Rolling Stone's 100 GOAT Country Songs-The Rankdown (End)
Apr 18, 2021 7:47:14 GMT -5
Post by recordyear on Apr 18, 2021 7:47:14 GMT -5
Welcome to the rankdown of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Country Songs of All Time list published back in 2014! I am constantly learning the classics of the genre and even though Rolling Stone's lists are not usually viewed as useful resources (particularly some of the songs at the bottom half of this list lol), it's still a good entry point to the classics that every country fan should know. Therefore if you are ever slightly interested in country music, this rankdown probably will not disappoint you.
I also see some of the songs are used in the country rankdowns already, and with some of the less used but still classic songs thrown in the mix, maybe there will be surprising results?
The list
Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line
Patsy Cline - Crazy
Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today
Jimmie Rodgers - Standing on the Corner (Blue Yodel #9)
Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man
Ray Charles - You Don't Know Me
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson - Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
Stanley Brothers - Man of Constant Sorrow
Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Boys - Blue Moon of Kentucky
Hank Williams - Settin' the Woods on Fire
Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - New San Antonio Rose
George Strait - All My Ex's Live in Texas
Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
The Carter Family - Can the Circle Be Unbroken
Ernest Tubb - Walking the Floor Over You
Lefty Frizzell - If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time
Taylor Swift - Mean
Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job and Shove It
The Chicks - Goodbye Earl
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Hank Williams - I Saw The Light
Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)
Faron Young - Hello Walls
Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart
Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting on Top of the World
Porter Wagoner - A Satisfied Mind
The Carter Family - Wildwood Flower
The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
Hank Williams - Lost Highway
George Jones and Tammy Wynette - Golden Ring
Patsy Montana - I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
Kacey Musgraves - Follow Your Arrow
Gram Parsons - $1000 Wedding
Townes Van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
Buck Owens and the Buckaroos - Act Naturally
George Jones - The Grand Tour
Lefty Frizzell - Long Black Veil
Roy Acuff - Wabash Cannonball
Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe
Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
The Louvin Brothers - The Christian Life
Steve Earle - Guitar Town
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Flatt and Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Charley Pride - Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'
Brad Paisley - Alcohol
The Flatlanders - Dallas
Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
Eric Church - Springsteen
Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A.
Marty Robbins - El Paso
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
Ray Price - Crazy Arms
Emmett Miller - Lovesick Blues
George Jones - The Race Is On
Patsy Cline - I Fall to Pieces
Merle Haggard - Okie from Muskogee
Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache
Loretta Lynn - The Pill
John Prine - Angel from Montgomery
Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E
Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance
Alabama - Mountain Music
D.L. Menard - The Back Door (La Porte en Arrière)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
Lucinda Williams - Passionate Kisses
Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors
Jamey Johnson - In Color
Martina McBride - Independence Day
Roger Miller - King of the Road
Garth Brooks - The Dance
John Anderson - Wild and Blue
Gary Allan - Songs About Rain
Reba McEntire - Fancy
Bobby Bare - Streets of Baltimore
Neko Case - People Got a Lotta Nerve
O.B. McClinton - Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You
Donna Fargo - The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
Lyle Lovett - If I Had a Boat
Jerry Jeff Walker - Desperados Waiting for the Train
Gary Stewart - She's Actin' Single, I'm Drinkin' Doubles
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Redneck Mother
Garth Brooks - Friends in Low Places
Juice Newton - Queen of Hearts
Tom T. Hall - Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine
Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs
Bellamy Brothers - Old Hippie
Ronnie Milsap - Smoky Mountain Rain
Gretchen Wilson - Redneck Woman
C.W. McCall - Convoy
Harry Choates - Jole Blon
Brad Paisley - Welcome to the Future
Thanks to castleoblivion26 for having the two Garth Brooks song on his website.
Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Redneck Mother
Instructions:
1) Rank the songs from #1 (most favorite) to #100 (least favorite)
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