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Having been active since the 1960s, the
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band achieved its first number one single in 1984.
Hot Country Songs is a
chart that ranks the top-performing
country music songs in the United States, published by
Billboard magazine. In 1984, 50 different singles 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.
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Six acts tied for the most number ones in 1984, with three each: bands
Alabama and
Exile and soloists
Earl Thomas Conley ,
Merle Haggard ,
Ricky Skaggs and
George Strait . One of the only two songs to spend more than a single week at number one was a collaboration between
Julio Iglesias and
Willie Nelson . Iglesias had been successful in his native Spain and other Latin markets since the late 1960s, but his 1984 album
1100 Bel Air Place was his United States breakthrough.
[2] The album featured duets with American singers from a range of genres,
[3] and the first single to be taken from it, "
To All the Girls I've Loved Before ", paired Iglesias with veteran country singer Nelson. The song was a top 10 hit on the all-genres
Billboard Hot 100 but went all the way to number one on the country chart.
[4] The only other multi-week chart-topper in 1984 was "
Why Not Me " by mother-daughter duo
The Judds , which ended the year at number one.
The
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band had its first number one in 1984. The band had been active since the 1960s and released a number of acclaimed albums in the 1970s before shortening its name to simply Dirt Band and taking a mainstream pop music approach. Soon after reverting to its original name and switching back to country music, the band finally achieved its first Hot Country chart-topper with "
Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) ".
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[6] Another act to reach number one for the first time in 1984 after a lengthy chart career was
Eddy Raven , who claimed the top spot in June with "
I Got Mexico ",
[7] more than ten years after his first appearance on the Hot Country Singles chart in early 1974. He would go on to have a total of six number one singles before his success tailed off in the late 1980s.
[8] Exile also topped the country chart for the first time in 1984; the band had topped the Hot 100 six years earlier for four weeks with the
disco -influenced pop track "
Kiss You All Over ", but went on to achieve much greater success after a shift to the country genre in the early 1980s.
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Chart history
Although primarily associated with
Latin music , Spanish singer
Julio Iglesias had a country number one in 1984 duetting with
Willie Nelson .
Canadian singer
Anne Murray had two chart-toppers in 1984.
Johnny Lee was another act to top the chart twice during the year.
Exile had their first number-one country single in 1984, and would go on to have three by year's end. The band had previously had a number-one pop hit in 1978 with "
Kiss You All Over " before shifting to country in the 1980s.
See also
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"Hot Country Songs chart for January 21, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for January 28, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for February 4, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for April 21, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for May 5, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for May 12, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for May 19, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for May 26, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for June 2, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for June 9, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for June 16, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for June 23, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for June 30, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for July 7, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for July 14, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for July 21, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for July 28, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for August 4, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for August 11, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for August 18, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for August 25, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for September 1, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for September 8, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for September 15, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for September 22, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for September 29, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for October 6, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for October 13, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for October 20, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for October 27, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for November 3, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for November 10, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for November 17, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for November 24, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for December 1, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for December 8, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for December 15, 1984" . Billboard .
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"Hot Country Songs chart for December 22, 1984" . Billboard .
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