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Where would contemporary country be today without old country songs? We don't want to even think about it, so instead we're simply going to enjoy five decades of the finest country music to ever be written.
From Waylon to Willie, Dolly to Loretta, this is a who's who of country music Hall of Famers.
See the full tracklist for Holler's Classic Country Songs Playlist below:
1. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
2. Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
3. Tom T. Hall - That's How I Got To Memphis
4. John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads
5. Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson - Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys
6. George Strait - Check Yes or No
7. Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn - Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
8. The Highwaymen - American Remains
9. Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line
10. Townes Van Zandt - Poncho & Lefty
11. George Jones - Tennessee Whiskey
12. Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
13. The Carter Family - Can the Circle Be Unbroken
14. Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job and Shove It
15. Dwight Yoakam - Fast As You
16. The Highwaymen - Highwayman
17. Eddy Arnold - Cowpoke
18. Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A
19. Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe
20. Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man
21. Alan Jackson - Chattahoochee
22. Charley Pride - Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone?
23. Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
24. Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl
25. Ronnie Milsap - I wouldn't Have Missed It For The World
26. The Charlie Daniels Band - Long Haired Country Boy
27. Emmylou Harris - Boulder to Birmingham
28. Alabama - I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)
29. Lee Greenwood - God Bless The U.S.A
30. Hank Williams Jr - A Country Boy Can Survive
31. Vince Gill - Go Rest High On That Mountain
32. Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn
33. Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
34. Buck Owens - Act Naturally
35. Don Williams - It Must Be Love
36. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Fishin' in the Dark
37. Eddie Rabbitt - I Love a Rainy Night
38. Billie Jo Spears - '57 Chevrolet
39. Linda Martell - Color Him Father
40. Jessi Colter - Why You Been Gone so Long
41. Gram Parsons - Love Hurts
42. Billy Joe Shaver - Old Five and Dimers Like Me
43. Kinky Friedman - Sold American
44. Porter Wagoner - The Carroll Country Accident
45. Jesse Winchester - The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
46. Jerry Jeff Walker - Pissin' In the Wind
47. David Allan Coe - Longhaired Redneck
48. Guy Clark - New Cut Road
49. Terry Allen - Amarillo Highway (for Dave Hickey)
50. Tompall & The Glaser Brothers - Lovin' Her Was Easier
51. Ernest Tubb - Walking The Floor Over You
52. Lefty Frizzell - Saginaw, Michigan
53. Stonewall Jackson - Waterloo
54. Jerry Reed - She Got the Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)
55. Connie Smith - If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)
56. Little Jimmy Dikens - May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
57. Johnny Horton - The Battle of New Orleans
58. Marty Robbins - Big Iron
59. Henson Cargill - Skip A Rope
60. The Statler Brothers - Hello Mary Lou
61. Ricky Skaggs - Highway 40 Blues
62. The Oak Ridge Boys - Leaving Louisiana In Broad Daylight
63. Buck Owens - My Heart Skips A Beat
64. Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
65. Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - Islands In the Stream
66. Roger Miller - King Of The Road
67. Don Williams - Tulsa Time
68. Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers - All the Gold In California
69. Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton - The Last Thing On My Mind
70. Dave Dudley - Six Days On The Road
71. Emmylou Harris - Two More Bottles of Wine
72. The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
73. Bobby Bare - Marie Laveau
74. Ray Stevens - Misty
75. Webb Pierce - There Stands The Glass
76. Red Foley - Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
77. The Bellamy Brothers - Old Hippie
78. Ernest Tubb - Waltz Across Texas
79. Shenandoah - Sunday In the South
80. Mac Davis - Stop and Smell The Roses
81. Rosanne Cash - Tennessee Flat Top Box
82. Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
83. John Anderson - I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal (But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond)
84. Lacy J. Dalton - 16th Avenue
85. David Allan Coe - You Never Even Called Me by My Name
86. Jerry Reed - East Bound and Down
87. C.W. McCall - Convoy
88. Ray Price - For the Good Times
89. Toby Keith - I Should've Been A Cowboy
90. John Michael Montgomery - Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)
91. David Lee Murphy - Dust On The Bottle
92. Mark Chesnutt - Bubba Shot The Jukebox
93. Waylon Jennings - Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
94. Hank Williams & Drifting Cowboys - Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
95. Kris Kristofferson - Me and Bobby McGee
96. Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin'
97. Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash - Jackson
98. Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
99. George Strait - Amarillo By Morning
100. Merle Haggard - Okie From Muskogee
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