1983 in country music
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See also: 1982 in country music, 1983 in music, other events of 1983, 1984 in country music, 1980s in music and the List of years in Country Music
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Events
Top Hits of the Year
No. 1 Hits
(As certified by Billboard magazine)
- January 8 - "Can't Even Get the Blues" - Reba McEntire
- January 15 - "Going Where the Lonely Go" - Merle Haggard
- January 22 - "(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date" - Emmylou Harris
- January 29 - "Talk to Me" - Mickey Gilley
- February 5 - "Inside" - Ronnie Milsap
- February 12 - "'Til I Gain Control Again" - Crystal Gayle
- February 19 - "Fakin' Love" - T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks
- February 26 - "Why Baby Why" - Charley Pride
- March 5 - "If Hollywood Don't Need You" - Don Williams
- March 12 - "The Rose" - Conway Twitty
- March 19 - "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" - Ricky Skaggs
- March 26 - "Swingin'" - John Anderson
- April 2 - "When I'm Away From You" - Bellamy Brothers
- April 9 - "We've Got Tonight" - Kenny Rogers and Sheena Easton
- April 16 - "Dixieland Delight" - Alabama
- April 23 - "American Made" - Oak Ridge Boys
- April 30 - "You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving" - Reba McEntire
- May 7 - "Jose Cuervo" - Shelly West
- May 14 - "Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love" - B.J. Thomas
- May 21 - "Common Man" - John Conlee
- May 28 - "You Take Me for Granted" - Merle Haggard
- June 4 - "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)" - Waylon Jennings
- June 11 - "Our Love is on the Faultline" - Crystal Gayle
- June 18 - "You Can't Run From Love" - Eddie Rabbitt
- June 25 - "Fool For Your Love" - Mickey Gilley
- July 2 - "Love is on a Roll" - Don Williams
- July 9 - "Highway 40 Blues" - Ricky Skaggs
- July 16 - "The Closer You Get" - Alabama
- July 23 - "Pancho and Lefty" - Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
- July 30 - "I Always Get Lucky With You" - George Jones
- August 6 - "Your Love's on the Line" - Earl Thomas Conley
- August 13 - "He's a Heartache (Looking For a Place to Happen)" - Janie Fricke
- August 20 - "Love Song" - Oak Ridge Boys
- August 27 - "You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation" - Ronnie McDowell
- September 3 - "A Fire I Can't Put Out" - George Strait
- September 10 - "I'm Only in it For the Love" - John Conlee
- September 17 - "Night Games" - Charley Pride
- September 24 - "Baby What About You" - Crystal Gayle
- October 1 - "New Looks From an Old Lover" - B.J. Thomas
- October 8 - "Don't You Know How Much I Love You" - Ronnie Milsap
- October 15 - "Paradise Tonight" - Charly McClain and Mickey Gilley
- October 22 - "Lady Down on Love" - Alabama
- October 29 - "Islands in the Stream" - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
- November 12 - "Somebody's Gonna Love You" - Lee Greenwood
- November 19 - "One of a Kind, Pair of Fools" - Barbara Mandrell
- November 26 - "Holding Her and Loving You" - Earl Thomas Conley
- December 3 - "A Little Good News" - Anne Murray
- December 10 - "Tell Me a Lie" - Janie Fricke
- December 17 - "Black Sheep" - John Anderson
- December 24 - "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You)" - Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers
Other Major Hits
- "Amarillo By Morning" – George Strait
- "Everything's Beautiful in its Own Way" – Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson
- "Flight 309 to Tennessee" – Shelly West
- "Foolin'" – Johnny Rodriguez
- "Going Downhill" - John Anderson
- "Hard Candy Christmas" - Dolly Parton
- "Hey Bartender" – Johnny Lee
- "How Could I Love Her So Much" – Johnny Rodriguez
- "I.O.U." – Lee Greenwood
- "I Have Loved You Girl (But Not Like This Before)" – Earl Thomas Conley
- "I Love Her Mind" – Bellamy Brothers
- "Leave Them Boys Alone" - Hank Williams Jr. (with guests Ernest Tubb and Waylon Jennings)
- "Midnight Fire" – Steve Wariner
- "Nobody But You" – Don Williams
- "Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)" – Statler Brothers
- "The Ride" – David Allen Coe
- "Save Me" - Louise Mandrell
- "Scarlet Fever" – Kenny Rogers
- "Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love On Me)" – George Jones
- "Snapshot" – Sylvia
- "Stranger in My House" – Ronnie Milsap
- "Tennessee Whiskey" – George Jones
- "Touch Me (I'll Be Your Fool Once More)" - Tom Jones
- "What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" – Merle Haggard
- "What She Don't Know Won't Hurt Her" – Gene Watson
- "Why Do We Want What We Know We Can't Have" - Reba McEntire
- "The Wind Beneath My Wings" – Gary Morris
- "You've Got a Lover" – Ricky Skaggs
Top New Album Releases
- American Made – Oak Ridge Boys (MCA)
- The Closer You Get – Alabama (RCA)
- Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" – Ricky Skaggs (Sugar Hill)
- Don't Make it Easy for Me – Earl Thomas Conley (RCA)
- Even the Strong Get Lonely – Tammy Wynette (Epic/Sony)
- Eyes That See In The Dark – Kenny Rogers (RCA)
- Heart to Heart – Merle Haggard (Epic/CBS)
- A Little Good News – Anne Murray (Capitol)
- Lost in the Feeling – Conway Twitty (Warner Bros.)
- Pancho & Lefty – Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson (Epic/CBS)
- Right or Wrong - George Strait (MCA)
- Shine On – George Jones (Epic/CBS)
- Take it to the Limit - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson (RCA)
- That's the Way Love Goes - Merle Haggard (Epic/CBS)
- Tougher Than Leather – Willie Nelson (Columbia/CBS)
- Waylon and Company - Waylon Jennings (RCA)
- We've Got Tonight – Kenny Rogers (Liberty)
- Without a Song – Willie Nelson (Columbia/Sony)
Births
- December 29 – Jessica Andrews, popular singer of the early 2000s.
Deaths
Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees
- Little Jimmy Dickens (born 1920)
Major Awards
Grammy Awards
Academy of Country Music
- Entertainer Of The Year -- Alabama
- Song Of The Year -- "The Wind Beneath My Wings" - Gary Morris - Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar
- Single Of The Year -- "Islands In The Stream" - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
- Album Of The Year -- The Closer You Get - Alabama
- Top Male Vocalist -- Lee Greenwood
- Top Female Vocalist -- Janie Fricke
- Top Vocal Duo -- Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers
- Top Vocal Group -- Alabama
- Top New Male Vocalist -- Jim Glaser
- Top New Female Vocalist -- Gus Hardin
