Die Liste bietet eine Übersicht über das Jahr1979 im GenreCountry-Musik.

Die folgende Liste umfasst die Nummer-eins-Hits derBillboard Hot Country Songs des US-amerikanischen MusikmagazinesBillboard chronologisch nach Wochenplatzierung.^[1]

• 5. Januar –Coward of the County –Kenny Rogers
• 6. Januar –Tulsa Time –Don Williams
• 13. Januar –Lady Lay Down –John Conlee
• 20. Januar –I Really Got the Feeling –Dolly Parton
• 27. Januar –Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For –Crystal Gayle
• 10. Februar –Every Which Way But Loose –Eddie Rabbitt
• 3. März –Golden Tears –Dave & Sugar
• 24. März –I Just Fall in Love Again –Anne Murray
• 14. April –(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to be Right –Barbara Mandrell
• 21. April –All I Ever Need is You – Kenny Rogers undDottie West
• 28. April –Where Do I Put Her Memory –Charley Pride
• 5. Mai –Backside of Thirty –John Conlee
• 12. Mai –Don't Take it Away –Conway Twitty
• 19. Mai –If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold it Against Me –Bellamy Brothers
• 9. Juni –She Believes in Me –Kenny Rogers
• 23. Juni –Nobody Likes Sad Songs –Ronnie Milsap
• 30. Juni –Amanda –Waylon Jennings
• 21. Juli –Shadows in the Moonlight – Anne Murray
• 28. Juli –You're the Only One – Dolly Parton
• 11. August –Suspicions – Eddie Rabbitt
• 18. August –Coca Cola Cowboy –Mel Tillis
• 25. August –The Devil Went Down to Georgia –The Charlie Daniels Band
• 1. September –Heartbreak Hotel –Willie Nelson undLeon Russell
• 8. September –I May Never Get to Heaven – Conway Twitty
• 15. September –You're My Jamaica – Charley Pride
• 22. September –Just Good Ol' Boys –Moe Bandy undJoe Stampley
• 29. September –It Must Be Love –Don Williams
• 6. Oktober –Last Cheater's Waltz –T.G. Sheppard
• 20. Oktober –All the Gold in California –Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
• 3. November –You Decorated My Life – Kenny Rogers
• 17. November –Come With Me – Waylon Jennings
• 1. Dezember –Broken Hearted Me – Anne Murray
• 8. Dezember –I Cheated Me Right Out of You – Moe Bandy
• 15. Dezember –Happy Birthday Darlin‘ – Conway Twitty

• Back on My Mind Again –Ronnie Milsap
• Barstool Mountain – Moe Bandy
• Before My Time –John Conlee
• Blind in Love – Mel Tillis
• Blue Kentucky Girl –Emmylou Harris
• Come On In –Oak Ridge Boys
• Crazy Blue Eyes –Lacy J. Dalton
• Do You Ever Fool Around –Joe Stampley
• Don't Let Me Cross Over –Jim Reeves undDeborah Allen
• Down on the Rio Grande –Johnny Rodriguez
• Dream On –Oak Ridge Boys
• Everlasting Love –Narvel Felts
• Family Tradition –Hank Williams Jr.
• Farewell Party –Gene Watson
• Fooled by a Feeling – Barbara Mandrell
• Fools –Jim Ed Brown andHelen Cornelius
• (Ghost) Riders in the Sky –Johnny Cash
• Half the Way –Crystal Gayle
• Happy Together –T.G. Sheppard
• Here We Are Again –Statler Brothers
• How to Be a Country Star – Statler Brothers
• I Can't Feel You Anymore –Loretta Lynn
• I Just Can't Stay Married to You –Cristy Lane
• I Wanna Come Over –Alabama
• I'll Love Away Your Troubles For Awhile –Janie Fricke
• I'll Wake You Up When I Get Home –Charlie Rich
• I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind – Loretta Lynn
• I've Done Enough Dying Today –Larry Gatlin
• If Everyone Had Someone Like You –Eddy Arnold
• If I Could Write a Song (as Beautiful as You) –Billy "Crash" Craddock
• In No Time at All –Ronnie Milsap
• Isn't it Always Love –Lynn Anderson
• It's a Cheating Situation – Moe Bandy
• Just Long Enough to Say Goodbye –Mickey Gilley
• The Lady in the Blue Mercedes –Johnny Duncan
• Lay Down Beside Me – Don Williams
• Lying in Love With You –Jim Ed Brown andHelen Cornelius
• Maybellene –George Jones andJohnny Paycheck
• My Silver Lining – Mickey Gilley
• My World Begins and Ends With You –Dave & Sugar
• No Memories Hangin' Around –Rosanne Cash undBobby Bare
• No One Else in the World –Tammy Wynette
• Nothing as Original as You – Statler Brothers
• The Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell – Statler Brothers
• Pick the Wildwood Flower – Gene Watson
• Play Together Again, Again –Buck Owens und Emmylou Harris
• Red Bandana –Merle Haggard
• Reunited –Louise Mandrell andR. C. Bannon
• Sail Away – Oak Ridge Boys
• Save the Last Dance for Me – Emmylou Harris
• Send Me Down to Tucson –Mel Tillis
• Should I Go Home (Or Should I Go Crazy) – Gene Watson
• Slow Dancing – Johnny Duncan
• Somebody Special –Donna Fargo
• Stay With Me –Dave & Sugar
• Sweet Dreams –Reba McEntire
• Sweet Memories –Willie Nelson
• Sweet Summer Lovin‘ –Dolly Parton
• Tell Me What It's Like –Brenda Lee
• Texas (When I Die) –Tanya Tucker
• They Call it Making Love –Tammy Wynette
• Till I Can Make it on My Own – Kenny Rogers und Dottie West
• Too Far Gone – Emmylou Harris
• When I Dream – Crystal Gayle
• Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound – Hank Williams Jr.
• Whiskey River – Willie Nelson
• You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie –Bellamy Brothers
• You Feel Good All Over – T.G. Sheppard
• Your Love Has Taken Me That High – Conway Twitty

Die folgende Liste umfasst die Nummer-eins-Hits derBillboard Top Country Albums des US-amerikanischen MusikmagazinesBillboard chronologisch nach Wochenplatzierung.^[2]

• seit 30. Dezember 1978 –I've Always Been Crazy – Waylon Jennings
• 6. Januar –Willie Nelson and Family Live – Willie Nelson
• 20. Januar –The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
• 2. Juni –Greatest Hits – Waylon Jennings
• 1. September –Million Mile Reflections – The Charlie Daniels Band
• 10. November –Kenny – Kenny Rogers

• 18. Mai –David Nail
• 19. Mai –Shooter Jennings
• 8. Juni –Lee Brice
• 23. Juli –Jerrod Niemann
• 27. Dezember –Walker Hayes

• 8. Januar –Sara Carter
• 19. Februar –Carl T. Sprague
• 11. Mai –Lester Flatt
• 29. November –Ray Smith
• 29. November –Jimmie Tarlton

Country Music Hall of Fame

• Hubert Long
• Hank Snow

Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame

• Thomas A. Dorsey
• Louvin Brothers
  • Charles Louvin
  • Ira Louvin
• Elsie McWilliams
• Joe South^[3]

• Best Female Country Vocal Performance –Dolly Parton –Here You Come Again
• Best Male Country Vocal Performance – Willie Nelson –Georgia On My Mind
• Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson –Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys
• Best Country Instrumental Performance –Asleep At The Wheel –One O’Clock Jump
• Best Country Song – Don Schlitz –The Gambler – Kenny Rogers^[4]

• Entertainer Of The Year –Kenny Rogers
• Song Of The Year –You Needed Me –Anne Murray – Randy Goodrum
• Single Of The Year –Tulsa Time –Don Williams
• Album Of The Year –Y'all Come Back Saloon –Oak Ridge Boys
• Top Male Vocalist – Kenny Rogers
• Top Female Vocalist –Barbara Mandrell
• Top Vocal Group – Oak Ridge Boys
• Top New Male Vocalist –John Conlee
• Top New Female Vocalist –Christy Lane

• Entertainer of the Year – Willie Nelson
• Song Of The Year –The Gambler – Kenny Rogers – Autor: Don Schlitz
• Single Of The Year –The Devil Went Down To Georgia –Charlie Daniels Band
• Album Of The Year –The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
• Male Vocalist Of The Year – Kenny Rogers
• Female Vocalist Of The Year – Barbara Mandrell
• Vocal Duo Of The Year – Kenny Rogers / Dottie West
• Vocal Group Of The Year – Statler Brothers
• Instrumentalist Of The Year – Charlie Daniels
• Instrumental Group Of The Year – Charlie Daniels Band

• Favorite Country Male Artist – Kenny Rogers
• Favorite Country Female Artist –Crystal Gayle
• Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group –The Statler Brothers
• Favorite Country Album –Ten Years of Gold – Kenny Rogers
• Favorite Country Song –Blue Bayou –Linda Ronstadt

1. ↑Hot Country Songs Chart - Chartssuche ab 6. Januar 1979. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 30. Juni 2022 (englisch). 
2. ↑Top Country Albums - Chartssuche ab 6. Januar 1979. In: Billboard.com. Abgerufen am 30. Juni 2022 (englisch). 
3. ↑NaSHOF Inductees By Year. In: Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. 13. August 2022, abgerufen am 12. Oktober 2022 (englisch). 
4. ↑Grammy Awards 1979. In: Awards & Shows. Abgerufen am 30. Juni 2022 (englisch). 

• Musik 1979
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