Country’s Greatest Hits

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Ruby (Don’t Take Your Love to Town)
cover recording of:
Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
lyricist and composer:
Mel Tillis
publisher:
Cedarwood Publishing Company, Inc., Universal Cedarwood Publishing and Universal Music Publishing International Ltd.
Kenny Rogers3.652:56
2Get Rhythm
recording of:
Get Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hi-Lo Music
Johnny Cash2:14
3Crazy Arms
recording of:
Crazy Arms (on 1956-03-01)
writer:
Ralph Mooney (in 1954) and Chuck Seals (in 1954)
publisher:
Champion Music Corp., Leeds Music, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (in 1956) and MCA Music Svenska AB (in 1978)
Ray Price32:34
4What Am I Worth
recording of:
What Am I Worth
writer:
Darrell Edwards and George Jones (US country music vocalist)
George Jones2:47
5Drinking Tequila
recording of:
Drinking Tequila
lyricist and composer:
Bob Center
Jim Reeves2:46
6Maybellene
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-08-09)
cover recording of:
Maybellene (on 1955-08-09)
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Salee Music Company
Marty Robbins2:32
7I’ve Loved and Lost Again
recording of:
I’ve Loved and Lost Again
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Miller (US country music songwriter)
Patsy Cline2:35
8Lovesick Blues
recorded in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1948-12-22)
bass:
Willie Thawl (US bassist) (on 1948-12-22)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler) (on 1948-12-22)
guitar:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1948-12-22)
guitar [lead guitar]:
James Grishaw (on 1948-12-22)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Louis Innis (on 1948-12-22)
mandolin:
Clyde Baum (on 1948-12-22)
steel guitar:
Jerry Byrd (Nashville A-Team) (on 1948-12-22)
vocals:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1948-12-22)
recording of:
Lovesick Blues (on 1948-12-22)
lyricist:
Irving Mills and Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01)
composer:
Cliff Friend (US composer, lyricist & pianist)
arranger:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Jack Mills, Inc. (on 1922-04-03) and Mills Music, Inc. (from 1930 to present)
Hank Williams42:45
9Secret Love
Slim Whitman2:48
10Live Fast Love Hard Die Young
cover recording of:
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Allison
Faron Young42:19
11We’ve Got Things to Do
June Carter Cash2:24
12I Didn’t Sleep a Wink Last Night
recording of:
I Didn’t Sleep a Wink
writer:
Jimmy Day and Willie Nelson
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
Willie Nelson2:13
13Have You Ever Been Lonely
Chet Atkins2:36
14Ridin’ the Sunshine Special
recording of:
Ridin’ the Sunshine Special
writer:
Chuck Murphy (1950s Country/Honky Tonk artist) and Huel Murphy
Johnny Horton2:15
15Please Don’t Let Me Love You
Red Sovine2:35
16Daydreamin’
Jimmy C. Newman3:03
17Stompy Joe
Hank Locklin2:25
18I’m an Old Old Man
Lefty Frizzell2:28
19Blackberry Boogie
recording of:
Blackberry Boogie
writer:
Tennessee Ernie Ford (in 1952)
Tennessee Ernie Ford2:29
20Crying in the Chapel
Darrell Glenn3:02
21I Heard the Jukebox Playing
Kitty Wells2:15
22Your Papa Ain’t Steppin’ Anymore
Sheb Wooley2:44
23Back Street Affair
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1952-07-29)
recording of:
Back Street Affair (on 1952-07-29)
composer:
Jimmy Rule and Billy Wallace (Country artist)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
Webb Pierce42:46
24Rub-A-Dub-Dub
Hank Thompson2:15
25Release Me
cover recording of:
Release Me
additional writer:
W.S. Stevenson
writer:
Harris (James Pebworth; Guitarist - songwriter Wrote the standard "Release Me" along with Eddie Miller (3) and Robert Yount. In most cases one or both of his pseudonyms Dub Williams and Robert Harris are credited on the releases.), Miller (US country music songwriter), Williams (pseudonym used by James Pebworth) and Young (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Four Star Sales, Roschelle Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd.
Dolly Parton3.52:16
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1The Auctioneer
recording of:
The Auctioneer
writer:
Buddy Black (writer) and Leroy Van Dyke
publisher:
Randy Smith Music Corp. (in 1977)
Leroy Van Dyke42:55
2Walkin’ After Midnight
vocals:
Patsy Cline
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records Ltd. (do not use as an imprint; UK subsidiary of MCA Records) (in 1957)
cover recording of:
Walkin’ After Midnight
lyricist:
Don Hecht
composer:
Alan Block and Don Hecht
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Patsy Cline4.62:35
3A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation)
recorded in:
New York, United States (on 1957-01-25)
producer:
Mitch Miller
recording of:
A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation (on 1957-01-25)
lyricist and composer:
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins2:31
4Four Walls
recording of:
Four Walls
composer:
George Campbell and Marvin Moore (songwriter, best known for “Four Walls” and “The Green Door”)
publisher:
SBK United Partnership Ltd.
Jim Reeves2:50
5I Walk the Line
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-04-02)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-04-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 30), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 33) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 76)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-04-02)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Bug Music, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
Johnny Cash4.152:44
6Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
cover recording of:
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
lyricist:
Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers)
composer:
Joel Newman
Jimmie Rodgers42:22
7Fraulein
recording of:
Fraulein (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Lawton Williams
Bobby Helms52:53
8Mister Sandman
bass:
Ernie Newton (contrabassist)
celesta and piano:
Marvin Hughes
electric guitar:
Chet Atkins
membranophone:
Buddy Harman (Session drummer and songwriter)
steel guitar:
Bud Isaacs
cover recording of:
Mr. Sandman
lyricist and composer:
Pat Ballard
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.)
Chet Atkins2:18
9Rose Marie
recording of:
Rose-Marie (title song of the 1924 operetta)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and Otto Harbach
composer:
Rudolf Friml
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Rose-Marie (1924 operetta-style musical)
Slim Whitman2:24
10Just One More
recording of:
Just One More
lyricist and composer:
George Jones (US country music vocalist)
George Jones2:43
11Jambalaya (on the Bayou)
recording of:
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) (on 1952-06-13)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music Limited (UK), Fred Rose Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-07-28)
Hank Williams42:54
12I’m Movin’ On
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1950-03-28)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Ernie Newton (contrabassist) (on 1950-03-28)
fiddle:
Tommy Vaden (US country fiddler) (on 1950-03-28)
guitar:
Hank Snow (on 1950-03-28)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Jack Shook (on 1950-03-28)
steel guitar:
Joe Talbot (Steel guitar player and music industry executive) (on 1950-03-28)
vocals:
Hank Snow (on 1950-03-28)
recording of:
I’m Moving On (on 1950-03-28)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Snow
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Hank Snow42:50
13Hidin’ Out
recording of:
Hidin’ Out
writer:
Eddie Miller (US country music songwriter) and W.S. Stevenson
Patsy Cline2:29
14Goin’ Steady
recording of:
Goin' Steady
lyricist and composer:
Faron Young
Faron Young2:41
15Make Your Mind Up
Kitty Wells2:17
16Ballad of a Teenage Queen
recording of:
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
Johnny Cash42:11
17Dixie Fried
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1956-03)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (in 1956-03)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956-03) and Eddie Starr (in 1956-03)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956-03)
edit of:
Dixie Fried (version 2: 3 false starts & master) by Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
recording of:
Dixie Fried (in 1956-03)
composer:
Howard Griffen and Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:
Carl Perkins Music Inc., Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Wren Music Co.
Carl Perkins2:27
18Hey Joe!
Carl Smith2:31
19High Noon
Tex Ritter2:48
20Singing the Blues
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-11-03)
producer:
Don Law
recording of:
Singing the Blues (on 1955-11-03)
lyricist and composer:
Melvin Endsley (in 1956)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Opryland Ltd. (UK) and Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK)
Marty Robbins2:27
21Jukebox Blues
recording of:
Juke Box Blues (Maybelle Carter / June Carter)
writer:
Mother Maybelle Carter
June Carter2:19
22Penny Candy
recording of:
Penny Candy
lyricist and composer:
Cal Veale
Jim Reeves2:30
23Sixteen Tons
acoustic guitar:
Bobby Gibbons (on 1955-09-20)
bass clarinet:
Darol Rice (on 1955-09-20)
clarinet:
Red Mandel (on 1955-09-20)
double bass [bass]:
Rolly Bundock (on 1955-09-20)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Roy Harte (drummer and Pacific Jazz founder) (on 1955-09-20)
finger snaps and lead vocals:
Tennessee Ernie Ford (on 1955-09-20)
trombone:
George Bruns (on 1955-09-20)
trumpet:
Charlie Parlato (on 1955-09-20)
conductor:
Jack Fascinato (on 1955-09-20)
arranger:
Jack Fascinato
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bacci Bros Records (in 2010) and Lucky Vintage (in 2014)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1955-09-20)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1955 (number: 12)
cover recording of:
Sixteen Tons (on 1955-09-20)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
arranger:
Paul Brody
publisher:
American Music, Inc. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
Tennessee Ernie Ford4.652:37
24The Wild Side of Life
recording of:
The Wild Side of Life
lyricist and composer:
Arlie Carter and William Warren
publisher:
Commodore Music Corp., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Leeds Music Ltd., Unart Music Corp. and Leeds Music (in 1976)
Hank Thompson2:43
25Why Baby Why?
recording of:
Why Baby Why
writer:
Darrell Edwards and George Jones (US country music vocalist)
George Jones2:17
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1Time’s a Wastin’
June Carter & Carl Smith2:10
2Train of Love
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-05-08)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-05-08)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-05-08)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-05-08)
recording of:
Train of Love (on 1956-05-08)
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
Johnny Cash42:22
3A Church, a Courtroom and Then Goodbye
vocals:
Patsy Cline
recording of:
A Church, a Courtroom and Then Goodbye
writer:
Eddie Miller (US country music songwriter) and W.S. Stevenson
Patsy Cline43:04
4Where Does a Broken Heart Go?
recording of:
Where Does a Broken Heart Go?
lyricist and composer:
Mary Reeves
Jim Reeves2:22
5Cryin’ Cause I Love You
recording of:
Cryin' Cause I Love You
lyricist and composer:
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins2:37
6North Wind
Slim Whitman2:43
7Foolish Heart
Faron Young2:22
8Silver Threads and Golden Needles
recording of:
Silver Threads and Golden Needles
writer:
Dick Reynolds (country songwriter) and Jack Rhodes (songwriter, producer, guitarist)
publisher:
Central Songs, Fort Knox Music Co, Fort Knox Music Inc. and Trio Music Co., Inc.
Wanda Jackson2:37
9Release Me
Ray Price2:42
10(That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me
producer:
Chet Atkins
bass:
Charlie McCoy (white blues harmonica player, 1960s-present) (on 1966-02-17) and Henry Strzelecki (on 1966-02-17)
drums (drum set):
Jerry Carrigan (US drummer) (on 1966-02-17)
guitar:
Ray Edenton (on 1966-02-17), Waylon Jennings (US country musician) (on 1966-02-17) and Jerry Reed (on 1966-02-17)
harmonica:
Charlie McCoy (white blues harmonica player, 1960s-present) (on 1966-02-17)
marimba:
Richard Morris (Willie Nelson session percussionist) (on 1966-02-17)
piano:
Hargus “Pig” Robbins (on 1966-02-17)
background vocals:
Dorothy Ann Dillard (on 1966-02-17), Priscilla Hubbard (on 1966-02-17), Louis Nunley (on 1966-02-17) and William Wright (in the Anita Kerr Singers) (on 1966-02-17)
lead vocals:
Waylon Jennings (US country musician) (on 1966-02-17)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-02-17)
cover recording of:
For Lovin’ Me (on 1966-02-17)
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
Early Morning Music, M. Witmark & Sons, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Waylon Jennings2:24
11I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive
recording of:
I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive (on 1952-06-13)
lyricist and writer:
Fred Rose (songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
Hank Williams2:27
12Raw Hide
banjo:
Rudy Lyle (on 1951-01-20)
double bass:
Joel Price (on 1951-01-20)
fiddle:
Merle "Red" Taylor (country/bluegrass fiddler, songwriter, and singer) (on 1951-01-20)
guitar:
Jimmy Martin (US bluegrass musician) (on 1951-01-20)
mandolin:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1951-01-20)
recorded at:
Castle Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1951-01-20)
recording of:
Rawhide (mandolin instrumental) (on 1951-01-20)
composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
Bill Monroe2:37
13The Angels Are Singing (in Heaven Tonight)
The Stanley Brothers3:03
14Love and Hate
Kitty Wells2:44
15Corrine, Corrina
Chet Atkins2:14
16The Golden Rocket
Hank Snow2:46
17I Wanna Play House With You
recording of:
I Wanna Play House With You (on 1951-04-18)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Cy Coben (songwriter)
Eddy Arnold2:12
18Just Can’t Live That Fast (Any More)
Lefty Frizzell2:04
19Movie Magg
recording of:
Movie Magg (in 1955-01)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:
Carl Perkins Music Inc., Knox Music and Wren Music Co.
Carl Perkins2:10
20Country Boy
‘Little’ Jimmy Dickens2:57
21Tennessee Saturday Night
recording of:
Tennessee Saturday Night (on 1947-08-12)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Hughes (Western Swing musician/songwriter)
publisher:
Hill and Range (publisher)
Red Foley2:41
22Diggy Liggy Lo
Jimmy C. Newman2:21
23It Ain’t No Use
fiddle:
Doyle Strickland (on 1952-05-19)
guitar:
Charlie Mercer (on 1952-05-19)
harmonica:
Wayne Raney (on 1952-05-19)
tenor guitar:
Wallace Mercer (on 1952-05-19)
vocals:
Charlie Mercer (on 1952-05-19) and Wallace Mercer (on 1952-05-19)
recording of:
It Ain’t No Use
writer:
Lonnie Polk and Guy Willis
The Mercer Brothers2:37
24I Just Don’t Understand
recording of:
I Just Don’t Understand
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
Willie Nelson2:56
25Letter to Heaven
recording of:
Letter to Heaven
lyricist and composer:
Dolly Parton
publisher:
Owepar Publishing Inc.
Dolly Parton2:42

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