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1995 in country music

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See also: 1994 in country music, 1995 in music, other events of 1995, 1996 in country music, 1990s in music and the List of years in Country Music

Contents

[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
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,"
this 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 fellow country singer 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 magazine.
  • 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

[edit] Notable Christmas songs

[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Deaths

November 10: 0Curly Fox. Fiddler, Remaining Half Of Old Time Country/Comedy Duo Curly Fox and Texas Ruby (Texas Ruby died in 1963). Died One Day After His 85th Birthday.

[edit] Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

[edit] Major Awards

[edit] Grammy awards

[edit] Academy of Country Music

[edit] Country Music Association

[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

[edit] External links

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