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1996 in country music

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See also: 1995 in country music, 1996 in music, other events of 1996, 1997 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 6 Rebecca Lynn Bryan White 1
January 13 It Matters to Me Faith Hill 3
February 3 (If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here! Shania Twain 2
February 17 Bigger Than the Beatles Joe Diffie 2
March 2 Wild Angels Martina McBride 1
March 9 I'll Try Alan Jackson 1
March 16 The Beaches of Cheyenne Garth Brooks 1
March 23 You Can Feel Bad Patty Loveless 2
April 6 To Be Loved By You Wynonna 1
April 13 No News Lonestar 3
May 4 You Win My Love Shania Twain 2
May 18 My Maria Brooks & Dunn 3 1
June 8 Blue Clear Sky George Strait 2
June 22 Time Marches On Tracy Lawrence 3
July 13 No One Needs to Know Shania Twain 1
July 20 Daddy's Money Ricochet 2
August 3 Don't Get Me Started Rhett Akins 1
August 10 Carried Away George Strait 3 His 30th No. 1 hit, Strait joining Ronnie Milsap,
Alabama, Merle Haggard and Conway Twitty
as country artists who have had at least that many
Billboard No. 1 songs on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
August 31 She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart Tim McGraw 2
September 14 Guys Do It All the Time Mindy McCready 1
September 21 So Much For Pretending Bryan White 2
October 5 Living in a Moment Ty Herndon 1
October 12 Believe Me Baby (I Lied) Trisha Yearwood 2
October 26 Like the Rain Clint Black 3
November 16 Lonely Too Long Patty Loveless 1
November 23 Strawberry Wine Deana Carter 2
December 7 Little Bitty Alan Jackson 3
December 28 One Way Ticket (Because I Can) LeAnn Rimes 2 At age 14 years, four months, Rimes became just
the fourth singer to have a No. 1 song while still a teen-ager.
The others were Jean Shepard (who was 19 years, 10 months old in 1953
when she dueted with Ferlin Husky on "A Dear John Letter;" Tanya Tucker
(14 years, seven months when she scored with 1973's "What's Your Mama's Name;"
and Marie Osmond (1973's "Paper Roses," at age 14 years, one month).

The first country artist born after 1980
to have a No. 1 hit, "One Way Ticket" remains Rimes' only No. 1
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks song to date.

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

[edit] Other major hits

[edit] Top new album releases

[edit] Deaths

  • March 4 – Minnie Pearl, 83, legendary comedienne known for her trademark greeting, "How-dee!" and her straw hat with price tag; a regular on Hee Haw (stroke).
  • May 3 – Patsy Montana, 87, first female country singer to have a major solo country hit ("I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart").
  • December 10 - Faron Young, 64, Nicknamed "The Hillbilly Heartthrob", and "The Singing Sheriff" he had many hits including "Hello, Walls" and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" (suicide).

[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.

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[edit] External links

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