David Cantwell & Bill Friskics-Warren's "Country Music's 500 Greatest Singles"

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This list is taken from the book of the same name authored by David Cantrell and Bill Friskies-Warren.

If anyone is able to find a URL with this list online, feel free to add that to the "source" area. I took this listing directly from the book….

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  1. 1.
    Help Me Make it Through the Night (single)
    by Sammi Smith

  2. 2.
    Lost Highway (single)
    by Hank Williams with his Drifting Cowboys

  3. 3.
    Crazy (single)
    by Patsy Cline

  4. 4.
    Can the Circle Be Unbroken [bye and bye] (single)
    by The Carter Family

  5. 5.
    Don't Be Cruel (single)
    by Elvis Presley

  6. 6.
    Crazy Arms - Ray Price (single)
    by Ray Price

  7. 7.
    The Window Up Above - George Jones (single)
    by George Jones

  8. 8.
    Coat of Many Colors (single)
    by Dolly Parton

  9. 9.
    Rank Stranger (single)
    by Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys

  10. 10.
    Born to Lose (single)
    by Ted Daffan's Texans

  11. 11.
    Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette (single)
    by Tammy Wynette

  12. 13.
    The Wild Side of Life - Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys (single)
    by Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys

  13. 14.
    Carolyn (single)
    by Merle Haggard & the Strangers

  14. 15.
    How Much More Can She Stand? (single)
    by Conway Twitty

  15. 16.
    After the Fire is Gone (single)
    by Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn

  16. 17.
    Right or Wrong (single)
    by Milton Brown and His Brownies

  17. 18.
    Time Changes Everything (single)
    by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

  18. 19.
    I Don't Hurt Anymore (single)
    by Hank Snow

  19. 20.
    I Love You So Much, it Hurts (single)
    by Floyd Tillman

  20. 21.
    Folsom Prison Blues (single)
    by Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two

  21. 22.
    Mama Tried - Merle Haggard (single)
    by Merle Haggard

  22. 23.
    The Fugitive (single)
    by Merle Haggard & the Strangers

  23. 24.
    Someday (single)
    by Steve Earle

  24. 25.
    Life's Little Ups and Downs (single)
    by Charlie Rich

  25. 26.
    The Last Letter (single)
    by Rex Griffin

  26. 27.
    Farewell Party (single)
    by Gene Watson

  27. 28.
    Country Blues (single)
    by Dock Boggs

  28. 29.
    I'll Never Get Out of this World Alive (single)
    by Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys

  29. 30.
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    Back in the Saddle Again (single)

  30. 31.
    I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart (single)
    by Patsy Montana

  31. 33.
    The Pill - Loretta Lynn (single)
    by Loretta Lynn

  32. 34.
    20/20 Vision (single)
    by Jimmy Martin & the Sunny Mountain Boys

  33. 35.
    Blue Yodel 'T for Texas' (single)
    by Jimmie Rodgers

  34. 36.
    Cool Drink of Water Blues (single)
    by Tommy Johnson

  35. 37.
    Singing the Blues (single)
    by Marty Robbins

  36. 38.
    [There'll Be] Peace in the Valley [for me] (single)
    by Red Foley w/the Sunshine Boys Quartet

  37. 39.
    A Satisfied Mind (single)
    by Porter Wagoner

  38. 40.
    Blue Moon of Kentucky-1954 version (single)
    by Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys

  39. 41.
    Blue Moon of Kentucky - Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys (single)
    by Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys

  40. 42.
    Blue Moon of Kentucky-Elvis Presley (single)
    by Elvis Presley, Scotty & Bill

  41. 43.
    Blue Suede Shoes (single)
    by Carl Perkins

  42. 44.
    I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles (single)
    by Ray Charles

  43. 45.
    Once a Day (single)
    by Connie Francis

  44. 46.
    Burning a Hole in my Mind (single)
    by Connie Smith

  45. 47.
    I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (single)
    by Hank Williams Sr.

  46. 48.
    Hank and Lefty Raised my Country Soul (single)
    by Stoney Edwards

  47. 49.
    Lovesick Blues (single)
    by Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers

  48. 50.
    I Love You a Thousand Ways (single)
    by Lefty Frizzell

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Created by Greg on Sep 07, 2006.
 

Comments

If picture is a question mark.... — 6 years ago

it means I’ve not been able to locate a picture to go with the song. If you have a picture, please upload it. Some of these pictures are pretty poor quality, so I’d also welcome folks who’d like to add a better pic to some of these where heads are cut off a bit, it’s fuzzy, distant etc.




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