My (subjective) list of the greatest country songs ever recorded

[NotmebutHim]

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" - George Jones
"Whiskey River" - Willie Nelson
"Smokey Mountain Rain" - Ronnie Milsap
"God Bless the USA" - Lee Greenwood
"Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" - Willie Nelson/Waylon Jennings
"Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" - B. J. Thomas
"Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell
"Wichita Lineman" - Glen Campbell
"Behind Closed Doors" - Charlie Rich
"Kiss An Angle Good Mornin'" - Charley Pride
"Angel of the Morning" - Juice Newton (cover)
"Mountain Music" - Alabama
"Right or Wrong" - George Strait
"Boot Scootin' Boogie" - Brooks & Dunn
"Rose Colored Glasses" - John Conlee
"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" - Hank Williams, Jr.
"Hello Darlin'" - Conway Twitty
"I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" - Merle Haggard
"Take This Job and Shove It" - Johnny Paycheck
"Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way?" - Waylon Jennings
"Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?" - George Strait
"I Was Country (When Country Wasn't Cool)" - Barbara Mandrell feat. George Jones
"Flowers on the Wall" - Statler Brothers
"Elvira" - Oak Ridge Boys
"Let Your Love Flow" - Bellamy Brothers
"Holding Her and Loving You" - Earl Thomas Conley
"I Love a Rainy Night" - Eddie Rabbitt
"The Gambler" - Kenny Rogers
"Chattahoochee" - Alan Jackson

 

[Ugly]

Here's my list...

 

[Jennie-Mae]

Mansion on the Hill - Hank Williams sr
Louisiana Saturday Night - Mel McDaniel
Smoky Mountain Memories - Dolly Parton
Blue Kentucky Girl - Emmylou Harris
Dixieland Delight - Alabama

Ain’t got time for more now, this here’s just a few of them country songs I’d like to mention.

 

[memawsson72732]

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" - George Jones
"Whiskey River" - Willie Nelson
"Smokey Mountain Rain" - Ronnie Milsap
"God Bless the USA" - Lee Greenwood
"Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys" - Willie Nelson/Waylon Jennings
"Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" - B. J. Thomas
"Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell
"Wichita Lineman" - Glen Campbell
"Behind Closed Doors" - Charlie Rich
"Kiss An Angle Good Mornin'" - Charley Pride
"Angel of the Morning" - Juice Newton (cover)
"Mountain Music" - Alabama
"Right or Wrong" - George Strait
"Boot Scootin' Boogie" - Brooks & Dunn
"Rose Colored Glasses" - John Conlee
"All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" - Hank Williams, Jr.
"Hello Darlin'" - Conway Twitty
"I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" - Merle Haggard
"Take This Job and Shove It" - Johnny Paycheck
"Are You Sure Hank Done it This Way?" - Waylon Jennings
"Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind?" - George Strait
"I Was Country (When Country Wasn't Cool)" - Barbara Mandrell feat. George Jones
"Flowers on the Wall" - Statler Brothers
"Elvira" - Oak Ridge Boys
"Let Your Love Flow" - Bellamy Brothers
"Holding Her and Loving You" - Earl Thomas Conley
"I Love a Rainy Night" - Eddie Rabbitt
"The Gambler" - Kenny Rogers
"Chattahoochee" - Alan Jackson

watermelon crawl. indian outlaw, vidalia, boy that sammy kershaw is one heck of a singer, where did he go, and tracey lawrence=greats in my opinion.

 

[hornetguy]

Not nearly enough Haggard in there.... and NO Hank Williams? NO Patsy Cline? NO Dwight Yoakum?



.......sigh.....

 

[Deva_1972]

I don't like country music generally but I will make an exception for "Land of the Living" by Pam Tillis, "She's in Love with the Boy" by Trisha Yearwood, and "Someone Else's Dream" by Faith Hill