Best country songs

By Rolling Stone.

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Best country songs

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Cash initially recorded the song for Sun Records inbut the version he performed 12 years later for Folsom's inmates became the iconic hit.

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Over the last 50 years or so, the sounds of country music have certainly evolved, but there are a few OK, more than a few tracks that will always be considered the best country songs. This led many new artists to top charts with country tunes like Kacey Musgraves, Carrie Underwood, and Chris Stapleton. Their modern-day takes on country jams provide a well-rounded gallery of music to consider as the top country songs of all time. Needless to say, these country tunes have gotten us through long car rides, weddings, heartbreak, parties, and so much more. Here, we break down the best country songs that never get old for you to listen to, watch, and stream whenever you want to belt your heart out to some Southern tunes. And basically every other Cash song! This Wynette hit is as controversial as it is popular.

Best country songs

From classic country tunes to contemporary country sounds, these songs are an essential part of music history and showcase some of the most impressive storytelling skills in the country music genre. To find the top country songs of all time, Stacker analyzed Billboard's Greatest of All-Time Top Country Songs to create a ranked list of classic tracks and modern hits from to present day. This list is remarkably varied, demonstrating country music as a genre is broader than some may believe; it also shows how the genre has grown to feature a redefined picture of the classic country superstar, from Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, and Willie Nelson to Faith Hill, Taylor Swift, Sam Hunt, and Kacey Musgraves. You may also like: Country music history from the year you were born. Jennings convinced Nelson to record the iconic song during a poker game in , inspired by an advertisement for Ike and Tina Turner. Jim Reeves died in an airplane accident in , though his records made the charts from the s to the s. Reeves, also known as "Gentleman Jim," was more popular in South Africa than Elvis Presley, and recorded several albums in the Afrikaans language.

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By Cady Drell. The opening lines, meanwhile, came from a letter Travis's soldier brother wrote during World War II, and the Sisyphean refrain — "I owe my soul to the company store" — from his father's experience being paid in store tokens rather than cash. Charlie Rich had been struggling to find a niche between his rocking, jazz-picker roots and the Music Row mainstream for two decades. A home for country rock since the Byrds and the Burrito Brothers, the ambitious singer found his match in local roots-oriented post-punk acts like the Blasters, Lone Justice and the Knitters. Written during his shift at a service station, and recorded with Elias Badeaux and the Louisiana Aces, Menard's catchy two-step satirizes a Cajun stereotype, the hard-drinking spendthrift whose late-night escapades lead to an early-morning return through the back door and ultimately prison. RS Recommends. You might also like. A tragic peaen to one woman's lingering lifelong heartbreak, Mindy McCready's cover adds a glittery pop sheen to the original's iconic dusky yearning. Recorded as a single in and included on Patsy Cline Showcase that same year, this track has became a country ballad standard — but it almost wasn't. By Mike Powell.

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Discover the best of the city, first. Riley's recording, however, made her the first woman to top both Billboard's Hot and country-singles charts. Unfortunately for them, Bare got to it first in June and scored a hit, reaching the Number Seven spot on the country charts. And yet the popcraft of "Before He Cheats," as rendered by Carrie Underwood in the key of frosty rage, is nearly perfect. But according to the song's co-writer Tia Sillers, it was actually less about how the children are our future and more about her rough divorce. McCall the only Number One hit of his career, sold two million copies, started a C. Wagoner later framed that receipt. Rolling Stone is a part of Penske Media Corporation. And yet in song, they are somehow always the eye of a storm: unchanging, know-nothing, happy to breathe deeply and just watch the show unfold. But conservative host Sean Hannity wasn't in on the track's deeper meaning, using it as the theme song for his political radio show. Never mind what Merle said — mama didn't try hard enough, Hubbard suggests. By Jonathan Bernstein.