	Mary Chapin Carpenter	Columbia
7	19	Confederate Railroad	Confederate Railroad	Atlantic
12	8	The Dirt Road	Sawyer Brown	Curb
	18	Divided Highway	Terry Kelly	Gun
	1	Fare Thee Well Love	The Rankin Family	Capitol
19	17	First Time for Everything	Little Texas	Warner Bros.
19		From the Heart	Doug Stone	Epic
	2	From the Heart: 15 Career Classics	The Judds	BMG
43	13	Greatest Hits	Shenandoah	Columbia
9		Greatest Hits Plus	Ricky Van Shelton	Columbia
14		Greatest Hits, Vol. 1	Randy Travis	Warner Bros.
20	4	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2	Randy Travis	Warner Bros.
2	3	The Hard Way	Clint Black	RCA Nashville
12	7	Hearts in Armor	Trisha Yearwood	MCA Nashville
	23	Higher Ground	Joan Kennedy	MCA
5	17	Holding My Own	George Strait	MCA Nashville
23	11	Homeward Looking Angel	Pam Tillis	Arista Nashville
4	6	Honeymoon in Vegas Soundtrack	Various Artists	Epic
47	4	I Never Knew Lonely	Vince Gill	RCA Nashville
3	3	I Still Believe in You	Vince Gill	MCA Nashville
10	12	In This Life	Collin Raye	Epic
1	1	It's Your Call	Reba McEntire	MCA Nashville
30	9	Life Is Messy	Rodney Crowell	Columbia
4	6	Life's a Dance	John Michael Montgomery	Atlantic
34	14	Long Time Comin'	Shenandoah	RCA Nashville
9	5	Longnecks & Short Stories	Mark Chesnutt	MCA Nashville
1	5	A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love)	Alan Jackson	Arista Nashville
7	22	Maverick	Hank Williams, Jr.	Curb/Warner Bros.
	1	More Country Heat	Various Artists	RCA
20	2	Now and Then	Michelle Wright	Arista Nashville
1	1	Pure Country (Soundtrack)	George Strait	MCA Nashville
6	9	Read Between the Lines	Aaron Tippin	RCA Nashville
22	25	Regular Joe	Joe Diffie	Epic
27	15	Sacred Ground	McBride & the Ride	MCA Nashville
10	11	Seminole Wind	John Anderson	BNA
	22	So Many Roads	The Good Brothers	Savannah
1	1	Some Gave All	Billy Ray Cyrus	Mercury/PolyGram
22	28	Straight Talk Soundtrack	Dolly Parton	Hollywood
36	21	Sure Love	Hal Ketchum	Curb
	19	Thinking of You	Rita MacNeil	Virgin
12	6	This One's Gonna Hurt You	Marty Stuart	MCA Nashville
49	21	The Time Has Come	Martina McBride	RCA Nashville
23		A Travis Tritt Christmas: Loving Time of the Year	Travis Tritt	Warner Bros.
6	3	T-R-O-U-B-L-E	Travis Tritt	Warner Bros.
24	32	Walls Can Fall	George Jones	MCA Nashville
15		Watch Me	Lorrie Morgan	BNA
9		Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy	Chris LeDoux	Liberty
58	22	Where Forever Begins	Neal McCoy	Atlantic
1	1	Wynonna	Wynonna	Curb/MCA Nashville

[edit] Other top albums

US	CAN	Album	Artist	Record Label
68		American Patriot	Lee Greenwood	Liberty
63		At Her Best	Patsy Cline	Hollywood
32		At the Ryman	Emmylou Harris	Reprise
44	26	The Best of Hank Williams Jr. Volume One: Roots and Branches	Hank Williams, Jr.	Mercury/PolyGram
65		Country Music for Kids	Various Artists	Walt Disney
46		Del Rio, TX 1959	Radney Foster	Arista Nashville
75		Every Time You Say Goodbye	Alison Krauss	Rounder
53		The First Christmas	Doug Stone	Epic
68		The Latest and the Greatest	The Bellamy Brothers	Intersound
41		Lonesome Standard Time	Kathy Mattea	Mercury/PolyGram
60		Love Is Strong	Paul Overstreet	RCA Nashville
66		Love Without Mercy	Lee Roy Parnell	Arista Nashville
72		The More I Learn	Ronna Reeves	Mercury/PolyGram
57		No Sir	Darryl & Don Ellis	Epic
68		Sneakin' Around	Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed	Columbia
75		A Street Man Named Desire	Pirates of the Mississippi	Liberty
70		Today's Best Country	Various Artists	K-Tel
50		Today's Hot Country	Various Artists	K-Tel
70		Too Dumb for New York City, Too Ugly for L.A.	Waylon Jennings	Epic
58		Tourist in Paradise	Cleve Francis	Liberty
59		Twilight Town	Mike Reid	Columbia
31		Voices in the Wind	Suzy Bogguss	Liberty

[edit] On television

[edit] Regular series

• Hee Haw (1969-1993, syndicated)

[edit] Specials

[edit] Births

• November 23 — Miley Cyrus, daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus; actress and singer.

[edit] Deaths

• October 25 — Roger Miller, 56, singer-songwriter best known for Grammy Award winner "King of the Road." (throat cancer)
• November 23 — Roy Acuff, 89, country music pioneer from the 1930s onward, and Grand Ole Opry institution. (heart failure)

[edit] Hall of Fame inductees

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

• George Jones (born 1931)
• Frances Preston (born 1934)

[edit] Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees

• Carroll Baker
• Gordon Burnett

[edit] Major awards

[edit] Grammy Awards

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "I Feel Lucky," Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance — I Still Believe in You, Vince Gill
• Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — At the Ryman, Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers
• Best Country Collaboration with Vocals — "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'," Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt
• Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Sneakin' Around," Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed
• Best Country Song — "I Still Believe in You," Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis (Performer: Vince Gill)
• Best Bluegrass Album — Every Time You Say Goodbye, Alison Krauss & Union Station

[edit] Juno Awards

• Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Gary Fjellgaard
• Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Michelle Wright
• Country Group or Duo of the Year — Tracey Prescott & Lonesome Daddy

[edit] Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer of the Year — Garth Brooks
• Song of the Year — "I Still Believe in You," Vince Gill and John Barlow Jarvis (Performer: Vince Gill)
• Single of the Year — "Boot Scootin' Boogie," Brooks & Dunn
• Album of the Year — Brand New Man, Brooks & Dunn
• Top Male Vocalist — Vince Gill
• Top Female Vocalist — Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Top Vocal Duo — Brooks & Dunn
• Top Vocal Group — Diamond Rio
• Top New Male Vocalist — Tracy Lawrence
• Top New Female Vocalist — Michelle Wright
• Top New Vocal Duo or Group — Confederate Railroad
• Video of the Year — "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane," Tanya Tucker (Director: Joanne Gardner)

[edit] Canadian Country Music Association

• Bud Country Fans' Choice Award — Rita MacNeil
• Male Artist of the Year — Ian Tyson
• Female Artist of the Year — Michelle Wright
• Group or Duo of the Year — Prairie Oyster
• SOCAN Song of the Year — "Did You Fall in Love with Me," Joan Besen
• Single of the Year — "Take It Like a Man," Michelle Wright
• Album of the Year — Everybody Knows, Prairie Oyster
• Top Selling Album — Ropin' the Wind, Garth Brooks
• Video of the Year — "Take It Like a Man," Michelle Wright
• Vista Rising Star Award — Cassandra Vasik
• Vocal Collaboration of the Year — Gary Fjellgaard and Linda Kidder

[edit] Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year — Garth Brooks
• Song of the Year — "Look at Us," Vince Gill and Max D. Barnes (Performer: Vince Gill)
• Single of the Year — "Achy Breaky Heart," Billy Ray Cyrus
• Album of the Year — Ropin' the Wind, Garth Brooks
• Male Vocalist of the Year — Vince Gill
• Female Vocalist of the Year — Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Vocal Duo of the Year — Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Group of the Year — Diamond Rio
• Horizon Award — Suzy Bogguss
• Music Video of the Year — "Midnight in Montgomery," Alan Jackson (Director: Jim Shea)
• Vocal Event of the Year — Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt
• Musician of the Year — Mark O'Connor

[edit] Further reading

• Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
• Kingsbury, Paul, "Vinyl Hayride: Country Music Album Covers 1947-1989," Country Music Foundation, 2003 (ISBN 0-8118-3572-3)
• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2005.

[edit] References

[edit] Other links

• Country Music Association
• Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

[edit] External links

• Country Music Hall of Fame