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    • Mar 30, 1985
    Alabama's "Forty Hour Week" clocks in at #1 on the Billboard country albums chart for the first of 14 total weeks
    Apr 1, 1985
    Alabama's work pays off big: The band receives gold and platinum awards from the RIAA for the album "Forty Hour Week"
    Apr 17, 1985
    RCA releases Alabama's "Forty Hour Week (For A Livin')"
    May 4, 1985
    Alabama travels to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "There's No Way"
    May 6, 1985
    Alabama wins Entertainer of the Year; Top Vocal Group; and Album of the Year, for "Roll On"; in the 20th annual Academy Of Country Music awards, aired on NBC from the Goodtime Theater at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California
    Jun 15, 1985
    Alabama's June Jam benefit in the band's hometown of Fort Payne features The Judds, Eddy Raven, The Bellamy Brothers, The Charlie Daniels Band, Glen Campbell, Bill Medley and Ralph Emery
    Jun 28, 1985
    People magazine readers name Alabama their Favorite Musical Group
    Jul 30, 1985
    Alabama becomes the first country act to go quadruple-platinum as the albums "Mountain Music" and "Feels So Right" are certified by the RIAA for shipments of 4 million copies. "The Closer You Get" goes triple-platinum
    Aug 2, 1985
    The Sesame Street movie "Follow That Bird" debuts in theaters with a soundtrack that features Ronnie Milsap, Alabama and Waylon Jennings
    Aug 3, 1985
    Alabama works its way to #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Forty Hour Week (For A Livin')"
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