Country USA was a 23-volume series issued by

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during the late 1980s and early 1990s, spotlighting country music of the 1950s through early 1970s. Each volume in the series chronicled a specific year in country music, from 1950 through 1972, and was issued on a double-length compact disc or cassette, or two vinyl albums. Individual volumes contained 24 tracks, usually representing the year's most popular and important songs. Also included was a booklet, containing liner notes written by some of the most respected historians of the genre, photographs of the artists, and information on the songs (writers, performers and peak position on '' Billboard magazines country charts). All told, the entire series contains 553 tracks.

History

"Country USA" was first issued during the summer of 1988, and is patterned after Time-Life's successful " Rock'n'Roll Era" and " Your Hit Parade" series. It represented Time-Life's first real attempt at chronicling country music's post-1950 history; earlier in the 1980s, Time-Life had a budget "Country Series" and the later "Country & Western Classics." During its peak, the "Country USA" series was advertised in television and magazine advertisements. The series was available by subscription (by calling a

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); those who purchased the series in that fashion received a new volume roughly every other month (on the format of their choice), and had the option of keeping just the volumes they wanted. Each volume was also offered for individual sale. New volumes continued to be issued through 1991. Another series, " Contemporary Country," essentially picked up where "Country USA" left off, as that series covered the 1970s through early 1990s. Time-Life continued to offer "Country USA" through the early first decade of the 21st century. The series has essentially been replaced by " Classic Country." Three newer series — " Country Gold," " Superstars of Country" and " Lifetime of Country Romance" — have also since been issued. Critics widely hailed "Country USA" as a definitive overview of the genre during what some refer to as the Golden Age. In many cases, the songs offered on each volume represented the first time they had ever been re-released on compact disc. However, critics tempered their praise by pointing out a few minor faults, such as the exclusion of some tracks (in lieu of songs that weren't necessarily hits) and alternate versions/re-recordings of some hits.

The series

The track listings below represent the sequencing on the compact discs. While the sequencing is identical on the records and cassettes, some songs may be on different sides. Also, while the years will be listed sequentially under the track listing section, the "Country USA" series was not issued sequentially by year. The series was issued in the following order: * 1988 –

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

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1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

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1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

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1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

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1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

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1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...

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1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

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1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

Track listing

1950

* "Hillbilly Fever" – Little Jimmy Dickens * "Birmingham Bounce" – Red Foley * "If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time" – Lefty Frizzell * "

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* "Throw Your Love My Way" – Ernest Tubb * " Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You)" –

Stuart Hamblen Carl Stuart Hamblen (October 20, 1908 – March 8, 1989) was an American entertainer who became one of radio's first singing cowboys in 1926, going on to become a singer, actor, radio show host, and songwriter. He underwent a Christian conversion ...

* "Cuddle Buggin' Baby" – Eddy Arnold * "The Gods Were Angry With Me" –

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and Jimmy Wakely * "Moanin' The Blues" –

* "I Love You A Thousand Ways" – Lefty Frizzell * "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" – Red Foley * "I'm Moving On" – Hank Snow * "Anticipation Blues" – Tennessee Ernie Ford * "Why Don't You Love Me" –

* "The Lovebug Itch" – Eddy Arnold * "Letters Have No Arms" – Ernest Tubb * "I Love You Because" – Leon Payne * "A-Sleepin' At The Foot Of The Bed" – Little Jimmy Dickens * "Mississippi" – Red Foley * "Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me" – Eddy Arnold * "Quicksilver" – Elton Britt and

Rosalie Allen Rosalie Allen (born Julie Marlene Bedra; June 27, 1924 – September 23, 2003) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, columnist and television and radio host who was noted for her yodeling. She was known as the Queen of Yodeling, ...

* "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" –

* "Mule Train" – Tennessee Ernie Ford * "Goodnight Irene" – Red Foley and Ernest Tubb

1951

* "The Golden Rocket" – Hank Snow * "Howlin' At The Moon" –

* "The Shot Gun Boogie" – Tennessee Ernie Ford * "There's Been A Change In Me" – Eddy Arnold * "Mom And Dad's Waltz" – Lefty Frizzell * "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way" – Carl Smith * "Hot Rod Race" – Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan * "Hey Good Lookin'" –

* "Kentucky Waltz" – Eddy Arnold * "Down Yonder" –

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* "Slow Poke" – Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys (feat. Redd Stewart) * "Always Late (With Your Kisses)" – Lefty Frizzell * "Alabama Jubilee" – Red Foley * "The Rhumba Boogie" – Hank Snow * "Poison Love" – Johnnie and Jack * "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)" –

* "Let's Live A Little" – Carl Smith * "I Want To Be With You Always" – Lefty Frizzell * "Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh Aleena)" – Moon Mullican * "I Wanna Play House With You" – Eddy Arnold * "The Tennessee Waltz" –

Patti Page Clara Ann Fowler (November 8, 1927 – January 1, 2013), known professionally as Patti Page, was an American singer and actress. Primarily known for pop and country music, she was the top-charting female vocalist and best-selling female ar ...

* "Music Makin' Mama From Memphis" – Hank Snow * " Cold, Cold Heart" –

* "Peace In The Valley" – Red Foley

1952

* "

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* "Blackberry Boogie" – Tennessee Ernie Ford * "That Heart Belongs To Me" – Webb Pierce * "Midnight" – Red Foley * "Are You Teasing Me" – Carl Smith * "Give Me More More More (Of Your Kisses)" – Lefty Frizzell * "A Full Time Job" – Eddy Arnold * " The Wild Side of Life" – Hank Thompson * " It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" – Kitty Wells * "Half As Much" –

* "Back Street Affair" – Webb Pierce * "Almost" – George Morgan * "Too Old To Cut The Mustard" – Ernest Tubb and Red Foley * "I'm An Old Old Man (Tryin' To Live While I Can)" – Lefty Frizzell * "(When You Feel Like You're In Love) Don't Just Stand There" – Carl Smith * "Easy On The Eyes" – Eddy Arnold * "Indian Love Call" – Slim Whitman * "Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart" – Hank Thompson * "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes" – Skeets McDonald * "Wondering" – Webb Pierce * "Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold)" – Lefty Frizzell * "Missing In Action" – Ernest Tubb * " I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" –

* "The Gold Rush Is Over" – Hank Snow

1953

* "No Help Wanted" – The Carlisles * "Hey, Joe!" – Carl Smith * "Eddy's Song" – Eddy Arnold * "There Stands the Glass" – Webb Pierce * "Paying for That Back Street Affair" – Kitty Wells * "Yesterday's Girl" – Hank Thompson * "I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes" – Goldie Hill * "Your Cheatin' Heart" –

* "(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I" – Hank Snow * "I Couldn't Keep from Cryin'" – Marty Robbins * "It's Been So Long" – Webb Pierce * "Crying in the Chapel" – Rex Allen * "Mexican Joe" – Jim Reeves * "Rub-a-Dub-Dub" – Hank Thompson * "Kaw Liga" –

* "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" – The Davis Sisters * " I'll Go on Alone" – Marty Robbins * "Shake a Hand" – Red Foley * "I'm Walking the Dog" – Webb Pierce * "How Much is That Hound Dog in the Window" – Homer and Jethro * "Bimbo" – Jim Reeves * "Take These Chains from My Heart" –

* "A Dear John Letter" – Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky * "Wake Up, Irene" – Hank Thompson

1954

* "That's All Right" – Marty Robbins * "Sure Fire Kisses" – Justin Tubb and Goldie Hill * "Honky-Tonk Girl" – Hank Thompson * "More And More" – Webb Pierce * "I Don't Hurt Anymore" – Hank Snow * "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" – Faron Young * "You Better Not Do That" –

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* "Back Up Buddy" – Carl Smith * "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" – Ray Price * "I Really Don't Want To Know" – Eddy Arnold * "If You Don't Somebody Else Will" – Jimmy & Johnny * "Secret Love" – Slim Whitman * "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" – Elvis Presley * "Even Tho" – Webb Pierce * "Two Glasses Joe" – Ernest Tubb * "One By One" – Red Foley and Kitty Wells * "Loose Talk" – Carl Smith * "Let Me Go Lover" – Hank Snow * "This Ole House" –

* "Watcha Gonna Do Now" –

* "Slowly" – Webb Pierce * "Release Me" – Ray Price * "The New Green Light" – Hank Thompson * "Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight" – Johnnie and Jack

1955

* "

Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" was Faron Young's first number-one song and his fifth consecutive top ten hit. It spent three weeks at the top of the ''Billboard'' country music chart in 1955. Background "This was a tune I detested", Young said. ...

" – Faron Young * "I've Been Thinking" – Eddy Arnold * "There She Goes" – Carl Smith * "When I Stop Dreaming" – The Louvin Brothers * " I Forgot To Remember To Forget" – Elvis Presley * "Yellow Roses" – Hank Snow * "Love, Love, Love" – Webb Pierce * " Why Baby Why" – George Jones * " Sixteen Tons" – Tennessee Ernie Ford * "Just Call Me Lonesome" – Eddy Arnold * " Making Believe" – Kitty Wells * "It Tickles" – Tommy Collins * " Mystery Train" – Elvis Presley * " In the Jailhouse Now" – Webb Pierce * " Cry! Cry! Cry!!" – Johnny Cash * "All Right" – Faron Young * "Eat Drink and Be Merry (Tomorrow You'll Cry)" – Porter Wagoner * "The Cattle Call" – Eddy Arnold * " Wildwood Flower" – Hank Thompson * "As Long As I Live" – Red Foley & Kitty Wells * "Kisses Don't Lie" – Carl Smith * " A Satisfied Mind" – Porter Wagoner * "I Don't Care" – Webb Pierce * "Yonder Comes A Sucker" – Jim Reeves

1956

* "Heartbreak Hotel" – Elvis Presley * " Why Baby Why" – Red Sovine & Webb Pierce * "I've Got Five Dollars And It's Saturday Night" – Faron Young * "Cash On The Barrel Head" – The Louvin Brothers * "

I Take the Chance "I Take the Chance" is a song written by The Louvin Brothers, which was released in 1956 by The Browns. The song spent 21 weeks on the ''Billboard'' survey of "Most Played C&W by Jockeys", reaching No. 2, while spending 24 weeks on the ''Billboard ...

" – The Browns * "The Blackboard Of My Heart" – Hank Thompson * "Singing The Blues" – Marty Robbins * " Crazy Arms" – Ray Price * "I Want You I Need You I Love You" – Elvis Presley * "I'm A One-Woman Man" – Johnny Horton * "You And Me" – Red Foley & Kitty Wells * " I Walk the Line" – Johnny Cash * "Blue Suede Shoes" – Carl Perkins * "Any Old Time" – Webb Pierce * "I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby" – The Louvin Brothers * "Trouble In Mind" – Eddy Arnold * "I've Got A New Heartache" – Ray Price * "Searching" – Kitty Wells * "You Are The One" – Carl Smith * "Sweet Dreams" – Faron Young * "Yes I Know Why" – Webb Pierce * " Folsom Prison Blues" – Johnny Cash * "You're Running Wild" – The Louvin Brothers * "You Don't Know Me" – Eddy Arnold

1957

* "Honky Tonk Song" – Webb Pierce * "A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)" – Marty Robbins * "Dixie Fried" –

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* " Home Of The Blues" –

Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...

* "Walking After Midnight" – Patsy Cline * "My Special Angel" – Bobby Helms * "Bye Bye Love" – The Everly Brothers * "

Gonna Find Me a Bluebird "Gonna Find Me a Bluebird" is a song written and performed by Marvin Rainwater. It reached number three on the U.S. country chart and number 18 on the U.S. pop chart in 1957. The song was featured on his 1957 album, ''Songs by Marvin Rainwater' ...

" – Marvin Rainwater * "A Fallen Star" – Jimmy C. Newman * "Four Walls" – Jim Reeves * "Repenting" – Kitty Wells * "The Story Of My Life" – Marty Robbins * "My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You" – Ray Price * "Young Love" – Sonny James * "I'm Tired" – Webb Pierce * "Fraulein" – Bobby Helms * "I Found My Girl In The USA" –

Jimmie Skinner Jimmie Skinner (April 27, 1909 – October 28, 1979) was an American country and bluegrass music singer, songwriter and acoustic guitarist. He also was known for a mail-order record business and retail store in Cincinnati, Ohio. Biography Sk ...

* "You Win Again" – Jerry Lee Lewis * "I'm Coming Home" –

Johnny Horton John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Initially performing traditional country, Horton later performed rockabilly songs. He is best known for a series of history-inspired narrat ...

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Knee Deep in the Blues "Knee Deep in the Blues" is a song written by Melvin Endsley, and recorded by American country music artist Marty Robbins. It was released in February 1957 as the lead single from his compilation album ''Marty's Greatest Hits''. The song reached # ...

" – Marty Robbins * "Am I Losing You" – Jim Reeves * "Tangled Mind" – Hank Snow * "Honeycomb" – Jimmie Rodgers * "

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1958

* "Oh, Lonesome Me" – Don Gibson * "Tupelo County Jail" – Webb Pierce * "Just Married" – Marty Robbins * "Invitation to the Blues" – Ray Price * "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" – Charlie Walker * "Don't" – Elvis Presley * "Guess Things Happen That Way" – Johnny Cash * "

Treasure of Love "Treasure of Love" is a song by George Jones. It was released as a single on Mercury Records and reached No. 6 on the US country chart in 1958. Background Jones composed "Treasure of Love" with J. P. Richardson, better known as the Big Boppe ...

" – George Jones * "All I Have to Do Is Dream" – Everly Brothers * "She's No Angel" – Kitty Wells * "I Can't Stop Loving You" – Don Gibson * "Squaws Along the Yukon" – Hank Thompson * "Cigarettes and Coffee Blues" – Lefty Frizzell * "Half a Mind" – Ernest Tubb * "Alone With You" – Faron Young * "Blue Boy" – Jim Reeves * "

City Lights ''City Lights'' is a 1931 American silent romantic comedy film written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. The story follows the misadventures of Chaplin's Tramp as he falls in love with a blind girl (Virginia Cherrill) and ...

" – Ray Price * "It's Only Make Believe" – Conway Twitty * "My Baby's Gone" – Louvin Brothers * "Bird Dog" – Everly Brothers * "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" – Johnny Cash * "Blue Blue Day" – Don Gibson * "Life to Go" – Stonewall Jackson * "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On – Hank Locklin

1959

* "The Battle Of New Orleans" – Johnny Horton * " White Lightning" – George Jones * "Who Cares" – Don Gibson * "The Three Bells" – The Browns * "Black Land Farmer" – Frankie Miller * "The Same Old Me" – Ray Price * "El Paso" – Marty Robbins * "Amigo's Guitar" – Kitty Wells * "I Ain't Never" – Webb Pierce * "Cabin On The Hill" – Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs * "Gotta Travel On" – Billy Grammer * "He'll Have To Go" – Jim Reeves * "Who Shot Sam" – George Jones * "Country Girl" – Faron Young * "Set Him Free" – Skeeter Davis * "When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)" – Johnny Horton * "Under Your Spell Again" – Buck Owens * "Don't Take Your Guns To Town" – Johnny Cash * " Tennessee Stud" – Eddy Arnold * "Heartaches By The Number" – Ray Price * "Come Walk With Me" – Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper * "Waterloo" – Stonewall Jackson * "Don't Tell Me Your Troubles" – Don Gibson * Long Black Veil" – Lefty Frizzell

1960

* "One More Time" – Ray Price * "Alabam" – Cowboy Copas * "No Love Have I" – Webb Pierce * "Left To Right" – Kitty Wells * "Another" – Roy Drusky * "Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache)" – Buck Owens * "A Six Pack To Go" – Hank Thompson * "Miller's Cave" – Hank Snow * "I Missed Me" – Jim Reeves * "Just One Time" – Don Gibson * "Your Old Used To Be" – Faron Young * "Family Bible" – Claude Gray * "Wishful Thinking" – Wynn Stewart * "North To Alaska" – Johnny Horton * "Honky Tonk Girl" – Loretta Lynn * "Fallen Angel" – Webb Pierce * "Big Iron" – Marty Robbins * "Let's Think About Living" – Bob Luman * "Hot Rod Lincoln" – Charlie Ryan * "Above And Beyond" – Buck Owens * "Wings Of A Dove" – Ferlin Husky * "Please Help Me I'm Falling" – Hank Locklin * "(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too" – Skeeter Davis * "Last Date" – Floyd Cramer

1961

* "I Fall To Pieces" – Patsy Cline * "Heart Over Mind" – Ray Price * "Walk On By" – Leroy Van Dyke * "Don't Worry" – Marty Robbins * " Sleepy-Eyed John" – Johnny Horton * "My Last Date (With You)" – Skeeter Davis * "Foolin' Around" – Buck Owens * "The Window Up Above" – George Jones * "Po' Folks" – Bill Anderson * "Beggar To A King" – Hank Snow * "Heartbreak U.S.A." – Kitty Wells * "Sweet Dreams" – Don Gibson * " Hello Walls" – Faron Young * "Louisiana Man" – Rusty and Doug * "I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven" – Tex Ritter * "Three Hearts In A Tangle" – Roy Drusky * "Oklahoma Hills" – Hank Thompson * "Crazy" – Patsy Cline * "Big Bad John" – Jimmy Dean * "Your Old Love Letters" – Porter Wagoner * "Tender Years" – George Jones * "Right Or Wrong" – Wanda Jackson * "Sea Of Heartbreak" – Don Gibson * "Under The Influence Of Love" – Buck Owens

1962

* "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett" – Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs * "Wolverton Mountain" – Claude King * "She Thinks I Still Care" – George Jones * "Imagine That" – Patsy Cline * "I Can Mend Your Broken Heart" – Don Gibson * "I've Been Everywhere" – Hank Snow * "Ruby Ann" – Marty Robbins * "

Don't Let Me Cross Over "Don't Let Me Cross Over" is a song made famous as a duet by Carl Butler and Pearl, a husband-and-wife country music duo. Originally released in November 1962, the song needed just four weeks to reach the #1 spot on the ''Billboard'' Country Sing ...

" – Carl Butler * "Success" – Loretta Lynn * "Charlie's Shoes" – Billy Walker * "Misery Loves Company" – Porter Wagoner * "Funny How Time Slips Away" – Willie Nelson * "Lonesome Number One" – Don Gibson * " Honky-Tonk Man" – Johnny Horton * "Mama Sang A Song" – Bill Anderson * "A Wound Time Can't Erase" – Stonewall Jackson * "She's Got You" – Patsy Cline * "Devil Woman" – Marty Robbins * "In the Jailhouse Now" – Johnny Cash * "The End Of The World" – Skeeter Davis * "Trouble's Back In Town" – The Wilburn Brothers * "Touch Me" – Willie Nelson * "If A Woman Answers (Hang Up the Phone)" – Leroy Van Dyke * "Adios Amigo" – Jim Reeves

1963

* "Ring Of Fire" – Johnny Cash * "Act Naturally" – Buck Owens * "Not What I Had In Mind" – George Jones * "Night Life" – Ray Price * "Leavin' On Your Mind" – Patsy Cline * "Begging To You" – Marty Robbins * "Six Days On The Road" – Dave Dudley * "

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" – Bobby Bare * "Thanks A Lot" – Ernest Tubb * " We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" – George Jones and Melba Montgomery * "From A Jack To A King" – Ned Miller * "Make The World Go Away" – Ray Price * "Love's Gonna Live Here" – Buck Owens * "Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street)" – Hank Snow * "Faded Love" – Patsy Cline * "500 Miles Away From Home" – Bobby Bare * "Roll Muddy River" – The Wilburn Brothers * "Still" – Bill Anderson * "Talk Back Trembling Lips" – Ernest Ashworth * "Before I'm Over You" – Loretta Lynn * " Abilene" – George Hamilton IV * "The Matador" – Johnny Cash * "Lonesome 7-7203 – Hawkshaw Hawkins * "B.J. The D.J. – Stonewall Jackson * "Sweet Dreams (Of You) – Patsy Cline

1964

* "The Race Is On" – George Jones * "Understand Your Man" – Johnny Cash * "Second Fiddle (To An Old Guitar)" – Jean Shepard * "Don't Be Angry" – Stonewall Jackson * "Together Again" – Buck Owens * " You're the Only World I Know" – Sonny James * "Chug-a-Lug" – Roger Miller * "Happy Birthday" – Loretta Lynn * "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" – Hank Williams Jr. * "Sorrow On The Rocks" – Porter Wagoner * "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes" – Johnny Cash * "Four Strong Winds" – Bobby Bare * "My Heart Skips A Beat" – Buck Owens * "Saginaw Michigan" – Lefty Frizzell * "I Guess I'm Crazy" – Jim Reeves * "Cross The Brazos At Waco" – Billy Walker * "Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was On The Right)" – George Jones * "Burning Memories" – Ray Price * "It Ain't Me Babe" – Johnny Cash * "I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)" – Buck Owens * " Dang Me" – Roger Miller * "Once A Day" – Connie Smith * "Widow Maker" – Jimmy Martin * "Welcome To My World" - Jim Reeves

1965

* " I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" – Buck Owens * "

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" – Merle Haggard * "Things Have Gone to Pieces" – George Jones * "I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water" – Stonewall Jackson * " Make The World Go Away" – Eddy Arnold * " King of the Road" – Roger Miller * "

Orange Blossom Special Orange most often refers to: * Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower *Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum ...

" – Johnny Cash * " Flowers on the Wall" – Statler Brothers * "Then And Only Then" – Connie Smith * "Skid Row Joe" – Porter Wagoner * "Behind The Tear" – Sonny James * "

Ribbon of Darkness "Ribbon of Darkness" is a song written by Gordon Lightfoot that was released in 1965 as a single by Marty Robbins. The song was Robbins' eleventh number one on the U.S. country singles chart, where it spent one week at the top and a total of nin ...

" – Marty Robbins * "Girl On The Billboard" – Del Reeves * "Take Me" – George Jones * "This Is It" – Jim Reeves * "Blue Kentucky Girl" – Loretta Lynn * "Kansas City Star" – Roger Miller * "What's He Doin' In My World" – Eddy Arnold * "

Yakety Axe "Yakety Sax" is a pop novelty instrumental jointly composed by James Q. "Spider" Rich and Boots Randolph. Saxophonist Randolph popularized the selection in his 1963 recording, which reached number 35 on the pop charts. Comedian Benny Hill late ...

" – Chet Atkins * " Green, Green Grass of Home" – Porter Wagoner * "The Other Woman" – Ray Price * "Before You Go" – Buck Owens * "Is It Really Over" – Jim Reeves * "Ten Little Bottles" – Johnny Bond

1966

* "Open Up Your Heart" – Buck Owens * " Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" – Loretta Lynn * "Swinging Doors" – Merle Haggard * "Almost Persuaded" – David Houston * "Take Good Care Of Her" – Sonny James * "(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me" – Waylon Jennings * "I Get The Fever" – Bill Anderson * "The Streets Of Baltimore" – Bobby Bare * "Would You Hold It Against Me" – Dottie West * "You Ain't Woman Enough" – Loretta Lynn * "There Goes My Everything" – Jack Greene * "Distant Drums" – Jim Reeves * "The Bottle Let Me Down" – Merle Haggard * "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line" – Buck Owens * "The Hurtin's All Over" – Connie Smith * "Room In Your Heart" – Sonny James * "The One On The Right Is On The Left" – Johnny Cash * "England Swings" – Roger Miller * "Queen Of The House" – Jody Miller * "Four-O-Thirty Three" – George Jones * "Blue Side Of Lonesome" – Jim Reeves * "Think Of Me" – Buck Owens * "

The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me The following is a complete discography of all albums released by the late American country music artist Eddy Arnold from 1950 to 2005. Studio albums 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s–2000s Gospel albums Holiday albums Compilat ...

" – Eddy Arnold * "Standing In The Shadows" – Hank Williams Jr.

1967

* "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" – Tammy Wynette * "The Cold Hard Facts Of Life" – Porter Wagoner * "Branded Man" – Merle Haggard * "If You're Not Gone Too Long" – Loretta Lynn * "Walk Through This World With Me" – George Jones * "Jackson" – Johnny Cash and June Carter * "Tonight Carmen" – Marty Robbins * " It's Such a Pretty World Today" – Wynn Stewart * "It's the Little Things" – Sonny James * "Where Does The Good Times Go" – Buck Owens * "My Elusive Dreams" – David Houston and Tammy Wynette * "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" – Glen Campbell * "Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man" – Johnny Cash and June Carter * "The Fugitive" – Merle Haggard * "I Can't Get There From Here" – George Jones * "Phantom 309" – Red Sovine * "Break My Mind" – George Hamilton IV * "The Party's Over" – Willie Nelson * "Sam's Place" — Buck Owens * "Rosanna's Going Wild" – Johnny Cash * "Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger" – Charley Pride * "I Don't Wanna Play House" – Tammy Wynette * "Sing Me Back Home" – Merle Haggard * "Ode to Billie Joe" – Bobbie Gentry

1968

* "Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line" – Waylon Jennings * "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)" – Jerry Lee Lewis * "The Image Of Me" – Conway Twitty * "When The Grass Grows Over Me" – George Jones * "Rocky Top" – The Osborne Brothers * "Stand By Your Man" – Tammy Wynette * "Mama Tried" – Merle Haggard * "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone" – Buck Owens and the Buckaroos * " The Last Thing on My Mind" – Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton * "The Day The World Stood Still" – Charley Pride * "Harper Valley PTA" – Jeannie C. Riley * "Wichita Lineman" – Glen Campbell * "Folsom Prison Blues" – Johnny Cash * " Fist City" – Loretta Lynn * "She Still Comes Around (To Love What's Left Of Me)" – Jerry Lee Lewis * "The Carroll County Accident" – Porter Wagoner * " D-I-V-O-R-C-E" – Tammy Wynette * "I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am" – Merle Haggard * "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" – Flatt & Scruggs * "Looking At The World Through A Windshield" – Del Reeves * "Holding On To Nothin'" – Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton * "Next In Line" – Conway Twitty * " Another Place, Another Time" – Jerry Lee Lewis * "Skip A Rope" – Henson Cargill

1969

* "

Workin' Man Blues "Workin' Man Blues" is a song written and performed by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in May 1969 as the second single from the album '' A Portrait of Merle Haggard''. The song was released during ...

" – Merle Haggard * "

All I Have to Offer You Is Me "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)" is a song written by Dallas Frazier and A.L. "Doodle" Owens, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in June 1969 as the first single from his compilation album '' The Best o ...

" – Charley Pride * "Bloody Mary Morning" – Willie Nelson * "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy" – Dolly Parton * "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" – Jerry Lee Lewis * "Statue Of A Fool" – Jack Greene * "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" – Kenny Rogers and the First Edition * "Homecoming" – Tom T. Hall * "The Ways To Love A Man" – Tammy Wynette * "I'll Share My World With You" – George Jones * " Okie From Muskogee" – Merle Haggard * " A Boy Named Sue" – Johnny Cash * "Galveston" – Glen Campbell * "Woman Of The World (Leave My World Alone)" – Loretta Lynn * "She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye" – Jerry Lee Lewis * "Darling You Know I Wouldn't Lie" — Conway Twitty * "Just Someone I Used To Know" – Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton * "

(Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn "(Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn" is a song made famous by country music singer Bobby Bare. Written by Tom T. Hall, the song became a major hit for Bare in the spring of 1969, peaking at No. 4 on ''Billboard magazine's'' Hot Country Songs, Hot ...

" – Bobby Bare * "Daddy Sang Bass" – Johnny Cash * "Ballad Of Forty Dollars" – Tom T. Hall * " Hungry Eyes" – Merle Haggard * "Singing My Song" – Tammy Wynette * " Since I Met You Baby" – Sonny James * "Suspicious Minds" – Elvis Presley

1970

* "Coal Miner's Daughter" – Loretta Lynn * "There Must Be More To Love Than This" – Jerry Lee Lewis * "Fifteen Years Ago" – Conway Twitty * " The Fightin' Side of Me" – Merle Haggard * "If I Were A Carpenter" – Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash * "For The Good Times" – Ray Price * "The Taker" – Waylon Jennings * "He Loves Me All The Way" – Tammy Wynette * "Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" – Charley Pride * "How I Got To Memphis" – Bobby Bare * "Rose Garden" – Lynn Anderson * "My Woman My Woman My Wife" – Marty Robbins * "Mule Skinner Blues" – Dolly Parton * "A Good Year For The Roses" – George Jones * "Once More With Feeling" – Jerry Lee Lewis * "I Know How" – Loretta Lynn * " Hello Darlin'" – Conway Twitty * "A Week In A Country Jail" – Tom T Hall * "Snowbird" – Anne Murray * "Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone" – Charley Pride * "Endlessly" – Sonny James * "Run Woman Run" – Tammy Wynette * "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man" – Waylon Jennings * "Sunday Morning Coming Down" – Johnny Cash

1971

* "Man In Black" – Johnny Cash * "Joshua" – Dolly Parton * "Lead Me On" – Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn * "I'm Just Me" – Charley Pride * "The Year That Clayton Delaney Died" – Tom T Hall * "How Much More Can She Stand" – Conway Twitty * "

You're Lookin' At Country "You're Lookin' at Country" is a country music song written and made famous by Loretta Lynn in 1971. The song peaked at #5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs and reached #1 on the Canada Country Tracks chart on ''RPM''. About the song Lynn ...

" – Loretta Lynn * "Bright Lights Big City" – Sonny James * " I'm a Truck" – Red Simpson * "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" – Merle Haggard * "Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)" – Tammy Wynette * "I Won't Mention It Again" – Ray Price * "When You're Hot You're Hot" – Jerry Reed * "After The Fire Is Gone" – Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn * "Would You Take Another Chance On Me" – Jerry Lee Lewis * "Coat Of Many Colors" – Dolly Parton * "She's All I Got" – Johnny Paycheck * "Help Me Make It Through The Night – Sammi Smith * " Kiss an Angel Good Morning" – Charley Pride * "Carolyn" – Merle Haggard * "Easy Loving" – Freddie Hart * "I Wanna Be Free" – Loretta Lynn * "Empty Arms" – Sonny James * "Me And Paul" – Willie Nelson

1972

* "It's Gonna Take A Little Bit Longer" – Charley Pride * "Rated 'X'" – Loretta Lynn * "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" – Merle Haggard * "(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date" –

Conway Twitty Harold Lloyd Jenkins (September 1, 1933 – June 5, 1993), better known by his stage name Conway Twitty, was an American singer and songwriter. Initially a part of the 1950s rockabilly scene, Twitty was best known as a country music performer. ...

* "Delta Dawn" – Tanya Tucker * "Made In Japan" – Buck Owens * "Soul Song" – Joe Stampley * "Loving You Could Never Be Better" – George Jones * "The Happiest Girl In The Whole USA" – Donna Fargo * "Me And Jesus" – Tom T. Hall * "I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me" – Merle Haggard * "Do You Remember These" –

Statler Brothers The Statler Brothers (sometimes simply referred to as The Statlers) were an American country music, gospel, and vocal group. The quartet was formed in 1955 performing locally, and from 1964 to 1972, they sang as opening act and backup singers fo ...

* "One's On The Way" – Loretta Lynn * "Good Hearted Woman" – Waylon Jennings * "The Ceremony" – George Jones and Tammy Wynette * "Eleven Roses" – Hank Williams Jr. * "I Can't Stop Loving You" –

* "(Old Dogs Children and) Watermelon Wine" – Tom T. Hall * "Whiskey River" – Johnny Bush * "Lovin' On Back Streets" – Mel Street * "A Picture Of Me (Without You)" – George Jones * "'Til I Get It Right" – Tammy Wynette * "Woman Sensuous Woman" – Don Gibson * "Think About It Darlin'" – Jerry Lee Lewis

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