American Country Countdown segments (4/15/1989)

Found this gem at my neighborhood vinyl store. A complete 4-hour installment of "American Country Countdown" (Episode #892-03) for radio stations by ABC Watermark, when they syndicated the show. Hosted by Bob Kingsley, the program counted down the Top 40 hits of Billboard Magazine's country music charts for the week ending April 15, 1989.

The show came on four 33rpm LPs, with a half-hour's worth of material on each side. The original "national" commercial spots are intact, with designated spaces for local ads provided by the affiliates. This copy also came with an ABC Watermark "cue sheet" that told the station people when to put on local ads or let the DJs talk over the music sting at the end of each hour.

Obviously, I can't upload the songs themselves, so I'm just letting you hear the host segments and commercials. Below is a list of the Top 40 hits from that week, as well as bonus songs from ACC's past that rounded out each hour.

00:00 HOUR ONE:
LAST WEEK'S HIT: "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" (Keith Whitley)
40. "Call On Me" (Tanya Tucker)
39. "Back in the Fire" (Gene Watson)
38. "Down That Road Tonight" (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
37. "Many Mansions" (Moe Bandy)
36. "New Fool at an Old Game" (Reba McEntire)
35. "If I Ever Go Crazy" (The Shooters)
34. "Big Love" (The Bellamy Brothers)
BONUS: "I Need More of You" (The Bellamy Brothers)
33. "Goodbye Lonesome, Hello Baby Doll" (The Lonesome Strangers)
32. "They Rage On" (Dan Seals)
31. "I Don't Want to Spoil The Party" (Rosanne Cash)
ARCHIVE: "You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation" (Ronnie McDowell)

18:16 HOUR TWO:
30. "She Don't Love Nobody" (The Desert Rose Band)
29. "Like Father, Like Son" (Lionel Cartwright)
28. "There's a Tear in My Beer" (Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr.)
BONUS: "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" (Hank Williams)
BONUS: "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" (Hank Williams, Jr.)
27. "Love Out Loud" (Earl Thomas Conley)
26. "The Gospel According to Luke" (Skip Ewing)
25. "I'll Be Lovin' You" (Lee Greenwood)
24. "From the Word Go" (Michael Martin Murphey)
23. "I Got You" (Dwight Yoakam)
BONUS: "Little Sister" (Dwight Yoakam)
22. "Better Man" (Clint Black)
21. "Love Will" (The Forester Sisters)
ARCHIVE: "A Fire I Can't Put Out" (George Strait)

34:51 HOUR THREE:
20. "Where Did I Go Wrong" (Steve Wariner)
19. "My Train of Thought" (Barbara Mandrell)
18. "After All This Time" (Rodney Crowell)
17. "If I Had You" (Alabama)
BONUS: "She and I" (Alabama)
16. "Big Dreams in a Small Town" (Restless Heart)
15. "Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye" (George Strait)
14. "Is It Still Over" (Randy Travis)
13. "The Heart" (Lacy J. Dalton)
12. "She Deserves You" (Baillie and the Boys)
11. "Setting Me Up" (Highway 101)
ARCHIVE: "I'm Only in It for the Love" (John Conlee)

50:48 HOUR FOUR:
10. "Don't Toss Us Away" (Patty Loveless)
9. "Young Love" (The Judds)
8. "Fair Shake" (Foster & Lloyd)
7. "You Got It" (Roy Orbison)
6. "Old Coyote Town" (Don Williams)
BONUS: "Listen to the Radio" (Don Williams)
5. "Hey Bobby" (K. T. Oslin)
CALENDAR: "All Shook Up" (Elvis Presley)
4. "Tell It Like It Is" (Billy Joe Royal)
3. "The Church on Cumberland Road" (Shenandoah)
2. "Who You Gonna Blame It On This Time" (Vern Gosdin)
1. "I'm No Stranger to the Rain" (Keith Whitley)
---
No copyright infringement intended.

I do not own the rights for these films, and I don't intend to make money from them.

Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

© 1989-2025 Cumulus Media, Inc. All rights reserved.
All songs are property of their respective artists and/or labels.