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Lou Reed and Velvet Underground: Top 50 Songs

2026-09-04T16:43:55.783-05:00

Velvet Underground/
Lou Reed

Top 50 Songs

Lou Reed was an experimental rock singer/songwriter born 3/2/1942 in Long Island, NY. He died 10/27/2013. He established himself as “The Godfather of Punk” with art-rock group The Velvet Underground (vocals/guitar: 1965-70). That group is considered the predecessor to alternative rock and punk and one of the most influential rock groups of all-time. The Velvet Underground also included John Cale (vocals/bass/viola: 1965-68), Sterling Morrison (guitar/backing vocals: 1965-70), Maureen Tucker (percussion: 1967-69), Nico (vocals: 1967), Doug Yule (bass/backing vox: 1969-70), and Billy Yule (drums: 70). Their album
Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) is featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Albums of All Time. Reed’s other three albums with the band – White Light/White Heat (1967), The Velvet Underground (1969), Loaded (1970) – all rank in the DMDB’s top 1000 albums of all time.

Reed went solo in 1970. His albums Transformer (1972) and Berlin (1973) rank in the DMDB’s top 1000 albums of all time.

Click here to see other best-of lists from other performers, including best albums or songs by specific acts.

Awards (Velvet Underground):

Awards (Lou Reed):

Top 50 Songs of Lou Reed & Velvet Underground

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. This list includes songs by Velvet Underground and by Lou Reed as a solo artist. Some songs, (such as “Satellite of Love,” are noted as Velvet Underground AND Lou Reed songs because they were initially recorded as demos by VU and later by Reed as full-fledged recordings.

DMDB Top 1%:

1. Walk on the Wild Side

DMDB Top 2%:

2. Sweet Jane (VU, 1970)
3. Perfect Day (Reed, 1972)
4. I’m Waiting for the Man (VU & Nico, 1967)

DMDB Top 5%:

5. Heroin (VU & Nico, 1967)
6. Satellite of Love (VU/Reed, 1970/1972)
7. Venus in Furs (VU & Nico, 1967)
8. White Light/White Heat (VU, 1968)

DMDB Top 10%:

9. Vicious (Reed, 1972)
10. Rock and Roll (VU, 1970)
11. Pale Blue Eyes (VU, 1969)
12. Coney Island Baby (Reed, 1975)
13. Sunday Morning (VU & Nico, 1967)
14. What Goes On (VU, 1969)

DMDB Top 20%:

15. All Tomorrow’s Parties (VU & Nico, 1967)
16. This Is Your Land (Simple Minds with Reed, 1989)
17. Sister Ray (VU, 1968)
18. Caroline Says II (Reed, 1973)
19. Femme Fatale (VU & Nico, 1967)
20. Dirty Blvd. (Reed, 1989)

21. I Can’t Stand It (VU/Reed, 1969/1972)
22. Lisa Says (VU/Reed, 1969/1972)
23. Beginning to See the Light (VU, 1969)
24. Berlin (Reed, 1972)
25. Caroline Says I (Reed, 1973)
26. Sally Can’t Dance (Reed, 1974)
27. Who Loves the Sun (VU, 1970)
28. Candy Says (VU, 1969)
29. New Age (VU, 1970)
30. Street Hassle (Reed, 1978)

31. How Do You Think It Feels (Reed, 1973)
32. After Hours (VU, 1969)
33. I’ll Be Your Mirror (VU & Nico, 1966)
34. There She Goes Again (VU & Nico, 1967)
35. Kill Your Sons (Reed, 1974)
36. Rock and Roll Heart (Reed, 1976)
37. Waves of Fear (Reed, 1982)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

38. What’s Good (Reed, 1992)
39. Stephanie Says (VU, 1968)
40. The Blue Mask (Reed, 1982)

41. I Love You, Suzanne (Reed, 1984)
42. Sad Song (VU/Reed, 1970/1972)
43. Run, Run, Run (VU & Nico, 1967)
44. ) Temporary Thing (Reed, 1976)
45. Busload of Faith (Reed, 1989)
46. Vicious Circle (Reed, 1976)
47. Romeo Had Juliette (Reed, 1989) I Love You (VU/Reed, 1970/1972)
49. America (Star Spangled Banner) (Reed, 1980)
50. Jesus (VU, 1969)

Dolly Parton: A Retrospective (1946-2026)

2026-08-25T15:24:00.000-05:00

Dolly Parton

A Retrospective: 1946-2026

Overview:

Country singer/songwriter born on 1/19/1946 in Sevier County, Tennessee. She died 8/25/2026. She has charted more than 100 times on the country chart, making her the top female country artist of all time. One of the few people to receive Oscar, Grammy Tony, and Emmy nominations.

By age 10, she was performing on local radio and television programs. She recorded her first single at age 13. Moved to Nashville the day after her high school graduation in 1964. Started out co-writing songs with her uncle, Bill Owens. Signed with Monument Records in 1965. Replaced Norma Jean on The Porter Wagoner Show in 1967; she and Wagoner regularly worked as a duo from 1967-76 while also working solo. Joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1969. Starred in the movies 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias, Rhinestone, and Straight Talk.

Whitney Houston’s cover of “I Will Always Love You” is featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era 1954-1999.

Awards

Compilations

⁷⁰ Best of (covers 1967-70, released 1970)
⁷⁵ Best of (covers 1971-75, released 1975)
^GH Greatest Hits (covers 1977-82, released 1982)
^P Playlist: The Very Best of (covers 1968-83, released 2008)
^B3 Best of, Vol. 3 (covers 1982-86, released 1987)
^U Ultimate (covers 1970-89, released 2003)
^VB Very Best of (covers 1967-93, released 2007)
^IW I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits (covers 1989-95, released 1996)
^E The Essential (covers 1967-2001, released 2005)
^DR Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (covers 1971-2020, released 2022)

Spotify Playlist

Here’s my Dolly Parton: 1966-2024 playlist at Spotify which features all songs in chronological order from the above compilations as well as some personal selections.

Under each album snapshot, songs featured on the anthologies are noted. If the song charted, the date of the song’s release or first chart appearance and its chart peaks are noted in parentheses. Click for codes to charts.

Top 100 Songs

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards.

DMDB Top 1%:

1. 9 to 5 (1980) #1 US,CW,AC ^{GH, P, U, VB, E, DR}
2. Islands in the Stream (w/ KR, 1983) #1 US,CW,AC ^{P, U, VB, E, DR}
3. Jolene (1973) #1 CW ^{75, P, U, VB, E, DR}

DMDB Top 2%:

4. I Will Always Love You (1974) #1 CW ^{75, P, U, VB, E, DR}

DMDB Top 5%:

5. Here You Come Again (1977) #1 CW ^{GH, P, U, VB, E, DR}
6. Coat of Many Colors (1971) ^{75, P, U, VB, E, DR}

DMDB Top 10%:

7. I Will Always Love You (rerecording, 1982) #1 CW ^GH
8. Hard Candy Christmas (1982) ^GH
9. Winter Wonderland/Sleigh Ride (1984)

DMDB Top 20%:

10. The House of the Rising Sun (1980)

11. Baby It’s Cold Outside (w/ Rod Stewart, 2004)
12. How Great Thou Art (1970) ⁷⁰
13. Two Doors Down (1977) ^{GH, E, DR}
14. But You Know I Love You (1980) #1 CW ^{GH, U, E}
15. I Will Always Love You (w/ Vince Gill, 1995) ^IW

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

16. You’re The Only One (1979) #1 CW ^{U, E}
17. Save the Last Dance for Me (1983) ^{B3, E}
18. Romeo (w/ Billy Ray Cyrus, Tanya Tucker, Kathy Mattea, & Mary Chapin Carpenter, 1993) ^{VB, IW}
19. To Know Him Is to Love Him (w/ Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris, 1987) #1 CW ^{U, VB, E}
20. Heartbreaker (1978) #1 CW ^{U, E, DR}

21. Baby I’m Burnin’ (1978) ^{VB, DR}
22. In the Ghetto (1969) ⁷⁰
23. Let It Be (with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Peter Frampton, & Mick Fleetwood, 2023)
24. Starting Over Again (1980) #1 CW ^{U, E}
25. The Seeker (1975) ^{E, DR}
26. Love Is Like a Butterfly (1974) #1 CW ^{75, P, U, VB, E, DR}
27. The Bargain Store (1975) #1 CW ^{75, P, U, VB, E, DR}
28. Great Balls of Fire (1979)
29. Don’t Call It Love (1985) ^B3
30. Real Love (w/ KR, 1985) #1 CW ^{B3, DR}

31. Love Is Strange (w/ KR, 1990)
32. Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That (1989) #1 CW ^{U, VB, IW, E, DR}
33. We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You (2023)
34. Yellow Roses (1989) #1 CW ^IW
35. Joshua (1970) #1 CW ^{P, U, E}
36. Light of a Clear Blue Morning (1977) ^E
37. The Greatest Gift of All (w/ KR, 1984)
38. Tennessee Homesick Blues (1984) #1 CW ^{B3, U, VB, E, DR}
39. Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You (1980) #1 CW ^{GH, U, VB, E}
40. Downtown (1984)

41. It’s All Wrong, But It’s All Right (1977) #1 CW ^{GH, U, E, DR}
42. Everything’s Beautiful in Its Own Way (w/ Willie Nelson, 1982) ^VB
43. Sweet Summer Lovin’ (1979)
44. My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973) ^{75, P, VB, E, DR}
45. Dumb Blonde (1967) ^{VB, E}
46. Just Because I’m a Woman (1968) ^{70, E}
47. Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) (1970) ^{70, E}
48. Touch Your Woman (1972) ^{75, P, E}
49. Please Don’t Stop Loving Me (w/ PW, 1974) #1 CW ^{U, E}
50. The Last Thing on My Mind (w/ PW, 1967)

51. Potential New Boyfriend (1983) ^{B3, VB}
52. I Really Got the Feeling (1978) #1 CW ^{U, E}
53. When I Get Where I’m Going (w/ Brad Paisley, 2005) #1 CW
54. Silver Threads and Golden Needles (with Tammy Wynette & Loretta Lynn, 1993) ^{VB, DR}
55. Rockin’ Years (w/ Ricky Van Shelton, 1991) #1 CW ^{IW, E}
56. My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (1969) ^{70, E}
57. In the Good Old Days When Times Were Bad (1968) ^{70, P}
58. The River Unbroken (1987)
59. Traveling Man (1971) ⁷⁵
60. Think About Love (1985) #1 CW ^B3

61. Stairway to Heaven (2002)
62. Heartbreak Express (1982) ^{GH, E}
63. Daddy, Come and Get Me (1970) ⁷⁰
64. Telling Me Lies (w/ Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris, 1987)
65. Tyrant (with Beyoncé, 2024)
66. All I Can Do (1976) ^E
67. We Used To (1975) ^E
68. Jolene (w/ Mindy Smith, 2004)
69. Time for Me to Fly (1989)
70. Eagle When She Flies (1991) ^IW (1991)

71. Single Women (1982) ^E
72. Imagine (2005)
73. Something Fishy (1967)
74. Straight Talk (1992)
75. God Won’t Get You (1984) ^E
76. Southern Accents (2024)
77. Silver and Gold (1991) ^IW
78. We’ll Get Ahead Someday (w/ PW, 1968)
79. Lost Forever in Your Kiss (w/ PW, 1972)
80. Tie Our Love in a Double Knot (1985) ^B3

81. Shine (2001) ^E
82. Just Someone I Used to Know (w/ PW, 1969)
83. Jeannie’s Afraid of the Dark (w/ PW, 1968)
84. Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man (w/ PW, 1970)
85. Holdin’ on to Nothin’ (w/ PW, 1968)
86. He’s Alive (1989) ^IW
87. White Limozeen (1989) ^IW
88. Comin’ for to Carry Me Home (1971)
89. My Blue Tears (1971)
90. Yours Love (w/ PW, 1969)

91. Magic Man (with Ann Wilson & Howard Leese, 2023)
92. Puppy Love (1959)
93. Burning the Midnight Oil (w/ PW, 1971)
94. Is Forever Longer Than Always (w/ PW, 1976)
95. Tomorrow Is Forever (w/ PW, 1970)
96. Better Move It on Home (w/ PW, 1971)
97. If Teardrops Were Pennies (w/ PW, 1973)
98. Daddy (1969)
99. Together Always (w/ PW, 1972)
100. Say Forever You’ll Be Mine (w/ PW, 1975)

Dumb Blonde

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Curly Putman

Released: Hello, I’m Dolly (1967), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 1/21/1967

Peak: 24 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 14.11 streaming

About the Song:

While it hasn’t worked its way into the elite songs of Dolly Parton, it still holds a significant spot in her history as her first song to reach the country charts.

Just Because I’m a Woman

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Recorded: 12/18/1967

Released: Just Because I’m a Woman (1968), The Best of (compilation: 1967-70, released 1970), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 6/29/1968

Peak: 17 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 10.84 streaming

About the Song:

“On her 1967 debut, Dolly declared herself nobody’s fool with Curly Putman’s playful ‘Dumb Blonde.’ Here, she’s more somber, coming clean about her own shortcomings while castigating sexist double standards, prefacing her confessions with a blistering admonition: ‘Let me tell you this so we’ll both know where we stand.’ Ouch.” ^RS-92

In the Good Old Days When Times Were Bad

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Recorded: 9/9/1968

Released: In the Good Old Days When Times Were Bad (1968), The Best of (compilation: 1967-70, released 1970), Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-83, released 2008)

First Charted: 11/16/1968

Peak: 25 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.30 streaming

About the Song:

“A top 30 single and the title cut from her third LP, this marked the first time on record that the songwriter addressed her hardscrabble Smoky Mountain childhood head-on. The colorful details are laced with wisdom and affection, traits deeply embedded in her Appalachian DNA.” ^RS-89

In the Ghetto

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Mac Davis

Recorded: 6/2/1969

Released: My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (1969), The Best of (compilation: 1967-70, released 1970)

First Charted: 7/26/1969

Peak: 50 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 9.84 streaming

About the Song:

Just months after Elvis recorded this song from Mac Davis and took it to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, Dolly offered up her take on the song.

My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Recorded: 5/20/1969

Released: My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (1969), The Best of (compilation: 1967-70, released 1970), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 10/18/1969

Peak: 45 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 2.06 streaming

About the Song:

“A New Orleans prostitute’s broken life is further anguished by heartache over the man she left back home. Perhaps the most surprising element of the LP that shares the mournful song’s title is the appearance of Parton’s famously reticent husband, Carl Dean, in the background of the cover photo.” ^RS-89

Gypsy, Joe and Me

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Recorded: 5/21/1969

Released: My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (1969), The Best of (compilation: 1967-70, released 1970)

First Charted: --

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.56 streaming

Daddy Come and Get Me

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton, Dorothy Jo Hope

Recorded: 10/31/1969

Released: The Fairest of Them All (1970), The Best of (compilation: 1967-70, released 1970)

First Charted: 1/31/1970

Peak: 40 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.48 streaming

Down from Dover

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Recorded: 9/4/1969

Released: The Fairest of Them All (1970), The Best of (compilation: 1967-70, released 1970)

First Charted: --

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.71 streaming

About the Song:

“Its title was inspired by a pass through the tiny town of Dover, Tennessee, but this unsettling story of an unwed mother spurned both by her disapproving family and her baby’s father looms large in Dolly’s impressive catalog. Controversial for its time, the song still packs a devastating emotional wallop.” ^RS-91

Just the Way I Am

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Recorded: 10/31/1969

Released: The Fairest of Them All (1970), The Best of (compilation: 1967-70, released 1970)

First Charted: --

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.35 streaming

Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughan

Recorded: 5/4/1970 at RCA Studio B in Nashville

Released: The Best of (compilation: 1967-70, released 1970), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 7/4/1970

Peak: 3 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 6.23 streaming

About the Song:

Jimmie Rodgers recorded this classic country song in 1930. Dolly recorded the song especially for her first Best of compilation in 1970 and it became her first top-10 country hit.

How Great Thou Art

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Stuart K. Hine

Recorded: 5/12/1970

Released: The Best of (compilation: 1967-70, released 1970)

First Charted: --

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.02 streaming

About the Song:

Dolly recorded this classic hymn, which was written in 1885, for her 1970 Best of compilation.

Best of (compilation)

Dolly Parton

Recorded: 1967-1970

Released: November 9, 1970

Peak: 12 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): 0.50 US

Genre: country

Rating:

2.831 out of 5.00 (average of 14 ratings)

Tracks:

(1) Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) (2) Down from Dover (3) My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (4) In the Good Old Days When Times Were Bad (5) Gypsy, Joe and Me (6) In the Ghetto (7) Just Because I’m a Woman (8) Daddy Come and Get Me (9) How Great Thou Art (10) Just the Way I Am

Total Running Time: 30:52

About the Album:

Dolly Parton released five studio albums from 1967 to 1970 and while she’d reached the top 10 seven times on the country charts with Porter Wagoner, she hadn’t gone above #17 on the country charts with a solo recording. She did, however, achieve her first top-10 solo hit with her cover of “Mule Skinner Blues,” which was first featured on this compilation. That means this collection doesn’t exactly gather vital Dolly songs, although it gives a respectable snapshot of her early years, although it does skip over her debut album Hello, I’m Dolly.

Joshua

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Joshua (1971), ), Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-83, released 2008), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 12/12/1970

Peak: 1¹ CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 6.84 streaming

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Song

This song isn’t among most Dolly’s most celebrated works, but it deserves respect as her first #1 on the country charts – a feat she would go on to accomplish 24 more times.

Coat of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Coat of Many Colors (1971), The Best of (compilation: 1971-75, released 1975), Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-83, released 2008), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007),, The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 10/30/1971

Peak: 4 CW, 20 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 1.0 radio, -- video, 81.36 streaming

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Song

“Between this song, a made-for-TV film, a children’s book, and memorable covers of the original, a patchwork coat made by Parton’s mother inadvertently launched a multimedia enterprise. However, nothing tops witnessing Parton performing this heart-stirring tale live on stage, recalling the experience of that crestfallen little girl as if the wounds from her classmates’ taunts are still fresh. Had it been the only song she’d ever written, the expression of overwhelming pride and crushing anguish penned on the back of a dry-cleaning receipt for one of Porter Wagoner’s suits would have secured Parton’s indelible legacy.” ^RS-92

Traveling Man

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Coat of Many Colors (1971), The Best of (compilation: 1971-75, released 1975)

First Charted: 5/19/1973

Peak: 20 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.30 streaming

Touch Your Woman

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Touch Your Woman (1972), The Best of (compilation: 1971-75, released 1975), Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-83, released 2008), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 3/11/1972

Peak: 6 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.85 streaming

About the Song:

“Never one to shy away from expressions of vulnerability or the need for intimacy, Dolly lays both bare in the Grammy-nominated title track of her ninth album. As tender a plea as it is, it’s also refreshing and soulful. A contemporaneous cover done by R&B singer Margie Joseph emphasized that point.” ^RS-89

Mission Chapel Memories

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner

Released: Touch Your Woman (1972), Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-83, released 2008)

First Charted: --

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming

Lonely Comin’ Down

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Porter Wagoner

Released: My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner (1972), The Best of (compilation: 1971-75, released 1975), Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-83, released 2008)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 4.84 streaming

When I Sing for Him

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Porter Wagoner

Released: My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner (1972), The Best of (compilation: 1971-75, released 1975)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.11 streaming

My Tennessee Mountain Home

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973), The Best of (compilation: 1971-75, released 1975), Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-83, released 2008), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 1/6/1973

Peak: 15 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 22.65 streaming

Jolene

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Jolene (1974), The Best of (compilation: 1971-75, released 1975), Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-83, released 2008), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 11/3/1973

Peak: 16 BB, 80 CB, 44 AC, 1¹ CW, 7 UK, 84 CN, 99 AU, 3 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, 1.20 UK, 3.41 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 2.0 radio, 109.70 video, 998.69 streaming

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Song

Dolly Parton’s first #1 song on the country charts was the solo effort “Joshua” in 1970. She would get back to the top again with another “name” song in 1974 with “Jolene.” Parton has said it is her most covered song. ^WK She would go on to top the country charts 25 times.

“Jolene” was Parton’s first entry on the Billboard Hot 100. She said, “I’m glad to be getting some pop action…but I’m country and always will be.” ^TR It only got to #60, but she had more pop success in her future with the #3 song “Here You Come Again” and the #1 songs “9 to 5” and “Islands in the Stream,” a duet with Kenny Rogers. Of course, Whitney Houston’s cover of Parton’s song “I Will Always Love You” would become one of the biggest #1 songs in chart history in 1992.

There was a real-life Jolene, although she was a pre-teen fan and not “a husband-stealing beauty” ^TR like the Jolene in the song. There are conflicting stories about the girl. In one version, the girl gave Dolly a photo of herself in a Girl Scout uniform with “Love, Jolene” written on the back. Dolly had never heard the name before and it kept coming back to her. ^TR

In another account, Dolly said the fan approached her for an autograph. Parton said, “she had this beautiful red hair, this beautiful skin, these beautiful green eyes…I said, ‘Well you’re the prettiest little thing I ever saw. So what is your name?’” ^SF When she said, “Jolene,” Parton responded, “That is pretty. That sounds like a song. I’m going to write a song about that.” ^SF

She did. While she used the name of the fan, she wrote the song about another real-life woman. Soon after Dolly and her husband, Carl Dean, were married, a red-headed clerk at the local bank flirted with him. ^WK Dolly dreamed up the song lyric, asking her not to take her man just because she can.

I Will Always Love You

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: 3/14/1974 (single), The Best of (compilation: 1971-75, released 1975), Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-83, released 2008), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022); 1982 rerecording: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (soundtrack, 1982), Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-82, released 1982); 1995 version with Vince Gill: Something Special (1995), I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits (compilation: 1989-95, released 1996)

First Charted: 4/6/1974, re-recording: 7/31/1982, with Vince Gill: 9/16/1995

Peak: 1974 version: 27 BB, 17 AC, 1¹ CW, 7 CN, 72 AU, 7 DF; 1982: 53 BB, 41 CB, 17 AC, 1¹ CW; 1995: 15 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): 1974 version: 1.0 US, 0.20 UK, 1.24 world (US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): Combined versions: 10.0 radio, 56.38 video, 195.29 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song

“If anyone was born a songwriter, it was Dolly Parton.” ^CL Her “God-given gifts were never better displayed than when she wrote ‘I Will Always Love You,’” ^CL her most successful song. “Although oddly popular at weddings these days (even if ‘bittersweet memories’ should be an obvious tip-off that it might be otherwise), decades ago, this unfeigned expression of gratitude was simply a plea for independence directed at duet partner Porter Wagoner.” ^RS-92 It “was a thank you for the break Wagoner had given her. It was also her good-bye” ^CL as she knew she had to move on by herself.

The song reached #1 in 1974 but it’s run wasn’t over yet. She re-recorded the song in 1982 for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, a movie which she starred in, and it went to #1 again. The song reached the country charts for a third time in 1995 when she recorded a duet version with Vince Gill.

Of course, it was Whitney Houston’s “slow-building, jaw-dropping take” ^RS-92 in 1992 for The Bodyguard that made the song one of the most iconic in history. Read more about Whitney’s version here.

Please Don’t Stop Loving Me

Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner

Released: Porter ‘n’ Dolly (1974), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 8/3/1974

Peak: 1¹ CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.89 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song

The duo of Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton reached the country charts 24 times from 1967 to 1980. 14 of those went to the top ten, of which this one was the only one to reach #1.

Love Is Like a Butterfly

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Love Is Like a Butterfly (1974), The Best of (compilation: 1971-75, released 1975), Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-83, released 2008), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 8/31/1974

Peak: 38 AC, 1¹ CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 20.38 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song

“The opening theme for both her syndicated 1970s series and a classic British sitcom, this delicately conveys, with simple yet poetic lyrics, the beauty of a love that’s strong, fragile, and ‘soft and gentle as a sigh.’ Parton would go on to incorporate the color-splashed butterfly into the Dollywood logo.” ^RS-87-8

The Bargain Store

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: The Bargain Store (1975), The Best of (compilation: 1971-75, released 1975), Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-83, released 2008), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 1/25/1975

Peak: 35 AC, 1¹ CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 13.95 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song

“’Every man I know thinks its dirty,’ Parton says in Songteller of the lyrics to this misunderstood, underappreciated title cut from her 15th solo LP. Rather, these are the stark, metaphorical reflections of a woman whose bruised self-esteem may exhibit some damage but whose well-worn heart is open to redemption.” ^RS-91

Best of (compilation)

Dolly Parton

Recorded: 1971-1975

Released: July 14, 1975

Peak: 5 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): 0.50 US

Genre: country

Rating:

3.448 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)

Tracks:

(1) Jolene (2) Traveling Man (3) Lonely Comin’ Down (4) The Bargain Store (5) Touch Your Woman (6) I Will Always Love You (7) Love Is Like a Butterfly (8) Coat of Many Colors (9) My Tennessee Mountain Home (10) When I Sing for Him

About the Album:

This collection picks up where Dolly’s 1970 Best of compilation left off. This one, however, captures a much more successful Dolly, featuring four #1 country songs and two more top tens.

The Seeker

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Dolly (1975), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 6/7/1975

Peak: 91 CB, 89 HR, 2 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 1.0 radio, -- video, 4.71 streaming

About the Song:

“Parton’s most successful gospel hit, this No. 2 country single nevertheless makes no overt reference to a specific deity. Instead, Parton unconsciously penned a rousing, ecumenical anthem for folks of any – or no – particular faith. With unyielding belief and pure humanity, she simply confesses her own need for spiritual refreshment.” ^RS-88

We Used To

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Dolly (1975), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 9/27/1975

Peak: 9 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.0 streaming

About the Song:

“Dropping the needle on her 1975 Dolly LP, surprised rock fans (among them Parton’s husband) heard a brief ‘Stairway to Heaven’ homage in the acoustic guitar riff on the album’s opening track. Zeppelin tribute aside, ‘We Used To’ is one of Parton’s most sincere heartbreak songs, sparking not one shred of gut-wrenching emotion.” ^RS-86

All I Can Do

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: All I Can Do (1976), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 7/31/1976

Peak: 3 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.71 streaming

About the Song:

“One of Parton’s most ebullient and irresistible love songs, this title cut from her Grammy-nominated album would also be covered at the time by singer-actress Mary Kay Place, famed for her portrayal of perpetually cheerful country singer Loretta Haggers on the 1970s soap opera spoof Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.” ^RS-91

Light of a Clear Blue Morning

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: New Harvest…First Gathering (1977), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 4/9/1977

Peak: 87 BB, 11 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 9.75 streaming

About the Song:

“Referring to it as ‘my song of deliverance,’ Parton has recalled walking out of former singing partner Porter Wagoner’s office and driving home in a rainstorm. As the clouds parted, giving way to sunlight, the song was born, as was a new-era Dolly – luminous, independent, and on the verge of superstardom. By the time she reworked the lyrics for the soundtrack of her 1992 film Straight Talk, Parton was one of the world’s most recognizable personalities, an empowered woman who had nothing to prove but still had plenty of dreams to bring to fruition.” ^RS-92

Applejack

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: New Harvest…First Gathering (1977), Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-82, released 1982), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007)

First Charted: --

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 12.51 streaming

About the Song:

“On the verge of pop stardom, Dolly proved that she was not abandoning her country storytelling roots. Among those joining her dad as backing vocalists on this delightful sing-along: Hall of Fame legends Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, Minnie Pearl, Ernest Tubb, and Kitty Wells.” ^RS-88

Here You Come Again

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil

Released: Here You Come Again (1977), Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-82, released 1982), Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-83, released 2008), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 10/8/1977

Peak: 3 BB, 7 CB, 8 GR, 6 HR, 6 RR, 2 AC, 1⁵ CW, 75 UK, 7 CN, 10 AU, 20 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): 1.0 US

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 3.0 radio, -- video, 167.67 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song

“Once she’d achieved solo success, Dolly eyed crossover stardom. On January 19, 1977, her 31st birthday, she started on that path by charming and disarming Tonight Show host Johnny Carson in her debut appearance. Later that year, this Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil gem, first recorded by B.J. Thomas, offered something a bit different for longtime fans, and a chance for those unfamiliar to be bowled over by her formidable musical talent. The Grammy-winning smash led off her first million-selling album, launching the future global icon into the entertainment stratosphere.” ^RS-92

Two Doors Down

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Here You Come Again (1977), Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-82, released 1982), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 3/18/1978

Peak: 19 BB, 24 CB, 26 GR, 31 HR, 12 AC Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 2.0 radio, -- video, 26.19 streaming

About the Song:

“This song was inspired by the real-life experience of sitting alone in her room at Howard Johnson’s Motor Inn and trying to escape the temptation of the friend clams in the hotel restaurant, where she could hear her band enjoying themselves. She came up with a song about a woman who hears a party down the hall, decides to check it out, and comes back home with a new man.” ^RS92

It’s All Wrong, But It’s All Right

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Here You Come Again (1977), Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-82, released 1982), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 3/18/1978

Peak: 1² CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.73 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song

“While Parton scaled the pop charts with ‘Two Doors Down,’ country stations played this, the single’s decidedly forthright B side. With unambiguous come-on lines (‘Can I use you for a while?’) that set the scene for a close, no-strings encounter, Parton weaves a tale that’s as honest as it is heartbreaking.” ^RS-86

Me and Little Andy

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Here You Come Again (1977), Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-82, released 1982)

First Charted: --

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 2.49 streaming

Heartbreaker

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Carole Bayer Sager, David Wolfert

Released: Heartbreaker (1978), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 8/19/1978

Peak: 37 BB, 56 CB, 62 HR, 12 AC, 1³ CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 4.63 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song

“A plaintive pop-country ballad that served as title cut of Parton’s follow-up LP to Here You Come Again, this was yet another successful crossover hit for the now-high-profile entertainer edging nearer to superstardom…It remains one of Parton’s most affecting vocal performances.” ^RS-88-9

Baby I’m Burnin’

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Heartbreaker (1978), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 11/25/1978

Peak: 25 BB, 34 CB, 46 HR, 11 AC, 48 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 19.76 streaming

About the Song:

“Dolly’s first bona fide dance hit – she would later score with Swedish duo Galantis on the chart-topping ‘Faith,’ and with a cover of Cat Stevens’ ‘Peace Train,’ among others – this combustible floor-filler accompanied Parton’s frequent trips to Studio 54, where she hung out with Andy Warhol and Calvin Klein.” ^RS-91

I Really Got the Feeling

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Billy Vera

Released: Heartbreaker (1978), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 11/25/1978

Peak: 1¹ CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.99 streaming

Awards:

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You’re the Only One

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager, Don Williams

Released: Great Balls of Fire (1979), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 6/9/1979

Peak: 59 BB, 68 CB, 83 HR, 14 AC, 1² CW, 63 CN Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.06 streaming

Awards:

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Starting Over Again

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Bruce Sudano, Donna Summer

Released: Dolly Dolly Dolly (1980), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 3/22/1980

Peak: 36 BB, 49 HR, 35 AC, 1¹ CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.39 streaming

Awards:

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Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Hugh Moffatt, Pebe Sebert, Rosemary Sebert

Released: Dolly Dolly Dolly (1980), Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-82, released 1982), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 7/19/1980

Peak: 1¹ CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 10.68 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song

“Nashville songwriter Pebe Sebert had a top 20 hit for newcomer Joe Sun in 1978 with this honky-tonk tune she cowrote with then-husband Hugh Moffat. Dolly’s slowed-down version burns even brighter as she basks in the warm glow of romantic reassurance.” ^RS-88

9 to 5

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: 11/3/1980 (single), 9 to 5 and Other Odd Jobs (1980), Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-82, released 1982), Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-83, released 2008), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 11/29/1980

Peak: 1² BB, 1¹ CB, 2 GR, 1⁵ HR, 2 RR, 1² AC, 1¹ CW, 47 UK, 1², 9 AU, 2 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, 1.20 UK, 3.28 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 5.0 radio, 70.70 video, 937.33 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song

In 1980, Dolly Parton starred alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in the workplace comedy movie 9 to 5. Fonda and Parton met by chance when they were on the same flight to New York and Fonda realized Parton would be perfect for the movie. Fonda said, “You feel comfortable with her, love her, and hug her like an old friend. All those qualities are in her work in the movie.” ^TR

It was Parton’s first experience making a movie. She said, “The hardest thing was the long wait between shots, the hours you’d sit in make-up and costume and all…I can’t embroider or nothin’ like that, so I figured if I started writin’ songs, it would change my mood…That’s how I wrote ‘9 to 5.’” ^TR

Songwriting was nothing new to Dolly. As a preschooler, she crafted stories and melodies which she asked her mother to write down. ^FB One family member said she started singing about the same time she started talking. ^FB After she graduated from high school in 1964, she left for Nashville the next morning to launch a singing career. ^FB

She landed her first country hit, “Dumb Blonde,” in 1967 (#24). Three years later, she scored her first #1 with “Joshua.” She hit the top of the charts thirteen times before “9 to 5” reached #1 on the country chart on January 24, 1981. Four weeks later it achieved the rare feet of topping the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart as well. It became only the second song by a woman to top both charts – the last was Jeannie C. Riley with “Harper Valley P.T.A.” in 1968.

“9 to 5” became “an anthem for office workers” ^WK and made the American Film Institute’s list of “100 Years, 100 Songs.” Rolling Stone called it “the most transformative of all Parton’s songs.” ^RS-92

But You Know I Love You

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Mike Settle

Released: 9 to 5 and Other Odd Jobs (1980), Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-82, released 1982), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 4/4/1981

Peak: 41 BB, 47 CB, 52 HR, 14 AC, 1¹ CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 2.0 radio, -- video, 5.40 streaming

Awards:

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Single Women

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Michael O’Donoghue

Released: Heartbreak Express (1982), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 2/27/1982

Peak: 8 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.83 streaming

Heartbreak Express

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Heartbreak Express (1982), Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-82, released 1982), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 5/29/1982

Peak: 7 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.45 streaming

Do I Ever Cross Your Mind

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Heartbreak Express (1982), Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-82, released 1982), Best of, Vol. 3 (compilation: 1982-86, released 1987)

First Charted: --

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 7.01 streaming

About the Song:

“A perennial favorite of her live shows, when she and her band sing a portion as if they’ve ingested heavy does of helium, this was first recorded by Dolly with Chet Atkins, his galloping guitar accompanying her infectious laughter. A gospel-influenced 1982 solo rendition was followed by 1994’s Trio recording.” ^RS-91

Hard Candy Christmas

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Carol Hill

Released: 10/11/1982 (single), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (soundtrack, 1982), Greatest Hits (compilation: 1977-82, released 1982)

First Charted: 11/6/1982

Peak: 8 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 2.35 streaming

Awards:

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Greatest Hits (compilation)

Dolly Parton

Recorded: 1977-1982

Released: September 13, 1982

Peak: 77 US, 7 CW, 74 UK, 58 CN, -- AU Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): 1.0 US, 0.10 UK, 1.19 world (includes US and UK)

Genre: country

Rating:

3.507 out of 5.00 (average of 13 ratings)

Tracks:

(1) 9 to 5 (2) But You Know I Love You (3) Heartbreak Express (4) Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You (5) Applejack (6) Me and Little Andy (7) Here You Come Again (8) Hard Candy Christmas (9) Two Doors Down (10) It’s All Wrong, But It’s All Right (11) Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (12) I Will Always Love You

Total Running Time: 38:48

About the Album:

This collection makes for an effective trifecta with the 1970 and 1975 Best of compilations. The three anthologies combined make for an effective snapshot of the first 15 years of Dolly’s career. This set, however, captures her crossover years when she landed her first pop hits with the top-ten “Here You Come Again” and the #1 hit “9 to 5.”

Everything’s Beautiful in Its Own Way

Dolly Parton & Willie Nelson

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: 11/8/1982 (single), The Winning Hand (1982), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007)

First Charted: 12/11/1982

Peak: 19 AC, 7 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 2.68 streaming

About the Song:

The 1982 album The Winning Hand was a compilation of material recorded from 1964 to 1982 by Kris Krisofferson, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and Brenda Lee. “Everything’s Beautiful in Its Own Way” was released as the lead single. While it reached the top 10 on the country charts, it’s a bit surprising not only that it didn’t go to #1 on that chart but that it didn’t reach the Billboard Hot 100 given that Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton were at the peak of their crossover years.

Islands in the Stream

Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb

Released: Eyes That See in the Dark (Kenny Rogers, 1983), ), Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation: 1967-83, released 2008), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 8/27/1983

Peak: 1² BB, 1² CB, 2 GR, 2 RR, 1⁴ AC, 1² CW, 7 UK, 1² CN, 1¹ AU, 5 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): 4.0 US, 0.60 UK, 4.70 world (includes US + UK)

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 3.0 radio, 90.82 video, 643.89 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

The Bee Gees were one of the most successful acts of the 1970s, but by 1983 they were a relic of the then-passe disco era. Had anyone bet the trio would ever again top the U.S. pop charts – much less the country charts – any sensible person would have taken that bet. Those people would have lost – kind of.

Even at their peak, Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb wrote for others, including #1 songs for Yvonne Elliman, Samantha Sang, Frankie Valli, and their brother Andy. In the 1980s, they wrote Barbra Streisand’s #1 pop hit “Woman in Love” (1980) and the #1 adult contemporary hit “Heartbreaker” for Dionnne Warwick (1982). Their most successful non-Bee Gees song, however, was “Islands in the Stream,” a #1 pop, country, and adult contemporary hit for Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton. The tune, whose title came from a 1970 Ernest Hemingway story, would be the last country song to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 years, when Lonestar hit #1 with “Amazed.” ^SF

Rogers had been interested in working with Barry Gibb a couple of years earlier. He envisioned recording a duets album singing with Gibb, Parton, Willie Nelson, and others. While that project didn’t work out, Rogers still kept Gibb in mind and when he was looking for a new collaborator, he tapped him as the producer for his first album on the RCA label. ^FB

The resulting Eyes That See in the Dark album was introduced with the single “Islands in the Stream,” a song originally written in an R&B style for Marvin Gaye. ^WK It was the first time Rogers and Parton worked together, but both had plenty of success on their own. Both artists had topped the country charts multiple times and each had hit #1 on the pop charts in 1980 – Rogers with “Lady” and Parton with “9 to 5.” It ended up the only song in 1983 to be certified platinum. ^FB It also won the American Music Award for Best Country Single and the Academy of Country Music’s Single of the Year and Vocal Duet of the Year. In 2005, it topped CMT’s poll of the best country duets of all time. ^WK

Playlist: The Very Best of (compilation)

Dolly Parton

Recorded: 1967-1983

Released: April 29, 2008

Peak: 57 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Genre: country

Rating:

3.270 out of 5.00 (average of 11 ratings)

Tracks:

(1) Joshua (2) Coat of Many Colors (3) Touch Your Woman (4) Mission Chapel Memories (5) In the Good Old Days When Times Were Bad (6) My Tennessee Mountain Home (7) Jolene (8) I Will Always Love You (9) Lonely Comin’ Down (10) Love Is Like a Butterfly (11) The Bargain Store (12) Here You Come Again (13) 9 to 5 (14) Islands in the Stream (with Kenny Rogers)

Total Running Time: 45:08

About the Album:

Potential New Boyfriend

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Steve Kipner, John Lewis Parker

Released: Burlap & Satin (1983), Best of, Vol. 3 (compilation: 1982-86, released 1987), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007)

First Charted: 4/30/1983

Peak: 20 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 2.59 streaming

About the Song:

“Parton’s sizable gay audience has been around for decades, so it’s hardly surprising that in spite of not writing it, she turned this frisky pop confection into a top 20 dance club hit. The song’s queer quotient was upped in 2013 with a slick cover by drag performer William.” ^RS-88

Save the Last Dance for Me

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman

Released: The Great Pretender (1984), Best of, Vol. 3 (compilation: 1982-86, released 1987), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 12/10/1983

Peak: 45 BB, 50 CB, 12 AC, 3 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 5.79 streaming

About the Song:

This song was originally recorded by the Drifters in 1960 and went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B charts. Read about the original version of “Save the Last Dance for Me” here.

We Had It All

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Troy Seals, Donnie Fritts

Released: The Great Pretender (1984), Best of, Vol. 3 (compilation: 1982-86, released 1987)

First Charted: 9/6/1986

Peak: 31 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.24 streaming

About the Song:

This song originally appeared on The Great Pretender in 1984 but a remixed version appeared on the Think About Love compilation in 1986 and was released as a single.

Tennessee Homesick Blues

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Rhinestone (soundtrack, 1984), Best of, Vol. 3 (compilation: 1982-86, released 1987), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 6/9/1984

Peak: 1¹ CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 4.28 streaming

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Song

“’I guess the public didn’t want to see Sylvester Stallone do comedy – or see me do Sylvester Stallone.’ Parton said of Rhinestone in her 1994 autobiography. The unmistakable jewel in that otherwise ridiculous, deeply flawed film pairing her with the action star was this jubilant celebration of Dolly’s Appalachian roots.” ^RS-86

God Won’t Get You

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): ?

Released: Rhinestone (soundtrack, 1984), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 9/15/1984

Peak: 10 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.34 streaming

Don’t Call It Love

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford

Released: Real Love (1985), Best of, Vol. 3 (compilation: 1982-86, released 1987)

First Charted: 1/26/1985

Peak: 12 AC, 3 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.43 streaming

Real Love

Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers

Writer(s): David Malloy, Richard “Spady” Brannon, Randy McCormick

Released: Real Love (1985), Best of, Vol. 3 (compilation: 1982-86, released 1987), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 5/25/1985

Peak: 91 BB, 13 AC, 1^>1 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 12.43 streaming

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

Think About Love

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Richard “Sprady” Brannon, Tom Campbell

Released: Real Love (1985), Best of, Vol. 3 (compilation: 1982-86, released 1987)

First Charted: 11/30/1985

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.17 streaming

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

Tie Our Love in a Double Knot

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Jeff Silbar, John Reid

Released: Real Love (1985), Best of, Vol. 3 (compilation: 1982-86, released 1987)

First Charted: 5/3/1986

Peak: 17 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.34 streaming

Best of, Vol. 3 (compilation)

Dolly Parton

Recorded: 1982-1986

Released: September 22, 1987

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Genre: country

Rating:

1.695 out of 5.00 (average of 6 ratings)

Tracks:

(1) Don’t Call It Love (2) Save the Last Dance for Me (3) Real Love (with Kenny Rogers) (4) We Had It All (5) Tie Our Love in a Double Knot (6) Think About Love (7) Potential New Boyfriend (8) Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (9) Tennessee Homesick Blues

Total Running Time: 32:29

About the Album:

While it’s called Best of, Vol. 3, this is really a fourth anthology which, along with Best of (1970), The Best of (1975), and Greatest Hits (1982), covers Dolly Parton’s career from 1970 to 1987.

To Know Him Is to Love Him

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, & Emmylou Harris

Writer(s): Phil Spector

Released: Trio (1987), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 2/21/1987

Peak: 1¹ CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 27.77 streaming

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Song

The Teddy Bears recorded this Phil Spector song in 1958 and took it to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. When Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris collaborated on the 1987 album Trio, their cover of the song was the first of four singles released from the album. It went to #1 on the country charts.

Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Bob Carlisle, Randy Thomas

Released: White Limozeen (1989), Ultimate (compilation: 1970-89, released 2003), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits (compilation: 1989-95, released 1996), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 5/6/1989

Peak: 1¹ CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 39.93 streaming

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Song

“Producer-musician Ricky Skaggs helped rejuvenate Dolly’s career with the thrilling, inspired White Limozeen LP in 1989, from which this chart-topper is taken. Though she didn’t write it, Parton infused the honky-tonk stomper with her trademark sass, rendering it as irresistible as the ‘big ideas and little behind’ of song’s male subject.” ^RS-91

Yellow Roses

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: White Limozeen (1989), I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits (compilation: 1989-95, released 1996)

First Charted: 8/26/1989

Peak: 1¹ CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 1.0 radio, -- video, 1.54 streaming

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Song

“After stalling with her short-lived network variety series, Parton returned to the fast lane with the turbo-charged White Limozeen. While many of its best cuts were up-tempo bluegrass-injected tunes, this tearful ballad, which topped the country charts, marked a return to form for Parton as both singer and songwriter.” ^RS-88

He’s Alive

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Don Francisco

Released: White Limozeen (1989), I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits (compilation: 1989-95, released 1996)

First Charted: 12/9/1989

Peak: 39 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 2.49 streaming

White Limozeen

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Mac Davis, Dolly Parton

Released: White Limozeen (1989), I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits (compilation: 1989-95, released 1996)

First Charted: 5/12/1990

Peak: 29 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.34 streaming

Ultimate (compilation)

Dolly Parton

Recorded: 1970-1989

Released: June 3, 2003

Peak: 5 US, 3 CW, 17 UK, 9 CN, 49 AU Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): 0.50 US, 0.36 UK, 0.86 world (includes US and UK)

Genre: country

Rating:

4.008 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

Tracks:

(1) Joshua (2) Coat of Many Colors (3) Jolene (4) I Will Always Love You (5) Please Don’t Stop Loving Me (with Porter Wagoner) (6) Love Is Like a Butterfly (7) The Bargain Store (8) Here You Come Again (9) It’s All Wrong, But It’s All Right (10) Heartbreaker (11) I Really Got the Feeling (12) You’re the Only One (13) Starting Over Again (14) Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You (15) 9 to 5 (16) But You Know I Love You (17) Tennessee Homesick Blues (18) Islands in the Stream (with Kenny Rogers) (19) To Know Him Is to Love Him (with Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris) (20) Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That

Total Running Time: 63:22

About the Album:

This is the best of Dolly’s single-disc retrospectives, covering nearly two decades of music. While there are certainly some major songs missing, this collection does a decent job of presenting the most obvious Dolly songs in chronological order.

Rockin’ Years

Dolly Parton & Ricky Van Shelton

Writer(s): Floyd Parton

Released: Eagle When She Flies (1991), I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits (compilation: 1989-95, released 1996), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: 3/2/1991

Peak: 1¹ CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 12.97 streaming

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

Silver and Gold

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Carl Perkins, Greg Perkins, Stan Perkins

Released: Eagle When She Flies (1991), I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits (compilation: 1989-95, released 1996)

First Charted: 6/8/1991

Peak: 15 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.39 streaming

Eagle When She Flies

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Eagle When She Flies (1991), I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits (compilation: 1989-95, released 1996)

First Charted: 10/19/1991

Peak: 33 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 4.00 streaming

About the Song:

“A favorite subject of Parton’s, the majestic eagle is contrasted with the sparrow in this glorious ballad that served as the title cut of Dolly’s 1991 LP. Written for bu unused as the theme song of the ensemble film Steel Magnolias, it remains a soaring yet delicate feminist anthem.” ^RS-91

Romeo

Dolly Parton & Friends (Billy Ray Cyrus, Tanya Tucker, Kathy Mattea, Mary Chapin Carpenter)

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Slow Dancing with the Moon (1993), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits (compilation: 1989-95, released 1996)

First Charted: 2/13/1993

Peak: 50 BB, 66 CB, 27 CW, 21 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 6.29 streaming

About the Song:

Who knows how this song, featuring a plethora of country legends performing alongside Dolly Parton, wasn’t a surefire #1 country song. Alas, it didn’t even sniff the top 10, peaking at a measly #27.

Silver Threads and Golden Needles

Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, & Loretta Lynn

Writer(s): Dick Reynolds, Jack Rhodes

Released: Honky Tonk Angels (1993), Very Best of (compilation: 1967-93, released 2007), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 12/25/1993

Peak: 68 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 10.72 streaming

About the Song:

Wanda Jackson was the first to record this song in 1956. Dusty Springfield had a top 20 UK hit with it in 1962. In 1974, Linda Ronstadt reached the top 20 on the country charts with her version.

The Very Best of (compilation)

Dolly Parton

Recorded: 1967-1993

Released: March 7, 2007

Peak: -- US, 8 UK, 8 CN, 21 AU Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.74 UK

Genre: country

Rating:

3.368 out of 5.00 (average of 12 ratings)

Tracks:

(1) 9 to 5 (2) I Will Always Love You (3) Islands in the Stream (with Kenny Rogers) (4) Jolene (5) Coat of Many Colors (6) My Tennessee Mountain Home (7) Here You Come Again (8) Baby I’m Burnin’ (9) Love Is Like a Butterfly (10) The Bargain Store (11) Potential New Boyfriend (12) Everything’s Beautiful in Its Own Way (with Willie Nelson) (13) Silver Threads and Golden Needles (with Tammy Wynette & Loretta Lynn) (14) To Know Him Is to Love Him (with Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris) (15) Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That (16) Romeo (with Billy Ray Cyrus, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Pam Tills, Kathy Mattea, & Tanya Tucker) (17) Tennessee Homesick Blues (18) Dumb Blonde (19) Applejack (20) Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You

About the Album:

A single-disc collection is hardly fair for an artist of Dolly’s caliber. Sure, it gathers the most obvious songs but it skips over so many others. It also suffers from being front-loaded with the most recognizable hits instead of presenting the songs in chronological order.

To Daddy (live)

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Heartsongs: Live from Home (1994), I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits (compilation: 1989-95, released 1996)

First Charted: --

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.20 streaming

About the Song:

“A feminist declaration of independence, ‘To Daddy’ precipitated a major blowup between Dolly and Porter, as Emmylou Harris wanted to record it but Wagoner urged Dolly to keep it for herself.” ^RS-89 Dolly recorded it in 1976 and it would have been featured on her All I Can Do album had Wagoner won out, but “the two women prevailed and Harris’s tender version” ^RS-89 reached #3 on the country charts in 1977. Parton finally released the song in 1994 on her live album Heartsongs: Live from Home.

I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits

Dolly Parton

Recorded: 1989-1995

Released: April 1996

Peak: 47 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Genre: country

Rating:

2.494 out of 5.00 (average of 10 ratings)

Tracks:

(1) Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That (2) Yellow Roses (3) White Limozeen (4) Eagle When She Flies (5) Romeo (6) Rockin’ Years (with Ricky Van Shelton) (7) To Daddy (live) (8) Silver and Gold (9) He’s Alive (10) I Will Always Love You (with Vince Gill)

About the Album:

This collection picks up where Best of, Vol. 3 leaves off. Combine this with that set as well as Best of (1970), Best of (1975), and Greatest Hits (1982) and you have a nice five-disc retrospective without overlapping songs.

Shine

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): ?

Released: Little Sparrow (2001), The Essential (compilation: 1967-2001, released 2005)

First Charted: Ed Roland

Peak: 25 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 4.55 streaming

About the Song:

Throughout her career, Dolly has tackled some iconic rock songs including Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” John Lennon’s “Imagine,” and the Righteous Brothers’ “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’.” Still, this hit by Collective Soul in the midst of the grunge era was an unexpected song for Dolly to cover. She does a nice job with the song.

The Essential (compilation)

Dolly Parton

Recorded: 1967-2001

Released: May 28, 2005

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Genre: country

Rating:

3.541 out of 5.00 (average of 18 ratings)

Tracks, Disc 1:

(1) Dumb Blonde (2) Just Because I’m a Woman (3) My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (4) Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) (5) Joshua (6) Coat of Many Colors (7) Touch Your Woman (8) My Tennessee Mountain Home (9) Jolene (10) Please Don’t Stop Loving Me (with Porter Wagoner) (11) I Will Always Love You (12) Love Is Like a Butterfly (13) The Bargain Store (14) The Seeker (15) We Used To (16) All I Can Do (17) Light of a Clear Blue Morning (18) It’s All Wrong, But It’s All Right

Tracks, Disc 2:

(1) Here You Come Again (2) Two Doors Down (3) Heartbreaker (4) I Really Got the Feeling (5) You’re The Only One (6) Starting Over Again (7) Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You (8) 9 to 5 (9) But You Know I Love You (10) Single Women (11) Heartbreak Express (12) Islands in the Stream (with Kenny Rogers) (13) Save the Last Dance for Me (14) Tennessee Homesick Blues (15) God Won’t Get You (16) To Know Him Is to Love Him (with Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt) (17) Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That (18) Rockin’ Years (with Ricky Van Shelton) (19) Shine

Total Running Time: 121:15

About the Album:

The only two-disc retrospective featured on this page gathers the obvious and manages to hit some songs overlooked by the other compilations.

Better Get to Livin’

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton, Kent Wells

Released: Backwoods Barbie (2008), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 9/29/2007

Peak: 48 CW Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 8.27 streaming

Together You and I

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton

Released: Better Day (2011), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: 9/17/2011

Peak: 67 UK Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.71 streaming

Red Shoes

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton, Linda Perry

Released: Dumplin’ (soundtrack, 2018), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: --

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 4.0 streaming

Faith

Galantis with Dolly Parton & Mr. Probz

Writer(s): Christian Karlsson, Linus Eklow, Henrik Jonback, Jazelle Rodriguez, Samuel James, David Saint Fleur, Dolly Parton, Jan Postma, Dennis Stehr, John Hiatt

Released: 10/25/2019 (single), Church (Galantis, 2020), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: --

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 148.62 streaming

About the Song:

This is one of the more interesting songs in Dolly’s canon. Galantis is a Swedish dance duo. They reworked John Hiatt’s 1987 song “Have a Little Faith in Me” – a decidedly non-dance track – into the dance track “Faith.” Then they got Dolly Parton – a decidedly non-dance act – to guest on the song. She told Rolling Stone, “This is a song that the world needs right now…It’s all about uplifting mankind and believing in a higher power.” ^RS

When Life Is Good Again

Dolly Parton

Writer(s): Dolly Parton, Kent Wells

Released: 5/28/2020 (single), Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation: 1971-2020, released 2022)

First Charted: --

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.44 streaming

About the Song:

This was a freestanding single released by Dolly Parton. Lyrically, the song concerns the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection (compilation)

Dolly Parton

Recorded: 1971-2020

Released: November 18, 2022

Peak: 24 US, 4 CW, 5 UK, 20 CN, 47 AU Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): -- US, 0.22 UK

Genre: country

Rating:

3.262 out of 5.00 (average of 9 ratings)

Tracks:

(1) 9 to 5 (2) Jolene (3) Here You Come Again (4) Islands in the Stream (with Kenny Rogers) (5) I Will Always Love You (6) Coat of Many Colors (7) My Tennessee Mountain Home (8) The Bargain Store (9) Baby I’m Burnin’ (10) Better Get to Livin’ (11) Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That (12) Love Is Like a Butterfly (13) Heartbreaker (14) Red Shoes (15) The Seeker (16) Together You and I (17) Two Doors Down (18) When Life is Good Again (19) Tennessee Homesick Blues (20) It’s All Wrong, But It’s All Right (21) Real Love (with Kenny Rogers) (22) Silver Threads and Golden Needles (with Tammy Wynette & Loretta Lynn) (23) Faith (with Galantis & Mr. Probz)

Total Running Time: 72:42

About the Album:

While it is seemingly commendable that this collection tries to be career-spanning, that just isn’t possible with an artist of Dolly’s caliber. The latter material just doesn’t feel essential compared to her earlier work. This set also suffers by front-loading with Dolly’s most recognizable hits.

Fans would have been better served with a collection that picked up where I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits (1996) left off. That set, along with Best of (1970), Best of (1975), Greatest Hits (1982), and Best of, Vol. 3 (1987) make for a nice career retrospective from 1970 to 1995 without overlapping songs.

Resources/References:

^FB Fred Bronson (2003). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits (5th edition). Billboard Books: New York, NY. Pages 537 and 579.
^CL Ace Collins (1996). The Stories Behind Country Music’s All-Time Greatest 100 Songs. New York, NY; The Berkley Publishing Group. Pages 231-3.
^TR Tom Roland (1991). The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits. Billboard Books: New York, NY. Pages 104-5, 278-9.
^RS’19 Rolling Stone (10/25/2019). “After Galantis’ ‘Faith,’ Dolly Parton Ready to Make More Music.”
^RS Rolling Stone (2026). Tribute Edition: Dolly Parton 1946-2026.
^SF Songfacts page for “Jolene”
^SF Songfacts page for “Islands in the Stream”
^WK Wikipedia page for “Jolene”
^WK Wikipedia page for “9 to 5”
^WK Wikipedia page for “Islands in the Stream”

Dave’s Music Database: Top 10 Songs by Year (1890-2025)

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Dave’s Music Database:

Top 10 Songs Year by Year
(1890-2025)

These are the top 10 songs for each year based on their overall performance in Dave’s Music Database, which is determined by combining chart data, sales figures, streaming, video views, and aggregates from year-end lists and charts. You can also click on the “decade” buttons to see the top 100 songs for each decade. I’m in the process of developing this into a book.

Check out “Top Songs and Albums of the Year” lists here.

Click on a button below to go straight to that decade.

2025

Alex Warren “Ordinary”
Huntr/x “Golden”
Ella Langley “Choosin’ Texas”
Taylor Swift “The Fate of Ophelia”
Lady Gaga “Abracadabra”
Sabrina Carpenter “Manchild”
Olivia Dean “Man I Need”
Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae “What I Want”
Tame Impala “Dracula”
Bad Bunny “DtMF”

2024

Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Benson Boone “Beautiful Things”
Kendrick Lamar “Not Like Us”
Hozier “Too Sweet”
Billie Eilish “Birds of a Feather”
Sabrina Carpenter “Espresso”
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars “Die with a Smile”
Chappell Roan “ Good Luck, Babe!”
Post Malone & Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”
Beyoncé “Texas Hold ‘Em”

2023

Miley Cyrus “Flowers”
Teddy Swims “Lose Control”
Morgan Wallen “Last Night”
Olivia Rodrigo “Vampire”
Billie Eilish “What Was I Made For?”
Zach Bryan with Kacey Musgraves “I Remember Everything”
Doja Cat “Paint the Town Red”
Luke Combs “Fast Car”
Jack Harlow “Lovin’ on Me”
Dua Lipa “Dance the Night”

2022

Harry Styles “As It Was”
Taylor Swift “Anti-Hero”
SZA “Kill Bill”
Lizzo “About Damn Time”
SZA “Snooze”
Steve Lacy “Bad Habit”
Sam Smith & Kim Petras “Unholy”
Noah Kahan “Stick Season”
Rema with Selena Gomez “Calm Down”
Jack Harlow “First Class”

2021

The Kid Laroi with Justin Bieber “Stay”
Olivia Rodrigo “Drivers License”
Adele “Easy on Me”
Olivia Rodrigo “Good 4 U”
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson.Paak) “Leave the Door Open”
Lil Nas X “Montero (Call Me by Your Name)”
Ed Sheeran “Bad Habits”
Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow “Industry Baby”
Justin Bieber with Daniel Caesar & Giveon “Peaches”
BTS “Butter”

2020

Dua Lipa with DaBaby “Levitating”
Glass Animals “Heat Waves”
The Weeknd with Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears”
Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion “WAP”
Xiao Zhan “Spotlight”
24K Goldn with Iann Dior “Mood”
BTS “Dynamite”
DaBaby with Roddy Ricch “Rockstar”
Megan Thee Stallion with Beyoncé “Savage” (remix)
Jawsh 685 with Jason Derulo “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)”

2019

The Weeknd “Blinding Lights”
Billie Eilish “Bad Guy”
Post Malone “Circles”
Shawn Mendes with Camila Cabello “Señorita”
Tones and I “Dance Monkey”
Ariana Grande “7 Rings”
Roddy Ricch “The Box”
Dua Lipa “Don’t Start Now”
Jonas Brothers “Sucker”
Harry Styles “Watermelon Sugar”

2018

Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road”
Drake “God’s Plan”
Lady Gaga with Bradley Cooper “Shallow”
Post Malone with Swae Lee “Sunflower”
Drake “In My Feelings”
Ariana Grande “Thank U, Next”
Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved”
Cardi B with Bad Bunny & J. Balvin “I Like It”
Zedd with Maren Morris & Grey “The Middle”
Childish Gambino “This Is America”

2017

Ed Sheeran “Shape of You”
Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito”
Ed Sheeran with Beyoncé “Perfect”
Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You”
Camila Cabello with Young Thug “Havana”
Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar”
Kendrick Lamar “Humble”
Cardi B “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)”
Bebe Rexha with Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be”
Lizzo “Truth Hurts”

2016

The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer”
Drake with WizKid & Kyla “One Dance”
Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”
Rihanna with Drake “Work”
Sia with Sean Paul “Cheap Thrills”
The Weeknd with Daft Punk “Starboy”
Pinkfong! “Baby Shark”
Bruno Mars “That’s What I Like”
Rae Sremmurd with Gucci Mane “Black Beatles”
Twenty One Pilots “Heathens”

2015

Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again”
Adele “Hello”
Justin Bieber “Love Yourself”
The Weeknd “Can’t Feel My Face”
Justin Bieber “Sorry”
Drake “Hotline Bling”
The Weeknd “The Hills”
Justin Bieber “What Do You Mean?”
Lukas Graham “7 Years”
Twenty One Pilots “Stressed Out”

2014

Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!”
Taylor Swift “Shake It Off”
Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud”
Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass”
Taylor Swift “Blank Space”
Iggy Azalea with Charli XCX “Fancy”
Sam Smith “Stay with Me”
OMI “Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)”
Maroon 5 “Sugar”
Sia “Chandelier”

2013

Pharrell Williams “Happy”
Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines”
John Legend “All of Me”
Lorde “Royals”
Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams “Get Lucky”
Katy Perry “Roar”
One Republic “Counting Stars”
Idina Menzel “Let It Go”
Avici with Aloe Blacc “Wake Me Up!”
Katy Perry with Juicy J “Dark Horse”

2012

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz “Thrift Shop”
Psy “Gangnam Style”
Bruno Mars “Locked Out of Heaven”
The Lumineers “Ho Hey”
Imagine Dragons “Radioactive”
Passenger “Let Her Go”
Florida Georgia Line with Nelly “Cruise”
Pink with Nate Ruess “Just Give Me a Reason”
Rihanna “Diamonds”
Taylor Swift “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

2011

Gotye & Kimbra “Somebody That I Used to Know”
Carly Rae Jepsen “Call Me Maybe”
Adele “Someone Like You”
LMFAO, Lauren Bennett & GoonRock “Party Rock Anthem”
Rihanna & Calvin Harris “We Found Love”
Maroon 5 with Christina Aguilera “Moves Like Jagger”
Fun. & Janelle Monáe “We Are Young”
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Ray Dalton “Can’t Hold Us”
LMFAO “Sexy and I Know It”
Lady Gaga “Born This Way”

2010

Adele “Rolling in the Deep”
Eminem & Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie”
Bruno Mars “Just the Way You Are (Amazing)”
Katy Perry “Firework”
Katy Perry & Snoop Dogg “California Gurls”
Cee-Lo Green “Fuck You (aka “Forget You”)”
Foster the People “Pumped Up Kicks”
Rihanna “Only Girl in the World”
Bruno Mars “Grenade”
Taio Cruz “Dynamite”

2009

Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling”
Lady Gaga “Bad Romance”
Ke$ha “Tik Tok”
Lady Antebellum “Need You Now”
Jay-Z with Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind”
Miley Cyrus “Party in the U.S.A.”
Train “Hey, Soul Sister”
Flo Rida with Ke$ha “Right Round”
Owl City “Fireflies”
Miley Cyrus “The Climb”

2008

Beyoncé “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
Lady Gaga “Poker Face”
Coldplay “Viva La Vida”
Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow”
Jason Mraz “I’m Yours”
Lady Gaga & Colby O’Donis “Just Dance”
Taylor Swift “Love Story”
Katy Perry “I Kissed a Girl”
Lil Wayne with Static Major “Lollipop”
Kings of Leon “Use Somebody”

2007

Rihanna with Jay-Z “Umbrella”
Flo Rida & T-Pain “Low”
Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love”
Alicia Keys “No One”
Kanye West with Daft Punk “Stronger”
M.I.A. “Paper Planes”
Soulja Boy Tell’em “Crank That (Soulja Boy)”
Kid Rock “All Summer Long”
Avril Lavigne “Girlfriend”
Sara Bareilles “Love Song”

2006

Gnarls Barkley “Crazy”
Justin Timberlake “Sexyback”
Amy Winehouse “Rehab”
Shakira & Wyclef Jean “Hips Don’t Lie”
One Republic with Timbaland “Apologize”
Beyoncé “Irreplaceable”
Snow Patrol “Chasing Cars”
Fergie “Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal)”
Nelly Furtado & Timbaland “Promiscuous”
Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dani California”

2005

Kanye West & Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger”
Mariah Carey “We Belong Together”
Daniel Powter “Bad Day”
Plain White T’s “Hey There Delilah”
Arctic Monkeys “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”
Gorillaz with De La Soul “Feel Good Inc.”
Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats”
The Fray “How to Save a Life”
50 Cent with Olivia “Candy Shop”
Madonna “Hung Up”

2004

Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!”
Green Day “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”
James Blunt “You’re Beautiful”
Franz Ferdinand “Take Me Out”
Kelly Clarkson “Since U Been Gone”
Gwen Stefani “Hollaback Girl”
Mario “Let Me Love You”
Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying”
Snoop Dogg with Pharrell Williams “Drop It Like It’s Hot”
U2 “Vertigo”

2003

OutKast “Hey Ya!”
Beyoncé with Jay-Z “Crazy in Love”
The White Stripes “Seven Nation Army”
The Killers “Mr. Brightside”
Britney Spears “Toxic”
Evanescence with Paul McCoy “Bring Me to Life”
Hoobastank “The Reason”
Black Eyed Peas with Justin Timberlake “Where Is the Love?”
Jay-Z “99 Problems”
Linkin Park “Numb”

2002

Eminem “Lose Yourself”
50 Cent “In Da Club”
Nelly “Hot in Herre”
Johnny Cash “Hurt”
Coldplay “Clocks”
Nelly & Kelly Rowland “Dilemma”
Avril Lavigne “Complicated”
Eminem “Without Me”
Norah Jones “Don’t Know Why”
Ashanti with Ja Rule “Foolish”

2001

Nickelback “How You Remind Me”
Alicia Keys “Fallin’”
Kylie Minogue “Can’t Get You Out of My Head”
Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Get Ur Freak On”
Train “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)”
The Strokes “Last Nite”
Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lil’ Kim & Mya “Lady Marmalade”
Alan Jackson “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning”
The White Stripes “Fell in Love with a Girl”
Staind “It’s Been Awhile”

2000

U2 “Beautiful Day”
Eminem with Dido “Stan”
Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance”
Madonna “Music”
OutKast “Ms. Jackson”
Eminem “The Real Slim Shady”
Destiny’s Child “Independent Women”
3 Doors Down “Kryptonite”
Coldplay “Yellow”
Linkin Park “In the End”

1999

Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth”
TLC “No Scrubs”
Lonestar “Amazed”
Backstreet Boys “I Want It That Way”
Destiny’s Child “Say My Name”
Ricky Martin “Livin’ La Vida Loca”
Lou Bega “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of…)”
Christina Aguilera “Genie in a Bottle”
Faith Hill “Breathe”
Creed “With Arms Wide Open”

1998

Britney Spears “Baby One More Time”
Aerosmith “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing”
Goo Goo Dolls “Iris”
Cher “Believe”
Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (That Thing)”
Brandy & Monica “The Boy Is Mine”
Eminem “My Name Is…”
Madonna “Ray of Light”
Barenaked Ladies “One Week”
Korn “Freak on a Leash”

1997

Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On”
Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)”
The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony”
Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You”
Natalie Imbruglia “Torn”
Shania Twain “You’re Still the One”
Blur “Song 2”
Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)”
Savage Garden “Truly, Madly, Deeply”
Hanson “Mmmbop”

1996

Spice Girls “Wannabe”
Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me”
Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart”
Blackstreet with Dr. Dre & Queen Pen “No Diggity”
Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever”
R. Kelly “I Believe I Can Fly”
Fugees “Killing Me Softly”
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony “Tha Crossroads”
Shawn Colvin “Sunny Came Home”
Eric Clapton “Change the World”

1995

Oasis “Wonderwall”
Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)”
Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise”
No Doubt “Don’t Speak”
Alanis Morissette “You Oughta Know”
Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day”
Alanis Morissette “Ironic”
Pulp “Common People”
Oasis “Don’t Look Back in Anger”
Mariah Carey “Fantasy”

1994

Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You”
Mariah Carey “All I Want for Christmas Is You”
TLC “Waterfalls”
Oasis “Live Forever”
Seal “Kiss from a Rose”
All-4-One “I Swear”
Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun”
Jeff Buckley “Hallelujah”
Bruce Springsteen “Streets of Philadelphia”
Green Day “Basket Case”

1993

Beck “Loser”
Meat Loaf “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)”
Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes”
Sheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do”
Ace of Base “The Sign”
Tag Team “Whoomp! There It Is”
Nirvana “All Apologies”
Mariah Carey “Dreamlover”
Mariah Carey “Hero”
Nirvana “Heart-Shaped Box”

1992

Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You”
Radiohead “Creep”
Boyz II Men “End of the Road”
Sir Mix-a-Lot “Baby Got Back”
Eric Clapton “Tears in Heaven”
House of Pain “Jump Around”
R.E.M. “Everybody Hurts”
Dr. Dre with Snoop Doggy Dogg “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang”
Kris Kross “Jump”
Billy Ray Cyrus “Achy Breaky Heart”

1991

Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
Bryan Adams “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”
R.E.M. “Losing My Religion”
U2 “One”
Red Hot Chili Peppers “Under the Bridge”
Metallica “Enter Sandman”
Pearl Jam “Jeremy”
Guns N’ Roses “November Rain”
Natalie Cole with Nat “King” Cole “Unforgettable”
Nirvana “Come As You Are”

1990

Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U”
Madonna “Vogue”
Garth Brooks “Friends in Low Places”
MC Hammer “U Can’t Touch This”
Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby”
Mariah Carey “Vision of Love”
Depeche Mode “Enjoy the Silence”
C + C Music Factory “Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)”
Deee-Lite “Groove Is in the Heart”
Roxette “It Must Have Been Love”

1989

Madonna “Like a Prayer”
The B-52’s “Love Shack”
Public Enemy “Fight the Power”
Phil Collins “Another Day in Paradise”
Tom Petty “Free Fallin’”
Young MC “Bust a Move”
Alannah Myles “Black Velvet”
Neil Young “Rockin’ in the Free World”
Depeche Mode “Personal Jesus”
Soul II Soul “Back to Life (How Ever Do You Want Me)”

1988

Tracy Chapman “Fast Car”
Poison “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”
The La’s “There She Goes”
Bette Midler “Wind Beneath My Wings”
Bobby McFerrin “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”
Metallica “One”
Tone Lōc “Wild Thing”
Bangles “Eternal Flame”
Bobby Brown “My Prerogative”
Phil Collins “A Groovy Kind of Love”

1987

Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine”
U2 “With or Without You”
Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me”
Guns N’ Roses “Welcome to the Jungle”
U2 “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”
Def Leppard “Pour Some Sugar on Me”
George Michael “Faith”
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes “I’ve Had the Time of My Life”
Rick Astley “Never Gonna Give You Up”
Whitesnake “Here I Go Again”

1986

Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer”
Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “Walk This Way”
Prince “Kiss”
Beastie Boys “You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party”
Peter Gabriel “Sledgehammer”
Berlin “Take My Breath Away”
Bangles “Walk Like an Egyptian”
Peter Gabriel “In Your Eyes”
Crowded House “Don’t Dream It’s Over”
Bon Jovi “You Give Love a Bad Name”

1985

U.S.A. for Africa “We Are the World”
Tears for Fears “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”
Dire Straits “Money for Nothing”
Simple Minds “Don’t You Forget about Me”
Dionne & Friends “That's What Friends Are For”
Pet Shop Boys “West End Girls”
Kate Bush “Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)”
Lionel Richie “Say You Say Me”
Huey Lewis & the News “The Power of Love”
Madonna “Into the Groove”

1984

Prince “When Doves Cry”
A-ha “Take on Me”
Foreigner “I Want to Know What Love Is”
Prince & the Revolution “Purple Rain”
George Michael “Careless Whisper”
Tina Turner “What’s Love Got to Do with It?”
Bruce Springsteen “Born in the U.S.A.”
Stevie Wonder “I Just Called to Say I Love You”
Madonna “Like a Virgin”
Bruce Springsteen “Dancing in the Dark”

1983

The Police “Every Breath You Take”
Van Halen “Jump”
Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This”
Cyndi Lauper “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”
Lionel Richie “All Night Long (All Night)”
New Order “Blue Monday”
Bonnie Tyler “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
Cyndi Lauper “Time After Time”
Irene Cara “Flashdance...What a Feelin’”
Frankie Goes to Hollywood “Relax”

1982

Michael Jackson “Billie Jean”
Survivor “Eye of the Tiger”
Michael Jackson “Beat It”
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “The Message”
Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Come on Eileen”
Willie Nelson “Always on My Mind”
Toto “Africa”
Michael Jackson “Thriller”
John Cougar Mellencamp “Jack and Diane”
Marvin Gaye “Sexual Healing”

1981

Journey “Don’t Stop Believin’”
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts “I Love Rock and Roll”
Lionel Richie & Diana Ross “Endless Love”
Soft Cell “Tainted Love”
The Human League “Don’t You Want Me?”
Kim Carnes “Bette Davis Eyes”
Olivia Newton-John “Physical”
Phil Collins “In the Air Tonight”
Men at Work “Down Under”
The Rolling Stones “Start Me Up”

1980

AC/DC “You Shook Me All Night Long”
Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
Queen “Another One Bites the Dust”
Kool & the Gang “Celebration”
Blondie “Call Me”
AC/DC “Back in Black”
Kenny Rogers “Lady”
Diana Ross “Upside Down”
Dolly Parton “9 to 5”
REO Speedwagon “Keep on Loving You”

1979

Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II”
The Clash “London Calling”
The Knack “My Sharona”
Michael Jackson “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”
Sister Sledge “We Are Family”
Pink Floyd “Comfortably Numb”
Lipps Inc. “Funkytown”
The Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight”
Chic “Good Times”
Queen “Crazy Little Thing Called Love”

1978

Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive”
Blondie “Heart of Glass”
Village People “Y.M.C.A.”
Chic “Le Freak”
Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta “You’re the One That I Want”
Dire Straits “Sultans of Swing”
Commodores “Three Times a Lady”
The Police “Roxanne”
Earth, Wind & Fire “September”
Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street”

1977

Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”
Queen “We Will Rock You” / “We Are the Champions”
David Bowie “Heroes”
Bee Gees “How Deep Is Your Love”
Bee Gees “Night Fever”
Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life”
Fleetwood Mac “Dreams”
Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen”
Eric Clapton “Wonderful Tonight”
Commodores “Brick House”

1976

Eagles “Hotel California”
Abba “Dancing Queen”
Wild Cherry “Play That Funky Music”
Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the U.K.”
Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way”
Boston “More Than a Feeling”
Rod Stewart “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)”
Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop”
Elton John & Kiki Dee “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”
Chicago “If You Leave Me Now”

1975

Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run”
Led Zeppelin “Kashmir”
Pink Floyd “Wish You Were Here”
Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy”
Captain & Tennille “Love Will Keep Us Together”
10cc “I’m Not in Love”
Kiss “Rock and Roll All Nite”
Bruce Springsteen “Thunder Road”
Van McCoy “The Hustle”

1974

Lynyrd Skynyrd “Sweet Home Alabama”
Bob Marley & the Wailers “No Woman, No Cry”
Olivia Newton-John “I Honestly Love You”
Bachman-Turner Overdrive “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”
Carl Douglas “Kung Fu Fighting”
George McCrae “Rock Your Baby”
Bachman-Turner Overdrive “Takin’ Care of Business”
Barry White “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything”
Joe Cocker “You Are So Beautiful”
Harry Chapin “Cat’s in the Cradle”

1973

Lynyrd Skynyrd “Free Bird”
Marvin Gaye “Let’s Get It On”
Roberta Flack “Killing Me Softly with His Song”
Billy Joel “Piano Man”
Barbra Streisand “The Way We Were”
Aerosmith “Dream On”
Tony Orlando & Dawn “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree”
Gladys Knight & the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia”
Terry Jacks “Seasons in the Sun”
The Rolling Stones “Angie”

1972

Stevie Wonder “Superstition”
Neil Young “Heart of Gold”
Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side”
Carly Simon “You’re So Vain”
The Temptations “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”
Deep Purple “Smoke on the Water”
Stevie Wonder “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”
Bill Withers “Lean on Me”
Eagles “Take It Easy”
Gilbert O’Sullivan “Alone Again (Naturally)”

1971

John Lennon “Imagine”
Don McLean “American Pie”
Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven”
Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On”
Rod Stewart “Maggie May”
Al Green “Let’s Stay Together”
The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again”
The Rolling Stones “Brown Sugar”
The Who “Baba O’Riley”
Harry Nilsson “Without You”

1970

Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
The Beatles “Let It Be”
Derek & the Dominos “Layla”
Elton John “Your Song”
George Harrison “My Sweet Lord”
The Jackson 5 “I’ll Be There”
Black Sabbath “Paranoid”
James Taylor “Fire and Rain”
The Jackson 5 “ABC”
The Kinks “Lola”

1969

The Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women”
The Jackson 5 “I Want You Back”
Elvis Presley “Suspicious Minds”
Creedence Clearwater Revival “Proud Mary”
David Bowie “Space Oddity”
Led Zeppelin “Whole Lotta Love”
The Beatles “Something”
Roberta Flack “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”
The Archies “Sugar, Sugar”
The 5th Dimension “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In”

1968

The Beatles The Beatles “Hey Jude”
Marvin Gaye “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”
Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay”
The Jimi Hendrix Experience “All Along the Watchtower”
Steppenwolf “Born to Be Wild”
The Rolling Stones “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
Simon & Garfunkel “Mrs. Robinson”
The Band “The Weight”
Sly & the Family Stone “Everyday People”
Tammy Wynette “Stand by Your Man”

1967

Aretha Franklin “Respect”
The Doors “Light My Fire”
Louis Armstrong “What a Wonderful World”
Procol Harum “A Whiter Shade of Pale”
Van Morrison “Brown-Eyed Girl”
The Beatles “A Day in the Life”
The Beatles “Strawberry Fields Forever”
The Jimi Hendrix Experience “Purple Haze”
The Moody Blues “Nights in White Satin”
Jefferson Airplane “White Rabbit”

1966

The Beach Boys “Good Vibrations”
The Monkees “I’m a Believer”
Four Tops “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)”
Percy Sledge “When a Man Loves a Woman”
The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black”
The Beach Boys “God Only Knows”
Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth”
The Beatles “Eleanor Rigby”
The Supremes “You Can’t Hurry Love”
The Troggs “Wild Thing”

1965

The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
The Beatles “Yesterday”
Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone”
The Righteous Brothers “Unchained Melody”
The Who “My Generation”
Simon & Garfunkel “The Sound of Silence”
The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man”
The Beatles “Help!”
The Mamas & the Papas “California Dreamin’”
The Miracles “The Tracks of My Tears”

1964

The Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’”
The Temptations “My Girl”
The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun”
Roy Orbison “(Oh) Pretty Woman”
The Kinks “You Really Got Me”
Martha & the Vandellas “Dancing in the Street
The Beatles “Can’t Buy Me Love”
Sam Cooke “A Change Is Gonna Come”
Disneyland Boys Choir “It’s a Small World After All”
Bob Dylan “The Times They Are A-Changin’”

1963

The Beatles “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
The Kingsmen “Louie Louie”
The Beatles “She Loves You”
The Ronettes “Be My Baby”
The Beatles “Twist and Shout”
Bob Dylan “Blowin’ in the Wind”
Johnny Cash “Ring of Fire”
The Chiffons “He’s So Fine”
The Drifters “On Broadway”
The Beach Boys “Surfin’ U.S.A.”

1962

Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You”
Little Eva “The Loco-Motion”
Booker T. & the MGs “Green Onions”
Tony Bennett “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”
The Four Seasons “Sherry”
The Contours “Do You Love Me?”
The Four Seasons “Big Girls Don’t Cry”
The Beatles “Love Me Do”
The Crystals (actually The Blossoms) “He’s a Rebel”
Frank Ifield “I Remember You”

1961

Ben E. King “Stand by Me”
Patsy Cline “Crazy”
Elvis Presley “Can’t Help Falling in Love”
Henry Mancini with Audrey Hepburn “Moon River”
Del Shannon “Runaway”
The Tokens “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”
The Marvelettes “Please Mr. Postman”
Dion “Runaround Sue”
Gene Chandler “Duke of Earl”
Bobby Lewis “Tossin’ and Turnin’”

1960

Ray Charles “Georgia on My Mind”
Chubby Checker “The Twist”
Etta James “At Last”
Elvis Presley “Are You Lonesome Tonight?”
Elvis Presley “It’s Now or Never”
The Shirelles “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”
The Drifters “Save the Last Dance for Me”
The Everly Brothers “Cathy’s Clown”
Percy Faith “Theme from A Summer Place”
Roy Orbison “Only the Lonely”

1959

Bobby Darin “Mack the Knife”
The Flamingos “I Only Have Eyes for You”
Ray Charles “What’d I Say”
Dave Brubeck Quartet “Take Five”
Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans”
The Isley Brothers “Shout (Parts 1 and 2)”
Marty Robbins “El Paso”
Wilbert Harrison “Kansas City”
Jim Reeves “He'll Have to Go”
Frankie Avalon “Venus”

1958

The Platters “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”
Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode”
The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream”
Ritchie Valens “La Bamba”
Harry Simeone Chorale “The Little Drummer Boy”
Domenico Modugno “Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blue)”
The Kingston Trio “Tom Dooley”
The Champs “Tequila”
Eddie Cochran “Summertime Blues”
The Coasters “Yakety Yak”

1957

Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock”
Jerry Lee Lewis “Great Balls of Fire”
Buddy Holly & the Crickets “That’ll Be the Day”
Jerry Lee Lewis “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”
Elvis Presley “All Shook Up”
Sam Cooke “You Send Me”
Danny & the Juniors “At the Hop”
The Everly Brothers “Wake Up Little Susie”
Buddy Holly & the Crickets “Peggy Sue”
Paul Anka “Diana”

1956

Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel”
Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel”
Elvis Presley “Hound Dog”
Johnny Cash “I Walk the Line”
Elvis Presley “Love Me Tender”
Carl Perkins “Blue Suede Shoes”
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?”
Fats Domino “Blueberry Hill”
The Five Satins “In the Still of the Nite (I’ll Remember)”
Guy Mitchell “Singing the Blues”

1955

Mitch Miller “The Yellow Rose of Texas”
Tennessee Ernie Ford “Sixteen Tons”
Little Richard “Tutti Frutti”
The Platters “Only You and You Alone”
The Platters “The Great Pretender”
Chuck Berry “Maybellene”
Fats Domino “Ain’t That a Shame” (aka “Ain’t It a Shame”)
Bo Diddley “Bo Diddley”
Perez “Prez” Prado “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White”
The Four Aces “Love Is a Many Splendored Thing”

1954

Bill Haley & His Comets “We’re Gonna Rock Around the Clock”
The Penguins “Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)”
Elvis Presley “That’s All Right, Mama”
The Chords “Sh-Boom”
Big Joe Turner “Shake, Rattle and Roll”
The Chordettes “Mr. Sandman”
Erroll Garner Trio “Misty”
The McGuire Sisters “Sincerely”
Muddy Waters “Hoochie Coochie Man”
Kitty Kalen “Little Things Mean a Lot”

1953

Hank Williams “Your Cheatin’ Heart”
Duke Ellington “Satin Doll”
Les Paul & Mary Ford “Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)”
Doris Day “Secret Love”
The Orioles “Crying in the Chapel”
Percy Faith & Felicia Sanders “Where Is Your Heart (Song from Moulin Rouge)”
Patti Page “The Doggie in the Window”
Dean Martin “That's Amore “
Frankie Laine “I Believe”
The Drifters “Money Honey”

1952

Jo Stafford “You Belong to Me”
Rosemary Clooney “Tenderly”
Jimmy Boyd “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”
Kay Starr “Wheel of Fortune”
Vera Lynn “Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart”
Lloyd Price “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”
Al Martino “Here in My Heart”
Perry Como & the Ramblers “Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes”
Teresa Brewer “Till I Waltz Again with You”
Patti Page “I Went to Your Wedding”

1951

Les Paul & Mary Ford “How High the Moon”
Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads “Cry”
Tommy Edwards “It’s All in the Game”
Tony Bennett “Because of You”
Hank Williams “Cold, Cold Heart”
Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats “Rocket 88”
Nat “King” Cole “Too Young”
The Dominoes “Sixty Minute Man”
Perry Como “If (They Made Me a King)”
Eddy Howard “Sin (It’s No Sin)”

1950

Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz”
The Weavers “Goodnight Irene”
Nat “King” Cole “Mona Lisa”
Bill Snyder “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”
Anton Karas “The Third Man Theme”
The Andrews Sisters “I Wanna Be Loved by You”
Edith Piaf “La Vie En Rose”
Hank Snow “I’m Movin’ On”
Teresa Brewer & the Dixieland All Stars “Music! Music! Music!”
Eileen Barton & the New Yorkers “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake”

1949

Gene Autry & the Pinafores “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer”
Vaughn Monroe “Ghost Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)”
Perry Como “Some Enchanted Evening”
Hank Williams “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry”
John Lee Hooker “Boogie Chillen”
Frankie Laine & Jud Conlon’s Rhythmaires “That Lucky Old Sun”
Blue Barron & His Orchestra “Cruising Down the River on a Sunday Afternoon”
Vic Damone “You’re Breaking My Heart”
Frankie Laine & the Muleskinners “Mule Train”
The Andrews Sisters “I Can Dream, Can’t I?”

1948

Pee Wee Hunt “Twelfth Street Rag”
Dinah Shore & Her Harper Valley Boys “Buttons and Bows”
Nat “King Cole with Frank DeVol’s Orchestra “Nature Boy”
Art Mooney “I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover”
Peggy Lee “Manana Is Soon Enough for Me”
Mahalia Jackson “Move on Up a Little Higher”
Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt & Gloria Wood “On a Slow Boat to China”
Bing Crosby & the Ken Darby Singers “Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)”
Evelyn Knight & the Stardusters “A Little Bird Told Me”
Margaret Whiting “A Tree in the Meadow”

1947

The Harmonicats “Peg O’ My Heart”
Francis Craig & Bob Lamm “Near You”
Thelonious Monk “Round Midnight” (aka “Round About Midnight”)
Ted Weems & Elmo Tanner “Heartaches”
Vaughn Monroe “Ballerina” (aka "Dance Ballerina Dance”)
Tex Williams “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)”
T-Bone Walker “Call It Stormy Monday”
Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys “Blue Moon of Kentucky”
Red Ingle with Jo Stafford “Temptation (Tim-Tay-Shun)”
Ray Noble & Buddy Clark “Linda”

1946

Nat “King” Cole “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)”
The Ink Spots “The Gypsy”
Nat “King” Cole “I Love You for Sentimental Reasons”
Louis Jordan “Choo Choo Ch’Boogie”
Frankie Carle & Marjorie Hughes “Oh What It Seemed to Be”
Eddy Howard “To Each His Own”
James Baskett “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah”
Frank Sinatra “Five Minutes More”
Sammy Kaye & Billy Williams “The Old Lamplighter”
Frankie Carle & Marjorie Hughes “Rumors Are Flying”

1945

Les Brown & Doris Day “Sentimental Journey”
Vaughn Monroe “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”
Hal McIntyre & His Orchestra with Ruth Gaylor “My Funny Valentine”
Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive”
Johnny Mercer & the Pied Pipers “On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe”
Dick Haymes “It Might As Well Be Spring”
Woody Herman “Laura”
Perry Como “If I Loved You”
Perry Como “Till the End of Time”
Vaughn Monroe “There! I’ve Said It Again”

1944

Bing Crosby “I’ll Be Seeing You”
Woody Guthrie “This Land Is Your Land”
Bing Crosby & the Williams Brothers Quartet “Swinging on a Star”
Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters “Don’t Fence Me In”
The Andrews Sisters “Rum and Coca Cola”
Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest “Long Ago and Far Away”
Judy Garland “The Trolley Song”
Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen “Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)”
Nat "King Cole" “Straighten Up and Fly Right”
The Mills Brothers “You Always Hurt the One You Love”

1943

Harry James & Helen Forrest “I’ve Heard That Song Before”
Dick Haymes & the Song Spinners “You'll Never Know”
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”
Al Dexter & His Troopers “Pistol Packin' Mama”
The Ink Spots “Don't Get Around Much Anymore”
Glenn Miller with Skip Nelson “That Old Black Magic”
Bing Crosby with Trudy Erwin & the Sportsmen Glee Club “People Will Say We're in Love”
Bing Crosby & the Ken Darby Singers “Sunday, Monday or Always”
Bing Crosby with Trudy Erwin & the Sportsmen Glee Club “Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'“
The Andrews Sisters “Shoo-Shoo Baby”

1942

Bing Crosby & the Ken Darby Singers “White Christmas”
Dooley Wilson “As Time Goes By”
The Mills Brothers “Paper Doll”
Judy Garland & Gene Kelly “For Me and My Gal”
Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly & Helen O'Connell “Tangerine”
Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & Marion Hutton “I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo”
Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke, Marion Hutton, & the Modernaires “Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else But Me”
Kay Kyser with Harry Babbitt & Julie Conway “Jingle Jangle Jingle”
Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle & the Modernaires “Moonlight Cocktail”
Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers “There Are Such Things”

1941

Artie Shaw “Stardust”
Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & the Four Modernaires “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
Woody Herman “Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me)”
Duke Ellington “Take the ‘A’ Train”
The Andrews Sisters “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”
Billie Holiday “God Bless the Child”
Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell “Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)”
Benny Goodman with Louise Tobin “There’ll Be Some Changes Made”
Harry James & Dick Haymes “I’ll Get by As Long As I Have You”
Sammy Kaye “Daddy”

1940

Coleman Hawkins “Body and Soul”
Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers “I’ll Never Smile Again”
Cliff Edwards & the Ken Darby Singers “When You Wish Upon a Star”
Artie Shaw “Frenesi”
Glenn Miller “Tuxedo Junction”
Glenn Miller with Ray Eberle “Fools Rush in Where Angels Fear to Tread”
Jimmie Davis “You Are My Sunshine”
Glenn Miller with Marion Hutton “The Woodpecker Song”
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys “San Antonio Rose (New)”
Bing Crosby “Only Forever”

1939

Judy Garland “Over the Rainbow”
Glenn Miller “In the Mood”
Tommy Dorsey with Jack Leonard “All the Things You Are”
Kate Smith “God Bless America”
Billie Holiday “Strange Fruit”
Larry Clinton & Bea Wain “Deep Purple”
Glenn Miller “Moonlight Serenade”
Harry James & Frank Sinatra “All or Nothing at All”
Walter Huston “September Song”
The Ink Spots “If I Didn't Care”

1938

Artie Shaw “Begin the Beguine”
Ella Fitzgerald “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”
Benny Goodman “Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)”
Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra “I Can’t Get Started”
Roy Acuff & the Smoky Mountain Boys “Wabash Cannonball”
Al Donhue & Paula Kelly “Jeepers Creepers”
Benny Goodman “Don’t Be That Way”
Bing Crosby “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby”
Larry Clinton & Bea Wain “My Reverie”
Tommy Dorsey with Edythe Wright “Music Maestro Please!”

1937

Fred Astaire “They Can’t Take That Away from Me”
The Andrews Sisters “Bei Mir Bist Du Schöen (Means That You’re Grand)”
Count Basie “One O’Clock Jump”
Bing Crosby with Lani McIntyre & His Hawaiians “Sweet Leilani”
Shep Fields & Bob Goday “That Old Feeling”
Hal Kemp & Bob Allen “Where or When”
Tommy Dorsey “Once in a While”
Shep Fields & Bob Goday “Thanks for the Memory”
Seven Dwarfs “Whistle While You Work”
Guy Lombardo & Carmen Lombardo “September in the Rain”

1936

Billie Holiday “Summertime”
Fred Astaire “The Way You Look Tonight”
Ray Noble & Al Bowlly “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”
Benny Goodman with Helen Ward “These Foolish Things Remind Me of You”
Benny Goodman “Stompin’ at the Savoy”
Robert Johnson “Cross Road Blues (aka ‘Crossroads’)”
Fred Astaire “A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song)”
Benny Goodman with Helen Ward “Goody Goody”
Tommy Dorsey with Cliff Weston “Alone”
Shep Fields & Charles Chester “Did I Remember?”

1935

Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers “Cheek to Cheek”
Bing Crosby “Pennies from Heaven”
Bing Crosby & the Guardsmen Quartette “Silent Night”
Little Jack Little “I’m in the Mood for Love”
Fats Waller “Honeysuckle Rose”
The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra with Bob Crosby “Lullaby of Broadway”
Richard Himber & Stuart Allen “Just One of Those Things”
Guy Lombardo & Carmen Lombardo “Red Sails in the Sunset”
Glen Gray with Kenny Sargent “When I Grow Too Old to Dream”
Glen Gray with Kenny Sargent “Blue Moon”

1934

Guy Lombardo “Winter Wonderland”
Ethel Merman “I Get a Kick Out of You”
Eddy Duchin & Lew Sherwood “Let's Fall in Love”
Leo Reisman “The Continental (You Kiss While We're Dancing)”
The Sons of the Pioneers “Tumbling Tumbleweeds”
Ray Noble & Al Bowlly “The Very Thought of You”
Guy Lombardo & Carmen Lombardo “Stars Fell on Alabama”
Ray Noble & Al Bowlly “Isle of Capri”
Bing Crosby “June in January”
Duke Ellington “Cocktails for Two”

1933

Ethel Waters “Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)”
Duke Ellington “Sophisticated Lady”
Don Bestor & His Orchestra with Dudley Mecum “42nd Street”
Paul Whiteman with Jack Fulton “Lover”
George Olsen with Jim Morrison “The Last Round-Up”
Ted Lewis “Lazy Bones”
Bing Crosby “You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me”
Paul Whiteman with Bob Lawrence “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”
Ray Noble & Al Bowlly “The Old Spinning Wheel”
Ray Noble & Al Bowlly “Love Is the Sweetest Thing”

1932

Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman’s Orchestra “Night and Day”
Louis Armstrong “All of Me”
Rudy Vallee “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”
Duke Ellington & Ivie Anderson “It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got That Swing”
Bing Crosby & the Mills Brothers “Dinah”
Guy Lombardo & Carmen Lombardo “How Deep Is the Ocean?”
Paul Whiteman with Irene Taylor “Willow Weep for Me”
Ted Lewis “In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town”
Leo Reisman & Frances Maddux “Paradise”
Bing Crosby “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”

1931

Duke Ellington “Mood Indigo”
Cab Calloway “Minnie the Moocher (The Ho De Ho Song)”
Wayne King & Ernie Burchill “Dream a Little Dream of Me”
Libby Holman “Love for Sale”
Wayne King & Ernie Burchill “Goodnight Sweetheart”
Bing Crosby “Out of Nowhere”
Gus Arnheim with Donald Novis “Sweet and Lovely”
Fred Waring with Clare Hanlon “I Found a Million-Dollar Baby in a Five-and-Ten-Cent Store”
Rudy Vallee “As Time Goes By”
Ted Lewis “Just a Gigolo”

1930

Ted Lewis “On the Sunny Side of the Street”
Red Nichols “I Got Rhythm”
Ben Selvin “Happy Days Are Here Again”
Harry Richman “Puttin’ on the Ritz”
Leo Reisman “What Is This Thing Called Love?”
Red Nichols & Dick Robertson “Embraceable You”
Rudy Vallee “Stein Song (University of Maine)”
Don Azpiazu & Arturo Machin “The Peanut Vendor (El Manicero)”
Duke Ellington & the Rhythm Boys “Three Little Words”
Fred Waring with Clare Hanlon “Little White Lies”

1929

Fats Waller “Ain’t Misbehavin’”
Nick Lucas “Tip Toe Through the Tulips”
Eddie Cantor “Makin’ Whoopee”
Cliff Edwards (aka Ukelele Ike) “Singin’ in the Rain”
Ruth Etting “Love Me Or Leave Me”
Ethel Waters “Am I Blue?”
Maurice Chevalier “Louise”
Paul Whiteman with Jack Fulton “Lover Come Back to Me”
Rudy Vallee “Honey”
Gene Austin “Carolina Moon”

1928

Cliff Edwards “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love”
Marion Harris “The Man I Love”
Gene Austin “My Melancholy Baby”
Al Jolson “Sonny Boy”
Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines “West End Blues”
Gene Austin “Ramona”
Jimmie Rodgers “Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)”
The Carter Family “Wildwood Flower”
Paul Whiteman with Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, & Austin Young “Among My Souvenirs”
Fred Waring & Tom Waring “Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life”

1927

Gene Austin “My Blue Heaven”
Paul Robeson with Paul Whiteman “Ol’ Man River”
Ben Selvin “Blue Skies”
Ben Bernie with Scrappy Lambert & Billy Hillpot “Ain’t She Sweet”
"Whispering" Jack Smith “Me and My Shadow”
Paul Whiteman & the Rhythm Boys “Side by Side”
Guy Lombardo & Weston Vaughan “Charmaine”
Red Nichols “Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider”
Paul Whiteman with Jack Fulton “In a Little Spanish Town ('Twas on a Night Like This)”
Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals “Stardust”

1926

George Olsen with Fran Frey, Bob Rice, & Edward Joyce “Always”
Gertrude Lawrence “Someone to Watch Over Me”
Gene Austin “Bye Bye Blackbird”
Jan Garber & Benny Davis “Baby Face”
Paul Whiteman with Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord, & Austin Young “The Birth of the Blues”
Gene Austin “Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue”
Al Jolson “I'm Sitting on Top of the World”
Paul Whiteman with Frankly Baur “Valencia (A Song of Spain)”
George Olsen “Who?”
Al Jolson “When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along”

1925

Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong “St. Louis Blues”
Marion Harris “Tea for Two”
Ben Bernie “Sweet Georgia Brown”
Ben Selvin “Manhattan”
Eddie Cantor “If You Knew Susie Like I Know Susie”
Gene Austin & Billy Carpenter “Yes Sir! That’s My Baby”
Isham Jones with Ray Miller & Frank Bessinger “I'll See You in My Dreams”
Al Jolson “All Alone”
Paul Whiteman “Oh Lady Be Good”
Louise Homer “America the Beautiful”

1924

Isham Jones “It Had to Be You”
Paul Whiteman with George Gershwin “Rhapsody in Blue”
Vernon Dalhart “The Prisoner’s Song”
Al Jolson “California Here I Come”
Arthur Gibbs & His Gang “Charleston”
Paul Whiteman “What’ll I Do?”
Paul Whiteman “Somebody Loves Me”
Vincent Lopez “I Want to Be Happy”
Paul Whiteman “Linger Awhile”
Ted Weems “Somebody Stole My Gal”

1923

Van & Schenck “Carolina in the Morning”
Billy Jones “Yes! We Have No Bananas”
Wendell Hall “It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’”
Bessie Smith “Down Hearted Blues”
Benny Krueger “I Cried for You”
Isham Jones “Swingin’ Down the Lane”
Paul Whiteman “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers”
Billy Murray & Ed Smalle “That Old Gang of Mine”
Paul Whiteman “Bambalina”
Art Landy “Dreamy Melody”

1922

Henry Burr “My Buddy”
Al Jolson “Toot Toot Tootsie (Goo-Bye!)”
Peerless Quartet “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans”
Ben Selvin “Chicago (That Toddlin’ Town)”
Paul Whiteman “Three O’Clock in the Morning”
Fanny Brice “Second Hand Rose”
Marion Harris “I’m Just Wild About Harry”
Fanny Brice “My Man (Mon Homme)”
Ed Gallagher & Al Shean “Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean”
Paul Whiteman “Stumbling”

1921

Al Jolson “April Showers”
Van & Schenck “Ain’t We Got Fun?”
Paul Whiteman “My Mammy”
Eddie Cantor “Margie”
Ray Miller “The Sheik of Araby”
Ted Lewis “All by Myself”
Marion Harris “Look for the Silver Lining”
U.S. Naval Academy Band “Anchors Aweigh (U.S. Navy Song)”
Paul Whiteman “Say It with Music”
Isham Jones “Wabash Blues”

1920

Al Jolson “Swanee”
Paul Whiteman “Whispering”
Ben Selvin “Dardanella”
Paul Whiteman “The Japanese Sandman”
Charles Harrison “I'll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time”
Al Jolson “Avalon”
Ted Lewis “When My Baby Smiles at Me”
Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds “Crazy Blues”
Paul Whiteman “Wang Wang Blues”
John Steel “The Love Nest”

1919

Henry Burr & Albert Campbell “Till We Meet Again”
Marion Harris “After You’ve Gone”
John Steel “A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody”
Ben Selvin “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles”
Nora Bayes “How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm After They’ve Seen Paree?”
Henry Burr “Beautiful Ohio”
Henry Burr “Oh! What a Pal Was Mary”
Arthur Fields “Ja Da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing)”
Al Jolson “I’ll Say She Does”
Marion Harris “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”

1918

Original Dixieland Jazz Band “Tiger Rag”
Al Jolson “Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody”
Arthur Fields “Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning”
Charles Harrison “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows”
Ernestine Schumann-Heink “Danny Boy”
Henry Burr “Just a Baby’s Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)”
Billy Murray “K-K-K-Katy (Stammering Song)”
Joseph C. Smith & Harry MacDonough “Smiles”
Al Jolson with Charles Prince’s Orchestra “Hello Central, Give Me No Man’s Land”
Irving Kauffman & the Columbia Quartet “Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here”

1917

American Quartet “Over There”
Knickerbocker Quartet “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile”
Victor Military Band “Poor Butterfly”
Anna Wheaton & James Harrod “Till the Clouds Roll By”
Elsie Baker (aka Edna Brown) “Missouri Waltz (Hush-A-Bye Ma Baby)”
Conway's Band “Indiana”
American Quartet “Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh!”
Original Dixieland Jazz Band “Livery Stable Blues”
American Quartet “Goodbye Broadway, Hello France!”
John McCormack “Send Me Away with a Smile”

1916

Billy Murray “Pretty Baby”
Henry Burr “M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me)”
Henry Burr “Goodbye, Good Luck, God Bless You (Is All That I Can Say)”
Marguerite Farrell “If I Knock the ‘L’ Out of Kelly, It Would Still Be Kelly to Me”
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan “Oh How She Could Yacki Hacki Wicki Wachi Woo (That's Love in Honolulu)”
John McCormack “Somewhere a Voice Is Calling”
Charles Harrison “Ireland Must Be Heaven for My Mother Came from There”
Prince's Orchestra “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Henry Burr & Albert Campbell “There's a Quaker Down in Quaker Town”
John McCormack “The Sunshine of Your Smile”

1915

John McCormack “It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary”
Harry MacDonough with Olive Kline (as Alice Green) “They Didn’t Believe Me”
Peerless Quartet “I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier”
Alma Gluck “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”
George MacFarlane “A Little Bit of Heaven (Shure, They Call It Ireland)”
American Quartet “Chinatown, My Chinatown”
Olive Kline (as Alice Green) with Edward Hamilton “Hello Frisco!”
James F. Harrison (as Frederick J. Wheeler) “Keep the Home Fires Burning”
James F. Harrison & James Reed “There’s a Long, Long Trail”
Henry Burr & Albert Campbell “Close to My Heart”

1914

Prince's Orchestra “Ballin’ the Jack”
Heidelberg Quintet “By the Beautiful Sea”
Prince's Orchestra “The Memphis Blues”
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan “The Aba Daba Honeymoon”
American Quartet “When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose”
American Quartet “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm”
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan “I Love the Ladies”
Henry Burr, Albert Campbell, & Will Oakland “I'm on My Way to Mandalay”
Joe Hayman “Cohen on the Telephone”
Henry Burr “The Song That Stole My Heart Away”

1913

Al Jolson “You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want to Do It)”
Chauncey Olcott “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling”
Chauncey Olcott “Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)”
Henry Burr “When I Lost You”
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan “When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam’”
Ada Jones “Row Row Row!”
Henry Burr & Albert Campbell “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine”
Al Jolson “The Spaniard That Blighted My Life”
Henry Burr “Last Night Was the End of the World”
Harry MacDonough “There’s a Girl in the Heart of Maryland (With a Heart That Belongs to Me)”

1912

American Quartet “Moonlight Bay”
Elsie Baker (aka Edna Brown) “I Love You Truly”
Heidelberg Quintet “Waiting for the Robert E. Lee”
Bob Roberts “Ragtime Cowboy Joe”
Ada Jones & Billy Murray “Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee”
Al Jolson “That Haunting Melody”
Henry Burr & Albert Campbell “When I Was Twenty-One and You Were Sweet Sixteen”
Al Jolson “Ragging the Baby to Sleep”
American Quartet “Everybody Two-Step”
Enrico Caruso “Love Is Mine”

1911

Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”
Peerless Quartet “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”
Harry MacDonough “Down by the Old Mill Stream”
Billy Murray & American Quartet “Oh, You Beautiful Doll”
Ada Jones with Billy Murray & the American Quartet “Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine”
Peerless Quartet “I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad”
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan “Put Your Arms Around Me Honey (I Never Knew Any Girl Like You)”
Will Oakland “Mother Machree”
John McCormack “I’m Falling in Love with Someone”
Billy Murray “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”

1910

Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet “By the Light of the Silvery Moon”
Sophie Tucker “Some of These Days”
American Quartet with Billy Murray “Casey Jones (The Brave Engineer)”
Bert Williams “Play That Barber-Shop Chord”
Henry Burr “Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland”
Harry MacDonough “Where the River Shannon Flows (new version)”
Ada Jones & the American Quartet “Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon”
Harry MacDonough with Lucy Isabelle Marsh “Every Little Movement Has a Meaning All Its Own”
Billy Murray “Carrie (Carrie Marry Harry)”
Fisk University Jubilee Quartet (aka Fisk Jubilee Singers) “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”

1909

Harry MacDonough with Miss Walton “Shine on Harvest Moon”
Henry Burr “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now”
Haydn Quartet “Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet”
Frank Stanley & Elise Stevenson “Good Evening, Caroline”
Ada Jones “I've Got Rings on My Fingers”
Ada Jones & Billy Murray “Shine on Harvest Moon”
Ada Jones & the Victor Light Opera Co. “The Yama Yama Man”
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan “The Right Church But the Wrong Pew”
Henry Burr “To the End of the World with You”
Arthur Collins “That's A-Plenty”

1908

Billy Murray & Haydn Quartet “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”
Victor Orchestra “The Glow-Worm”
Ada Jones & Billy Murray “Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine”
Alan Turner “As Long As the World Rolls On”
Haydn Quartet with Harry MacDonough “Sunbonnet Sue”
Ada Jones & Billy Murray “When We Are M-A-R-R-I-E-D”
Billy Murray “Under Any Old Flag at All”
Elise Stevenson “Are You Sincere?”
Billy Murray “I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark”
Ada Jones & Billy Murray “Make Believe”

1907

Byron G. Harlan “School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)”
Byron G. Harlan “My Gal Sal”
Billy Murray “Harrigan”
Enrico Caruso “Pagliacci, Act I: Vesti La Giubba (On with the Play) (new version)”
Ada Jones & Billy Murray “Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk”
Bert Williams “He's a Cousin of Mine”
Harry Lauder “I Love a Lassie (My Scotish Bluebell)”
Ada Jones “I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave”
Frank Stanley “Auld Lang Syne”
Vess Ossman “Maple Leaf Rag”

1906

Billy Murray “You’re a Grand Old Flag” (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)
Byron G. Harlan “Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie”
Bert Williams “Nobody”
Henry Burr “Love Me and the World Is Mine”
Corinne Morgan with Haydn Quartet “How’d You Like to Spoon with Me?”
Byron G. Harlan “The Good Old U.S.A.”
Ada Jones “Waiting at the Church (My Wife Won’t Let Me)”
Byron G. Harlan “Daddy’s Little Girl”
Corinne Morgan “So Long, Mary”
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan “Camp Meetin’ Time”

1905

Billy Murray “Give My Regards to Broadway”
Billy Murray “Yankee Doodle Boy”
Henry Burr (as Irving Gillette) “In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree”
Billy Murray “In My Merry Oldsmobile”
Arthur Collins “The Preacher and the Bear”
Billy Murray “Everybody Works But Father”
Byron G. Harland “Would You Care?”
Byron G. Harlan “Where the Morning Glories Twine Around the Door”
Corinne Morgan with Haydn Quartet “Dearie”
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan “Coax Me”

1904

Billy Murray “Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis”
Haydn Quartet with John Bieling & S.H. Dudley “Sweet Adeline (You’re the Flower of My Heart)”
Corinne Morgan with Haydn Quartet “Toyland”
Richard Jose “Silver Threads Among the Gold”
Billy Murray “Come Take a Trip in My Air Ship”
Byron G. Harlan & Frank Stanley “Blue Bell”
Billy Murray “Navajo”
Billy Murray “Alexander (Don't You Love Your Baby No More?)”
Frank Stanley & Corrine Morgan “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)”
Billy Murray “Under the Anheuser Busch”

1903

Haydn Quartet “In the Good Old Summertime”
Arthur Collins “Any Rags?”
George Alexander “Mighty Like a Rose (aka "Mighty Lak’ a Rose")”
Harry MacDonough “Hiawatha (His Song to Minnehaha)”
Haydn Quartet “Bedelia”
Byron G. Harlan “Always in the Way”
Mina Hickman “Come Down Ma Evening Star”
Arthur Collins “Goodbye Eliza Jane”
Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan “Hurrah for Baffin’s Bay”
Harry MacDonough with John Bieling “In the Sweet Bye and Bye”

1902

Arthur Collins “Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home”
Scott Joplin “The Entertainer”
Arthur Collins “Under the Bamboo Tree”
J.W. Myers “On a Sunday Afternoon”
Len Spencer “The Arkansaw Traveler”
Harry MacDonough “The Mansion of Aching Hearts”
J.W. Myers “Way Down in Old Indiana”
Bert Williams & George Walker “Good Morning Carrie”
Bert Williams “When It's All Goin' Out and Nothin' Comin' In”

1901

Byron G. Harlan “Hello Central, Give Me Heaven”
Harry MacDonough with Grace Spencer “Tell Me Pretty Maiden”
Big Four Quartet “Goodbye Dolly Gray”
Harry MacDonough “Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder”
Jere Mahoney “For Old Times’ Sake”
Harry MacDonough “When the Harvest Days Are Over, Jessie, Dear”
Will Denny “Any Old Place I Can Hang My Hat Is Home Sweet Home to Me”
Harry MacDonough “The Tale of a Bumble Bee”
Harry MacDonough “I’ll Be with You When the Roses Bloom Again”
Cal Stewart “Uncle Josh’s Huskin’ Bee Dance”

1900

Steve Porter “A Bird in a Gilded Cage”
George J. Gaskin “When You Were Sweet Sixteen”
Vess Ossman “The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)” (instrumental)
Albert Campbell “Ma Blushin’ Rosie”
Arthur Collins “Ma Tiger Lily”
Arthur Collins “Mandy Lee”
Harry MacDonough “I Can't Tell You Why I Love You But I Do”
George J. Gaskin “When Chloe Sings a Song”
Jere Mahoney “When You Were Sweet Sixteen”
Vess Ossman “A Coon Band Contest”

1899

Arthur Collins “Hello Ma Baby”
Scott Joplin “Maple Leaf Rag”
traditional “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain”
George J. Gaskin “My Wild Irish Rose”
Len Spencer “Hello Ma Baby”
Arthur Collins “I'd Leave My Happy Home for You”
Len Spencer “Smoky Mokes”
Arthur Collins “I Guess I'll Have to Telegraph My Baby”
Albert Campbell “My Wild Irish Rose”
Dan Quinn “Curse of the Dreamer”

1898

Edison Male Quartette “My Old Kentucky Home”
Dan Quinn “At a Georgia Camp Meeting”
George J. Gaskin “Break the News to Mother”
George J. Gaskin “My Old New Hampshire Home”
Steve Porter “On the Banks of the Wabash”
James Thornton (music/lyrics) “When You Were Sweet Sixteen”
Vess Ossman “At a Georgia Camp Meeting”
Billy Golden “Bye Bye My Honey”
Sousa’s Band “The Star-Spangled Banner”
George J. Gaskin “She Was Bred in Old Kentucky”

1897

John Philip Sousa John Philip Sousa “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
George J. Gaskin “On the Banks of the Wabash”
Len Spencer “Mr. Johnson, Turn Me Loose”
Len Spencer “A Hot Time in the Old Town”
Tom Turpin “Harlem Rag”
George J. Gaskin “Sweet Rosie O’Grady”
George J. Gaskin “A Hot Time in the Old Town”
J.W. Myers “Goodbye Dolly Gray”
Vess Ossman “Yankee Doodle (aka ‘Yankee Doodle Went to Town’)” (new version)
Len Spencer “My Gal Is a High-Born Lady”

1896

James Black and Katharine Purvis (writers) “When the Saints Go Marching In”
Dan Quinn “A Hot Time in the Old Town”
traditional “Red River Valley”
Dan Quinn “In the Baggage Coach Ahead”
George J. Gaskin “Down in Poverty Row”
Len Spencer “You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon But You've Done Broke Down”
George J. Gaskin “The Sunshine of Paradise Alley”
George J. Gaskin “She May Have Seen Better Days”
Len Spencer & Vess Ossman “Hot Time on the Levee”
George J. Gaskin “On the Benches in the Park”

1895

Katherine Lee Bates (m) & Samuel A. Ward (w) “America the Beautiful”
Dan Quinn “The Sidewalks of New York”
Dan Quinn “The Band Played On”
Sousa’s Band “El Capitan March”
J.W. Myers “The Sidewalks of New York”
George J. Gaskin “The Sidewalks of New York”
Dan Quinn “The Little Lost Child”
J.W. Myers “Just Tell Them That You Saw Me”
Len Spencer “The Bully (aka ‘Dat New Bully’)”
Sousa’s Band “The Washington Post March”

1894

traditional “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”
Silas Leachman “Dem Golden Slippers”
Vess Ossman “Yankee Doodle (aka ‘Yankee Doodle Went to Town’)”
United States Marine Band “The Liberty Bell”
Edward M. Favor “Say Au Revoir, But Not Goodbye”
George J. Gaskin “Sweet Marie”
Edward M. Favor “Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)”
Dan Quinn “And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back”
Manhansett Quartette “The Old Oaken Bucket”
Dan Quinn “My Pearl Is a Bowery Girl”
Russell Hunting “Casey at Denny Murphy’s Wake”

1893

George J. Gaskin “After the Ball”
Patty S. Hill & Mildred J. Hill (songwriters) “Happy Birthday to You”
Dan Quinn “Daisy Bell (A Bicycle Built for Two)”
John Yorke Atlee “After the Ball”
Jules Levy “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”
George J. Gaskin “Oh Promise Me”
George J. Gaskin “The Fatal Wedding”
Len Spencer “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny”
Dan Quinn “The Bowery”
J.W. Myers “Two Little Girls in Blue”

1892

Len Spencer “Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay”
Len Spencer “The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)”
Gilmore’s Band “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Dan Quinn “Daddy Wouldn’t Buy Me a Bow Wow”
Manhansett Quartette “Sally in Our Alley”
Russell Hunting “Michael Casey Taking the Census”
Russell Hunting “Michael Casey at the Telephone”
Charles Marsh “Throw Him Down, McCloskey”
Manhansett Quartette “The Picture Turned to the Wall”
Thomas Bott “Love’s Old Sweet Song”

1891

Billy Golden “Turkey in the Straw”
Frank Kidson (first published by) “Scarborough Fair”
George J. Gaskin “Drill, Ye Terriers, Drill”
George Washington Johnson “The Laughing Song”
John Yorke Atlee “Home Sweet Home”
George Washington Johnson “The Whistling Coon”
Russell Hunting “Michael Casey As a Physician”
Dan Kelly “Pat Kelly As a Police Justice”
Len Spencer “Little ‘Iza Loves You”
Eugene Field (lyrics), Ethelbert Nevin (music) “Little Boy Blue”

1890

John Yorke Atlee “Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”)”
United States Marine Band “The Washington Post March”
United States Marine Band “Semper Fidelis”
United States Marine Band “The Thunderer”
Emile Berliner “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”
Emile Berliner “Auld Lang Syne”
Emile Berliner “Home Sweet Home”
Emile Berliner (unknown performer recorded by Berliner) “Mary Hade a Little Lamb/Humpty Dumpty”
(composer unknown) “Reveille”
Emile Berliner “The Lord’s Prayer”
United States Marine Band “Wedding March from Midsummer’s Night Dream”

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Top Songs and Albums by Year lists
Dave’s Music Database: Songs of the Decade lists

First posted 1/7/2024; last updated 8/7/2026.

Country Music: Annual Awards, 1922-2025

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Country Music:

Annual Song Awards, 1922-2025

This page offers a consolidated list of the country songs of each year as determined by various organizations and entities. They include:

Academy of Country Music: Singles and Songs of the Year, 1967-2025
American Music Awards: Country Song of the Year, 1974-1995, 2016-2022
Billboard: Country Song of the Year, 1944-2025. The magazine began its country chart in 1944 and the song with the most weeks at #1 each year from then through 1997 is noted below. After 1997, Billboard’s Country Song of the Year is based on the year-end charts at Billboard.com.
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI): Country Song of the Year, 1998-2024. Music publishing company tracks most-played songs each year.
Country Music Association: Singles and Songs of the Year, 1967-2025
Dave’s Music Database: the highest-ranked country song each year, 1922-2025
Grammys: Country Song of the Year, 1965-2025

See links at bottom of page for more details on above.

Note: awards were typically given a year after the date noted. For example, the Highwomen’s “Crowded Table” won the Grammy for Country Song of the Year in 2021, but it was for the eligibility year of 2020.

Click here to see other ‘Songs of the Year’ lists.

2025:

ACM – Single of the Year: Ella Langley “Choosin’ Texas”
ACM – Song of the Year: Ella Langley “Choosin’ Texas”
AMA: Ella Langley “Choosin’ Texas”
Billboard: Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
CMA – Single of the Year: Ella Langley & Riley Green “You Look Like You Love Me”
CMA – Song of the Year: Ella Langley & Riley Green “You Look Like You Love Me”
DMDB: Ella Langley “Choosin’ Texas”
Grammy: Tyler Childers “Bitin’ List”

2024:

ACM – Single of the Year: Ella Langley & Riley Green “You Look Like You Love Me”
ACM – Song of the Year: Cody Johnson “Dirt Cheap”
AMA: Post Malone & Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help”
Billboard: Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
BMI: Morgan Wallen “Last Night”
CMA – Single of the Year: Chris Stapleton “White Horse”
CMA – Song of the Year: Chris Stapleton “White Horse”
DMDB: Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”
Grammy: Kacey Musgraves “The Architect”

2023:

ACM – Single of the Year: Luke Combs “Fast Car”
ACM – Song of the Year: Jordan Davis “Next Thing You Know”
Billboard: Morgan Wallen “Last Night”
BMI: Morgan Wallen “You Proof”
CMA – Single of the Year: Luke Combs “Fast Car”
CMA – Song of the Year: Luke Combs “Fast Car”
DMDB: Morgan Wallen “Last Night”
Grammy: Chris Stapleton “White Horse”

2022:

ACM – Single of the Year: Cole Swindell “She Had Me at Heads Carolina”
ACM – Song of the Year: Cole Swindell “She Had Me at Heads Carolina”
AMA: -- (show canceled)
Billboard: Parmalee “Take My Name”
BMI: Luke Combs “Forever After All”
CMA – Single of the Year: Cody Johnson “Til You Can’t”
CMA – Song of the Year: Jordan Davis with Luke Bryan “Buy Dirt”
DMDB: Morgan Wallen “You Proof”
Grammy: Cody Johnson “Til You Can’t”

2021:

ACM – Single of the Year: Carrie Underwood and Jason Aldean “If I Didn’t Love You”
ACM – Song of the Year: Lainey Wilson “Things a Man Oughta Know”
AMA: Morgan Wallen “Wasted on You”
Billboard: Luke Combs “Forever After All”
BMI: Lee Brice “One of Them Girls”
CMA – Single of the Year: Chris Stapleton “Starting Over”
CMA – Song of the Year: Chris Stapleton “Starting Over”
DMDB: Walker Hayes “Fancy Like”
Grammy: Chris Stapleton “Cold”

2020:

ACM – Single of the Year: Carly Pearce & Lee Brice “I Hope You’re Happy Now”
ACM – Song of the Year: Maren Morris “The Bones”
AMA: Gabby Barrett “The Good Ones”
Billboard: Gabby Barrett with Charlie Puth “I Hope”
BMI: Morgan Wallen “Whiskey Glasses”
CMA – Single of the Year: Maren Morris “The Bones”
CMA – Song of the Year: Maren Morris “The Bones”
DMDB: Gabby Barrett “The Good Ones”
Grammy: The Highwomen “Crowded Table”

2019:

ACM – Single of the Year: Blake Shelton “God’s Country”
ACM – Song of the Year: Old Dominion “One Man Band”
AMA: Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber “10,000 Hours”
Billboard: Morgan Wallen “Whiskey Glasses”
BMI: Dan + Shay “Tequila”
CMA – Single of the Year: Carly Pearce & Lee Brice “I Hope You’re Happy Now”
CMA – Song of the Year: Luke Combs “Beautiful Crazy”
DMDB: Gabby Barrett with Charlie Puth “I Hope”
Grammy: Tanya Tucker “Bring My Flowers Now”

2018:

ACM – Single of the Year: Dan + Shay “Tequila”
ACM – Song of the Year: Dan + Shay “Tequila”
AMA: Dan + Shay “Speechless”
Billboard: Bebe Rexha with Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be”
BMI: Brett Young “In Case You Didn’t Know”
CMA – Single of the Year: Chris Stapleton “Broken Halos”
CMA – Song of the Year: Chris Stapleton “Broken Halos”
DMDB: Dan + Shay “Tequila”
Grammy: Kacey Musgraves “Space Cowboy”

2017:

ACM – Single of the Year: Sam Hunt “Body Like a Back Road”
ACM – Song of the Year: Miranda Lambert “Tin Man”
AMA: Kane Brown “Heaven”
Billboard: Sam Hunt “Body Like a Back Road”
BMI: Florida Georgia Line “H.O.L.Y.”
CMA – Single of the Year: Keith Urban “Blue Ain’t Your Color”
CMA – Song of the Year: Little Big Town “Better Man”
DMDB: Bebe Rexha with Florida Georgia Line “Meant to Be”
Grammy: Chris Stapleton “Broken Halos”

2016:

ACM – Single of the Year: Florida Georgia Line “H.O.L.Y.”
ACM – Song of the Year: Thomas Rhett “Die a Happy Man”
AMA: Keith Urban “Blue Ain’t Your Color”
Billboard: Florida Georgia Line “H.O.L.Y.”
BMI: Thomas Rhett “Die a Happy Man”
CMA – Single of the Year: Thomas Rhett “Die a Happy Man”
CMA – Song of the Year: Tim McGraw “Humble and Kind”
DMDB: Florida Georgia Line “H.O.L.Y.”
Grammy: Tim McGraw “Humble and Kind”

2015:

ACM – Single of the Year: Thomas Rhett “Die a Happy Man”
ACM – Song of the Year: Chris Stapleton “Nobody to Blame”
AMA: Tim McGraw “Humble and Kind”
Billboard: Sam Hunt “Take Your Time”
BMI: Brett Eldredge “Beat of the Music”
CMA – Single of the Year: Little Big Town “Girl Crush”
CMA – Song of the Year: Little Big Town “Girl Crush”
DMDB: Thomas Rhett “Die a Happy Man”
Grammy: Little Big Town “Girl Crush”

2014:

ACM – Single of the Year: Lee Brice “I Don’t Dance”
ACM – Song of the Year: Miranda Lambert “Automatic”
Billboard: Florida Georgia Line with Luke Bryan “This Is How We Roll”
BMI: Darius Rucker “Wagon Wheel”
CMA – Single of the Year: Miranda Lambert “Automatic”
CMA – Song of the Year: Kacey Musgraves “Follow Your Arrow”
DMDB: Jason Aldean “Burnin’ It Down”
Grammy: Glen Campbell “I’m Not Gonna Miss You”

2013:

ACM – Single of the Year: Miranda Lambert “Mama’s Broken Heart”
ACM – Song of the Year: Lee Brice “I Drive Your Truck”
Billboard: Florida Georgia Line with Nelly “Cruise”
BMI: Hunter Hayes “Wanted”
CMA – Single of the Year: Florida Georgia Line with Nelly “Cruise”
CMA – Song of the Year: Lee Brice “I Drive Your Truck”
DMDB: Kacey Musgraves “Follow Your Arrow”
Grammy: Kacey Musgraves “Merry Go Round”

2012:

ACM – Single of the Year: Miranda Lambert “Over You”
ACM – Song of the Year: Miranda Lambert “Over You”
Billboard: Josh Turner “Time Is Love”
BMI: Rodney Atkins “Take a Back Road”
CMA – Single of the Year: Little Big Town “Pontoon”
CMA – Song of the Year: Miranda Lambert “Over You”
DMDB: Florida Georgia Line with Nelly “Cruise”
Grammy: Carrie Underwood “Blown Away”

2011:

ACM – Single of the Year: Jason Aldean & Kelly Clarkson “Don’t You Wanna Stay”
ACM – Song of the Year: Eli Young Band “Crazy Girl”
Billboard: Eli Young Band “Crazy Girl”
BMI: Josh Turner “All Over Me”
CMA – Single of the Year: The Band Perry “If I Die Young”
CMA – Song of the Year: The Band Perry “If I Die Young”
DMDB: Hunter Hayes “Wanted”
Grammy: Taylor Swift “Mean”

2010:

ACM – Single of the Year: Miranda Lambert “The House That Built Me”
ACM – Song of the Year: Miranda Lambert “The House That Built Me”
Billboard: Lee Brice “Love Like Crazy”
BMI: Taylor Swift “You Belong with Me”
CMA – Single of the Year: Lady Antebellum “Need You Now”
CMA – Song of the Year: Miranda Lambert “The House That Built Me”
DMDB: The Band Perry “If I Die Young”
Grammy: Lady Antebellum “Need You Now”

2009:

ACM – Single of the Year: Lady Antebellum “Need You Now”
ACM – Song of the Year: Lady Antebellum “Need You Now”
Billboard: Lady Antebellum “I Run to You”
BMI: Taylor Swift “Love Story”
CMA – Single of the Year: Lady Antebellum “I Run to You”
CMA – Song of the Year: Jamey Johnson “In Color”
DMDB: Lady Antebellum “Need You Now”
Grammy: Taylor Swift “White Horse”

2008:

ACM – Single of the Year: Trace Adkins “You’re Gonna Miss This”
ACM – Song of the Year: Jamey Johnson “In Color”
Billboard: James Otto “Just Got Started Lovin’ You”
BMI: Taylor Swift “Teardrops on My Guitar”
CMA – Single of the Year: George Strait “I Saw God Today”
CMA – Song of the Year: Sugarland “Stay”
DMDB: Taylor Swift “Love Story”
Grammy: Sugarland “Stay”

2007:

ACM – Single of the Year: Sugarland “Stay”
ACM – Song of the Year: Sugarland “Stay”
Billboard: Rodney Atkins “Watching You”
BMI: Rascal Flatts “What Hurts the Most”
CMA – Single of the Year: Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats”
CMA – Song of the Year: George Strait “Give It Away”
DMDB: Kid Rock “All Summer Long”
Grammy: Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats”

2006:

ACM – Single of the Year: George Strait “Give It Away”
ACM – Song of the Year: George Strait “Give It Away”
Billboard: Rodney Atkins “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)”
BMI: Toby Keith “As Good As I Once Was”
CMA – Single of the Year: Brooks & Dunn “Believe”
CMA – Song of the Year: Brooks & Dunn “Believe”
DMDB: Dixie Chicks “Not Ready to Make Nice”
Grammy: Carrie Underwood “Jesus, Take the Wheel”

2005:

ACM – Single of the Year: Carrie Underwood “Jesus, Take the Wheel”
ACM – Song of the Year: Brooks & Dunn “Believe”
Billboard: Craig Morgan “That’s What I Love about Sunday”
BMI: Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying”
CMA – Single of the Year: Lee Ann Womack “I May Hate Myself in the Morning”
CMA – Song of the Year: Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss “Whiskey Lullaby”
DMDB: Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats”
Grammy: Rascal Flatts “Bless the Broken Road”

2004:

ACM – Single of the Year: Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying”
ACM – Song of the Year: Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying”
Billboard: Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying”
BMI: Shania Twain “Forever and for Always”
CMA – Single of the Year: Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying”
CMA – Song of the Year: Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying”
DMDB: Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying”
Grammy: Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying”

2003:

ACM – Single of the Year: Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere”
ACM – Song of the Year: Randy Travis “Three Wooden Crosses”
Billboard: Lonestar “My Front Porch Looking In”
BMI: Dixie Chicks “Landslide”
CMA – Single of the Year: Johnny Cash “Hurt”
CMA – Song of the Year: Randy Travis “Three Wooden Crosses”
DMDB: Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere”
Grammy: Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere”

2002:

ACM – Single of the Year: Kenny Chesney “The Good Stuff”
ACM – Song of the Year: Rascal Flatts “I’m Movin’ On”
Billboard: Kenny Chesney “The Good Stuff”
BMI: Lonestar “I’m Already There”
CMA – Single of the Year: Alan Jackson “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning”
CMA – Song of the Year: Alan Jackson “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning”
DMDB: Johnny Cash “Hurt”
Grammy: Alan Jackson “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning”

2001:

ACM – Single of the Year: Alan Jackson “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning”
ACM – Song of the Year: Alan Jackson “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning”
Billboard: Travis Tritt “It’s a Great Day to Be Alive”
BMI: Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance”
CMA – Single of the Year: The Soggy Bottom Boys “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow”
CMA – Song of the Year: George Strait & Alan Jackson “Murder on Music Row”
DMDB: Alan Jackson “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning”
Grammy: Alison Krauss & Union Station “The Lucky One”

2000:

ACM – Single of the Year: Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance”
ACM – Song of the Year: Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance”
Billboard: Toby Keith “How Do You Like Me Now?!”
BMI: Lonestar “Amazed”
CMA – Single of the Year: Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance”
CMA – Song of the Year: Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance”
DMDB: Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance”
Grammy: Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance”

1999:

ACM – Single of the Year: Lonestar “Amazed”
ACM – Song of the Year: Lonestar “Amazed”
Billboard: Lonestar “Amazed”
BMI: Shania Twain “You’re Still the One”
CMA – Single of the Year: Dixie Chicks “Wide Open Spaces”
CMA – Song of the Year: Faith Hill “This Kiss”
DMDB: Lonestar “Amazed”
Grammy: Shania Twain “Come on Over”

1998:

ACM – Single of the Year: Faith Hill “This Kiss”
ACM – Song of the Year: Steve Wariner “Holes in the Floor of Heaven”
Billboard: Tim McGraw “Just to See You Smile”
BMI: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill “It’s Your Love”
CMA – Single of the Year: Steve Wariner “Holes in the Floor of Heaven”
CMA – Song of the Year: Steve Wariner “Holes in the Floor of Heaven”
DMDB: Faith Hill “This Kiss”
Grammy: Shania Twain “You’re Still the One”

1997:

ACM – Single of the Year: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill “It’s Your Love”
ACM – Song of the Year: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill “It’s Your Love”
Billboard: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill “It’s Your Love”
CMA – Single of the Year: Deana Carter “Strawberry Wine”
CMA – Song of the Year: Deana Carter “Strawberry Wine”
DMDB: Shania Twain “You’re Still the One”
Grammy: Bob Carlisle “Butterfly Kisses”

1996:

ACM – Single of the Year: LeAnn Rimes “Blue”
ACM – Song of the Year: LeAnn Rimes “Blue”
Billboard: Brooks & Dunn “My Maria”
CMA – Single of the Year: George Strait “Check Yes or No”
CMA – Song of the Year: Vince Gill “Go Rest High on That Mountain”
DMDB: LeAnn Rimes “Blue”
Grammy: LeAnn Rimes “Blue”

1995:

ACM – Single of the Year: George Strait “Check Yes or No”
ACM – Song of the Year: Tracy Byrd “The Keeper of the Stars”
Billboard: Tim McGraw “I Like It, I Love It”
CMA – Single of the Year: Alison Krauss & Union Station “When You Say Nothing at All”
CMA – Song of the Year: Martina McBride “Independence Day”
DMDB: George Strait “Check Yes or No”
Grammy: Vince Gill “Go Rest High on That Mountain”

1994:

ACM – Single of the Year: John Michael Montgomery “I Swear”
ACM – Song of the Year: John Michael Montgomery “I Swear”
AMA: Vince Gill “Whenever You Come Around”
Billboard: Joe Diffie “Pickup Man”
CMA – Single of the Year: John Michael Montgomery “I Swear”
CMA – Song of the Year: Alan Jackson “Chattahoochee”
DMDB: Alan Jackson “Summertime Blues”
Grammy: John Michael Montgomery “I Swear”

1993:

ACM – Single of the Year: Alan Jackson “Chattahoochee”
ACM – Song of the Year: John Michael Montgomery “I Love the Way You Love Me”
AMA: Alan Jackson “Chattahoochee”
Billboard: Alan Jackson “Chattahoochee”
CMA – Single of the Year: Alan Jackson “Chattahoochee”
CMA – Song of the Year: Vince Gill “I Still Believe in You”
DMDB: John Michael Montgomery “I Swear”
Grammy: Mary Chapin Carpenter “Passionate Kisses”

1992:

ACM – Single of the Year: Brooks & Dunn “Boot Scootin’ Boogie”
ACM – Song of the Year: Vince Gill “I Still Believe in You”
AMA: Billy Ray Cyrus “Achy Breaky Heart”
Billboard: Billy Ray Cyrus “Achy Breaky Heart”
CMA – Single of the Year: Billy Ray Cyrus “Achy Breaky Heart”
CMA – Song of the Year: Vince Gill “Look at Us”
DMDB: Billy Ray Cyrus “Achy Breaky Heart”
Grammy: Vince Gill “I Still Believe in You”

1991:

ACM – Single of the Year: Alan Jackson “Don’t Rock the Jukebox”
ACM – Song of the Year: Billy Dean “Somewhere in My Broken Heart”
AMA: Garth Brooks “The Thunder Rolls”
Billboard: Alan Jackson “Don’t Rock the Jukebox”
CMA – Single of the Year: Garth Brooks “Friends in Low Places”
CMA – Song of the Year: Vince Gill “When I Call Your Name”
DMDB: Brooks & Dunn “Boot Scootin’ Boogie”
Grammy: The Judds “Love Can Build a Bridge”

1990:

ACM – Single of the Year: Garth Brooks “Friends in Low Places”
ACM – Song of the Year: Garth Brooks “The Dance”
AMA: Garth Brooks “If Tomorrow Never Comes”
Billboard: George Strait “Love Without End, Amen”
CMA – Single of the Year: Vince Gill “When I Call Your Name”
CMA – Song of the Year: Kathy Mattea “Where’ve You Been”
DMDB: Garth Brooks “Friends in Low Places”
Grammy: Kathy Mattea “Where’ve You Been”

1989:

ACM – Single of the Year: Clint Black “A Better Man”
ACM – Song of the Year: Kathy Mattea “Where’ve You Been”
AMA: Randy Travis “Deeper Than the Holler”
Billboard: Ronnie Milsap “A Woman in Love”
CMA – Single of the Year: Keith Whitley “I’m No Stranger to the Rain”
CMA – Song of the Year: Vern Gosdin “Chiseled in Stone”
DMDB: Garth Brooks “The Dance”
Grammy: Rodney Crowell “After All This Time”

1988:

ACM – Single of the Year: Kathy Mattea “Eighteen Wheels and Dozen Roses”
ACM – Song of the Year: Kathy Mattea “Eighteen Wheels and Dozen Roses”
AMA: Randy Travis “I Told You So”
Billboard: Keith Whitley “When You Say Nothing at All”
CMA – Single of the Year: Kathy Mattea “Eighteen Wheels and Dozen Roses”
CMA – Song of the Year: K.T. Oslin “‘80s Ladies”
DMDB: Kathy Mattea “Eighteen Wheels and Dozen Roses”
Grammy: K.T. Oslin “Hold Me”

1987:

ACM – Single of the Year: Randy Travis “Forever and Ever, Amen”
ACM – Song of the Year: Randy Travis “Forever and Ever, Amen”
AMA: Randy Travis “Forever and Ever, Amen”
Billboard: Randy Travis “Forever and Ever, Amen”
CMA – Single of the Year: Randy Travis “Forever and Ever, Amen”
CMA – Song of the Year: Randy Travis “Forever and Ever, Amen”
DMDB: Randy Travis “Forever and Ever, Amen”
Grammy: Randy Travis “Forever and Ever, Amen”

1986:

ACM – Single of the Year: Randy Travis “On the Other Hand”
ACM – Song of the Year: Randy Travis “On the Other Hand”
AMA: The Judds “Grandpa, Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Ol’ Days”
Billboard: Hank Williams, Jr. “Mind Your Own Business”
CMA – Single of the Year: Dan Seals “Bop”
CMA – Song of the Year: Randy Travis “On the Other Hand”
DMDB: Dwight Yoakam “Guitars, Cadillacs”
Grammy: The Judds “Grandpa, Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Ol’ Days”

1985:

ACM – Single of the Year: The Highwaymen “The Highwayman”
ACM – Song of the Year: Ronnie Milsap “Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)”
AMA: Willie Nelson “Forgiving You Was Easy”
Billboard: The Judds “Have Mercy”
CMA – Single of the Year: The Judds “Why Not Me”
CMA – Song of the Year: Lee Greenwood “God Bless the U.S.A.”
DMDB: Dan Seals “Bop”
Grammy: The Highwaymen “The Highwayman”

1984:

ACM – Single of the Year: Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before”
ACM – Song of the Year: The Judds “Why Not Me”
AMA: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton “Islands in the Stream”
Billboard: The Judds “Why Not Me”
CMA – Single of the Year: Anne Murray “A Little Good News”
CMA – Song of the Year: Gary Morris “Wind Beneath My Wings”
DMDB: Lee Greenwood “God Bless the U.S.A.”
Grammy: Willie Nelson “City of New Orleans”

1983:

ACM – Single of the Year: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton “Islands in the Stream”
ACM – Song of the Year: Gary Morris “Wind Beneath My Wings”
AMA: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton “Islands in the Stream”
Billboard: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton “Islands in the Stream”
CMA – Single of the Year: John Anderson “Swingin’”
CMA – Song of the Year: Willie Nelson “Always on My Mind”
DMDB: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton “Islands in the Stream”
Grammy: Ronnie Milsap “Stranger in My House”

1982:

ACM – Single of the Year: Willie Nelson “Always on My Mind”
ACM – Song of the Year: Merle Haggard “Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)”
AMA: Kenny Rogers “Love Will Turn You Around”
Billboard: Willie Nelson “Always on My Mind”
CMA – Single of the Year: Willie Nelson “Always on My Mind”
CMA – Song of the Year: Willie Nelson “Always on My Mind”
DMDB: Willie Nelson “Always on My Mind”
Grammy: Willie Nelson “Always on My Mind”

1981:

ACM – Single of the Year: The Oak Ridge Boys “Elvira”
ACM – Song of the Year: David Frizzell “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma”
AMA: Anne Murray “Could I Have This Dance” / Willie Nelson “On the Road Again”
Billboard: Alabama “Love in the First Degree”
CMA – Single of the Year: The Oak Ridge Boys “Elvira”
CMA – Song of the Year: George Jones “He Stopped Loving Her Today”
DMDB: Juice Newton “Angel of the Morning”
Grammy: Dolly Parton “9 to 5”

1980:

ACM – Single of the Year: George Jones “He Stopped Loving Her Today”
ACM – Song of the Year: George Jones “He Stopped Loving Her Today”
AMA: Kenny Rogers “Coward of the County”
Billboard: Kenny Rogers “Coward of the County”
CMA – Single of the Year: George Jones “He Stopped Loving Her Today”
CMA – Song of the Year: George Jones “He Stopped Loving Her Today”
DMDB: Kenny Rogers “Lady”
Grammy: Willie Nelson “On the Road Again”

1979:

ACM – Single of the Year: The Gatlin Brothers “All the Gold in California”
ACM – Song of the Year: Moe Bandy “It’s a Cheating Situation”
AMA: Barbara Mandrell “Sleeping Single in a Double Bed”
Billboard: Eddie Rabbitt “Every Which Way But Loose”
CMA – Single of the Year: The Charlie Daniels Band “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”
CMA – Song of the Year: Kenny Rogers “The Gambler”
DMDB: The Charlie Daniels Band “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”
Grammy: Kenny Rogers “You Decorated My Life”

1978:

ACM – Single of the Year: Don Williams “Tulsa Time”
ACM – Song of the Year: Anne Murray “You Needed Me”
AMA: Linda Ronstadt “Blue Bayou”
Billboard: Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson “Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys”
CMA – Single of the Year: The Kendalls “Heaven’s Just a Sin Away”
CMA – Song of the Year: Crystal Gayle “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”
DMDB: Kenny Rogers “The Gambler”
Grammy: Kenny Rogers “The Gambler”

1977:

ACM – Single of the Year: Kenny Rogers “Lucille”
ACM – Song of the Year: Kenny Rogers “Lucille”
AMA: Kenny Rogers “Lucille”
Billboard: Waylon Jennings “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)”
CMA – Single of the Year: Kenny Rogers “Lucille”
CMA – Song of the Year: Kenny Rogers “Lucille”
DMDB: Crystal Gayle “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”
Grammy: Crystal Gayle “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”

1976:

ACM – Single of the Year: Mickey Gilley “Bring It on Home to Me”
ACM – Song of the Year: Mickey Gilley “Don’t Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time”
AMA: Willie Nelson “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain”
Billboard: Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson “Good Hearted Woman”
CMA – Single of the Year: Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson “Good Hearted Woman”
CMA – Song of the Year: Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy”
DMDB: Bellamy Brothers “Let Your Love Flow”
Grammy: Larry Gatlin “Broken Lady”

1975:

ACM – Single of the Year: Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy”
ACM – Song of the Year: Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy”
AMA: Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy”
Billboard: C.W. McCall “Convoy”
CMA – Single of the Year: Freddy Fender “Before the Next Teardrop Falls”
CMA – Song of the Year: John Denver “Back Home Again”
DMDB: Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy”
Grammy: B.J. Thomas “Hey Won’t You Play Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song”

1974:

ACM – Single of the Year: Cal Smith “Country Bumpkin”
ACM – Song of the Year: Cal Smith “Country Bumpkin”
AMA: Charlie Rich “The Most Beautiful Girl”
Billboard: Charlie Rich “A Very Special Love Song”
CMA – Single of the Year: Cal Smith “Country Bumpkin”
CMA – Song of the Year: Cal Smith “Country Bumpkin”
DMDB: Olivia Newton-John “I Honestly Love You”
Grammy: Charlie Rich “A Very Special Love Song”

1973:

ACM – Single of the Year: Charlie Rich “Behind Closed Doors”
ACM – Song of the Year: Charlie Rich “Behind Closed Doors”
AMA: Charlie Rich “Behind Closed Doors”
Billboard: Merle Haggard “If We Make It Through December”
CMA – Single of the Year: Charlie Rich “Behind Closed Doors”
CMA – Song of the Year: Charlie Rich “Behind Closed Doors”
DMDB: Charlie Rich “Behind Closed Doors”
Grammy: Charlie Rich “Behind Closed Doors”

1972:

ACM – Single of the Year: Donna Fargo “The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.”
ACM – Song of the Year: Donna Fargo “The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.”
Billboard: Freddie Hart “My Hang-Up Is You”
CMA – Single of the Year: Donna Fargo “The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.”
CMA – Song of the Year: Freddie Hart “Easy Loving”
DMDB: Eagles “Take It Easy”
Grammy: Charley Pride “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’”

1971:

ACM – Single of the Year: Freddie Hart “Easy Loving”
ACM – Song of the Year: Freddie Hart “Easy Loving”
Billboard: Charley Pride “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’”
CMA – Single of the Year: Sammi Smith “Help Me Make It Through the Night”
CMA – Song of the Year: Freddie Hart “Easy Loving”
DMDB: Sammi Smith “Help Me Make It Through the Night”
Grammy: Sammi Smith “Help Me Make It Through the Night”

1970:

ACM – Single of the Year: Ray Price “For the Good Times”
ACM – Song of the Year: Ray Price “For the Good Times”
Billboard: Lynn Anderson “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”
CMA – Single of the Year: Merle Haggard “Okie from Muskogee”
CMA – Song of the Year: Johnny Cash “Sunday Mornin’ Coming Down”
DMDB: Lynn Anderson “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden”
Grammy: Marty Robbins “My Woman, My Woman, My Wife”

1969:

ACM – Single of the Year: Merle Haggard “Okie from Muskogee”
ACM – Song of the Year: Merle Haggard “Okie from Muskogee”
Billboard: Johnny Cash “Daddy Sang Bass”
CMA – Single of the Year: Johnny Cash “A Boy Named Sue”
CMA – Song of the Year: Porter Wagoner “The Carroll County Accident”
DMDB: Merle Haggard “Okie from Muskogee”
Grammy: Johnny Cash “A Boy Named Sue”

1968:

ACM – Single of the Year: Roger Miller “Little Green Apples”
ACM – Song of the Year: Glen Glen Campbell “Wichita Lineman”
Billboard: Henson Cargill “Skip a Rope”
CMA – Single of the Year: Jeannie C. Riley “Harper Valley P.T.A.”
CMA – Song of the Year: Bobby Goldsboro “Honey”
DMDB: Tammy Wynette “Stand by Your Man”
Grammy: Roger Miller “Little Green Apples”

1967:

ACM – Single of the Year: Glen Campbell “Gentle on My Mind”
ACM – Song of the Year: Wynn Stewart “It’s Such a Pretty World Today”
Billboard: Jack Greene “All the Time”
CMA – Single of the Year: Jack Greene “There Goes My Everything”
CMA – Song of the Year: Jack Greene “There Goes My Everything”
DMDB: Bobbie Gentry “Ode to Billie Joe”
Grammy: Glen Campbell “Gentle on My Mind”

1966:

ACM – Song of the Year: Bobby Austin “Apartment #9”
Billboard: David Houston “Almost Persuaded”
DMDB: Jim Reeves “Distant Drums”
Grammy: David Houston “Almost Persuaded”

1965:

Billboard: Buck Owens “Before You Go”
DMDB: Roger Miller “King of the Road”
Grammy: Roger Miller “King of the Road”

1964:

Billboard: Connie Smith “Once a Day”
DMDB: Roger Miller “Dang Me”
Grammy: Roger Miller “Dang Me”

1963:

Billboard: Buck Owens “Love’s Gonna Live Here”
DMDB: Johnny Cash “Ring of Fire”

1962:

Billboard: Carl Butler & Pearl “Don’t Let Me Cross Over”
DMDB: Ray Charles “I Can’t Stop Loving You”

1961:

Billboard: Leroy Van Dyke “Walk on By”
DMDB: Patsy Cline “Crazy”

1960:

Billboard: Hank Locklin “Please Help Me, I’m Falling”
DMDB: Hank Locklin “Please Help Me, I’m Falling”

1959:

Billboard: Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans”
DMDB: Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans”

1958:

Billboard: Ray Price “City Lights”
DMDB: The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream”

1957:

Billboard: Ferlin Husky “Gone”
DMDB: Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock”

1956:

Billboard: Ray Price “Crazy Arms”
DMDB: Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel”

1955:

Billboard: Webb Pierce “In the Jailhouse Now”
DMDB: Tennessee Ernie Ford “Sixteen Tons”

1954:

Billboard: Hank Snow “I Don’t Hurt Anymore”
DMDB: Elvis Presley “Blue Moon of Kentucky”

1953:

Billboard: Hank Williams “Kaw-Liga”
DMDB: “Your Cheatin’ Heart”

1952:

Billboard: Hank Thompson “The Wild Side of Life”
DMDB: Hank Williams “Jambalaya on the Bayou”

1951:

Billboard: Pee Wee King “Slow Poke”
DMDB: Hank Williams “Cold, Cold Heart”

1950:

Billboard: Hank Snow “I’m Moving On”
DMDB: Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz”

1949:

Billboard: Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely “Slipping Around”
DMDB: Gene Autry & the Pinafores “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

1948:

Billboard: Eddy Arnold “Bouquet of Roses”
DMDB: Eddy Arnold “Bouquet of Roses”

1947:

Billboard: Eddy Arnold “I’ll Hold You in My Heart Till I Can Hold You in My Arms”
DMDB: Tex Williams “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)”

1946:

Billboard: Al Dexter “Guitar Polka”
DMDB: Merle Travis “Dark As a Dungeon”

1945:

Billboard: Tex Ritter “You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often”
DMDB: Dick Thomas “Sioux City Sue”

1944:

Billboard: Al Dexter “So Long Pal”
DMDB: Nat “King” Cole “Straighten Up and Fly Right”

1943: DMDB: Al Dexter & His Troopers “Pistol Packin’ Mama”
1942: DMDB: Elton Britt “There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere”
1941: DMDB: Ernest Tubb “Walking the Floor Over You”
1940: DMDB: Jimmie Davis “You Are My Sunshine”

1939: DMDB: Gene Autry “Back in the Saddle Again”
1938: DMDB: Roy Acuff & the Smoky Mountain Boys “Wabash Cannonball”
1937: DMDB: Rex Griffin “The Last Letter”
1936: DMDB: Patsy Montana & the Prairie Ramblers “I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart”
1935: DMDB: The Carter Family “Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By)”
1934: DMDB: The Sons of the Pioneers “Tumbling Tumbleweeds”
1933: DMDB: The Delmore Brothers “Brown’s Ferry Blues”
1932: DMDB: --
1931: DMDB: Jimmie Rodgers “T.B. Blues”
1930: DMDB: The Mississippi Sheiks “Sitting on Top of the World”

1929: DMDB: Clarence (Tom) Ashley “The Coo Coo Bird”
1928: DMDB: Jimmie Rodgers “Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)”
1927: DMDB: Dock Boggs “Country Blues”
1926: DMDB: Charlie Poole “White House Blues”
1925: DMDB: Vernon Dalhart “The Prisoner’s Song”
1924: DMDB: Uncle Dave Macon “Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy”
1923: DMDB: Fiddlin’ John Carson “The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane”
1922: DMDB: Eck Robertson “Sallie Gooden”

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: “Songs of the Year lists”
Dave’s Music Database: “The Top 200 Country Songs of All Time”
Academy of Country Music: Single of the Year/Song of the Year winners
American Music Awards: Country Song of the Year
Billboard: Country Song of the Year (1998-2020)
Billboard: Hot Country Songs 1944-2012 (2013). By Joel Whitburn. Record Research Inc.: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 497-512.
Country Music Association: Single of the Year/Song of the Year winners
Grammy Award: Best Country Song

First posted 10/31/2021; last updated 8/7/2026.

United States: Biggest #1 Songs

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USA’s Biggest #1 Pop Songs:

1890-2026

These are the biggest #1 pop songs in the history of the United States pop charts from 1890 to present. Songs could have hit #1 on any of the following charts:

Billboard’s pre-Hot 100 pop charts (1890-1958) (BB)
Billboard Best Sellers chart (1940-1958) (BS)
Billboard Juke Box Hits (1940-1957) (JB)
Billboard Disc Jockey Hits (1944-1958) (DJ)
Billboard Hot 100 chart (1958-present) (BB)
Billboard Airplay (1984-present) (BA)
Billboard Digital (2005-present) (DG)
Billboard Streaming (2013-present) (ST)
Edward Foote Gardner Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century (1900-1949) (GA)
Your Hit Parade (1935-1959) (HP)
Cashbox (1950-1996) (CB)
Music Vendor/Record World (1954-1982) (HR)
Radio & Records/Mediabase (1973-present) (RR)

Links go to specific lists of the biggest songs of all time for that chart.

All songs with 10 or more weeks on any of these charts are listed. If a song hit #1 on more than chart, only the chart where the song had the most weeks is noted. However, at times Hit Parade and Cashbox did not designate a specific artist with the #1 song. For example, “Some Enchanted Evening” was a #1 song on Hit Parade in 1949, but because there were multiple versions of the song out at the time, it wasn’t credited to any specific artist. In such cases, this list attributes the song only to an artist if that artist also hit #1 on another of the noted charts.

One last note – in the event of ties, songs are ranked according to most overall points in Dave’s Music Database. For songs which hit #1 multiple times, the version which accumulated the most points is used.

See other chart-based lists here.

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Check out Dave’s Music Database podcast: The Biggest #1 Songs in Billboard Hot 100 History based on this list. It debuts September 7, 2021 at 7pm CST. New episodes based on Dave’s Music Database lists are posted every Tuesday at 7pm CST.

26 weeks:

The Weeknd “Blinding Lights” (BA: 2020)
23 weeks:
Alex Warren “Ordinary” (BA: 2025)
22 weeks:
Mariah Carey “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (BB: 1994)
20 weeks:
Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (ST: 2018)
Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (BA: 2024)

19 weeks:
Morgan Wallen “Last Night” (ST: 2023)
18 weeks:
Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” (BA, 1998)
BTS “Dynamite” (DG: 2020)
Miley Cyrus “Flowers” (BA: 2023)
17 weeks:
Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee & Justin Bieber “Despacito” (DG: 2017)
Francis Craig with Bob Lamm “Near You” (BB: 1947)
16 weeks:
Mariah Carey “We Belong Together” (BA: 2005)
Mariah Carey with Boyz II Men “One Sweet Day” (BB: 1995)
No Doubt “Don’t Speak” (BA: 1996)
Maroon 5 with Cardi B “Girls Like You” (BA: 2017)
Ella Langley “Choosin’ Texas” (BB: 2026)
15 weeks:
Harry Styles “As It Was” (BB: 2022)
14 weeks:
Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “White Christmas” (BB: 1942)
Whitney Houston “I Will Always Love You” (BB: 1992)
Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars “Uptown Funk!” (BB: 2014)
Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (BB: 2009)
Elton John “Candle in the Wind 1997 (Goodbye England’s Rose)” (BB: 1997)
Los Del Rio “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)” (BB: 1995)
Boyz II Men “I’ll Make Love to You” (BB: 1994)
Celine Dion “Because You Loved Me” (BA: 1996)
Alicia Keys “No One” (BA: 2001)
Iggy Azalea with Charli XCX “Fancy” (ST: 2014)
Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar” (ST: 2017)
Panic! At the Disco “High Hopes” (BA: 2018)
Desiigner “Panda” (ST: 2015)
13 weeks:
Glenn Miller “In the Mood” (BB: 1939)
Gene Austin “My Blue Heaven” (BB: 1927)
Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz” (BB: 1950)
The Chainsmokers with Halsey “Closer” (DG: 2016)
Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (HR: 1977)
Ben Selvin “Dardanella” (BB: 1920)
Artie Shaw “Frenesi” (BB: 1940)
The Weavers with Gordon Jenkins’ Orchestra “Goodnight Irene” (BB: 1950)
Harry James with Helen Forrest “I’ve Heard That Song Before” (BB: 1943)
The Ink Spots “The Gypsy” (BB: 1946)
Boyz II Men “End of the Road” (BB: 1992)
Ted Weems with Elmo Tanner “Heartaches” (BB: 1947)
Ace of Base “The Sign” (BA: 1994)
TLC “No Scrubs” (BA: 1999)
Donna Lewis “I Love You Always Forever” (BA: 1996)
Brandy with Monica “The Boy Is Mine” (BB: 1998)
Miley Cyrus “Wrecking Ball” (ST: 2013)
Roddy Rich “The Box” (ST: 2019)
BTS “Butter” (DG: 2021)
Encanto Cast “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (ST: 2022)
Kendrick Lamar with SZA “Luther” (BB: 2024)
12 weeks:
Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” (BB: 2017)
Eminem “Lose Yourself” (BB: 2002)
Usher with Lil’ Jon & Ludacris “Yeah!” (BB: 2004)
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Frank Sinatra & the Pied Pipers “I’ll Never Smile Again” (BB: 1940)
Robin Thicke with T.I. & Pharrell Williams “Blurred Lines” (BB: 2013)
Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (BB: 1999)
Rihanna with Calvin Harris “We Found Love” (BA: 2011)
The Mills Brothers “Paper Doll” (BB: 1943)
Wiz Khalifa with Charlie Puth “See You Again” (BB: 2015)
Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow” (BB: 2009)
Vernon Dalhart “The Prisoner’s Song” (BB: 1925)
Vaughn Monroe “Ghost Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)” (BB:1949)
Jo Stafford “You Belong to Me” (BB: 1952)
Al Jolson “Sonny Boy” (BB: 1928)
Nelly with Kelly Rowland “Dilemma” (BA: 2002)
Nat “King” Cole “Too Young” (HP: 1951)
Huntr/x “Golden” (ST: 2025)
Taylor Swift “Cruel Summer” (BA: 2023)
11 weeks:
Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” (BB: 1956) /
Elvis Presley “Hound Dog” (BB: 1956)
Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers with Leo Reisman’s Orchestra “Cheek to Cheek” (BB: 1935)
Pharrell Williams “Happy” (DG: 2013)
Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra “Whispering” (BB: 1920)
Al Jolson “April Showers” (BB: 1922)
Adele “Hello” (BA: 2015)
Bryon G. Harlan “School Days (When We Were a Couple of Kids)” (BB: 1907)
Drake “God’s Plan” (BB: 2018)
American Quartet with Billy Murray “Casey Jones” (BB: 1910)
Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (BB: 1997)
Beyoncé “Irreplaceable” (BA: 2006)
Justin Bieber “Love Yourself” (BA: 2015)
Haydn Quartet “Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet” (BB: 1909)
Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (BA: 1997)
Toni Braxton “Un-Break My Heart” (BB: 1996)
All-4-One “I Swear” (BB: 1994)
Johnnie Ray & the Four Lads “Cry” (BB: 1951)
Arthur Collins “The Preacher and the Bear” (BB: 1905)
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra with Franklyn Baur “Valencia (A Song of Spain)” (BB: 1926)
Destiny’s Child “Independent Women” (BB: 2000)
Les Paul with Mary Ford “Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)” (BB: 1953)
Henry Burr “Just a Baby’s Prayer at Twilight (For Her Daddy Over There)” (BB: 1918)
Anton Karas “The Third Man Theme” (BB: 1950), also by Guy Lombardo
Tony Bennett “Because of You” (HP: 1951)
Mariah Carey “Dreamlover” (BB: 1993)
Frankie Carle & Marjorie Hughes “Oh What It Seemed to Be” (BB: 1946)
Len Spencer “The Arkansaw Traveler” (BB: 1902)
Post Malone “Circles” (BA: 2019)
Mario “Let Me Love You” (BA: 2004)
Boyz II Men “On Bended Knee” (BA: 1994)
24K Goldn with Iann Dior “Mood” (BA: 2020)
Khalid “Talk” (BA: 2019)
Miley Cyrus “We Can’t Stop” (ST: 2013)
10 weeks:
Arthur Collins & Bryon G. Harlan “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (BB: 1911)
Fred Astaire with Leo Reisman’s Orchestra “Night and Day” (BB: 1932)
Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” (BA: 1997)
Billy Murray “You’re a Grand Old Flag (aka “The Grand Old Rag”)” (BB: 1906)
Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb & His Orchestra “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (BB: 1938)
Haydn Quartet “Sweet Adeline (You’re the Flower of My Heart)” (BB: 1904)
Flo Rida with T-Pain “Low” (BB: 2007)
Bing Crosby with George Stoll’s Orchestra “Pennies from Heaven” (BB: 1936)
Kanye West with Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger” (BB: 2005)
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter’s Orchestra “I’ll Be Seeing You” (HP: 1944), also by Tommy Dorsey with Frank Sinatra
George J. Gaskin “After the Ball” (BB: 1893)
Olivia Newton-John “Physical” (BB: 1981)
Dinah Shore & Her Harper Valley Boys “Buttons and Bows” (BB/HP: 1948)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop” (DG: 2012)
Leona Lewis “Bleeding Love” (RR: 2007)
The Harmonicats “Peg O’ My Heart” (HP: 1947)
Drake with Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance” (BB: 2016)
Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” (DG: 2016)
Bryon G. Harlan “My Gal Sal” (BB: 1907)
Meghan Trainor “All About That Bass” (ST: 2014)
Perry Como “Some Enchanted Evening” (HP: 1949)
Nick Lucas “Tip Toe Through the Tulips” (BB: 1929)
The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen’s Orchestra “Rum and Coca Cola” (BB: 1945)
Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (BA: 1994)
Bing Crosby with Lani McIntire & His Hawaiians “Sweet Leilani” (BB: 1937)
Perry Como “Till the End of Time” (BB: 1945)
Lady Gaga with Bradley Cooper “Shallow” (DG: 2018)
Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees “Stein Song (University of Maine)” (BB: 1930)
Drake “In My Feelings” (BB: 2018)
Ted Lewis & His Band “In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town” (BB: 1932)
Guy Mitchell “Singing the Blues” (BB: 1956)
Pat Boone “Love Letters in the Sand” (HP: 1957)
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Bob Eberly & Helen O’Connell “Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)” (BB: 1941)
Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” (BA: 1993)
George J. Gaskin “On the Banks of the Wabash” (BB: 1897)
Dan Quinn “The Band Played On” (BB: 1895)
Vaughn Monroe’s Orchestra “Ballerina” (BB: 1947)
Percy Faith with Felicia Sanders “Where Is Your Heart (Song from “Moulin Rouge”)” (BB: 1953)
The McGuire Sisters “Sincerely” (BB: 1955)
N Sync “Bye Bye Bye” (RR: 2000)
Lil Wayne with Static Major “Lollipop” (BA: 2008)
Perez “Prez” Prado “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White” (BB: 1955)
Silentó “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” (ST: 2015)
Glenn Miller Orchestra with Ray Eberle & The Modernaires “Moonlight Cocktail” (BB: 1942)
Mariah Carey “Hero” (BA: 1993)
Kay Starr “Wheel of Fortune” (BB: 1952)
Ashanti with Ja Rule “Foolish” (BB: 2002)
Bing Crosby with the Ken Darby Singers “Now Is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song)” (HP: 1948)
Rosemary Clooney “Hey There” (HP: 1954)
George W. Johnson “The Laughing Song” (BB: 1891)
Margaret Whiting “A Tree in the Meadow” (HP: 1948)
George J. Gaskin “My Old New Hampshire Home” (BB: 1898)
Santana with the Product G&B “Maria Maria” (BB: 2000)
Debbie Reynolds “Tammy” (HP: 1957)
Eileen Barton “If I Knew You Were Comin’ I’d’ve Baked a Cake” (BB: 1950)
Perry Como “If (They Made Me a King)” (HP: 1951)
Patti Page “I Went to Your Wedding” (BB: 1952)
Mariah Carey “Someday” (BA: 1990)
Usher “U Got It Bad” (BA: 2001)
Jimmy Dorsey with Bob Eberly “I Hear a Rhapsody” (HP: 1941), also by Charlie Barnet with Bob Carroll
DaBaby with Roddy Rich “Rockstar” (ST: 2020)
Migos with Lil Uzi Vert “Bad and Boujee” (ST: 2016)
Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion “WAP” (ST: 2020)
Bruno Mars with Anderson.Paak as Silk Sonic “Leave the Door Open” (BA: 2021)
Adele “Easy on Me” (BB: 2021)
Taylor Swift “The Fate of Ophelia” (BB: 2026)
Rema with Selena Gomez “Calm Down” (BA: 2023)

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: “Other Chart-Based Lists”
Dave’s Music Database: “USA: #1 Pop Songs, 1890-present”

First posted 10/29/2017; last updated 8/7/2026.

Country Songs: #1’s (1944-2026)

2026-08-07T02:38:25.154-05:00

Country:

#1 Songs (1944-2025)

Billboard magazine launched its first country chart on January 8, 1944. It has undergone different name changes over the years. On October 20, 2012, they also launched a chart tracking airplay for country songs.

Check other lists based on charts, sales, and airplay here.

First week at #1: Artist “Title” (# of weeks at #1). Songs which topped the country airplay chart are noted with an asterisk (*).

1944

1/8/1944: Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters “Pistol Packin’ Mama” (5)
2/5/1944: Al Dexter & His Troopers “Pistol Packin’ Mama” (3)
2/26/1944: Louis Jordan “Ration Blues” (3)
3/11/1944: Al Dexter & His Troopers “Rosalita” (1)
3/18/1944: Floyd Tillman “They Took the Stars Out of Heaven” (1)
3/25/1944: Al Dexter & His Troopers “So Long Pal” (13)
4/1/1944: Al Dexter & His Troopers “Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry” (2)
6/10/1944: Nat "King" Cole “Straighten Up and Fly Right” (6)
7/29/1944: Louis Jordan “Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t Ma’ Baby” (5)
9/2/1944: Ernest Tubb “Soldier’s Last Letter” (4)
9/23/1944: Red Foley “Smoke on the Water” (13)
12/23/1944: Tex Ritter “I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You” (6)
1945
2/3/1945: Al Dexter & His Troopers “I’m Losing My Mind Over You” (7)
3/17/1945: Jimmie Davis “There’s a New Moon Over My Shoulder” (1)
3/31/1945: Spade Cooley “Shame on You” (9)
4/14/1945: Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys “Smoke on the Water” (2)
5/19/1945: Gene Autry “At Mail Call Today” (8)
7/7/1945: Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys “Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima” (1)
7/28/1945: Jack Guthrie “Oklahoma Hills” (6)
8/25/1945: Tex Ritter “You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often” (11)
10/27/1945: Wesley Tuttle “With Tears in My Eyes” (4)
11/24/1945: Dick Thomas “Sioux City Sue” (4)
11/24/1945: Lawrence Welk with Red Foley “Shame on You” (1)
12/8/1945: Ernest Tubb “It’s Been So Long Darling” (4)
12/15/1945: Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys “Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight” (3)
1946
1/5/1946: Tex Ritter “You Will Have to Pay” (3)
1/5/1946: Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys “White Cross on Okinawa” (1)
2/2/1946: Al Dexter & His Troopers “Guitar Polka” (16)
5/18/1946: Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys “New Spanish Two Step” (16)
9/14/1946: Al Dexter & His Troopers “Wine, Women and Song” (5)
10/12/1946: Merle Travis “Divorce Me C.O.D.” (14)
1947
1/18/1947: Ernest Tubb “Rainbow at Midnight” (2)
2/8/1947: Merle Travis “So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed” (14)
5/17/1947: Red Foley & the Cumberland Valley Boys “New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)” (2)
5/24/1947: Eddy Arnold “What Is Life without Love” (1)
6/7/1947: Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys “Sugar Moon” (1)
6/14/1947: Eddy Arnold “It’s a Sin” (5)
7/19/1947: Tex Williams “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)” (16)
11/1/1947: Eddy Arnold “I’ll Hold You in My Heart Till I Can Hold You in My Arms” (21)
1948
4/3/1948: Eddy Arnold “Anytime” (9)
6/5/1948: Eddy Arnold “Bouquet of Roses” (19)
6/5/1948: Eddy Arnold “Texarkana Baby” (3)
9/18/1948: Eddy Arnold “Just a Little Lovin’ Will Go a Long, Long Way” (8)
11/13/1948: Jimmy Wakely “One Has My Name, the Other Has My Heart” (11)
12/25/1948: Eddy Arnold “A Heart Full of Love for a Handful of Kisses” (1)
1949
1/22/1949: Jimmy Wakely “I Love You So Much It Hurts” (5)
3/5/1949: Eddy Arnold “Don’t Rob Another Man’s Castle” (12)
3/19/1949: Red Foley & the Cumberland Valley Boys “Tennessee Saturday Night” (1)
4/2/1949: George Morgan “Candy Kisses” (3)
5/7/1949: Hank Williams “Lovesick Blues” (16)
6/18/1949: Eddy Arnold “One Kiss Too Many” (3)
7/30/1949: Eddy Arnold “I’m Throwing Rice at the Girl That I Love” (4)
9/10/1949: Wayne Raney “Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me” (3)
9/24/1949: Ernest Tubb “Slipping Around” (1)
10/8/1949: Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely “Slipping Around” (17)
12/10/1949: Tennessee Ernie Ford “Mule Train” (4)
1950
1/7/1950: Gene Autry & the Pinafores “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (1)
1/7/1950: Ernest Tubb “Blue Christmas” (1)
1/14/1950: Leon Payne “I Love You Because” (2)
1/14/1950: The Delmore Brothers “Blues Stay Away from Me” (1)
1/21/1950: Red Foley “Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy” (13)
1/28/1950: Eddy Arnold “Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me” (1)
4/22/1950: Hank Williams “Long Gone Lonesome Blues” (8)
5/27/1950: Red Foley “Birmingham Bounce” (4)
6/17/1950: Hank Williams “Why Don’t You Love Me” (10)
6/17/1950: Moon Mullican “I’ll Sail My Ship Alone” (4)
7/15/1950: Red Foley with Dixie Dons “M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I” (1)
8/19/1950: Hank Snow “I’m Movin’ On” (21)
8/26/1950: Ernest Tubb with Red Foley “Goodnight Irene” (3)
12/23/1950: Lefty Frizzell “If You’ve Got the Money, I’ve Got the Time” (3)
12/30/1950: Hank Williams “Moanin’ the Blues” (1)
1951
1/6/1951: Lefty Frizzell “I Love You a Thousand Ways” (3)
1/6/1951: Hank Snow “The Golden Rocket” (2)
1/13/1951: Tennessee Ernie Ford “Shot Gun Boogie” (14)
2/10/1951: Eddy Arnold “There’s Been a Change in Me” (11)
3/31/1951: Hank Snow “The Rhumba Boogie” (8)
5/12/1951: Hank Williams “Cold, Cold Heart” (1)
5/19/1951: Eddy Arnold “Kentucky Waltz” (3)
5/26/1951: Lefty Frizzell “I Want to Be with You Always” (11)
7/14/1951: Eddy Arnold “I Wanna Play House with You” (11)
8/11/1951: Hank Williams “Hey Good Lookin’” (8)
9/1/1951: Lefty Frizzell “Always Late with Your Kisses” (12)
11/3/1951: Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys “Slow Poke” (15)
12/22/1951: Carl Smith “Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way” (8)
1952
2/22/1952: Lefty Frizzell “Give Me More, More, More of Your Kisses” (3)
3/1/1952: Webb Pierce “Wondering” (4)
3/29/1952: Carl Smith “When You Feel Like You’re in Love, Don’t Just Stand There” (8)
5/3/1952: Eddy Arnold “Easy on the Eyes” (1)
5/10/1952: Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys “The Wild Side of Life” (15)
7/12/1952: Webb Pierce “That Heart Belongs to Me” (3)
7/19/1952: Carl Smith “Are You Teasing Me” (1)
8/16/1952: Eddy Arnold “A Full Time Job” (4)
8/23/1952: Kitty Wells “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels” (6)
9/6/1952: Hank Williams “Jambalaya on the Bayou” (14)
12/6/1952: Webb Pierce “Back Street Affair” (4)
12/6/1952: Slim Willett “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” (1)
12/27/1952: Skeets McDonald “Don’t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” (3)
1953
1/10/1953: Red Foley “Midnight” (1)
1/24/1953: Marty Robbins “I’ll Go on Alone” (2)
1/24/1953: Hank Williams “I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive” (1)
1/31/1953: The Carlisles “No Help Wanted” (4)
1/31/1953: Eddy Arnold “Eddy’s Song” (3)
2/7/1953: Goldie Hill “I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes” (3)
2/21/1953: Hank Williams “Kaw-Liga” (13)
4/11/1953: Hank Williams “Your Cheatin’ Heart” (6)
5/9/1953: Jim Reeves “Mexican Joe” (9)
6/6/1953: Hank Williams “Take These Chains from My Heart” (4)
7/11/1953: Webb Pierce “It’s Been So Long” (8)
8/1/1953: Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys “Rub-A-Dub-Dub” (3)
8/22/1953: Carl Smith “Hey Joe” (8)
8/29/1953: Jean Shepherd “A Dear John Letter” (6)
10/7/1953: Davis Sisters “I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know” (8)
11/21/1953: Webb Pierce “There Stands the Glass” (12)
12/12/1953: Mitchell Torok “Caribbean” (2)
12/19/1953: Hank Locklin “Let Me Be the One” (3)
1954
1/9/1954: Jim Reeves “Bimbo” (3)
2/20/1954: Webb Pierce “Slowly” (17)
2/20/1954: Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys “Wake Up Irene” (2)
5/15/1954: Eddy Arnold “I Really Don’t Want to Know” (1)
6/12/1954: Johnnie & Jack “Oh Baby Mine, I Get So Lonely” (2)
6/19/1954: Hank Snow “I Don’t Hurt Anymore” (20)
7/3/1954: Webb Pierce “Even Tho” (2)
7/31/1954: Kitty Wells & Red Foley “One by One” (1)
11/6/1954: Webb Pierce “More and More” (10)
1955
1/8/1955: Carl Smith “Loose Talk” (7)
1/29/1955: Hank Snow “Let Me Go, Lover!” (2)
2/26/1955: Webb Pierce “In the Jailhouse Now” (21)
6/18/1955: Faron Young “Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young” (3)
7/9/1955: Porter Wagoner “A Satisfied Mind” (4)
7/16/1955: Webb Pierce “I Don’t Care” (12)
10/8/1955: Eddy Arnold “The Cattle Call” (2)
10/22/1955: Webb Pierce “Love Love Love” (13)
10/22/1955: Eddy Arnold “That Do Make It Nice” (2)
12/17/1955: Tennessee Ernie Ford “Sixteen Tons” (10)

1956
2/11/1956: Red Sovine & Webb Pierce “Why Baby Why” (4)
2/25/1956: Elvis Presley “I Forgot to Remember to Forget” (5)
3/17/1956: Elvis Presley “Heartbreak Hotel” (17)
3/17/1956: The Louvin Brothers “I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby” (2)
4/7/1956: Carl Perkins “Blue Suede Shoes” (3)
6/23/1956: Ray Price “Crazy Arms” (20)
7/14/1956: Elvis Presley “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You” (2)
7/21/1956: Johnny Cash “I Walk the Line” (6)
9/15/1956: Elvis Presley “Don’t Be Cruel” / “Hound Dog”
11/10/1956: Marty Robbins “Singing the Blues” (13)
1957
2/22/1957: Sonny James “Young Love” (9)
3/2/1957: Johnny Cash “There You Go” (5)
4/6/1957: Ferlin Husky “Gone” (10)
5/13/1957: Elvis Presley “All Shook Up” (1)
5/20/1957: Marty Robbins “A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation” (5)
5/20/1957: Webb Pierce “Honky Tonk Song” (1)
5/27/1957: Jim Reeves “Four Walls” (8)
7/15/1957: The Everly Brothers “Bye Bye Love” (7)
8/5/1957: Elvis Presley “Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear” (1)
9/9/1957: Jerry Lee Lewis “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” (2)
9/16/1957: Bobby Helms “Fraulein” (4)
9/16/1957: Ray Price “My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You” (4)
10/14/1957: The Everly Brothers “Wake Up Little Susie” (8)
12/9/1957: Bobby Helms “My Special Angel” (4)
12/22/1957: Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” (1)
1958
1/6/1958: Marty Robbins “The Story of My Life” (4)
1/6/1958: Jerry Lee Lewis “Great Balls of Fire” (2)
2/3/1958: Johnny Cash “Ballad of a Teenage Queen” (10)
4/14/1958: Don Gibson “Oh Lonesome Me” (8)
5/26/1958: Marty Robbins “Just Married” (2)
6/2/1958: The Everly Brothers “All I Have to Do Is Dream” (3)
6/23/1958: Johnny Cash “Guess Things Happen That Way” (8)
7/21/1958: Faron Young “Alone with You” (13)
8/25/1958: Don Gibson “Blue Blue Day” (2)
9/8/1958: The Everly Brothers “Bird Dog” (6)
10/20/1958: Ray Price “City Lights” (13)
1959
1/19/1959: Jim Reeves “Billy Bayou” (5)
2/23/1959: Johnny Cash “Don’t Take Your Guns to Town” (6)
4/6/1959: Johnny Horton “When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below)” (1)
4/13/1959: George Jones “White Lightning” (5)
5/18/1959: Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans” (10)
7/27/1959: Stonewall Jackson “Waterloo” (5)
8/31/1959: The Browns “The Three Bells” (10)
11/9/1959: Faron Young “Country Girl” (4)
12/7/1959: Ray Price “The Same Old Me” (2)
12/21/1959: Marty Robbins “El Paso” (7)
1960
2/8/1960: Jim Reeves “He’ll Have to Go” (14)
5/16/1960: Hank Locklin “Please Help Me, I’m Falling” (14)
8/22/1960: Cowboy Copas “Alabam” (12)
11/14/1960: Ferlin Husky “Wings of a Dove” (10)
1961
1/9/1961: Johnny Horton “North to Alaska” (5)
2/27/1961: Marty Robbins “Don’t Worry” (10)
5/8/1961: Faron Young “Hello Walls” (9)
7/10/1961: Kitty Wells “Heartbreak U.S.A.” (4)
8/7/1961: Patsy Cline “I Fall to Pieces” (2)
8/21/1961: George Jones “Tender Years” (7)
9/25/1961: Leroy Van Dyke “Walk on By” (19)
11/20/1961: Jimmy Dean “Big Bad John” (2)

1962
3/10/1962: Porter Wagoner “Misery Loves Company” (2)
3/17/1962: Sheb Wooley “That’s My Pa” (1)
3/31/1962: Patsy Cline “She’s Got You” (5)
4/28/1962: Billy Walker “Charlie’s Shoes” (2)
5/19/1962: George Jones “She Thinks I Still Care” (6)
6/30/1962: Claude King “Wolverton Mountain” (9)
9/1/1962: Marty Robbins “Devil Woman” (8)
10/27/1962: Bill Anderson “Mama Sang a Song” (7)
11/10/1962: Hank Snow “I’ve Been Everywhere” (2)
12/29/1962: Carl Butler & Pearl “Don’t Let Me Cross Over” (11)
1963
1/5/1963: Marty Robbins “Ruby Ann” (1)
1/19/1963: Flatt & Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys “The Ballad of Jed Clampett” (3)
4/13/1963: Bill Anderson “Still” (7)
5/4/1963: Hawkshaw Hawkind “Lonesome 7-7203” (4)
6/15/1963: Buck Owens “Act Naturally” (4)
7/27/1963: Johnny Cash “Ring of Fire” (7)
9/14/1963: George Hamilton IV “Abilene” (4)
10/12/1963: Ernest Ashworth “Talk Back Trembling Lips” (1)
10/19/1963: Buck Owens “Love’s Gonna Live Here” (16)
1964
2/8/1964: Marty Robbins “Begging to You” (3)
2/15/1964: Stonewall Jackson “BJ the DJ” (1)
3/7/1964: Lefty Frizzell “Saginaw, Michigan” (4)
4/4/1964: Johnny Cash “Understand Your Man” (6)
5/16/1964: Buck Owens “My Heart Skips a Beat” (7)
6/6/1964: Buck Owens “Together Again” (2)
7/18/1964: Roger Miller “Dang Me” (6)
8/29/1964: Jim Reeves “I Guess I’m Crazy” (7)
10/17/1964: Buck Owens “I Don’t Care Just As Long As You Love Me” (6)
11/28/1964: Connie Smith “Once a Day” (8)
1965
1/23/1965: Sonny James “You’re the Only World I Know” (4)
2/20/1965: Buck Owens “I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail” (5)
3/27/1965: Roger Miller “King of the Road” (5)
5/1/1965: Jim Reeves “This Is It” (3)
5/15/1965: Del Reeves “Girl on the Billboard” (2)
6/5/1965: Eddy Arnold “What’s He Doing in My World” (2)
6/19/1965: Marty Robbins “Ribbon of Darkness” (1)
6/26/1965: Buck Owens “Before You Go” (6)
8/7/1965: Jimmy Dean “The First Thing Ev’ry Morning and the Last Thing Ev’ry Night” (2)
8/21/1965: Roy Drusky & Priscila Mitchell “Yes Mr. Peters” (2)
9/4/1965: Warner Mack “The Bridge Washed Out” (1)
9/11/1965: Jim Reeves “Is It Really Over?” (3)
10/2/1965: Buck Owens “Only You Can Break My Heart” (1)
10/9/1965: Sonny James “Behind the Tear” (3)
10/23/1965: Johnny Wright “Hello Vietnam” (3)
11/20/1965: Little Jimmy Dickens “May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose” (2)
12/4/1965: Eddy Arnold “Make the World Go Away” (3)
12/25/1965: Buck Owens “Buckaroo” (2)
1966
1/8/1966: Red Sovine “Giddyup Go” (6)
2/19/1966: Buck Owens “Waitin’ in Your Welfare Line” (7)
4/9/1966: Eddy Arnold “I Want to Go with You” (6)
5/21/1966: Jim Reeves “Distant Drums” (4)
6/18/1966: Sonny James “Take Good Care of Her” (2)
7/2/1966: Buck Owens “Think of Me” (6)
8/13/1966: David Houston “Almost Persuaded” (9)
10/15/1966: Jim Reeves “Blues Side of Lonesome” (1)
10/22/1966: Buck Owens “Open Up Your Heart” (4)
11/19/1966: Bill Anderson “I Get the Fever” (1)
11/26/1966: Eddy Arnold “Somebody Like You” (4)
12/24/1966: Jack Greene “There Goes My Everything” (7)
1967
2/11/1967: Loretta Lynn “Don’t Come Home a’ Drinkin’ with Lovin’ on Your Mind” (1)
2/18/1967: Buck Owens “Where Does the Good Time Go” (4)
3/4/1967: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “The Fugitive (aka ‘I’m a Lonesome Fugitive’)” (1)
3/25/1967: Jim Reeves “I Won’t Come in While He’s There” (1)
4/1/1967: George Jones “Walk Through This World with Me” (2)
4/15/1967: Eddy Arnold “Lonely Again” (2)
4/29/1967: Sonny James “Need You” (2)
5/13/1967: Buck Owens “Sam’s Place” (3)
6/3/1967: Wynn Stewart “It’s Such a Pretty World Today” (2)
6/17/1967: Jack Greene “All the Time” (5)
7/22/1967: David Houston “With One Exception” (1)
7/29/1967: Marty Robbins “Tonight Carmen” (1)
8/5/1967: Sonny James “I’ll Never Find Another You” (4)
9/2/1967: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Branded Man” (1)
9/9/1967: Buck Owens “Your Tender Loving Care” (1)
9/16/1967: David Houston & Tammy Wynette “My Elusive Dreams” (2)
9/30/1967: Leon Ashley “Laura, What’s He Got That I Ain’t Got” (1)
10/7/1967: Eddy Arnold “Turn the World Around” (1)
10/14/1967: Tammy Wynette “I Don’t Wanna Play House” (3)
11/4/1967: David Houston “You Mean the World to Me” (2)
11/18/1967: Sonny James “It’s the Little Things” (5)
12/23/1967: Bill Anderson & Jan Howard “For Loving You” (4)
1968
1/20/1968: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Sing Me Back Home” (2)
2/3/1968: Henson Cargill “Skip a Rope” (5)
3/9/1968: Tammy Wynette “Take Me to Your World” (1)
3/16/1968: Sonny James “A World of Our Own” (3)
4/6/1968: Buck Owens “How Long Will My Baby Be Gone” (1)
4/13/1968: Jack Greene “You Are My Treasure” (1)
4/20/1968: Loretta Lynn “Fist City” (1)
4/27/1968: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde” (2)
5/11/1968: David Houston “Have a Little Faith” (1)
5/18/1968: Glen Campbell “I Wanna Live” (3)
5/25/1968: Bobby Goldsboro “Honey” (3)
6/29/1968: Tammy Wynette “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” (3)
7/20/1968: Johnny Cash “Folsom Prison Blues (live)” (4)
8/17/1968: Sonny James “Heaven Says Hello” (1)
8/24/1968: David Houston “Already It’s Heaven” (1)
8/31/1968: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Mama Tried” (4)
9/28/1968: Jeannie C. Riley “Harper Valley P.T.A.” (3)
10/19/1968: Eddy Arnold “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye” (2)
11/2/1968: Conway Twitty “Next in Line” (1)
11/9/1968: Marty Robbins “I Walk Alone” (2)
11/23/1968: Tammy Wynette “Stand by Your Man” (3)
12/14/1968: Sonny James “Born to Be with You” (1)
12/21/1968: Glen Campbell “Wichita Lineman” (2)
1969
1/4/1969: Johnny Cash “Daddy Sang Bass” (6)
2/15/1969: Jack Greene “Until My Dreams Come True” (2)
3/1/1969: Jerry Lee Lewis “To Make Love Sweeter for You” (1)
3/8/1969: Sonny James “Only the Lonely” (3)
3/29/1969: Buck Owens “Who’s Gonna Mow Your Grass” (2)
4/12/1969: Loretta Lynn “Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)” (1)
4/19/1969: Glen Campbell “Galveston” (3)
5/10/1969: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Hungry Eyes” (1)
5/17/1969: Bill Anderson “My Life (Throw It Away if I Want To)” (2)
5/31/1969: Tammy Wynette “Singing My Song” (2)
6/14/1969: Sonny James “Running Bear” (3)
7/5/1969: Jack Greene “Statue of a Fool” (2)
7/19/1969: Conway Twitty “I Love You More Today” (1)
7/26/1969: Buck Owens “Johnny B. Goode” (2)
8/9/1969: Charley Pride “All I Have to Offer You Is Me” (1)
8/16/1969: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Workin’ Man Blues” (1)
8/23/1969: Johnny Cash “A Boy Named Sue (live)” (5)
9/27/1969: Buck Owens “Tall Dark Stranger” (1)
10/4/1969: Sonny James “Since I Met You Baby” (3)
10/25/1969: Tammy Wynette “The Ways to Love a Man” (2)
11/8/1969: Conway Twitty “To See My Angel Cry” (1)
11/15/1969: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Okie from Muskogee” (4)
12/13/1969: Charley Pride “I’m So Afraid of Losing You Again” (3)
1970
1/3/1970: David Houston “Baby Baby I Know You’re a Lady” (4)
1/31/1970: Tom T. Hall “A Week in a Country Jail” (2)
2/14/1970: Sonny James “It’s Just a Matter of Time” (4)
3/14/1970: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “The Fightin’ Side of Me” (3)
4/4/1970: Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan “Tennessee Bird Walk” (2)
4/18/1970: Charley Pride “Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone” (2)
5/2/1970: Marty Robbins “My Woman, My Woman, My Wife” (1)
5/9/1970: Dave Duley “The Pool Shark” (1)
5/16/1970: Sonny James “My Love” (3)
6/6/1970: Conway Twitty “Hello Darlin’” (4)
7/4/1970: Tammy Wynette “He Loves Me All the Way” (3)
7/25/1970: Charley Pride “Wonder Could I Live There Anymore” (2)
8/8/1970: Sonny James “Don’t Keep Me Hangin’ On” (4)
9/5/1970: Hank Williams Jr. with the Mike Curb Congregation “All for the Love of Sunshine” (2)
9/19/1970: Ray Price “For the Good Times” (1)
9/26/1970: Jerry Lee Lewis “There Must Be More to Love Than This” (2)
10/10/1970: Johnny Cash “Sunday Mornin’ Coming Down” (2)
10/24/1970: Tammy Wynette “Run Woman Run” (2)
11/7/1970: Charley Pride “I Can’t Believe That You’ve Stopped Loving Me” (2)
11/21/1970: Conway Twitty “Fifteen Years Ago” (1)
11/28/1970: Sonny James “Endlessly” (3)
12/19/1970: Loretta Lynn “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1)
12/26/1970: Lynn Anderson “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” (5)
1971
1/30/1971: Johnny Cash “Flesh and Blood” (1)
2/6/1971: Dolly Parton “Joshua” (1)
2/13/1971: Sammi Smith “Help Me Make It Through the Night” (3)
3/6/1971: Charley Pride “I’d Rather Love You” (3)
3/27/1971: Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn “After the Fire Is Gone” (2)
4/10/1971: Sonny James “Empty Arms” (4)
5/8/1971: Conway Twitty “How Much More Can She Stand” (1)
5/15/1971: Ray Price “I Won’t Mention It Again” (3)
6/5/1971: Lynn Anderson “You’re My Man” (2)
6/19/1971: Jerry Reed “When You’re Hot, You’re Hot” (5)
7/24/1971: Sonny James “Bright Lights, Big City” (1)
7/31/1971: Charley Pride “I’m Just Me” (4)
8/28/1971: Tammy Wynette “Good Lovin’ Makes It Right” (2)
9/11/1971: Freddie Hart “Easy Loving” (3)
9/18/1971: Tom T. Hall “The Year That Clayton Delaney Died” (2)
10/16/1971: Lynn Anderson “How Can I Unlove You” (3)
11/6/1971: Sonny James “Here Comes Honey Again” (1)
11/13/1971: Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty “Lead Me On” (1)
11/20/1971: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)” (2)
12/4/1971: Charley Pride “Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’” (5)
1972
1/8/1972: Jerry Lee Lewis “Would You Take Another Chance on Me” (1)
1/15/1972: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Carolyn” (3)
2/5/1972: Loretta Lynn “One’s on the Way” (2)
2/19/1972: Faron Young “It’s Four in the Morning” (2)
3/4/1972: Tammy Wynette “Bedtime Story” (1)
3/11/1972: Freddie Hart “My Hang-Up Is You” (6)
4/22/1972: Jerry Lee Lewis “Chantilly Lace” (3)
5/13/1972: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Grandma’s Harp” (2)
5/27/1972: Conway Twitty “Lost Her Love on Our Last Date” (1)
6/3/1972: Donna Fargo “The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.” (3)
6/24/1972: Sonny James “That’s Why I Love You Like I Do” (1)
7/1/1972: Hank Williams Jr. “Eleven Roses” (2)
7/15/1972: Buck Owens “Made in Japan” (1)
7/22/1972: Charley Pride “It’s Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer” (3)
8/12/1972: Freddie Hart & the Heartbeats “Bless Your Heart” (2)
8/26/1972: Jerry Wallace “If You Leave Me Tonight I’ll Cry” (2)
9/2/1972: Don Gibson “Woman (Sensuous Woman)” (1)
9/16/1972: Sonny James “When the Snow Is on the Roses” (1)
9/23/1972: Conway Twitty “I Can’t Stop Loving You” (1)
9/30/1972: Mel Tillis “I Ain’t Never” (2)
10/14/1972: Donna Fargo “Funny Face” (3)
11/4/1972: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “It’s Not Love, But It’s Not Bad” (1)
11/11/1972: Tammy Wynette “My Man” (1)
11/18/1972: Charley Pride “She’s Too Good to Be True” (3)
12/9/1972: Freddie Hart & the Heartbeats “Got the All Overs for You All Over Me” (3)
12/30/1972: Ray Price “She’s Got to Be a Saint” (3)
1973
1/20/1973: Joe Stampley “Soul Song” (1)
1/27/1973: Tom T. Hall “Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine” (1)
2/3/1973: Conway Twitty “She Needs Someone to Hold Her When She Cries” (2)
2/17/1973: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “I Wonder if They Ever Think of Me” (1)
2/24/1973: Loretta Lynn “Rated ‘X’” (1)
3/3/1973: Cal Smith “The Lord Knows I’m Drinking” (1)
3/10/1973: Tammy Wynette “Til I Get It Right” (1)
3/17/1973: Barbara Fairchild “Teddy Bear Song” (2)
3/31/1973: Lynn Anderson “Keep Me in Mind” (1)
4/7/1973: Freddie Hart & the Heartbeats “Super Kind of Woman” (1)
4/14/1973: Charley Pride “A Shoulder to Cry On” (1)
4/21/1973: Donna Fargo “Superman” (1)
4/28/1973: Charlie Rich “Behind Closed Doors” (3)
5/12/1973: Roy Clark “Come Live with Me” (1)
5/19/1973: Tanya Tucker “What’s Your Mama’s Name” (1)
5/26/1973: Jeanne Pruett “Satin Sheets” (3)
6/9/1973: Johnny Rodriguez “You Always Come Back to Hurting Me” (1)
6/16/1973: Tammy Wynette “Kids Say the Darndest Things” (1)
6/30/1973: Charley Pride “Don’t Fight the Feelings of Love” (1)
7/7/1973: Kris Kristofferson “Why Me” (1)
7/14/1973: Loretta Lynn “Love Is the Foundation” (2)
7/28/1973: Donna Fargo “You Were Always There” (1)
8/4/1973: Jerry Reed “Lord Mr. Ford” (1)
8/11/1973: Freddie Hart & the Heartbeats “Trip to Heaven” (1)
8/18/1973: Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man” (1)
8/25/1973: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Everybody’s Had the Blues” (2)
9/8/1973: Conway Twitty “You’ve Never Been This Far Before” (3)
9/29/1973: Tanya Tucker “Blood Red and Goin’ Down” (1)
10/6/1973: Ray Price “You’re the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me” (1)
10/13/1973: Johnny Rodriguez “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” (2)
10/27/1973: George Jones & Tammy Wynette “We’re Gonna Hold On” (2)
11/10/1973: Marie Osmond “Paper Roses” (2)
11/24/1973: Charlie Rich “The Most Beautiful Girl” (3)
12/15/1973: Charley Pride “Amazing Love” (1)
12/22/1973: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “If We Make It Through December” (4)
1974
1/19/1974: Tom T. Hall “I Love” (2)
2/2/1974: Dolly Parton “Jolene” (1)
2/9/1974: Bill Anderson “World of Make Believe” (1)
2/16/1974: Johnny Rodriguez “That’s the Way Love Goes” (1)
2/23/1974: Tammy Wynette “Another Lonely Song” (2)
3/9/1974: Charlie Rich “There Won’t Be Anymore” (2)
3/23/1974: Conway Twitty “There’s a Honky Tonky Angel Who’ll Take Me Back In” (1)
3/30/1974: Tanya Tucker “Would You Lay with Me in a Field of Stone” (1)
4/6/1974: Charlie Rich “A Very Special Love Song” (3)
4/27/1974: Hank Snow “Hello Love” (1)
5/4/1974: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Things Aren’t Funny Anymore” (1)
5/11/1974: Sonny James “Is It Wrong for Loving You” (1)
5/18/1974: Cal Smith “Country Bumpkin” (1)
5/25/1974: Melba Montgomery “No Charge” (1)
6/1/1974: Ronnie Milsap “Pure Love” (1)
6/8/1974: Dolly Parton “I Will Always Love You” (1)
6/15/1974: Charlie Rich “I Don’t See Me in Your Eyes Anymore” (1)
6/22/1974: Waylon Jennings “This Time” (1)
6/29/1974: Mickey Gilley “A Room Full of Roses” (1)
7/6/1974: Anne Murray “He Thinks I Still Care” (2)
7/20/1974: Bobby Bare “Marie Laveau” (1)
7/27/1974: Donna Fargo “You Can’t Be a Beacon if Your Light Don’t Shine” (1)
8/3/1974: Billy "Crash" Craddock “Rub It In” (2)
8/17/1974: Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty “As Soon As I Hang Up the Phone” (1)
8/24/1974: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Old Man from the Mountain” (1)
8/31/1974: George Jones “The Grand Tour” (1)
9/7/1974: Ronnie Milsap “Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends” (2)
9/21/1974: Don Williams “I Wouldn’t Want to Live if You Didn’t Love Me” (1)
9/28/1974: Waylon Jennings “I’m a Ramblin’ Man” (1)
10/5/1974: Charlie Rich “I Love My Friend” (1)
10/12/1974: Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton “Please Don’t Stop Loving Me” (1)
10/19/1974: Conway Twitty “I See the Want to in Your Eyes” (2)
11/2/1974: Mickey Gilley “I Overlooked an Orchid” (1)
11/9/1974: Dolly Parton “Love Is Like a Butterfly” (1)
11/16/1974: Tom T. Hall “Country Is” (1)
11/23/1974: Loretta Lynn “Trouble in Paradise” (1)
11/30/1974: John Denver “Back Home Again” (1)
12/7/1974: Charlie Rich “She Called Me Baby” (1)
12/14/1974: Billy Swan “I Can Help” (2)
12/28/1974: Lynn Anderson “What a Man My Man Is” (1)
1975
1/4/1975: George Jones “The Door” (1)
1/11/1975: Billy "Crash" Craddock “Ruby Baby” (1)
1/18/1975: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Kentucky Gambler” (1)
1/25/1975: Ronnie Milsap “I’d Be a Legend in My Time” (1)
2/1/1975: Mickey Gilley “City Lights” (1)
2/8/1975: Charley Pride “Then Who Am I” (1)
2/15/1975: T.G. Sheppard “Devil in the Bottle” (1)
2/22/1975: Tom T. Hall “I Care” (1)
3/1/1975: Cal Smith “It’s Time to Pay the Fiddler” (1)
3/8/1975: Conway Twitty “Linda on My Mind” (1)
3/15/1975: Freddy Fender “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” (2)
3/29/1975: Dolly Parton “The Bargain Store” (1)
4/5/1975: Johnny Rodriguez “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind” (1)
4/12/1975: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Always Wanting You” (2)
4/26/1975: Billie Jo Spears “Blanket on the Ground” (1)
5/3/1975: Joe Stampley “Roll on Big Mama” (1)
5/10/1975: Gary Stewart “She’s Actin’ Single (I’m Drinkin’ Doubles)” (1)
5/17/1975: B.J. Thomas “Hey Won’t You Play Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song” (1)
5/24/1975: Jessi Colter “I’m Not Lisa” (1)
5/31/1975: John Denver “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” (1)
6/7/1975: Mickey Gilley “Window Up Above” (1)
6/14/1975: Linda Ronstadt “When Will I Be Loved” (1)
6/21/1975: Don Williams “You’re My Best Friend” (1)
6/28/1975: T.G. Sheppard “Tryin’ to Beat the Morning Home” (1)
7/5/1975: Tanya Tucker “Lizzie and the Rainman” (1)
7/12/1975: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Movin’ On” (1)
7/19/1975: Conway Twitty “Touch the Hand” (2)
8/2/1975: Johnny Rodriguez “Just Get Up and Close the Door” (1)
8/9/1975: Freddy Fender “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” (2)
8/23/1975: Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy” (3)
9/6/1975: Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty “Feelins’” (1)
9/20/1975: Ronnie Milsap “Daydreams about Night Things” (2)
10/4/1975: Willie Nelson “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” (2)
10/18/1975: Charley Pride “Hop You’re Feelin’ Me Like I’m Feelin’ You” (1)
10/25/1975: Tanya Tucker “San Antonio Stroll” (1)
11/1/1975: Don Williams “Turn Out the Lights and Love Me Tonight” (1)
11/8/1975: John Denver “I’m Sorry” (1)
11/15/1975: Waylon Jennings “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way” (1)
11/22/1975: Dickey Lee “Rocky” (1)
11/29/1975: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “It’s All in the Movies” (1)
12/6/1975: Freddy Fender “Secret Love” (1)
12/13/1975: Johnny Rodriguez “Love Put a Song in My Heart” (1)
12/20/1975: C.W. McCall “Convoy” (6)
1976
1/31/1976: Conway Twitty “This Time I’ve Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me” (1)
2/7/1976: Bill Anderson & Mary Lou Turner “Sometimes” (1)
2/14/1976: Cledus Maggard & the Citizen’s Band “The White Knight” (1)
2/21/1976: Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson “Good Hearted Woman” (3)
3/13/1976: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “The Roots of My Raising” (1)
3/20/1976: Tom T. Hall “Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet)” (1)
3/27/1976: Don Williams “Til the Rivers All Run Dry” (1)
4/3/1976: Freddy Fender “You’ll Lose a Good Thing” (1)
4/10/1976: Tammy Wynette “Til I Can Make It on My Own” (1)
4/17/1976: Eddie Rabbitt “Drinkin’ My Baby Off My Mind” (1)
4/24/1976: Emmylou Harris “Together Again” (1)
5/1/1976: Mickey Gilley “Don’t the Girls All Get Priettier at Closing Time” (1)
5/8/1976: Charley Pride “My Eyes Can Only See As Far As You” (1)
5/15/1976: Ronnie Milsap “What Goes on When the Sun Goes Down” (1)
5/22/1976: Conway Twitty “After All the Good Is Gone” (1)
5/29/1976: Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Three “One Piece at a Time” (2)
6/12/1976: Crystal Gayle “I’ll Get Over You” (1)
6/19/1976: Marty Robbins “El Paso City” (2)
7/4/1976: Joe Stampley “All These Things” (1)
7/10/1976: Dave & Sugar “The Door Is Always Open” (1)
7/17/1976: Red Sovine “Teddy Bear” (3)
8/7/1976: George Jones & Tammy Wynette “Golden Ring” (1)
8/14/1976: Don Williams “Say It Again” (1)
8/21/1976: Mickey Gilley “Bring It on Home to Me” (1)
8/28/1976: Ronnie Milsap “I’m a Stand by My Woman Man” (2)
9/11/1976: Jim Ed Brown with Helen Cornelius “I Don’t Want to Have to Marry You” (2)
9/25/1976: Willie Nelson “If You’ve Got the Money I’ve Got the Time” (1)
10/2/1976: Tanya Tucker “Here’s Some Love” (1)
10/9/1976: Conway Twitty “The Games That Daddies Play” (1)
10/16/1976: Tammy Wynette “You and Me” (2)
10/30/1976: Marty Robbins “Among My Souvenirs” (1)
11/6/1976: Merle Haggard & the Strangers “Cherokee Maiden” (1)
11/13/1976: Loretta Lynn “Somebody Somewhere Don’t Know What He’s Missin’ Tonight” (2)
11/27/1976: Mel Tillis “Good Woman Blues” (2)
12/11/1976: Johnny Duncan “Thinkin’ of a Rendezvous” (2)
12/25/1976: Emmylou Harris “Sweet Dreams of You” (2)
1977
1/8/1977: Billy "Crash" Craddock “Broken Down in Tiny Pieces” (1)
1/15/1977: Crystal Gayle “You Never Miss a Real Good Thing Till He Says Goodbye” (1)
1/22/1977: Conway Twitty “I Can’t Believe She Gives It All to Me” (1)
1/29/1977: Ronnie Milsap “Let My Love Be Your Pillow” (1)
2/5/1977: George Jones & Tammy Wynette “Near You” (2)
2/19/1977: Elvis Presley “Moody Blue” (1)
2/26/1977: Tom Jones “Say You’ll Stay Until Tomorrow” (1)
3/5/1977: Mel Tillis “Heart Healer” (1)
3/12/1977: Charley Pride “She’s Just an Old Love Turned Memory” (1)
3/19/1977: Glen Campbell “Southern Nights” (2)
4/2/1977: Kenny Rogers “Lucille” (2)
4/16/1977: Johnny Duncan “It Couldn’t Have Been Any Better” (1)
4/23/1977: Loretta Lynn “She’s Got You” (1)
4/30/1977: Mickey Gilley “She’s Pulling Me Back Again” (1)
5/7/1977: Conway Twitty “Play Guitar Play” (1)
5/14/1977: Don Williams “Some Broken Hearts Never Mind” (1)
5/21/1977: Waylon Jennings “Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)” (6)
7/2/1977: Donna Fargo “That Was Yesterday” (1)
7/9/1977: Charley Pride “I’ll Be Leaving Alone” (1)
7/16/1977: Ronnie Milsap “It Was Almost Like a Song” (3)
8/6/1977: Charlie Rich “Rollin’ with the Flow” (2)
8/20/1977: Elvis Presley “Way Down” (1)
8/27/1977: Crystal Gayle “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” (4)
9/24/1977: Conway Twitty “I’ve Already Loved You in My Mind” (1)
10/1/1977: Kenny Rogers “Daytime Friends” (1)
10/8/1977: The Kendalls “Heaven’s Just a Sin Away” (4)
11/5/1977: Don Williams “I’m Just a Country Boy” (1)
11/12/1977: Charley Pride “More to Me” (1)
11/19/1977: Waylon Jennings “The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don’t Want to Get Over You)” (2)
12/3/1977: Dolly Parton “Here You Come Again” (5)
1978
1/7/1978: Johnny Paycheck “Take This Job and Shove It” (2)
1/21/1978: Ronnie Milsap “What a Difference You’ve Made in My Life” (1)
1/28/1978: Loretta Lynn “Out of My Head and Back in My Bed” (2)
2/11/1978: Larry Gatlin with Friends & Family “I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love” (1)
2/18/1978: Margo Smith “Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You” (2)
3/4/1978: Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson “Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” (4)
4/1/1978: Crystal Gayle “Ready for the Times to Get Better” (1)
4/8/1978: Charley Pride “Someone Loves You Honey” (2)
4/22/1978: Kenny Rogers & Dottie West “Every Time Two Fools Collide” (2)
5/6/1978: Dolly Parton “It’s All Wrong, But It’s All Right” (2)
5/20/1978: Johnny Duncan “She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed Anytime” (1)
5/27/1978: The Statler Brothers “Do You Know You Are My Susnhine” (2)
6/10/1978: Willie Nelson “Georgia on My Mind” (1)
6/17/1978: Emmylou Harris “Two More Bottles of Wine” (1)
6/24/1978: The Oak Ridge Boys “I’ll Be True to You” (1)
7/1/1978: Margo Smith “It Only Hurts for a Little While” (1)
7/8/1978: Mel Tillis “I Believe in You” (1)
7/15/1978: Ronnie Milsap “Only One Love in My Life” (3)
8/5/1978: Kenny Rogers “Love or Something Like It” (1)
8/12/1978: Eddie Rabbitt “You Don’t Love Me Anymore” (1)
8/19/1978: Crystal Gayle “Talking in Your Sleep” (2)
9/2/1978: Willie Nelson “Blue Skies” (1)
9/9/1978: Waylon Jennings “I’ve Always Been Crazy” (3)
9/30/1978: Dolly Parton “Heartbreaker” (3)
10/21/1978: Dave & Sugar “Tear Time” (1)
10/28/1978: Ronnie Milsap “Let’s Take the Long Way Around the World” (1)
11/4/1978: Barbara Mandrell “Sleeping Single in a Double Bed” (3)
11/25/1978: The Kendalls “Sweet Desire” (1)
12/2/1978: Eddie Rabbitt “I Just Want to Love You” (1)
12/9/1978: Charlie Rich & Janie Fricke “On My Knees” (1)
12/16/1978: Kenny Rogers “The Gambler” (3)

1979
1/6/1979: Don Williams “Tulsa Time” (1)
1/13/1979: John Conlee “Lady Lay Down” (1)
1/20/1979: Dolly Parton “I Really Got the Feeling” (1)
1/27/1979: Crystal Gayle “Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For” (2)
2/10/1979: Eddie Rabbitt “Every Which Way But Loose” (3)
3/3/1979: Dave & Sugar “Golden Tears” (3)
3/24/1979: Anne Murray “I Just Fall in Love Again” (3)
4/14/1979: Barbara Mandrell “If Loving You Is Wrong I Don’t Want to Be Right” (1)
4/21/1979: Kenny Rogers & Dottie West “All I Ever Need Is You” (1)
4/28/1979: Charley Pride “Where Do I Put Her Memory” (1)
5/5/1979: John Conlee “Backside of Thirty” (1)
5/12/1979: Conway Twitty “Don’t Take It Away” (1)
5/19/1979: Bellamy Brothers “If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me” (3)
6/9/1979: Kenny Rogers “She Believes in Me” (2)
6/23/1979: Ronnie Milsap “Nobody Likes Sad Songs” (1)
6/30/1979: Waylon Jennings “Amanda” (3)
7/21/1979: Anne Murray “Shadows in the Moonlight” (1)
7/28/1979: Dolly Parton “You’re the Only One” (2)
8/11/1979: Eddie Rabbitt “Suspicions” (1)
8/18/1979: Mel Tillis “Coca Cola Cowboy” (1)
8/25/1979: Charlie Daniels Band “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (1)
9/1/1979: Willie Nelson & Leon Russell “Heartbreak Hotel” (1)
9/8/1979: Conway Twitty “I May Never Get to Heaven” (1)
9/15/1979: Charley Pride “You’re My Jamaica” (1)
9/22/1979: Moe Bandy & Joe Stampley “Just Good Ol’ Boys” (1)
9/29/1979: Don Williams “It Must Be Love” (1)
10/6/1979: T.G. Sheppard “Last Cheater’s Waltz” (2)
10/20/1979: Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band “All the Gold in California” (2)
11/3/1979: Kenny Rogers “You Decorated My Life” (2)
11/17/1979: Waylon Jennings “Come with Me” (2)
12/1/1979: Anne Murray “Broken Hearted Me” (1)
12/8/1979: Moe Bandy “I Cheated Me Right Out of You” (1)
12/15/1979: Conway Twitty “Happy Birthday, Darlin’” (3)
1980
1/5/1980: Kenny Rogers “Coward of the County” (3)
1/26/1980: T.G. Sheppard “I’ll Be Coming Back for More” (2)
2/9/1980: The Oak Ridge Boys “Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight” (1)
2/16/1980: Don Williams “Love Me Over Again” (1)
2/23/1980: Barbara Mandrell “Years” (1)
3/1/1980: Waylon Jennings “I Ain’t Living Long Like This” (1)
3/8/1980: Willie Nelson “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys” (2)
3/22/1980: Ronnie Milsap “Why Don’t You Spend the Night” (1)
3/29/1980: Conway Twitty “I’d Just Love to Lay You Down” (1)
4/5/1980: Bellamy Brothers “Sugar Daddy” (1)
4/12/1980: Charley Pride “Honky Tonk Blues” (1)
4/19/1980: Crystal Gayle “It’s Like We Never Said Goodbye” (1)
4/26/1980: Dottie West “A Lesson in Leavin’” (1)
5/3/1980: Debby Boone “Are You on the Road to Lovin’ Me Again” (1)
5/10/1980: Emmylou Harris “Beneath Still Waters” (1)
5/17/1980: Eddie Rabbitt “Gone Too Far” (1)
5/24/1980: Dolly Parton “Starting Over Again” (1)
5/31/1980: Ronnie Milsap “My Heart” (3)
6/21/1980: Cristy Lane “One Day at a Time” (1)
6/28/1980: The Oak Ridge Boys “Trying to Love Two Women” (1)
7/5/1980: George Jones “He Stopped Loving Her Today” (1)
7/12/1980: Charley Pride “You Win Again” (1)
7/19/1980: Mickey Gilley “True Love Ways” (1)
7/26/1980: Merle Haggard with Clint Eastwood “Bar Room Buddies” (1)
8/2/1980: Bellamy Brothers “Dancin’ Cowboys” (1)
8/9/1980: Mickey Gilley “Stand by Me” (1)
8/16/1980: Alabama “Tennessee River” (1)
8/23/1980: Eddie Rabbitt “Drivin’ My Life Away” (1)
8/30/1980: Ronnie Milsap “Cowboys and Clowns” (1)
9/6/1980: Johnny Lee “Lookin’ for Love” (3)
9/27/1980: Dolly Parton “Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You” (1)
10/4/1980: T.G. Sheppard “Do You Wanna Go to Heaven” (1)
10/11/1980: Razzy Bailey “Loving Up a Storm” (1)
10/18/1980: Don Williams “I Believe in You” (2)
11/1/1980: Waylon Jennings “Just the Good Ol’ Boys (Theme from ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’)” (1)
11/8/1980: Willie Nelson “On the Road Again” (1)
11/15/1980: Anne Murray “Could I Have This Dance” (1)
11/22/1980: Kenny Rogers “Lady” (1)
11/29/1980: Crystal Gayle “If You Ever Change Your Mind” (1)
12/6/1980: Ronnie Milsap “Smokey Mountain Rain” (1)
12/13/1980: Alabama “Why Lady Why” (1)
12/20/1980: Mickey Gilley “That’s All That Matters” (1)
12/27/1980: Johnny Lee “One in a Million” (2)
1981
1/10/1981: Merle Haggard “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink” (1)
1/17/1981: Eddie Rabbitt “I Love a Rainy Night” (1)
1/24/1981: Dolly Parton “9 to 5” (1)
1/31/1981: T.G. Sheppard “I Feel Like Loving You Again” (1)
2/7/1981: Razzy Bailey “I Keep Coming Back” (1)
2/14/1981: Charly McClain “Who’s Cheatin’ Who” (1)
2/21/1981: Mel Tillis “Southern Rains” (1)
2/28/1981: Dottie West “Are You Happy Baby?” (1)
3/7/1981: Bellamy Brothers “Do You Love As Good As You Look” (1)
3/14/1981: Elvis Presley “Guitar Man” (1)
3/21/1981: Willie Nelson “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground” (1)
3/28/1981: Hank Williams Jr. “Texas Women” (1)
4/4/1981: Sylvia “Drifter” (1)
4/11/1981: David Frizzell & Shelly West “You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma” (1)
4/18/1981: Alabama “Old Flame” (1)
4/25/1981: Mickey Gilley “A Headache Tomorrow or a Heartache Tonight” (1)
5/2/1981: Conway Twitty “Rest Your Love on Me” (1)
5/9/1981: Ronnie Milsap “Am I Losing You” (1)
5/16/1981: T.G. Sheppard “I Loved ‘Em Every One” (1)
5/23/1981: Rosanne Cash “Seven Year Ache” (1)
5/30/1981: The Oak Ridge Boys “Elvira” (1)
6/6/1981: Razzy Bailey “Friends” (1)
6/13/1981: Dottie West & Kenny Rogers “What Are We Doin’ in Love” (1)
6/20/1981: Dolly Parton “But You Know I Love You” (1)
6/27/1981: Anne Murray “Blessed Are the Believers” (1)
7/4/1981: Barbara Mandrell “I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool” (1)
7/11/1981: Earl Thomas Conley “Fire and Smoke” (1)
7/18/1981: Alabama “Feels So Right” (2)
8/1/1981: Hank Williams Jr. “Dixe on My Mind” (1)
8/8/1981: Crystal Gayle “Too Many Lovers” (1)
8/15/1981: Kenny Rogers “I Don’t Need You” (2)
8/29/1981: Ronnie Milsap “There’s No Gettin’ Over Me” (2)
9/12/1981: Ronnie McDowell “Older Women” (1)
9/19/1981: Mickey Gilley “You Don’t Know Me” (1)
9/26/1981: Conway Twitty “Tight Fittin’ Jeans” (1)
10/3/1981: Razzy Bailey “Midnight Hauler” (1)
10/10/1981: T.G. Sheppard “Party Time” (1)
10/17/1981: Eddie Rabbitt “Step by Step” (1)
10/24/1981: Charley Pride “Never Been So Loved in All My Life” (2)
11/7/1981: The Oak Ridge Boys “Fancy Free” (1)
11/14/1981: Rosanne Cash “My Baby Thinks He’s a Train” (1)
11/21/1981: Hank Williams Jr. “All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down” (1)
11/28/1981: Merle Haggard “My Favorite Memory” (1)
12/5/1981: Johnny Lee “Bet Your Heart on Me” (1)
12/12/1981: George Jones “Still Doin’ Time” (1)
12/19/1981: Steve Wariner “All Roads Lead to You” (1)
12/26/1981: Alabama “Love in the First Degree” (2)

1982
1/9/1982: Gene Watson “Fourteen Carat Mind” (1)
1/16/1982: Ronnie Milsap “I Wouldn’t Have Missed It for the World” (1)
1/23/1982: Conway Twitty “Red Neckin’ Love Makin’ Night” (1)
1/30/1982: Juice Newton “The Sweetest Thing I’ve Ever Known” (1)
2/6/1982: Mickey Gilley “Lonely Nights” (1)
2/13/1982: Eddie Rabbitt “Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight” (1)
2/20/1982: T.G. Sheppard “Only One You” (1)
2/27/1982: Don Williams “Lord I Hope This Day Is Good” (1)
3/6/1982: Ed Bruce “You’re the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had” (1)
3/13/1982: Rosanne Cash “Blue Moon with Heartache” (1)
3/20/1982: Charley Pride “Mountain of Love” (1)
3/27/1982: Razzy Bailey “She Left Love All Over You” (1)
4/3/1982: The Oak Ridge Boys “Bobbie Sue” (1)
4/10/1982: Merle Haggard “Big City” (1)
4/17/1982: Conway Twitty “The Clown” (1)
4/24/1982: Ricky Skaggs “Crying My Heart Out Over You” (1)
5/1/1982: Alabama “Mountain Music” (1)
5/8/1982: Willie Nelson “Always on My Mind” (2)
5/22/1982: Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson “Just to Satisfy You” (2)
6/5/1982: T.G. Sheppard “Finally” (1)
6/12/1982: Bellamy Brothers “For All the Wrong Reasons” (1)
6/19/1982: Conway Twitty “Slow Hand” (2)
7/3/1982: Ronnie Milsap “Any Day Now” (1)
7/10/1982: Janie Fricke “Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me Baby” (1)
7/17/1982: Barbara Mandrell “Till You’re Gone” (1)
7/24/1982: Alabama “Take Me Down” (1)
7/31/1982: Ricky Skaggs “I Don’t Care” (1)
8/7/1982: Hank Williams Jr. “Honky Tonkin’” (1)
8/14/1982: David Frizzell “I’m Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home” (1)
8/21/1982: Sylvia “Nobody” (1)
8/28/1982: George Strait “Fool Hearted Memory” (1)
9/4/1982: Kenny Rogers “Love Will Turn You Around” (1)
9/11/1982: Jerry Reed “She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)” (2)
9/25/1982: Michael Martin Murphey “What’s Forever For?” (1)
10/2/1982: Mickey Gilley “Put Your Dreams Away” (1)
10/9/1982: Merle Haggard & George Jones “Yesterday’s Wine” (1)
10/16/1982: Dolly Parton “I Will Always Love You” (1)
10/23/1982: Ronnie Milsap “He Got You” (1)
10/30/1982: Alabama “Close Enough to Perfect” (1)
11/6/1982: Charley Pride “You’re So Good When You’re Bad” (1)
11/13/1982: Ricky Skaggs “Heartbroke” (1)
11/20/1982: T.G. Sheppard “War Is Hell on the Homefront Too” (1)
11/27/1982: Janie Fricke “It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Easy” (1)
12/4/1982: Eddie Rabbitt with Crystal Gayle “You and I” (1)
12/11/1982: Bellamy Brothers “Redneck Girl” (1)
12/18/1982: Earl Thomas Conley “Somewhere Between Right and Wrong” (1)
12/25/1982: John Anderson “Wild and Blue” (2)
1983
1/8/1983: Reba McEntire “Can’t Even Get the Blues” (1)
1/15/1983: Merle Haggard “Going Where the Lonely Go” (1)
1/22/1983: Emmylou Harris “Lost His Love on Our Last Date” (1)
1/29/1983: Mickey Gilley “Talk to Me” (1)
2/5/1983: Ronnie Milsap “Inside” (1)
2/12/1983: Crystal Gayle “Til I Gain Control Again” (1)
2/19/1983: T.G. Sheppard with Karen Brooks “Faking Love” (1)
2/26/1983: Charley Pride “Why Baby Why” (1)
3/5/1983: Don Williams “If Hollywood Don’t Need You” (1)
3/12/1983: Conway Twitty “The Rose” (1)
3/19/1983: Ricky Skaggs “I Wouldn’t Change You if I Could” (1)
3/26/1983: John Anderson “Swingin’” (1)
4/2/1983: Bellamy Brothers “When I’m Away from You” (1)
4/9/1983: Kenny Rogers & Sheena Easton “We’ve Got Tonight” (1)
4/16/1983: Alabama “Dixieland Delight” (1)
4/23/1983: The Oak Ridge Boys “American Made” (1)
4/30/1983: Reba McEntire “You’re the First Time I’ve Thought about Leaving” (1)
5/7/1983: Shelly West “Jose Cuervo” (1)
5/14/1983: B.J. Thomas “Whatever Happened to Old Fashioned Love” (1)
5/21/1983: John Conlee “Common Man” (1)
5/28/1983: Merle Haggard “You Take Me for Granted” (1)
6/4/1983: Waylon Jennings “Lucille (You Won’t Do Your Daddy’s Will)” (1)
6/11/1983: Crystal Gayle “Our Love Is on the Faultline” (1)
6/18/1983: Eddie Rabbitt “You Can’t Run from Love” (1)
6/25/1983: Mickey Gilley “Fool for Your Love” (1)
7/2/1983: Don Williams “Love Is on a Roll” (1)
7/9/1983: Ricky Skaggs “Highway 40 Blues” (1)
7/16/1983: Alabama “The Closer You Get” (1)
7/23/1983: Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard “Pancho and Lefty” (1)
7/30/1983: George Jones “I Always Get Lucky with You” (1)
8/6/1983: Earl Thomas Conley “Your Love’s on the Line” (1)
8/13/1983: Janie Fricke “He’s a Heartache Looking for a Place to Happen” (1)
8/20/1983: The Oak Ridge Boys “Love Song” (1)
8/27/1983: Ronnie McDowell “You’re Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation” (1)
9/3/1983: George Strait “A Fire I Can’t Put Out” (1)
9/10/1983: John Conlee “I’m Only in It for the Love” (1)
9/17/1983: Charley Pride “Night Games” (1)
9/24/1983: Crystal Gayle “Baby What about You” (1)
10/1/1983: B.J. Thomas “New Looks from an Old Lover” (1)
10/8/1983: Ronnie Milsap “Don’t You Know How Much I Love You” (1)
10/15/1983: Charly McClain & Mickey Gilley “Paradise Tonight” (1)
10/22/1983: Alabama “Lady Down on Love” (1)
10/29/1983: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton “Islands in the Stream” (2)
11/12/1983: Lee Greenwood “Somebody’s Gonna Love You” (1)
11/19/1983: Barbara Mandrell “One of a Kind Pair of Fools” (1)
11/26/1983: Earl Thomas Conley “Holding Her and Loving You” (1)
12/3/1983: Anne Murray “A Little Good News” (1)
12/10/1983: Janie Fricke “Tell Me a Lie” (1)
12/17/1983: John Anderson “Black Sheep” (1)
12/24/1983: Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band “Houston Means I’m One Day Closer to You” (1)
1984
1/7/1984: George Strait “You Look So Good in Love” (1)
1/14/1984: T.G. Sheppard “Slow Burn” (1)
1/21/1984: John Conlee “In My Eyes” (1)
1/28/1984: Crystal Gayle “The Sound of Goodbye” (1)
2/4/1984: Ronnie Milsap “Show Her” (1)
2/11/1984: Merle Haggard “That’s the Way Love Goes” (1)
2/18/1984: Ricky Skaggs “Don’t Cheat in Our Hometown” (1)
2/25/1984: Don Williams “Stay Young” (1)
3/3/1984: Exile “Woke Up in Love” (1)
3/10/1984: Lee Greenwood “Going, Going Gone” (1)
3/17/1984: The Statler Brothers “Elizabeth” (1)
3/24/1984: Alabama “Roll on Eighteen Wheeler” (1)
3/31/1984: Janie Fricke “Let’s Stop Talkin’ about It” (1)
4/7/1984: Earl Thomas Conley “Don’t Make It Easy for Me” (1)
4/14/1984: The Kendalls “Thank God for the Radio” (1)
4/21/1984: Johnny Lee & Lane Brody “The Yellow Rose” (1)
4/28/1984: George Strait “Right or Wrong” (1)
5/5/1984: The Oak Ridge Boys “I Guess It Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes” (1)
5/12/1984: Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before” (2)
5/26/1984: John Conlee “As Long As I’m Rockin’ with You” (1)
6/2/1984: Ricky Skaggs “Honey Open That Door” (1)
6/9/1984: Merle Haggard “Someday When Things Are Good” (1)
6/16/1984: Eddy Raven “I Got Mexico” (1)
6/23/1984: Alabama “When We Make Love” (1)
6/30/1984: Vern Gosdin “I Can Tell by the Way You Dance You’re Gonna Love Me Tonight” (1)
7/7/1984: Conway Twitty “Somebody’s Needin’ Somebody” (1)
7/14/1984: Exile “I Don’t Want to Be a Memory” (1)
7/21/1984: Anne Murray “Just Another Woman in Love” (1)
7/28/1984: Earl Thomas Conley “Angel in Disguise” (1)
8/4/1984: The Judds “Mama He’s Crazy” (1)
8/11/1984: Don Williams “That’s the Thing about Love” (1)
8/18/1984: Ronnie Milsap “Still Losing You” (1)
8/25/1984: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper’s Dream)” (1)
9/1/1984: George Strait “Let’s Fall to Pieces Together” (1)
9/8/1984: Dolly Parton “Tennessee Homesick Blues” (1)
9/15/1984: Jim Glaser “You’re Gettin’ to Me Again” (1)
9/22/1984: Merle Haggard “Let’s Chase Each Other Around the Room” (1)
9/29/1984: Crystal Gayle “Turning Away” (1)
10/6/1984: The Oak Ridge Boys “Everyday” (1)
10/13/1984: Ricky Skaggs “Uncle Pen” (1)
10/20/1984: Conway Twitty “I Don’t Know a Thing about Love (The Moon Song)” (1)
10/27/1984: Alabama “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas, You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band” (1)
11/3/1984: Willie Nelson “City of New Orleans” (1)
11/10/1984: John Schneider “I’ve Been Around Enough to Know” (1)
11/17/1984: Exile “Give Me One More Chance” (1)
11/24/1984: Johnny Lee “You Could’ve Heard a Heart Break” (1)
12/1/1984: Janie Fricke “Your Heart’s Not in It” (1)
12/8/1984: Earl Thomas Conley “Chance of Lovin’ You” (1)
12/15/1984: Anne Murray & Dave Loggins “Nobody Loves Me Like You Do” (1)
12/22/1984: The Judds “Why Not Me” (2)
1985
1/5/1985: George Strait “Does Fort Worth Every Cross Your Mind” (1)
1/12/1985: Eddie Rabbitt “The Best Year of My Life” (1)
1/19/1985: Reba McEntire “How Blue” (1)
1/26/1985: Alabama “There’s a Fire in the Night” (1)
2/2/1985: Merle Haggard & Janie Fricke “A Place to Fall Apart” (1)
2/9/1985: Conway Twitty “Ain’t She Somethin’ Else” (1)
2/16/1985: The Oak Ridge Boys “Make My Life with You” (1)
2/23/1985: Mel McDaniel “Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On” (1)
3/2/1985: Gary Morris “Baby Bye Bye” (1)
3/9/1985: The Statler Brothers “My Only Love” (1)
3/16/1985: Exile “Crazy for Your Love” (1)
3/23/1985: Ray Charles & Willie Nelson “Seven Spanish Angels” (1)
3/30/1985: Kenny Rogers “Crazy” (1)
4/6/1985: John Schneider “Country Girls” (1)
4/13/1985: Earl Thomas Conley “Honor Bound” (1)
4/20/1985: Bellamy Brothers “I Need More of You” (1)
4/27/1985: The Judds “Girls Night Out” (1)
5/4/1985: Alabama “There’s No Way” (1)
5/11/1985: Reba McEntire “Somebody Should Leave” (1)
5/18/1985: Sawyer Brown “Step That Step” (1)
5/25/1985: Charly McClain “Radio Heart” (1)
6/1/1985: Conway Twitty “Don’t Call Him a Cowboy” (1)
6/8/1985: Merle Haggard & Janie Fricke “Natural High” (1)
6/15/1985: Ricky Skaggs “Country Boy” (1)
6/22/1985: The Oak Ridge Boys “Little Things” (1)
6/29/1985: Ronnie Milsap “She Keeps the Home Fires Burning” (1)
7/6/1985: Exile “She’s a Miracle” (1)
7/13/1985: Willie Nelson “Forgiving You Was Easy” (1)
7/20/1985: Lee Greenwood “Dixie Road” (1)
7/27/1985: Earl Thomas Conley “Love Don’t Care Whose Heart It Breaks” (1)
8/3/1985: Alabama “Forty Hour Week for a Livin’” (1)
8/10/1985: Hank Williams Jr. “I’m for Love” (1)
8/17/1985: The Highwaymen “The Highwayman” (1)
8/24/1985: Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers “Real Love” (1)
8/31/1985: The Judds “Love Is Alive” (1)
9/7/1985: Rosanne Cash “I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me” (1)
9/14/1985: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Modern Day Romance” (1)
9/21/1985: The Forester Sisters “I Fell in Love Again Last Night” (1)
9/28/1985: Ronnie Milsap “Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)” (1)
10/12/1985: Marie Osmond & Dan Seals “Meet Me in Montana” (1)
10/19/1985: Juice Newton “You Make Me Want to Make You Mine” (1)
10/26/1985: The Oak Ridge Boys “Touch a Hand, Make a Friend” (1)
11/2/1985: Steve Wariner “Some Fools Never Learn” (1)
11/9/1985: Alabama “Can’t Keep a Good Man Down” (1)
11/16/1985: Exile “Hang on to Your Heart” (1)
11/23/1985: Gary Morris “I’ll Never Stop Loving You” (1)
11/30/1985: The Statler Brothers “Too Much on My Heart” (1)
12/7/1985: Lee Greenwood “I Don’t Mind the Thorns if You’re the Rose” (1)
12/14/1985: Earl Thomas Conley “Nobody Falls Like a Fool” (1)
12/21/1985: George Strait “The Chair” (1)
12/28/1985: The Judds “Have Mercy” (1)
1986
1/11/1986: Kenny Rogers “Morning Desire” (1)
1/18/1986: Dan Seals “Bop” (1)
1/25/1986: Rosanne Cash “Never Be You” (1)
2/1/1986: The Forester Sisters “Just in Case” (1)
2/8/1986: Juice Newton “Hurt” (1)
2/15/1986: Crystal Gayle & Gary Morris “Makin’ Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers’ Song)” (1)
2/22/1986: Marie Osmond “There’s No Stopping Your Heart” (1)
3/1/1986: Steve Wariner “You Can Dream of Me” (1)
3/8/1986: Dolly Parton “Think about Love” (1)
3/15/1986: Exile “I Could Get Used to You” (1)
3/22/1986: Schneider, John “What’s a Memory Like You Doing in a Love Like This” (1)
3/29/1986: Lee Greenwood “Don’t Underestimate My Love for You” (1)
4/5/1986: Gary Morris “One Hundred Percent (100%) Chance of Rain” (1)
4/12/1986: Alabama “She and I” (1)
4/19/1986: Ricky Skaggs “Cajun Moon” (1)
4/26/1986: Anne Murray “Now and Forever (You and Me)” (1)
5/3/1986: Earl Thomas Conley “Once in a Blue Moon” (1)
5/10/1986: The Judds “Grandpa Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days” (1)
5/17/1986: Hank Williams Jr. “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (1)
5/24/1986: Kenny Rogers “Tomb of the Unknown Love” (1)
5/31/1986: Reba McEntire “Whoever’s in New England” (1)
6/7/1986: Ronnie Milsap “Happy Happy Birthday Baby” (1)
6/14/1986: Steve Wariner “Life’s Highway” (1)
6/21/1986: The Forester Sisters “Mama’s Never Seen Those Eyes” (1)
6/28/1986: Willie Nelson “Living in the Promiseland” (1)
7/5/1986: Dan Seals “Everything That Glitters Is Not Gold” (1)
7/12/1986: Lee Greenwood “Hearts Aren’t Made to Break (They’re Made to Love)” (1)
7/19/1986: Judy Rodman “Until I Met You” (1)
7/26/1986: Randy Travis “On the Other Hand” (1)
8/2/1986: George Strait “Nobody in His Right Mind Would’ve Left Her” (1)
8/9/1986: The Judds “Rockin’ with the Rhythm of the Rain” (1)
8/16/1986: Schneider, John “You’re the Last Thing I Needed Tonight” (1)
8/23/1986: T.G. Sheppard “Strong Heart” (1)
8/30/1986: Don Williams “Heartbeat in the Darkness” (1)
9/6/1986: Conway Twitty “Desperado Love” (1)
9/13/1986: Reba McEntire “Little Rock” (1)
9/20/1986: John Conlee “Got My Heart Set on You” (1)
9/27/1986: Ronnie Milsap “In Love” (1)
10/4/1986: Janie Fricke “Always Have Always Will” (1)
10/11/1986: Eddie Rabbitt & Juice Newton “Both to Each Other (Friends & Lovers)” (1)
10/18/1986: Tanya Tucker “Just Another Love” (1)
10/25/1986: Crystal Gayle “Cry” (1)
11/1/1986: Exile “It’ll Be Me” (1)
11/8/1986: Randy Travis “Diggin’ Up Bones” (1)
11/15/1986: Restless Heart “That Rock Won’t Roll” (1)
11/22/1986: Marie Osmond with Paul Davis “You’re Still New to Me” (1)
11/29/1986: Alabama “Touch Me When We’re Dancing” (1)
12/6/1986: George Strait “It Ain’t Cool to Be Crazy about You” (1)
12/13/1986: T. Graham Brown “Hell and High Water” (1)
12/20/1986: Bellamy Brothers “Too Much Is Not Enough” (1)
12/27/1986: Hank Williams Jr. “Mind Your Own Business” (2)
1987
1/10/1987: Michael Johnson “Give Me Wings” (1)
1/17/1987: Reba McEntire “What Am I Gonna Do about You” (2)
1/24/1987: The Judds “Cry Myself to Sleep” (1)
1/31/1987: Dan Seals “You Still Move Me” (1)
2/7/1987: Gary Morris “Leave Me Lonely” (1)
2/14/1987: Ronnie Milsap “How Do I Turn You On” (1)
2/21/1987: Crystal Gayle “Straight to the Heart” (1)
2/28/1987: Earl Thomas Conley “I Can’t Win for Losin’ You” (1)
3/7/1987: Lee Greenwood “Mornin’ Ride” (1)
3/14/1987: Schuyler, Knobloch, & Overstreet (S-K-0) “Baby’s Got a New Baby” (1)
3/21/1987: Restless Heart “I’ll Still Be Loving You” (1)
3/28/1987: Steve Wariner “Small Town Girl” (1)
4/4/1987: George Strait “Ocean Front Property” (1)
4/11/1987: Alabama “You’ve Got the Touch” (1)
4/18/1987: Bellamy Brothers “Kids of the Baby Boom” (1)
4/25/1987: Waylon Jennings “Rose in Paradise” (1)
5/2/1987: T. Graham Brown “Don’t Go to Strangers” (1)
5/9/1987: Michael Johnson “The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder” (1)
5/16/1987: Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, & Emmylou Harris “To Know Him Is to Love Him” (1)
5/23/1987: The O’Kanes “Can’t Stop My Heart from Loving You” (1)
5/30/1987: The Oak Ridge Boys “It Takes a Little Rain to Make Love Grow” (1)
6/6/1987: Dan Seals “I Will Be There” (1)
6/13/1987: Randy Travis “Forever and Ever, Amen” (3)
7/4/1987: Earl Thomas Conley “That Was a Close One” (1)
7/11/1987: George Strait “All My Ex’s Live in Texas” (1)
7/18/1987: The Judds “I Know Where I’m Going” (1)
7/25/1987: Steve Wariner “The Weekend” (1)
8/1/1987: Ronnie Milsap “Snap Your Fingers” (1)
8/8/1987: Reba McEntire “One Promise Too Late” (1)
8/15/1987: Michael Martin Murphey “A Long Line of Love” (1)
8/22/1987: Restless Heart “Why Does It Have to Be Wrong or Right” (1)
8/29/1987: Hank Williams Jr. “Born to Boogie” (1)
9/5/1987: Exile “She’s Too Good to Be True” (1)
9/12/1987: Kenny Rogers & Ronnie Milsap “Make No Mistake, She’s Mine” (1)
9/19/1987: The Oak Ridge Boys “This Crazy Love” (1)
9/26/1987: Dan Seals “Three Time Loser” (1)
10/3/1987: The Forester Sisters “You Again” (1)
10/10/1987: Rosanne Cash & John Hiatt “The Way We Make a Broken Heart” (1)
10/17/1987: The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Fishin’ in the Dark” (1)
10/24/1987: Eddy Raven “Shine Shine Shine” (1)
10/31/1987: Earl Thomas Conley “Right from the Start” (1)
11/7/1987: George Strait “Am I Blue” (1)
11/14/1987: The Judds “Maybe Your Baby’s Got the Blues” (1)
11/21/1987: Randy Travis “I Won’t Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)” (1)
11/28/1987: Steve Wariner “Lynda” (1)
12/5/1987: Ricky Van Shelton “Somebody Lied” (1)
12/12/1987: Reba McEntire “The Last One to Know” (1)
12/19/1987: K.T. Oslin “Do Ya” (1)
12/26/1987: Highway 101 “Somewhere Tonight” (2)
1988
1/9/1988: Exile “I Can’t Get Close Enough” (1)
1/16/1988: Dan Seals “One Friend” (1)
1/23/1988: Ronnie Milsap “Where Do the Nights Go” (1)
1/30/1988: Kathy Mattea “Goin’ Gone” (1)
2/6/1988: Restless Heart “Wheels” (1)
2/13/1988: Rosanne Cash “Tennessee Flat Top Box” (1)
2/20/1988: Merle Haggard “Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star” (1)
2/27/1988: Tanya Tucker with Paul Davis & Paul Overstreet “I Won’t Take Less Than Your Love” (1)
3/5/1988: Alabama “Face to Face” (1)
3/12/1988: Randy Travis “Too Gone Too Long” (1)
3/19/1988: Ricky Van Shelton “Life Turned Her That Way” (1)
3/26/1988: The Judds “Turn It Loose” (1)
4/2/1988: Reba McEntire “Love Will Find Its Way to You” (1)
4/9/1988: George Strait “Famous Last Words of a Fool” (1)
4/16/1988: Eddie Rabbitt “I Wanna Dance with You” (1)
4/23/1988: K.T. Oslin “I’ll Always Come Back” (1)
4/30/1988: Rodney Crowell with Rosanne Cash “It’s Such a Small World” (1)
5/7/1988: Highway 101 “Cry Cry Cry” (1)
5/14/1988: Eddy Raven “I’m Gonna Get You” (1)
5/21/1988: Kathy Mattea “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses” (2)
6/4/1988: Earl Thomas Conley “What She Is Is a Woman in Love” (1)
6/11/1988: Randy Travis “I Told You So” (2)
6/25/1988: The Desert Rose Band “He’s Back and I’m Blue” (1)
7/2/1988: Tanya Tucker “If It Don’t Come Easy” (1)
7/9/1988: Alabama “Fallin’ Again” (1)
7/16/1988: Rosanne Cash “If You Change Your Mind” (1)
7/23/1988: Vern Gosdin “Set ‘Em Up Joe” (1)
7/30/1988: Ricky Van Shelton “Don’t We All Have the Right” (1)
8/6/1988: George Strait “Baby Blue” (1)
8/13/1988: Keith Whitley “Don’t Close Your Eyes” (1)
8/20/1988: Restless Heart “Bluest Eyes in Texas” (1)
8/27/1988: Eddie Rabbitt “The Wanderer” (1)
9/3/1988: Rodney Crowell “I Couldn’t Leave You if I Tried” (1)
9/10/1988: Highway 101 “Do You Love Me, Just Say Yes” (1)
9/17/1988: Eddy Raven “Joe Knows How to Live” (1)
9/24/1988: Dan Seals “Addicted” (1)
10/1/1988: Earl Thomas Conley & Emmylou Harris “We Believe in Happy Endings” (1)
10/8/1988: Randy Travis “Honky Tonk Moon” (1)
10/15/1988: Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens “Streets of Bakersfield” (1)
10/22/1988: Tanya Tucker “Strong Enough to Bend” (1)
10/29/1988: The Oak Ridge Boys “Gonna Take a Lot of River” (1)
11/5/1988: T. Graham Brown “Darlene” (1)
11/12/1988: Rosanne Cash “Runaway Train” (1)
11/19/1988: Ricky Van Shelton “I’ll Leave This World Loving You” (2)
12/3/1988: Reba McEntire “I Know How He Feels” (1)
12/10/1988: George Strait “If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin’” (1)
12/17/1988: Restless Heart “A Tender Lie” (1)
12/24/1988: Keith Whitley “When You Say Nothing at All” (2)
1989
1/7/1989: K.T. Oslin “Hold Me” (1)
1/14/1989: The Judds “Change of Heart” (1)
1/21/1989: Rodney Crowell “She’s Crazy for Leavin’” (1)
1/28/1989: Randy Travis “Deeper Than the Holler” (1)
2/4/1989: Earl Thomas Conley “What I’d Say” (1)
2/11/1989: Alabama “Song of the South” (1)
2/18/1989: Dan Seals “Big Wheels in the Moonlight” (1)
2/25/1989: Dwight Yoakam “I Sang Dixie” (1)
3/4/1989: The Desert Rose Band “I Still Believe in You” (1)
3/11/1989: Ronnie Milsap “Don’t You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me” (1)
3/18/1989: Ricky Van Shelton “From a Jack to a King” (1)
3/25/1989: Reba McEntire “New Fool at an Old Game” (1)
4/1/1989: George Strait “Baby’s Gotten Good at Goodbye” (1)
4/8/1989: Keith Whitley “I’m No Stranger to the Rain” (2)
4/22/1989: Shenandoah “The Church on Cumberland Road” (2)
5/6/1989: The Judds “Young Love (Strong Love)” (1)
5/13/1989: Randy Travis “Is Is Still Over?” (1)
5/20/1989: Alabama “If I Had You” (1)
5/27/1989: Rodney Crowell “After All This Time” (1)
6/3/1989: Steve Wariner “Where Did I Go Wrong” (1)
6/10/1989: Clint Black “A Better Man” (1)
6/17/1989: Earl Thomas Conley “Love Out Loud” (1)
6/24/1989: Rosanne Cash “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” (1)
7/1/1989: Kathy Mattea “Come from the Heart” (1)
7/8/1989: Ricky Skaggs “Lovin’ Only Me” (1)
7/15/1989: Eddy Raven “In a Letter to You” (1)
7/22/1989: George Strait “Whas’ Going on in Your World” (1)
7/29/1989: Reba McEntire “Cathy’s Clown” (1)
8/5/1989: Dolly Parton “Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That” (1)
8/12/1989: Patty Loveless “Timber, I’m Falling in Love” (1)
8/19/1989: Shenandoah “Sunday in the South” (1)
8/26/1989: Holly Dunn “Are You Ever Gonna Love Me” (1)
9/2/1989: Vern Gosdin “I’m Still Crazy” (1)
9/9/1989: Keith Whitley “I Wonder Do You Think of Me” (1)
9/16/1989: Willie Nelson “Nothing I Can Do about It Now” (1)
9/23/1989: Rodney Crowell “Above and Beyond” (1)
9/30/1989: The Judds “Let Me Tell You about Love” (1)
10/7/1989: Steve Wariner “I Got Dreams” (1)
10/14/1989: Clint Black “Killin’ Time” (1)
10/21/1989: Ricky Van Shelton “Living Proof” (1)
10/28/1989: Alabama “High Cotton” (1)
11/4/1989: George Strait “Ace in the Hole” (1)
11/11/1989: Kathy Mattea “Burnin’ Old Memories” (1)
11/18/1989: Eddy Raven “Bayou Boys” (1)
11/25/1989: Dolly Parton “Yellow Roses” (1)
12/2/1989: Randy Travis “It’s Just a Matter of Time” (1)
12/9/1989: Garth Brooks “If Tomorrow Never Comes” (1)
12/16/1989: Shenandoah “Two Dozen Roses” (1)
12/23/1989: Ronnie Milsap “A Woman in Love” (2)
1990
1/6/1990: Highway 101 “Who’s Lonely Now” (1)
1/13/1990: Keith Whitley “It Ain’t Nothin’” (1)
1/20/1990: Clint Black “Nobody’s Home” (3)
2/10/1990: Alabama “Southern Star” (1)
2/17/1990: Eddie Rabbitt “On Second Thought” (2)
3/3/1990: The Oak Ridge Boys “No Matter How High” (1)
3/10/1990: Patty Loveless “Chains” (1)
3/17/1990: Randy Travis “Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart” (4)
4/14/1990: Lorrie Morgan “Five Minutes” (1)
4/21/1990: Dan Seals “Love on Arrival” (3)
5/12/1990: Travis Tritt “Help Me Hold On” (1)
5/19/1990: Clint Black “Walkin’ Away” (2)
6/2/1990: Ricky Van Shelton “I’ve Cried My Last Tear for You” (1)
6/9/1990: George Strait “Love Without End, Amen” (5)
7/14/1990: Garth Brooks “The Dance” (3)
8/4/1990: Dan Seals “Good Times” (2)
8/18/1990: Shenandoah “Next to You, Next to Me” (3)
9/8/1990: Alabama “Jukebox in My Mind” (4)
10/6/1990: Garth Brooks “Friends in Low Places” (4)
11/3/1990: Reba McEntire “You Lie” (1)
11/10/1990: Joe Diffie “Home” (1)
11/17/1990: Holly Dunn “You Really Had Me Going” (1)
11/24/1990: K.T. Oslin “Come Next Monday” (2)
12/8/1990: George Strait “I’ve Come to Expect It from You” (5)
1991
1/12/1991: Garth Brooks Unanswered Prayers” (2)
1/26/1991: Alabama “Forever’s As Far As I’ll Go” (1)
2/2/1991: Paul Overstreet “Daddy’s Come Around” (1)
2/9/1991: Mark Chesnutt “Brother Jukebox” (2)
2/23/1991: Mike Reid “Walk on Faith” (2)
3/9/1991: Alan Jackson “I’d Love You All Over Again” (2)
3/23/1991: Clint Black “Loving Blind” (2)
4/6/1991: Garth Brooks “Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House” (1)
4/13/1991: Alabama “Down Home” (3)
5/4/1991: Dolly Parton & Ricky Van Shelton “Rockin’ Years” (1)
5/11/1991: George Strait “If I Know Me” (2)
5/25/1991: Doug Stone “In a Different Light” (1)
6/1/1991: Diamond Rio “Meet in the Middle” (2)
6/15/1991: Joe Diffie “If the Devil Danced in Empty Pockets” (1)
6/22/1991: Garth Brooks “The Thunder Rolls” (2)
7/6/1991: Alan Jackson “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” (3)
7/27/1991: Ricky Van Shelton “I Am a Simple Man” (1)
8/3/1991: Trisha Yearwood “She’s in Love with the Boy” (2)
8/17/1991: George Strait “You Know Me Better Than That” (3)
9/7/1991: Brooks & Dunn “Brand New Man” (2)
9/21/1991: Lionel Cartwright “Leap of Faith” (1)
9/28/1991: Clint Black “Where Are You Now” (2)
10/12/1991: Ricky Van Shelton “Keep It Between the Lines” (2)
10/26/1991: Travis Tritt “Anymore” (2)
11/9/1991: Alan Jackson “Someday” (1)
11/16/1991: Garth Brooks “Shameless” (2)
11/30/1991: Randy Travis “Forever Together” (1)
12/7/1991: Reba McEntire “For My Broken Heart” (2)
12/21/1991: Brooks & Dunn “My Next Broken Heart” (2)
1992
1/4/1992: Collin Raye “Love, Me” (3)
1/25/1992: Tracy Lawrence “Sticks and Stones” (1)
2/1/1992: Doug Stone “A Jukebox with a Country Song” (2)
2/15/1992: Garth Brooks “What She’s Doing Now” (4)
3/14/1992: John Anderson “Straight Tequila Night” (1)
3/21/1992: Alan Jackson “Dallas” (1)
3/28/1992: Reba McEntire “Is There Life Out There” (2)
4/11/1992: Wynonna Judd “She Is His Only Need” (1)
4/18/1992: Aaron Tippin “There Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong with the Radio” (3)
5/9/1992: Brooks & Dunn “Neon Moon” (2)
5/23/1992: Sawyer Brown “Some Girls Do” (1)
5/30/1992: Billy Ray Cyrus “Achy Breaky Heart” (5)
7/4/1992: Wynonna Judd “I Saw the Light” (3)
7/25/1992: Garth Brooks “The River” (1)
8/1/1992: Brooks & Dunn “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” (4)
8/29/1992: Mark Chesnutt “I’ll Think of Something” (1)
9/5/1992: Vince Gill “I Still Believe in You” (2)
9/19/1992: Alan Jackson “Love’s Got a Hold on You” (2)
10/3/1992: Collin Raye “In This Life” (2)
10/17/1992: Randy Travis “If I Didn’t Have You” (1)
10/24/1992: Wynonna Judd “No One Else on Earth” (4)
11/21/1992: Alabama “I’m in a Hurry and Don’t Know Why” (2)
12/5/1992: George Strait “I Cross My Heart” (2)
12/19/1992: Alan Jackson “She’s Got the Rhythm and I Got the Blues” (1)
12/26/1992: Vince Gill “Don’t Let Our Love Start Slippin’ Away” (3)
1993
1/16/1993: Garth Brooks “Somewhere Other Than the Night” (1)
1/23/1993: Randy Travis “Look Heart, No Hands” (2)
2/6/1993: Doug Stone “Too Busy Being in Love” (1)
2/13/1993: Travis Tritt “Can I Trust You with My Heart” (2)
2/27/1993: Lorrie Morgan “What Part of No” (3)
3/20/1993: George Strait “Heartland” (1)
3/27/1993: Clint Black “When My Ship Comes In” (2)
4/10/1993: Reba McEntire & Vince Gill “The Heart Won’t Lie” (2)
4/24/1993: Sammy Kershaw “She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful” (1)
5/1/1993: Tracy Lawrence “Alibis” (2)
5/15/1993: John Michael Montgomery “I Love the Way You Love Me” (3)
6/5/1993: Toby Keith “Should’ve Been a Cowboy” (2)
6/19/1993: Patty Loveless “Blame It on Your Heart” (2)
7/3/1993: Garth Brooks “That Summer” (1)
7/10/1993: John Anderson “Money in the Bank” (1)
7/17/1993: Alan Jackson “Chattahoochee” (4)
8/14/1993: Mark Chesnutt “It Sure Is Monday” (1)
8/21/1993: Doug Stone “Why Didn’t I Think of That” (1)
8/28/1993: Tracy Lawrence “Can’t Break It to My Heart” (1)
9/4/1993: Sawyer Brown “Thank God for You” (2)
9/18/1993: Garth Brooks “Ain’t Going Down Til the Sun Comes Up” (2)
9/25/1993: Tracy Byrd “Holdin’ Heaven” (1)
10/9/1993: Vince Gill “One More Last Chance” (1)
10/16/1993: Clay Walker “What’s It to You” (1)
10/23/1993: George Strait “Easy Come Easy Go” (2)
11/6/1993: Reba McEntire with Linda Davis “Does He Love You” (1)
11/13/1993: Brooks & Dunn “She Used to Be Mine” (1)
11/20/1993: Mark Chesnutt “Almost Goodbye” (1)
11/27/1993: Alabama “Reckless” (1)
12/4/1993: Garth Brooks “American Honky-Tonk Bar Assocation” (1)
12/11/1993: Tracy Lawrence “My Second Home” (1)
12/18/1993: Doug Supernaw “I Don’t Call Him Daddy” (2)
1994
1/1/1994: Faith Hill “Wild One” (4)
1/29/1994: Clay Walker “Live Until I Die” (1)
2/5/1994: John Michael Montgomery “I Swear” (4)
3/5/1994: Mark Chesnutt “I Just Wanted You to Know” (1)
3/12/1994: Vince Gill “Tryin’ to Get Over You” (1)
3/19/1994: Neal McCoy “No Doubt about It” (2)
4/2/1994: Little Texas “My Love” (2)
4/16/1994: Tracy Lawrence “If the Good Die Young” (2)
4/30/1994: Faith Hill “Piece of My Heart” (1)
5/7/1994: Clint Black “A Good Run of Bad Luck” (1)
5/14/1994: Shenandoah “If Bubba Can Dance I Can Too” (1)
5/21/1994: John Berry “Your Love Amazes Me” (1)
5/28/1994: Tim McGraw “Don’t Take the Girl” (2)
6/11/1994: Brooks & Dunn “That Ain’t No Way to Go” (1)
6/18/1994: Neal McCoy “Wink” (4)
7/16/1994: Travis Tritt “Foolish Pride” (1)
7/23/1994: Alan Jackson “Summertime Blues” (3)
8/13/1994: John Michael Montgomery “Be My Baby Tonight” (2)
8/27/1994: Clay Walker “Dreaming with My Eyes Open” (1)
9/3/1994: Randy Travis “Whisper My Name” (1)
9/10/1994: Trisha Yearwood “XXX’s and OOO’s (An American Girl)” (2)
9/24/1994: Joe Diffie “Third Rock from the Sun” (2)
10/8/1994: Toby Keith “Who’s That Man” (1)
10/15/1994: Brooks & Dunn “She’s Not the Cheatin’ Kind” (2)
10/29/1994: Alan Jackson “Livin’ on Love” (3)
11/19/1994: Mary Chapin Carpenter “Shut Up and Kiss Me” (1)
11/26/1994: Clay Walker “If I Could Make a Living” (1)
12/3/1994: George Strait “The Big One” (1)
12/10/1994: John Michael Montgomery “If You’ve Got Love” (1)
12/17/1994: Joe Diffie “Pickup Man” (4)
1995
1/14/1995: Tim McGraw “Not a Moment Too Soon” (2)
1/28/1995: Alan Jackson “Gone Country” (1)
2/4/1995: Pam Tillis “Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)” (2)
2/18/1995: Collin Raye “My Kind of Girl” (1)
2/25/1995: Wade Hayes “Old Enough to Know Better” (2)
3/11/1995: George Strait “You Can’t Make a Heart Love Somebody” (1)
3/18/1995: Clay Walker “This Woman and This Man” (2)
4/1/1995: Trisha Yearwood “Thinkin’ about You” (2)
4/22/1995: John Michael Montgomery “I Can Love You Like That” (3)
4/29/1995: Brooks & Dunn “Little Miss Honky Tonk” (1)
5/15/1995: Reba McEntire “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter” (1)
5/20/1995: Mark Chesnutt “Gonna Get a Life” (1)
5/27/1995: Ty Herndon “What Mattered Most” (1)
6/3/1995: Clint Black “Summer’s Comin’” (3)
6/24/1995: Tracy Lawrence “Texas Tornado” (1)
7/1/1995: John Michael Montgomery “Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)” (3)
7/22/1995: Shania Twain “Any Man of Mine” (2)
8/5/1995: Alan Jackson “I Don’t Even Know Your Name” (1)
8/12/1995: Lorrie Morgan “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength” (1)
8/19/1995: Brooks & Dunn “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone” (2)
9/2/1995: Jeff Carson “Not on Your Love” (1)
9/9/1995: Bryan White “Someone Else’s Star” (1)
9/16/1995: Tim McGraw “I Like It, I Love It” (5)
10/21/1995: Garth Brooks “She’s Every Woman” (1)
10/28/1995: David Lee Murphy “Dust on the Bottle” (2)
11/11/1995: George Strait “Check Yes or No” (4)
12/23/1995: Aaron Tippin “That’s As Close As I’ll Get to Loving You” (2)
12/29/1995: Alan Jackson “Tall Tall Trees” (2)
1996
1/6/1996: Bryan White “Rebecca Lynn” (1)
1/13/1996: Faith Hill “It Matters to Me” (3)
2/3/1996: Shania Twain “If You’re Not in It for Love, I’m Outta Here” (2)
2/17/1996: Joe Diffie “Bigger Than the Beatles” (2)
3/2/1996: Martina McBride “Wild Angels” (1)
3/9/1996: Alan Jackson “I’ll Try” (1)
3/16/1996: Garth Brooks “The Beaches of Cheyenne” (1)
3/23/1996: Patty Loveless “You Can Feel Bad” (2)
4/6/1996: Wynonna Judd “To Be Loved by You” (1)
4/13/1996: Lonestar “No News” (3)
5/4/1996: Shania Twain “You Win My Love” (2)
5/18/1996: Brooks & Dunn “My Maria” (3)
6/8/1996: George Strait “Blue Clear Sky” (2)
6/22/1996: Tracy Lawrence “Time Marches On” (3)
7/13/1996: Shania Twain “No One Needs to Know” (1)
7/20/1996: Ricochet “Daddy’s Money” (2)
8/3/1996: Rhett Akins “Don’t Get Me Started” (1)
8/10/1996: George Strait “Carried Away” (3)
8/31/1996: Tim McGraw “She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart” (2)
9/14/1996: Mindy McCready “Guys Do It All the Time” (1)
9/21/1996: Bryan White “So Much for Pretending” (2)
10/5/1996: Ty Herndon “Living in a Moment” (1)
10/12/1996: Trisha Yearwood “Believe Me Baby (I Lied)” (2)
10/26/1996: Clint Black “Like the Rain” (3)
11/16/1996: Patty Loveless “Lonely Too Long” (1)
11/23/1996: Deana Carter “Strawberry Wine” (2)
12/7/1996: Alan Jackson “Little Bitty” (3)
12/28/1996: LeAnn Rimes “One Way Ticket (Because I Can)” (2)
1997
1/11/1997: Kevin Sharp “Nobody Knows” (4)
2/8/1997: Mark Chesnutt “It’s a Little Too Late” (2)
2/22/1997: Brooks & Dunn “A Man This Lonely” (1)
3/1/1997: Rick Trevino “Running Out of Reasons to Run” (1)
3/8/1997: Toby Keith “Me Too” (1)
3/15/1997: Deana Carter “We Danced Anyway” (2)
3/29/1997: Reba McEntire “How Was I to Know” (1)
4/5/1997: Trace Adkins “This Ain’t No Thinkin’ Thing” (1)
4/12/1997: Clay Walker “Rumor Has It” (2)
4/26/1997: George Strait “One Night at a Time” (5)
5/31/1997: Bryan White “Sittin’ on Go” (1)
6/7/1997: Tim McGraw & Faith Hill “It’s Your Love” (6)
7/19/1997: George Strait “Carrying Your Love with Me” (4)
8/16/1997: Lonestar “Come Cryin’ to Me” (2)
8/30/1997: Kenny Chesney “She’s Got It All” (3)
9/20/1997: Alan Jackson “There Goes” (1)
9/27/1997: Diamond Rio “How Your Love Makes Me Feel” (3)
10/18/1997: Deana Carter “How Do I Get There” (1)
10/25/1997: Tim McGraw “Everywhere” (2)
11/8/1997: Shania Twain “Love Gets Me Every Time” (5)
12/13/1997: Michael Peterson “From Here to Eternity” (1)
12/20/1997: Garth Brooks “Longneck Bottle” (3)
1998
1/10/1998: Martina McBride “A Broken Wing” (1)
1/17/1998: Tim McGraw “Just to See You Smile” (6)
2/28/1998: Anita Cochran & Steve Wariner “What if I Said” (1)
3/7/1998: George Strait “Round about Way” (2)
3/21/1998: Clint Black “Nothin’ But the Taillights” (2)
4/4/1998: Trisha Yearwood “A Perfect Love” (2)
4/18/1998: Jo Dee Messina “Bye Bye” (2)
5/2/1998: Shania Twain “You’re Still the One” (1)
5/9/1998: Garth Brooks “Two Pina Coladas” (1)
5/16/1998: Faith Hill “This Kiss” (3)
6/6/1998: George Strait “I Just Want to Dance with You” (3)
6/27/1998: Brooks & Dunn with Reba McEntire “If You See Him/If You See Her” (2)
7/11/1998: Clint Black “The Shoes You’re Wearing” (1)
7/18/1998: Collin Raye “I Can Still Feel You” (2)
8/1/1998: Garth Brooks “To Make You Feel My Love” (1)
8/8/1998: Dixie Chicks “There’s Your Trouble” (2)
8/22/1998: Jo Dee Messina “I’m Alright” (3)
9/12/1998: Brooks & Dunn “How Long Gone” (3)
10/3/1998: Tim McGraw “Where the Green Grass Grows” (4)
10/31/1998: Shania Twain “Honey I’m Home” (1)
11/7/1998: Dixie Chicks “Wide Open Spaces” (4)
12/5/1998: Ty Herndon “It Must Be Love” (1)
12/12/1998: Faith Hill “Let Me Let Go” (1)
12/19/1998: Brooks & Dunn “Husbands and Wives” (1)
12/26/1998: Terri Clark “You’re Easy on the Eyes” (3)
1999
1/16/1999: Alan Jackson “Right on the Money” (1)
1/23/1999: Martina McBride “Wrong Again” (1)
1/30/1999: Jo Dee Messina “Stand Beside Me” (3)
2/20/1999: Mark Chesnutt “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” (2)
3/6/1999: Sara Evans “No Place That Far” (1)
3/13/1999: Dixie Chicks “You Were Mine” (2)
3/27/1999: Kenny Chesney “How Forever Feels” (6)
5/8/1999: Mark Wills “Wish You Were Here” (1)
5/15/1999: Tim McGraw & Patty Loveless “Please Remember Me” (5)
6/19/1999: George Strait “Write This Down” (4)
7/17/1999: Lonestar “Amazed” (8)
9/11/1999: Chely Wright “Single White Female” (1)
9/18/1999: Kenny Chesney “You Had Me from Hello” (1)
9/25/1999: Tim McGraw “Something Like That” (5)
10/30/1999: Martina McBride “I Love You” (5)
12/4/1999: Clint Black with Lisa Hartman “When I Said I Do” (2)
12/11/1999: Brad Paisley “He Didn’t Have to Be” (1)
12/25/1999: Faith Hill “Breathe” (6)
2000
2/5/2000: Dixie Chicks “Cowboy Take Me Away” (3)
2/26/2000: Tim McGraw “My Best Friend” (2)
3/11/2000: Lonestar “Smile” (1)
3/18/2000: Toby Keith “How Do You Like Me Now?!” (5)
4/22/2000: George Strait “The Best Day” (3)
5/13/2000: Kenny Rogers with Alison Krauss & Billy Dean “Buy Me a Rose” (1)
5/20/2000: Faith Hill “The Way You Love Me” (4)
6/17/2000: Chad Brock “Yes (Yes!)” (3)
7/8/2000: Lee Ann Woman with the Sons of the Desert “I Hope You Dance” (5)
8/12/2000: Lonestar “What about Now” (4)
9/9/2000: Alan Jackson “It Must Be Love” (1)
9/16/2000: Jo Dee Messina “That’s the Way” (4)
10/14/2000: Aaron Tippin “Kiss This” (2)
10/28/2000: John Michael Montgomery “The Little Girl” (3)
11/18/2000: Travis Tritt “Best of Intentions” (1)
11/25/2000: Phil Vassar “Just Another Day in Paradise” (1)
12/12/2000: Brad Paisley “We Danced” (2)
12/16/2000: Tim McGraw “My Next Thirty Years” (5)
2001
1/20/2001: Sara Evans “Born to Fly” (1)
1/27/2001: Dixie Chicks “Without You” (1)
2/3/2001: Lonestar “Tell Her” (2)
2/17/2001: Jamie O’Neal “There Is No Arizona” (1)
2/24/2001: Keith Urban “But for the Grace of God” (1)
3/3/2001: Toby Keith “You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This” (3)
3/10/2001: Diamond Rio “One More Day” (2)
4/7/2001: Jessica Andrews “Who I Am” (3)
4/28/2001: Brooks & Dunn “Ain’t Nothing ‘Bout You” (6)
6/9/2001: Kenny Chesney “Don’t Happen Twice” (1)
6/16/2001: Tim McGraw “Grown Men Don’t Cry” (1)
6/23/2001: Lonestar “I’m Already There” (6)
8/4/2001: Jamie O’Neal “When I Think about Angels” (1)
8/11/2001: Blake Shelton “Austin” (5)
9/15/2001: Toby Keith “I’m Just Talkin’ about Tonight” (1)
9/22/2001: Cyndi Thomson “What I Really Meant to Say” (3)
10/13/2001: Alan Jackson “Where I Come From” (3)
10/27/2001: Brooks & Dunn “Only in America” (1)
11/10/2001: Tim McGraw “Angry All the Time” (2)
11/24/2001: Toby Keith “I Wanna Talk about Me” (5)
12/29/2001: Alan Jackson “Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning” (5)

2002
2/2/2002: Steve Holy “Good Morning Beautiful” (5)
3/9/2002: Jo Dee Messina & Tim McGraw “Bring on the Rain” (1)
3/16/2002: Tim McGraw “The Cowboy in Me” (1)
3/23/2002: Brooks & Dunn “The Long Goodbye” (1)
3/30/2002: Martina McBride “Blessed” (2)
4/13/2002: Chris Cagle “I Breathe in, I Breathe Out” (1)
4/20/2002: Toby Keith “My List” (5)
5/25/2002: Alan Jackson “Drive (For Daddy Gene)” (4)
6/22/2002: George Strait “Living and Living Well” (2)
7/6/2002: Brad Paisley “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song)” (2)
7/20/2002: Toby Keith “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” (1)
7/27/2002: Kenny Chesney “The Good Stuff” (7)
9/14/2002: Tim McGraw “Unbroken” (1)
9/21/2002: Darryl Worley “I Miss My Friend” (1)
9/28/2002: Diamond Rio “Beautiful Mess” (2)
10/5/2002: Tracy Byrd “Ten Rounds with Jose Cuervo” (1)
10/19/2002: Keith Urban “Somebody Like You” (6)
11/30/2002: Rascal Flatts “These Days” (3)
12/21/2002: Toby Keith “Who’s Your Daddy?” (1)
12/28/2002: George Strait “She’ll Leave You with a Smile” (2)
2003
1/11/2003: Mark Wills “19 Somethin’” (6)
2/22/2003: Blake Shelton “The Baby” (3)
3/15/2003: Garry Allan “Man to Man” (1)
3/22/2003: Dixie Chicks “Travelin’ Soldier” (1)
3/29/2003: Joe Nichols “Brokenheartsville” (1)
4/5/2003: Darryl Worley “Have You Forgotten?” (7)
5/24/2003: Randy Travis “Three Wooden Crosses” (1)
5/31/2003: Diamond Rio “I Believe” (2)
6/14/2003: Toby Keith & Willie Nelson “Beer for My Horses” (6)
7/26/2003: Lonestar “My Front Porch Looking In” (1)
8/2/2003: Brooks & Dunn “Red Dirt Road” (1)
8/9/2003: Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere” (8)
9/27/2003: Dierks Bentley “What Was I Thinkin’” (1)
10/11/2003: Tim McGraw “Real Good Man” (2)
10/25/2003: Garry Allan “Tough Little Boys” (2)
11/8/2003: Keith Urban “Who Wouldn’t Wanna Be Me” (1)
11/15/2003: Toby Keith “I Love This Bar” (5)
12/20/2003: Kenny Chesney “There Goes My Life” (7)
2004
2/7/2004: Alan Jackson “Remember When” (2)
2/21/2004: Toby Keith “American Soldier” (4)
3/20/2004: Tim McGraw “Watch the Wind Blow By” (2)
4/3/2004: Kenny Chesney & Uncle Kracker “When the Sun Goes Down” (5)
5/8/2004: Keith Urban “You’ll Think of Me” (2)
5/22/2004: Rascal Flatts “Mayberry” (1)
5/29/2004: Gretchen Wilson “Redneck Woman” (5)
7/3/2004: Montgomery Gentry “If You Ever Stop Loving Me” (1)
7/10/2004: Toby Keith “Whiskey Girl” (1)
7/17/2004: Tim McGraw “Live Like You Were Dying” (7)
8/7/2004: Reba McEntire “Somebody” (1)
9/11/2004: Terri Clark “Girls Lie Too” (1)
9/18/2004: Keith Urban “Days Go By” (4)
10/16/2004: Sara Evans “Suds in the Bucket” (1)
10/23/2004: George Strait “I Hate Everything” (2)
11/6/2004: Phil Vassar “In a Real Love” (2)
11/20/2004: Lonestar “Mr. Mom” (2)
12/4/2004: Garry Allan “Nothing on But the Radio” (2)
12/18/2004: Tim McGraw “Back When” (1)
12/25/2004: Blake Shelton “Some Beach” (4)
2005
1/22/2005: Darryl Worley “Awful, Beautiful Life” (2)
2/5/2005: Brad Paisley “Mud on the Tires” (1)
2/12/2005: Rascal Flatts “Bless the Broken Road” (5)
3/19/2005: Josh Gracin “Nothin’ to Lose” (1)
3/26/2005: Craig Morgan “That’s What I Love about Sunday” (4)
4/23/2005: Kenny Chesney “Anything But Mine” (2)
5/7/2005: Brooks & Dunn “It’s Getting Better All the Time” (1)
5/14/2005: Jo Dee Messina “My Give a Damn’s Busted” (2)
5/28/2005: Keith Urban “Making Memories of Us” (5)
7/2/2005: Rascal Flatts “Fast Cars and Freedom” (3)
7/23/2005: Toby Keith “As Good As I Once Was” (6)
9/3/2005: Faith Hill “Mississippi Girl” (2)
9/17/2005: Brooks & Dunn “Play Something Country” (1)
9/24/2005: Sara Evans “A Real Fine Place to Start” (2)
10/8/2005: Montgomery Gentry “Something to Be Proud Of” (2)
10/22/2005: Keith Urban “Better Life” (6)
12/3/2005: Dierks Bentley “Come a Little Closer” (3)
12/17/2005: Joe Nichols “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off” (1)
12/31/2005: Billy Currington “Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right” (2)
2006
1/14/2006: George Strait “She Let Herself Go” (1)
1/21/2006: Carrie Underwood “Jesus Take the Wheel” (6)
3/4/2006: Brad Paisley & Dolly Parton “When I Get Where I’m Going” (1)
3/11/2006: Josh Turner “Your Man” (1)
3/18/2006: Kenny Chesney “Living in Fast Forward” (3)
4/8/2006: Rascal Flatts “What Hurts the Most” (4)
5/6/2006: Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles “Who Says You Can’t Go Home” (2)
5/20/2006: Jack Ingram “Wherever You Are” (1)
5/27/2006: Jason Aldean “Why” (1)
6/3/2006: Dierks Bentley “Settle for a Slowdown” (2)
6/17/2006: Kenny Chesney “Summertime” (5)
7/22/2006: Brad Paisley “The World” (3)
8/12/2006: Rodney Atkins “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)” (4)
9/9/2006: The Wreckers “Leave the Pieces” (2)
9/23/2006: Steve Holy “Brand New Girlfriend” (1)
9/30/2006: George Strait “Give It Away” (2)
10/14/2006: Josh Turner “Would You Go with Me” (2)
10/28/2006: Heartland “I Loved Her First” (1)
11/4/2006: Dierks Bentley “Every Mile a Memory” (1)
11/11/2006: Carrie Underwood “Before He Cheats” (5)
12/16/2006: Rascal Flatts “My Wish” (1)
12/23/2006: Sugarland “Want To” (2)
2007
1/6/2007: Brad Paisley “She’s Everything” (3)
1/27/2007: Rodney Atkins “Watching You” (4)
2/24/2007: George Strait “It Just Comes Natural” (2)
3/10/2007: Trace Adkins “Ladies Love Country Boys” (2)
3/24/2007: Kenny Chesney “Beer in Mexico” (3)
4/14/2007: Tim McGraw “Last Dollar (Fly Away)” (1)
4/21/2007: Carrie Underwood “Wasted” (3)
5/12/2007: Rascal Flatts “Stand” (1)
5/19/2007: Sugarland “Settlin’” (1)
5/26/2007: Billy Currington “Good Directions” (3)
6/16/2007: Emerson Drive “Moments” (1)
6/23/2007: Tracy Lawrence & Tim McGraw “Find Out Who Your Friends Are” (1)
6/30/2007: Brad Paisley “Ticks” (1)
7/7/2007: Montgomery Gentry “Lucky Man” (2)
7/21/2007: Big & Rich “Lost in This Moment” (2)
8/4/2007: Kenny Chesney “Never Wanted Nothing More” (5)
9/8/2007: Rodney Atkins “These Are My People” (1)
9/15/2007: Garth Brooks “More Than a Memory” (1)
9/22/2007: Rascal Flatts “Take Me There” (3)
10/13/2007: Brad Paisley “Online” (1)
10/20/2007: Toby Keith “Love Me if You Can” (1)
10/27/2007: Kenny Chesney “Don’t Blink” (4)
11/24/2007: Dierks Bentley “Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)” (1)
12/1/2007: Carrie Underwood “So Small” (3)
12/22/2007: Taylor Swift “Our Song” (6)
2008
2/22/2008: Brad Paisley “Letter to Me” (4)
3/1/2008: Rodney Atkins “Cleaning This Gun (Come on in Boy)” (2)
3/15/2008: Carrie Underwood “All-American Girl” (2)
3/29/2008: Alan Jackson “Small Town Southern Man” (2)
4/12/2008: Trace Adkins “You’re Gonna Miss This” (3)
5/3/2008: George Strait “I Saw God Today” (2)
5/17/2008: James Otto “Just Got Started Lovin’ You” (2)
5/31/2008: Brad Paisley “I’m Still a Guy” (3)
6/21/2008: Carrie Underwood “Last Name” (1)
6/28/2008: Kenny Chesney “Better As a Memory” (2)
7/12/2008: Montgomery Gentry “Back When I Knew It All” (1)
7/19/2008: Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert “Home” (2)
8/2/2008: Alan Jackson “Good Time” (2)
8/16/2008: Sugarland “All I Want to Do” (1)
8/23/2008: Taylor Swift “Should’ve Said No” (2)
9/6/2008: Keith Urban “You Look Good in My Shirt” (1)
9/13/2008: Jimmy Wayne “Do You Believe Me Now” (2)
9/20/2008: Brad Paisley with Andy Griffith “Waitin’ on a Woman” (1)
10/4/2008: Darius Rucker “Don’t Think I Don’t Think about It” (2)
10/18/2008: Kenny Chesney & the Wailers “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven” (2)
11/1/2008: Toby Keith “She Never Cried in Front of Me” (1)
11/8/2008: Carrie Underwood “Just a Dream” (2)
11/22/2008: Taylor Swift “Love Story” (2)
12/6/2008: Zac Brown Band “Chicken Fried” (2)
12/20/2008: Montgomery Gentry “Roll with Me” (2)
2009
1/3/2009: Rascal Flatts “Here” (2)
1/17/2009: Sugarland “Already Gone” (1)
1/24/2009: Brad Paisley & Keith Urban “Start a Band” (1)
1/31/2009: Alan Jackson “Country Boy” (1)
2/7/2009: Blake Shelton “She Wouldn’t Be Gone” (2)
2/21/2009: Dierks Bentley “Feel That Fire” (1)
2/28/2009: Kenny Chesney & Mac McAnally “Down the Road” (1)
3/7/2009: Toby Keith “God Love Her” (1)
3/14/2009: Keith Urban “Sweet Thing” (2)
3/28/2009: Darius Rucker “It Won’t Be Like This for Long” (3)
4/18/2009: George Strait “River of Love” (1)
4/25/2009: Rascal Flatts “Here Comes Goodbye” (1)
5/2/2009: Rodney Atkins “It’s America” (2)
5/16/2009: Jason Aldean “She’s Country” (1)
5/23/2009: Sugarland “It Happens” (2)
6/6/2009: Brad Paisley “Then” (3)
6/27/2009: Kenny Chesney “Out Last Night” (2)
7/11/2009: Dierks Bentley “Sideways” (2)
7/25/2009: Lady Antebellum “I Run to You” (1)
8/1/2009: Billy Currington “People Are Crazy” (2)
8/15/2009: Darius Rucker “Alright” (1)
8/22/2009: Taylor Swift “You Belong with Me” (2)
9/5/2009: Jason Aldean “Big Green Tractor” (4)
10/3/2009: Justin Moore “Small Town USA” (1)
10/10/2009: Toby Keith “American Ride” (2)
10/24/2009: Chris Young “Gettin’ You Home (The Black Dress Song)” (1)
10/31/2009: Keith Urban “Only You Can Love Me This Way” (1)
11/7/2009: Zac Brown Band “Toes” (2)
11/21/2009: Carrie Underwood “Cowboy Casanova” (1)
11/28/2009: Lady Antebellum “Need You Now” (5)

2010
1/2/2010: Reba McEntire “Consider Me Gone” (4)
1/30/2010: Tim McGraw “Southern Voice” (1)
2/6/2010: Jason Aldean “The Truth” (2)
2/20/2010: Josh Turner “Why Don’t We Just Dance” (4)
3/20/2010: Billy Currington “That’s How Country Boys Roll” (1)
3/27/2010: Blake Shelton with Trace Adkins “Hillbilly Bone” (1)
4/3/2010: Easton Corbin “A Little More Country Than That” (1)
4/10/2010: Carrie Underwood “Temporary Home” (1)
4/17/2010: Zac Brown Band “Highway 20 Ride” (1)
4/24/2010: Lady Antebellum “American Honey” (2)
5/8/2010: Joe Nichols “Gimmie That Girl” (1)
5/22/2010: Chris Young “The Man I Want to Be” (3)
6/12/2010: Miranda Lambert “The House That Built Me” (4)
7/10/2010: Brad Paisley “Water” (2)
7/24/2010: Luke Bryan “Rain Is a Good Thing” (2)
8/7/2010: Carrie Underwood “Undo It” (1)
8/14/2010: Jerrod Niemann “Lover Lover” (1)
8/21/2010: Zac Brown Band “Free” (1)
8/28/2010: Blake Shelton “All About Tonight” (3)
9/18/2010: Billy Currington “Pretty Good at Drinkin’ Beer” (1)
9/25/2010: Lady Antebellum “Our Kind of Love” (2)
10/9/2010: Kenny Chesney “The Boys of Fall” (2)
10/23/2010: Josh Turner “All Over Me” (1)
10/30/2010: Easton Corbin “Roll with It” (1)
11/6/2010: Darius Rucker “Come Back Song” (2)
11/20/2010: Zac Brown Band with Alan Jackson “As She’s Walking Away” (2)
12/4/2010: Brad Paisley “Anything Like Me” (1)
12/11/2010: The Band Perry “If I Die Young” (1)
12/18/2010: Rascal Flatts “Why Wait” (2)
2011
1/1/2011: Reba McEntire “Turn on the Radio” (1)
1/8/2011: Tim McGraw “Felt Good on My Lips” (3)
1/29/2011: Kenny Chesney “Somewhere with You” (3)
2/19/2011: Chris Young “Voices” (1)
2/26/2011: Luke Bryan “Someone Else Calling You Baby” (1)
3/5/2011: Blake Shelton “Who Are You When I’m Not Looking” (1)
3/12/2011: Jason Aldean with Kelly Clarkson “Don’t You Wanna Stay” (3)
4/2/2011: Billy Currington “Let Me Down Easy” (1)
4/9/2011: Thompson Square “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not” (1)
4/16/2011: Zac Brown Band “Colder Weather” (2)
4/30/2011: Darius Rucker “This” (1)
5/7/2011: Kenny Chesney “Live a Little” (1)
5/14/2011: Sara Evans “A Little Bit Stronger” (2)
5/28/2011: Miranda Lambert “Heart Like Mine” (1)
6/4/2011: Brad Paisley with Alabama “Old Alabama” (2)
6/18/2011: Keith Urban “Without You” (1)
6/25/2011: Blake Shelton “Honey Bee” (4)
7/23/2011: Justin Moore “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” (1)
7/30/2011: Jason Aldean & Ludacris “Dirt Road Anthem” (1)
8/6/2011: Chris Young “Tomorrow” (1)
8/13/2011: Zac Brown Band with Jimmy Buffett “Knee Deep” (1)
8/20/2011: Lady Antebellum “Just a Kiss” (2)
9/3/2011: Dierks Bentley “Am I the Only One” (1)
9/10/2011: Brad Paisley & Carrie Underwood “Remind Me” (1)
9/17/2011: Jake Owen “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” (2)
10/1/2011: Rodney Atkins “Take a Back Road” (2)
10/15/2011: Toby Keith “Made in America” (1)
10/22/2011: Keith Urban “Long Hot Summer” (1)
10/29/2011: Blake Shelton “God Gave Me You” (3)
11/19/2011: Eli Young Band “Crazy Girl” (1)
11/26/2011: Taylor Swift “Sparks Fly” (1)
12/3/2011: Brantley Gilbert “Country Must Be Country Wide” (1)
12/10/2011: Lady Antebellum “We Owned the Night” (2)
12/24/2011: Zac Brown Band “Keep Me in Mind” (4)
2012
1/21/2012: David Nail with Sarah Buxton “Let It Rain” (1)
1/28/2012: Eric Church “Drink in My Hand” (1)
2/4/2012: Luke Bryan “I Don’t Want This Night to End” (1)
2/11/2012: Chris Young “You” (1)
2/18/2012: The Band Perry “All Your Life” (2)
3/3/2012: Keith Urban “You Gonna Fly” (2)
3/17/2012: Kenny Chesney “Reality” (1)
3/24/2012: Dierks Bentley “Home” (1)
3/31/2012: Taylor Swift “Ours” (1)
4/7/2012: Jake Owen “Alone with You” (2)
4/21/2012: Lee Brice “A Woman Like You” (1)
4/28/2012: Blake Shelton “Drink on It” (2)
5/12/2012: Rascal Flatts “Banjo” (1)
5/19/2012: Miranda Lambert “Over You” (1)
5/26/2012: Jason Aldean “Fly Over States” (1)
6/2/2012: Kip Moore “Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck” (2)
6/16/2012: Carrie Underwood “Good Girl” (1)
6/23/2012: Eric Church “Springsteen” (2)
7/7/2012: Luke Bryan “Drunk on You” (2)
7/21/2012: Brantley Gilbert “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do” (1)
7/28/2012: Eli Young Band “Even if It Breaks Your Heart” (1)
8/4/2012: Dierks Bentley “Five (5)-1-5-0” (1)
8/11/2012: Kenny Chesney “Come Over” (2)
8/25/2012: Love and Theft “Angel Eyes” (1)
9/1/2012: Blake Shelton “Over” (2)
9/15/2012: Little Big Town “Pontoon” (2)
9/29/2012: Hunter Hayes “Wanted” (2)
10/6/2012: Jason Aldean “Take a Little Ride” (2)
10/20/2012: Taylor Swift “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” (10)
10/27/2012: Carrie Underwood “Blown Away” (2) *
11/10/2012: Lee Brice “Hard to Love” (2) *
11/24/2012: Luke Bryan “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye” (2) *
12/8/2012: Jake Owen “The One That Got Away” (1)
12/15/2012: Florida Georgia Line with Nelly “Cruise (remix)” (24) *

2013
1/5/2013: Justin Moore “Til My Last Day” (1) *
1/12/2013: Zac Brown Band “Goodbye in Her Eyes” (3) *
2/2/2013: The Band Perry “Better Dig Two” (3)
2/2/2013: Randy Houser “How Country Feels” (1) *
2/9/2013: Garry Allan “Every Storm Runs Out of Rain” (1)
2/16/2013: Jason Aldean with Luke Bryan & Eric Church “The Only Way I Know” (1) *
3/9/2013: Blake Shelton “Sure Be Cool if You Did” (5)
3/9/2013: Tim McGraw “One of Those Nights” (3) *
4/13/2013: Darius Rucker “Wagon Wheel” (3) *
4/13/2013: Hunter Hayes “Somebody’s Heartbreak” (1) *
4/20/2013: Lee Brice “I Drive Your Truck” (1) *
4/27/2013: Lady Antebellum “Downtown” (2) *
5/11/2013: Thompson Square “If I Didn’t Have You” (1) *
5/18/2013: Florida Georgia Line “Get Your Shine On” (2) *
6/15/2013: Tim McGraw & Taylor Swift “Highway Don’t Care” (2) *
6/29/2013: Blake Shelton with Pistol Annies & Friends “Boys Round Here” (2)
7/6/2013: Jake Owen “Anywhere with You” (1) *
7/13/2013: Luke Bryan “Crash My Party” (3) *
8/3/2013: The Band Perry “Done” (1) *
8/10/2013: Randy Houser “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight” (2) *
8/24/2013: Brett Eldredge “Don’t Ya” (2) *
8/31/2013: Luke Bryan “That’s My Kind of Night” (12)
9/7/2013: Keith Urban “A Little Bit of Everything” (2) *
9/21/2013: Florida Georgia Line “Round Here” (2) *
10/5/2013: Jason Aldean “Night Train” (2) *
10/19/2013: Billy Currington “Hey Girl” (1) *
10/26/2013: Thomas Rhett “It Goes Like This” (3) *
11/16/2013: Blake Shelton “Mine Would Be You” (3) *
11/23/2013: Keith Urban & Miranda Lambert “We Were Us” (3)
12/14/2013: Florida Georgia Line “Stay” (5)
12/14/2013: Joe Nichols “Sunny and 75” (1) *
12/21/2013: Parmalee “Carolina” (1) *
12/28/2013: Eli Young Band “Drunk Last Night” (1) *
2014
1/25/2014: Luke Bryan “Drink a Beer” (5)
2/1/2014: Zac Brown Band “Sweet Annie” (1) *
3/1/2014: Jason Aldean “When She Says Baby” (3) *
3/1/2014: Cole Swindell “Chillin’ It” (2)
3/15/2014: Brantley Gilbert “Bottoms Up” (2)
3/22/2014: Lady Antebellum “Compass” (1) *
3/29/2014: Florida Georgia Line with Luke Bryan “This Is How We Roll” (6)
3/29/2014: Frankie Ballard “Helluva Life” (1) *
4/5/2014: Dierks Bentley “I Hold On” (1) *
4/12/2014: Blake Shelton “Doin’ What She Likes” (2) *
4/26/2014: Luke Bryan “Play It Again” (9)
4/26/2014: Jerrod Niemann “Drink to That All Night” (2) *
5/17/2014: Eric Church “Give Me Back My Hometown” (2) *
5/24/2014: Thomas Rhett “Get Me Some of That” (1) *
6/28/2014: Brett Eldredge “Beat of the Music” (1) *
7/5/2014: Justin Moore “Lettin’ the Night Roll” (1) *
7/12/2014: Blake Shelton & Gwen Sebastian “My Eyes” (1) *
7/12/2014: Miranda Lambert & Carrie Underwood “Somethin’ Bad” (1)
7/19/2014: Jake Owen “Beachin’” (1)
7/26/2014: Joe Nichols “Yeah” (3) *
7/26/2014: Florida Georgia Line “Dirt” (2)
8/9/2014: Jason Aldean “Burnin’ It Down” (14)
8/16/2014: Billy Currington “We Are Tonight” (1) *
8/23/2014: Lee Brice “I Don’t Dance” (1) *
8/30/2014: Dierks Bentley “Drunk on a Plane” (2) *
9/13/2014: Lady Antebellum “Bartender” (1) *
9/20/2014: Kenny Chesney “American Kids” (1) *
9/27/2014: Dustin Lynch “Where It’s at (Yep, Yep)” (2) *
10/11/2014: Cole Swindell “Hope You Get Lonely Tonight” (1) *
10/18/2014: Luke Bryan “Roller Coaster” (1) *
11/15/2014: Sam Hunt “Leave the Night On” (1)
11/22/2014: Carrie Underwood “Something in the Water” (7)
11/22/2014: Blake Shelton “Neon Light” (1) *
11/29/2014: Frankie Ballard “Sunshine & Whiskey” (1) *
12/6/2014: Keith Urban “Somewhere in My Car” (2) *
12/13/2014: Tim McGraw “Shotgun Rider” (3)
12/20/2014: Maddie & Tae “Girl in a Country Song” (1) *
2015
1/3/2015: Craig Wayne Boyd “My Baby’s Got a Smile on Her Face” (1)
1/17/2015: Brad Paisley “Perfect Storm” (2) *
1/31/2015: Kenny Chesney “Til It’s Gone” (1) *
2/7/2015: Luke Bryan “I See You” (2)
2/7/2015: Eric Church “Talladega” (1) *
2/8/2015: David Nail “Whatever She’s Got” (1) *
2/21/2015: Sam Hunt “Take Your Time” (11)
2/28/2015: Florida Georgia Line “Sun Daze” (1) *
3/7/2015: Thomas Rhett “Make Me Wanna” (1) *
3/14/2015: Blake Shelton & Ashley Monroe “Lonely Tonight” (2) *
3/21/2015: Jason Aldean “Just Getting’ Started” (1) *
3/28/2015: Brett Eldredge “Mean to Me” (1) *
4/4/2015: Cole Swindell “Ain’t Worth the Whiskey” (1) *
4/11/2015: Zac Brown Band “Homegrown” (3) *
5/9/2015: Little Big Town “Girl Crush” (13)
5/9/2015: Dierks Bentley “Say You Do” (2) *
5/23/2015: Keith Urban with Eric Church “Raise ‘Em Up” (1) *
5/30/2015: Tyler Farr “A Guy Walks into a Bar” (1) *
6/6/2015: Billy Currington “Don’t It” (1) *
6/13/2015: A Thousand Horses “Smoke” (1) *
6/20/2015: Florida Georgia Line “Sippin’ on Fire” (1) *
6/27/2015: Kenny Chesney & Grace Potter “Wild Child” (1) *
7/4/2015: Kelsea Ballerini “Love Me Like You Mean It” (1) *
7/11/2015: Blake Shelton “Sangria” (2) *
7/25/2015: Canaan Smith “Love You Like That” (1) *
8/1/2015: Jason Aldean “Tonight Looks Good on You” (1) *
8/8/2015: Luke Bryan “Kick the Dust Up” (2)
8/8/2015: Brantley Gilbert “One Hell of an Amen” (1) *
8/22/2015: Sam Hunt “House Party” (6)
8/22/2015: Michael Ray “Kiss You in the Morning” (1) *
8/29/2015: Zac Brown Band “Loving You Easy” (1) *
9/5/2015: Frankie Ballard “Young & Crazy” (1) *
9/19/2015: Dustin Lynch “Hell of a Night” (1) *
9/26/2015: Thomas Rhett “Crash and Burn” (1) *
10/3/2015: Luke Bryan “Strip It Down” (6)
10/3/2015: Kenny Chesney “Save It for a Rainy Day” (3) *
10/24/2015: Brett Eldredge “Lose My Mind” (1) *
11/14/2015: Thomas Rhett “Die a Happy Man” (16)
11/14/2015: Old Dominion “Break Up with Him” (2) *
11/21/2015: Chris Stapleton “Tennessee Whiskey” (2)
11/28/2015: Chris Young “I’m Comin’ Over” (3) *
12/19/2015: Dan + Shay “Nothin’ Like You” (1) *
12/26/2015: Blake Shelton “Gonna” (1) *
2016
2/13/2016: Luke Bryan with Karen Fairchild “Home Alone Tonight” (2) *
2/27/2016: Granger Smith “Backroad Song” (1) *
3/5/2016: Kelsea Ballerini “Dibs” (1) *
3/12/2016: Keith Urban “Break on Me” (1) *
3/19/2016: Randy Houser “We Went” (1) *
3/26/2016: Cole Swindell “You Should Be Here” (4)
3/26/2016: Carrie Underwood “Heartbeat” (1) *
4/2/2016: Zac Brown Band “Beautiful Drug” (1) *
4/23/2016: Tim McGraw “Humble and Kind” (1)
4/30/2016: Dierks Bentley “Somewhere on a Beach” (3)
4/30/2016: Rascal Flatts “I Like the Sound of That” (1) *
5/7/2016: Florida Georgia Line “Confession” (1) *
5/14/2016: Chris Young & Cassadee Pope “Think of You” (1) *
5/21/2016: Florida Georgia Line “HOLY (H.O.L.Y.)” (18)
6/4/2016: Dustin Lynch “Mind Reader” (1) *
6/11/2016: Blake Shelton “Came Here to Forget” (1) *
6/18/2016: Thomas Rhett “T-Shirt” (1) *
7/2/2016: Luke Bryan “Huntin’, Fishin’ and Lovin’ Every Day” (1) *
7/9/2016: Keith Urban “Wasted Time” (2) *
7/23/2016: Jason Aldean “Lights Come On” (1) *
7/30/2016: Carrie Underwood “Church Bells” (1) *
8/13/2016: Eric Church “Record Year” (1) *
8/20/2016: Chris Lane “Fix” (1) *
8/27/2016: Jon Pardi “Head Over Boots” (1) *
9/3/2016: Dan + Shay “From the Ground Up” (1) *
9/10/2016: Sam Hunt “Make You Miss Me” (1) *
9/17/2016: Jake Owen “American Country Love Song” (1) *
9/24/2016: Kelsea Ballerini “Peter Pan” (2)
10/1/2016: Dierks Bentley & Elle King “Different for Girls” (1) *
10/8/2016: Artists of Then, Now & Forever “Forever Country” (2)
10/8/2016: Justin Moore & Ellie King “You Look Like I Need a Drink” (1) *
10/15/2016: Billy Currington & Ellie King “It Don’t Hurt Like It Used To” (2) *
10/22/2016: Kenny Chesney with Pink “Setting the World on Fire” (4)
10/29/2016: LoCash “I Know Somebody” (1) *
11/12/2016: Luke Bryan “Move” (2) *
11/19/2016: Keith Urban “Blue Ain’t Your Color” (12)
11/26/2016: Cole Swindell “Middle of a Memory” (1) *
12/3/2016: Jason Aldean “A Little More Summertime” (1) *
12/10/2016: Florida Georgia Line & Tim McGraw “May We All” (2) *
12/24/2016: Old Dominion “Song for Another Time” (1) *
12/31/2016: Brett Eldredge “Wanna Be That Song” (2) *
2017
1/28/2017: Blake Shelton “A Guy with a Girl” (3) *
2/11/2017: Little Big Town “Better Man” (2)
2/18/2017: Thomas Rhett “Star of the Show” (1) *
2/25/2017: Sam Hunt “Body Like a Back Road” (34)
2/25/2017: Dustin Lynch “Seein’ Red” (1) *
3/18/2017: Chris Young & Vince Gill “Sober Saturday Night” (1) *
3/25/2017: Jon Pardi “Dirt on My Boots” (3) *
4/15/2017: Luke Bryan “Fast” (1) *
4/22/2017: Lauren Alaina “Road Less Traveled” (1) *
4/29/2017: Jason Aldean “Any Ol’ Barstool” (1) *
5/27/2017: Luke Combs “Hurricane” (2) *
6/10/2017: Brett Young “In Case You Didn’t Know” (2) *
6/24/2017: Darius Rucker “If I Told You” (1) *
7/1/2017: Dan + Shay “How Not To” (1) *
7/8/2017: Florida Georgia Line with the Backstreet Boys “God, Your Mama, and Me” (1) *
7/15/2017: Blake Shelton “Every Time I Hear That Song” (1) *
7/22/2017: Thomas Rhett & Maren Morris “Craving You” (1) *
7/29/2017: Dylan Scott “My Girl” (1) *
8/5/2017: Rascal Flatts “Yours if You Want It” (1) *
8/12/2017: Billy Currington “Do I Make You Wanna” (1) *
9/2/2017: Justin Moore “Somebody Else Will” (1) *
9/9/2017: Old Dominion “No Such Thing as a Broken Heart” (1) *
9/16/2017: Dustin Lynch “Small Town Boy” (4) *
10/14/2017: Kenny Chesney “All the Pretty Girls” (1) *
10/21/2017: Kane Brown with Lauren Alaina “What Ifs” (5)
11/4/2017: Luke Combs “When It Rains It Pours” (2)
11/18/2017: Thomas Rhett “Unforgettable” (1) *
11/25/2017: Carly Pearce “Every Little Thing” (1) *
12/2/2017: Lanco “Greatest Love Story” (2) *
12/16/2017: Bebe Rexha with Flordia Georgia Line “Meant to Be” (50)
12/16/2017: Garth Brooks “Ask Me How I Know” (1) *
12/23/2017: Luke Bryan “Light It Up” (1) *
12/30/2017: Blake Shelton “I’ll Name the Dogs” (1) *
2018
1/3/2018: Brett Young “Like I Loved You” (3) *
1/20/2018: Maren Morris “I Could Use a Love Song” (1) *
1/27/2018: Russell Dickerson “Yours” (2) *
2/10/2018: Chris Young “Losing Sleep” (1) *
2/17/2018: Old Dominion “Written in the Sand” (1) *
2/24/2018: Kelsea Ballerini “Legends” (1) *
3/3/2018: Scotty McCreery “Five More Minutes” (1) *
3/10/2018: Thomas Rhett “Marry Me” (2) *
3/24/2018: Chris Stapleton “Broken Halos” (1) *
3/31/2018: Luke Bryan “Most People Are Good” (3) *
4/21/2018: Jordan Davis “Singles You Up” (1) *
5/5/2018: Jason Aldean “You Make It Easy” (2) *
5/19/2018: Kane Brown “Heaven” (2) *
6/2/2018: Darius Rucker “For the First Time” (1) *
6/9/2018: Luke Combs “One Number Away” (1) *
6/16/2018: Dierks Bentley “Woman, Amen” (1) *
6/23/2018: David Lee Murphy with Kenny Chesney “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” (1) *
6/30/2018: Morgan Wallen with Florida Georgia Line “Up Down” (1) *
7/7/2018: Dan + Shay “Tequila” (4)
7/21/2018: Kenny Chesney “Get Along” (2) *
8/4/2018: Jake Owen “I Was Jack, You Were Diane” (1) *
8/11/2018: Brett Young “Mercy” (2) *
8/25/2018: Jason Aldean & Miranda Lambert “Drowns the Whiskey” (2) *
9/8/2018: Thomas Rhett “Life Changes” (1) *
9/15/2018: Luke Bryan “Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset” (2) *
9/29/2018: Old Dominion “Hotel Key” (2) *
10/13/2018: Russell Dickerson “Blue Tacoma” (1) *
10/20/2018: Florida Georgia Line “Simple” (1) *
10/27/2018: Luke Combs “She Got the Best of Me” (4) *
11/24/2018: Jimmie Allen “Best Shot” (3) *
11/24/2018: Kane Brown “Lose It” (1) *
12/1/2018: Dan + Shay “Speechless” (9)
2019
1/16/2019: Thomas Rhett “Sixteen” (1) *
1/19/2019: Dustin Lynch “Good Girl” (1) *
2/2/2019: Jason Aldean “Girl Like You” (2) *
2/16/2019: Scotty McCreery “This Is It” (2) *
3/2/2019: Luke Combs “Beautiful Crazy” (11)
4/20/2019: Brett Young “Here Tonight” (2) *
5/4/2019: Old Dominion “Make It Sweet” (1) *
5/11/2019: Chase Rice “Eyes on You” (2) *
5/18/2019: Morgan Wallen “Whiskey Glasses” (3) *
5/25/2019: Blake Shelton “God’s Country” (7)
5/25/2019: Eli Young Band “Love Ain’t” (2) *
6/1/2019: Kane Brown “Good As You” (1) *
6/29/2019: Thomas Rhett “Look What God Gave Her” (1) *
7/6/2019: Lee Brice “Rumor” (1) *
7/13/2019: Blanco Brown “The Git Up” (12)
7/27/2019: Eric Church “Some of It” (1) *
8/3/2019: Maren Morris “Girl” (1) *
8/10/2019: Luke Combs “Beer Never Broke My Heart” (2) *
8/24/2019: Dan + Shay “All to Myself” (1) *
8/31/2019: Jason Aldean “Rearview Town” (1) *
9/7/2019: Justin Moore “The Ones That Didn’t Make It Back Home” (1) *
9/14/2019: Luke Bryan “Knockin’ Boots” (2) *
9/28/2019: Dierks Bentley “Living” (1) *
10/5/2019: Chris Lane “I Don’t Know About You” (1) *
10/12/2019: Matt Stell “Prayed for You” (2) *
10/12/2019: Marshmello with Kane Brown “One Thing Right” (1)
10/19/2019: Dan + Shay with Justin Bieber “Ten Thousand (10,000) Hours” (21)
10/26/2019: Chris Janson “Good Vibes” (1) *
11/2/2019: Cole Swindell “Love You Too Late” (1) *
11/9/2019: Russell Dickerson “Every Little Thing” (1) *
11/16/2019: Brantley Gilbert with Lindsay Ell “What Happens in a Small Town” (1) *
11/23/2019: Luke Combs “Even Though I’m Leaving” (5) *
12/14/2019: Old Dominion “One Man Band” (1) *
12/21/2019: Thomas Rhett “Remember You Young” (1) *
2020
1/11/2020: Dustin Lynch “Ridin’ Roads” (1) *
1/18/2020: Lady Antebellum “What if I Never Get Over You” (1) *
2/8/2020: Jon Pardi “Heartache Medication” (1) *
2/29/2020: Sam Hunt “Kinfolks” (1) *
3/7/2020: Jimmie Allen “Make Me Want To” (1) *
3/14/2020: Maren Morris “The Bones” (19)
3/14/2020: Kane Brown “Homesick” (2) *
3/28/2020: Jake Owen “Homemade” (1) *
4/4/2020: Luke Bryan “What She Wants Tonight” (1) *
4/11/2020: Jordan Davis “Slow Dance in a Parking Lot” (1) *
4/18/2020: Brett Young “Catch” (1) *
5/2/2020: Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani “Nobody But You” (2) *
5/16/2020: Thomas Rhett & Jon Pardi “Beer Can’t Fix” (1) *
5/23/2020: Morgan Wallen “Chasin’ You” (1) *
5/30/2020: Luke Combs with Eric Church “Does to Me” (2) *
6/13/2020: Travis Denning “After a Few” (1) *
6/20/2020: Carly Pearce with Lee Brice “I Hope You’re Happy Now” (1) *
6/27/2020: Scotty McCreery “In Between” (1) *
7/4/2020: Kenny Chesney “Here and Now” (1) *
7/11/2020: Luke Bryan “One Margarita” (2) *
7/25/2020: Gabby Barrett & Charlie Puth “I Hope” (27)
7/25/2020: Sam Hunt “Hard to Forget” (1) *
8/1/2020: Miranda Lambert “Bluebird” (1) *
8/8/2020: Chris Janson “Done” (2) *
8/22/2020: Maddie & Tae “Die from a Broken Heart” (1) *
8/29/2020: Justin Moore “Why We Drink” (1) *
8/29/2020: Morgan Wallen “Seven (7) Summers” (1)
9/5/2020: Luke Combs “Lovin’ on You” (4) *
10/3/2020: Lee Brice “One of Them Girls” (3) *
10/24/2020: Jason Aldean “Got What I Got” (1) *
10/31/2020: Jameson Rodgers “Some Girls” (1) *
11/7/2020: Luke Combs “Forever After All” (9)
11/7/2020: Matt Stell “Everywhere But On” (1) *
11/14/2020: Russell Dickerson “Love You Like I Used To” (1) *
11/28/2020: Morgan Wallen “More Than My Hometown” (1) *
12/5/2020: Hardy with Lauren Alaina or Devin Dawson “One Beer” (1) *
12/12/2020: Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani “Happy Anywhere” (1) *
12/19/2020: Chris Lane “Big Big Plans” (2) *
12/26/2020: Parker McCollum “Pretty Heart” (1) *
2021
1/9/2021: Lady Antebellum “Champagne Night” (2) *
1/23/2021: Morgan Wallen “Wasted on You” (9)
1/23/2021: Luke Combs “Better Together” (5) *
2/27/2021: Darius Rucker “Beers and Sunshine” (1) *
2/27/2021: Taylor Swift “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” (1)
3/6/2021: Luke Bryan “Down to One” (1) *
3/13/2021: Niko Moon “Good Time” (1)
3/20/2021: Parmalee with Blanco Brown “Just the Way” (1) *
3/27/2021: Thomas Rhett “What’s Your Country Song” (2)
4/3/2021: Brett Young “Lady” (1) *
4/10/2021: Gabby Barrett “The Good Ones” (4)
4/10/2021: Florida Georgia Line “Long Live” (1) *
4/17/2021: Chris Stapleton “Starting Over” (1)
5/8/2021: Jake Owen “Made for You” (2) *
5/15/2021: Sam Hunt “Breaking Up Was Easy in the 90s” (1) *
5/29/2021: Eric Church “Hell of a View” (1) *
7/17/2021: Chris Young with Kane Brown “Famous Friends” (1) *
7/17/2021: Aaron Lewis “Am I the Only One” (1)
7/24/2021: Walker Hayes “Fancy Like” (24)
7/24/2021: Cole Swindell “Single Saturday Night” (2) *
7/24/2021: Jason Aldean “Blame It on You” (1) *
8/14/2021: Chase Rice with Florida Georgia Line “Drinkin’ Beer, Talkin’ God. Amen.” (1) *
8/21/2021: Dan + Shay “Glad You Exist” (1) *
8/28/2021: Justin Moore “We Didn’t Have Much” (1) *
9/4/2021: Luke Bryan “Waves” (1) *
9/18/2021: Thomas Rhett “Country Again” (1) *
9/25/2021: Lainey Wilson “Things a Man Oughta Know” (1) *
10/2/2021: Scotty McCreery “You Time” (1) *
10/9/2021: Jameson Rodgers with Luke Combs “Cold Beer Calling My Name” (1) *
10/16/2021: Lee Brice “Memory I Don’t Mess With” (1) *
10/23/2021: Elvie Shane “My Boy” (1) *
10/30/2021: Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood “If I Didn’t Love You” (3) *
11/27/2021: Taylor Swift “All Too Well (Taylor’s Version)” (3)
11/27/2021: Luke Combs “Cold As You” (1) *
12/4/2021: Zac Brown Band “Same Boat” (1) *
12/11/2021: Dustin Lynch with Lauren Alaina or MacKenzie Porter “Thinking ‘Bout You” (6) *
2022
1/22/2022: Michael Ray “Whiskey and Rain” (1) *
1/29/2022: Jordan Davis with Luke Bryan “Buy Dirt” (4)
2/12/2022: Chris Stapleton “You Should Probably Leave” (1)
2/19/2022: Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley “Freedom Was a Highway” (1) *
2/26/2022: Cody Johnson “Til You Can’t” (9)
2/26/2022: Morgan Wallen “Sand in My Boots” (1) *
3/5/2022: Kane Brown “One Mississippi” (1) *
3/12/2022: Kelsea Ballerini with Kenny Chesney “Half of My Hometown” (1) *
3/19/2022: Parker McCollum “To Be Loved by You” (1) *
4/9/2022: Sam Hunt “Twenty Three (23)” (1) *
4/16/2022: Elle King & Miranda Lambert “Drunk and I Don’t Wanna Go Home” (1) *
4/23/2022: Dierks Bentley with Breland & Hardy “Beers on Me” (1) *
4/30/2022: Cole Swindell & Lainey Wilson “Never Say Never” (2) *
4/30/2022: Morgan Wallen “Don’t Think Jesus” (1)
5/14/2022: Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde “Never Wanted to Be That Girl” (1) *
5/21/2022: Morgan Wallen “Thought You Should Know” (3) *
5/21/2022: Luke Combs “Doin’ This” (1) *
5/28/2022: Morgan Wallen “You Proof” (18)
5/28/2022: Jason Aldean “Trouble with a Heartbreak” (3) *
6/18/2022: Parmalee “Take My Name” (2) *
7/9/2022: Luke Combs “The Kind of Love We Make” (4)
7/23/2022: Scotty McCreery “Damn Strait” (3) *
8/13/2022: Dylan Scott “New Truck” (1) *
8/20/2022: Kane Brown “Like I Love Country Music” (1) *
8/27/2022: Chris Young & Mitchell Tenpenny “At the End of a Bar” (1) *
9/3/2022: Jon Pardi “Last Night Lonely” (1) *
9/10/2022: Justin Moore “With a Woman You Love” (1) *
9/17/2022: Cole Swindell “She Had Me at Heads Carolina” (4) *
11/19/2022: Tyler Hubbard “Five (5) Foot 9” (1) *
11/26/2022: Thomas Rhewtt with Riley Green “Half of Me” (1) *
12/10/2022: Bailey Zimmerman “Fall in Love” (1) *
2023
1/7/2023: Zach Bryan “Something in the Orange” (6)
1/14/2023: Jelly Roll “Son of a Sinner” (1) *
1/21/2023: Jordan Davis “What My World Spins Around” (2) *
2/4/2023: Nate Smith “Whiskey on You” (2) *
2/18/2023: Morgan Wallen “Last Night” (25)
2/18/2023: Kane Brown with Katelyn Brown “Thank God” (1) *
3/18/2023: Luke Combs “Going Going Gone” (2) *
4/1/2023: Bailey Zimmerman “Rock and a Hard Place” (6) *
7/8/2023: Luke Combs “Fast Car” (5) *
7/29/2023: Jason Aldean “Try That in a Small Town” (2)
8/12/2023: Jelly Roll “Need a Favor” (4) *
8/26/2023: Oliver Anthony “Rich Men North of Richmond” (2)
9/9/2023: Zach Bryan “I Remember Everything” (20)
9/9/2023: Luke Combs “Love You Anyway” (2) *
9/16/2023: Kane Brown “Bury Me in Georgia” (1) *
9/23/2023: Thomas Rhett “Angels Don’t Always Have Wings” (1) *
9/30/2023: Bailey Zimmerman “Religiously” (1) *
10/7/2023: Lainey Wilson “Watermelon Moonshine” (3) *
10/28/2023: Morgan Wallen “Thinkin’ ‘Bout Me” (5) *
12/2/2023: Dylan Scott “Can’t Have Mine” (1) *
12/9/2023: Jelly Roll with Lainey Wilson “Save Me” (2) *
12/23/2023: Nate Smith “World on Fire” (10) *
2024
2/24/2024: Beyoncé “Texas Hold ‘Em” (10)
3/2/2024: Warren Zeiders “Pretty Little Poison” (1) *
3/9/2024: Cody Johnson “The Painter” (1) *
3/16/2024: Kane Brown “I Can Feel It” (1) *
3/23/2024: Thomas Rhett featuring Morgan Wallen “Mamaw’s House” (1) *
3/30/2024: Hardy “Truck Bed” (1) *
4/6/2024: Chayce Beckham “23” (1) *
4/13/2024: Parker McCollum “Burn It Down” (1) *
4/20/2024: Morgan Wallen featuring Eric Church “Man Made a Bar” (1) *
4/27/2024: Sam Hunt “Outskirts” (3) *
5/4/2024: Shaboozey “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” (45)
5/18/2024: Jordan Davis “Tucson Too Late” (1) *
5/25/2024: Post Malone & Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Help” (7)
5/25/2024: Tyler Hubbard “Back Then Right Now” (1) *
6/1/2024: Bailey Zimmerman “Where It Ends” (2) *
6/15/2024: Jelly Roll Halfway to Hell” (1) *
6/22/2024: Kenny Chesney “Take Her Home” (1) *
7/27/2024: Morgan Wallen featuring Enrest “Cowgirls” (1) *
9/21/2024: Dustin Lynch featuring Jelly Roll “Chevrolet” (1) *
9/28/2024: Luke Combs “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” (2) *
10/12/2024: Post Malone featuring Blake Shelton “Pour Me a Drink” (3) *
11/2/2024: Morgan Wallen “Love Somebody” (3) *
11/2/2024: Marshmello & Kane Brown “Miles on It” (1) *
11/2/2024: Jelly Roll “I Am Not Okay” (2) *
11/23/2024: Morgan Wallen “Likes Lies Lies” (1) *
12/7/2024: Parmalee “Gonna Love You” (1) *
12/14/2024: Ella Langley & Riley Green “You Look Like You Love Me” (1) *
12/21/2024: George Birge “Cowboy Songs’ (1) *
12/28/2024: Koe Wetzel & Jessie Murph “High Road” (5) *
2025
2/15/2025: Morgan Wallen “I’m the Problem” (8) *
2/22/2025: Jelly Roll “Liar” (6) *
3/29/2025: Chappell Roan “The Giver” (1)
4/5/2025: Dylan Scott “This Town’s Been Too Good to Us” (1) *
4/12/2025: LoCash “Hometown Home” (2) *
4/19/2025: Big Xtha Plug & Bailey Zimmerman “All the Way” (1)
5/31/2025: Morgan Wallen & Tate McRae “What I Want” (20)
6/21/2025: Riley Green “Worst Way” (2) *
7/5/2025: Corey Kent “This Heart” (1) *
7/12/2025: Morgan Wallen “Just in Case” (4) *
8/9/2025: Tyler Hubbard “Park” (1) *
8/16/2025: Thomas Rhett “After All the Bars Are Closed” (3) *
9/6/2025: Shaboozey “Good News’ (2) *
9/20/2025: Russell Dickerson “Happen to Me” (2) *
10/4/2025: Scotty McCreery with Hootie & the Blowfish “Bottle Rockets” (1) *
10/11/2025: Jelly Roll “Heart of Stone” (2) *
10/18/2025: Morgan Wallen “I Got Better” (7)
11/1/2025: Luke Combs “Back in the Saddle” (2) *
11/15/2025: Chase Matthew “Darlin’” (3) *
12/6/2025: Ella Langley “Choosin’ Texas’ (30)
12/6/2025: Lainey Wilson “Somewhere Over Laredo” (1) *
12/13/2025: Parmalee “Cowgirl” (4) *
12/20/2025: Riley Green & Ella Langley “Don’t Mind if I Do” (1) *
2026
1/17/2026: Blake Shelton “Stay Country or Die Tryin’” (1) *
1/24/2026: Hardy “Favorite Country Song” (3) *
2/21/2026: Jason Aldean “How Far Does a Goodbye Go” (1) *
2/28/2026: Morgan Wallen “20 Cigarettes” (2) *
3/28/2026: Shaboozey & Jelly Roll “Amen” (2) *
4/11/2026: Justin Moore “Time’s Ticking” (1) *
4/18/2026: Luke Combs “Sleepless in a Hotel Room” (5) *
5/23/2026: Cody Johnson “The Fall” (1) *
5/30/2026: Tucker Wetmore “Brunette” (1) *
6/6/2026: Ella Langley “Be Her” (4) *
6/20/2026: Taylor Swift “I Knew It, I Knew You” (2)
7/4/2026: Josh Ross “Hate How You Look” (1) *
7/11/2026: Jason Aldean “Don’t Tell on Me” (3) *
8/1/2026: Morgan Wallen “Don’t We” (2) *

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: “Lists Based on Charts, Sales, and Airplay”
Dave’s Music Database: “Top 200 Country Songs of All Time”
Dave’s Music Database: “Country Music: Annual Awards”
Dave’s Music Database: “Top 100 Country Albums of All Time”
Joel Whitburn (2013). Hot Country Songs 1944-2012. Record Research Inc.: Menomonee Falls, WI. Pages 497-512.
Wikipedia.org: “List of Billboard number-one country songs”

First posted 11/1/2023; last updated 8/7/2026.

Jimi Hendrix: Recording Sessions (10/22/68 to 12/15/69)

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Jimi Hendrix

Recording Sessions: 10/22/68 to 12/15/69

The Jimi Hendrix Experience released three albums in 1967 and 1968 before breaking up. Hendrix would finally release Band of Gypsys in 1970, but there was a wealth of unreleased material in between. This page highlights those songs recorded durin that era that would eventually see the light of day on various posthumous releases.

Tracks:

Click on a song title for more details including recording date, chart data, and album appearances.

Spotify Playlist

Here’s my Jimi Hendrix: Recording Sessions (10/22/68 to 12/15/69) playlist at Spotify for the above songs.

The Songs

Here’s a breakdown of each of the individual songs.

Look Over Yonder

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 10/22/68 at TTG Studios in Hollywood, California

Released: Rainbow Bridge (soundtrack, 1971), South Saturn Delta (1997)

Peak: 33 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.91 streaming

About the Song:

This song was originally considered for Axis: Bold As Love. It is a reworked version of “Mr. Bad Luck,” a song dating back to Hendrix’s days as Jimmy James. “It’s a high-energy opener from the Experience with Hendrix coaxing a playful riff. The falsetto backing vocals raise the excitement, and the drop in intensity near the close helps to keep the attention.” ^ES-110

Peace in Mississippi

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 10/24/68 at TTG Studios in Hollywood, California

Released: Crash Landing (1975)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.54 streaming

About the Song:

This is “a rollicking instrumental that makes the title seem ironic.” ^ES-89 “The piece is partly Hendrix’s response to egregious racism – mush publisher Bumps Blackwell had told Hendrix of the time when he’d worked for Little Richard and had sent out a black employee in a convertible to buy sandwiches. The employee was brought back by the police, but when a white employee explained the situation, the were…told to keep the black people out of Clarksdale, Mississippi. Upon hearing this, Hendrix changed the title of the track from ‘Peace Alone’ to ‘Peace in Mississippi.’ It’s both a hopeful cut and a most powerful and eloquent riposte to hatred.” ^ES-89

Here He Comes (Lover Man)

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 10/29/68 at TTG Studios in Hollywood, California; 2/16/69 at Olympic Studios; 12/15/69; 12/18/69 or 12/19/69 at Baggy’s in New York City

Released: South Saturn Delta (1997), The Baggy’s Rehearsal Sessions (2002), Both Sides of the Sky (2018)

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Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 21.06 streaming

About the Song:

This was “one of Hendrix’s favourite tracks.” ^ES-110 He “kept returning to this song but never found what he sought” ^ES-128 performing “it with all of his bands from The Experience onwards” ^ES-110 but “no definitive version was made.” ^ES-128 “Numerous live renditions of Lover Man have been released following Hendrix’s death.” ^WK

“Hendrix is the lover quitting the house before being caught by his lover’s other man. It’s a rollicking blues…that was inspired by B.B. King’s fertile ‘Rock Me Baby’” ^ES-121 and “Lover Man.” ^ES-110 “It’s a fiery piece with an effortlessy controlled solo that segues into the Batman theme, adding a sly humour and again merging the ‘mojo man’ of the blues with the cartoon superhero. This is continued towards the end, when there’s a shift, and a new riff emerges, seeming to announce the lover man cometh.” ^ES-128

Gloria

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Van Morrison

Recorded: 10/29/68 at TTG Studios in Hollywood, California

Released: July 1978 (single), The Essential (compilation, 1978)

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Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, -- streaming

About the Song:

“This is a riotous and raucous version of Them’s ‘Gloria’…flaunting an unrestrained live atmosphere…blending garage rock and blues to create a simply thrilling noise.” ^ES-88 “Hendrix amplifies the implied naughtiness and goes on to describe his time with Gloria as ‘freaking, smoking and joking.’” ^ES-88

Electric Church Red House

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 10/29/68 at TTG Studios in Hollywood

Released: Blues (1994)

Peak: 31 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.82 streaming

About the Song:

This features Lee Michaels (best known for the 1971 hit “Do You Know What I Mean”) on organ. The song is a composite of two separate jams at TTG Studios.

Sunshine of Your Love

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, Pete Brown

Recorded: 2/16/69 at Olympic Studios

Released: Valleys of Neptune (2010)

Peak: 24 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 5.30 streaming

About the Song:

“In 1969, Cream’s Sunshine of Your Love was a concert staple of the Experience, and Hendrix maneuvers through this classic with the meticulousness of a surgeon, his play ranging from bold and brash to restrained and intricate.” ^MM Hendrix’s “most subversive moments often revolve around his reconstructing/deconstructing others’ work, and this interpretation ranks high amongst them.” ^ES-120

It “opens with a fast take on the famous riff, with some splashier drums before moving into a loose section where the rhythm alters to a samba…There’s a superb bass solo as Hendrix damps his strings behind it, before the drums return with an almost military-style fill; the track builds until Hendrix’s guitar is once again blazing into an ascending run between arriving at the central riff; now fattened with some trills and lambent notes between.” ^ES-121

Read more about the original Cream song here.

Crying Blue Rain

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 2/16/69 at Olympic Studios

Released: Valleys of Neptune (2010)

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Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.32 streaming

About the Song:

“Crying Blue Rain” is “an atmospheric piece showing that The Experience were far from moribund at this time.” ^ES-122 It is “a cool riposte to the heat of ‘Lullaby for the Summer.’ Strictly speaking, Hendrix sings a little, but it’s merely ‘yeah yeah’ here and there.” ^ES-122

“Opening a little similarly to ‘Voodoo Chile,’ the rhythm then shifts to something more syncopated that creates a sense of anticipation. The guitar tone is fatter, matched by Mitchell’s fills creating the sibilance of wheels through water. The tempo abruptly increases in the second half, and the backing struggle to lock in with this, the drums stammering and lagging somewhat.” ^ES-122

The Star-Spangled Banner

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Francis Scott Key

Recorded: studio: 3/18/69 at the Record Plant in New York City

Released: 10/23/71 (B side of “Dolly Dagger”), Rainbow Bridge (soundtrack, 1971), Ultimate Hendrix (compilation, 1992), Experience Hendrix (compilation, 1997)

Peak: 6 CL, 2 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.58 streaming

About the Song:

The national anthem took on a protest spirit when track and field athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the black-power salute while standing on the winners’ podium at the 1968 Olympics. “The anthem was no longer a simple message of unthinking patriotism but a way of holding a nation to account.” ^ES-89

Jimi Hendrix gave one of the most memorable performances of “The Star-Spangled Banner” with his instrumental interpretation to close out the Woodstock festival in August 1969. “A morning-after victory song was almost perfect for the last bleary hours of Woodstock.” ^ES-90 It has become “a defining artefact of the 20th century.” ^ES-91

Let Me Move You

Jimi Hendrix with Lonnie Youngblood

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 3/18/69 at Record Plant Studios

Released: People, Hell and Angels (2013)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.62 streaming

About the Song:

“This is an exciting collaboration showing that Hendrix could be a tour de force – even when not being the main man, and even when someone else was singing a song he’d written. Here, Lonnie Youngblood takes the vocal, but it doesn’t suffer like some of the Band of Gypsys cuts where Hendrix skates on the edge of anonymity. There’s a thick sound to this one-off band, in which Hendrix’s guitar seems to cry even louder. Hank Anderson is on bass, with John Winfield on organ, and drummer Jimmi Mayes of the Starliters and later Marvin Gaye’s backing band.” ^ES-124 “The group was assembled as a kind of celebration because they were able to work on a 16-track for the first time. There’s certainly something triumphant about it.” ^ES-124

Georgia Blues

Jimi Hendrix with Lonnie Youngblood

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 3/19/69

Released: Both Sides of the Sky (2018)

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Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 8.26 streaming

About the Song:

“Opening with slinking bass and sauntering licks, this is a casually cool blues with Lonnie Youngblood from Curtis Knight and the Squires on vocals, grieving for a lost love. Hendrix’s guitar weeps, wails and whimpers throughout this standout track.” ^ES-131 Youngblood recounts his misery and asks for help from his mama and God, as his little girl and all of his friends have let him down. Albeit, they are the most cliched of blues lyrics but are given a resonance and pathos through the superior backing. Jimmi Mayes of the Starliters is on drums, with the Squires’ Hank Anderson…on bass and John Winfield on organ.” ^ES-131

“Admittedly, Youngblood’s saxophone is sometimes a little ill-conceived, and its quacking tone ruptures the atmosphere, but in the main, its rancorous whimper is woeful. It also highlights how tasteful Hendrix’s improvisations are and how elastic his tone is.” ^ES-131

Trash Man

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 2/14/69 at Olympic Studios; 4/3/69 at Olmstead Studios in New York

Released: Midnight Lightning (1975)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.39 streaming

About the Song:

“A sort of ‘Purple Haze’ without the psychedelic trappings, this is an electrifying instrumental with some wild but simultaneously controlled guitar, and a shift in the second half to a dreamier refrain and slower tempo.” ^ES-122

Midnight

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 4/3/69 at Olmstead Studios

Released: War Heroes (1972), South Saturn Delta (1997)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.84 streaming

About the Song:

This is “a brooding track…with a lighter middle section, as if caught between night and day. It was previously called ‘Midnight Lightning,’ hinting at this blending of light and dark. The guitar tone has a forked, flashing feel about it, and The Experience provide an implacable backing, with Redding’s bass a gloomy cloud behind the streaking riffs.” ^ES-113

Lullaby for the Summer

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 4/7/69 at the Record Plant

Released: Valleys of Neptune (2010)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.73 streaming

About the Song:

“The Experience recorded this embryonic version of ‘Ezy Ryder’ in New York. At this point it’s an instrumental that takes some inspiration from ‘Fire’ in terms of its rhythm as well as the call and response between bass and guitar with Redding’s bass looking ahead to Billy Cox’s work in Band of Gypsys.” ^ES-121

“It’s notable for the guitar distortion…which is getting closer in parts to the synth sound from the studio version of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’ The track is a fruitful blend of R&B rhythms and phrasing, with a range of rock trilling and bending on the lead guitar licks that thread over one another in true Hendrix fashion.” ^ES-122

Hear My Train A Comin’ (aka “Hear My Train”)

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: studio: 4/7/69 and 4/9/69 at the Record Plant; live: 1/1/70 at Fillmore East in New York City; live: 5/30/1970 at Berkeley Community Theatre in Berkeley, California

Released: Band of Gypsys (1970), Rainbow Bridge (soundtrack, 1971), Aug. ’73 (single), Midnight Lightning (1975), Blues (1994), Valleys of Neptune (2010), People, Hell and Angels (2013), Both Sides of the Sky (2018)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 40.62 streaming

About the Song:

“The bluesy Hear My Train A Comin’,” ^MM is “a concert favorite turned in with studio precision.” ^JZ “The first studio release…was a heavily-edited recording on 1975’s Midnight Lightning, while a live version was originally featured on Rainbow Bridge (and later Blues) and an acoustic version on Blues.” ^WK “Most listeners will already be familiar with the 12-string acoustic version of this song, but being plugged in and backed here by a full band allows Hendrix the amplitude to reach additional emotional levels both vocally and on guitar.” ^MM

The Experience had worked on the track but the first in-studio recording was from the first recording session by the Band of Gypsys. ^ES-124 “Its atmosphere is cooly controlled, sounding like a blues classic that has already been around for at least a decade.” ^ES-128

Ships Passing Through the Night

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 4/14/69 at the Record Plant

Released: Valleys of Neptune (2010)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 0.72 streaming

About the Song:

“This embryonic version of ‘Night Bird Flying’ was lost for a time but is a very interesting discovery.” ^ES-121 It “is captivating in its own right. It also shows that Hendrix could probably have taken The Experience sound further.” ^ES-121 “The tempo is slower here, with a feeling of The Move’s ‘Brontosaurus’ in the bass riff, and some sudden pauses and shifts in rhythm not troubling the rhythm section at all. Different guitar licks pass each other like those ships.” ^ES-121

Mannish Boy

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Muddy Waters, Mel London, Ellas McDaniel

Recorded: 4/22/69

Released: Blues (1994), Both Sides of the Sky (2018)

Peak: 28 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 20.81 streaming

About the Song:

“As Charles Shaar Murray pointed out, Muddy Waters’ ‘Mannish Boy’ from 155 is much more than a macho brag, with the racist overtone of the term ‘boy’ being implicitly addressed here. Waters built on Bo Diddley’s ‘I’m a Man’ (also from 1955) with both songs spelling out their humanity – M, A, N – regardless of race.” ^ES-127

“This shift from sexual bragging and innuendo is an acknowledgement of the halted potential of people of colour. Furthermore, Waters also adds that he’s ‘a rolling stone,’ in defiance of vagrancy laws. Not that Waters eschews the libidinous completely, and he would sometimes enhance the song’s performance by using a beer bottle as a phallus.” ^ES-128

“Hendrix’s version is certainly an adult interpretation, with a change to the tempo that lends a self-assured power. Indeed, this is a poised performance; it isn’t at all obvious that it’s from the Gypsy’s first session, with a strongly controlled vocal from Hendrix and some unironic falsetto that adds a pure joy to his proclamation.” ^ES-128

Crash Landing

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 4/24/69

Released: Crash Landing (1975), People, Hell and Angels (2013)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.49 streaming

About the Song:

“This is Hendrix working through the ideas for what would become ‘Freedom.’ Some falsetto singing from him is effective. Isaac’s drumming has a nervous energy about it and it’s clear it’ll burst into something, but it’s not there yet. The organ – uncredited – bleats in to try and vary the track, but it becomes momentous.” ^ES-125

Things I Used to Do

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Guitar Slim

Recorded: 5/7/69

Released: Both Sides of the Sky (2018)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 6.36 streaming

About the Song:

“Hendrix was inspired by Guitar Slim’s distortion innovations…Hendrix’s interpretation is less weary and resigned than the original and is a very grown-up, measured blues. He also includes a snippet from Bo Diddley’s ‘Before You Accuse Me.’” ^ES-130 “Johnny Winter joins on astute slide guitar, along with Crosby, Stills & Nash drummer Dallas Taylor.” ^ES-130

Jam 292 (aka “Jelly 292”)

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 5/14/69 at the Record Plant in New York City

Released: Loose Ends (1974), Blues (1994)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 1.62 streaming

About the Song:

This is an uptempo jam based on Duke Ellington’s “Dooji Wooji.” It is known both as “Jam 292” (the first take of the song) and “Jelly 292” (the second take of the song.

Villanova Junction Blues

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 5/21/69 at Record Plant Studios

Released: People, Hell and Angels (2013)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 2.59 streaming

About the Song:

“This is a snippetof the piece that Hendrix would play at Woodstock, backed by the Band of Gypsys. It’s a fragment that rounds off the [People, Hell and Angels] album almost casually for Hendrix, it was this easy.” ^ES-125

Easy Blues

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 5/21/69 at Record Plant Studios

Released: People, Hell and Angels (2013)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.77 streaming

About the Song:

“This instrumental showcases some great playing by Cox and Mitchell’s jazz-like fills are tightly controlled, with Hendrix’s playing a squalling rhythm attack, and then behind that, some buzzing licks.” ^ES-124

Izabella

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 8/28/69 and 8/29/69 at the Hit Factory in New York City

Released: 4/13/70 (B side of “Stepping Stone”), War Heroes (1972), First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997), People, Hell and Angels (2013)

Peak: 46 CL, 18 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.93 streaming

About the Song:

“Izabella comes from the root name Elizabeth, meaning ‘God is my oath’; a suitable switch for a song about vowing to fight on…The lyrics recount how the speaker’s ‘fighting a war’ for Izabella and the children of the world.” ^ES-98 The song “makes effective use of damping the strings to imply impatience, and there’s a powerfully squalling solo.” ^ES-98

The version on People, Hell and Angels “lacks the intensity that the lyrical content requires…However, old friend Larry Lee – who’s on rhythm guitar and would go on to play with Al Green and Albert King – had recently returned from Vietnam lending the lyrics more weight, and possibly inspiring the content in the first place.” ^ES-124

$20 Fine

Jimi Hendrix with Stephen Stills

Writer(s): Stephen Stills

Recorded: 9/30/69

Released: Both Sides of the Sky (2018)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 4.59 streaming

About the Song:

“A Stephen Stills composition with some effective flares of organ, this song demonstrates the band working as one. As well as Stills on vocals and organ, there’s Duane Hitchings from The Buddy Miles Express…on piano and Mitchell on drums. But, surprisingly, the weak link is Hendrix: his licks and solo are almost pedestrian, as though he’s struggling for ideas. This isn’t aided by him forgoing his usual mastery of sustain, and playing a series of short notes around some repetitive licks that can’t help but be sunk by the organ. This is rectified towards the end when the damping, scratch strumming and note bends spring alive.” ^ES-129

“There’s an ear-catching opening riff – a Hendrix trademark of course – with prints of ‘Under My Thumb.’…Overall, the song is fairly engaging and has a memorable chorus hook, but it fails as a Hendrix collaboration.” ^ES-129

Woodstock

Jimi Hendrix with Stephen Stills

Writer(s): Joni Mitchell

Recorded: 9/30/69

Released: Both Sides of the Sky (2018)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 3.25 streaming

About the Song:

“This has Stephen Stills on vocals and organ and Hendrix on bass.” ^ES-131 Of course, Stills recorded the Joni Mitchell song with Crosby, Stills & Nash but “Less well known is how Hendrix was also a big fan of Joni Mitchell, even asking if he could record one of her gigs in Ottawa. Mitchell agreed and Hendrix crouched by the stage with his recorder for her entire performance.” ^ES-132

“The song doesn’t gain much from being reworked as a straight-up rock track – some of Stills’ phrasing suffers, and the organ jam at the end is rather dull with Hendrix’s bass cocking impatiently behind it.” ^ES-131

Stills said of working with Jimi, “A little wisp of a guy. Very soft-spoken…But he was funny and he taught me a great deal about playing lead…Very dear, a dear soul.” ^ES-132

Jungle

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Jimi Hendrix

Recorded: 11/14/69

Released: Both Sides of the Sky (2018)

Peak: -- Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 38.01 streaming

About the Song:

“Only Hendrix and Buddy Miles appear on this initially laid-back instrumental. Rustling cymbals highlight a gently picked riff with some precise Uni-Vibe effects, and it has the feel of a nocturnal animal slinking low in the undergrowth. Miles’ drumming shifts to a more native feel before the second half picks up speed with a scratchier riff that fades out too quickly. This is another fine example of Hendrix creating evocative soundscapes that didn’t need to be delineated by lyrics.” ^ES-130

Born Under a Bad Sign

Jimi Hendrix

Writer(s): Booker T. Jones, William Bell

Recorded: 12/15/69 at Record Plant in New York City

Released: Blues (1994)

Peak: 29 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 18.99 streaming

About the Song:

This is an instrumental jam of a blues song made famous by Albert King.

Resources/References:

^AM Amazon.com review of Valleys of Neptune
^MM Matt Melis, Consequence of Sound
^ES Emma Stott (2022). On Track…Every Album, Every Song. Sonic Bond Publishing: United Kingdom.
^WK Wikipedia page for Valleys of Neptune
^JZ Jonathan Zwickel, The Seattle Times review of Valleys of Neptune

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First posted 7/31/2026; last updated 8/1/2026.

Jimi Hendrix: Top 50 Songs

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Jimi Hendrix

Top 50 Songs

Legendary psychedelic-blues/rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix was born Johnny Allen Hendrix on 11/27/1942 in Seattle, Washington. He was only 27 when he died of a drug overdose in London on 9/18/1970 but his is one of rock music’s greatest legacies.

He first worked as a sideman with Rosa Lee Brooks (1964), Isley Brothers (1964), Buddy & Stacey and the Upsetters (1965); Little Richard, Curtis Knight, and Ronnie Youngblood. He formed Jimmy James and the Blue Flames in 1965. The next year he was discovered by the Animals’ Chas Chandler at New York City’s Café Wha? He went to London and formed the Jimi Hendrix Experience (1966-1969) with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. He also helmed the Band of Gypsys with drummer Buddy Miles and bassist Buddy Cox from 1969 to 1970.

His albums Are You Experienced (1967) and Electric Ladyland (1968) are featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Albums of All Time. His cover of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” (1968) is featured in the DMDB book The Top 100 Songs of the Rock Era 1954-1999.

Awards:

Top 50 Songs

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards.

1. All Along the Watchtower (1968)
2. Purple Haze (1967)
3. Hey Joe (1966)
4. Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) (1968)
5. The Star Spanged Banner (live, 1969)

6. Foxey Lady (1967)
7. Little Wing (1967)
8. Over the Rainbow (1968)
9. The Wind Cries Mary (1967)
10. Crosstown Traffic (1968)

11. Fire (1967)
12. Are You Experienced? (1967)
13. Red House (1967)
14. Dolly Dagger (1970)
15. Stone Free (1966)

16. Manic Depression (1967)
17. If 6 Was 9 (1967)
18. Freedom (1970)
19. Angel (1970)
20. Third Stone from the Sun (1967)

21. Burning of the Midnight Lamp (1967)
22. Up from the Skies (1967)
23. Izabella (1970)
24. Castles Made of Sand (1967)
25. Stepping Stone (1970)

26. Like a Rolling Stone (live, 1967)
27. Gloria (live, 1968)
28. Wild Thing (live, 1967)
29. I Don’t Live Today (1967)
30. Spanish Castle Magic (1967)

31. Gypsy Eyes (1968)
32. Have You Ever Been to Electric Ladyland? (1968)
33. Johnny B. Goode (live, 1970)
34. Drifting (1970)
35. Love or Confusion (1967)

36. Bold As Love (1967)
37. May This Be Love (1967)
38. Earth Blues (1969)
39. Sunshine of Your Love (1968)
40. Here He Comes (Lover Man) (1968)

41. Hear My Train A-Comin’ (1967)
42. Power of Soul (1969)
43. Ezy Ryder (1969)
44. Hound Dog (live, 1967)
45. Night Bird Flying (1970)

46. Blue Suede Shoes (1970)
47. Day Tripper (live, 1967)
48. Message to Love (1969)
49. The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice (1967)
50. Machine Gun (1970)

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First posted 5/21/2019; last updated 7/30/2026.

Today in Music (1966): The Byrds Fifth Dimension released

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Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

Released: July 18, 1966

Peak: 24 US, 27 UK, -- CN, -- AU Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Genre: folk rock

Tracks:

5D (Fifth Dimension) [2:33]
Wild Mountain Thyme (traditional) [2:30]
Mr. Spaceman [2:09]
I See You (Crosby / McGuinn) [2:38]
What’s Happening?!?! (Crosby) [2:35]
I Come and Stand at Every Door (Nazim Hikmet) [3:03]
Eight Miles High [3:34]
Hey Joe (Powers / Roberts) [2:17] (33 DF)
Captain Soul (Clarke / Crosby / Hillman / McGuinn) [2:53]
John Riley (Gibson) [2:57]
2-4-2 Fox Trot (The Lear Jet Song) (McGuinn) [2:12]

Total Running Time: 38:26

1996 CD reissue bonus tracks:

Why (single version)
I Know My Rider
Psychodrama City
Eight Miles High (alternate version)
Why (alternate version)
John Riley (instrumental)

The Players:

Roger McGuinn (vocals, guitar)
Gene Clark (percussion, harmonica, guitar, vocals)
David Crosby (guitar, vocals)
Chris Hillman (bass)
Michael Clarke (drums, percussion)

Rating:

3.881 out of 5.00 (average of 31 ratings)

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

The Beginnings of Psychedelic Rock

Only three albums in and the Byrds were redefining themselves, moving from the pioneering folk-rock of their first two albums to the more psychedelic feel of their third. Founding member Gene Clark quit the group in early 1966. Since he was the group’s chief songwriter, it forced David Crosby and Roger McGuinn to step up their games. ^RD

“They devised some of the first and best psychedelic rock, often drawing from the influence of Indian raga in the guitar arrangements.” ^AM The album was celebrated for “McGuinn’s fascination with things spacey and sci-fi” ^RD such as on 5D (Fifth Dimension) and “the extraordinary Eight Miles High.” ^RD The latter, “with its astral lyrics, pumping bassline, and fractured guitar solo, was a Top 20 hit, and one of the greatest singles of the '60s.” ^AM

…But Also a Mix of Other Genres

The Byrds, however, didn’t stop at psychedelia. “There are nods to the group’s folk roots and, uncharacteristically, R&B.” ^RD “The Byrds were now straddling rock ‘n’ roll, folk, jazz, ‘raga’ rock, and country.” ^RD “A heavy diet of Ravi Shankar and John Coltrane on the tour bus inspired McGuinn’s freeform solos, grounded by Hillman’s rumbling bass and Clarke’s fizzing drums.” ^RD

The Songs

The album’s “high points were as innovative as any rock music being recorded in 1966. Immaculate folk-rock was still present in their superb arrangements of the traditional songs Wild Mountain Thyme and John Riley.” ^AM “I Come and Stand at Every Door is an unusual and moving update of a traditional rock tune, with new lyrics pleading for peace in the nuclear age.” ^AM

“McGuinn’s guitar spits fire on the jazz-raga-rock stunner I See You” ^RD and delivers “the country-esque, whimsical Mr. Spaceman.” ^RD

The mix of genres makes “for an uneven album, true, and it is not without filler.” ^RD “The R&B instrumental Captain Soul was a throwaway” ^AM and “Hey Joe not nearly as good as the versions by the Leaves or Jimi Hendrix.” ^AM The “proto-hippy musings in What’s Happening?!?!” ^RD are “the earliest example of David Crosby's disagreeably vapid hippie ethos.” ^AM

Here are more details about some of the songs on this album.

Eight Miles High

The Byrds

Writer(s): Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Gene Clark (see lyrics here)

Recorded: Jan. 24-25, 1966 at Columbia Records in Hollywood, California

Released: 3/14/1966 (single), Fifth Dimension (1966), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1967), History of the Byrds (compilation, 1973), The Byrds (box set, 1990), 20 Essential Tracks from the Boxed Set (compilation, 1992), The Very Best of (compilation, 1997), The Essential (compilation, 2003), There is a Season (box set, 2006)

B-Side: “Why”

First Charted: 4/2/1966

Peak: 14 BB, 12 CB, 13 GR, 15 HR, 2 CL, 24 UK, 3 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 9.70 video, 38.56 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

The Byrds’ 1965 cover of Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” got the group “lauded as the harbingers of a whole new genre – folk-rock.” ^LW With 1966’s “Eight Miles High” they were celebrated for another song “that was also heralded as a groundbreaking event.” ^LW It is considered “a classic of the counterculture era” ^WK and “one of the masterpieces of the psychedelic era,” ^TC even being held up by many critics as “the first bona fide psychedelic rock song.” ^WK

Band member Roger McGuinn said, “this nugget of proto-psychedelia” ^DT was not about drugs, as everyone assumed, “but in the ‘60s, anything with abstract imagery was automatically considered a psychedelic song.” ^SJ It was about the band’s impressions of touring in England. He said, “it’s about the altitude of the airplane – eight miles high – and when you land over there, when you touch down, you find culture shock.” ^SJ

The protests didn’t keep radio from banning it for what regarded as “perceived drug connotations in its lyrics.” ^WK Band members Gene Clark and David Crosby would admit later that the song “was at least partially inspired by their drug use” ^WK and McGuinn would acknowledge that “high” had a double meaning. ^SS In addition, “the Byrds’ harmonies were never more ghostly and uplifting,” ^SS which enhanced the psychedelic effect of the song.

“The amazing guitar solo is McGuinn playing live – and alone!” ^SJ He said, “There’s no overdubs on that; it’s one straightforward guitar part on a twelve-string. The reason it sounds like that is because I was influenced by John Coltrane,” ^SJ specifically his song “India.” It was McGuinn’s attempt to replicate “the saxophonist’s repetitive line in that song.” ^SS Music historian Steve Sullivan said McGuinn’s work here was “no doubt in turn also inspiring an up-and-coming virtuoso named Jim Hendrix.” ^SS

5D (Fifth Dimension)

The Byrds

Writer(s): Roger McGuinn

Recorded: May 24-25, 1966 at Columbia Records in Hollywood, California

Released: 6/13/1966 (single), Fifth Dimension (1966), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1967), History of the Byrds (compilation, 1973), The Byrds (box set, 1990), 20 Essential Tracks from the Boxed Set (compilation, 1992), The Very Best of (compilation, 1997), The Essential (compilation, 2003), There is a Season (box set, 2006)

B-Side: “Captain Soul”

Peak: 44 BB, 39 CB, 32 HR, 31 CL Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 5.64 streaming

About the Song:

Like “Eight Miles High,” this was banned by some radio stations in the United States when it was released as a single because its lyrics allegedly promoted drug use. ^MC-44 Roger McGuinn said “he dropped acid to try to understand the universe better and to inform the song’s theme.” ^MC-45 However, “he saw it as a spiritual song inspired by Islam, rather than an acid-drenched drug song.” ^MC-45 “For a pop single in 1966 this was cerebral.” ^MC-45

The song features “an ethereal drone…married to a jig, creating an acid-drenched sea shanty.” ^MC-44 Roger McGuinn “came up with the waltz-time rhythm that should’ve been too square to work as it was out of place with the era. But it works perfectly, thanks in no small way to his inventive layered guitar and the band’s ravishing harmonies, which perfectly fit the floating music.” ^MC-44

Mr. Spaceman

The Byrds

Writer(s): Roger McGuinn

Recorded: Apr. 28-29, 1966 and May 3-6, 1966 at Columbia Records in Hollywood, California

Released: 9/6/1966 (single), Fifth Dimension (1966), Greatest Hits (compilation, 1967), History of the Byrds (compilation, 1973), The Byrds (box set, 1990), 20 Essential Tracks from the Boxed Set (compilation, 1992), The Very Best of (compilation, 1997), The Essential (compilation, 2003), There is a Season (box set, 2006)

B-Side: “What’s Happening?!?!”

Peak: 36 BB, 34 CB, 32 GR, 29 HR, 13 CL, 18 DF Click for codes to charts.

Sales (in millions): --

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, -- video, 13.96 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

Roger McGuinn explained the inspiration behind “Mr. Spaceman,” the Byrds’ third single from their album Fifth Dimension: “I was always a science fiction buff. I liked movies like Forbidden Planet and War of the Worlds…I knew that if anyone was out there, FM radio waves would get through the ionosphere and keep travelling in space for maybe thousands of years...or maybe millions of miles…So I thought let’s put something out there that maybe someone would receive. It was sort of a tongue-in-cheek message to outer space. Actually, in a way I got my wish because they used it to wake up the Space Shuttle astronauts.” ^SJ

Resources/References:

^AM AllMusic.com album review by Richie Unterberger
^TC Toby Creswell (2005). 1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time. Thunder’s Mouth Press: New York, NY. Pages 117-8.
^RD Robert Dimery (2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Quintet Publishing Limited: New York, NY. Page 86.
^LW Alan Lewens (2001). Popular Song – Soundtrack of the Century. Billboard Books: New York, NY. Page 126.
^MC Andy McArthur (2023). On Track…Every Album, Every Song. Sonicbond Publishing: United Kingdom.
^SJ Bob Shannon and John Javna (1986). Behind the Hits: Inside Stories of Classic Pop and Rock and Roll. Warner Brothers, Inc.: New York, NY. Pages 239.
^SS Steve Sullivan (2013). Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings (Volumes I & II). Scarecrow Press: Lanham, Maryland. Page 404.
^DT Dave Thompson (2011). 1000 Songs That Rock Your World. Krause Publications: Iola, WI. Pages 144 and 217.
^WK Wikipedia page for “Eight Miles High”

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First posted 4/7/2008; last updated 10/24/2026.

90.9 The Bridge: Top 909 Cover Songs of All Time

2026-07-04T23:59:00.000-05:00

90.9 The Bridge:

Top 909 Cover Songs of All Time

Over the 4th of July weekend in 2026, the Kansas City radio station 90.9 The Bridge did a countdown of the top 909 cover songs of all time as voted on by listeners. Here were the results.

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1. “Hurt” Johnny Cash
2. “The Man Who Sold the World” Nirvana
3. “Killing Me Softly” Fugees
4. “Hallelujah” Jeff Buckley
5. “Nothing Compares 2U” Sinead O'Connor
6. “All Along the Watchtower” Jimi Hendrix Experience
7. “Smooth Criminal” Alien Ant Farm
8. “I Will Survive” Cake
9. “Sweet Jane” Cowboy Junkies
10. “A Hazy Shade of Winter” Bangles

11. “Take Me to the River” Talking Heads
12. “Personal Jesus” Johnny Cash
13. “In Bloom” Sturgill Simpson
14. “Mad World” Michael Andrews w/ Gary Jules
15. “Jolene” White Stripes
16. “Me and Bobby McGee” Janis Joplin
17. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” Devo
18. “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” Nirvana
19. “Wild Horses” Sundays
20. “Respect” Aretha Franklin

21. “The Sound of Silence” Disturbed
22. “With a Little Help from My Friends” Joe Cocker
23. “I Will Always Love You” Whitney Houston
24. “Landslide” Smashing Pumpkins
25. “Proud Mary” Ike & Tina Turner
26. “Mrs. Robinson” Lemonheads
27. “Superstar” Sonic Youth
28. “Because the Night (Unplugged)” 10,000 Maniacs
29. “Heartbeats” Jose Gonzalez
30. “Valerie” Mark Ronson f. Amy Winehouse

31. “Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go” Soft Cell
32. “It's Oh So Quiet” Bjork
33. “Hard to Handle” Black Crowes
34. “Everybody Knows” Concrete Blonde
35. “What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding” Elvis Costello
36. “Lake of Fire (Unplugged)” Nirvana
37. “Last Kiss” Pearl Jam
38. “Angel from Montgomery” Bonnie Raitt
39. “Boyz-n-the-Hood” Dynamite Hack
40. “Across the Universe” Fiona Apple

41. “Close to Me” Get Up Kids
42. “Such Great Heights” Iron & Wine
43. “Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World” Israel Kamakawiwo?ole
44. “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” They Might Be Giants
45. “Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!” The Beatles
46. “Nothing Compares 2 U” Chris Cornell
47. “Save It for Later” Eddie Vedder
48. “Knockin' on Heaven's Door” Guns N' Roses
49. “I Love Rock and Roll” Joan Jett
50. “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” Marilyn Manson

51. “Try a Little Tenderness” Otis Redding
52. “Mahna Mahna” Cake
53. “Gloria” Patti Smith
54. “Common People” William Shatner
55. “I Think We're Alone Now” Tiffany
56. “Twist and Shout” Beatles
57. “You Really Got Me” Van Halen
58. “Toxic” Calvin Arsenia
59. “Easy” Faith No More
60. “Got to Get You into My Life” Earth Wind & Fire

61. “House of the Rising Sun” Animals
62. “Sea of Love” Cat Power
63. “Just Like Heaven” Dinosaur Jr.
64. “Live and Let Die” Guns N' Roses
65. “Hallelujah” Rufus Wainwright
66. “Big Yellow Taxi” Counting Crows
67. “Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen” Santana
68. “Doin' Time” Lana Del Rey
69. “Darling Nikki” Foo Fighters
70. “Pressure Drop” The Clash

71. “Stop Your Sobbing” Pretenders
72. “Love Song” 311
73. “The Boys of Summer” The Ataris
74. “Take on Me” Reel Big Fish
75. “Smells Like Teen Spirit” Tori Amos
76. “Summer Breeze (Part 1)” The Isley Brothers
77. “Changes” Charles Bradley
78. “People Are Strange” Echo & the Bunnymen
79. “Blinded by the Light” Manfred Mann's Earth Band
80. “You Found Me” Waxahatchee & Kevin Morby

81. “War Pigs” Cake
82. “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window`” Joe Cocker
83. “The Chain” Highwomen
84. “99 Red Balloons” Goldfinger
85. “American Woman” Lenny Kravitz
86. “Running Up That Hill” Meg Myers
87. “Pictures of Matchstick Men” Camper Van Beethoven
88. “Always on My Mind” Pet Shop Boys
89. “Make You Feel My Love” Adele
90. “Baker Street” Foo Fighters

91. “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” Slits
92. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Toots and the Maytals
93. “Rusty Cage” Johnny Cash
94. “I Fought the Law” Clash
95. “Walk This Way” Run-DMC / Aerosmith
96. “Come Together” Aerosmith
97. “Dancing Barefoot” U2
98. “Come on Eileen” Save Ferris
99. “Blackbird” Billy Preston
100. “Iron Man” Cardigans

101. “You're Still the One” Lake Street Dive
102. “Eleanor Rigby” Aretha Franklin
103. “Pinball Wizard” Hillbenders
104. “Dear Prudence” Siouxsie and the Banshees
105. “Got My Mind Set on You” George Harrison
106. “When You Were Mine” Cyndi Lauper
107. “Happiness Is a Warm Gun” Breeders
108. “Weird Fishes” Lianne La Havas
109. “Once in a Lifetime” Angelique Kidjo
110. “Romeo & Juliet” Indigo Girls

111. “The Loco-Motion” Grand Funk Railroad
112. “Billie Jean” The Civil Wars
113. “Gloria” Laura Branigan
114. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Brandi Carlile
115. “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” Marvin Gaye
116. “I Feel for You” Chaka Khan
117. “Without You” Harry Nilsson
118. “Higher Ground” Red Hot Chili Peppers
119. “Kansas City Star” Kacey Musgraves
120. “Dancing in the Dark” Lucy Dacus

121. “Running Up That Hill” Placebo
122. “Police and Thieves” Clash
123. “Torn” Natalie Imbruglia
124. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” Otis Redding
125. “Beautiful Strangers” Mavis Staples
126. “Ring of Fire” Social Distortion
127. “Head On” Pixies
128. “Landslide” The Chicks
129. “Love Hurts” Nazareth
130. “La Bamba” Los Lobos

131. “Heroes” The Wallflowers
132. “Life on Mars” Seu Jorge
133. “Anthems for a Seventeen Year-Old Girl” Maggie Rogers & Sylvan Esso
134. “The Weight” Aretha Franklin
135. “Renegades of Funk” Rage Against the Machine
136. “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away” Eddie Vedder
137. “Behind Blue Eyes” Limp Bizkit
138. “Africa” Weezer
139. “Wish You Were Here” Milk Carton Kids
140. “Billie Jean” Chris Cornell

141. “Viva Las Vegas” Dead Kennedys
142. “A Whiter Shade of Pale” Annie Lennox
143. “Red Red Wine” UB40
144. “The Boxer” Mumford and Sons
145. “Jolene” Beyonce
146. “I'm a Believer” Smash Mouth
147. “Love Rollercoaster” Red Hot Chili Peppers
148. “Ain’t That a Shame” Cheap Trick
149. “Hey Jude” Wilson Pickett
150. “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” Elton John

151. “War Pigs (Live)” Faith No More
152. “Everybody Hurts” Al Green
153. “Mony Mony” Billy Idol
154. “Morning Has Broken” Cat Stevens
155. “At Last” Etta James
156. “Murder on the Dancefloor” Royel Otis
157. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” Tom Jones
158. “Bridge Over Troubled Water” Aretha Franklin
159. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Brandi Carlile and Emmylou Harris
160. “Land of Confusion” Disturbed

161. “Driver 8” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
162. “Hound Dog” Elvis Presley
163. “Patience” Chris Cornell
164. “Imagine” A Perfect Circle
165. “In Between Days” Ben Folds
166. “Suspicious Minds” Dwight Yoakam
167. “California Sun” Ramones
168. “Bizarre Love Triangle” Frente
169. “My Funny Valentine” Elvis Costello and the Attractions
170. “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” Amy WInehouse

171. “Linger” Lake Street Dive
172. “California Man” Cheap Trick
173. “Crimson and Clover” Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
174. “Whole Lotta Love” Dread Zeppelin
175. “Addicted to Love” Florence + the Machine
176. “I Shot the Sheriff” Eric Clapton
177. “I Want to Hold Your Hand” Al Green
178. “Kids in America” Muffs
179. “Unchained Melody” The Righteous Brothers
180. “The Letter” Joe Cocker

181. “I Put a Spell on You” Nina Simone
182. “Raspberry Beret” Hindu Love Gods
183. “Remember (Walking in the Sand)” Aerosmith
184. “Helter Skelter (Live)” U2
185. “Wichita Lineman” Flea, Nick Cave
186. “There She Goes” Sixpence None the Richer
187. “Born Under Punches” Angelique Kidjo
188. “Friday I'm in Love” Yo La Tengo
189. “Summertime Blues (Live)” Who
190. “Signs” Tesla

191. “You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman” Carole King
192. “Ball of Confusion” Love and Rockets
193. “Down in the Park” Foo Fighters
194. “Border Song (Holy Moses)” Aretha Franklin
195. “Dancing Days” Stone Temple Pilots
196. “Do You Wanna Dance?” Ramones
197. “Time After Time” Willie Nelson
198. “Warm Leatherette” Grace Jones
199. “32 Flavors” Alana Davis
200. “Rockin' in the Free World (Live)” David Byrne

201. “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow” The Soggy Bottom Boys
202. “Footsteps in the Dark” Cannons
203. “Just a Girl” Florence + the Machine
204. “Thirteen” Elliott Smith
205. “Helter Skelter” Aerosmith
206. “Pictures of Lily” David Bowie
207. “Purple Haze” The Cure
208. “Oh Pretty Woman” Van Halen
209. “Statesboro Blues” Allman Brothers Band
210. “Take Me Home, Country Roads” Lana Del Rey

211. “Just Like Heaven (with Robert Smith)” Olivia Rodrigo
212. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” P!nk, Brandi Carlile, Dolly Parton
213. “American Girl” Frank Turner
214. “Mr. Blue Sky” Antennas Up
215. “All Tomorrow's Parties” St. Vincent
216. “All by Myself” Sheryl Crow
217. “Downpressor Man” Sinead O'Connor
218. “Whole Lotta Love” Hozier
219. “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker” Rancid
220. “One” Johnny Cash

221. “Can't Get Enough of You Baby” Smash Mouth
222. “Bury a Friend” Duran Duran
223. “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” Hot Chip and Peter Gabriel
224. “Heartbreak Hotel” Willie Nelson
225. “Pride and Joy” Bonnie Raitt
226. “Summertime” The Fun Boy Three
227. “Dancing in the Dark” Cannons
228. “No Scrubs” Weezer
229. “My Back Pages” The Ramones
230. “Bigmouth Strikes Again” Placebo

231. “Enjoy the Silence” Tori Amos
232. “Hey, Hey, What Can I Do” Hootie and the Blowfish
233. “Fall on Me” Death Cab for Cutie
234. “Making Plans for Nigel” The Rembrandts
235. “So Far Away” Lake Street Dive
236. “True Faith” Sophie Ellis-Bextor
237. “God Only Knows” David Bowie
238. “Dreams” The Corrs
239. “California Girls” David Lee Roth
240. “That's When I Reach for My Revolver” Moby

241. “Summertime Blues” Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
242. “Space Oddity” Brandi Carlile
243. “Psycho Killer” Velvet Revolver
244. “Don't Worry, Baby” She & Him
245. “Out of Time” The Ramones
246. “Shake Some Action” Cracker
247. “A Face in the Crowd” Spoon
248. “Gypsy Woman” David Byrne
249. “Come Together” Gary Clark, Jr.
250. “Route 66” Depeche Mode

251. “Where Is My Mind?” Placebo
252. “Louie Louie” The Kingsmen
253. “I'm on Fire” Johnny Cash
254. “I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone” Sex PIstols
255. “Why Can't We Be Friends?” Smash Mouth
256. “Blue” Sarah McLachlan
257. “D'yer Mak'er” Sheryl Crow
258. “Video Killed the Radio Star” Erasure
259. “Crosstown Traffic” Living Colour
260. “I Walk on Gilded Splinters” Paul Weller

261. “It's My Life” No Doubt
262. “Rockin' in the Free World (Live in Kansas City)” Pearl Jam
263. “Hungry Heart” The Mavericks
264. “China Girl” David Bowie
265. “Superman” R.E.M.
266. “Mama Told Me Not to Come” Tom Jones and Stereophonics
267. “All Along the Watchtower (Live at Red Rocks)” Dave Matthews Band
268. “Fade into You” Valerie June
269. “Wichita Lineman” Johnny Cash
270. “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” Cyndi Lauper

271. “The First Cut is the Deepest” Sheryl Crow
272. “911 Is a Joke” Duran Duran
273. “Whole Lotta Love” Ike and Tine Turner
274. “I Can't Get No Satisfaction” Cat Power
275. “Love is the Drug” Grace Jones
276. “#9 Dream” R.E.M.
277. “Gin and Juice” The Gourds
278. “Personal Jesus” Trevor Horn, Iggy Pop, Phoebe Lunny
279. “Whiskey in the Jar” Metallica
280. “I Don't Want to Grow Up” Ramones

281. “Breakdown” Spoon
282. “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)” Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
283. “Ball of Confusion” Duran Duran
284. “That Don't Impress Me Much” Haim
285. “Giving Him Something He Can Feel” En VOgue
286. “Bette Davis Eyes” Kim Carnes
287. “Behind Blue Eyes” Sheryl Crow
288. “Caroline, No” The Wedding Present
289. “Go Your Own Way” The Cranberries
290. “Creep” Arlo Parks

291. “Bohemian Rhapsody” Elton John with Axl Rose
292. “Oh My God” Mark Ronson f/ Lily Allen
293. “Yesterday” Willie Nelson
294. “Summertime” Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
295. “She Don't Use Jelly” Ben Folds Five
296. “There She Goes Again” King Princess
297. “Clocks” Rhythms Del Mundo with Coldplay
298. “The Ballroom Blitz” Tia Carrere
299. “Let's Have a Party” Spencer Davis Group
300. “Get Your Kicks on Route 66” The Rolling Stones

301. “53rd and 3rd” Metallica
302. “Don't Think Twice It's Alright” Johnny Marr
303. “In the Air Tonight” Lucy Dacus
304. “Good Vibrations” Todd Rundgren
305. “Something in the Way” Rufus Du Sol
306. “Mama Told Me Not to Come” Wilson Pickett
307. “All Along the Watchtower” U2
308. “Sweet Jane” Sweet
309. “American Girl” Everclear
310. “Can't Help Falling in Love with You” UB40

311. “Such Great Heights” Postmodern Jukebox f. Kiah Victoria
312. “Can't Take My Eyes Off of You” Lauryn Hill
313. “Don't Let Me Down” Stereophonics
314. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Weezer
315. “Little Wing” Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
316. “Blueberry Hill” Elton John
317. “Sad But True” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
318. “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” Rolling Stones
319. “Guitar Man” The Jesus and Mary Chain
320. “Hey Bulldog” Toad the Wet Sprocket

321. “Disguises” The Jam
322. “Fast Car” Luke Combs
323. “Wonderwall” Mike Flowers Pops
324. “Thirteen” Wilco
325. “Watching the Detectives” Duran Duran
326. “China Girl” James
327. “Enjoy the Silence” Foushee
328. “You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks” Brittany Howard
329. “Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps” Cake
330. “Rockin' in the Free World” Simple Minds

331. “Graceland” Willie Nelson
332. “God Only Knows” Daniel Johnston
333. “The Train from Kansas City” Neko Case
334. “Gimme Shelter” Voice of the Beehive and Jimmy Sommerville
335. “Friend of the Devil” Counting Crows
336. “Don't Be Cruel” Cheap Trick
337. “Born to Run” Cowboy Mouth
338. “Honky Tonk Women” Tom Jones
339. “Sunshine on My Shoulders” Train
340. “Viva Las Vegas” ZZ Top

341. “Spanish Castle Magic” Santana
342. “Always Something There to Remind Me” Naked Eyes
343. “Wouldn't It Be Nice” She & Him, Zoey Deschanel, M Ward
344. “Where Is My Mind” Tkay Maidza
345. “Heroes” Oasis
346. “I'm a Believer” EMF with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer
347. “Dear God” Sarah McLachlan
348. “Paint It, Black” Duran Duran
349. “Running Up That Hill” Kiki Dee
350. “Wichita Lineman” R.E.M.

351. “Come Together” Sugababes
352. “Cum on Feel the Noize” Oasis
353. “I'm Only Sleeping” The Vines
354. “My Back Pages” The Hollies
355. “Whiskey in the Jar” The Pogues
356. “The Way You Do the Things You Do” UB40
357. “Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Was In” Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
358. “Bein' Green” Andrew Bird
359. “Route 66 (Live)” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
360. “Summertime” Billie Holiday

361. “Good Lovin'“ The Rascals
362. “Good Guys” Heidi Lynne Gluck
363. “Hey Joe” Wilson Pickett
364. “I Just Wasn't Made for These Times” Jim James
365. “White Lines” Duran Duran
366. “Get Rhythm” Little Richard
367. “Solsbury Hill” Erasure
368. “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” Elton John
369. “Stand by Your Man” The Chicks
370. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Making Movies

371. “Enjoy the Silence” Bell X1
372. “Twist and Shout” The Isley Brothers
373. “The Best” Tina Turner
374. “This Is Radio Clash” The Urge
375. “The Ghost in You” Counting Crows
376. “Mama Told Me Not to Come” Three Dog Night
377. “A Forest” British Sea Power
378. “No Woman, No Cry” Fugees
379. “Sad But True” Royal Blood
380. “King of Carrot Flowers Part One” Death Cab for Cutie

381. “Never Going Back Again” matchbox twenty
382. “The Lion Sleeps Tonight (We-Mo-Weh)” The Tokens
383. “Gold Dust Woman” Warren Haynes
384. “Love Buzz” Nirvana
385. “When Doves Cry” Patti Smith
386. “They Don't Know” Tracey Ullman
387. “Whole Wide World” Cage the Elephant
388. “Second Hand News” Tonic
389. “Rudie Can't Fail” The MIghty Mighty Bosstone
390. “I'll Take You There” General Public

391. “Love Hurts” Joan Jett
392. “No More I Love You's” Annie Lennox
393. “Love Song” The Big Pink
394. “Creep” Macy Gray
395. “Life During Wartime” Staple Singers
396. “Fascination Street” Monotony Street
397. “Rapper's Delight” Sugarhill Gang with Ellen Dow
398. “Wind of Change” AWOLNATION f. Brandon Boyd and Portugal. the Man
399. “Patience (Thundergong)” Ted Lasso
400. “What to Do” Meat Puppets

401. “Golden” Cannons
402. “Take Me Home Country Roads” Olivia Newton-John
403. “Burning Down the House” Bonnie Raitt
404. “Come and Get It” The Beatles
405. “Heroes” Janelle Monae
406. “I Can't Explain” Snuff
407. “The Chain” Shawn Colvin
408. “Manic Monday” Billie Joe Armstrong
409. “Papa Was a Rollin' Stone” Temptations
410. “Gimme Some Truth” Crew ft. Krystle Warren

411. “Tangerine” Big Head Todd and the Monsters
412. “Route 66” The Brian Setzer Orchestra
413. “I've Been Loving You Too Long” Tina Turner
414. “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” Bette Midler
415. “Burning Love” Ronnie Spector
416. “Working Class Hero” Screaming Trees
417. “Whatta Man” Salt-N-Pepa
418. “Ring of Fire`” Ray Charles
419. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” Pete Yorn
420. “This Old Heart of Mine” Rod Stewart with Ron Isley

421. “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” Sophie B. Hawkins
422. “Dreams” The Kills
423. “Don't Be Cruel” The Mavericks
424. “Pinball Wizard” Elton John
425. “Use Me” Mick Jagger
426. “You'll Never Walk Alone” Brittany Howard
427. “Redemption Song” Wyclef Jean
428. “The Greatest Love of All” Whitney Houston
429. “Baby One More Time” Tenacious D
430. “Paint It, Black” The Flaming Groovies

431. “You Really Got Me” Robert Palmer
432. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Sammy Rae
433. “No Matter What” The Knack
434. “Here Comes the Sun” Peter Tosh
435. “Band on the Run” Foo Fighters
436. “I Wanna Be Sedated” The Offspring
437. “Here Comes Your Man” Teenage Fanclub
438. “Don't Stop” Elton John
439. “Spirit in the Sky” The Blind Boys of Alabama
440. “The Scientist” Natasha Bedingfield

441. “You Keep Me Hanging On” Madness
442. “Take a Chance on Me” AWOLNATION ft. Jewel
443. “Roll Over Beethoven” The Beatles
444. “Inspiration Information” Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
445. “Creep” Postmodern Jukebox f. Haley Reinhart
446. “Seven Nation Army” The Flaming Lips
447. “Let's Stay Together” Tina Turner
448. “Gold Dust Woman” Sister Hazel
449. “Let It Be” Tito Nieves and Tito Puente
450. “You Spin Me Round Like a Record” Sweet

451. “Harvest Moon” Sunflower Bean
452. “Miss Otis Regrets” The Lemonheads
453. “Fool in the Rain” O.A.R. and Robert Randolph
454. “Dancing in the Moonlight” Smashing Pumpkins
455. “I'm Free” Soup Dragons f/ Junior Reid
456. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Jimmy Barnes
457. “Ziggy Stardust” Seu Jorge
458. “Whiskey in the Jar” Pulp
459. “Hotel Yorba (Playback)” Katy Guillen & the Drive
460. “Please Mr. Postman” The Beatles

461. “Good Vibrations” The Troggs
462. “Blitzkrieg Bop” Sweet
463. “Hello, Dolly” Louis Armstrong
464. “Piece of My Heart” Melissa Etheridge
465. “Folsom Prison Blues” Keb' Mo'
466. “Spanish Castle Magic” Spin Doctors
467. “Sunday Morning” Michael Stipe
468. “You Want It Darker” Iggy Pop
469. “All Through the Night” Cyndi Lauper
470. “Police on My Back” Billie Joe Armstrong

471. “Mighty Quinn” Manfred Mann
472. “Reason to Believe” Rod Stewart
473. “A Whiter Shade of Pale” Joe Cocker
474. “House of the Rising Sun” Nina Simone
475. “Walkin' After Midnight” Patsy Cline
476. “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” Samantha Mumba
477. “Soak Up the Sun” Soccer Mommy
478. “Oh! You Pretty Things” Lisa Hannigan
479. “Like a Rolling Stone” Michael Bolton
480. “Maniac” AWOLNATION

481. “I'll Be There (MTV Unplugged) ft Trey Lorenz)” Mariah Carey
482. “In My Life” Jose Feliciano
483. “Back Home Again” Old Crow Medicine Show
484. “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” The Vaccines
485. “Let My Love Open the Door” Natalie Imbruglia
486. “Senses Working Overtime” Spacehog
487. “Long Black Train” Cadillac Flambe
488. “Downbound Train” Raul Malo
489. “That's All for Everyone” Tame Impala
490. “Gone Daddy Gone” Gnarls Barkely

491. “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” Hootie & the Blowfish
492. “Just Dropped In” Kenny Rogers
493. “Pet Sounds” Architecture in Helsinki
494. “Mack the Knife” Louis Armstrong
495. “Queen of Hearts” Juice Newton
496. “The Tracks of My Tears” Go West
497. “Uncle John's Band” Lucius
498. “Light My Fire” Shirley Bassey
499. “Barracuda” Fergie
500. “Imagine” Gerry and the Pacemakers

501. “Here Comes Your Man” Kate Roges
502. “I'm Bad I'm Nationwide” Dwight Yoakam
503. “Guns of Brixton” Unwritten Law
504. “Misty Mountain Hop” 4 Non Blondes
505. “Ain’t That a Shame” John Lennon
506. “The Sky Is Crying” Stevie Ray Vaughan
507. “The E Street Shuffle” John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
508. “Many Shades of Black” The Raconteurs with Adele
509. “I'll Be Your Mirror” Courtney Barnett
510. “Heroes” Blondie

511. “Fade into You” Maximo Park
512. “The Loco-Motion” Kylie Minogue
513. “She's Leaving Home” Billy Bragg
514. “Route 66” Chuck Berry
515. “Secret Garden” Tom Cochrane and Damhnait Doyle
516. “Lola” Madness
517. “Working in a Coal Mine” Devo
518. “Right Down the Line” Local Natives
519. “Femme Fatale” Sharon Van Etten
520. “I Get a Kick Outta You” Louis Armstrong

521. “I Shall Be Released” Paul Weller
522. “Gimme Some Truth” Billie Joe Armstrong
523. “Games People Play” Lissie
524. “Stacy's Mom” Postmodern Jukebox f. Casey Abrams
525. “Can't Help Falling in Love” Hall and Oates
526. “Boys Don't Cry” Lostprophets
527. “Can't Get Enough of You Baby” The Colourfield
528. “Wooden Indian” Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
529. “Dead Flowers” Cowboy Junkies
530. “Alone Again (Naturally)” AWOLNATION

531. “Stayin' Alive” Rhythms Del Mundo f. Wyclef Jean
532. “You Really Got a Hold on Me” The Beatles
533. “Fantastic Voyage” Coolio
534. “Positively 4th Street” Paul Westerberg
535. “The Black Angel's Death Song” Fontaines D.C.
536. “All Along the Watchtower” The Fratelli's
537. “Rebel Rebel” Rickie Lee Jones
538. “I'm Waiting for the Man” Matt Berninger
539. “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” Michael McDonald
540. “Message in a Bottle” Maxi Priest

541. “Rolling in the Deep” Aretha Franklin
542. “You Make Loving Fun” Jewel
543. “Hey Bulldog” Fanny
544. “Lullaby” Editors
545. “Brilliant Disguise” Elvis Costello
546. “Rave On” M Ward ft. Zoey Deschanel
547. “I Don't Want to Know” Goo Goo Dolls
548. “Uncle John's Band” Jimmy Buffet
549. “Jack Straw” Bruce Hornsby and the Range
550. “Ring of Fire” Def Leppard

551. “Love Me Tender” Linda Ronstadt
552. “I Want to Break Free” Lisa Stansfield
553. “Lady Madonna” Fats Domino
554. “I Won't Back Down” Kris Kristofferson
555. “Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things” Kirsty MacColl ft. the Pogues
556. “Like a Rolling Stone” Jimi Hendrix
557. “Shadows of the Night” Pat Benatar
558. “Some Kind of Wonderful” Joss Stone
559. “Real Wild Child (Wild One)” Iggy Pop
560. “I Say a Little Prayer” Aretha Franklin

561. “White Riot” Cracker
562. “Fade into You” Gregory Alan Isakov, Sylvan Esso
563. “Royals” Postmodern Juke f. Puddles Pity Party
564. “Devil with the Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly” Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
565. “Money (That's What I Want)” Flying Lizards
566. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Diana Ross
567. “Remember (Walking in the Sand)” The Go-Go's
568. “Born to Run” Frank Turner
569. “Just a Friend” AWOLNATION
570. “Mack the Knife” Bobby Darin

571. “Red House” Buddy Guy
572. “Baby I Love Your Way” Big Mountain
573. “Seven Nation Army” Hard-Fi
574. “Dream Baby” Hootie & the Blowfish
575. “Wild World” Jimmy Cliff
576. “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” Earth, Wind and Fire
577. “Ces Bottes Sont Faites Pour Marcher” Eileen
578. “Radio Ga Ga” Paul Young
579. “Straight to Hell” Moby featuring Heather Nova
580. “Babe I'm Gonna Leave You” Led Zeppelin

581. “The Tide is High” Blondie
582. “Silver Springs” Lykke Li
583. “Ship of Fools” Elvis Costello
584. “Instant Karma!” Paul Weller
585. “If It Be Your Will” Mavis Staples
586. “Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You” The Charlatans
587. “Let ‘Em In” Dr. John
588. “Der Kommisar” After the Fire
589. “Songbird” Duncan Shiek
590. “Piece of My Heart” Big Brother & the Holding Company

591. “Hold on I'm Comin” Aretha Franklin
592. “It Ain’t Me Babe” Nancy Sinatra
593. “Love Song” Adele
594. “Spirit in the Sky” Dr. and the Medics
595. “Bad Romance” Lissie
596. “Foxey Lady” Cee-Lo Green
597. “All You Pretty Girls” Crash Test Dummies
598. “Eye in the Sky” AWOLNATION f. Beck
599. “Marquee Moon” Kronos Quartet
600. “That Thing You Do!” Billie Joe Armstrong

601. “Sad Songs and Waltzes” Cake
602. “Jailhouse Rock” John Cougar Mellencamp
603. “Laid” Better Than Ezra
604. “I Go Blind” Hootie & the Blowfish
605. “Dream a Little Dream” Eddie Vedder
606. “If I Can't Have You” Eve's Plum
607. “Everyday is Like Sunday” Chrissie Hynde
608. “Suspicious Minds” Fine Young Cannibals
609. “Rebel Rebel” Jimmy Cliff
610. “Ain’t That a Shame” Pat Boone

611. “A Hard Day's Night” Johnny Rivera
612. “Working in the Coal Mine” Devo
613. “I Won't Back Down” John Fogerty
614. “Things We Said Today” Bob Dylan
615. “Mind Games” George Clinton
616. “Love Cats” The Futureheads
617. “Use Me” Hootie & the Blowfish
618. “Dazed and Confused” Led Zeppelin
619. “Maybe I'm Amazed” Billy Joel
620. “Drive” AWOLNATION

621. “It's All Over Now Baby Blue” Echo and the Bunnymen
622. “Live to Tell” Berlin
623. “I Want to Take You Higher” Ike & Tina Turner
624. “I Think We're Alone” Billie Joe Armstrong
625. “I Turn My Camera On” Rock Kills Kid
626. “Ziggy Stardust” Bauhaus
627. “Sloop John B” Dick Dale and His Del-Tones
628. “Hey Jude” Elvis Presley
629. “Iko Iko” Belle Stars
630. “The Spider and the Fly” Buffalo Tom

631. “Strawberry Letter 23” Brothers Johnson
632. “Rihannon” Best Coast
633. “Miss Otis Regrets” Bette Midler
634. “Help Me” kd lang
635. “Burning Down the House” Cardigans with Tom Jones
636. “Material Girl” AWOLNATION f. Taylor Hanson
637. “Landslide” Allison Russell
638. “I Just Wanna Have Something to Do” Garbage
639. “One Way Out” Allman Brothers Band
640. “Ring of Fire” Dwight Yoakam

641. “More, More, More (Part 1)” Babes in Toyland
642. “Lola” Andy Taylor
643. “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)” Junior Walker & the All Stars
644. “Tomorrow Never Knows” Jimi Hendrix featuring Jim Morrison
645. “Wild World” Maxi Priest
646. “A New England” Billie Joe Armstrong
647. “Denis” Blondie
648. “When I'm 64” Barry Gibb
649. “Ob La Di Ob La Da” Celia Cruz
650. “Light My Fire” Clarence Carter

651. “Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland)” Lenny Kravitz
652. “Stayin' Alive” Dweezil Zappa
653. “Imagine” Blues Traveler
654. “Beds Are Burning” AWOLNATION
655. “Addicted to Love” Alex Clare
656. “Life During Wartime” Ben Lee
657. “I Believe in Miracles” Eddie Vedder with Zeke
658. “The Wind Cries Mary” Sting
659. “You Keep Me Hanging On” Kim Wilde
660. “This Used to Be My Playground” A Flock of Seagulls

661. “Bring the Noise (Thundergong)” Flava Flav and Jason Sudeikis
662. “Here I Am (Come and Take Me)” UB40
663. “That's What Friends Are For” Dionne Warwick and Friends
664. “We Are Family” The Chipmunks and the Chipettes
665. “My Back Pages” Joan Osbourne and Jackson Browne
666. “Day Tripper” Otis Redding
667. “The Boho Dance” Bjork
668. “Anyhow, Anyway, Anywhere” The Flaming Lips
669. “Bennie and the Jets” Beastie Boys with Biz Markie
670. “Cello Song” Fontaines D.C.

671. “You Better Run” Pat Benatar
672. “Revolution” The Radiators
673. “Maggie's Farm” The Specials
674. “Material Girl” KMFDM
675. “Who Are You” Stereophonics
676. “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” The 5th Dimension
677. “Casey Jones” Warren Zevon with David Linley
678. “Need You Tonight” Level 42
679. “Blue Monday” Randy Newman
680. “The Crying Game” Boy George

681. “I Want to Hold Your Hand” The Crickets
682. “New York Groove” Ace Frehley
683. “Maybe I'm Amazed” Jem
684. “Jackie Wilson Said” Dexy's Midnight Runners
685. “Band on the Run” Heart
686. “Walking on the Moon” Hot Chocolate
687. “When Doves Cry” Razorlight
688. “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” Nancy Sinatra
689. “Oh Pretty Woman” Al Green
690. “Beat on the Brat” U2

691. “Poor Poor Pitiful Me” Linda Ronstadt
692. “The Kids Are Alright” Pearl Jam
693. “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away” The Subway
694. “High and Dry” Jamie Cullum
695. “How Lucky” Kurt Vile with John Prine
696. “Pancho and Lefty” Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson
697. “I'm a Believer” The Monkees
698. “Midnight at the Oasis” That Dog
699. “Looking Out My Back Door” The Stray Cats
700. “Like a Rolling Stone” Mick Ronson with David Bowie

701. “Dancing on My Own” Kings of Leon
702. “Every Breath You Take” Shirley Bassey
703. “Like a Virgin” Annabella Lwin of Bow Wow Wow
704. “Truckin'“ Dwight Yoakam
705. “Oh! You Pretty Things” Herman's Hermits
706. “5.15” Phish
707. “China Doll” Suzanne Vega
708. “Sunny Afternoon” Bob Geldof
709. “All Day and All of the Night” The Stranglers
710. “Uncle John's Band” Indigo Girls

711. “Think About Me” The New Pornographers
712. “Some Kind of Wonderful” Grand Funk Railroad
713. “Feelin’ Alright” Paul Weller
714. “Havana Affair” Red Hot Chili Peppers
715. “New York” Cat Power
716. “Hey Joe” Jimi Hendrix Experience
717. “I Only Have Eyes for You” Flamingos
718. “I'm Walkin'“ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
719. “Suspicious Minds” Candi Staton
720. “Everybody’s Talkin’” Harry Nilsson

721. “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” Angelique Kidjo
722. “Ain’t That a Shame” Edwyn Collins
723. “Stand by Your Man” Tina Turner
724. “Can't Buy Me Love” Ella Fitzgerald
725. “It's Now or Never” Paul McCartney
726. “Fell in Love with a Boy” Joss Stone
727. “I Hear You Knocking” Dave Edmunds
728. “Use Me” Isaac Hayes
729. “America the Beautiful” Ray Charles
730. “Can't Get Enough of You Baby” ? and the Mysterians

731. “Every 1's a Winner” Ty Segall
732. “Wharf Rat” Midnight Oil
733. “Hello Goodbye” The Cure f. James McCartney
734. “Addicted to Love” Eagles of Death Metal
735. “I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself” White Stripes
736. “Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat” Beck
737. “Do You Love Me” Nirvana
738. “Jump Jive an' Wail” The Brian Setzer Orchestra
739. “Jump” Aztec Camera
740. “Killing in the Name” My Brothers and Sisters

741. “Cheat” Rancid
742. “Dizzy” Vic Reeves and the Wonder Stuff
743. “Enter Sandman” Mac DeMarco
744. “Eight Miles High” Husker Du
745. “Louie Louie” Ike & Tina Turner
746. “Linger” Royel Otis
747. “Nightclubbing” Grace Jones
748. “All My Loving” Maxi Priest
749. “How Will I Know” Sam Smith
750. “Time Warp” Tenacious D

751. “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” Liza Minelli
752. “Brand New Cadillac” The Clash
753. “Secret Agent Man” Devo
754. “Gallows Pole” Led Zeppelin
755. “Sad But True” St. Vincent
756. “Lost in the Supermarket” Afghan Whigs
757. “If You Leave” Nada Surf
758. “Back on the Chain Gang” Morrissey
759. “Love Is All Around” R.E.M.
760. “Space Oddity” Natalie Merchant

761. “Wedding Bell Blues” Morrissey w Billiy Joe Armstrong
762. “In the Summertime” Yes You Are
763. “Yesterday” Gladys Knight and the Pips
764. “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” The Mavericks
765. “Spanish Harlem” Aretha Franklin
766. “Beyond the Sea” Bobby Darin
767. “Girl from the North Country” M Ward, Connor Oberst, Jim James
768. “Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)” Robert Palmer
769. “Farewell Transmission” Kevin Morby & Waxahatchee
770. “Down the Line” The Hollies

771. “Let It Be” Chrissie Hynde
772. “Right Down the Line” Bonnie Raitt
773. “Waterloo Sunset” David Essex
774. “Lady Madonna” Allen Toussaint
775. “Purple House” Prince
776. “Atlantic City” Ed Sheeran
777. “The Scientist” Willie Nelson
778. “How Sweet It Is” James Taylor
779. “Have a Cigar” Foo Fighters and Brian May
780. “Dream Baby” Wayne Newton

781. “Living After Midnight” LA Guns
782. “I Wanna Be Your Dog” Uncle Tupelo
783. “Lotta Love” Nicolette Larson
784. “Whole Lotta Love” Beth Hart
785. “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” David Byrne
786. “Land of 1000 Dances” Wilson Pickett
787. “Start Me Up” Manic Street Preachers
788. “Don't You Evah” Spoon
789. “Love Hurts” Sinead O'Connor
790. “La Vie En Rose” Lucy Dacus

791. “Baby Blue” Aimee Mann
792. “Debaser” Rogue Wave
793. “Train in Vain (Stand by Me)” Third Eye Blind
794. “Let My Love Open the Door” Mitski
795. “Summertime Blues” Blue Cheer
796. “Dance Me to the End of Love” Madeleine Peyroux
797. “Someday” Julia Jacklin
798. “Our Lips Are Sealed” Fun Boy Three
799. “Obsession” Animotion
800. “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” Saint Etienne

801. “Handle with Care (Thunder Gong)” Jason Sudeikis, Wil Forte, Fred Armisen
802. “Tears of a Clown” The Beat
803. “Cats in the Cradle” Ugly Kid Joe
804. “Like a Prayer” Loleatta Holloway
805. “Head Over Heels” Japanese Breakfast
806. “Steal My Sunshine” Portugal. the Man f/. Cherry Glaze
807. “A Groovy Kind of Love” Phil Collins
808. “Manic Monday” Bangles
809. “My Way” Sex Pistols
810. “Running Up That Hill” Car Seat Headrest

811. “Bad Romance (Thundergong 2022)” Brendan Hunt
812. “Oye Como Va” Santana
813. “Take Me to Tomorrow” Dave Matthews
814. “Mr. Tambourine Man” Byrds
815. “I Can See Clearly Now” Jimmy Cliff
816. “Nothing Else Matters” Phoebe Bridgers
817. “Jealous Guy” Collective Soul
818. “Champagne Supernova” Matt Pond PA
819. “Espresso” Good Neighbours
820. “Sexual Healing” Soul Asylum

821. “Dancing in the Street” David Bowie and Mick Jagger
822. “Purple Haze” Robert Randolph and the Family Band
823. “Summer Breeze” Type O Negative
824. “Leaving on a Jet Plane” My Morning Jacket
825. “Fast Car” Black Pumas
826. “Careless Whisper” Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
827. “Spirit in the Sky” Elton John
828. “Twist and Shout” Mamas & the Papas
829. “A Case of You” Prince
830. “Baby I Love Your Way / Freebird” Will to Power

831. “Help!” Deep Purple
832. “What a Wonderful World” Joey Ramone
833. “With a Little Help from My Friends” Wet Wet Wet
834. “Higher Ground” Jass
835. “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Robert Glasper
836. “Bette Davis Eyes” Kylie Minogue
837. “Go Your Own Way” Lissie
838. “Time After Time” Everything But the Girl
839. “Friend of the Devil” Lyle Lovett
840. “Clampdown” Indigo Girls

841. “Harvest Moon” SYML
842. “Smalltown Boy” Dido
843. “Here Comes the Sun” Nina Simone
844. “Crossroads” Cream (Eric Clapton)
845. “Shout (Parts 1 & 2)” The Isley Brothers
846. “Free Man in Paris” Sufjan Stevens
847. “Blue Suede Shoes” Elvis Presley
848. “California Sun” The Rivieras
849. “Ring of Fire” Lykke Li
850. “Imagine” Dolly Parton

851. “Summertime” Big Brother & the Holding Company
852. “People Get Ready” Rod Stewart
853. “Light My Fire” Stevie Wonder
854. “Instant Karma!” Toad the Wet Sprocket
855. “You Really Got Me” Iggy Pop
856. “Gold Dust Woman (Live)” Sheryl Crow
85. “Jailhouse Rock” The Cramps
858. “Baby I Love Your Way” Diana Ross
859. “Should I Stay or Should I Go” Kaiser Chiefs
860. “Waterfalls” Death Cab for Cutie

861. “Working Class Hero” Green Day
862. “One Step Beyond” Madness
863. “Wild Thing” Divinyls
864. “Mahna Mahna” The Fray
865. “Hateful” No Doubt
866. “Cherry Bomb” L7 and Joan Jett
867. “Love Will Tear Us Apart” Not a Planet
868. “Breaking the Law” Motorhead
869. “Heroes” TV on the Radio
870. “Let's Dance” The Ramones

871. “Dancing in the Dark” Bastille
872. “Dreams” Letters to Cleo
873. “Money Changes Everything” Cyndi Lauper
874. “I Want Candy” Bow Wow Wow
875. “Burning Down the House” Paramore
876. “Wide Open Spaces” Soccer Mommy
877. “Drive” The Script
878. “Holiday” Heaven 17
879. “Ziggy Stardust” Def Leppard
880. “Driver 8” Hootie & the Blowfish

881. “Fire” Pointer Sisters
882. “Venus and Mars Rock Show” KISS
883. “Crazy” Patsy Cline
884. “Just” Mark Ronson f/ Alex Greenwald
885. “Hot Rod Lincoln” Commander Cody and His Lost Planet
886. “Viva Las Vegas” Reverend Horton Heat
887. “Laid” Matt Nathanson
888. “Money (That's What I Want)” Beatles
889. “Video Killed the Radio Star” The Presidents of the United States of America
890. “Safety Dance” Angel Olsen

891. “Crazy Train” Pat Boone
892. “California” Mates of State
893. “Cum on Feel the Noize” Quiet Riot
894. “Flagpole Sitta” AWOLNATION
895. “Sex on Fire” Cannons
896. “Rainbow Connection” Weezer and Hayley Williams
897. “Venus” Bananarama
898. “Take a Chance on Me” Erasure
899. “Lola (909 Session)” Lake Street Dive
900. “The Muppet Show Theme Song” OK Go

901. “Get It on (Bang a Gong)” Power Station
902. “Express Yourself” Information Society
903. “Do You Remember Rock N Roll Radio” KISS
904. “White Man in Hammersmith Palais” 311
905. “Kids in America” Billie Joe Armstrong
906. “Born to Run” Frankie Goes to Hollywood
907. “Psycho Killer ft. Victoria De Angelis” Duran Duran
908. “Baby One More Time” Fountains of Wayne
909. “Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody” David Lee Roth

Resources/Related Links

Dave’s Music Database: “Other Genre/Category Song Lists”
Bridge909.org (July 2026). “Top 909 Cover Songs of All Time”

First posted July 4, 2026.

Top 40 Psychedelic Rock Acts

2026-07-03T18:32:45.017-05:00

Psychedelic Rock:

Top 40 Acts

Psychedelic rock emerged in the mid-‘60s as music inspired, influenced, or representative of the experience of taking hallucinogenic drugs, most notably LSD. The Summer of Love in 1967 and the Woodstock Festival in 1969 were major cultural events which have been tied to the psychedelic rock movement.

This list was created by aggegating 13 lists focused on the best psychedelic rock acts of all time. See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre.

Pink Floyd

1. Pink Floyd
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. The Doors
4. Grateful Dead
5. Cream
6. Jefferson Airplane
7. Tame Impala
8. The 13th Floor Elevators
9. The Beatles
10. The Byrds

11. Love
12. the Yardbirds
13. Iron Butterfly
14. The Rolling Stones
15. Hawkwind
16. Quicksilver Messenger Service
17. Strawberry Alarm Clock
18. The Velvet Underground
19. The Moody Blues
20. Frank Zappa

21. T-Rex
22. Syd Barrett
23. Captain Beefheart
24. Steppenwolf
25. The Zombies
26. The Brian Jonestown Massacre
27. Spirit
28. Moby Grape
29. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
30. The Seeds

31. The Who
32. Janis Joplin /Big Brother & the Holding Company
33. The Animals
34. Traffic
35. The Hollies
36. Procol Harum
37. The Flaming Lips
38. Can
39. Status Quo
40. The Small Faces

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Top 50 Psychedelic Rock Albums
Dave’s Music Database: Top 100 Psychedelic Rock Songs
Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre

First posted 7/3/2026.

Top 30 Progressive Rock Acts

2026-07-03T14:05:03.895-05:00

Progressive Rock:

Top 30 Acts

Progressive rock is one of the most beloved and ridiculed of rock music’s sub genres. As a hilarious piece at Cracked.com says, it is “categorized by a sacking of traditional song structure, complex rhythms, odd time signatures,” and insane song lengths betraying the creators’ lack of awareness of when to stop a song.

The players tend to be average singers and extremely skilled musicians, often working with wacky instruments. As the piece amusingly states, it is “the only rock genre in which the term ‘flute solo’ has any meaning.”

Also prevalent are a propensity toward concept albums built on half-baked themes and philosophy. There tends to be plenty of drug inspiration and “a sense of inherent superiority over other rock genres.”

All kidding aside, it is a difficult genre to absorb. The stereotypes detailed at Cracked.com lean toward the truth more often than not, but prog rock is largely defined by not being definable. It is an experimental form which doesn’t play by the rules.

16 lists focused on progressive rock acts were aggregated to create this list. The top 15 were determined by which acts appeared on the most lists. The next fifteen were determined by looking at all acts reaching 4 to 9 lists and then ordering them by overall status in Dave’s Music Database.

See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre.

Pink Floyd

1. Pink Floyd
2. Yes
3. Rush
4. Genesis
5. Jethro Tull
6. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
7. King Crimson
8. Tool
9. The Moody Blues
10. Porcupine Tree

11. Gentle Giant
12. The Alan Parsons Project
13. Kansas
14. Dream Theater
15. The Mars Volta
16. Styx
17. Supertramp
18. Asia
19. Electric Light Orchestra
20. Marillion

21. Frank Zappa
22. Queensrÿche
23. Procol Harum
24. Can
25. Mike Oldfield
26. Manfred Mann
27. Hawkwind
28. Soft Machine
29. Opeth
30. Tangerine Dream

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Top 50 Progressive Rock Albums
Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre

First posted 7/3/2026.

Top 50 New Wave Acts

2026-07-01T23:32:53.381-05:00

New Wave:

Top 50 Acts

New wave was a genre of music which emerged in the late ‘70s in the United States and United Kingdom. It grew out of punk rock, a more guitar-based and aggressive sound, but became more commercial with its more smoothed-out synthesizer-driven and danceable sound as well as colorful, trendy wardrobe.

This list was created by aggregating 15 best-of lists focused on new wave acts. See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre.

Talking Heads

1. Talking Heads
2. Blondie
3. The Cure
4. Depeche Mode
5. The Cars
6. The B-52’s
7. Devo
8. The Police
9. New Order
10. Duran Duran

11. Tears for Fears
12. Elvis Costello
13. INXS
14. Culture Club
15. Echo & the Bunnymen
16. Psychedelic Furs
17. Eurythmics
18. Siouxsie & the Banshees
19. The Human League
20. ABC

21. Simple Minds
22. Pretenders
23. Joy Division
24. Aha
25. XTC
26. Adam Ant
27. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
28. A Flock of Seagulls
29. Erasure
30. The Smiths

31. Pet Shop Boys
32. Berlin
33. The Go-Go’s
34. Oingo Boingo
35. Soft Cell
36. Squeeze
37. Joe Jackson
38. Bangles
39. The Jam
40. Men at Work

41. Television
42. Billy Idol
43. The Fixx
44. Madness
45. Bananarama
46. Ultravox
47. Thompson Twins
48. Talk Talk
49. Spandau Ballet
50. Howard Jones

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Top 250 New Wave/College Rock Songs
Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre

First posted 7/1/2026.

Top 50 Musical Theater Composers

2026-07-01T18:21:19.919-05:00

Musical Theater Composers:

Top 50

This list was first posted on March 22, 2012 in honor of the births of two of musical theater’s most celebrated composers (Stephen Sondheim: March 22, 1930; Andrew Lloyd Webber: March 22, 1948). While this list focused on musical theater, a separate list produced around the same time focused on The Top 100 Songwriters of the Rock Era.

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Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II

1. Richard Rodgers
2. Oscar Hammerstein II
3. Stephen Sondheim
4. Andrew Lloyd Webber
5. George Gershwin

George and Ira Gershwin, image from wmky.org

6. Leonard Bernstein
7. Cole Porter
8. Irving Berlin
9. John Kander
10. Stephen Schwartz

Stephen Sondheim

11. Jerry Herman
12. Frank Loesser
13. Frederick Loewe
14. Ira Gershwin
15. Alan Jay Lerner

Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice

16. Tim Rice
17. Fred Ebb
18. Jonathan Larson
19. Jerome Kern
20. Harold Arlen

Irving Berlin

21. Lorenz Hart
22. Alan Menken
23. Charles Strouse
24. Marvin Hamlisch
25. Lee Adams

Cole Porter, image from hometownstohollywood.com

26. Cy Coleman
27. Jason Robert Brown
28. Jeanine Tesori
29. Dorothy Fields
30. Jerry Ross

Leonard Bernstein, image from npr.org

31. Jule Styne
32. Richard Adler
33. Sheldon Harnick
34. Jerry Bock
35. Lin-Manuel Miranda

Jerry Herman, image from jerryherman.com

36. Kurt Weill
37. Betty Comden
38. Adolph Green
39. Harold Rome
40. Elton John

Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe

41. E.Y. “Yip” Harburg
42. Burton Lane
43. Richard Sherman
44. Robert Sherman
45. Claude-Michel Schönberg

Jerome Kern, image from discogs.com

46. Mel Brooks
47. Lynn Ahrens
48. Bob Merrill
49. Johnny Mercer
50. Noël Coward

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Top 50 Musicals/Cast Albums: Top 50
Dave’s Music Database: The Top 100 Songwriters of the Rock Era
Dave’s Music Database: Lists Focused on Media, including Stage & Screen
Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Categories

First posted 3/22/2012; last updated 7/1/2026.

The Top 50 Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Acts

2026-07-01T10:09:38.793-05:00

Heavy Metal/Hard Rock:

Top 50 Acts

This list was created by aggregating 25 lists focused on the best heavy metal and/or hard rock acts of all time.

See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre.

Metallica

1. Metallica
2. Iron Maiden
3. Black Sabbath
4. Judas Priest
5. Megadeth
6. Slayer
7. Pantera
8. Tool
9. Motörhead
10. Led Zeppelin

11. Mötley Crüe
12. Guns N’ Roses
13. Van Halen
14. AC/DC
15. Ozzy Osbourne
16. Anthrax
17. Aerosmith
18. Kiss
19. Korn
20. Slipknot

21. Deep Purple
22. System of a Down
23. Jimi Hendrix
24. Bon Jovi
25. Def Leppard
26. Alice Cooper
27. Ronnie James Dio
28. Scorpions
29. Avenged Sevenfold
30. Queensrÿche

31. Alice in Chains
32. Marilyn Manson
33. Deftones
34. Rammstein
35. Queen
36. Nirvana
37. Rush
38. Linkin Park
39. Rage Against the Machine
40. Faith No More

41. Whitesnake
42. Ratt
43. Foo Fighters
44. Disturbed
45. Evanescence
46. Rainbow
47. Thin Lizzy
48. Five Finger Death Punch
49. Cinderella
50. Twisted Sister

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Top 50 Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Albums
Dave’s Music Database: Top 50 Heavy Metal Songs
Dave’s Music Database: Top 50 Hair Band/Glam Metal Songs
Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre

First posted 7/1/2026.

Top 30 Grunge Acts

2026-07-01T00:21:58.803-05:00

Grunge:

Top 30 Acts

Grunge was a fusion of punk and heavy metal which originated out of Seattle. The movement developed in the latter half of the ‘80s and peaked in the early ‘90s. While its rise and fall was quick, it birthed a revival of interest in guitar-based, alternative rock.

Some of the bands on the list might stir some debate as to whether they are grunge or not. Indeed, record companies rushed to capitalize on the grunge movement and signed many artists which bore a similar sound but didn’t have quite the same credentials and were sometimes dismissed by critics. There were also what I’ll call “grunge adjacent” acts (such as Smashing Pumpkins) that attracted a similar audience and had a similar sound but weren’t really grunge.

23 lists were aggregated to create this list. The acts were grouped in three bunches based on the number of lists on which they appeared. Then each of those groups was ordered based on the acts’ overall status in Dave’s Music Database.

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Nirvana

20-23 lists:

1. Nirvana
2. Pearl Jam
3. Alice in Chains
4. Soundgarden
5. Mudhoney

10-19 lists:

6. Stone Temple Pilots
7. Hole
8. Screaming Trees
9. Mother Love Bone
10. Silverchair

11. Temple of the Dog
12. L7
13. Melvins
14. Green River
15. Mad Season
16. Tad

4-9 lists:

17. Smashing Pumpkins
18. Live
19. Bush
20. Creed

21. Collective Soul
22. Garbage
23. Dinosaur Jr.
24. Soul Asylum
25. Candlebox
26. Blind Melon
27. Sponge
28. Meat Puppets
29. Veruca Salt
30. Days of the New

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Top 25 Grunge Albums
Dave’s Music Database: Top 100 Grunge/Post-Grunge Songs
Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre

First posted 7/1/2026.

Top 100 Folk/Folk Rock Acts

2026-06-30T19:03:42.883-05:00

Folk/Folk Rock:

Top 100 Acts

Folk music is characterized as traditional music that often deals with themes of life's daily struggles. It passed from generation to generation via oral tradition. Typically the composers were unknown and the music was played on traditional, acoustic instruments. A folk revival in the 20th century led to the popularization of the art through socially-conscious singer/songwriters who worked within the folk form and also expanded it in the rock era, especially in the 1960s, with more electric instruments. Another wave occurred in the 21st century with artists who found audiences at adult alternative radio.

17 lists focused on the best folk and/or folk-rock acts of all time were aggregated to create this list.

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Bob Dylan

14 lists:

1. Bob Dylan
2. Simon & Garfunkel

13 lists:

3. Joni Mitchell
4. Joan Baez
5. Pete Seeger

12 lists:

6. Woody Guthrie

10 lists:

7. Neil Young
8. James Taylor
9. Leonard Cohen
10. Peter, Paul, & Mary

9 lists:

11. Gordon Lightfoot

8 lists:

12. Cat Stevens
13. Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter
14. The Kingston Trio
15. Judy Collins

7 lists:

16. The Byrds
17. John Prine
18. Odetta
19. Bon Iver
20. Arlo Guthrie

6 lists:

21. Crosby, Stills & Nash
22. Grateful Dead
23. John Denver
24. The Carter Family
25. Mumford & Sons
26. The Mamas & the Papas
27. Nick Drake
28. Don McLean
29. Donovan
30. Sufjan Stevens

31. Harry Chapin
32. Ani DiFranco
33. Phil Ochs

5 lists:

34. Paul Simon
35. Carole King
36. Harry Belafonte
37. Tracy Chapman
38. Buffalo Springfield
39. The Weavers
40. Jim Croce

41. The Decemberists
42. Fairport Convention
43. Fleet Foxes
44. Joan Armatrading
45. Doc Watson
46. Ramblin' Jack Elliott

4 lists:

47. Johnny Cash
48. Jethro Tull
49. The Band
50. David Crosby

51. Indigo Girls
52. The Lumineers
53. America
54. Richard Thompson
55. Suzanne Vega
56. Lovin’ Spoonful
57. Ben Harper
58. Dan Fogelberg
59. Elliott Smith
60. Bright Eyes

61. Bert Jansch
62. Neutral Milk Hotel
63. Joanna Newsom
64. Townes Van Zandt
65. Billy Bragg
66. Elizabeth Cotten
67. Steeleye Span
68. Janis Ian
69. Buffy Sainte-Marie

3 lists:

70. Van Morrison

71. Tom Waits
72. Jackson Browne
73. Melissa Etheridge
74. Emmylou Harris
75. Violent Femmes
76. Graham Nash
77. Jimmie Rodgers
78. Love
79. Shawn Colvin
80. Jewel

81. Roger McGuinn
82. The Pogues
83. Of Monsters & Men
84. Mississippi John Hurt
85. Tim Buckley
86. Bruce Cockburn
87. Al Stewart
88. Gillian Welch
89. Patty Griffin
90. The Incredible String Band

91. Iron & Wine
92. The Highwaymen
93. Tom Paxton
94. Michelle Shocked
95. Dave Van Ronk
96. Loudon Wainwright III
97. Ian & Sylvia
98. Ewan MacColl
99. Pentangle

2 lists:

100. The Everly Brothers

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Top 60 Folk/Folk Rock Albums
Dave’s Music Database: Folk/Traditional: Top 100 Traditional/Folk Songs
Dave’s Music Database: Top 100 Folk Rock Songs
Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre

First posted 6/30/2026.

The Top 100 Drummers of All Time

2026-06-29T23:59:29.775-05:00

Drummers:

Top 100

This list was originally posted on the DMDB Facebook page on August 23, 2010, and then revised on January 22, 2011. 30 best-of lists (see resources at the bottom of the page) were aggregated to create this one. As tends to be the case with music lists, it heavily slants toward rock drummers, so while far from flawless, the aggregate approach to creating this list should assure that this is a more representative list than any other out there. When relevant, groups or performers most associated with the drummers are listed in parentheses.

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Neil Peart, Rush’s “YYZ”

1. Neil Peart (Rush)
2. John “Bonzo” Bonham (Led Zeppelin)
3. Keith Moon (The Who)
4. Ginger Baker (Cream)
5. Ringo Starr (The Beatles)
6. Stewart Copeland (The Police)
7. Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters)
8. Mitch Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
9. Bill Bruford (Yes/ King Crimson)
10. Lars Ulrich (Metallica)

John Bonham, Led Zeppelin’s Moby Dick”

11. Ian Paice (Deep Purple)
12. Charlie Watts (The Rolling Stones)
13. Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa/Jeff Beck)
14. Danny Carey (Tool)
15. Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
16. Roger Taylor (Queen)
17. Buddy Rich
18. Phil Collins (Genesis)
19. Nick Mason (Pink Floyd)
20. Bill Ward (Black Sabbath)

Keith Moon, The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (isolated drum track)

21. Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
22. Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer/Asia)
23. Steve Smith (Journey)
24. Travis Barker (Blink-182)
25. Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden)
26. Dave Lombardo (Slayer)
27. John Densmore (The Doors)
28. Alan White (Yes)
29. Maureen “Moe” Tucker (Velvet Underground)
30. Topper Headon (The Clash)

Ginger Baker, Cream’s “Toad”

31. Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins)
32. Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe)
33. Carter Beauford (Dave Matthews Band)
34. Vinnie Colaiuta (Frank Zappa/Sting/Jeff Beck /Herbie Hancock/Chick Corea)
35. Larry Mullen, Jr. (U2)
36. Alex Van Halen (Van Halen)
37. Aynsley Dunbar (John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers/Jeff Beck Group/Journey)
38. Cozy Powell (Black Sabbath/Rainbow)
39. Gene Krupa
40. Tommy Aldridge (Ozzy Osbourne/Whitesnake)

Buddy Rich vs. the Muppets’ Animal

41. Tim Alexander (Primus)
42. Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge)
43. Joey Jordison (Slipknot)
44. Bernard Purdie
45. Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac)
46. Frank “Tré Cool” Edwin Wright III (Green Day)
47. Steve Gadd (Paul Simon/Steely Dan/Eric Clapton)
48. Art Blakey
49. Michael Shrieve (Santana)
50. Al Jackson, Jr. (Booker T. & the MG’s)

Gene Krupa vs. Buddy Rich

51. Billy Cobham (Horace Silver/Miles Davis/Mahavishnu Orchestra)
52. Jaki Liebezeit (Can)
53. Matt Cameron (Soundgarden)
54. Max Weinberg (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band)
55. Max Roach
56. Steven Adler (Guns N’ Roses)
57. Deen Castronovo (Bad English/Journey)
58. Elvin Jones (John Coltrane)
59. Tony Williams
60. William “Benny” Benjamin (Funk Brothers)

Max Roach

61. Hal Blaine
62. Simon Phillips (Toto)
63. Klaus Dinger (Neu/LA Dusserldorf)
64. Zigaboo “Ziggy” Modeliste (The Meters)
65. Vinnie Paul (Pantera)
66. Brann Dailor (Mastodon)
67. Rick Allen (Def Leppard)
68. Zak Starkey (The Who/Oasis)
69. Phil Rudd (AC/DC)
70. Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull)

World’s Greatest Drummers Salute Ringo Starr

71. Mike Giles (King Crimson)
72. Louie Bellson
73. Jeff Porcaro (Toto)
74. Chad Wackerman (Frank Zappa)
75. Don Brewer (Grand Funk Railroad)
76. Chris Adler (Lamb of God)
77. Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth)
78. Jim “The Reverend” Sullivan (Avenged Sevenfold)
79. John French (Captain Beefheart)
80. Dominic Howard (Muse)

Lars Ulrich of Metallica, drum solo

81. Dave Weckl (Chick Corea)
82. Dave Garabaldi (Tower of Power)
83. Anton Fier (Feelies/Pere Ubu/Golden Palominos)
84. Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle/Desert Sessions)
85. Jon Theodore (Mars Volta)
86. Stanton Moore (Galactic)
87. Don Henley (Eagles)
88. Tico Torres (Bon Jovi)
89. Levon Helm (The Band)
90. Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown)

Phil Collins takes drum quiz

91. Scott Travis (Judas Priest)
92. Stephen Morris (Joy Division/New Order)
93. Earl Palmer
94. Alan “Reni” Wren (The Stone Roses)
95. Roger Hawkins (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section)
96. Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp)
97. B.J. Wilson (Procol Harum)
98. Damon Che Fitzgerald (Don Caballero)
99. Thomas Lang
100. Rod Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs/Winger)

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Categories
Amazon.com The Ten Greatest Drummers of All Time. By Julian Apostate. (date?). A personal top ten list with an album selection for each pick.
AssociatedContent.com Best Rock Drummers of All Time. By Nick Mayer. (7/7/09). Top ten list with commentary.
BBC News Zeppelin voted ‘ideal supergroup’. (7/10/05). Roughly 3500 music fans were polled at Planet Rock Radio for best singer, guitarist, bassist, and drummer. The top 10 of each are listed.
CreativeLoafing.com Top 10 Sickest Drummers of All Time. By Ivan Pena. (2/9/10). Top ten list with commentary and video.
Digital Dream Door 100 Greatest Rock Drummers. Edited by tommorello. (8/16/08). Top 100 list with no commentary.
FanNation.com Top Drummers of All Time. By R.I.P. John Bonham/ Bon Scott’s blog. (2007). Top 20 list with no commentary.
Gigwise.com The Greatest Drummers of All Time!. (5/29/08). Top 50 list with commentary. Having a separate page for each drummer is an annoyance.
Glam-Racket The Bakers Dozen Greatest Rock Drummers of All Time. By Todd Totale. (3/3/08). Top 13 list with commentary and some video. Includes another 13 on an honorable mention list and 13 on an a dishonorable mention list.
HubPages.com My Favorite Drummers. By Constant Walker. (2009). Unranked list with commentary and video.
Listology.com Favorite Rock Drummers. By Callanyvegatable. (6/16/2009). Ranked list (8) with no commentary and 7 honorable mentions.
Listology.com Top 10 Drummers of All Time. By SgtPepper. (7/15/2010). Top 10 ranked list with no commentary.
Listology.com …Favorite Musicians…. By Feif Umgotnn. (4/2/2010). Best-of lists for singers, bands, guitarists, drummers, bassists, and other instrumentalists. 11 drummers on a ranked list as well as 6 honorable mentions. Includes groups most associated with drummer.
Mademan.com 10 Best Drummers of All Time. By John Brhel. (4/17/2010). Ranked top 10 list with commentary.
MusicRadar.com 50 Greatest Drummers of All Time. By Rhythm Magazine (10/22/2009). Top 50 list with commentary and photos. Annoyingly has a separate page for each drummer. Have to click through all pages to see total list.
MyMusicLists.com Greatest Drummers. (2006?). Ranked list of 50+ drummers. Voted and commented on by registered users.
PhilBrodieBand.com 100 Greatest Drummers – Jazz, Rock, Skilled. (2006). Three separate ranked lists – one focused on jazz (100), one on rock (100), and a third on most-skilled drummers (50). No commentary.
Q Magazine. Best Drummer Ever. (12/24/2010). Originally in print magazine, issue 295. Top 10 ranked list with commentary.
Rankopedia.com Best Drummer Ever. (8/9/2010). Voter-based top 25 list with no commentary.
RateYourMusic.com 50 Greatest Drummers of All Time. By EVH1622. (year?). Top 50 ranked list with no commentary.
Rockband.com The Top 25 Greatest Drummers of All Time. By Slashboi. (1/3/2009). Top 25 ranked list with no commentary.
Scaruffi.com Greatest Rock Drummers of All Times. By Piero Scaruffi (1999). Top 28 ranked list with no commentary. Another 100+ honorable mentions.
Share Ranks Greatest Rock Drummers of All Time. By pxc0. (2009). Voter-based list with 60+ drummers ranked. Includes voter comments.
Squidoo.com The Top 10 Drum Legends and Their Drum Kits. By Andy Phillips (2009?). Top 10 ranked list with commentary. Includes video and photos.
StylusMagazine.com 50 Greatest Rock Drummers. By Stylus staff. (7/30/2007). Top 50 list with commentary, photos, and “best of”.
The-Top-Tens.com Greatest Drummer of All Time. By AKPickin. (year?). Top 100 voter-based list with comments from voters.
Turkku.com Top 20: Drummers. By Jari Leppänen (2010?). Page is focused on top 100 rock albums, but has other lists in the side panel, including a top 20 ranked list for drummers. No commentary.
Zuko.com Top 10 Rock Bands, Guitarist, Drummer, Bassist of All Time. By Dr. Von Zuko. (date?). Top ten unranked list with no commentary.

First posted 8/23/2010; last updated 6/30/2026.

The Top 25 Doo-Wop Groups of All Time

2026-06-29T23:47:49.285-05:00

Doo-Wop:

Top 25 Acts

Doo-wop emerged in the 1950s as an integral force in the shaping of early rock and roll. The genre was marked by vocal groups, predominantly male and black. More than a dozen lists were aggregated to come up with this DMDB list of the top 25 doo-wop groups of all time.

See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre.

The Platters

1. The Platters
2. The Drifters
3. The Coasters
4. The Flamingos
5. The Clovers

6. The Orioles
7. Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
8. The Spaniels
9. Dion & the Belmonts
10. The Dominoes

11. The Moonglows
12. The Cadillacs
13. The Del-Vikings
14. The Five Satins
15. Little Anthony & the Imperials

16. The Crests
17. The Harptones
18. The Dells
19. Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
20. The Five Royales

21. The Skyliners
22. The Cleftones
23. The Four Seasons
24. The Diamonds
25. The Penguins

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre
Dave’s Music Database: The Top 100 Doo-Wop Songs of All Time

First posted 3/5/2026; last updated 6/29/2026.

Top 20 Crooners of All Time

2026-06-29T23:28:21.455-05:00

Crooners:

Top 20

According to Wikipedia, “crooners are singers who sing in a soft, intimate style made possible by the introduction of microphones and amplification.” This technological breakthrough made it possible to pick up quieter sounds and a greater frequency range. Prior to such breakthroughs, singers had to be able to project through a very loud vocal style. Crooners often performed in front of big bands. The style grew to its height in popularity in the 1940s through the late ‘60s. It has, however, continued through modern day artists such as Michael Bublé and Harry Connick, Jr. who sing vocal jazz in a style which has come to be labeled as “traditional pop.”

This list was created by aggregating 10 lists focused on the best crooners of all time. See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Categories.

Frank Sinatra

1. Frank Sinatra
2. Bing Crosby
3. Nat “King” Cole
4. Tony Bennett
5. Dean Martin

6. Perry Como
7. Johnny Mathis
8. Bobby Darin
9. Sammy Davis, Jr.
10. Mel Tormé

11. Michael Bublé
12. Harry Connick, Jr.
13. Matt Monro
14. Andy Williams
15. Charles Aznavour

16. Louis Armstrong
17. Barry Manilow
18. Tom Jones
19. Eddie Fisher
20. Vic Damone

Resources/Related Links:

Wikipedia: List of Crooners
Dave’s Music Database: Top 25 Traditional Pop/Vocal Jazz Albums
Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Categories

First posted 6/29/2026.

The Top 50 Classical Composers

2026-06-29T21:18:07.201-05:00

Classical Composers:

Top 50

This list was originally presented as a note on the DMDB Facebook page on February 2, 2011. That original post was prompted by Anthony Tommasini, who in January 2011, undertook the two-week task in the New York Times of selecting the top 10 classical music composers in history. That list, and 13 others (see sources below), have been aggregated to create the official Dave’s Music Database list below. As always, the goal is to present an objective list based on others’ opinions. Besides, I’m less informed on classical music than any other genre, so I couldn’t compose a list of my own if I wanted to. My apologies for any misspellings.

Note: this list has been updated to aggegate 23 best-of lists focused on classical artists. Roughly the first half of the list is determined by putting all composers who reached at least 8 lists in order based on overall Dave’s Music Database. The remainder of the list is determined by taking all composers who reached between 2 and 7 lists and ranking them based on overall Dave’s Music Database status.

See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Categories.

Ludwig van Beethoven

1. Ludwig van Beethoven
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3. Johann Sebastian Bach
4. Igor Stravinsky
5. Gustav Mahler
6. Béla Bartók
7. Frederic Chopin
8. Sergei Rachmaninoff
9. Felix Mendelssohn
10. Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky

11. Dmitri Shostakovich
12. Antonin Dvorák
13. Maurice Ravel
14. Franz Schubert
15. Richard Wagner
16. Joseph Haydn
17. Hector Berlioz
18. Johannes Brahms
19. Robert Schumann
20. Antonio Vivaldi

21. George Friedrich Händel
22. Claude Debussy
23. Giusseppe Verdi
24. George Gershwin
25. John Philip Sousa
26. Franz Liszt
27. Claudio Monteverdi
28. Aaron Copland
29. Giacomo Puccini
30. Edward Elgar

31. Richard Strauss
32. Jean Sibelius
33. Kurt Weill
34. Modest Mussorgsky
35. Sergei Prokofiev
36. Arnold Schoenberg
37. Charles Ives
38. Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina
39. Anton Bruckner
40. Samuel Barber

41. Henry Purcell
42. Georges Bizet
43. Philip Glass
44. Ferde Grofe
45. Jean-Philippe Rameau
46. Ralph Vaughan Williams
47. John Cage
48. Camille Saint-Saëns
49. Pierre Boulez
50. Edvard Grieg

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Categories
Amazon.com: Essential Artists
Consists of two lists: one of popular music’s essential artists and another of classical composers. Links take you to shortbios and more links to works by the artist/composer. Classical list has 52 entries, unranked.
Answers.com Greatest Classical Composers. By del_icious_manager (date?)
A user posted a question asking for people to list 7 of the greatest classical composers and state reasons for choices. The best answer, as chosen by the asker, was from del_icious_manager who listed seven composers chronologically with sentence-longbios/justifications.
BiographyOnline.net Greatest Classical Music Composers of All Time. (date?)
Top ten ranked list with brief paragraphs on each entry.
Cleveland.com Who are the 10 greatest classical-music composers of all time? You decide. By Donald Rosenberg. (1/30/2011)
Response to Anthony Tommasini’s top 10 list in the New York Times. Picks seven composers himself, but doesn’t rank them.
DigitalDreamDoor.com The 100 Greatest Classical Music Composers. Edited by Guy/Brian. (12/31/2006)
Top 100 ranked list. No commentary.
eHow.com 10 Most Famous Classical Composers. By Amber D. Walker. (1/3/2010)
This article focuses on ten composers with paragraph entries on each. No ranking.
HubPages.com Top 5 Classical Composers of All Time. By Isabella Snow. (date?)
This article focuses on five composers with paragraph entries on each. No ranking.
Jaltcoh.blogspot.com The Top 10 Greatest Classical Composers. By John Althouse Cohen. (1/22/2011)
A personal top ten ranking with detailed entries on each composer. Inspired by the New York Times article.
Legends of American Music stamp series (1993-1999)
This series of stamps started in 1993 covering various genres. Eight classical composers/conductors were introduced in 1997.
Listverse.com Top 15 Greatest Composers of All Time. By FlameHorse. (12/17/2009)
Top 15 ranked list with detailed entries and video posts.
NYTimes.com The Greatest. By Anthony Tommasini. (1/21/2011)
The original post which inspired the DMDB list and several of the other entries in this category. He undertook a two-week series to select the top 10 classical musical composers in history. He laid out the list via articles, videos, and blog posts which garnered more than 1500 responses.
Squidoo.com The Best Classical Composers of All Time. By ?. (date?)
Unranked list of five composers with links to purchase music and other related products. Writer and date unidentified.
The-Top-Tens.com Greatest Classical Composers. By ?. (date?)
Users post lists here and then others vote on them. This top ten list has expanded to 23 entries as added by users. Original list generator and date of creation unidentified. Very few commentaries.

First posted 7/28/2012; last updated 6/29/2026.

College Rock: Top 30 Acts

2026-06-29T12:28:52.724-05:00

College Rock:

Top 30 Acts

College rock emerged in the 1980s as sort of the birth of alternative rock before that term was widely used. It got its name because of the prevalence of radio stations at college universities that would play left-of-mainstream material. Some of the genres most prominent artists (R.E.M., U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers) went on to become some of the biggest mainstream acts of the 1980s and ‘90s while others maintained more of a niche audience (The Replacements, Pixies, Hüsker Dü, Sonic Youth) but have become critically acclaimed bands because of their place in rock and roll history.

11 lists focused on college rock acts were aggegrated to create this list. See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre.

R.E.M.

1. R.E.M.
2. The Smiths
3. The Cure
4. The Replacements
5. U2

6. Pixies
7. Hüsker Dü
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers
9. XTC
10. The Smithereens

11. Sonic Youth
12. 10,000 Maniacs
13. Love & Rockets
14. Camper Van Beethoven
15. Talking Heads

16. The B-52’s
17. Echo & the Bunnymen
18. Midnight Oil
19. Dinosaur Jr.
20. Elvis Costello

21. The Police
22. Tears for Fears
23. INXS
24. Joy Division
25. Pretenders

26. Violent Femmes
27. Siouxsie & the Banshees
28. Psychedelic Furs
29. The Jesus & Mary Chain
30. Big Star

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre
Dave’s Music Database: Top 250 New Wave/College Rock Songs

First posted 6/29/2026.

The Top 100 Country Acts of All Time

2026-06-29T10:04:07.975-05:00

Country:

Top 100 Acts

This list was compiled by averaging more than 50 lists of the best country acts of all-time. The top 50 were then re-ordered based on the acts’ overall status in Dave’s Music Database. After that, any act appearing on 9 or more lists was then re-ordered based on overall Dave’s Music Database to come up with 51-100.

See other Acts/Music Makers by Genre lists.

Johnny Cash

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: “Acts/Music Makers by Genre lists”
Dave’s Music Database: “Top 100 Country Albums of All Time”
Dave’s Music Database: “Top 200 Country Songs of All Time”

First posted 4/11/2013; last updated 6/29/2026.

Britpop Acts: Top 25

2026-06-29T01:22:32.435-05:00

Britpop:

Top 25 Acts

Britpop was a genre which emerged in the early ‘90s in the United Kingdom. It grew out of the British indie music scene and was characterized by its guitar-driven pop sound.

This list was created by aggregating 17 best-of lists focused on Britpop. The top 10 is comprised of those acts appearing on 9 or more lists. After the top 10, any act appearing on 2 or more lists is ranked based on its overall status in Dave’s Music Database.

See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre.

Oasis

1. Oasis
2. Blur
3. Suede
4. Pulp
5. Supergrass

6. Elastica
7. The Verve
8. Manic Street Preachers
9. The Charlatans
10. Kula Shaker

11. Radiohead
12. The Smiths
13. Coldplay
14. The Stone Roses
15. Muse

16. Noel Gallagher/High Flying Birds
17. Paul Weller
18. Snow Patrol
19. Stereophonics
20. Keane

21. James
22. Happy Mondays
23. Ash
24. Travis
25. Ocean Colour Scene

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre
Dave’s Music Database: Top 25 Britpop Albums
Dave’s Music Database: Top 50 Britpop Songs

First posted 6/29/2026.

Brill Building Songwriters: Top 20

2026-06-24T16:31:03.997-05:00

Brill Building Songwriters:

Top 20

The Brill Building is in Manhattan, New York, at 1619 Broadway in the historic Tin Pan Alley neighborhood. In the early 1960s, it was considered the center of the American music industry with 165 music businesses contained there by 1962. The “Brill Building sound” was significant in shaping music after rock and roll’s first wave. It was a throwback to the pre-rock era when the song was more important than the singer. In fact, a specific singer could generally be easily replaced with another singer.

Of the famous songwriters who emerged from there, Carole King said, “Every day we squeezed into our respective cubby holes with just enough room for a piano, a bench, and maybe a chair for the lyricist if you were lucky. You’d sit there and write and you could hear someone in the next cubby hole composing a song exactly like yours.” ^WK

See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Categories.

Gerry Goffin & Carole King

1. Carole King: Top 50
2. Barry Mann: Top 30
3. Cynthia Weil: Top 30
4. Gerry Goffin: Top 50
5. Jeff Barry
6. Ellie Greenwich
7. Doc Pomus
8. Jerry Leiber: Top 50
9. Mike Stoller: Top 50
10. Mort Shuman

11. Howard Greenfield
12. Neil Sedaka
13. Burt Bacharach
14. Hal David
15. Bobby Darin
16. Gene Pitney
17. Phil Spector
18. Paul Anka
19. Otis Blackwell
20. Laura Nyro

Resources/Related Links:

Dave’s Music Database: Lists of Acts/Music Makers by Categories
^WK Wikipedia: Brill Building

First posted 6/24/2026.

Dave's Music Database

Lou Reed and Velvet Underground: Top 50 Songs

Velvet Underground/Lou Reed

Top 50 Songs

Awards (Velvet Underground):

Awards (Lou Reed):

Top 50 Songs of Lou Reed & Velvet Underground

Related Links:

Dolly Parton: A Retrospective (1946-2026)

Dolly Parton

A Retrospective: 1946-2026

Overview:

Links

Awards

Compilations

Spotify Playlist

Top 100 Songs

DMDB Top 1%:

DMDB Top 2%:

DMDB Top 5%:

DMDB Top 10%:

DMDB Top 20%:

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

Dumb Blonde

Dolly Parton

About the Song:

Just Because I’m a Woman

Dolly Parton

About the Song:

In the Good Old Days When Times Were Bad

Dolly Parton

About the Song:

In the Ghetto

Dolly Parton

About the Song:

My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy

Dolly Parton

About the Song:

Gypsy, Joe and Me

Dolly Parton

Daddy Come and Get Me

Dolly Parton

Down from Dover

Dolly Parton

About the Song:

Just the Way I Am

Dolly Parton

Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)

Dolly Parton

About the Song:

How Great Thou Art

Dolly Parton

About the Song:

Best of (compilation)

Dolly Parton

Rating:

Tracks:

About the Album:

Joshua

Dolly Parton

Awards:

About the Song

Coat of Many Colors

Dolly Parton

Awards:

About the Song

Traveling Man

Dolly Parton

Touch Your Woman

Dolly Parton

About the Song:

Mission Chapel Memories

Dolly Parton

Lonely Comin’ Down

Dolly Parton

When I Sing for Him

Dolly Parton

My Tennessee Mountain Home

Dolly Parton

Jolene

Velvet Underground/
Lou Reed