500 Greatest Country Songs

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500 Greatest Country Songs of All-Time List
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#1. "Amarillo by Morning"
Artist: George Strait
Written by: Paul Fraser & Terry Stafford
Album: Strait From The Heart
Year: 1982
Length: 2:52
Chart: #4
 
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#2. "Folsom Prison Blues"
Artist: Johnny Cash
Written by: Johnny Cash
Album: With His Hot & Blue Guitar
Year: 1955
Length: 2:53
Chart: #1 (1968 re-release)
 
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#3. "Mama Tried"
Artist: Merle Haggard
Written by: Merle Haggard
Album: Mama Tried
Year: 1968
Length: 2:12
Chart: #1
 
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#4. "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
Artist: George Jones
Written By: Bobby Braddock & Curly Putnam
Album: I Am What I Am
Year: 1980
Length: 3:15
Chart: #1
 
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#5. "Ring of Fire"
Artist: Johnny Cash
Written by: June Carter & Merle Kilgore
Album: Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
Year: 1963
Length: 2:38
Chart: #1
 
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#6. "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)"
Artist: Garth Brooks
Written by: Garth Brooks & Randy Taylor
Album: Garth Brooks
Year: 1989
Length: 2:53
Chart: #8
 
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#7. "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
Artist: Willie Nelson
Written by: Fred Rose
Album: Red Headed Stranger
Year: 1975
Length: 2:21
Chart: #1
 
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#8. "Here in the Real World"
Artist: Alan Jackson
Written by: Alan Jackson & Mark Irwin
Album: Here in the Real World
Year: 1990
Length: 3:38
Chart: #3
 
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#9. "I'm No Stranger to the Rain"
Artist: Keith Whitley
Written by: Sonny Curtis & Ron Hellard
Album: Don't Close Your Eyes
Year: 1989
Length: 3:34
Chart: #1
 
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#10. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
Artist: Hank Williams
Written by: Hank Williams
Album: 20 Greatest Hits
Year: 1949
Length: 2:51
Chart: #1
 
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#11. "How Do You Like Me Now?"
Artist: Toby Keith
Written by: Toby Keith & Chuck Cannon
Album: How Do You Like Me Now?
Year: 1999
Length: 3:27
Chart: #1
 
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#12. "The Thunder Rolls"
Artist: Garth Brooks
Written by: Garth Brooks & Pat Alger
Album: No Fences
Year: 1991
Length: 3:42
Chart: #1
 
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#13. "Galveston"
Artist: Glen Campbell
Written by: Jimmy Webb
Album: Galveston
Year: 1969
Length: 2:38
Chart: #1
 
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#14. "Killin' Time"
Artist: Clint Black
Written by: Clint Black & Hayden Nicholas
Album: Killin' Time
Year: 1989
Length: 2:48
Chart: #1
 
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#15. "The Chair"
Artist: George Strait
Written by: Hank Cochran & Dean Dillon
Album: Something Special
Year: 1985
Length: 2:51
Chart: #1
 
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#16. "Forever & Ever, Amen"
Artist: Randy Travis
Written by: Paul Overstreet & Don Schlitz
Album: Always & Forever
Year: 1987
Length: 3:31
Chart: #1
 
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#17. "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?"
Artist: Waylon Jennings
Written by: Waylon Jennings
Album: Dreaming My Dreams
Year: 1975
Length: 3:02
Chart: #1
 
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#18. "Guitars, Cadillacs"
Artist: Dwight Yoakam
Written by: Dwight Yoakam
Album: Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.
Year: 1986
Length: 3:02
Chart: #4
 
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#19. "Green, Green Grass of Home"
Artist: Porter Wagoner
Written by: Curly Putnam
Album: On the Road
Year: 1965
Length: 2:27
Chart: #4
 
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#20. "Guitar Town"
Artist: Steve Earle
Written by: Steve Earle
Album: Guitar Town
Year: 1986
Length: 2:33
Chart: #7
 
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#21. "For the Good Times"
Artist: Ray Price
Written by: Kris Kristofferson
Album: For the Good Times
Year: 1970
Length: 3:49
Chart: #1
 
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#22. "King of The Road"
Artist: Roger Miller
Written by: Roger Miller
Album: Golden Hits
Year: 1965
Length: 2:28
Chart: #1
 
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#23. "El Paso"
Artist: Marty Robbins
Written by: Marty Robbins
Album: Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs
Year: 1959
Length: 4:44
Chart: #1
 
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#24. "Dream Walkin'"
Artist: Toby Keith
Written by: Toby Keith & Chuck Cannon
Album: Dream Walkin'
Year: 1997
Length: 3:56
Chart: #5
 
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#25. "Too Cold At Home"
Artist: Mark Chesnutt
Written by: Bobby Harden
Album: Too Cold At Home
Year: 1990
Length: 3:42
Chart: #3
 
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