1994 in country music

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Contents 1 Events 2 Top hits of the year 2.1 Number one hits 2.2 Other major hits 3 Top new album releases 3.1 Other top albums 4 Deaths 5 Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees 6 Major Awards 6.1 Grammy awards 6.2 Academy of Country Music 6.3 Country Music Association 7 Further reading 8 Other links 9 External links

[edit] Events

• January 8 – Star, Mississippi-native Faith Hill hits paydirt with her first single release, "Wild One." The song spends four weeks atop the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, the longest for a debut release by a female artist since Connie Smith's debut "Once a Day" in 1964.
• January 30 — Clint Black, Wynonna Judd, Travis Tritt and Tanya Tucker perform the halftime show (billed as "Rockin' Country Sunday") at Super Bowl XXVIII. The finale featured a special appearance by Naomi Judd, who joined Wynonna in performing The Judds' single "Love Can Build a Bridge" (their first major appearance together since their "Farewell Tour" of 1991), to which everyone eventually joined in.
• March – Tim McGraw's first major hit, "Indian Outlaw," causes considerable controversy due to lyrics about Native Americans, and the single is boycotted at a handful of stations. Nevertheless, the song's notoriety helps spur its popularity and allows it to become just the second major crossover hit in 10 years, reaching No. 15 on the Billboard magazine Hot 100 singles chart (in addition to its No. 8 peak on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart); the song will also jumpstart McGraw's fledgling career, which had gotten off to a less-than-stellar start a year earlier.

Incidentally, McGraw's first taste of success comes at approximately the same time as that of his wife-to-be — Faith Hill. At this point, their careers are on separate paths.

• April 12 – The premiere issue of Country Weekly magazine hits the store shelves. Garth Brooks graces the cover of the first issue.

[edit] Top hits of the year

[edit] Number one hits

(as certified by Billboard magazine)

Date	Song Name	Artist	Wks. No. 1	Spec. Note
January 1	Wild One	Faith Hill	4	A
January 29	Live Until I Die	Clay Walker	1
February 5	I Swear	John Michael Montgomery	4	1 Later in 1994, the R&B quartet All-4-One recorded a cover version that became a long-running No. 1 smash on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
March 5	I Just Wanted You to Know	Mark Chesnutt	1
March 12	Tryin' to Get Over You	Vince Gill	1
March 19	No Doubt About It	Neal McCoy	2	A
April 2	My Love	Little Texas	2	C
April 16	If the Good Die Young	Tracy Lawrence	2
April 30	Piece of My Heart	Faith Hill	1	Cover of the 1968 Big Brother and the Holding Company song, which featured lead vocals by Janis Joplin.
May 7	A Good Run of Bad Luck	Clint Black	1
May 14	If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)	Shenandoah	1	B
May 21	Your Love Amazes Me	John Berry	1	C
May 28	Don't Take the Girl	Tim McGraw	2	A
June 11	That Ain't No Way to Go	Brooks & Dunn	1
June 18	Wink	Neal McCoy	4	B
July 16	Foolish Pride	Travis Tritt	1
July 23	Summertime Blues	Alan Jackson	3
August 13	Be My Baby Tonight	John Michael Montgomery	2
August 27	Dreaming With My Eyes Open	Clay Walker	1
September 3	Whisper My Name	Randy Travis	1
September 10	XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)	Trisha Yearwood	2
September 24	Third Rock From the Sun	Joe Diffie	2
October 8	Who's That Man	Toby Keith	1
October 15	She's Not the Cheatin' Kind	Brooks & Dunn	2
October 29	Livin' on Love	Alan Jackson	3
November 19	Shut Up and Kiss Me	Mary Chapin Carpenter	1	C
November 26	If I Could Make a Living	Clay Walker	1
December 3	The Big One	George Strait	1
December 10	If You've Got Love	John Michael Montgomery	1
December 17	Pickup Man	Joe Diffie	4	His signature song, which would later be used as part of an advertising jingle for Applebee's

• 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.

[edit] Other major hits

• "Addicted to a Dollar" — Doug Stone (#4)
• "Baby Likes to Rock It" — The Tractors (#11)
• "Before You Kill Us All" — Randy Travis (#2)
• "Better Your Heart Than Mine" — Trisha Yearwood (#21)
• "The Boys and Me" — Sawyer Brown (#4)
• "The Call of the Wild" — Aaron Tippin (#17)
• "Callin' Baton Rouge" — Garth Brooks (#2)
• "The Cheap Seats" — Alabama (#13)
• "The City Put the Country Back in Me" — Neal McCoy (#5)
• "Cowboy Band" — Billy Dean (#24)
• "Cowboys Don't Cry" — Daron Norwood (#24)
• "Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind" — Confederate Railroad (#9)
• "Down on the Farm" — Tim McGraw (#2)
• "Drivin' and Cryin'" — Steve Wariner (#24)
• "Elvis and Andy" — Confederate Railroad (#20)
• "Every Once in a While" — BlackHawk (#2)
• "Fast as You" — Dwight Yoakam (#2)
• "Girls with Guitars" — Wynonna featuring Naomi Judd and Lyle Lovett (#10)
• "Goodbye Says It All" — BlackHawk (#11)
• "Half the Man" — Clint Black (#4)
• "Hangin' In" — Tanya Tucker (#4)
• "Hard to Say" — Sawyer Brown (#5)
• "Has Anybody Seen Amy" — John & Audrey Wiggins (#22)
• "He Thinks He'll Keep Her" — Mary Chapin Carpenter (#2)
• "Hey Cinderella" — Suzy Bogguss (#5)
• "High-Tech Redneck" — George Jones (#24)
• "How Can I Help You Say Goodbye" — Patty Loveless (#3)
• "I Can't Reach Her Anymore" — Sammy Kershaw (#3)
• "I Never Knew Love" — Doug Stone (#2)
• "I See It Now" — Tracy Lawrence (#2)
• "I Sure Can Smell the Rain" — BlackHawk (#9)
• "I Take My Chances" — Mary Chapin Carpenter (#2)
• "I Try to Think About Elvis" — Patty Loveless (#3)
• "I Want to Be Loved Like That" — Shenandoah (#3)
• "I Wish I Could Have Been There" — John Anderson (#4)
• "I'd Like to Have That One Back" — George Strait (#3)
• "I'm Holding My Own" — Lee Roy Parnell (#3)
• "I've Got It Made" — John Anderson (#3)
• "In My Own Backyard" — Joe Diffie (#19)
• "Independence Day" — Martina McBride (#12)
• "Indian Outlaw" — Tim McGraw (#8)
• "Is It Over Yet" — Wynonna (#6)
• "It Won't Be Over You" — Steve Wariner (#18)
• "John Deere Green" — Joe Diffie (#5)
• "Jukebox Junkie" — Ken Mellons (#8)
• "Kick a Little" — Little Texas (#5)
• "Life #9" — Martina McBride (#6)
• "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous" — Tracy Byrd (#4)
• "A Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action" — Toby Keith (#2)
• "Little Rock" — Collin Raye (#2)
• "Love a Little Stronger" — Diamond Rio (#2)
• "Lovebug" — George Strait (#8)
• "The Man in Love With You" — George Strait (#4)
• "Man of My Word" — Collin Raye (#8)
• "More Love" — Doug Stone (#6)
• "National Working Woman's Holiday" — Sammy Kershaw (#2)
• "Nobody's Gonna Rain on Our Parade" — Kathy Mattea (#13)
• "Now I Know" — Lari White (#5)
• "O What a Thrill" — The Mavericks (#18)
• "One Night a Day" — Garth Brooks (#7)
• "Pocket of a Clown" — Dwight Yoakam (#22)
• "Red and Rio Grande" — Doug Supernaw (#23)
• "Renegades, Rebels, and Rogues" — Tracy Lawrence (#7)
• "Rock Bottom" — Wynonna (#2)
• "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" — Brooks & Dunn (#2)
• "Rope the Moon" — John Michael Montgomery (#4)
• "Sawmill Road" — Diamond Rio (#21)
• "She Can't Say I Didn't Cry" — Rick Trevino (#3)
• "She Dreams" — Mark Chesnutt (#6)
• "She Thinks His Name Was John" — Reba McEntire (#15)
• "She'd Give Anything" — Boy Howdy (#4)
• "Spilled Perfume" — Pam Tillis (#5)
• "Standing Outside The Fire" — Garth Brooks (#3)
• "State of Mind" — Clint Black (#2)
• "Stop on a Dime" — Little Texas (#14)
• "T.L.C. A.S.A.P." — Alabama (#7)
• "Take It Easy" — Travis Tritt (#21)
• "Take Me as I Am" — Faith Hill (#2)
• "Take These Chains From My Heart" — Lee Roy Parnell with Ronnie Dunn (#17)
• "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof" — Travis Tritt (#22)
• "That's My Baby" — Lari White (#10)
• "That's My Story" — Collin Raye (#6)
• "That's What I Get (For Losin' You)" — Hal Ketchum (#22)
• "There Goes My Heart" — The Mavericks (#20)
• "They Asked About You" — Reba McEntire (#7)
• "They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore" — Boy Howdy (#2)
• "Thinkin' Problem" — David Ball (#2)
• "Third Rate Romance" — Sammy Kershaw (#2)
• "This is Me" — Randy Travis (#5)
• "(Tonight We Just Might) Fall in Love Again" — Hal Ketchum (#20)
• "Try Not to Look So Pretty" — Dwight Yoakam (#14)
• "Untanglin' My Mind" — Clint Black (#4)
• "Walking Away a Winner" — Kathy Mattea (#3)
• "Watermelon Crawl" — Tracy Byrd (#4)
• "We Can't Love Like This Anymore" — Alabama (#6)
• "We Don't Have to Do This" — Tanya Tucker (#11)
• "We Just Disagree" — Billy Dean (#9)
• "What a Crying Shame" — The Mavericks (#25)
• "What the Cowgirls Do" — Vince Gill (#2)
• "What's in It For Me" — John Berry (#5)
• "When Love Finds You" — Vince Gill (#3)
• "When the Thought of You Catches Up with Me" — David Ball (#7)
• "When You Walk in the Room" — Pam Tillis (#2)
• "Whenever You Come Around" — Vince Gill (#2)
• "Where Do I Fit in the Picture" — Clay Walker (#11)
• "Where Was I" — Ricky Van Shelton (#20)
• "(Who Says) You Can't Have It All" — Alan Jackson (#4)
• "Why Haven't I Heard From You" — Reba McEntire (#5)
• "Wish I Didn't Know Now" — Toby Keith (#2)
• "Woman, Sensuous Woman" — Mark Chesnutt (#21)
• "Words by Heart" — Billy Ray Cyrus (#12)
• "You Just Watch Me" — Tanya Tucker (#20)
• "You Will" — Patty Loveless (#6)

[edit] Top new album releases

• 8 Seconds Soundtrack — Various Artists (MCA Nashville)
• American Recordings — Johnny Cash (American)
• BlackHawk — BlackHawk (Arista Nashville)
• Boomtown — Toby Keith (Mercury Nashville)
• Bradley Barn Sessions — George Jones (MCA Nashville)
• Bryan White — Bryan White (Asylum)
• Extremes — Collin Raye (Epic)
• Feelin' Good Train — Sammy Kershaw (Mercury Nashville)
• Greatest Hits — Billy Dean (Liberty Records)
• Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 — Doug Stone (Epic)
• Greatest Hits Vol. III — Alabama (RCA)
• Haywire — Chris LeDoux (Capitol Nashville)
• Heartsongs: Live from Home — Dolly Parton (Columbia)
• The Hits — Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
• I See It Now — Tracy Lawrence (Atlantic)
• If I Could Make a Living — Clay Walker (Giant)
• John Berry — John Berry (Capitol Nashville)
• Kick a Little — Little Texas (Warner Bros.)
• Kickin' It Up — John Michael Montgomery (Atlantic)
• Lead On — George Strait (MCA Nashville)
• Lookin' Back at Myself — Aaron Tippin (RCA)
• Love a Little Stronger — Diamond Rio (Arista Nashville)
• Maverick Soundtrack — Various Artists (Atlantic)
• No Doubt About It — Neal McCoy (Atlantic)
• No Ordinary Man — Tracy Byrd (MCA Nashville)
• Not a Moment Too Soon — Tim McGraw (Curb)
• Notorious — Confederate Railroad (Atlantic)
• One Emotion — Clint Black (RCA)
• Read My Mind — Reba McEntire (MCA Nashville)
• Rhythm, Country and Blues — Various Artists (MCA Nashville)
• Rick Trevino — Rick Trevino (Columbia)
• She'd Give Anything — Boy Howdy (Curb)
• Skynyrd Frynds — Various Artists (MCA Nashville)
• Stones in the Road — Mary Chapin Carpenter (Columbia)
• Storm in the Heartland — Billy Ray Cyrus (Mercury Nashville)
• Sweetheart's Dance — Pam Tillis (Arista Nashville)
• Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof — Travis Tritt (Warner Bros.)
• Thinkin' Problem — David Ball (Warner Bros.)
• Third Rock from the Sun — Joe Diffie (Epic)
• This is Me — Randy Travis (Warner Bros.)
• The Tractors — The Tractors (Arista Nashville)
• Waitin' on Sundown — Brooks & Dunn (Arista Nashville)
• Walking Away a Winner — Kathy Mattea (Mercury Nashville)
• War Paint — Lorrie Morgan (BNA)
• What a Crying Shame — The Mavericks (MCA Nashville)
• What a Way to Live — Mark Chesnutt (Decca Nashville)
• When Fallen Angels Fly — Patty Loveless (Epic)
• When Love Finds You — Vince Gill (MCA Nashville)
• Who I Am — Alan Jackson (Arista Nashville)
• Wishes — Lari White (RCA)

[edit] Other top albums

• The Best of Chris LeDoux — Chris LeDoux (Liberty)
• Christmas Time's a-Comin' — Sammy Kershaw (Mercury)
• Country 'Til I Die — John Anderson (BNA)
• The Cowboy Way Soundtrack — Various Artists (Epic)
• Deep Thoughts from a Shallow Mind — Doug Supernaw (BNA)
• Every Little Word — Hal Ketchum (Curb)
• George Ducas — George Ducas (Capitol)
• Greatest Hits — Suzy Bogguss (Capitol)
• Healing Hands of Time — Willie Nelson (Capitol)
• Keith Whitley/A Tribute Album — Various Artists (BNA)
• Ken Mellons — Ken Mellons (Epic)
• Love and Honor — Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia)
• Love and Luck — Marty Stuart (MCA)
• Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard — Various Artists (Arista)
• Men'll Be Boys — Billy Dean (Liberty)
• Merle Haggard 1994 — Merle Haggard (Curb)
• Moonlight Becomes You — Willie Nelson (Justice)
• Red Hot + Country — Various Artists (Mercury)
• Shoot for the Moon — Linda Davis (Arista)
• Simpatico — Suzy Bogguss & Chet Atkins (Capitol Nashville)
• The Sweetest Gift — Trisha Yearwood (MCA)
• Waymore's Blues (Part II) — Waylon Jennings (RCA)

[edit] Deaths

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

• Merle Haggard (born 1937)

[edit] Major Awards

[edit] Grammy awards

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance -- "Shut Up and Kiss Me," Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance -- "When Love Finds You," Vince Gill
• Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal -- "Blues for Dixie," Asleep at the Wheel and Lyle Lovett
• Best Country Collaboration With Vocals -- "I Fall to Pieces," Aaron Neville and Trisha Yearwood
• Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Young Thing," Chet Atkins
• Best Country Song -- "I Swear," Gary Baker, Frank Myers (Performer: John Michael Montgomery)
• Best Country Album -- Stones in the Road, Mary Chapin Carpenter
• Best Bluegrass Album -- The Great Dobro Sessions, Various Artists (Producers: Jerry Douglas and Tut Taylor)

[edit] Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year -- Reba McEntire
• Song Of The Year -- "I Swear," Gary Baker, Frank Myers (Performer: John Michael Montgomery)
• Single Of The Year -- "I Swear," John Michael Montgomery
• Album Of The Year -- Not a Moment Too Soon, Tim McGraw
• Top Male Vocalist -- Alan Jackson
• Top Female Vocalist -- Reba McEntire
• Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn
• Top Vocal Group -- The Mavericks
• Top New Male Vocalist -- Tim McGraw
• Top New Female Vocalist -- Chely Wright
• Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- The Mavericks
• Video Of The Year -- "The Red Strokes" - Garth Brooks (Director: Jon Small)

[edit] Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year -- Vince Gill
• Song of the Year -- "Chattahoochee," Alan Jackson and Jim McBride (Performer: Alan Jackson)
• Single of the Year -- "I Swear," John Michael Montgomery
• Album of the Year -- Common Thread: The Songs of The Eagles, Various Artists
• Male Vocalist of the Year -- Vince Gill
• Female Vocalist of the Year -- Pam Tillis
• Vocal Duo of the Year -- Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Group of the Year -- Diamond Rio
• Horizon Award -- John Michael Montgomery
• Music Video of the Year -- "Independence Day," Martina McBride (Directors: Robert Deaton and George J. Flanigen IV)
• Vocal Event of the Year -- "Does He Love You," Reba McEntire and Linda Davis
• 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] Other links

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

[edit] External links

• Country Music Hall of Fame