Favorite Songs Of The Year - 1996

[sabre14]

Now we have every year covered from 1994 to 2015. :)

Favorites:

1. George Strait - "I Can Still Make Cheyenne"
2. Daryle Singletary - "Too Much Fun"
3. George Strait - "Blue Clear Sky"
4. Lonestar - "No News"
5. Shania Twain - "(If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here"
6. Mark Wills - "Jacob's Ladder"
7. Tim McGraw - "She Never Let's It Go To Her Heart"
8. George Strait - "Carried Away"
9. Tracy Lawrence - "Time Marches On"
10. Patty Loveless -"Lonely Too Long"
11. Ricochet - "Daddy's Money"
12. Martina McBride - "Phones Are Ringing All Over Town"
13. Collin Raye - "I Think About You"
14. Alan Jackson - "Little Bitty"
15. Shania Twain - "You Win My Love"
16. BlackHawk - "Like There Ain't No Yesterday"
17. Jo Dee Messina - "Heads Carolina, Tails California"
18. Kenny Chesney - "Grandpa Told Me So" (the bridge in this song is so good)
19. Trace Adkins - "Every Light In The House Is On"
20. Jo Dee Messina - "You're Not In Kansas Anymore"
21. Western Flyer - "What Will You Do With M-E"
22. Faith Hill - "It Matters To Me"
23. Tim McGraw - "All I Want Is A Life"
24. Garth Brooks - "That Ol' Wind"
25. Lorrie Morgan w/Jon Randall - "By My Side"
26. Clint Black - "Like That Rain"
27. LeAnn Rimes - "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)"
28. Deana Carter - "Strawberry Wine"
29. Billy Dean - "That Girl's Been Spying On Me"
30. Stephanie Bentley - "Who's That Girl"

Least Favorites:

1. Brooks & Dunn - "My Maria"
2. Doug Stone - "Born In The Dark"
3. Brooks & Dunn - "Mama Don't Get Dressed Up For Nothing" (wow; two B&D songs in my bottom 5)
4. Mindy McCready - "Guys Do It All The Time"
5. Vince Gill - "Worlds Apart" (boring)

[tim]

Ha, I've already got a running list for '92 and '93!

Best Male Performances:
1. "Blue Clear Sky," George Strait
2. "Where Corn Don't Grow," Travis Tritt
3. "Are We In Trouble Now," Randy Travis
4. "Meant To Be," Sammy Kershaw
5. "Learning As You Go," Rick Trevino
6. "I Can Still Make Cheyenne," George Strait
7. "Time Marches On," Tracy Lawrence
8. "The Road You Leave Behind," David Lee Murphy
9. "That Ol' Wind," Garth Brooks
10. "My Heart Has A History," Paul Brandt
-Runner Ups-
"All I Do Is Love Her," James Bonamy
"Too Much Fun," Daryle Singletary
"Heaven In My Woman's Eyes," Tracy Byrd
"Every Time She Passes By," George Ducas
"That's How I Got To Memphis," Deryl Dodd

Best Female Performances:
1. "On A Bus To St. Cloud," Trisha Yearwood
2. "Now That's All Right With Me," Mandy Barnett
3. "Strawberry Wine," Deana Carter
4. "Ten Thousand Angels," Mindy McCready
5. "You Can't Lose Me," Faith Hill
6. "No One Needs To Know," Shania Twain
7. "You Can Feel Bad," Patty Loveless
8. "You're Not In Kansas Anymore," Jo Dee Messina
9. "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)," LeAnn Rimes
10. "If I Were You," Terri Clark
-Runner ups-
"To Be Loved By You," Wynonna
"The Feat of Being Alone," Reba
"The River and the Highway," Pam Tillis
"Lonely Too Long," Patty Loveless
"Heaven Help My Heart," Wynonna

Best Group/Duo Performances:
1. "Runaway," The Cox Family (no one probably remembers this)
2. "My Maria," Brooks & Dunn (sorry sabre14 guilty pleasure lol)
3. "The Maker Said Take Her," Alabama
4. "Cherokee Boogie," BR5-49
5. "What Do I Know," Ricochet
6. "No News," Lonestar
7. "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down," The Mavericks
8. "That's What I Get For Loving You," Diamond Rio
9. "Like There Ain't No Yesterday," Blackhawk
10. "See Ya," Confederate Railroad

Random Guilty Pleasure:
"Redneck Games," Jeff Foxworthy w/ Alan Jackson

Least Favorites:
"Cowboy Love," John Michael Montgomery
"All I Want Is A Life," Tim McGraw
"Guys Do It All The Time," Mindy McCready
"Everybody Knows," Trisha Yearwood

[ky24941]

1996 is my favorite year in country music. Very hard to rank the songs from this year.

Top 30 Favorite Hits:

1. Shania Twain - "You Win My Love"
2. Shania Twain - "(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!"
3. Patty Loveless - "Lonely Too Long"
4. Jo Dee Messina - "Heads Carolina, Tails California"
5. Mindy McCready - "Guys Do It All the Time"
6. Patty Loveless - "You Can Feel Bad"
7. LeAnn Rimes - "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)"
8. Reba McEntire - "The Fear of Being Alone"
9. Lari White - "Ready, Willing and Able"
10. Patty Loveless - "A Thousand Times a Day"
11. Terri Clark - "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me"
12. Faith Hill - "Someone Else's Dream"
13. Trisha Yearwood - "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)"
14. Pam Tillis - "Deep Down"
15. Brooks & Dunn - "My Maria"
16. Mila Mason - "That's Enough of That"
17. George Strait - "Blue Clear Sky"
18. Terri Clark - "When Boy Meets Girl"
19. Faith Hill - "You Can't Lose Me"
20. Ty Herndon - "Living in a Moment"
21. Lonestar - "No News"
22. Bryan White - "So Much for Pretending"
23. Faith Hill - "It Matters to Me"
24. Paul Brandt - "My Heart Has a History"
25. Clint Black - "Like the Rain"
26. Jeff Carson - "Holdin' Onto Somethin'"
27. Joe Diffie - "Bigger Than the Beatles" 
28. Rhett Atkins - "Don't Get Me Started"
29. Linda Davis - "Some Things Are Meant to Be"
30. Collin Raye - "I Think About You"

Top 15 Favorite Forgotten Singles (songs that peaked below #25 or didn't chart):

1. Lisa Brokop - "West of Crazy"
2. Patricia Conroy - "What Else Can I Do"
3. Chely Wright - "The Love That We Lost"
4. Stephanie Bentley - "Who's That Girl"
5. Frazier River - "Tangled Up in Texas" 
6. Shania Twain - "Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore)"
7. Lisa Brokop - "Before He Kissed Me"
8. Mandy Barnett - "Maybe"
9. Jo Dee Messina - "Do You Wanna Make Something of It"
10. Ronna Reeves - "My Heart Wasn't in It"
11. Shenandoah - "All Over but the Shoutin'"
12. Lisa Brokop - "She Can't Save Him"
13. George Jones - "Billy B. Bad"
14. K.T. Oslin - "Silver Tongue and Gold Plated Lies"
15. BR5-49 - "Cherokee Boogie"

[dajross6]

My top 10 songs of 1996:

1. Carried Away - George Strait
2. Meant to Be - Sammy Kershaw
3. No News - Lonestar
4. I Can Still Make Cheyenne - George Strait
5. If You Loved Me - Tracy Lawrence
6. I'll Try - Alan Jackson
7. Not That Different - Collin Raye
8. Her Man - Gary Allan
9. Nobody Knows - Kevin Sharp
10. That's What I Get For Loving You - Diamond Rio

[tim]

^I don't know how I left off "Nobody Knows" from my list! It just goes to show what a great year 1996 was in country music, and probably one of the last great year's of the traditional 90's music everyone remembers.

[sabre14]

Jul 20, 2015 6:25:11 GMT -5 tim said:

^I don't know how I left off "Nobody Knows" from my list! It just goes to show what a great year 1996 was in country music, and probably one of the last great year's of the traditional 90's music everyone remembers.

"Nobody Knows" peaked at #1 in early 1997, so that's why I personally left it off. It was on my 1997 list last year. :)

[tim]

Jul 20, 2015 12:07:41 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Jul 20, 2015 6:25:11 GMT -5 tim said:

^I don't know how I left off "Nobody Knows" from my list! It just goes to show what a great year 1996 was in country music, and probably one of the last great year's of the traditional 90's music everyone remembers.

"Nobody Knows" peaked at #1 in early 1997, so that's why I personally left it off. It was on my 1997 list last year. :)

Yea, come to think of it I always considered this more or less a '97 charted song because it spent most of January frozen at the top of the chart. I also remember listening to it over and over again around Christmas to New Year's time that year.

[dajross6]

Yeah I usually add new songs when they come out, with songs generally lasting at most 13-15 weeks in my top ten. Kevin Sharp hit #1 for two weeks on my personal chart the first two weeks of December 1996. I think it hit the top 40 on the country charts in early October (top 60 in late September), so I guess it's one of those songs that sits on the border between the two years. It charted for one week on my chart in January, so it's definitely a 1996 song for me.

Kevin Sharp is such a tragic story. He had such a good voice and a great example of someone who was taken from us way too early. He seemed to do the right things and was just given a bad hand in life.

[Todd]

This year was a little harder to nail down for me...a lot of solid songs to pick from.

1. David Kersh - "Goodnight Sweetheart"
2. LeAnn Rimes - "Blue"
3. The Mavericks - "Missing You"
4. Deryl Dodd - "Friends Don't Drive Friends…"
5. Brooks & Dunn - "My Maria"
6. Patty Loveless - "Lonely Too Long"
7. Collin Raye - "Love Remains"
8. Blackhawk - "Almost A Memory Now"
9. Sammy Kershaw - "Vidalia"
10. James Bonamy - "All I Do Is Love Her"

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Much better year than I remember. Lots of ties, and I really had to struggle to find more than a couple dislikes.

TOP
1. Lonestar - No News
2. Pam Tillis - The River and the Highway
3. Garth Brooks - That Ol' Wind
4. Clint Black - Like the Rain
5. Martina McBride - Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town
6. Toby Keith - A Woman's Touch
7. Tracy Byrd - Heaven in My Woman's Eyes
8. Western Flyer - What Will You Do with M-E? (found these guys' album at a trashy local dollar store around 2003)
9. George Strait - I Can Still Make Cheyenne
10. Sammy Kershaw - Vidalia
11. Frazier River - Tangled Up in Texas (found their album about 8 years ago; good stuff)
12. Paul Brandt - My Heart Has a History
13. The Mavericks/Flaco Jiménez - All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down
14. Kenny Chesney - Grandpa Told Me So
15. Jo Dee Messina - Heads Carolina, Tails California/You're Not in Kansas Anymore
16. LeAnn Rimes - One Way Ticket (Because I Can)
17. Mark Wills - Jacob's Ladder
18. Diamond Rio - It's All in Your Head
19. Deana Carter - Strawberry Wine
20. David Lee Murphy - The Road You Leave Behind
21. Trace Adkins - Every Light in the House
22. Terri Clark - Poor Poor Pitiful Me
23. Shania Twain - No One Needs to Know
24. Tracy Lawrence - Time Marches On
25. Wynonna - Heaven Help My Heart
26. Lorrie Morgan/Jon Randall - By My Side
27. Tim McGraw - All I Want Is a Life
28. Bryan White - So Much for Pretending/I'm Not Supposed to Love You Anymore
29. Billy Dean - That Girl's Been Spyin' on Me
30. Rick Trevino - Learning as You Go
31. John Berry - Every Time My Heart Calls Your Name/Change My Mind
32. Patty Loveless - A Thousand Times a Day/Lonely Too Long
33. Clay Walker - Hypnotize the Moon/Bury the Shovel
34. James Bonamy - She's Got a Mind of Her Own/I Don't Think I Will
35. Ricochet - Daddy's Money
36. Faith Hill - You Can't Lose Me
37. Ty Herndon/Stephanie Bentley - Heart Half Empty
38. Collin Raye - I Think About You
39. John Anderson - Paradise
40. Vince Gill - High Lonesome Sound
41. Linda Davis - Some Things Are Meant to Be
42. Rhett Akins - Don't Get Me Started
43. Mila Mason - That's Enough of That
44. Blackhawk - Big Guitar
45. Alabama - The Maker Said Take Her
46. Lee Roy Parnell - Givin' Water to a Drowning Man
47. Neal McCoy - Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
48. Mindy McCready - Guys Do It All the Time
49. BR549 - Cherokee Boogie
50. Jeff Carson - Holdin' Onto Somethin'

BOTTOM

1. Reba - Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands
2. Joe Diffie - C-O-U-N-T-R-Y
3. George Strait - I Know She Still Loves Me
4. John Michael Montgomery - Long as I Live
5. Garth Brooks - The Change
6. Randy Travis - Are We in Trouble Now
7. Billy Dean - It's What I Do
8. Brooks & Dunn - My Maria

[codyj100]

1. (If You're Not In It For Love) I'm Outta Here! - Shania Twain
2. Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore) - Shania Twain
3. No One Needs To Know - Shania Twain
4. You Win My Love - Shania Twain
5. Heads Carolina, Tails California - Jo Dee Messina
6. Carried Away - George Strait
7. It Matters To Me - Faith Hill
8. All I Want Is A Life - Tim McGraw
9. My Maria - Brooks & Dunn
10. Every Light In The House - Trace Adkins
11. That's What I Get For Loving Her - Diamond Rio
12. Blue - LeAnn Rimes
13. Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Terri Clark
14. Strawberry Wine - Deana Carter
15. The Fear Of Being Alone - Reba McEntire
16. She Never Lets It Go To Her Heart - Tim McGraw
17. Wild Angels - Martina McBride
18. I Can Still Make Cheyenne - George Strait
19. Little Bitty - Alan Jackaon 
20. No News - Lonestar

[tim]

Jul 19, 2015 3:14:51 GMT -5 ky24941 said:

Top 15 Favorite Forgotten Singles (songs that peaked below #25 or didn't chart):

14. K.T. Oslin - "Silver Tongue and Gold Plated Lies"

Glad someone remembers this one! I always liked it and I remember the video itself being really different. Plus, who could ever forget this album cover...

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Aw, crap, I forgot "Remember When" by Ray Vega! Put that one at #35 and move everyone below a notch down.

Yes, I know that makes my list 51. I'm not that OCD.

[someguy]

Such a great year. Some of my favourites:

Reba McEntire - "The Fear Of Being Alone" (and, to a lesser extent, "Starting Over Again" and "Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands")
Shania Twain - "No One Needs To Know", "You Win My Love", "I'm Outta Here" (and, to a lesser extent, "Home Ain't Where His Heart Is")
Faith Hill - "It Matters To Me", "You Can't Lose Me", "Someone Else's Dream"
Trisha Yearwood - "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" (counting "Everybody Knows" as 1997)
Martina McBride - "Wild Angels", "Phones Are Ringing All Over Town"
Jo Dee Messina - "Heads Carolina, Tails California"
Patty Loveless - "You Can Feel Bad"
Pam Tillis - "The River And The Highway", "It's Lonely Out There"
Brooks & Dunn - "My Maria"
Garth Brooks - "That Ol' Wind", "It's Midnight Cinderella"
Paul Brandt - "My Heart Has A History"
Michelle Wright - "Nobody's Girl
Deana Carter - "Strawberry Wine"
Mindy McCready - "Ten Thousand Angels", "Guys Do It All The Time"
Linda Davis - "Some Things Are Meant To Be"
Collin Raye - "I Think About You"
Wynonna - "To Be Loved By You", "Heaven Help My Heart"
LeAnn Rimes - "One Way Ticket"
Terri Clark - "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me"
David Lee Murphy - "The Road You Leave Behind"