List of RPM number-one country singles of 1981 explained

These are the Canadian number-one country songs of 1981, per the RPM Country Tracks chart.

Issue date	Title	Artist
February 21	9 to 5	Dolly Parton
February 28	Southern Rains	Mel Tillis
March 7
March 14
March 21	Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground	Willie Nelson
March 28
April 4	Guitar Man	Elvis Presley^[1]
April 11	Crying	Don McLean
April 18
April 25	Old Flame	Alabama
May 2	A Headache Tomorrow (Or a Heartache Tonight)	Mickey Gilley
May 9
May 16	Mr. Sandman	Emmylou Harris
May 23
May 30	Am I Losing You	Ronnie Milsap
June 6	Pride	Janie Fricke
June 13
June 20	Elvira	The Oak Ridge Boys
June 27	Blessed Are the Believers	Anne Murray
July 4
August 29	Too Many Lovers	Crystal Gayle
September 5	I Don't Need You	Kenny Rogers
September 12	(There's) No Gettin' Over Me	Ronnie Milsap
September 19	Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)	John Denver
September 26	You Don't Know Me	Mickey Gilley
October 3
October 10	Midnight Hauler	Razzy Bailey
October 17	Older Women	Ronnie McDowell
October 24	Step By Step	Eddie Rabbitt
October 31	Never Been So Loved (In All My Life)	Charley Pride
November 7
November 14	I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)	Janie Fricke
November 21	All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)	Hank Williams, Jr.
November 28	It's All I Can Do	Anne Murray
December 5
December 12	If I Needed You	Emmylou Harris and Don Williams
December 19
December 26	I Never Figured on This	David Thompson

See also

• 1981 in music
• List of number-one country hits of 1981 (U.S.)

External links

• Read about RPM Magazine at the AV Trust
• Search RPM charts here at Library and Archives Canada

Notes and References

1. Guitar Man . RPM . 4 April 1981 . 34 . 17 .