This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1982.
Events September 24- Zeke Clements celebrates his 50th Grand Ole Opry anniversary October 30 — Hank Williams, Jr. has nine albums simultaneously on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. December 8 — The death of Marty Robbins at age 57 stuns the country music world and leaves a huge void among fans. He is inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame just weeks earlier.
No dates Drake-Chenault syndicates The History of Country Music, a 52-hour country music version of the radio syndicator's successful The History of Rock and Roll (which had three editions issued, the last in 1981). Produced in 1981 and early 1982 before syndicating to radio stations, the radio documentary was hosted by Ralph Emery. Like its rock and roll forebear, the program featured artist interviews, outtakes from notable radio and television broadcasts; spotlights on notable artists, styles and trends, along with songs that helped illustrate the subject; and time sweeps of individual years through 1981, with a montage of the biggest and most noteworthy hits of each year played. The final hour, Hour 52, was a time sweep of all of the country No. 1 songs from 1944 to the then-present, or approximately 650 individual songs that had topped the Billboard country charts."Drake-Chenault History Of Country Music – FOUND!!!" Charis Music Group. Accessed 07-07-2017. The special was structured much like the Rock and Roll program, allowing radio programmers to air it as a one-time "marathon" special (such as over holiday weekends), in multiple parts over a period of time, or as one-hour weekly programs.
Top hits of the year
Singles released by American artists USCANSingleArtist1631After the Love Slips AwayEarl Thomas Conley45Ain't No MoneyRosanne Cash11Always on My MindWillie Nelson5—The American DreamHank Williams, Jr.83Another ChanceTammy Wynette820Another Honky-Tonk Night on BroadwayDavid Frizzell and Shelly West11Any Day NowRonnie Milsap21Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)Merle Haggard1919Ashes to AshesTerri Gibbs3615Bad NewsBoxcar Willie105Be There for Me BabyJohnny Lee11Big CityMerle Haggard44Big Ole BrewMel McDaniel94Blaze of GloryKenny Rogers12Blue Moon with HeartacheRosanne Cash11Bobbie SueThe Oak Ridge Boys310Born to RunEmmylou Harris22Break It to Me GentlyJuice Newton65BustedJohn Conlee1024Cherokee FiddleJohnny Lee11Close Enough to PerfectAlabama17The ClownConway Twitty22A Country Boy Can SurviveHank Williams, Jr.13Crying My Heart Out Over YouRicky Skaggs36Dancing Your Memory AwayCharly McClain922Diamonds in the StarsRay Price41Do Me with LoveJanie Fricke1235Don't Look BackGary Morris18Don't Worry 'bout Me BabyJanie Fricke15—Dreams Die HardGary Morris44Ever, Never Lovin' YouEd Bruce528Everybody Makes MistakesLacy J. Dalton109Every Time You Cross My Mind (You Break My Heart)Razzy Bailey110FinallyT. G. Sheppard11Fool Hearted MemoryGeorge Strait120For All the Wrong ReasonsThe Bellamy Brothers187Forty and Fadin'Ray Price15Fourteen Carat MindGene Watson219Get into Reggae CowboyThe Bellamy Brothers827Hard Candy ChristmasDolly Parton51Have You Ever Been Lonely?Patsy Cline and Jim Reeves12He Got YouRonnie Milsap71Heartbreak ExpressDolly Parton11HeartbrokeRicky Skaggs83Heavenly BodiesEarl Thomas Conley16Honky Tonkin'Hank Williams, Jr.12I Don't CareRicky Skaggs213I Don't Know Where to StartEddie Rabbitt21I Don't Think She's in Love AnymoreCharley Pride39I Just Came Here to DanceDavid Frizzell and Shelly West75I Just Came Home to Count the MemoriesJohn Anderson1124I Just Cut MyselfRonnie McDowell99I LieLoretta Lynn17—I Think About Your Lovin'The Osmonds11I Will Always Love YouDolly Parton24I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (And Left My Heart Alone)The Oak Ridge Boys11I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the WorldRonnie Milsap1824I'm Goin' Hurtin'Joe Stampley13I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our HomeDavid Frizzell311I'm Not That Lonely YetReba McEntire32If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)George Strait10—If You're Waitin' on Me (You're Backin' up)The Kendalls1512In Like with Each OtherLarry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers1940Innocent LiesSonny James11It Ain't Easy Bein' EasyJanie Fricke17—It Turns Me Inside OutLee Greenwood19—It'll Be HerTompall & the Glaser Brothers1631It's High TimeDottie West16—It's Who You LoveKieran Kane74Just Give Me What You Think is FairLeon Everette12Just to Satisfy YouWaylon Jennings and Willie Nelson15—Kansas City LightsSteve Wariner17—The Killin' KindBandana21Let It Be MeWillie Nelson31Listen to the RadioDon Williams1243A Little Bit CrazyEddy Raven930Livin' in These Troubled TimesCrystal Gayle11Lonely NightsMickey Gilley11Lord, I Hope This Day Is GoodDon Williams11Love Will Turn You AroundKenny Rogers1314Love's Found You and MeEd Bruce811Love's Gonna Fall Here TonightRazzy Bailey1941Making Love from MemoryLoretta Lynn919Midnight RodeoLeon Everette127Mis'ry RiverTerri Gibbs33MistakesDon Williams11Mountain MusicAlabama11Mountain of LoveCharley Pride20—Natural LovePetula Clark1232New Cut RoadBobby Bare17—New Way OutKaren Brooks2044No Relief in SightCon Hunley11NobodySylvia19—Nothing but the Radio OnJames & Michael Younger1226Oh GirlCon Hunley1918Old FriendsRoger Miller, Willie Nelson (with Ray Price)11Only One YouT. G. Sheppard13—Only You (And You Alone)Reba McEntire99Operator, Long Distance PleaseBarbara Mandrell1937Preaching Up a StormMel McDaniel11Put Your Dreams AwayMickey Gilley13Red Neckin' Love Makin' NightConway Twitty17Redneck GirlThe Bellamy Brothers52Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her HandsLee Greenwood1012Rodeo RomeoMoe Bandy913Round the Clock Lovin'Gail Davies—16Run for the RosesDan Fogelberg51Same Ole MeGeorge Jones13She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)Jerry Reed12She Left Love All Over MeRazzy Bailey1921She Used to Sing on SundayLarry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers76She's LyingLee Greenwood42She's Not Really Cheating (She's Just Getting Even)Moe Bandy10—She's Playing Hard to ForgetEddy Raven51ShineWaylon Jennings81Single WomenDolly Parton132(Sittin' On) The Dock of the BayWaylon Jennings with Willie Nelson71316th AvenueLacy J. Dalton13—Slow DownLacy J. Dalton16Slow HandConway Twitty2216So FineThe Oak Ridge Boys101Some Memories Just Won't DieMarty Robbins2039Some of My Best Friends Are Old SongsLouise Mandrell14Someone Could Lose a Heart TonightEddie Rabbitt139Somewhere Between Right and WrongEarl Thomas Conley1020Soul Searchin'Leon Everette94Speak Softly (You're Talking to My Heart)Gene Watson17—Stay a Little LongerMel Tillis7—Step BackRonnie McDowell1935Stuck Right in the Middle of Your LoveBilly Swan51Sure Feels Like LoveLarry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers1211Sweet YesterdaySylvia11The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)Juice Newton11Take Me DownAlabama1022Take Me to the CountryMel McDaniel31Tears of the LonelyMickey Gilley10—Tell Me WhyEarl Thomas Conley95Tennessee RoseEmmylou Harris811This Dream's on MeGene Watson55Through the YearsKenny Rogers2417Tie Your Dream to MineMarty Robbins13Till You're GoneBarbara Mandrell520The Very Best Is YouCharly McClain15War Is Hell (On the Homefront Too)T. G. Sheppard43Watchin' Girls Go ByRonnie McDowell22We Did But Now You Don'tConway Twitty11What's Forever ForMichael Martin Murphey713WhateverThe Statler Brothers18—When a Man Loves a WomanJack Grayson & Blackjack1446When You Fall in LoveJohnny Lee11—Who Do You Know in CaliforniaEddy Raven115Wild and BlueJohn Anderson1615A Woman's TouchTom Jones46Women Do Know How to Carry OnWaylon Jennings615Would You Catch a Falling StarJohn Anderson12—Years AgoThe Statler Brothers15Yesterday's WineMerle Haggard and George Jones11You and IEddie Rabbitt with Crystal Gayle53You Never Gave Up on MeCrystal Gayle10—You Put the Blue in MeThe Whites1642You Still Get to Me in My DreamsTammy Wynette177You Turn Me On, I'm a RadioGail Davies3—You'll Be Back (Every Night in My Dreams)The Statler Brothers526You're My Bestest FriendMac Davis12You're So Good When You're BadCharley Pride110You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever HadEd Bruce
Singles released by Canadian artists USCANSingleArtist—19Another Motel MemoryRuth Ann41Another Sleepless NightAnne Murray—6Brand New Tears (For an Old Heartache)Carroll Baker—9Did I Forget to Tell HerJerry Palmer—7A Dreamer and a Fool (Am I)Kevin Waara—18Everybody's Going CountryMidnite Rodeo Band—8The Ex-Superstar's WaltzRonnie Prophet—4From the Bar Room to the BedroomEddie Eastman—9Good Ol' Time Country Rock 'N' RollDick Damron71Hey! BabyAnne Murray—7Honky Tonk Angels and Good Ol' BoysDick Damron—20I Am Your FireBill Hersh & Blue Train—13I've Gotta Cowboy in the SaddleIris Larratt—14Intimate StrangersEddie Eastman—7Kentucky SerenadeTony Prophet—14Lay Your Heart on the LineMarie Bottrell—10(Livin' On) Fast LoveMidnite Rodeo Band—12Married or SingleRuth Ann—8Maybe It's Love This TimeMercey Brothers—11Nobody Quite Like YouEddie Eastman—15Overnight SuccessJohn Allan Cameron—16The Parting of the WaysJohn Winters—9Raised on Country MusicFamily Brown—9ReunionDick Damron—4The Second Time AroundCarroll Baker—10Should You Ever Think of CheatingJohn Winters614Some Never Stand a ChanceFamily Brown—16Starlight LadyGurney Anderson—10SugartimeGlory-Anne Carriere—6SummertimeThe Good Brothers—17Ten Years Old and BarefootGary Fjellgaard—10Took a Train to VegasGilles Godard—10Took You Back AgainCanadian Zephyr—15You Never Really Loved MeDavid Thompson
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