1995 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

[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 14	Not a Moment Too Soon	Tim McGraw	2
January 28	Gone Country	Alan Jackson	1
February 4	Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)	Pam Tillis	2	C Fell from #1 to #16, one of only two songs in the 1990s to fall entirely out of the Top 10 from No. 1.
February 18	My Kind of Girl	Collin Raye	1
February 25	Old Enough to Know Better	Wade Hayes	2	C
March 11	You Can't Make a Heart Love Somebody	George Strait	1
March 18	This Woman and This Man	Clay Walker	2
April 1	Thinkin' About You	Trisha Yearwood	2
April 15	The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter	Reba McEntire	1
April 22	I Can Love You Like That	John Michael Montgomery	3	2 This was the second John Michael Montgomery song covered by R&B quartet All-4-One; like 1994's "I Swear," the cover version also became a major Billboard Hot 100 hit.
April 29	Little Miss Honky Tonk	Brooks & Dunn	1
May 20	Gonna Get a Life	Mark Chesnutt	1
May 27	What Mattered Most	Ty Herndon	1	A
June 3	Summer's Comin'	Clint Black	3
June 24	Texas Tornado	Tracy Lawrence	1
July 1	Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)	John Michael Montgomery	3	1
July 22	Any Man of Mine	Shania Twain	2	A
August 5	I Don't Even Know Your Name	Alan Jackson	1
August 12	I Didn't Know My Own Strength	Lorrie Morgan	1	B
August 19	You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone	Brooks & Dunn	2
September 2	Not on Your Love	Jeff Carson	1	C
September 9	Someone Else's Star	Bryan White	1	A
September 16	I Like It, I Love It	Tim McGraw	5
October 21	She's Every Woman	Garth Brooks	1
October 28	Dust on the Bottle	David Lee Murphy	2	C
November 11	Check Yes or No	George Strait	4
December 9	Tall, Tall Trees	Alan Jackson	2	A cover of the 1950s-era George Jones hit, which he co-wrote with Roger Miller.
December 23	That's as Close as I'll Get to Loving You	Aaron Tippin	2

• ¹ - No. 1 song of the year, as determined by Billboard.
• ² - Song dropped from No. 1 and later returned to top spot.
• ^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

• "Adalida" — George Strait (#3)
• "All I Need to Know" — Kenny Chesney (#8)
• "Amy's Back in Austin" — Little Texas (#4)
• "And Still" — Reba McEntire (#2)
• "As Any Fool Can See" — Tracy Lawrence (#2)
• "Back in Your Arms Again" — Lorrie Morgan (#4)
• "Bend It Until It Breaks" — John Anderson (#3)
• "Better Things to Do" — Terri Clark (#3)
• "Between an Old Memory and Me" — Travis Tritt (#11)
• "Big Ol' Truck" — Toby Keith (#15)
• "Bobbie Ann Mason" — Rick Trevino (#6)
• "The Box" — Randy Travis (#7)
• "Bubba Hyde" — Diamond Rio (#16)
• "Can't Be Really Gone" — Tim McGraw (#2)
• "The Car" — Jeff Carson (#3)
• "Clown in Your Rodeo" — Kathy Mattea (#20)
• "Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do)" — Shenandoah (#4)
• "Doctor Time" — Rick Trevino (#5)
• "Don't Stop" — Wade Hayes (#10)
• "Down in Flames" — BlackHawk (#10)
• "Down in Tennessee" — Mark Chesnutt (#23)
• "Faith in Me, Faith in You" — Doug Stone (#13)
• "Fall in Love" — Kenny Chesney (#6)
• "The Fever" — Garth Brooks (#23)
• "Finish What We Started" — Diamond Rio (#19)
• "The First Step" — Tracy Byrd (#5)
• "For a Change" — Neal McCoy (#3)
• "Give Me One More Shot" — Alabama (#3)
• "Go Rest High on That Mountain" — Vince Gill (#14)
• "Goin' Through the Big “D”" — Mark Chesnutt (#2)
• "Halfway Down" — Patty Loveless (#6)
• "Hard Lovin' Woman" — Mark Collie (#13)
• "Heart Trouble" — Martina McBride (#21)
• "Heaven Bound (I'm Ready)" — Shenandoah (#24)
• "Here Comes the Rain" — The Mavericks (#22)
• "Here I Am" — Patty Loveless (#4)
• "House of Cards" — Mary Chapin Carpenter (#21)
• "I Don't Believe in Goodbye" — Sawyer Brown (#4)
• "I Got It Honest" — Aaron Tippin (#15)
• "I Let Her Lie" — Daryle Singletary (#2)
• "I Think About It All the Time" — John Berry (#4)
• "I Wanna Go Too Far" — Trisha Yearwood (#9)
• "I Want My Goodbye Back" — Ty Herndon (#7)
• "I Was Blown Away" — Pam Tillis (#16)
• "I Will Always Love You" — Dolly Parton with Vince Gill (#15)
• "I'll Never Forgive My Heart" — Brooks & Dunn (#7)
• "I'm in Love with a Capital “U”" — Joe Diffie (#21)
• "I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No" — BlackHawk (#2)
• "I'm Still Dancin' with You" — Wade Hayes (#5)
• "If I Had Any Pride Left at All" — John Berry (#25)
• "If I Was a Drinkin' Man" — Neal McCoy (#16)
• "If I Were You" — Collin Raye (#4)
• "If the World Had a Front Porch" — Tracy Lawrence (#2)
• "If You're Gonna Walk, I'm Gonna Crawl" — Sammy Kershaw (#18)
• "In Between Dances" — Pam Tillis (#3)
• "In Pictures" — Alabama (#4)
• "The Keeper of the Stars" — Tracy Byrd (#2)
• "Lead On" — George Strait (#7)
• "Let's Go to Vegas" — Faith Hill (#5)
• "Life Gets Away" — Clint Black (#4)
• "Life Goes On" — Little Texas (#5)
• "Lipstick Promises" — George Ducas (#9)
• "A Little Bit of You" — Lee Roy Parnell (#2)
• "Little by Little" — James House (#25)
• "Little Houses" — Doug Stone (#7)
• "Look at Me Now" — Bryan White (#24)
• "Look What Followed Me Home" — David Ball (#11)
• "Love Lessons" — Tracy Byrd (#9)
• "Mississippi Moon" — John Anderson (#15)
• "My Heart Will Never Know" — Clay Walker (#16)
• "Night is Fallin' in My Heart" — Diamond Rio (#9)
• "No Man's Land" — John Michael Montgomery (#3)
• "Nothing" — Dwight Yoakam (#20)
• "On My Own" — Reba McEntire with Linda Davis, Martina McBride, & Trisha Yearwood (#20)
• "One Boy, One Girl" — Collin Raye (#2)
• "One Emotion" — Clint Black (#2)
• "Party Crowd" — David Lee Murphy (#6)
• "Refried Dreams" — Tim McGraw (#5)
• "Safe in the Arms of Love" — Martina McBride (#4)
• "She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl" — Alabama (#2)
• "Should've Asked Her Faster" — Ty England (#3)
• "So Help Me Girl" — Joe Diffie (#2)
• "Sometimes She Forgets" — Travis Tritt (#7)
• "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" — Shenandoah with Alison Krauss (#7)
• "Song for the Life" — Alan Jackson (#6)
• "Standing on the Edge of Goodbye" — John Berry (#2)
• "Stay Forever" — Hal Ketchum (#8)
• "Tell Me I Was Dreaming" — Travis Tritt (#2)
• "Tender When I Want to Be" — Mary Chapin Carpenter (#6)
• "Tequila Talkin'" — Lonestar (#8)
• "That Ain't My Truck" — Rhett Akins (#3)
• "That's How You Know (When You're in Love)" — Lari White with Hal Ketchum (#10)
• "That's Just About Right" — BlackHawk (#7)
• "They're Playin' Our Song" — Neal McCoy (#3)
• "This is Me Missing You" — James House (#6)
• "(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All" — Sawyer Brown (#11)
• "This Time" — Sawyer Brown (#2)
• "Three Words, Two Hearts, One Night" — Mark Collie (#25)
• "Till You Love Me" — Reba McEntire (#2)
• "Trouble" — Mark Chesnutt (#18)
• "True to His Word" — Boy Howdy (#23)
• "Upstairs Downtown" — Toby Keith (#10)
• "Walkin' to Jerusalem" — Tracy Byrd (#15)
• "What'll You Do About Me" — Doug Supernaw (#16)
• "When and Where" — Confederate Railroad (#24)
• "When You Say Nothing at All" — Alison Krauss & Union Station (#3)
• "Wherever You Go" — Clint Black (#3)
• "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)" — Vince Gill (#4)
• "Whiskey Under the Bridge" — Brooks & Dunn (#5)
• "Who Needs You Baby" — Clay Walker (#2)
• "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under?" — Shania Twain (#11)
• "The Woman in Me (Needs the Man in You)" — Shania Twain (#14)
• "You Ain't Much Fun" — Toby Keith (#2)
• "You and Only You" — John Berry (#4)
• "You Better Think Twice" — Vince Gill (#2)
• "You Can Sleep While I Drive" — Trisha Yearwood (#23)
• "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" — Patty Loveless (#5)
• "You Have the Right to Remain Silent" — Perfect Stranger (#4)

[edit] Top new album releases

• All I Need to Know — Kenny Chesney (BNA)
• All I Want — Tim McGraw (Curb)
• All of This Love — Pam Tillis (Arista Nashville)
• Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles — Various Artists (Capitol Nashville)
• Dwight Live — Dwight Yoakam (Reprise)
• Fresh Horses — Garth Brooks (Capitol Nashville)
• Games Rednecks Play — Jeff Foxworthy (Warner Bros.)
• Gone — Dwight Yoakam (Reprise)
• Greatest Hits — Little Texas (Warner Bros.)
• Greatest Hits — Lorrie Morgan (BNA)
• Greatest Hits 1990-1995 — Sawyer Brown (Curb)
• Greatest Hits: From the Beginning — Travis Tritt (Warner Bros.)
• The Greatest Hits Collection — Alan Jackson (Arista Nashville)
• The Hits: Chapter 1 — Sammy Kershaw (Mercury)
• Hog Wild — Hank Williams Jr. (Curb)
• Hypnotize the Moon — Clay Walker (Giant)
• I Think About You — Collin Raye (Epic)
• In Pictures — Alabama (RCA)
• It Matters to Me — Faith Hill (Warner Bros.)
• Jeff Carson — Jeff Carson (Curb)
• John Michael Montgomery — John Michael Montgomery (Atlantic)
• Life's So Funny — Joe Diffie (Epic)
• Lonestar — Lonestar (BNA)
• Looking for the Light — Rick Trevino (Columbia)
• Love Lessons — Tracy Byrd (MCA Nashville)
• Music for All Occasions — The Mavericks (MCA)
• Now That I've Found You: A Collection — Alison Krauss and Union Station (Rounder)
• Old Enough to Know Better — Wade Hayes (Columbia)
• One — George Jones and Tammy Wynette (MCA Nashville)
• Out with a Bang — David Lee Murphy (MCA Nashville)
• Something Special — Dolly Parton (Columbia)
• Souviners — Vince Gill (MCA)
• Standing On the Edge — John Berry (Capitol Nashville)
• Starting Over — Reba McEntire (MCA)
• Strait Out of the Box — George Strait (MCA)
• Strong Enough — BlackHawk (Arista)
• Terri Clark — Terri Clark (Mercury)
• Thinkin' About You — Trisha Yearwood (MCA)
• This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All — Sawyer Brown (Curb)
• Tool Box — Aaron Tippin (RCA)
• Ty England — Ty England (RCA)
• What Mattered Most — Ty Herndon (Epic)
• Wild Angels — Martina McBride (RCA)
• The Woman in Me — Shania Twain (Mercury)
• You Gotta Love That — Neal McCoy (Atlantic)
• You Have the Right to Remain Silent — Perfect Stranger (Curb)

[edit] Other top albums

• 4 Runner — 4 Runner (Polydor)
• Amazing Grace: A Country Salute to Gospel — Various Artists (Sparrow)
• Any Way the Wind Blows — Brother Phelps (Asylum)
• Born That Way — Boy Howdy (Curb)
• Daryle Singletary — Daryle Singletary (Giant)
• Days Gone By — James House (Epic)
• Faith in Me, Faith in You — Doug Stone (Epic)
• Fire to Fire — Tanya Tucker (Capitol)
• Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas — The Tractors (Arista)
• In the Vicinity of the Heart — Shenandoah (Capitol)
• Junior High — Junior Brown (MCG/Curb)
• Kim Richey — Kim Richey (Mercury Nashville)
• Labor of Love — Radney Foster (Arista)
• Life is Good — Emilio (Capitol)
• Little Acts of Treason — Carlene Carter (Giant)
• Looking for Christmas — Clint Black (RCA)
• The Marty Party Hit Pack — Marty Stuart (MCA)
• The Moffatts — The Moffatts (A&M)
• Mr. Christmas — Joe Diffie (Epic)
• NASCAR: Runnin' Wide Open — Various Artists (Columbia)
• O Holy Night — John Berry (Capitol)
• The Original Volume 79 — Jeff Foxworthy (Warner Bros.)
• The Redneck Test Volume 43 — Jeff Foxworthy (Warner Bros.)
• Restless — Shelby Lynne (Magnatone)
• The Road Goes on Forever — The Highwaymen (Columbia)
• Sold Out Volume 80 — Jeff Foxworthy (Warner Bros.)
• A Thousand Memories — Rhett Akins (Decca)
• Tracy Lawrence Live and Unplugged — Tracy Lawrence (Atlantic)
• We All Get Lucky Sometimes — Lee Roy Parnell (Career)
• When and Where — Confederate Railroad (Atlantic)
• Wings — Mark Chesnutt (Decca)

[edit] Deaths

• November 10 - Curly Fox, 85, fiddler and one half of country-comedy duo Curly Fox and Texas Ruby.

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

• Roger Miller (1936–1992)
• Jo Walker-Meador (born 1924)

[edit] Major Awards

[edit] Grammy awards

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance -- "Baby, Now That I've Found You," Alison Krauss
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance -- "Go Rest High on That Mountain," Vince Gill
• Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal -- "Here Comes the Rain," The Mavericks
• Best Country Collaboration With Vocals -- "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart," Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
• Best Country Instrumental Performance -- "Hightower," Asleep at the Wheel, Béla Fleck and Johnny Gimble
• Best Country Song -- "Go Rest High on That Mountain," Vince Gill
• Best Country Album -- The Woman in Me, Shania Twain (Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange)
• Best Bluegrass Album -- Unleashed, The Nashville Bluegrass Band

[edit] Academy of Country Music

• Entertainer Of The Year -- Brooks & Dunn
• Song Of The Year -- "The Keeper of the Stars," Dickey Lee, Karen Staley, Danny Mayo (Performer: Tracy Byrd)
• Single Of The Year -- "Check Yes or No," George Strait
• Album Of The Year -- The Woman in Me, Shania Twain
• Top Male Vocalist -- Alan Jackson
• Top Female Vocalist -- Patty Loveless
• Top Vocal Duo -- Brooks & Dunn
• Top Vocal Group -- The Mavericks
• Top New Male Vocalist -- Bryan White
• Top New Female Vocalist -- Shania Twain
• Top New Vocal Duo Or Group -- Lonestar
• Video Of The Year -- "The Car" - Jeff Carson (Director: Michael Salomon)

[edit] Country Music Association

• Entertainer of the Year -- Alan Jackson
• Song of the Year -- "Independence Day," Gretchen Peters (Performer: Martina McBride)
• Single of the Year -- "When You Say Nothing at All," Alison Krauss & Union Station
• Album of the Year -- When Fallen Angels Fly, Patty Loveless
• Male Vocalist of the Year -- Vince Gill
• Female Vocalist of the Year -- Alison Krauss
• Vocal Duo of the Year -- Brooks & Dunn
• Vocal Group of the Year -- The Mavericks
• Horizon Award -- Alison Krauss
• Music Video of the Year -- "Baby Likes to Rock It," The Tractors (Director: Michael Salomon)
• Vocal Event of the Year -- "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart," Shenandoah and Alison Krauss
• 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