Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Reba McEntire, “New Fool at an Old Game” September 10, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 7 Reba McEntire covers Michelle Wright.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Dwight Yoakam, “I Sang Dixie” September 9, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 9 Dwight Yoakam delivers a masterclass in radical empathy.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Ricky Van Shelton, “From a Jack to a King” September 7, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 5 This is the first Ricky Van Shelton cover to sound like a cover.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Ronnie Milsap, “Don’t You Ever Get Tired (of Hurting Me)” September 5, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 6 Another solid cover from Ronnie Milsap.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Tanya Tucker, “Highway Robbery” September 4, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 2 A hit record that only Tanya Tucker could pull off.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Earl Thomas Conley, “What I’d Say” September 3, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 10 Earl Thomas Conley scores with a devastating ballad.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Kathy Mattea, “Life as We Knew it” September 2, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 6 The best of Kathy Mattea’s largely forgotten No. 1 hits.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Dan Seals, “Big Wheels in the Moonlight” August 31, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 5 Dan collaborates with Bob McDill on one of his best singles.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Rodney Crowell, “She’s Crazy For Leavin'” August 30, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 7 Rodney Crowell revives a song of his that should’ve been a hit at the beginning of the decade.
Every #1 Country Single of the Eighties: Alabama, “Song of the South” August 29, 2024 Kevin John Coyne 8 A revitalized Alabama makes an eighties hit out of an eighties miss.