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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."
27. ‘All My Ex’s Live in Texas’ by George Strait. Heavy-hitting country legend Strait counts down his list of former flames in this song about why a man would live in Tennessee rather than ...
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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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Mar 9, 2023 · Also named one of country music’s saddest songs of all time by Rolling Stone, McBride’s “Concrete Angel,” the story of a child’s experience with abuse, was a chart topper in 2003 and ...
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- "I Walk The Line" — Johnny Cash
- "Jolene" — Dolly Parton
- "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry” — Hank Williams
- "Friends in Low Places" — Garth Brooks
- "Coal Miner's Daughter" — Loretta Lynn
- "I Will Always Love You" — Dolly Parton
- "Always on My Mind" — Willie Nelson
- "Stand by Your Man" — Tammy Wynette
- "Crazy" — Patsy Cline
- "He Stopped Loving Her Today" — George Jones
Talk about a classic country song! Largely regarded as the absolute best country song of all time, "I Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash was not only Cash's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard chart, but it set records when it stayed high on the chart for nearly 43 weeks.
Though "Jolene" was Parton's second hit song (the first was "Joshua"), this 1973 bop captured the hearts and ears of everyone who listened. (And it still does to this day!) Related: CMA Fest 2022 Lineup
As any hardcore country music fan knows well, Hank Williams is an absolute staple of the genre. And his original song "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" ranks as such, too. When it was released in 1949, it reached number four on the country charts.
Another undeniable staple of the genre is Garth Brooks. Namely, his diddy "Friends in Low Places," written by Dewayne Blackwell and Earl Bud Lee. It hit No. 1 on the country charts and spent four weeks there before winning Single of the Year from both the Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association.
Loretta Lynn's first-ever foray onto the Billboard Hot 100 was "Coal Miner's Daughter" and to this day, it's widely applauded as one of Lynn's best.
Two Dolly songs in the top 10 should come as no surprise. After all, Parton wrote both "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" in the same day! The ballad of all ballads—which Whitney Houston went on to make even more famous in 1992—hit the top spot of Billboard Hot Country songs twice: once in 1974 and then again in 1982 when Parton re-recorded it f...
Willie Nelson's album of the same name Always On My Mindwas the Billboard number one country album of the year in 1982 and songs from the album stayed on the Billboard Top Country Albums charts for a total of 253 weeks. It was number one, however, for a total of 22 weeks.
CMT once named "Stand By Your Man" by Tammy Wynette #1 on its list of Top 100 Country Music Songs. The 1968 single was Wynette's most successful of her career and it even crossed over onto the pop charts as well.
At one time, "Crazy" by Patsy Cline was the most-played song on the jukebox in the U.S. The 1961 tune—written by Willie Nelson—was a commercial hit on both the country and pop charts.
This powerful, emotional hit from 1980 is considered by many to be the greatest country song of all time. It won recognition from the Grammys, Academy of Country Music and CMA awards, as well as was selected by the Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Board in 2009.
Click to play. "Smoky Mountain Rain" is a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music singer Ronnie Milsap. It was released in September 1980 as the first and only single from his Greatest Hits compilation album. The single became one of his best-known songs.
Feb 1, 2017 · The 100 Best Country Songs Of All Time Lyrics: The 100 best country songs of all time, as ranked by the country music community at Genius: / 100. "Small Town Southern Man" -- by Alan Jackson ...
