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Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: The O’Kanes, “Can’t Stop My Heart From Loving You”

May 1, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 3

The O’Kanes chart their sole No. 1 hit.

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The Judds pick up their third Grammy for this bittersweet ballad.

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Ronnie McDowell tops the chart for the first time.

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This batch of fifty entries is the first to include major chart hits, with three of Pam’s top forty entries in the mix. 

In Memoriam: Jamie O’Hara (1950-2021)

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Country singer and songwriter Jamie O’Hara has passed away at the age of 70.

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As she prepares the release of her first country album in twelve years, Country Universe looks back on the distinguished career of Trisha Yearwood.

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Trisha Yearwood was the genre’s most consistently excellent recording artist during the boom years of the nineties and the decade that followed.

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The top selling female band of all time became legends with just four studio albums.

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Our Best Singles of 1993 list continues with a collection of #1 hits, breakthrough hits, and should’ve been hits.  Kicking things off is the debut single from one of the decade’s most successful vocal groups.

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Trisha Yearwood PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit PrizeFighter: Hit after Hit includes the first set of new material from Trisha Yearwood in seven years.  That new material, six tracks in total, is uniformly excellent and often

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