Hot Country Songs

Week of August 23, 1986

Hot Country Songs

The week’s most popular songs, ranked by audio and video streaming activity on leading digital music services, radio airplay audience impressions based on monitored airplay and sales data, all compiled by Luminate. Audience totals are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio listener estimates.

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Strong Heart

T.G. Sheppard

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Songwriter(s):

T.Rocco, C.Black, A.Roberts

Producer(s):

R.Hall

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

Hot Country Songs

Week of August 23, 1986

This Week

Award

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Peak Pos.

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1
- Strong Heart
  T.G. Sheppard
- 2
- 1
- 15
- - 2
  - 1
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

T.Rocco, C.Black, A.Roberts

Producer(s):

R.Hall

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

2
- Heartbeat In The Darkness
  Don Williams
- 3
- 2
- 13
- - 3
  - 2
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

D.Loggins, R.Smith

Producer(s):

D.Williams, G.Fundis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

3
- Desperado Love
  Conway Twitty
- 6
- 3
- 12
- - 6
  - 3
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

M.Garvin, S.Johns

Producer(s):

C.Twitty, D.Henry, R.Treat

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

4
- Country State Of Mind
  Hank Williams Jr.
- 8
- 4
- 11
- - 8
  - 4
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

H.Williams,Jr., R.A.Wade

Producer(s):

H.Williams,Jr., B.Beckett, J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/Warner Bros.

5
- Sometimes A Lady
  Eddy Raven
- 9
- 5
- 13
- - 9
  - 5
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

E.Raven, F.J.Myers

Producer(s):

P.Worley, E.Raven

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

6
- Got My Heart Set On You
  John Conlee
- 13
- 6
- 11
- - 13
  - 6
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

D.Gray, B.Reneau

Producer(s):

B.Logan

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

7
- Little Rock
  Reba McEntire
- 15
- 7
- 9
- - 15
  - 7
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

P.McManus, B.DiPiero, G.House

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, R.McEntire

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

8
- Stand A Little Rain
  Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- 14
- 8
- 10
- - 14
  - 8
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

D.A.Schlitz. Jr., D.Lowery

Producer(s):

M.Morgan, P.Worley

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

9
- A Friend In California
  Merle Haggard
- 11
- 9
- 13
- - 11
  - 9
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

F.Powers

Producer(s):

M.haggard, R.Reynolds

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

10
- Slow Boat To China
  Girls Next Door
- 16
- 10
- 11
- - 16
  - 10
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

M.Ragogna

Producer(s):

T.West

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MTM/Capitol

11
- In Love
  Ronnie Milsap
- 17
- 11
- 8
- - 17
  - 11
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

M.B.Reid, B.Dees

Producer(s):

R.Milsap, T.Collins, R.Galbraith

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

12
- Count On Me
  The Statler Brothers
- 5
- 5
- 15
- - 5
  - 5
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

Don Reid

Producer(s):

J.Kennedy

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/PolyGram

13
- You're The Last Thing I Needed Tonight
  John Schneider
- 1
- 1
- 16
- - 1
  - 1
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

D.A.Willis, D.Pfrimmer

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, J.Schneider

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

14
- That's How You Know When Love's Right
  Nicolette Larson w/ Steve Wariner
- 18
- 14
- 12
- - 18
  - 14
  - 12

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

15
- Always Have Always Will
  Janie Fricke
- 22
- 15
- 9
- - 22
  - 15
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

J.Mears

Producer(s):

N.Wilson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

16
- Guitars,Cadillacs
  Dwight Yoakam
- 21
- 16
- 7
- - 21
  - 16
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

D.Yoakam

Producer(s):

P.Anderson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Reprise/Warner Bros.

17
- Lonely Alone
  The Forester Sisters
- 20
- 17
- 8
- - 20
  - 17
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

J.D.Martin, J.Jarrard

Producer(s):

J.L.Wallace, T.skinner

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

18
- Savin' My Love For You
  Pake McEntire
- 4
- 3
- 16
- - 4
  - 3
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

M.Clark

Producer(s):

M.Wright

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

19
- Ten Feet Away
  Keith Whitley
- 23
- 19
- 10
- - 23
  - 19
  - 10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

20
- Working Class Man
  Lacy J. Dalton
- 24
- 20
- 11
- - 24
  - 20
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

J.Cain

Producer(s):

W.aldridge

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

21
- Will The Wolf Survive
  Waylon Jennings
- 7
- 5
- 15
- - 7
  - 5
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

D.Hidalgo, L.Perez

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, W.Jennings

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

22
- Both To Each Other (Friends & Lovers)
  Eddie Rabbitt & Juice Newton
- 26
- 22
- 7
- - 26
  - 22
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

J.Gruska, P.Gordon

Producer(s):

R.Landis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

23
- Just Another Love
  Tanya Tucker
- 25
- 23
- 7
- - 25
  - 23
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

P.Davis

Producer(s):

J.Crutchfield

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Capitol

24
- Rockin' With The Rhythm Of The Rain
  The Judds (Wynonna & Naomi)
- 10
- 1
- 14
- - 10
  - 1
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

D.A.Schlitz. Jr., B.Maher

Producer(s):

B.Maher

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/RCA

25
- Guitar Town
  Steve Earle
- 27
- 25
- 10
- - 27
  - 25
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

S.Earle

Producer(s):

E.Gordy,Jr., T.Brown

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

26
- Cry
  Crystal Gayle
- 28
- 26
- 5
- - 28
  - 26
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

C.Kohlman

Producer(s):

J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

27
- Second To No One
  Rosanne Cash
- 29
- 27
- 6
- - 29
  - 27
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

R.Cash

Producer(s):

D.Malloy

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

28
- It'll Be Me
  Exile
- 31
- 28
- 5
- - 31
  - 28
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

S.Lemaire, J.P.Pennington

Producer(s):

B.Killen

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

29
- You Made A Rock Of A Rolling Stone
  The Oak Ridge Boys
- 30
- 29
- 7
- - 30
  - 29
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

C.Waters, K.Brooks

Producer(s):

R.Chancey

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

30
- I've Got A New Heartache
  Ricky Skaggs
- 12
- 10
- 14
- - 12
  - 10
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

W.Walker

Producer(s):

R.Skaggs

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

31
- Too Many Times
  Earl Thomas Conley And Anita Pointer
- 36
- 31
- 4
- - 36
  - 31
  - 4

Songwriter(s):

M.Smotherman, S.Page, T.McShear

Producer(s):

N.Larkin, M.Wright

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

32
- Honeycomb
  Gary Morris
- 34
- 32
- 7
- - 34
  - 32
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

B.Merrill

Producer(s):

G.Morris, B.Albertine, S.Small

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

33
- You Can't Stop Love
  Schuyler, Knobloch And Bickhardt
- 37
- 33
- 7
- - 37
  - 33
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

P.Overstreet, T.Schuyler

Producer(s):

J.Stroud

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MTM/Capitol

34
- Nobody In His Right Mind Would've Left Her
  George Strait
- 19
- 1
- 15
- - 19
  - 1
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

D.Dillon

Producer(s):

J.Bowen, G.Strait

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

35
- Doo-Wah Days
  Mickey Gilley
- 38
- 35
- 5
- - 38
  - 35
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

E.Hunnicutt, D.Gilmore, G.Vincent

Producer(s):

N.Wilson, M.Gilley

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Epic

36
- Since I Found You
  Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
- 40
- 36
- 5
- - 40
  - 36
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

B.Lloyd, R.Foster

Producer(s):

S.Buckingham

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

37
- Didn't We
  Lee Greenwood
- 46
- 37
- 3
- - 46
  - 37
  - 3

Songwriter(s):

G.Lyle, T.H.Seals

Producer(s):

J.Crutchfield

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MCA

38
- Nothin' Ventured Nothin' Gained
  Sylvia (r&b)
- 33
- 33
- 8
- - 33
  - 33
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

D.A.Schlitz. Jr., D.Potter, B.Maher

Producer(s):

B.Maher, D.Potter

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

39
- The Pages Of My Mind
  Ray Charles
- 44
- 39
- 6
- - 44
  - 39
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

B.Hill, J.R.Wilde

Producer(s):

B.Sherrill, R.Charles

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

40
- Farther Down The Line
  Lyle Lovett
- 45
- 40
- 7
- - 45
  - 40
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

L.Lovett

Producer(s):

T.Brown, L.Lovett

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curb/MCA

41
- That Rock Won't Roll
  Restless Heart
- 48
- 41
- 3
- - 48
  - 41
  - 3

Songwriter(s):

J.S.Sherrill, B.DiPiero

Producer(s):

T.DuBois, S.Hendricks

Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA

42
- A Girl Like Emmylou
  Southern Pacific
- 49
- 42
- 3
- - 49
  - 42
  - 3

Songwriter(s):

T.Goodman, J.McFee, K.Knudsen, S.Cooke

Producer(s):

Southern Pacific, J.E.Norman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Warner Bros.

Hot Country Songs

Week of August 23, 1986

Hot Country Songs

Strong Heart

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Strong Heart

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Heartbeat In The Darkness

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Desperado Love

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Country State Of Mind

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Sometimes A Lady

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Got My Heart Set On You

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Little Rock

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Stand A Little Rain

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A Friend In California

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Slow Boat To China

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In Love

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Count On Me

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You're The Last Thing I Needed Tonight

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That's How You Know When Love's Right

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Always Have Always Will

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Guitars,Cadillacs

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Lonely Alone

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Savin' My Love For You

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