Country Music's
500 Greatest Singles

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Rank
 Year
 Artist / Title
Label
62   1947    Molly O'Day and the Cumberland Mountain Folks - Tramp on the Street  Columbia 4-52013 
67   1936    Monroe Brothers - What Would You Give In Exchange?  Bluebird 6309 
70   1943    Bing Crosby & the Andrew Sisters,with Vic Schoen & His Ochestra - Pistol Packin' Mama  Decca 23277 
91   1968    Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - How Long Will My Baby Be Gone  Capitol 2080 
92   1964    Buck Owens - Together Again  Capitol 5136 
97   1966    Jeannie Seely - Don't Touch Me  Monument 933 
108   1954    Blackwood Brothers and Quartet - His Hands in Mine  RCA Victor 5709 
109   1954    Statesmen Quartet with Hovie Lister - This Ole House  RCA Victor 5850 
112   1955    Faron Young - Live Fast,Love Hard,Die Young  Capitol 3056 
113   1947    Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys - Brain Cloudy Blues  Columbia 877 
119   1955    Frankie Miller - Black Land Farmer  Starday 424 
121   1980    Hazel Dickens - They'll Never Keep Us Down  Rounder 4511 
123   1966    Kay Adams and The Cliffie Stone Group - Little Pink Mack  Tower 269 
124   1939    Cliff Burner and His Blues - Truck Drivers Blues  Decca 5725 
125   1963    Dave Dudley - Six Days on the Road  Golden Wing 3020 
127   1960    Stanley Brothers - How Far to Little Rock  King 5306 
129   1927    Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers - If I Lose, I Don't Cry  Columbia 152 15-D 
139   1967    Glen Campbell - By the Time I Get To Phoenix  Capitol 2015 
140   1956    Osborn Brothers and Red Allen - Ruby, Are You Mad  MGM 12308 
145   1964    Roger Miller - Chug-a-Lug  Smash 1926 
150   1952    Hank Snow - (Now and Then There's)A Fool Such As I  RCA Victor 5034 
152   1962    Carl and Pearl Butler - Don't Let Me Cross Over  Columbia 42593 
153   1969    Jerry Lee Lewis and Linda Gail Lewis - Don't Let Me Cross Over  Smash 2220 
156   1949    Floyd Tillman - Slipping Around  Columbia 20581 
163   1954    Webb Pierce - Slowly  Decca 28991 
167   1952    Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys - In The Pines  Decca 28416 
171   1951    Martha Carson - Satisfied   Capitol 1900 
172   1983    John Anderson - Swingin'  Warner 29788 
173   1968    Marty Robbins - I Walk Alone  Columbia 44633 
175   1970    Jack Green  - Lord Is That Me  Decca 32631 
176   1970    Little Jimmy Dickens - (You've Been Quite a Doll) Raggedy Ann  Decca 32644 
180   1953    Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper - Are You Walking and A-talking for the Lord  Columbia 21131-8 
181   1947    Molly O'Day and the Cumberland Mountain Folks - When God Comes to Gather His Jewels  Columbia 20389 
182   1938    Coon Creek Girls - Sowing on the Mountain  Vocalion 04278,Conqueror 9113 
186   1964    Jean Shepard - Second Fiddle (to an Old Guitar)  Capitol 5169 
187   1968    Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman  Capitol 2302 
191   1941    Sons of the Pioneers - Cool Water  Decca 5939 
193   1951    Jimmy Murphy - Elecricity  RCA Victor 21-0447 
194   1949    Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys - Foggy Mountain Breakdown  Mercurry 6247 
195   1952    Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys - Are You Missing Me   Capitol F2233 
196   1960    Jimmy Marin - You Don't Know My Mnd  Decca 31157 
198   1953    Ray Price - Release Me  Columbia 21214 
199   1969    Johnny Bush - You Gave Me a Mountain  Stop 257 
201   1956    Statesmen Quartet with Hovie Lister - Faith Unlocks the Door  RCA Victor 6723 
204   1954    Harmonica Frank - Rockin' Chair Daddy  Sun 205 
206   1954    Jimmy Byrant & Speedy West - Stratosphere Boogie  Capitol 2964 
208   1969    Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - Big in Vegas  Capitol 2646 
209   1969    Bobbie Gentry - Fancy  Capitol 2675 
211   1960    Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry   Decca 31093 
213   1989    Clint Black - Better Man  RCA 8781 
224   1961    Marty Robbins - Don't Worry  Columbia 41922 
225   1970    George Jones - A Good Year for the Roses  Musicor 1425 
227   1974    Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty - As Soon As I Hang Up the Phone  MCA 40251 
235   1938    Hackberry Ramblers - Fais Pas Ca   Bluebird 2040 
236   1930    Dennis McGee & Amede Ardoin - One Step Des Chameaux  Brunswick 559 
240   1950    Red Foley with Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland - Sugarfoot Rag  Decca 46204 
241   1950    Little Jimmy Dickens - Hillbilly Fever  Columbia 20677 
242   1952    Red Foley - Midnight   Decca 28420 
245   1949    Maddox Brothers & Rose - Honky Tonkin'  Four Star 1238 
246   1960    Wanda Jackson - Let's Have a Party  Capitol 4397 
248   1960    Hank Thompson And His Brazo Valley Boys - A Six Pack to Go  Capitol 4334 
250   1949    Ernest Tubb - Blue Christmas  Decca 46186 
251   1959    Ray Price - Heartaches by the Number   Columbia 41374 
259   1970    Conway Twitty - Fifteen Years Ago  Decca 32742 
260   1964    Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens - Just Between the Two of Us  Tally 181 
261   1989    Lucinda Williams - Passionate Kisses  Rough Trade 66 
264   1950    Stuart Hamblen - (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You  Columbia 4-20714 
265   1947    Eddy Arnold - It's a Sin  RCA Victor 20-2241 
268   1939    Blue Sky Boys - Are You From Dixie?  Bluebird B-8294 
281   1968    Del Reeves - Looking at the World Through a Windshield  United Artists 50332 
292   1945    Spade Cooley - Shame on You  Okeh 6731 
295   1965    Warner Mack - The Bridge Washed Out  Decca 31774 
296   1968    George Jones and Brenda Carter - Milwaukee, Here I Come  Musicor 1325 
301   1960    Hank Snow - Miller's Cave  RCA Victor 7748 
305   1960    Charlie Walker - Who will Buy the Wine  Columbia 41633 
306   1962    Billy Walker - Charlie's Shoes  Columbia 42287 
307   1968    Conway Twitty - The Image of Me  Decca 32272 
309   1952    Webb Pierce - Wondering  Decca 9-46364 
311   1928    Dr.Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters - My Wife Died Saturday Night  Brunswick 271 
313   1960    Buck Owens - Above and Beyond  Capitol 4337 
315   1954    Faron Young - If You Ain't Lovin'(You Ain't Lovin')  Capitol 2953 
317   1950    Eddy Arnold - Cuddle Buggin' Baby  RCA Victor 48-0342 
318   1978    Rodney Crowell - Elvira  Warner Bros. 8637 
320   1937    Modern Mountaineers - Everybody's Truckin'  Bluebird 6911 
322   1963    Buck Owens - Love's Gonna Live Here  Capitol 5025 
329   1976    Gene Watson - You Could Know As Much About a Stranger  Capitol 4214 
330   1963    Patsy Cline - Faded Love  Decca 31522 
332   1972    Tammy Wynette - Till I Get It Right  Epic 10940 
336   1980    Dottie West - A Lesson in Leavin'  United Artists 1339 
337   1975    Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams with You  RCA 10270 
339   1957    Ferlin Husky - Gone  Capitol 3628 
345   1972    Lewis Family - His Blood Now Covers My Sin  Starday 801 
356   1968    Dolly Parton  - In the Good Old Days(When Times Were Bad)  RCA Victor 9657 
360   1979    Hank Williams Jr. - Family Tradition  Elektra/Curb 46046 
362   1950    Moon Mullican - I'll Sail My Ship Alone  King 830 
363   1968    Merrilee Rush & the Turnabouts - Angel of the Morning  Bell 705 
364   1972    Bob Luman - Lonely Woman Makes Good Lovers  Epic 10905 
365   1976    Mel Street - I Met a Friend of Yours Today  GRT 057 
366   1973    Kris Kristofferson - Why Me   Monument 257 4577 
368   1953    Carl Smith - Hey Joe!  Columbia 21129 
369   1953    Carlisles - No Help Wanted  Mercury 70028 
370   1963    Ernest Tubb - Thanks a lot  Decca 31526 
371   1942    Tex Ritter & His Texans - Jingle Jangle Jingle  Capitol 110 
373   1959    Kitty Wells - Mommy for a Day  Decca 30804 
375   1929    Darby & Tarlton - Little Bessie  Columbia 15492-D 
378   1974    Lefty Frizzell - I Never Go around Mirrors  ABC 11416 
379   1951    Brother Willie Eason - I Want to Live (So God Can Use Me)  Regent 1043 
380   1940    Chuck Wagon Gang - After the Sunrise  Okeh 05682,Columbia 37450 
382   1965    Stonewell Jackson - I washed My Hands in Muddy Water  Columbia 43197 
383   1985    Lone Justice - Ways to Be Wicked  Geffen 29023 
387   1983    Ricky Skaggs - Don't Cheat in Our Hometown  Sugar Hill/Epic 04345 
388   1948    Jimmy Wakely - One Has My Name (the Other Has My Heart)  Capitol 15162 
390   1979    Moe Bandy - It's a Cheating Situation  Columbia 10889 
392   1971    Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty - Lead Me On  Decca 32873 
393   1965    Buck Owens - I've Got a Tiger by the Tail  Capitol 5336A 
395   1957    Johnny Horton - I'm Coming Home  Columbia 40813 
396   1968    Osborn Brothers - Rocky Top  Decca 32242 
397   1951    Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys - Don't Get Above Your Raisin'  Columbia 20854 
398   1940    Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys - Big Beaver   Okeh 05905 
399   1958    Charlie Walker - Pick Me Up on Your Way Down  Columbia 41211 
400   1956    Ray Price - Wasted Words  Columbia 21562 
401   1997    Patty Loveless with George Jones - You Don't Seem to Miss Me  Epic 78704 
404   1972    John Prine - Illlegal Smile  Atlantic 45-3218 
406   1959    Stanley Brothers - Mountain Dew  King 5347 
407   1941    Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys - Twin Guitar Special  Okeh 06327,Conqueror 9819 
408   1946    Cowboy "Pappy" Copas - Filipino Baby  King 505 
409   1970    Tony Booth - Irma Jackson  MGM14112 
412   1982    Lacy J.Dalton - 16th Avenue  Epic 03184 
413   1950    Dick Stratton & the Nite Owls - Music City U.S.A.  Jamboree 510 
418   1986    Judds - Grandpa (Tell Me'bout the Good Old Days)  RCA/Curb 14290 
419   1967    Norma Jean - Heaven Help the Working Girl  RCA Victor 47-9362 
421   1947    Merle Travis - So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed  Capitol 349 
423   1996    Deana Carter - Strawberry Wine  Capitol 58585 
425   1974    Hank Snow - Hello Love  RCA Victor 0215 
426   1952    Slim Whitman - Indian Love Call  Imperial 45-8156 
428   1997    Kim Richey - I Know  Mercury 574184 
430   1988    Roseanne Cash - Runaway Train  Columbia 07988 
431   1997    BR5-49 - Little Romona(Gone Hillbilly Nuts)  Arista 13046 
432   1956    Don Reno,Red Smiley,and the Tennessee Cut-Ups - Country Boy Rock'N' Roll  King 1510 
441   1941    Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan - When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again  Okeh 06374 
443   1946    Floyd Tillman - Driviin' Nails in My Coffin  Columbia 36998 
444   1965    Johnny Bond - 10 Little Bottles  Starday 704 
448   1967    Glen Campbell - Gentle on My Mind  Capitol 5939 
449   1967    David Houstan & Tammy Wynette - My Elusive Dreams  Epic 10194 
450   1947    Louise Massey and the Westerners - My Adobe Hacienda  Columbia 37332 
451   1965    Vernon Oxford - Watermelon Time in Georgia  RCA Victor 47-8759 
452   1946    Elton Britt & the Sky Toppers - Detour  RCA Victor 20-1817 
454   1967    Ray Price - Danny Boy  Columbia 44042 
459   1931    Gene Autry and Jimmy Long - That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine  Banner 32349, Orio 8109,Vocalion 02991,Okeh 02991 
460   1950    Hank Snow - The Golden Rocket  RCA Victor 48-0400 
461   1932    Jimmie Rodgers - Miss the Mississippi and You  Victor 23739 
468   1961    Faron Young - Hello Walls  Capitol 4533 
469   1963    Bill Anderson - Still  Decca 31485 
471   1968    Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton - Holding On to Nothin'  RCA Victor 9490 
476   1935    Milton Brown & His Brownies - Who's Sorry Now?  Decca 5158 
477   1945    Texas Ruby with Curly Fox & His Fox Hunters - Don't Let That Man Get You Down  Columbia 36901 
480   1935    Shelton Brothers - Just Because  Decca 5100 
481   1981    Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts  Capitol 4997 
482   1947    Bill Nettles - High-Faultin' Mama  Bullet 637 
484   1927    Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit-Jar Drinkers - Rock About My Saro Jane  Vocalion 5152 
485   1959    Webb Pierce - I Ain't Never  Decca 30923 
495   1930    Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No.9 (Standin' on the Corner)  Victor 23580 
500   2000    Lee Ann Womack( with Sons of the Desert) - I Hope You Dance  MCA Nashville 172158