Billboard Country Year End Chart ! The Top 50 Singles of 1978
I held off on putting up the Country Singles Year end special because i’m “Sure” you just can’t get enough 1978 ???
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The year end Country Chart according to Billboard magazine. Here is an excerpt from Billboard magazine describing the year in Country music during 1978. Quote: ” RCA’s perpetual country dominance is again demonstrated as the label takes all of the top 5 singles of the year & 4 of the Top 5 Albums. But Columbia takes the #1 Country Lp honor for the 2nd time in 3 years with Willie Nelson’s “Stardust”. The top country album of 1976 was Nelson’s “The Sound In Your Mind”. Nelson also shares billing with Waylon Jennings on this year’s #1 country single”Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys”…………………….Dolly Parton is the top singles and top combined singles/album country artist but comes in 2nd to Elvis Presley on the top album artist tally. Presley had finished second last year to Waylon Jennings, who swept all 1977 Country awards…………….In the combined singles/albums tally, Willie Nelson is top male artist while the Statler Brothers emerge as top group for the 2nd year in a row.”

I included some of the rankings for Top Country Singles artist and Top Country Album Artists of 1978. Also listed is the year end ranking of the Country Albums for each artist who made the Top 50 Singles chart. Not included in the video for the Top 50 Country Albums of 1978 was : #6 Country Album of 1978 “Simple Dreams”- Linda Ronstadt #19 “Greatest Hits – Linda Ronstadt. #26 – “Son Of A Son Of A Sailor”- Jimmy Buffett. #31 – “It’s A Heartache” – Bonnie Tyler. #32 – “You Light Up My Life” – Debby Boone. #33 – “Greatest Hits” – Olivia Newton-John. #40 – “I Want to Live” – John Denver. #44 – “The Very Best Of Conway Twitty” – Conway Twitty. Not mentioned in the Top Country Singles Artists of 1978 are….#5 – Billy “Crash” Craddock. #14 – Cristy Lane. #21 – T.G. Sheppard. #22 – Rex Allen Jr. #23 – Moe Bandy. #26 – Gene Watson. #27 – Mickey Gilley. #28 – Susie Allanson. #30 – Conway Twitty. #31 – Johnny Rodgriguez. #34 – Linda Ronstadt. #36 – Vern Gosdin. #43. Tom T. Hall. #44 – David Rogers. #47 – Billie Jo Spears. #48. Charlie Rich. #49 Tommy Overstreet and… #50 – Roy Head.** I am surprised Johnny Cash did not make the Top 50 Country Singles artists list, anyway.**.. The Top Country Album Artists of 1978 not mentioned in the video are…..#6 – Linda Ronstadt. #20 – Conway Twitty #23 – Jimmy Buffett. #26 – Bonnie Tyler. #27 – Debby Boone. #28 – Olivia Newton-John. #29 – Billy “Crash” Craddock. #31- John Denver. #34 – Charlie Rich. #36 – Gordon Lightfoot. #37 – Gene Watson. #40 – Marty Robbins. #41 – Johnny Rodgriguez. #42 – Jerry Reed. #43 – Kris Kristofferson #44 – Moe Bandy. #45 – Vern Gosdin. #46 – Johnny Cash. #47 – Jerry Jeff Walker and #50 – Glen Campbell. And the Top Country Artists of 1978 Singles & Albums combined ? 40 were listed…Rank followed by artist…in order….. #1) Dolly Parton #2) Willie Nelson #3) Elvis Presley #4) Kenny Rogers #5) Ronnie Milsap #6) Crystal Gayle #7) Statler Brothers #8) Linda Ronstadt #9) Waylon & Willie #10) Oak Ridge Boys #11) Larry Gatlin #12) Merle Haggard #13) The Kendalls #14) Waylon Jennings #15) Emmylou Harris #16) Billy “Crash” Craddock #17) Eddie Rabbitt #18) Charley Pride #19) Johnny Paycheck #20) Dave & Sugar #21) Mel Tillis #22) Conway Twitty #23) Don Williams #24) Donna Fargo #25) Margo Smith #26) Kenny Rogers & Dottie West #27) Anne Murray #28) Johnny Duncan #29) Jerry Lee Lewis #30) Barbara Mandrell #31) Gene Watson #32) Moe Bandy #33) Cristy Lane #34) T.G. Sheppard #35) Johnny Rodriguez #36) Rex Allen Jr. #37) Tammy Wynette #38) Mickey Gilley #39) Joe Stampley #40) Susie Allanson