The Year in Billboard #1 Country Singles - 1979

October 6th 1979

The Last Cheater's Waltz - T.G. Sheppard
(2 weeks at #1)

The Year in #1 Billboard Hot Country Hits - 1979

August 11th 1979

Suspicions - Eddie Rabbit
(1 week at #1)

The Year in Billboard #1 Country Hits - 1979

March 3rd 1979


Golden Tears - Dave and Sugar
(3 consecutive weeks at #1)

Your Country Classic Video of the Week

From 1983 a #5 US Country Hit, #1 on the Canadian Country Chart and #23 on the Billboard Hot 100

"Stranger in My House" by Ronnie Milsap

The ACM Nominations

Today the Academy of Country Music announced the nominees for their 46th annual awards held April 3rd 2011.

The ACM is the Los Angeles based country music awards that hold their awards ceremony in Las Vegas and will be for the year 2010. Hosted again this year by Reba McEntire.

Complete list of nominees

I will be posting the videos for the song, single and video of the year soon.

Your Country Classic Video of the Week

Tonight your classic is Charley Pride with "Kiss an Angel Good Morning".
#1 on the Billboard Hot Country Chart all of December in 1971.

Your Classic Country Video of the Week

From 1966, Buck Owens and His Buckaroos featuring the great Don Rich on lead guitar and vocals.

Your Classic Country Video of the Week

"Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer" by Johnny Russell.
The song peaked at #4 on the Billboard Country Chart in October 1973 and went to #1 on the Canadian Country Chart.
Johnny Russell first found fame for writing "Act Naturally" that was made famous by Buck Owens and later recorded by the Beatles.