This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1992.
Events
- January â After 23 years of its tried-and-true formula, the producers of Hee Haw unveil an extensively revamped show in time for the start of its belated 24th season. The show's new urban setting, along with more pop-oriented country guests, is a resounding failure and lasts only through the end of the season. That fall, viewers will be greeted with Hee Haw Silver â a collection of classic shows, with new introductions by longtime host Roy Clark; "Silver" will fill out the show's 25th (and final) season.
- June 27 - At a concert in Bonner Springs, Kansas, a heavily intoxicated Hank Williams Jr. repeatedly insults the crowd and exits the stage after only 20 minutes. Williams later issues an apology.
- August 28 â The major motion picture Honeymoon in Vegas is released. The soundtrack features several country music performers, including Dwight Yoakam, Travis Tritt and Trisha Yearwood covering Elvis Presley songs.
- October 23 â The major motion picture Pure Country is released, starring George Strait, who also sang the soundtrack.
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- At age 52, former country star Jonie Mosby (of the 1960s-early 1970s duo Johnny and Jonie Mosby) makes national headlines when she becomes the oldest woman in the United States to undergo in vitro fertilization and successfully bear a child.
- Line dancing becomes a national fad, tied to the success of at least two major country music hits: Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart" and Brooks & Dunn's "Boot Scootin' Boogie." Throughout the rest of the decade, several major country music hits would have dance remixes, and several videos would be released.
Top hits of the year
Singles released by American artists
Singles released by Canadian artists
Top new album releases
Other top albums
On television
Regular series
- Hee Haw (1969âÂÂ1993, syndicated)
Specials
Births
- May 19 â Lainey Wilson, rising country singer-songwriter of the 2020s ("Things a Man Oughta Know", "Heart Like a Truck").
- June 15 â Parker McCollum, country singer-songwriter known for his 2020 hit "Pretty Heart".
- June 26 â Jennette McCurdy, actress, screenwriter, producer, singer and songwriter.
- October 9 â Chase Bryant, up-and-coming singer of the mid-2010s, including "Take It On Back" and "Little Bit of You."
- November 23 â Miley Cyrus, daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus; actress and singer.
- December 1 â Travis Denning, country singer-songwriter known for his 2020 hit "After a Few".
Deaths
- February 19 â Biff Collie, 66, country music disc jockey, promoter and journalist (cancer).
- October 25 â Roger Miller, 56, singer-songwriter best known for Grammy Award winner "King of the Road". (throat cancer)
- November 23 â Roy Acuff, 89, country music pioneer from the 1930s onward, and Grand Ole Opry institution. (heart failure)
Hall of Fame inductees
Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductees
Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame inductees
Major awards
Grammy Awards
Juno Awards
Academy of Country Music
ARIA Awards
(presented in Sydney on March 6, 1992)
Canadian Country Music Association
Country Music Association
Further reading
- Kingsbury, Paul, "The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories," Villard Books, Random House; Opryland USA, 1995
- Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 ()
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944âÂÂ2005 â 6th Edition." 2005.
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