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This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1977.
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"Houston Solution" is a song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in April 1989 as the second single from the album Stranger Things Have Happened. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
"Stranger Things Have Happened" is a song written by Roger Murrah and Keith Stegall, and recorded by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in February 1990 as the fourth single and title track from the album Stranger Things Have Happened. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
"Turn That Radio On" is a song written by Paul Davis and Archie Jordan, and recorded by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in December 1991 as the third single from the album Back to the Grindstone. The song reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, his last Top 10 hit.
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- ↑ "Hot Country Singles". Billboard. 5 Mar 1977. p. 48. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ↑ "Hot Country Songs". Billboard. 14 February 1981. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ↑ "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "RPM 100 Country Singles" (PDF). RPM. March 13, 1989.
- ↑ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989". RPM . December 23, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
- ↑ "Best of 1989: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
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