Thursday, July 5, 2012

Top 100 greatest country songs


This is the top 100 greatest country songs according to Taste of Country. I must admit I was surprised by a few of the songs on this list but I was more surprised by the songs that were not on the list. When you read this see what you think and let me know.

100. Achy Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus
99. Big Green Tractor – Jason Aldean
98.  How Do I Live – Trisha Yearwood
97. Take This Job And Shove It – Johnny Paycheck
96. That’s What I Love About Sunday – Craig Morgan
95. Elvira – Oak Ridge Boys
94. If You’re Going Through Hell – Rodney Adkins
93. Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses – Kathy Mattea
92. Brokenheartsville- Joe Nichols
91. Boondocks – Little Big Town
90. Long Black Veil – Lefty Frizzell
89. Before the Next Teardrop Falls – Freddy Fender
88. One More Day – Diamond Rio
87. Riding With Private Malone – David Ball
86. Honky Tonk Badonkadonk – Trace Adkins
85. Easy Loving – Freddie Hart
84. Long Black Train – Josh Turner
83. If I Die Young – The Band Perry
82. She Wouldn’t Be Gone – Blake Shelton
81. Highwayman – The Highwaymen
80. Gettin’ You Home – Chris Young
79. Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On – Mel McDaniel
78. It’s a Great Day to be Alive – Travis Tritt
77. I Swear – John Michael Montgomery
76. Have You Forgotten – Darryl Worley
75. A Better Man – Clint Black
74. El Paso – Marty Robbins
73. Guitars, Cadillacs – Dwight Yoakam
72. Bless the Broken Road – Rascal Flatts
71. Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine – Tom T. Hall
70. You’ll Think of Me – Keith Urban
69. Mama He’s Crazy – The Judds
68. I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song) – Brad Paisley
67. Make The World Go Away – Eddy Arnold
66. swingin – John Anderson
65. Thank God I’m a Country Boy – John Denver
64. Redneck Woman – Gretchen Wilson
63. Act Naturally – Buck Owens
62. Stay – Sugarland
61. Rose Garden – Lynn Anderson
60. Boot Scootin’ Boogie – Brooks & Dunn
59. Let Your Love flow – Bellamy Brothers
58. Delta Dawn – Tanya Tucker
57. Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
56. Flowers on the Wall – The Statler Brothers
55. Drivin’ My Life Away – Eddie Rabbitt
54. Breathe – Faith Hill
53. Fishin’ in the  Dark – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
52. For the Good Times – Ray Price
51. Harper Valley P.T.A. – Jeannie C. Riley
50. Independence Day – Martina McBride
49. Still – Bill Anderson
48. Don’t Make My Brown Eyes Blue – Crystal Gayle
47. Bop – Dan Seals
46. Wide Open Spaces – Dixie Chicks
45. Could I Have This Dance – Anne Murray
44. Stand by Your Man – Tammy Wynette
43. Help Me Make It Through the Night – Sammi Smith
42. Strawberry Wine – Deana Carter
41. You Never Even Called Me by My Name – David Allan Coe
40. Smoky Mountain Rain  - Ronnie Milsap
39. Chicken Fried – Zac Brown Band
38. King of the Road – Roger Miller
37. When You Say Nothing at All – Keith Whitley
36. Holes in the Floor of Heaven – Steve Wariner
35. Fancy – Reba
34. Amazed – Lonestar
33. Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood
32. I was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool – Barbara Mandrell
31. How Do You Like Me Now?! – Toby Keith
30. Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson
29. Summertime – Kenny Chesney
28. I Believe in You – Don Williams
27. Mountain Music – Alabama
26. Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
25. Check Yes or No – George Strait
24. The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
23. Okie From Muskogee – Merle Haggard
22. Rhinestone Cowboy – Glen Campbell
21. Forever and Ever, Amen – Randy Travis
20. Any Man of Mine – Shania Twain
19. Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis
18. Hello Darlin’ – Conway Twitty
17. Love Story – Taylor Swift
16. A Country Boy Can Survive – Hank Williams Jr
15. Don’t Take the Girl – Tim McGraw
14. God Bless the USA – Lee Greenwood
13. Go Rest High on That Mountain – Vince Gill
12. Coal Miner’s Daughter – Loretta Lynn
11. Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) – Alan Jackson
10. Good Hearted Woman – Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
9. I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
8. I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack
7. Hey Good Lookin – Hank Williams Sr.
6. The Devil Went Down to Georgia  - Charlie Daniels
5. Crazy – Patsy Cline
4. The Dance – Garth Brooks
3. He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones
2. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
1. The Gambler – Kenny Rogers

I was disappointed that there was no Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue and American Soldier both by Toby Keith. I also felt Jackson and Ring of Fire should have been on here somewhere. 

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