(Finished October 16th, 2023) Part 7 of The Turbulent, Multiple Genre Era of 1979 to 1983

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This five year span had multiple genres take their places in America and the world. Disco peaked in 1979 and basically died by 1981. New Wave was huge from about 1982-1986. Also hair metal got it’s first significant band, Quiet Riot, in 1983. Also Hip Hop was just making it’s sound known. Country music in the 80s was one of the best ever eras of country music. We’ll sneak in some Blues songs as well. This was an explosive five year era of music and here are some of the best music from those amazing five years. As always I try to ensure the correct years of the songs listed.

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While I’m working on this series of blogs I thought I would give each genre a spotlight blog. Tonight I will be doing an all country blog, I have a disco/dance, rock, soul/funk and new wave blogs coming up.

123) Alabama “My Home’s In Alabama”:

124) Crystal Gayle “Half The Way”:

125) Mickey Gilley “A Headache Tomorrow (Or A Heartache Tonight)”:

126) Merle Haggard and Clint Eastwood “Bar Room Buddies”:

127) Tom T. Hall “The Old Side of Town”:

128) Mel Tillis “Coca Cola Cowboy”:

129) Kenny Rogers “You Decorated My Life”:

130) Charley Pride “You’re My Jamaica”:

131) Dolly Parton “9 to 5”:

132) The Oak Ridge Boys “Sail Away”:

Quite simply one of my all-time favorite songs. 133) Juice Newton “Angel of The Morning”:

134) Ronnie Milsap “Smokey Mountain Rain”:

135) Crystal Gayle “The Sound of Goodbye”:

136) Alabama “Tennessee River”:

137) Tanya Tucker “Love Knows We Tried”:

138) Barbara Mandrell “Fooled By A Feeling”:

139) Hank Williams Jr. “A Country Boy Can Survive”:

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