Favorite Songs Of The Year - 1992

[sabre14]

Favorites: :)

1. Billy Dean - "Billy The Kid"
2. Lee Roy Parnell - "What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am"
3. Sawyer Brown - "Cafe On The Corner"
4. Alan Jackson - "Midnight In Montgomery"
5. Brooks & Dunn - "Neon Moon"
6. Mark Chesnutt - "Bubba Shot The Jukebox"
7. Alabama - "I'm In A Hurry (And Don't Know Why)"
8. Brooks & Dunn - "Lost And Found"
9. Billy Ray Cyrus - "Could've Been Me"
10. John Anderson - "Seminole Wind"
11. Garth Brooks - "The River"
12. Reba McEntire - "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia"
13. Restless Heart - "When She Cries"
14. Sammy Kershaw - "Yard Sale"
15. Little Texas - "First Time For Everything"
16. Suzy Bogguss - "Outbound Plane"
17. John Anderson - "Straight Tequila Night"
18. Doug Stone - "Jukebox With A Country Song"
19. Diamond Rio - "Mama Don't Forget To Pray For Me"
20. George Strait - "So Much Like My Dad"
21. Alan Jackson - "Dallas"
22. Collin Raye - "Love, Me"
23. Tanya Tucker - "Two Sparrows In A Hurricane"
24. Sammy Kershaw - "Cadillac Style"
25. Mary Chapin Carpenter - "I Feel Lucky"
26. Joe Diffie - "Is It Cold In Here"
27. McBride & the Ride - "Sacred Ground"
28. Lorrie Morgan - "Except For Monday"
29. Tracy Lawrence - "Sticks And Stones"
30. Reba McEntire - "The Greatest Man I Never Knew"
31. Billy Dean - "Only The Wind"
32. Diamond Rio - "Norma Jean Riley"
33. Garth Brooks - "Papa Loved Mama"
34. Billy Ray Cyrus - "Achy Breaky Heart"
35. Sawyer Brown - "The Dirt Road"
36. Chris LeDouxf/Garth Brooks - "Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy"
37. Suzy Bogguss - "Letting Go"
38. Randy Travis - "If I Didn't Have You"
39. Travis Tritt w/Mary Stuart - "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'"
40. Alan Jackson - "She's Got The Rhythm (I Got The Blues)"
41. Pam Tillis - "Maybe It Was Memphis"
42. Confederate Railroad - "Jesus And Mama"
43. Doug Stone - "Warning Labels"
44. Ronnie Milsap - "Turn That Radio On"
45. Lorrie Morgan - "Watch Me"
46. Patty Loveless - "Jealous Bone"
47. Trisha Yearwood - "That's What I Like About You"
48. Joe Diffie - "Ships That Don't Come In"
49. Pam Tillis - "Shake The Sugar Tree"
50. Brooks & Dunn - "Boot Scootin' Boogie"

Least Favorites:

1. Garth Brooks - "We Shall Be Free"
2. George Strait - "I Cross My Heart"

[matty005]

I can't make a list, but 1992 was the first year my family and i started listening to county. Reading your entire list brought me back to when I was 11 years old. "Lost and Found" by B&D was my first favorite song (second was, "Look Heart, No Hands by Randy Travis). This just brought on so much nostalgia that I won't bore people with, but my goodness, weird a list of songs could make you teary eyed.

[tim]

Glad you got this one going sabre14! Great year in country music. I remember going to see Alan Jackson and Clint Black that year, and that was by far the best Alan Jackson show I can remember...since then he lacked the same energy in his live shows.

Favorite Male Performances:
1. "I'll Think of Something," Mark Chesnutt
2. "So Much Like My Dad," George Strait
3. "Midnight In Montgomery," Alan Jackson
4. "Suspicious Minds," Dwight Yoakam
5. "Warning Labels," Doug Stone
6. "Bubba Shot the Jukebox," Mark Chesnutt
7. "Look Heart No Hands," Randy Travis
9. "Only the Wind," Billy Dean
10. "Burn Me Down," Marty Stuart
11. "Even the Man In The Moon Is Crying," Mark Collie
12. "Seminole Wind," John Anderson
13. "The River," Garth Brooks
14. "If I Didn't Have You," Randy Travis
15. "Today's Lonely Fool," Tracy Lawrence
-Other Favorites-
John Anderson - "Straight Tequila Night," "When It Comes To You"
Clint Black - "Burn One Down"
Mark Chesnutt - "Old Flames Have New Names"
Bill Ray Cyrus - "Could've Been Me"
Billy Dean - "If There Hadn't Been You," "Billy The Kid"
Joe Diffie - "Ships That Don't Come In"
Vince Gill - "I Still Believe In You," "Don't Let Our Love Start Slipping Away"
Alan Jackson - "Loves Got A Hold On You," "Dallas," "She's Got The Rhythm, I Got The Blues"
George Jones - "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair
Sammy Kershaw - "Don't Go Near the Water"
Hal Ketchum - "Past The Point of Rescue," "Sure Love"
Tracy Lawrence - "Runnin' Behind"
Ronnie Milsap - "Turn That Radio On"
John Michael Montgomery - "Life's A Dance"
Paul Overstreet - "Billy Can't Read"
Lee Roy Parnell - "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am"
Ricky Van Shelton - Wear My Ring Around Your Neck," "Wild Man"
Ricky Skaggs - "Same Ol' Love"
George Strait - "Gone As A Girl Can Get"
Doug Stone - "Come In Out of the Pain"
Marty Stuart - "Now That's Country"
Aaron Tippin - "I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way," "There Ain't Nothing Wrong With the Radio"
Travis Tritt - "Can I Trust You With My Heart"
Steve Wariner - "A Woman Loves," "Tips of My Fingers"
Don Williams - "Too Much Love," "It's Who You Love"
Dwight Yoakam - "The Heart That You Own"

Favorite Female Performances:
1. "Is There Life Out There," Reba McEntire
2. "Walkaway Joe," Trisha Yearwood
3. "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight," Tanya Tucker
4. "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia," Reba McEntire
5. "Outbound Plane," Suzy Bogguss
6. "I Saw The Light," Wynonna
7. "Two Sparrows In A Hurricane," Tanya Tucker
8. "Someday Soon," Suzy Bogguss
9. "Take It Like A Man," Michelle Wright
10. "I Feel Lucky," Mary Chapin Carpenter
11. "Something In Red," Lorrie Morgan
12. "The Greatest Man I Never Knew," Reba McEntire
13. "Some Kind of Trouble," Tanya Tucker
14. "Cheap Whiskey," Martina McBride
15. "Maybe It Was Memphis," Pam Tillis
-Honorable Mentions-
"Jealous Bone," Patty Loveless
"The Woman Before Me," Trisha Yearwood
"Shake The Sugar Tree," Pam Tillis
"Aces," Suzy Bogguss
"Drive South," Suzy Bogguss
"No One Else On Earth," Wynonna
"She Is His Only Need," Wynonna

Favorite Group/Duo Performances:
1. "I'm In A Hurry (And Don't Know Why)," Alabama
2. "The Dirt Road," Sawyer Brown
3. "Some Girls Do," Sawyer Brown
4. "Cafe Down On the Corner," Sawyer Brown
5. "Nowhere Bound," Diamond Rio
6. "Jesus and Mama," Confederate Railroad
7. "Lost and Found," Brooks & Dunn
8. "Born Country," Alabama
9. "Norma Jean Riley," Diamond Rio
10. "She Took It Like A Man," Confederate Railroad
-Honorable Mentions-
"When She Cries," Restless Heart
"In A Week or Two," Diamond Rio
"First Time For Everything," Little Texas
"Till I'm Holding You Again," Pirates of the Mississippi

Favorite Duets:
"Not Too Much To Ask," Mary Chapin Carpenter w/ Joe Diffie
"Whatcha Gonna Do With A Cowboy," Chris Ledoux w/ Garth Brooks

Least Favorite Songs:
"Boot Scootin' Boogie," Brooks & Dunn
"Take It Back," Reba McEntire
"Lovesick Blues," George Strait
"I Cross My Heart," George Strait (not that I dislike it really, but I've heard so much and it's always that wedding song; I always got the feeling George didn't like singing it live either)

Obscure Award Show Memory:

[Ten Pound Hammer]

1. Pam Tillis - Maybe It Was Memphis
2. John Anderson - Seminole Wind
3. Sawyer Brown - Cafe on the Corner
4. Diamond Rio - Nowhere Bound
5. Joe Diffie - Ships That Don't Come In
6. Hal Ketchum - Past the Point of Rescue
7. Restless Heart - When She Cries
8. Sammy Kershaw - Yard Sale
9. Michelle Wright - He Would Be Sixteen
10. Wynonna - She Is His Only Need
11. Tanya Tucker - Two Sparrows in a Hurricane
12. Lionel Cartwright - Be My Angel
13. Brooks & Dunn - Neon Moon/Lost and Found
14. Mark Collie - Even the Man in the Moon Is Cryin'
15. Mark Chesnutt - Bubba Shot the Jukebox
16. Rodney Crowell - Lovin' All Night
17. Reba - Is There Life Out There
18. Dwight Yoakam - Suspicious Minds
19. Aaron Tippin - There Ain't Nothin' Wrong with the Radio
20. Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Feel Lucky
21. Shenandoah - Hey Mister (I Need This Job)
22. Little Texas - You and Forever and Me
23. Alan Jackson - Midnight in Montgomery
24. Billy Dean - Only the Wind
25. Vince Gill - Look at Us
26. Clint Black - We Tell Ourselves
27. Ricky Van Shelton - Backroads
28. Doug Stone - Warning Labels
29. The Remingtons - A Long Time Ago/Two-Timin' Me
30. Michael White - Proessional Fool
31. George Strait - So Much Like My Dad
32. Suzy Bogguss - Outbound Plane/Letting Go/Aces (my first ever three-way tie)
33. Travis Tritt - Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man
34. Randy Travis - If I Didn't Have You
35. Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
36. Lorrie Morgan - Something in Red
37. McBride & the Ride - Sacred Ground
38. Paulette Carlson - I'll Start with You
39. Lee Roy Parnell - What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am
40. Ricky Skaggs - Same Ol' Love
41. Clinton Gregory - Play, Ruby, Play
42. Dennis Robbins - Home Sweet Home
43. Paul Overstreet - If I Could Bottle This Up
44. Ronnie Milsap - Turn That Radio On/All Is Fair in Love and War
45. Cleve Francis - You Do My Heart Good
46. The Geezinslaws - Help, I'm White and I Can't Get Down
47. Martina McBride - The Time Has Come
48. Trisha Yearwood - Wrong Side of Memphis
49. Confederate Railroad - Jesus and Mama
50. Tim McGraw - Welcome to the Club

BOTTOM

1. George Strait - I Cross My Heart
2. Steve Wariner - A Woman Loves (is it just me, or is this song kinda sexist?)
3. Collin Raye - In This Life
4. Pam Tillis - Blue Rose Is (only Pam song that never did anything for me)
5. Ricky Van Shelton - Wild Man (this song is about as "wild" as Don Williams)
6. Garth Brooks - The River
7. Restless Heart - You Can Depend on Me

[dajross6]

I wasn't listening to country music in 1992, but there are a bunch of songs on this list that were strong recurrents even up to a few years ago. Songs like:

"What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am"
"Bubba Shot The Jukebox"
"Seminole Wind"
"Lost And Found"heard a few times
"When She Cries"
"Love, Me"
"Boot Scootin' Boogie"

can still be heard on local stations today. Overall, an extremely strong year for music. George Strait's "So Much Like My Dad" is one that I've only heard a few times on the radio but is one of his least remembered songs. It's fantastic and he sings it with such emotion. It's extremely well-written, especially the line "Tell me word for word, what he said, that always made you stay". Fantastic stuff.

[someguy]

Reba McEntire - "Is There Life Out There", "The Greatest Man I Never Knew", "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" (how was she not Female Vocalist of the Year that year?)
Wynonna - "No One Else On Earth", "She Is His Only Need"
Pam Tillis - "Maybe It Was Memphis", "Shake The Sugar Tree"
Brooks & Dunn - "Boot Scootin' Boogie", "Neon Moon"
Lorrie Morgan - "Except For Monday", "Something In Red", "Watch Me"
Mary Chapin Carpenter - "I Feel Lucky", "Not Too Much To Ask"
Collin Raye - "Love, Me", "In This Life"
Alan Jackson - "Midnight In Montgomery"
Suzy Bogguss - "Outbound Plane"
Tanya Tucker - "Some Kind Of Trouble", "Two Sparrows In A Hurricane"
Garth Brooks - "Papa Loved Mama", "What She's Doing Now"
Trisha Yearwood - ""Walkaway Joe", That's What I Like About You", "Wrong Side Of Memphis", "The Woman Before Me"
Billy Ray Cyrus - "Could've Been Me"
Lee Roy Parnell - "What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am"
Patty Loveless - "Jealous Bone"
Alabama - "I'm In A Hurry (And I Don't Know Why)"
Joe Diffie - "Ships That Don't Come In"