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