Country 1-100 by briggs54

Warning! This list is highly revisionist. Alt-Country, Americana, Appalachian Folk, Bluegrass, and Country-Rock all qualify for this list in addition to the "classic" and "mainstream" country sounds. Think big umbrella with some holes: I include what I want to include and the rules are very arbitrary. Like a lot of lists, individual rankings mean very little after about #20, stuff gets added and removed all the time. I do not guarantee, nor care about, consistency with my other charts for this or any of my genre specific lists.

My Favorite Country Songs (i.e. Not Necessarily the "Greatest of All Time"):
1. Tammy Wynette: Stand By Your Man
2. Willie Nelson: Red Headed Stranger
3. David Allan Coe: You Never Even Called Me By My Name
4. Charlie Rich: Behind Closed Doors
5. George Jones: Darlin'
6. Flying Burrito Brothers: Sin City
7. Michael Hurley, The Unholy Modal Rounders, Jeffrey Fredericks & The Clamtones: Slurf Song
8. Willis Alan Ramsey: Ballad Of Spider John
9. John Prine: Sam Stone
10. Gene Clark: Life's Greatest Fool
11. Waylon Jennings: The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You)
12. Emmylou Harris: Evangeline
13. Terry Allen: Amarillo Highway
14. Gram Parsons: Return of the Grievous Angel
15. Vern Gosdin: Set 'Em Up Joe
16. Tanya Tucker: Delta Dawn
17. Tom T. Hall: The Last Country Song
18. Jerry Jeff Walker: Leavin' Texas
19. The Flatlanders: Keeper of the Mountain
20. Doug Sahm: Give Back The Key To My Heart
21. Gary Stewart: Single Again
22. Robert Earl Keen: Corpus Christi Bay
23. Michael Martin Murphey: Geronimo's Cadillac
24. Merle Haggard: (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
25. Kinky Friedman: Rapid City, South Dakota
26. Guy Clark: LA Freeway
27. Chip Taylor: (I Want) The Real Thing
28. Bobby Bare: Pretty Painted Ladies
29. Gillian Welch: Red Clay Halo
30. Johnny Paycheck: Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets
31. Lefty Frizzell: I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got A Heartache To Hide)


Other Favorites and/or Songs That Would Be On My "Greatest Country Songs" List:
-Alabama: If You're Gonna Play In Texas (You Gotta Have A Fiddle In The Band); Mountain Music
-Alan Jackson: Chattahoochee; Don't Rock The Jukebox; Here In The Real World
-Arthur Russell: Close My Eyes; I Couldn't Say It To Your Face;
-The Band: Acadian Driftwood; The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; The Weight
-Bill Monroe: Body & Soul; Uncle Pen
-Billy Joe Shaver: I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train; When I Get My Wings
-Bob Dylan: Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
-Bobbie Gentry: Mississippi Delta; Ode To Billie Joe
-Bobby Bare: 500 Miles Away From Home; Marie Laveau; The Streets Of Baltimore; The Winner
-Brad Paisley: I'm Gonna Miss Her
-Brooks & Dunn: My Maria; Neon Moon
-Buck Owens: Act Naturally; Close Up The Honky Tonks; Foolin' Around; I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me); I've Got A Tiger By The Tail; Together Again
-Carter Family: Wildwood Flower; Will The Circle Be Unbroken
-Charlie Pride: Kiss An Angel Good Morning; Snakes Crawl At Night
-Charlie Rich: The Most Beautiful Girl; Who Will The Next Fool Be?
-Charlie Walker: Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
-Clint Black: Killin' Time
-Conway Twitty: Hello Darlin'
-Dale Hawkins: L.A. Memphis Tyler Texas
-Dale Watson: I Lie When I Drink
-Dave Dudley: Six Days On The Road
-David Allen Coe: Spotlight; Tennessee Whiskey
-Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You
-Don Gibson: I Can't Stop Loving You
-Doug Sahm: Cowboy Peyton Place; I Can't Go Back To Austin; It's Gonna Be Easy; Wallflower; Wolverton Mountain
-Dwight Yoakam: Guitars, Cadillacs; Honky Tonk Man; I Sang Dixie
-Eddy Arnold: Anytime; Make The World Go Away; You Don't Know Me
-Emmylou Harris: If I Could Only Win Your Love; Queen of the Silver Dollar
-Ernest Tubb: Walking The Floor Over You; Waltz Across Texas
-Faron Young: Hello Walls
-The Flatlanders: Dallas
-Flatt & Scruggs: Foggy Mountain Breakdown; I'll Be Going to Heaven, Sometime
-Freddy Fender: Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
-Garth Brooks: Friends In Low Places
-Gary Stewart: Drinkin' Thing; She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles)
-Gene Watson: Fourteen Carat Mind; Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy)
-George Strait: All My Ex's Live In Texas; Amarillo By Morning; Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?
-Gillian Welch: Elvis Presley Blues
-Gram Parsons: Return Of The Grievous Angel
-Guy Clark: Desperados Waiting For The Train; Lone Star Hotel; Me I'm Feeling The Same
-Hank Snow: I Don't Hurt Anymore; I'm Movin' On
-Hank Thompson: Six Pack To Go; The Wild Side Of Life
-Hank Williams: Hey Good Lookin'; Honky Tonkin'; I Saw The Light; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Move It On Over
-Hank Williams Jr.: Family Tradition
-International Submarine Band: Blue Eyes
-Jack Greene: There Goes My Everything
-James Talley: Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got A Lot Of Love
-Jamey Johnson: Set 'em Up Joe
-Jean Shepard: Twice The Lovin' (In Half The Time)
-Jeannie C. Riley: Harper Valley P.T.A.
-Jerry Jeff Walker: Jaded Lover; Mr. Bojangles; Night Rider's Lament
-Jerry Lee Lewis: She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left Of Me)
-Jim Ed Brown: Pop A Top
-Jim Reeves: He'll Have To Go
-Jimmie Rodgers: Standin' On The Corner (Blue Yodel No. 9); T For Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)
-Jimmy Martin: I Cried Again; Rock Hearts
-Joe Ely: Johnny's Blues; West Texas Waltz
-John Hartford: Steam Powered Aereo Plane
-Johnny Cash: I Came To Believe; I Walk The Line; Ring of Fire; There You Go
-Johnny Horton: Honky Tonk Man; I'm Ready If You're Willing
-Johnny Lee: Lookin' For Love
-Johnny Paycheck: 15 Beers; I'm The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised); Take This Job And Shove It
-Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle: Dancer With Bruised Knees
-Keith Whitley: Tell Lorrie I Love Her; When You Say Nothing At All
-Kenny Rogers: The Gambler
-Kinky Friedman: Sold American; They Ain't Makin' Jews Like Jesus Anymore; We Reserve The Right To Refuse Service To You
-Kitty Wells: It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
-Kris Kristofferson: Best Of All Possible Worlds; For The Good Times; Me And Bobby Mcgee; Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
-Larry Jon Wilson: Canoochee Revisited; Ohoopee River Bottomland
-Lefty Frizzell: I Want To Be With You Always; If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time); She's Gone, Gone, Gone
-Leroy Van Dyke - Walk On By
-Little Feat: Willin'
-Loretta Lynn: Don't Come Home A Drinkin'; You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)
-Louvin Brothers: When I Stop Dreaming
-Lucinda Williams: Passionate Kisses
-Maddox Brothers & Rose: Philadelphia Lawyer
-Marty Robbins: El Paso
-Merle Haggard: The Bottle Let Me Down; I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink; Ramblin' Fever; Silver Wings; Today I Started Loving You Again
-Merle Travis: I Am A Pilgrim
-Michael Martin Murphey: Natchez Trace
-Mickey Newbury: Sunshine
-Mike Cooper: Country Water
-Moe Bandy: I Cheated Me Right Out Of You; It Was Always So Easy (To Find An Unhappy Woman); Just Good Ol' Boys
-Norman Blake: Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
-Osborne Brothers: Rocky Top
-Ozark Mountain Daredevils: If You Wanna Get To Heaven
-Palace Music: New Partner
-Patsy Cline: Crazy; Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue); I Fall To Pieces; She's Got You; Sweet Dreams
-Paul Siebel: Nashville Again
-Porter Wagoner: A Satisfied Mind
-Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton: The Last Thing On My Mind
-Randy Travis: Forever And Ever, Amen
-Ray Price: Crazy Arms; For The Good Times; I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)
-Ray Wylie Hubbard: Lovin' of the Game; Portales; West Texas Country Western Dance Band
-Robert Earl Keen: Paint The Town Beige; The Road Goes On Forever
-Rodney Crowell: California Earthquake (A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On); Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight
-Roger Miller: King Of The Road
-Roy Acuff: Wabash Cannonball
-Ryan Adams: Call Me On Your Way Back Home
-Slim Whitman: Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Rose Marie
-Son Volt: Windfall
-Songs Ohia: Farewell Transmission
-Sons Of The Pioneers: Tumbling Tumbleweeds
-Steve Earle: Guitar Town; Hard-Core Troubadour
-Sturgill Simpson: Life of Sin
-Tennessee Ernie Ford: Sixteen Tons
-Tom T. Hall: Old Dogs Children And Watermelon Wine; That's How I Got To Memphis; What Have You Got To Lose; The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
-Tom Waits: Ol' 55; Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards); Rosie
-Tony Joe White: Polk Salad Annie
-Townes Van Zandt: Be Here To Love Me; No Deal; To Live Is To Fly
-Travis Tritt: Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares); The Whiskey Ain't Workin'
-Vince Gill: Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away; One More Last Chance
-Warren Zevon: Carmelita
-Webb Pierce: I Ain't Never; There Stands The Glass
-Wilco: Forget The Flowers
-Willard Grant Conspiracy: Christmas In Nevada
-Wynn Stewart: It's Such a Pretty World Today

• Chart updated: 05/11/2019 02:45
• (Created: 05/10/2015 16:32).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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