1981 жылғы ел музыкасының ерекше оқиғалары

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1981.

March 14 — The final showing of Live From The Grand Ole Opry on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) occurs on this night. The show actually went beyond the televised segment, but the show was ended with a clip of Marty Robbins singing "El Paso" (a song he used to close out his Opry segment at midnight) from the year before. Because of cost over runs and other technicalities, this was the final run for the annual show on PBS that featured the music of Tom T. Hall, Del Reeves, Hank Snow, Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl, and many other performers. October — The Weekly Country Music Countdown, a three hour weekly countdown program, debuts. The syndicated program, hosted by radio personality Chris Charles, features the top 30 country hits of the week as reported by Radio & Records magazine. The program is a success and the first country music oriented countdown program to successfully rival the 8 year old American Country Countdown show.

The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music, an eight volume, 143 track collection, is released. The box set is considered one of the first important retrospectives of the genre and contains extensive liner notes, depicting the importance of each song or artist included. Songs included range from 1922's "Sally Gooden" to 1975's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" by Willie Nelson. Specifically, each volume is titled as follows: "1920's," "1930's Southeast," "1930's Southwest," "1941–1953" (two records), "1953–1963," "Bluegrass" and "1963–1975." Also during the year, the Franklin Mint, as part of its volume series of significant musical recordings, begins issuing a series of country music focused two record sets. "The Greatest Country Music Recordings of All Time" will eventually spawn 50 different album sets through 1986 (each new volume issued roughly every other month), with each two album set focusing on a different era, performer or style, topic and so forth, and each volume will have extensive liner notes and vintage photographs.

USCANSingleArtist741959John Anderson16—AcapulcoJohnny Duncan2041Alice Doesn't Love Here AnymoreBobby Goldsboro11All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)Hank Williams, Jr.119All Roads Lead to YouSteve Wariner11Am I Losing YouRonnie Milsap11Angel Flying Too Close to the GroundWillie Nelson1010Any Which Way You CanGlen Campbell1—Are You Happy Baby?Dottie West106The BaronJohnny Cash327Beautiful YouThe Oak Ridge Boys15Bet Your Heart on MeJohnny Lee178Between This Time and the Next TimeGene Watson36A Bridge That Just Won't BurnConway Twitty12But You Know I Love YouDolly Parton650By NowSteve Wariner44Can I See You TonightTanya Tucker4420Carolina (I Remember You)Charlie Daniels16—Cheatin's a Two Way StreetSammi Smith8—Chicken TruckJohn Anderson61CryingDon McLean1811Crying in the RainTammy Wynette12—Cup of TeaRex Allen, Jr. and Margo Smith19—Darlin'Tom Jones141Dixie on My MindHank Williams, Jr. 1829Do I Have to Draw a PictureBilly Swan14Do You Love as Good as You LookThe Bellamy Brothers20—Does She Wish She Was Single AgainThe Burrito Brothers1348Don't Bother to KnockJim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius13—Don't Forget YourselfThe Statler Brothers1647Don't Get Above Your Raisin'Ricky Skaggs11—Don't Look Now (But We Just Fell in Love)Eddy Arnold536Don't Wait on MeThe Statler Brothers1118Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)Willie Nelson & Ray Price1614Down and OutGeorge Strait22Down to My Last Broken HeartJanie Fricke7—Dream of MeVern Gosdin113DrifterSylvia11ElviraThe Oak Ridge Boys63Falling AgainDon Williams16—Feedin' the FireZella Lehr15Feels So RightAlabama1—Fire and SmokeEarl Thomas Conley10—Following the FeelingMoe Bandy & Judy Bailey6—Fool by Your SideDave & Sugar19FriendsRazzy Bailey14—Girls, Women and LadiesEd Bruce5—Giving Up EasyLeon Everette13—Good Ol' GirlsSonny Curtis259Good TimesWillie Nelson17—Goodbye MarieBobby Goldsboro917Grandma's SongGail Davies11Guitar ManElvis Presley11A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight)Mickey Gilley822Headed for a HeartacheGary Morris811Heart on the MendSylvia108Hey Joe (Hey Moe)Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley810Hillbilly Girl with the BluesLacy J. Dalton1211Honky Tonk QueenMoe Bandy and Joe Stampley230Hooked on MusicMac Davis1420The House of the Rising SunDolly Parton43HurricaneLeon Everette1638Husbands and WivesDavid Frizzell and Shelly West11I Don't Need YouKenny Rogers13—I Don't Think Love Ought to Be That WayReba McEntire13I Feel Like Loving You AgainT. G. Sheppard17—I Have a DreamCristy Lane1120I Just Need You for TonightBilly Crash Craddock13I Keep Coming BackRazzy Bailey14I Love a Rainy NightEddie Rabbitt1539I Love My TruckGlen Campbell5411I Love You a Thousand WaysJohn Anderson13I Loved 'Em Every OneT. G. Sheppard13—I Should've CalledEddy Raven23I Still Believe in WaltzesConway Twitty & Loretta Lynn129I Think I'll Just Stay Here and DrinkMerle Haggard114I Was Country When Country Wasn't CoolBarbara Mandrell48I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)Gail Davies41I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)Janie Fricke9—I'm Gonna Love You Back to Lovin' Me AgainJoe Stampley1622(I'm Gonna) Put You Back on the RackDottie West1828I'm Into Lovin' YouBilly Swan42I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal(But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)John Anderson12(I'm Settin') Fancy FreeThe Oak Ridge Boys825If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)George Jones1116If I Keep on Going CrazyLeon Everette31If I Needed YouEmmylou Harris and Don Williams12—If You Go, I'll Follow YouPorter Wagoner and Dolly Parton6—It Don't Hurt Me Half as BadRay Price511It's a Lovely, Lovely WorldGail Davies47It's Now or NeverJohn Schneider16—Just Like MeTerry Gregory17—Just One TimeTompall & the Glaser Brothers1039Killin' TimeFred Knoblock and Susan Anton97LeonardMerle Haggard721Louisiana Saturday NightMel McDaniel1933Love Ain't Never Hurt NobodyBobby Goldsboro13—Love Dies HardRandy Barlow11Love in the First DegreeAlabama137Love Is FairBarbara Mandrell810Lovin' ArmsElvis Presley22Lovin' Her Was Easier(Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)Tompall & the Glaser Brothers75Lovin' What Your Lovin' Does to MeLoretta Lynn and Conway Twitty78The MatadorSylvia2312Maybe I Should Have Been ListeningGene Watson1012MemphisFred Knoblock11Midnight HaulerRazzy Bailey810A Million Old GoodbyesMel Tillis42MiraclesDon Williams27Miss Emily's PictureJohn Conlee117Mona LisaWillie Nelson101Mr. SandmanEmmylou Harris14My Baby Thinks He's a TrainRosanne Cash13My Favorite MemoryMerle Haggard1525My Woman Loves the Devil Out of MeMoe Bandy11Never Been So Loved (In All My Life)Charley Pride119 to 5Dolly Parton11Old FlameAlabama11Older WomenRonnie McDowell10—One Night FeverMel Tillis12Party TimeT. G. Sheppard2320Perfect FoolDebby Boone34Pickin' Up StrangersJohnny Lee121PrideJanie Fricke34Prisoner of HopeJohnny Lee146Queen of HeartsJuice Newton417Rainbow StewMerle Haggard4319Ready for the Times to Get BetterJoe Sun19Rest Your Love on MeConway Twitty1929Rich ManTerri Gibbs1017Right in the Palm of Your HandMel McDaniel72Roll On MississippiCharley Pride8—Scratch My Back (And Whisper in My Ear)Razzy Bailey16Seven Year AcheRosanne Cash52Share Your Love with MeKenny Rogers16—She Belongs to Everyone but MeThe Burrito Brothers17—She's Steppin' OutCon Hunley5016Should I Do ItTanya Tucker7—Silent TreatmentEarl Thomas Conley42Sleepin' with the Radio OnCharly McClain101Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)John Denver2038Somebody Led Me AwayLoretta Lynn82Somebody's Knockin'Terri Gibbs13—Somethin' on the RadioJacky Ward11Southern RainsMel Tillis11Step by StepEddie Rabbitt12Still Doin' TimeGeorge Jones1711Storms Never LastJessi Colter and Waylon Jennings513Surround Me with LoveCharly McClain173Take It EasyCrystal Gayle22Takin' It EasyLacy J. Dalton742Teach Me to CheatThe Kendalls9—A Texas State of MindDavid Frizzell and Shelly West122Texas WomenHank Williams, Jr.1312Them Good Old Boys Are BadJohn Schneider11(There's) No Gettin' Over MeRonnie Milsap12—They Could Put Me in JailThe Bellamy Brothers46Thirty Nine and Holdin'Jerry Lee Lewis18Tight Fittin' JeansConway Twitty58Today All Over AgainReba McEntire11Too Many LoversCrystal Gayle6—Unwound George Strait227Wandering EyesRonnie McDowell13What Are We Doin' in LoveDottie West428What Are We Doin' LonesomeLarry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band1215What I Had with YouJohn Conlee11—What's New with YouCon Hunley1412(When You Fall in Love) Everything's a WaltzEd Bruce1821Whiskey Chasin'Joe Stampley1012WhisperLacy J. Dalton12Who's Cheatin' WhoCharly McClain106The Wild Side of Life/It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk AngelsJessi Colter and Waylon Jennings1915Willie JonesBobby Bare20—Wind Is Bound to ChangeLarry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers211Wish You Were HereBarbara Mandrell32The Woman in MeCrystal Gayle1825You Better Move OnGeorge Jones and Johnny Paycheck11You Don't Know MeMickey Gilley20—You (Make Me Wonder Why)Deborah Allen916You May See Me Walkin'Ricky Skaggs716You're My Favorite StarThe Bellamy Brothers14—You're the BestKieran Kane113You're the Reason God Made OklahomaDavid Frizzell and Shelly West13—Your Good Girl's Gonna Go BadBillie Jo Spears7—Your MemorySteve Wariner