The Best 50s Country Songs

Whether it was the TV stars of a new golden era, smokey bar session players making a name for themselves or a certain young man in black, the 1950s had an integral influence on the state of country music for generations to come.

Here's a playlist of Holler's Best Country Songs of the 1950s.

Check out the full track listing below:

1. 1.

   It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels

   Kitty Wells

2. 2.

   Honky Tonkin' (With Drifting Cowboys)

   Hank Williams

3. 3.

   I Walk The Line

   Johnny Cash

4. 4.

   Waltz Across Texas

   Ernest Tubb

5. 5.

   If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time

   Lefty Frizzell

6. 6.

   The Fool

   Sanford Clark

7. 7.

   A Satisfied Mind

   Porter Wagoner

8. 8.

   New Mule Skinner Blues

   The Maddox Brothers & Rose

9. 9.

   Cattle Call

   Eddy Arnold

10. 10.

    The Long Black Veil

    Lefty Frizzell

11. 11.

    Walkin' After Midnight

    Patsy Cline

12. 12.

    Two Whoops And A Holler

    Jean Shepard

13. 13.

    No Help Wanted

    Rose And The Maddox Brothers

14. 14.

    Time's A Wastin'

    Carl Smith & June Carter Cash

15. 15.

    Slow Poke

    Hawkshaw Hawkins

16. 16.

    Big Iron

    Marty Robbins

17. 17.

    The Battle Of New Orleans

    Johnny Horton

18. 18.

    Cold, Cold Heart

    Hank Williams

19. 19.

    White Lightning

    George Jones

20. 20.

    There Stands The Glass

    Webb Pierce

21. 21.

    Tennessee Stud

    Eddy Arnold

22. 22.

    I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know

    The Davis Sisters

23. 23.

    The Wild Side Of Life

    Hank Thompson

24. 24.

    Sixteen Tons

    Tennessee Ernie Ford

25. 25.

    Four Walls

    Jim Reeves

26. 26.

    The Auctioneer

    Leroy Van Dyke

27. 27.

    Blue, Blue Day

    Don Gibson

28. 28.

    There's A Higher Power

    The Louvin Brothers

29. 29.

    Crazy Arms

    Ray Price

30. 30.

    Birmingham Bounce

    Red Foley

31. 31.

    Fujiyama Mama

    Wanda Jackson

32. 32.

    All I Have To Do Is Dream

    The Everly Brothers

33. 33.

    Am I That Easy To Forget

    Carl Belew

34. 34.

    Dixie Fried

    Carl Perkins

35. 35.

    Bimbo

    Jim Reeves

36. 36.

    Under Your Spell Again

    Buck Owens

37. 37.

    Waterloo

    Stonewall Jackson

38. 38.

    Oh Lonesome Me

    Don Gibson

39. 39.

    I'm Movin' On

    Hank Snow

40. 40.

    Get Rhythm

    Johnny Cash

41. 41.

    Let Me Be The One

    Hank Locklin

42. 42.

    Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young

    Faron Young

43. 43.

    Blue Moon Of Kentucky

    Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys

44. 44.

    I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow

    The Stanley Brothers

45. 45.

    Foggy Mountain Breakdown (With The Foggy Mountain Boys)

    Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs

46. 46.

    Heartbreak Hotel

    Elvis Presley

47. 47.

    Young Love

    Sonny James

48. 48.

    Fraulein

    Bobby Helms

49. 49.

    The Three Bells

    The Browns

50. 50.

    Big Midnight Special

    Stoney Cooper & Wilma Lee

51. 51.

    Rebel Rouser

    Duane Eddy

52. 52.

    A Dear John Letter

    Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky

53. 53.

    Why Baby Why

    George Jones

54. 54.

    Making Believe

    Kitty Wells

55. 55.

    Heartaches By The Number

    Ray Price

56. 56.

    El Paso

    Marty Robbins

57. 57.

    Jambalaya (On The Bayou)

    Hank Williams

58. 58.

    Folsom Prison Blues

    Johnny Cash

59. 59.

    In The Jailhouse Now

    Webb Pierce

60. 60.

    Goodnight, Irene

    Ernest Tubb, Red Foley & the Sunshine Trio

61. 61.

    Honky Tonk Man

    Johnny Horton

62. 62.

    City Lights

    Ray Price

63. 63.

    You Win Again

    Jean Shepard

64. 64.

    Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes

    Skeets McDonald

65. 65.

    I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes

    Goldie Hill

66. 66.

    Loose Talk

    Carl Smith

67. 67.

    Guess Things Happen That Way

    Johnny Cash

68. 68.

    A White Sport Coat

    Marty Robbins & Ray Conniff

69. 69.

    The Same Old Me

    Ray Price

70. 70.

    Knoxville Girl

    The Louvin Brothers

71. 71.

    I Found My Girl In The Usa

    Jimmie Skinner

72. 72.

    Gonna Find Me A Bluebird

    Marvin Rainwater

73. 73.

    The Shrine Of St. Cecilia

    Faron Young

74. 74.

    Gotta Travel On

    Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys

75. 75.

    Cash On The Barrel Head

    The Louvin Brothers

76. 76.

    I Gotta Know

    Wanda Jackson

77. 77.

    The Ballad Of Davy Crockett

    Mac Wiseman

78. 78.

    Slowly

    Webb Pierce

79. 79.

    Don't Drop It

    Terry Fell

80. 80.

    Looking Back To See

    Goldie Hill & Justin Tubb

81. 81.

    You All Come!

    Arlie Duff

82. 82.

    Bumming Around

    Jimmy Dean

83. 83.

    Seven Lonely Days

    Bonnie Lou

84. 84.

    Blues, Stay Away From Me

    The Delmore Brothers

85. 85.

    Honeycomb

    Jimmie Rodgers

86. 86.

    Don't Take Your Guns to Town

    Johnny Cash

87. 87.

    Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy

    Red Foley

88. 88.

    (Now and Then, There's) A Fool Such As I

    Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys

89. 89.

    Cry! Cry! Cry!

    Johnny Cash

90. 90.

    Always Late (With Your Kisses)

    Lefty Frizzell

91. 91.

    When It's Springtime In Alaska

    Johnny Horton

92. 92.

    Lonesome Road

    Mirriam Johnson

93. 93.

    Tennessee Waltz

    Patti Page

94. 94.

    Tennessee Wig Walk

    Bonnie Lou

95. 95.

    Black Land Farmer

    Frankie Miller

96. 96.

    Changing Partners

    Pee Wee King And His Band

97. 97.

    New Step It Up And Go

    Maddox Brothers

98. 98.

    Wildwood Flower

    Mother Maybelle & The Carter Sisters

99. 99.

    Satisfied

    Martha Carson

100. 100.

     I'll Never Get Out Of This World

     Hank Williams & Drifting Cowboys

For more of the best of country from across the decades, see below: