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1977 in country music

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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1977.

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Events

  • June 25 — Waylon Jennings smash, "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" spends its sixth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It is just the third (and as it turned out, final) six-week No. 1 song of the 1970s, and will be the last song to spend as long atop the charts for 20 years (until 1997's "It's Your Love" by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill).
  • June 26 — Elvis Presley performs his final concert at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • December 31 — Dolly Parton's "Here You Come Again" spends its fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It will be the last song to spend that long atop the chart until 1990's "Love Without End, Amen" by George Strait.

    • United States

    (as certified by Billboard)

    Canada

    (as certified by RPM)

    Top new album releases

  • Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes — Jimmy Buffett (MCA)
  • Fargo Country — Donna Fargo (Warner Bros.)
  • Here You Come Again — Dolly Parton (RCA)
  • Ol' Waylon — Waylon Jennings (RCA)
  • Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Paycheck (Epic)

    • Other new albums

  • Daytime Friends - Kenny Rogers (United Artists)
  • I Remember Patsy - Loretta Lynn (MCA)
  • It Was Almost Like a Song - Ronnie Milsap (RCA)
  • Kenny Rogers - Kenny Rogers (United Artists)
  • Southern Nights - Glen Campbell (Capitol)
  • To Lefty From Willie – Willie Nelson (Columbia)
  • Y'all Come Back Saloon - Oak Ridge Boys

    • Births

  • February 26 — Jason Aldean, male vocalist of the 2000s.
  • May 3 – Eric Church, male vocalist starting in the late 2000s, best known for "Springsteen" and "Drink in My Hand."
  • November 17 — Aaron Lines, Canadian country singer of the 2000s, best known for his hit "You Can't Hide Beautiful".
  • November 20 — Josh Turner, deep bass-voiced singer of the 2000s, best known for "Why Don't We Just Dance" and "Time is Love."

    • Deaths

  • March 22 - Stoney Cooper, 58, bluegrass and gospel singer who best known for his series of recordings with wife, Wilma Lee (as Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper), from the 1940s through early 1960s.
  • May 31 - Lloyd Perryman, 60, member of the Sons of the Pioneers.
  • July 16 — Marg Osburne, 49, "The Girl from the Singing Hills", of CBC Radio and CBC Television fame.
  • August 16 — Elvis Presley, 42, "The King," cross-genre celebrity who fused rhythm and blues, rockabilly and country music to become popular with country and rock audiences (heart failure).
  • October 14 — Bing Crosby, 74, one of popular music's all-time leading performers; several of his 1930s and 1940s hits became hugely popular with country fans (including "Pistol Packin' Mama," the first-ever Billboard country No. 1 song). (heart attack)

    • Country Music Hall of Fame Inductees

  • Merle Travis (1917–1983)

    • Grammy Awards

  • Best Female Country Vocal Performance — "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue," Crystal Gayle
  • Best Male Country Vocal Performance — "Lucille," Kenny Rogers
  • Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal — "Heaven's Just a Sin Away," The Kendalls
  • Best Country Instrumental Performance — "Country Instrumentalist of the Year," Hargus "Pig" Robbins
  • Best Country Song — "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue," Richard Leigh (Performer: Crystal Gayle)

    • Juno Awards

  • Country Male Vocalist of the Year — Murray McLauchlan
  • Country Female Vocalist of the Year — Carroll Baker
  • Country Group or Duo of the Year — The Good Brothers

    • Academy of Country Music

  • Entertainer of the Year — Dolly Parton
  • Song of the Year — "Lucille," Roger Bowling and Hal Bynum (Performer: Kenny Rogers)
  • Single of the Year — "Lucille," Kenny Rogers
  • Album of the Year — Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers
  • Top Male Vocalist — Kenny Rogers
  • Top Female Vocalist — Crystal Gayle
  • Top Vocal Group — The Statler Brothers
  • Top New Male Vocalist — Eddie Rabbitt
  • Top New Female Vocalist — Debby Boone

    • Country Music Association

  • Entertainer of the Year — Ronnie Milsap
  • Song of the Year — "Lucille," Roger Bowling and Hal Bynum (Performer: Kenny Rogers)
  • Single of the Year — "Lucille," Kenny Rogers
  • Album of the Year — Ronnie Milsap Live, Ronnie Milsap
  • Male Vocalist of the Year — Ronnie Milsap
  • Female Vocalist of the Year — Crystal Gayle
  • Vocal Duo of the Year — Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius
  • Vocal Group of the Year — The Statler Brothers
  • Instrumentalist of the Year — Roy Clark
  • Instrumental Group of the Year — Original Texas Playboys
  • Country Music Association
  • Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame

    • References

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