Dwight Yoakam – You’re The One
About The Song “You’re the One” was written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam, with co-writing credits to Kostas. It was released in February 1991 as the…
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Faith Hill – It Matters To Me
About The Song This is a classic song from the ’90s written by American country music songwriters Ed Hill and Mark Sanders. Faith Hill recorded the song and was released…
Ronnie Milsap – Smoky Mountain Rain
About The Song "Smoky Mountain Rain" is a song written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan, and recorded by American country music singer Ronnie Milsap. It was released in September…
Don Williams – Some Broken Hearts Never Mend
About The Song It’s nearly fifty years ago when Don Williams released “Some Broken Hearts Never Mend” as the first single from the album Visions. The song quickly became No.…
Alabama – Angels Among Us
About The Song Alabama’s “Angels Among Us” is one of the legendary country group’s most popular songs. It was first released in 1993 from the band’s album Cheap Seats as…
Dwight Yoakam – I Sang Dixie
About The Song In 1988, Dwight Yoakam released “I Sang Dixie” as the second single from his album Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room. The song became Yoakam’s second No.…
David Allan Coe – Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile
About The Song “Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile” is a song written by Johnny Cunningham and recorded by David Allan Coe. It was the first single from Coe’s 1984 album…
Jerry Reed – She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)
About The Song This 1982 hot streak keeps going with yet another classic single from a Hall of Fame artist. Jerry Reed’s biggest hits have always bordered on novelty, but…
Dwight Yoakam – Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose
About The Song “Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose” is a song written by Kostas and Wayland Patton, and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam.…
David Allan Coe – The Ride
About The Song In 1983, David Allan Coe released “The Ride” as the lead single off his album Castles in the Sand. The song became one of the biggest hits…
Bobbie Gentry – Ode To Billie Joe
About The Song In August 1967, Lyndon Johnson announced that he was sending 45,000 more troops to Vietnam. Black power advocate Stokely Carmichael called for violent revolution in the streets.…
Ray Price – For the Good Times
About The Song When Ray Price reached the top of Billboard’s country chart with “For the Good Times” in 1970, it ended a ten-year absence of #1 hits for a…
C.W. McCall – Convoy
About The Song Forever No. 1 is a Billboard series that pays special tribute to the recently deceased artists who achieved the highest honor our charts have to offer —…
Kris Kristofferson – Me and Bobby McGee
About The Song “Me and Bobby McGee” is one of Kris Kristofferson’s most famous and widely covered songs, with everyone from Janis Joplin to Pink putting their own spin on…
Kitty Wells – It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
About The Song It was surely one of the more remarkable chart debuts of the pre-rock’n’roll era, and it was potentially “just” a novelty answer record. On July 19, 1952,…
Alan Jackson – Remember When
About The Song In 2002, Alan Jackson released the sentimental song titled “Remember When” as the second single from his Greatest Hits Volume II album. It is, without a doubt,…
Dwight Yoakam – Guitars Cadillacs
About The Song The skinny singer with the tight pants was another one of those overnight successes a decade in the making. When Yoakam started playing his brand of country…
Jerry Reed – East Bound and Down
About The Song Put Jerry Reed’s “East Bound and Down” on your next road trip playlist, and you’ll know why it’s a classic choice when you’re traveling far. Written by…
David Allan Coe – You Never Even Called Me by My Name
About The Song The self-described “perfect country and western song” was written by Steve Goodman and John Prine. If you already listened to David Allan Coe’s 1975 hit “You Never…
David Allan Coe – Long Haired Redneck
About The Song “Longhaired Redneck” is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist David Allan Coe. It was released in January 1976 as the lead single from…