CMT picks 100 greatest country music songs

Associated Press ^ | June 5, 2003 | Associated Press Staff

[MeekOneGOP]

Congratulations to the late Tammy Wynette and to George "No Show" Jones for the #1 and #2 spot!

It pains me to say that the Dixie Chimps made the list at #22. G-r-r-r !!

Here's the list:

CMT's 100 greatest songs in country music

06/05/2003

Country Music Television's list of the 100 greatest songs in country music, along with the artist who popularized it:

1. "Stand by Your Man" by Tammy Wynette

2. "He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones

3. "Crazy" by Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson

4. "Ring of Fire" by Johnny Cash

5. "Your Cheatin' Heart" by Hank Williams

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CMT picks 100 greatest country music songs

6. "Friends in Low Places" by Garth Brooks

7. "I Fall to Pieces" by Patsy Cline

8. "Galveston" by Glen Campbell

9. "Behind Closed Doors" by Charlie Rich

10. "Mommas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson

11. "Blue Moon of Kentucky" by Bill Monroe

12. "Amarillo by Morning" by George Strait

13. "Coal Miner's Daughter" by Loretta Lynn

14. "The Dance" by Garth Brooks

15. "Forever and Ever, Amen" by Randy Travis

16. "I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton

17. "Hello Darlin"' by Conway Twitty

18. "Country Roads" by John Denver

19. "Hey Good Lookin"' by Hank Williams

20. "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" by Foggy Bottom Boys

21. "Okie from Muskogee" by Merle Haggard

22. "Wide Open Spaces" by Dixie Chicks

23. "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" by Willie Nelson

24. "The Chair" by George Strait

25. "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash

26. "The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers

27. "Fancy" by Reba McEntire

28. "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" by Alan Jackson

29. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by Hank Williams Sr.

30. "I Hope You Dance" by Lee Ann Womack

31. "I Walk the Line" by Johnny Cash

32. "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell

33. "Always on My Mind" by Willie Nelson

34. "Harper Valley PTA" by Jeannie C. Riley

35. "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" by Tammy Wynette

36. "Will the Circle be Unbroken" by Carter Family, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

37. "King of the Road" by Roger Miller

38. "Breathe" by Faith Hill

39. "Make the World Go Away" by Eddy Arnold

40. "Hello Walls" by Faron Young

41. "Sweet Dreams" by Patsy Cline

42. "El Paso" by Marty Robbins

43. "Delta Dawn" by Tanya Tucker

44. "When I Call Your Name" by Vince Gill

45. "Guitars, Cadillacs" by Dwight Yoakam

46. "Desperado" by the Eagles

47. "Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" by Loretta Lynn

48. "Boot Scootin' Boogie" by Brooks & Dunn

49. "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Ray Charles

50. "Independence Day" by Martina McBride

51. "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" by Kitty Wells

52. "On the Other Hand" by Randy Travis

53. "Walking the Floor Over You" by Ernest Tubb

54. "Coat of Many Colors" by Dolly Parton

55. "Act Naturally" by Buck Owens

56. "Mama He's Crazy" by the Judds

57. "If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time" by Lefty Frizzell

58. "Kiss an Angel Good Morning" by Charlie Pride

59. "Family Tradition" by Hank Williams Jr.

60. "Go Rest High on That Mountain" by Vince Gill

61. "Lovesick Blues" by Hank Williams

62. "Don't Rock the Jukebox" by Alan Jackson

63. "Tennessee Waltz" by Patty Page

64. "When You Say Nothing at All" by Alison Krauss

65. "God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood

66. "Green, Green Grass of Home" by Porter Wagoner

67. "It's Your Love" by Tim McGraw with Faith Hill

68. "There Stands the Glass" by Webb Pierce

69. "Devil Went Down to Georgia" by Charlie Daniels

70. "Chiseled in Stone" by Vern Gosdin

71. "Don't Toss Us Away" by Patty Loveless

72. "A Boy Named Sue" by Johnny Cash

73. "You Are My Sunshine" by Gov. Jimmy Davis

74. "Flowers on the Wall" by Statler Brothers

75. "Strawberry Wine" by Deana Carter

76. "Good Hearted Woman" by Waylon Jennings

77. "You're Still the One" by Shania Twain

78. "My Home's in Alabama" by Alabama

79. "Is There Life Out There" by Reba McEntire

80. "She's in Love With the Boy" by Trisha Yearwood

81. "Smoky Mountain Rain" by Ronnie Milsap

82. "Should've Been a Cowboy" by Toby Keith

83. "Rose Garden" by Lynn Anderson

84. "Please Remember Me" by Tim McGraw

85. "Blue" by LeAnn Rimes

86. "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" by Freddie Fender

87. "Passionate Kisses" by Mary Chapin Carpenter

88. "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" by Gene Autry

89. "Here's a Quarter" by Travis Tritt

90. "He'll Have to Go" by Jim Reeves

91. "Seven Year Ache" by Rosanne Cash

92. "Sunday Morning Coming Down" by Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson

93. "Take this Job and Shove It" by Johnny PayCheck

94. "Something in Red" by Lorrie Morgan

95. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" by Flatt & Scruggs

96. "I'd Be Better Off in a Pine Box" by Doug Stone

97. "Amazed" by Lonestar

98. "Faded Love" by Bob Wills

99. "Back in the Saddle Again" by Gene Autry

100. "Killin' Time" by Clint Black

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[1stFreedom]

Man what a list!!!!

>>Jones, who has the No. 2 song on the list with "He Stopped Loving Her Today,"

I'd move this to #1 in my book.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

C'mon! Where's Bobby Bare's legendary "Drop Kick Me Jesus Through the Goal Posts of Life"?!?!

Seriously, however, given the number of times over the years I've seen sources as disparate as "The New Yorker" reference the line "I shot a man in Reno Just to watch him die," I really think "Folsom Prison Blues" should have been in the top five.

[mykdsmom]

Your Daddy does WHAT ??????????????????????????

It was the first day of school and the teacher thought she'd get to know the kids by asking them their names and what their fathers did for a living. The first little girl said, "My name is Mary and my daddy is a postman."

The next little boy said, "I'm Andy and my Dad is a mechanic."

It was then little Johnny's turn and he said, "My name is Johnny and my father is a striptease dancer in a cabaret for gay men."

The teacher gasped and quickly moved on, but later, in the school yard, the teacher approaches Johnny privately and asks if it was really true that his Dad dances nude in a gay bar.

Little Johnny blushed and said, "No, he's really a guitar player for the Dixie Chicks, but I was too embarrassed to say so."

MKM

[Gamecock]

I'd move this to #1 in my book.

Ditto

[TheBigB]

Be great if they released these as a CD set. :) The only nits I'd pick is that Alabama should have more than just one song, and Kathy Mattea's "Eighteen Wheel and a Dozen Roses" should be there.

[VOA]

bump

[MeekOneGOP]

ROFL !!!

Coincidence of all coincidences. My little brother, Johnny, sent me that yesterday!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/920437/posts?page=135#135

[retrokitten]

I also think Hank Williams, Sr. Lovesick Blues should have been moved alot higher and Jambalaya (on the Bayou) should have been on there, too. Everyone knows that song whether they know any other Hank Williams song or not.

[Jagdgewehr]

I ain't buying it. Where's Hank Snow and Red Sovine?

[commandante_zero]

Coulda been worse, I guess, based on the dreck CMT usually programs. De gustibus, non est disputandum, but still, where's "Sixteen Tons?"

[Freebird Forever]

I really think God Bless Texas should have made the list.

[Psalm 73]

What - no "Angel From Montgomery" - John Prine/Bonnie Raitt?
Or "Just Call Me Angel", (or was it "Angel of the Morning") by um, Tammy Wynette?

[camle]

Where's "Elvira"? I hoisted many a wee cup to that tune. horribly sung, of course!

[Gamecock]

Most, if not all of 'em stand on the shoulders of Bob Will, and he comes in at 98?

[oyez]

"Six Days on the Road", by Dave Dudley should be in the top 25.

Wait a minute. Am I blind? I dont see Roy Acuff's "Wabash Cannonball". No "Great Speckled Bird" This list is garbage!

[Argh]

Whatever happened to Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott? :^)

[gavriloprincip]

Where is Toby Keith's Angry American?

[Corin Stormhands]

It's a personal preference, but I'd have put Patsy Cline on the top of the list.

[Corin Stormhands]

ROFL!