1991 IN COUNTRY MUSIC

Events

One of country music's most successful albums ever was released in 1991.

★ March 16 - The country music world is stunned when seven members of Reba McEntire's band and her road manager are killed in a plane crash in California. McEntire - who traveled separately - recorded her album, ''For My Broken Heart'' in their memory.

★ August 30 – Dottie West is seriously injured while en route to a Grand Ole Opry performance in Nashville, Tennessee. Her fans and contemporaries are deeply saddened when she dies of her injuries September 4 at a Nashville hospital. President George H. W. Bush sends his condolences to the country music world during the CMA Awards later that year.

★ September – ''Ropin' the Wind'' by Garth Brooks becomes the first album to debut at No. 1 on ''Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums ''and'' Hot 200 Albums charts. The album, Brooks' third, vaults the 29-year-old singer into superstardom and goes on to sell 16 million copies worldwide. The album became the second best selling album of all genres in 1991, coming in second to Mariah Carey's debut album.

★ November 24 - ''Hot Country Nights'' begins a one-season run on NBC. The series was created to cash in on the exploding popularity of country music, and showcased several acts on each episode; featured on the premiere were Alabama, Clint Black, K.T. Oslin, Kenny Rogers and Pam Tillis. The series did not catch on in the ratings and is cancelled at the end of the season.

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★ Naomi Judd announces she had been diagnosed with Hepatitis C, a potentially fatal chronic liver disease, and would be retiring from touring with daughter Wynonna at the end of the year. The resulting "Farewell" tour becomes the year's top-grossing act in country music and ends with a New Year's Eve pay-per-view concert.

★ "SoundScan" is introduced, providing more accurate ''Billboard magazine'' chart ratings that are based on actual sales. Immediate evidence proved country music had a much bigger audience than previously thought.

★ Eight acts have their first ''Billboard'' No. 1 songs, including Mark Chesnutt, Mike Reid, Alan Jackson, Doug Stone, Diamond Rio, Trisha Yearwood, Brooks & Dunn and Lionel Cartwright. Three of those - Diamond Rio, Yearwood and Brooks & Dunn - turn the trick with their first national release; Reid's first solo release also hit the top of the chart, but he had hit the Top 5 as part of a duet with Ronnie Milsap (1988's "Old Folks") three years earlier.

★ Trisha Yearwood releases her debut single "She's in Love with the Boy" which rockets to number 1 for 2 weeks and catapults her into superstardom. Her debut album because the first debut album by a female artist to sell 1 million copies. It eventually sells 2 million.

Top hits of the year

Number one hits

''(as certifed by ''Billboard magazine)''

Date	Song Name	Artist	Wks. No. 1	Spec. Note
January 12	Unanswered Prayers	Garth Brooks	2
January 26	Forever's as Far as I'll Go	Alabama	1
February 2	Daddy's Come Around	Paul Overstreet	1	^B
February 9	Brother Jukebox	Mark Chesnutt	2	^A
February 23	Walk on Faith	Mike Reid	2	^C
March 9	I'd Love You All Over Again	Alan Jackson	2	^A
March 23	Loving Blind	Clint Black	2
April 6	Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House	Garth Brooks	1
April 13	Down Home	Alabama	2
April 27	Rockin' Years	Dolly Parton with Ricky Van Shelton	2
May 11	If I Know Me	George Strait	2
May 25	In a Different Light	Doug Stone	1
June 1	Meet in the Middle	Diamond Rio	2	^A With this song, Diamond Rio became the first country music group in history to have its debut single reach No. 1 on the country charts.
June 15	If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)	Joe Diffie	1
June 22	The Thunder Rolls	Garth Brooks	2	Debuted at # 19, making it the highest debuting country song to reach # 1 since Billboard began used Broadcast Data Systems to detect actual airplay.
July 6	Don't Rock the Jukebox	Alan Jackson	3	^'1'
July 27	I am a Simple Man	Ricky Van Shelton	1
August 3	She's in Love with the Boy	Trisha Yearwood	2	^A
August 17	You Know Me Better Than That	George Strait	3
September 7	Brand New Man	Brooks & Dunn	2	^A
September 21	Leap of Faith	Lionel Cartwright	1	^C
September 28	Where Are You Now	Clint Black	2
October 12	Keep It Between the Lines	Ricky Van Shelton	2	^B
October 26	Anymore	Travis Tritt	2
November 9	Someday	Alan Jackson	1
November 16	Shameless	Garth Brooks	2	Reached Number One in only its fifth chart week, the fastest climbing #1 since C.W. McCall's "Convoy", which reached Number One in its fourth week.
November 30	Forever Together	Randy Travis	1
December 7	For My Broken Heart	Reba McEntire	2
December 21	My Next Broken Heart	Brooks & Dunn	2

★ ^'1' - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by ''Billboard magazine''.

★ ^A - First ''Billboard'' No. 1 hit for that artist.

★ ^B - Last ''Billboard'' No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

★ ^C - Only ''Billboard'' No. 1 hit for that artist to date.

Other major hits

★ "Are You Loving Me Like I'm Loving You" — Ronnie Milsap (#3)

★ "As Simple as That" — Mike Reid (#14)

★ "Ball and Chain" — Paul Overstreet (#5)

★ "Bing Bang Boom" — Highway 101 (#14)

★ "Blame It on Texas" — Mark Chesnutt (#5)

★ "Brotherly Love" — Earl Thomas Conley and Keith Whitley (#2)

★ "Can I Count on You" - McBride & the Ride (#19)

★ "The Chill of an Early Fall" — George Strait (#3)

★ "Come on Back" — Carlene Carter (#3)

★ "Don't Tell Me What to Do" — Pam Tillis (#5)

★ "Down at the Twist and Shout" — Mary Chapin Carpenter (#2)

★ "Down to My Last Teardrop" — Tanya Tucker (#2)

★ "Drift Off to Dream" — Travis Tritt (#3)

★ "Even Now" — Exile (#16)

★ "Fancy" — Reba McEntire (#7)

★ "Fallin' Out of Love" — Reba McEntire (#2)

★ "Feed Jake" - Pirates of the Mississippi (#15)

★ "For Crying Out Loud" - Davis Daniel (#13)

★ "Here We Are" — Alabama (#2)

★ "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" — Travis Tritt (#2)

★ "Heroes" — Paul Overstreet (#4)

★ "Heroes and Friends" — Randy Travis (#3)

★ "Hopelessly Yours" — Lee Greenwood with Suzy Bogguss (#12)

★ "Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)" — Patty Loveless (#3)

★ "I Couldn't See You Leavin'" — Conway Twitty (3)

★ "I Got You" — Shenandoah (#7)

★ "I Thought It Was You" — Doug Stone (#4)

★ "I'm That Kind of Girl" — Patty Loveless (#5)

★ "If It Weren't For Country Music (I'd Go Crazy)" - Clinton Gregory (#26)

★ "If You Want Me To" — Joe Diffie (#2)

★ "Is It Raining at Your House" — Vern Gosdin (#10)

★ "It Won't Be Me" — Tanya Tucker (#6)

★ "Leave Him Out of This" — Steve Wariner (#6)

★ "Life's Little Ups and Downs" — Ricky Van Shelton (#4)

★ "Like We Never Had a Broken Heart" — Trisha Yearwood (#4)

★ "Little Things" — Marty Stuart (#8)

★ "Liza Jane" — Vince Gill (#7)

★ "Long Lost Friend" - Restless Heart (#16)

★ "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy" — Don Williams (#7)

★ "Love Can Build a Bridge" — The Judds (#5)

★ "Love Will Bring Her Around" - Rob Crosby (#12)

★ "Lucky Moon" — The Oak Ridge Boys (#6)

★ "Men" — Forester Sisters (#8)

★ "Mirror, Mirror" — Diamond Rio (#3)

★ "The Moon Over Georgia" - Shenandoah (#8)

★ "New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)" — Joe Diffie (#2)

★ "Nothing's Changed Here" – Dwight Yoakam (#15)

★ "Oh What It Did to Me" — Tanya Tucker (#12)

★ "One Hundred and Two" — The Judds (#6)

★ "One More Payment" — Clint Black (#7)

★ "One of Those Things" — Pam Tillis (#6)

★ "Only Here For a Little While" — Billy Dean (#3)

★ "A Picture of Me (Without You)" — Lorrie Morgan (#9)

★ "Pocket Full of Gold" — Vince Gill (#7)

★ "Point of Light" — Randy Travis (#3)

★ "Rodeo" — Garth Brooks (#3)

★ "Rumor Has It" — Reba McEntire (#3)

★ "Shadow of a Doubt" — Earl Thomas Conley (#8)

★ "She's a Natural" - Rob Crosby (#15)

★ "Silver and Gold" — Dolly Parton (#15)

★ "Since I Don't Have You" — Ronnie Milsap (#6)

★ "Small Town Saturday Night" — Hal Ketchum (#2)

★ "Some Guys Have All the Love" - Little Texas (#8)

★ "Someday Soon" — Suzy Bogguss (#12)

★ "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" — Billy Dean (#3)

★ "Speak of the Devil" - Pirates Of The Mississippi (#29)

★ "Still Burnin' For You" - Rob Crosby (#20)

★ "Tempted" — Marty Stuart (#5)

★ "Then Again" — Alabama (#4)

★ "These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye" -- Doug Stone (#5)

★ "Til I Found You" — Marty Stuart (#12)

★ "Time Passes By" — Kathy Mattea (#7)

★ "Treat Me Like a Stranger" - Baillie & the Boys (#19)

★ "True Love" — Don Williams (#4)

★ "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" - Dwight Yoakam (#11)

★ "The Walk" — Sawyer Brown (#2)

★ "We Both Walk" — Lorrie Morgan (#3)

★ "We've Got It Made" — Lee Greenwood (#14)

★ "What a Way to Go" -- Ray Kennedy (#10)

★ "You're the One" — Dwight Yoakam (#4)

★ "You've Got to Stand For Something" — Aaron Tippin (#6)

★ "Your Love is a Miracle" — Mark Chesnutt (#3)

Top new album releases

★ ''Aces'' — Suzy Bogguss (Capitol)

★ ''All I Can Be'' — Collin Raye (Epic)

★ ''And Along Came Jones'' — George Jones (MCA)

★ ''Back to the Grindstone'' — Ronnie Milsap (RCA)

★ ''Backroads'' — Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia)

★ ''The Best of Restless Heart'' — Restless Heart (RCA)

★ ''Billy Dean'' — Billy Dean (Capitol)

★ ''Brand New Man'' — Brooks & Dunn (Arista)

★ ''Buick'' — Sawyer Brown (Curb/Capitol)

★ ''Chill of an Early Fall'' — George Strait (MCA)

★ ''Clean Shirt'' — Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson (Epic)

★ ''Diamond Rio'' — Diamond Rio (Arista)

★ ''Don't Go Near the Water'' — Sammy Kershaw (Mercury)

★ ''Don't Rock the Jukebox'' — Alan Jackson (Arista)

★ ''Eagle When She Flies'' — Dolly Parton (Columbia)

★ ''Electric Barnyard'' — The Kentucky Headhunters (Mercury)

★ ''For My Broken Heart'' — Reba McEntire (MCA)

★ ''Greatest Hits Vol. II'' — Alabama (RCA)

★ ''Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' — The Judds (RCA)

★ ''High Lonesome'' — Randy Travis (Warner Bros.)

★ ''I Am Ready'' — Steve Wariner (Arista)

★ ''I Thought it Was You'' — Doug Stone (Epic)

★ ''It's All About to Change'' — Travis Tritt (Warner Bros.)

★ ''Milestones, Greatest Hits'' — Holly Dunn (Warner Bros.)

★ ''Past the Point of Rescue'' — Hal Ketchum (Curb)

★ ''Pocket Full of Gold'' — Vince Gill (MCA)

★ ''Pure Hank'' — Hank Williams Jr. (Warner/Curb)

★ ''Put Yourself in My Place'' — Pam Tillis (Arista)

★ ''Ropin' the Wind'' — Garth Brooks (Capitol)

★ ''Something in Red'' — Lorrie Morgan (RCA)

★ ''Sticks and Stones'' — Tracy Lawrence (Atlantic)

★ ''Tempted'' — Marty Stuart (MCA)

★ ''Ten Strait Hits'' — George Strait (MCA)

★ ''Time Passes By'' — Kathy Mattea (Mercury)

★ ''Trisha Yearwood'' — Trisha Yearwood (MCA)

★ ''Up Against My Heart'' — Patty Loveless (MCA)

★ ''What Do I Do with Me'' — Tanya Tucker (Capitol)

★ ''You've Got to Stand for Something'' — Aaron Tippin (RCA)

★ ''Young Man'' — Billy Dean (Capitol)

Other top albums

★ ''#1 with a Bullet'' — Ray Stevens (Curb)

★ ''All American Country'' — The Statler Brothers (Mercury)

★ ''At Last'' — Gene Watson (Warner Bros.)

★ ''Back Home Again'' — Kenny Rogers (Reprise)

★ ''Best of Bill Anderson'' — Bill Anderson (Curb)

★ ''Bing Bang Boom'' — Highway 101 (Warner Bros.)

★ ''Brenda Lee'' — Brenda Lee (Warner Bros.)

★ ''Burnin' Up the Road'' — McBride & the Ride (MCA)

★ ''Chasin' the Sun'' — Lionel Cartwright (MCA)

★ ''A Dozen Roses - Greatest Hits'' — Chris Hillman (Curb)

★ ''Even Now'' — Conway Twitty (MCA)

★ ''Fighting Fire with Fire'' — Davis Daniel (Mercury)

★ ''Friends in High Places'' — George Jones (Epic)

★ ''Get Rhythm'' — Martin Delray (Atlantic)

★ ''Greatest Hits'' — Billy Joe Royal (Atlantic)

★ ''Heroes'' — Paul Overstreet (RCA)

★ ''High and Dry'' — Marty Brown (MCA)

★ ''I've Got That Old Feeling'' — Alison Krauss (Rounder)

★ ''Justice'' — Exile (Arista)

★ ''Kentucky Bluebird'' — Keith Whitley (RCA)

★ ''Key's in the Mailbox'' — Barbara Mandrell (Liberty)

★ ''Live Two Five'' — Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Liberty)

★ ''My Father's Son'' — Ricky Skaggs (Epic)

★ ''My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys Soundtrack'' — Various Artists (RCA)

★ ''The Mystery of Life'' — Johnny Cash (Mercury)

★ ''Navajo Rug'' — Jerry Jeff Walker (Rykodisc)

★ ''The New Nashville Cats'' — Mark O'Connor (Warner Bros.)

★ ''Out of My Heart'' — Vern Gosdin (Columbia)

★ ''Out of Your Ever Lovin' Mind'' — Dean Dillon (Atlantic)

★ ''The Patsy Cline Collection'' — Patsy Cline (MCA)

★ ''A Perfect 10'' — Lee Greenwood (Liberty)

★ ''Renegade'' — Charlie Daniels (Epic)

★ ''Soft Talk'' — Shelby Lynne (Epic)

★ ''Solid Ground'' — Rob Crosby (Arista)

★ ''Talkin' 'Bout Men'' — The Forester Sisters (Warner Bros.)

★ ''Tribute'' — Roy Rogers (RCA)

★ ''Turning for Home'' — Mike Reid (Columbia)

★ ''Unchained Melody'' — Ronnie McDowell (Curb)

★ ''Unstoppable'' — The Oak Ridge Boys (RCA)

★ ''Walk the Plank'' — Pirates of the Mississippi (Capitol)

★ ''Western Underground'' — Chris LeDoux (Liberty)

★ ''Your Precious Love'' — Ronnie McDowell (Curb)

★ ''Yours Truly'' — Earl Thomas Conley (RCA)

★ ''Zone of Our Own'' — Texas Tornados (Reprise)

On television

Regular series

★ ''Hee Haw'' (1969-1993, syndicated)

★ ''Hot Country Nights'' (1991-1992, NBC)

Specials

Deaths

★ February 24 - Webb Pierce, 69, honky tonk stylist and pioneer (congestive heart failure).

★ September 4 - Dottie West, 58, legendary and pioneering female vocalist for over three decades (auto accident).

★ October 17 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, 72, "The Old Pea Picker;" pop-country singer and TV host best known for "Sixteen Tons" (liver failure).

Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

★ Boudleaux & Felice Bryant (Boudleaux Bryant 1920–1987 and Felice (Scaduto) Bryant 1925–2003)

Major Awards

Grammy awards

★ 'Best Female Country Vocal Performance' -- "Down at the Twist and Shout," Mary Chapin Carpenter

★ 'Best Male Country Vocal Performance' -- ''Ropin' the Wind'', Garth Brooks

★ 'Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal' -- "Love Can Build a Bridge," The Judds

★ 'Best Country Collaboration With Vocals' -- "Restless," Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner and Vince Gill

★ 'Best Country Instrumental Performance' -- ''The New Nashville Cats'', Mark O'Connor

★ 'Best Country Song' -- "Love Can Build a Bridge," John Jarvis, Naomi Judd and Paul Overstreet

★ 'Best Bluegrass Album' -- "Spring Training," Carl Jackson and John Starling

Academy of Country Music

★ 'Entertainer Of The Year' -- Garth Brooks

★ 'Song Of The Year' -- "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" Billy Dean and Richard Leigh (Performer: Billy Dean)

★ 'Single Of The Year' -- "Don't Rock the Jukebox," Alan Jackson

★ 'Album Of The Year' -- ''Don't Rock the Jukebox'', Alan Jackson

★ 'Top Male Vocalist' -- Garth Brooks

★ 'Top Female Vocalist' -- Reba McEntire

★ 'Top Vocal Duo' -- Brooks & Dunn

★ 'Top Vocal Group' -- Diamond Rio

★ 'Top New Male Vocalist' -- Billy Dean

★ 'Top New Female Vocalist' -- Trisha Yearwood

★ 'Top New Vocal Duo Or Group' -- Brooks & Dunn

★ 'Video Of The Year' -- "Is There Life Out There," Reba McEntire (Director: Jack Cole)

Country Music Association

★ 'Entertainer of the Year' -- Garth Brooks

★ 'Song of the Year' -- "When I Call Your Name," Tim DuBois and Vince Gill (Performer: Vince Gill)

★ 'Single of the Year' -- "Friends in Low Places," Garth Brooks

★ 'Album of the Year' -- ''No Fences'', Garth Brooks

★ 'Male Vocalist of the Year' -- Vince Gill

★ 'Female Vocalist of the Year' -- Tanya Tucker

★ 'Horizon Award' -- Travis Tritt

★ 'Vocal Duo of the Year' -- The Judds

★ 'Vocal Group of the Year' -- The Kentucky Headhunters

★ 'Vocal Event of the Year' -- "Restless," Vince Gill, Mark O'Connor, Ricky Skaggs and Steve Wariner

★ 'Music Video of the Year' -- "The Thunder Rolls," Garth Brooks

★ 'Musician of the Year' -- Mark O'Connor

External links

★ Country Music Hall of Fame

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