Playlist
The Best 50s Country Songs
By Jof Owen
A 50s country songs playlist including Kitty Wells, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, Sanford Clark, Porter Wagoner and more.

By Jof Owen
A 50s country songs playlist including Kitty Wells, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Ernest Tubb, Lefty Frizzell, Sanford Clark, Porter Wagoner and more.
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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:
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1.
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Kitty Wells
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2.
Honky Tonkin' (With Drifting Cowboys)
Hank Williams
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3.
I Walk The Line
Johnny Cash
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4.
Waltz Across Texas
Ernest Tubb
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5.
If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time
Lefty Frizzell
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6.
The Fool
Sanford Clark
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7.
A Satisfied Mind
Porter Wagoner
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8.
New Mule Skinner Blues
The Maddox Brothers & Rose
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9.
Cattle Call
Eddy Arnold
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10.
The Long Black Veil
Lefty Frizzell
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11.
Walkin' After Midnight
Patsy Cline
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12.
Two Whoops And A Holler
Jean Shepard
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13.
No Help Wanted
Rose And The Maddox Brothers
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14.
Time's A Wastin'
Carl Smith & June Carter Cash
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15.
Slow Poke
Hawkshaw Hawkins
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16.
Big Iron
Marty Robbins
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17.
The Battle Of New Orleans
Johnny Horton
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18.
Cold, Cold Heart
Hank Williams
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19.
White Lightning
George Jones
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20.
There Stands The Glass
Webb Pierce
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21.
Tennessee Stud
Eddy Arnold
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22.
I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
The Davis Sisters
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23.
The Wild Side Of Life
Hank Thompson
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24.
Sixteen Tons
Tennessee Ernie Ford
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25.
Four Walls
Jim Reeves
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26.
The Auctioneer
Leroy Van Dyke
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27.
Blue, Blue Day
Don Gibson
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28.
There's A Higher Power
The Louvin Brothers
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29.
Crazy Arms
Ray Price
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30.
Birmingham Bounce
Red Foley
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31.
Fujiyama Mama
Wanda Jackson
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32.
All I Have To Do Is Dream
The Everly Brothers
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33.
Am I That Easy To Forget
Carl Belew
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34.
Dixie Fried
Carl Perkins
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35.
Bimbo
Jim Reeves
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36.
Under Your Spell Again
Buck Owens
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37.
Waterloo
Stonewall Jackson
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38.
Oh Lonesome Me
Don Gibson
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39.
I'm Movin' On
Hank Snow
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40.
Get Rhythm
Johnny Cash
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41.
Let Me Be The One
Hank Locklin
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42.
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
Faron Young
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43.
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
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44.
I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow
The Stanley Brothers
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45.
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (With The Foggy Mountain Boys)
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
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46.
Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley
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47.
Young Love
Sonny James
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48.
Fraulein
Bobby Helms
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49.
The Three Bells
The Browns
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50.
Big Midnight Special
Stoney Cooper & Wilma Lee
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51.
Rebel Rouser
Duane Eddy
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52.
A Dear John Letter
Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky
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53.
Why Baby Why
George Jones
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54.
Making Believe
Kitty Wells
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55.
Heartaches By The Number
Ray Price
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56.
El Paso
Marty Robbins
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57.
Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
Hank Williams
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58.
Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash
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59.
In The Jailhouse Now
Webb Pierce
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60.
Goodnight, Irene
Ernest Tubb, Red Foley & the Sunshine Trio
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61.
Honky Tonk Man
Johnny Horton
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62.
City Lights
Ray Price
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63.
You Win Again
Jean Shepard
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64.
Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
Skeets McDonald
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65.
I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes
Goldie Hill
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66.
Loose Talk
Carl Smith
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67.
Guess Things Happen That Way
Johnny Cash
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68.
A White Sport Coat
Marty Robbins & Ray Conniff
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69.
The Same Old Me
Ray Price
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70.
Knoxville Girl
The Louvin Brothers
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71.
I Found My Girl In The Usa
Jimmie Skinner
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72.
Gonna Find Me A Bluebird
Marvin Rainwater
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73.
The Shrine Of St. Cecilia
Faron Young
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74.
Gotta Travel On
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
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75.
Cash On The Barrel Head
The Louvin Brothers
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76.
I Gotta Know
Wanda Jackson
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77.
The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
Mac Wiseman
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78.
Slowly
Webb Pierce
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79.
Don't Drop It
Terry Fell
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80.
Looking Back To See
Goldie Hill & Justin Tubb
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81.
You All Come!
Arlie Duff
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82.
Bumming Around
Jimmy Dean
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83.
Seven Lonely Days
Bonnie Lou
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84.
Blues, Stay Away From Me
The Delmore Brothers
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85.
Honeycomb
Jimmie Rodgers
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86.
Don't Take Your Guns to Town
Johnny Cash
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87.
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
Red Foley
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88.
(Now and Then, There's) A Fool Such As I
Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys
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89.
Cry! Cry! Cry!
Johnny Cash
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90.
Always Late (With Your Kisses)
Lefty Frizzell
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91.
When It's Springtime In Alaska
Johnny Horton
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92.
Lonesome Road
Mirriam Johnson
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93.
Tennessee Waltz
Patti Page
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94.
Tennessee Wig Walk
Bonnie Lou
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95.
Black Land Farmer
Frankie Miller
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96.
Changing Partners
Pee Wee King And His Band
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97.
New Step It Up And Go
Maddox Brothers
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98.
Wildwood Flower
Mother Maybelle & The Carter Sisters
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99.
Satisfied
Martha Carson
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100.
I'll Never Get Out Of This World
Hank Williams & Drifting Cowboys
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