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A list of the greatest country recordings from Patsy to Johnny, Waylon to Taylor, spanning the history of the genre. Find out which songs made the cut and why they are so memorable.
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- Brad Paisley, ‘Welcome to the Future’ (2009) Mainstream country's most prominent liberal ambitiously overloads this nearly six-minute single from 2009's American Saturday Night, explaining that he wanted "to serve up a little multigenerational truth with a strong sense of hope and possibility."
- Harry Choates, ‘Jole Blon’ (1946) One of Bruce Springsteen's lesser-known influences is the late, hard-drinkin' Texas fiddle player Harry Choates. After playing for spare change as a teenager in the Thirties, Choates started making records by his early Twenties, and his aching 1946 reworking of the so-called "Cajun National Anthem" hit Number Four on the Billboard charts.
- C.W. McCall, ‘Convoy’ (1975) This loving, jargon-filled novelty song took the insular world of trucker culture to the tops of both the country and pop charts in 1976.
- Gretchen Wilson, ‘Redneck Woman’ (2004) Originally a collective of Nashville outcasts and outsiders known for their open-minded open mic night, the MuzikMafia went mainstream with the twin successes of Big & Rich's "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" and Gretchen Wilson's "Redneck Woman."
May 18, 2024 · 1. “He Stopped Loving Her Today” by George Jones (1980) It’s one of the most iconic country songs of all time with rich lyrics sang in a mournful, beautiful way by the late George Jones, and ...
May 24, 2024 · Dave Dudley, ‘Six Days on the Road’. 1963. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. Before there was “White Line Fever,” “Convoy,” or “East Bound and Down,” there was “Six Days on the ...
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- 'Cruise' by Florida Georgia Line. - Artist: Florida Georgia Line. - Billboard rank: #1. The duo's 2012 single set an all-time record of 56 weeks on the country charts, tying Taylor Swift's record.
- 'Walk On By' by Leroy Van Dyke. - Artist: Leroy Van Dyke. - Billboard rank: #2. Leroy Van Dyke's most successful song spent 37 weeks on the country chart in 1961, with a record-breaking 19 in the #1 spot.
- 'Wanted' by Hunter Hayes. - Artist: Hunter Hayes. - Billboard rank: #3. Hunter Hayes broke a record held since 1973 as the youngest male artist to reach #1 when "Wanted" topped the Hot Country Songs chart.
- 'Take Your Time' by Sam Hunt. - Artist: Sam Hunt. - Billboard rank: #4. This 2014 recording became Hunt's second consecutive single to reach #1 on the country charts.
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Aug 25, 2019 · What are the all-time greatest country songs? These 100 top our list. Matthew Leimkuehler Dave Paulson Cindy Watts. Nashville Tennessean. 0:03. 0:41. How do you make a sprawling...
