List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1987 explained

Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1987, 50 different songs topped the chart, then published under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on playlists submitted by country music radio stations and sales reports submitted by stores.[1]

At the start of the year, the song at the top of the charts was "Mind Your Own Business" by Hank Williams Jr. The single had moved into the number one position in the issue of Billboard dated December 27, 1986 and remained in place for a second week in the issue dated January 3.[2] The final number one of the year was "Somewhere Tonight" by Highway 101, which began a two-week run at the top in the issue dated December 26, 1987.[3] Between those two chart-toppers, the only song to spend more than one week at number one was "Forever and Ever, Amen" by Randy Travis, which had a three-week run in the peak position during the summer. The song won both the Grammy Award for Best Country Song and the Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Year.[4] [5]

Seven artists each achieved three number ones in 1987: Reba McEntire, Dan Seals, Earl Thomas Conley, George Strait, Steve Wariner, the Judds, and Ronnie Milsap, one of whose chart-toppers was a collaboration with Kenny Rogers. In addition to her three credited number ones, McEntire was also one of four featured vocalists on Hank Williams Jr's "Mind Your Own Business",[6] none of whom were listed on the chart. Acts to reach number one for the first time included S-K-O and the O'Kanes, both of whom topped the chart for the first and only time in 1987.[7] [8] Michael Johnson had two number ones in the first half of the year, the first of which, "Give Me Wings", was named by Billboard as the top country single of the year.[9] These would prove to be his only appearances at the top of the chart, however.[10] At the other end of the scale, Milsap took his count of Hot Country number ones past 30, as he continued a run of ten number ones achieved between 1985 and 1989.[11] [12] Only Merle Haggard (38), Conway Twitty (40) and George Strait (44) have taken more songs to the top of the Hot Country chart than Milsap since Billboard began compiling sales and airplay into a single listing in 1958.[13] Other veteran acts to appear at the top of the chart in 1987 included the Oak Ridge Boys, who achieved their fourteenth and fifteenth number ones, but their last to feature vocalist William Lee Golden, who was expelled from the group after more than 20 years during 1987.[14] Crystal Gayle, one of the most successful chart acts of the preceding ten years,[15] reached number one for the eighteenth and final time with "Straight to the Heart".[16]

Chart history

scope=colIssue datescope=colTitlescope=colArtist(s)scope=col class=unsortable
scope=row"Mind Your Own Business"[17]
scope=row"Give Me Wings"[18]
scope=row"What Am I Gonna Do About You"[19]
scope=row"Cry Myself to Sleep"[20]
scope=row"You Still Move Me"[21]
scope=row"Leave Me Lonely"[22]
scope=row"How Do I Turn You On"[23]
scope=row"Straight to the Heart"[24]
scope=row"I Can't Win for Losin' You"[25]
scope=row"Mornin' Ride"[26]
scope=row"Baby's Got a New Baby"S-K-O[27]
scope=row"I'll Still Be Loving You"Restless Heart[28]
scope=row"Small Town Girl"[29]
scope=row"Ocean Front Property"[30]
scope=row""Alabama[31]
scope=row"Kids of the Baby Boom"[32]
scope=row"Rose in Paradise"[33]
scope=row"Don't Go to Strangers"[34]
scope=row"The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder"[35]
scope=row"To Know Him Is to Love Him", Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris[36]
scope=row"Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You"[37]
scope=row"It Takes a Little Rain (To Make Love Grow)"[38]
scope=row"I Will Be There"[39]
scope=row"Forever and Ever, Amen"[40]
scope=row[41]
scope=row[42]
scope=row"That Was a Close One"[43]
scope=row"All My Ex's Live in Texas"[44]
scope=row"I Know Where I'm Going"[45]
scope=row"The Weekend"[46]
scope=row"Snap Your Fingers"[47]
scope=row"One Promise Too Late"[48]
scope=row"A Long Line of Love"[49]
scope=row"Why Does It Have to Be (Wrong or Right)"Restless Heart[50]
scope=row"Born to Boogie"[51]
scope=row"She's Too Good to Be True"Exile[52]
scope=row"Make No Mistake, She's Mine" & Ronnie Milsap[53]
scope=row"This Crazy Love"[54]
scope=row"Three Time Loser"[55]
scope=row"You Again"[56]
scope=row"The Way We Make a Broken Heart"Rosanne Cash[57]
scope=row"Fishin' in the Dark"[58]
scope=row"Shine, Shine, Shine"[59]
scope=row"Right from the Start"[60]
scope=row"Am I Blue"[61]
scope=row"Maybe Your Baby's Got the Blues"[62]
scope=row"I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)"[63]
scope=row"Lynda"[64]
scope=row"Somebody Lied"[65]
scope=row"The Last One to Know"[66]
scope=row"Do Ya"[67]
scope=row"Somewhere Tonight"Highway 101[68]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944−2005. ix. Joel Whitburn. Record Research. 2005. 978-0-89820-165-9.

  2. Hot Country Songs chart for December 27, 1986. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20161106011600/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1986-12-27. November 6, 2016. live.
  3. Hot Country Songs chart for January 2, 1988. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20151104085348/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1988-01-02. November 4, 2015. live.
  4. Web site: Top 10 Randy Travis Songs. Sterling. Whitaker. The Boot. Townsquare Media. May 4, 2017. February 18, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180504212918/http://theboot.com/top-randy-travis-songs/. May 4, 2018. live.
  5. Web site: 30th Annual Grammy Awards (1987). grammy.com. The Recording Academy. September 4, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20170624185037/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/30th-annual-grammy-awards. June 24, 2017. live.
  6. Flashback: Hear Hank Williams Jr.'s 'Own Business' With Tom Petty. Rolling Stone. Will. Hodge. December 27, 2016. May 23, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190531111042/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/flashback-hear-hank-williams-jr-s-own-business-with-tom-petty-129149/. May 31, 2019. live.
  7. Web site: S-K-O Biography & History. AllMusic. February 17, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031345/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/s-k-o-mn0001009950. February 19, 2018. live.
  8. Web site: The O'Kanes Biography & History. AllMusic. February 17, 2018. Hank. Davis. https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031412/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-okanes-mn0000485705/biography. February 19, 2018. live.
  9. Top Country Singles. Billboard. December 26, 1987. Y-38.
  10. Web site: Michael Johnson Biography & History. AllMusic. February 17, 2018. Steve. Huey. https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031438/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-johnson-mn0000884412/biography. February 19, 2018. live.
  11. Ronnie Milsap Chart History. Billboard. November 13, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191022133135/https://www.billboard.com/music/ronnie-milsap/chart-history/CSI. October 22, 2019. live.
  12. Web site: Ronnie Milsap Biography & History. AllMusic. February 15, 2018. Sandra. Brennan. https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025318/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ronnie-milsap-mn0000334740/biography. February 16, 2018. live.
  13. Merle Haggard Notched 38 No. 1s on Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart. Billboard. Gary. Trust. April 6, 2016. February 12, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180518112121/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7325446/merle-haggard-chart-history-hot-country-songs. May 18, 2018. live.
  14. Web site: The Oak Ridge Boys Biography & History. AllMusic. February 17, 2018. Steve. Huey. https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025235/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-oak-ridge-boys-mn0000887348/biography. February 16, 2018. live.
  15. Web site: Crystal Gayle Biography & History. AllMusic. February 17, 2018. Steve. Huey. https://web.archive.org/web/20180216025237/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/crystal-gayle-mn0000132449/biography. February 16, 2018. live.
  16. Crystal Gayle Chart History. Billboard. February 18, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180512125710/https://www.billboard.com/music/crystal-gayle/chart-history/country-songs. May 12, 2018. live.
  17. Hot Country Songs chart for January 3, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055225/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-01-03. March 29, 2018. live.
  18. Hot Country Songs chart for January 10, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055231/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-01-10. March 29, 2018. live.
  19. Hot Country Songs chart for January 17, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20161106012012/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-01-17. November 6, 2016. live.
  20. Hot Country Songs chart for January 24, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055240/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-01-24. March 29, 2018. live.
  21. Hot Country Songs chart for January 31, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20151129061637/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-01-31. November 29, 2015. live.
  22. Hot Country Songs chart for February 7, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20161102120258/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-02-07. November 2, 2016. live.
  23. Hot Country Songs chart for February 14, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055256/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-02-14. March 29, 2018. live.
  24. Hot Country Songs chart for February 21, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331100352/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-02-21. March 31, 2018. live.
  25. Hot Country Songs chart for February 28, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160408022420/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-02-28. April 8, 2016. live.
  26. Hot Country Songs chart for March 7, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160213135434/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-03-07. February 13, 2016. live.
  27. Hot Country Songs chart for March 14, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160215052436/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-03-14. February 15, 2016. live.
  28. Hot Country Songs chart for March 21, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160213135439/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-03-21. February 13, 2016. live.
  29. Hot Country Songs chart for March 28, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20151117225401/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-03-28. November 17, 2015. live.
  30. Hot Country Songs chart for April 4, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20161106013532/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-04-04. November 6, 2016. live.
  31. Hot Country Songs chart for April 11, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055344/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-04-11. March 29, 2018. live.
  32. Hot Country Songs chart for April 18, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20170331093452/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-04-18. March 31, 2017. live.
  33. Hot Country Songs chart for April 25, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20170425094915/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-04-25. April 25, 2017. live.
  34. Hot Country Songs chart for May 2, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331100409/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-05-02. March 31, 2018. live.
  35. Hot Country Songs chart for May 9, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20151213061941/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-05-09. December 13, 2015. live.
  36. Hot Country Songs chart for May 16, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20151104124550/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-05-16. November 4, 2015. live.
  37. Hot Country Songs chart for May 23, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055420/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-05-23. March 29, 2018. live.
  38. Hot Country Songs chart for May 30, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331100417/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-05-30. March 31, 2018. live.
  39. Hot Country Songs chart for June 6, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331100420/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-06-06. March 31, 2018. live.
  40. Hot Country Songs chart for June 13, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160510015021/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-06-13. May 10, 2016. live.
  41. Hot Country Songs chart for June 20, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160209004048/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-06-20. February 9, 2016. live.
  42. Hot Country Songs chart for June 27, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20161106015305/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-06-27. November 6, 2016. live.
  43. News: Hot Country Songs chart for July 4, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055454/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-07-04. March 29, 2018. live.
  44. Hot Country Songs chart for July 11, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055500/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-07-11. March 29, 2018. live.
  45. Hot Country Songs chart for July 18, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20161106015819/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-07-18. November 6, 2016. live.
  46. News: Hot Country Songs chart for July 25, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20161106015942/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-07-25. November 6, 2016. live.
  47. Hot Country Songs chart for August 1, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055515/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-08-01. March 29, 2018. live.
  48. News: Hot Country Songs chart for August 8, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20170331085653/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-08-08. March 31, 2017. live.
  49. Hot Country Songs chart for August 15, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055526/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-08-15. March 29, 2018. live.
  50. News: Hot Country Songs chart for August 22, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160408023539/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-08-22. April 8, 2016. live.
  51. News: Hot Country Songs chart for August 29, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331100437/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-08-29. March 31, 2018. live.
  52. Hot Country Songs chart for September 5, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331100440/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-09-05. March 31, 2018. live.
  53. News: Hot Country Songs chart for September 12, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055550/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-09-12. March 29, 2018. live.
  54. Hot Country Songs chart for September 19, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055556/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-09-19. March 29, 2018. live.
  55. Hot Country Songs chart for September 26, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20161106021429/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-09-26. November 6, 2016. live.
  56. Hot Country Songs chart for October 3, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055603/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-10-03. March 29, 2018. live.
  57. Hot Country Songs chart for October 10, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331100442/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-10-10. March 31, 2018. live.
  58. Hot Country Songs chart for October 17, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160513130002/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-10-17. May 13, 2016. live.
  59. News: Hot Country Songs chart for October 24, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055621/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-10-24. March 29, 2018. live.
  60. Hot Country Songs chart for October 31, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160408030419/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-10-31. April 8, 2016. live.
  61. Hot Country Songs chart for November 7, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055633/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-11-07. March 29, 2018. live.
  62. Hot Country Songs chart for November 14, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20161106022332/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-11-14. November 6, 2016. live.
  63. Hot Country Songs chart for November 21, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331100445/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-11-21. March 31, 2018. live.
  64. News: Hot Country Songs chart for November 28, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055644/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-11-28. March 29, 2018. live.
  65. Hot Country Songs chart for December 5, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20160408023544/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-12-05. April 8, 2016. live.
  66. Hot Country Songs chart for December 12, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20170331102027/http://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-12-12. March 31, 2017. live.
  67. Hot Country Songs chart for December 19, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180331100449/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-12-19. March 31, 2018. live.
  68. Hot Country Songs chart for December 26, 1987. Billboard. October 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329055707/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1987-12-26. March 29, 2018. live.

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