Classic Country Songs

Country songs have stood the test of time and many people have at least one such song in their guilty pleasure list. There are many music lovers who still admire country artists like Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson etc., and go absolutely crazy listening the soft guitar and the western style vocals of the genre.

Country music originated in 1920s, from the western and southern parts of the United States and gradually gained popularity amongst the masses. Here is a list as a tribute to artists like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Ray Price, George Jones, Eddy Arnold, Kitty Wells and countless others who have contributed significantly to the country genre and made it reach new heights of popularity and admiration like never before.

Best Classic Country Songs of All Time

39 and Holding – Jerry Lee Lewis
80’s Ladies – K.T. Oslin
A Better Man – Clint Black
A Boy Named Sue – Johnny Cash
A Dozen Red Roses – Tammy Graham
A Sure Thing – Foster and Lloyd
Act Naturally – Buck Owens
Addicted – Dan Seals
Ain’t Livin’ Long Like This – Waylon Jennings
All My Ex’s Live in Texas – George Strait

All The Gold In California – Gatlin Brothers
Almost Persuaded – David Houston
Always On. My Mind – Willie Nelson
Am I the Only One (Who’s Ever Felt This Way) – Dixie Chicks
Amanda – Waylon Jennings
Amarillo By Morning – George Strait
Annie’s Song – John Denver
Angel of the Morning – Juice Newton
Austin – Blake Shelton

Baby’s Got a New Baby Now – SKO
Back to the Heartbreak Kid – Restless Heart
Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton
Bayou Boys – Eddy Raven
Behind Closed Doors – Charlie Rich
Big Dreams in a Small Town – Restless Heart
Blue Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain – Willie Nelson

Blue Moon of Kentucky – Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys
Blue Moon with a Heartache – Rosanne Cash
Blue Yodel – Jimmie Rodgers
Bop – Dan Seals
Born To Lose – Ted Daffan
Broken Hearted Me – Anne Murray
Bye, Bye – Jo Dee Messina

Chiseled In Stone – Vern Gosdin
Coal Miner’s Daughter – Loretta Lynn
Coat Of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
Cold, Cold Heart – Hank Williams, Sr.
Convoy -C.W. McCall
Cool Water – Sons Of The Pioneers
Countin’ Flowers on the Wall – Statler Brothers
Coward of the County – Kenny Rogers
Crazy – Patsy Cline
Cryin’ Time – Ray Charles

Daddy Never was the Cadillac Kind – Confederate Railroad
Danny’s Song – Anne Murray
Dark Horse – Mila Mason
Desperado – Eagles
Detroit City – Bobby Bare
Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind – George Strait

Don’t Ask Me How I Know – Bobby Pinson
Don’t Come Home A’Drinkin’ – Loretta Lynn
Don’t Rock The Jukebox – Alan Jackson
Don’t Touch Me – Jeannie Seely
Dream Walkin’ – Toby Keith
Drifter – Sylvia
Dust on the Bottle – David Lee Murphy

Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses – Kathy Mattea
El Paso – Marty Robbins
Elvira – The Oak Ridge Boys
Every Little Thing – Carlene Carter
Every Which Way but Loose – Eddie Rabbit
Everything that Glitters Is Not Gold – Dan Seals

Faded Love – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Family Tradition – Hank Williams Jr.
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
For the Good Times – Ray Price
Forever and Ever, Amen – Randy Travis
Friends In Low Places – Garth Brooks
Funny How Time Slips Away – Willie Nelson

Galveston – Glen Campbell
Gentle On My Mind – Glen Campbell
Georgia On My Mind – Willie Nelson
Get Drunk and Be Somebody – Toby Keith
Give My Heart to You – Billy Ray Cyrus
Go Back – Chalee Tennison
God Bless The U.S.A – Lee Greenwood

Golden Ring – George Jones & Tammy Wynette
Good Old Boys – Waylon Jennings
Good Old Boys Like Me – Don Williams
Goodbye Earl – Dixie Chicks
Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days) – The Judds
Green, Green Grass Of Home – Porter Wagoner
Guitar Town – Steve Earle

Harper Valley P.T.A – Jeannie C. Riley
Has Anybody Seen Amy? – John and Audrey Wiggins
He Didn’t Have to Be – Brad Paisley
He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones
He Thinks He’ll Keep Her – Mary Chapin Carpenter
He Would be Sixteen – Michelle Wright
He’ll Have To Go – Jim Reeves

He’s a Heartache – Janie Fricke
Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis Presley
Heaven’s Just A Sin Away – The Kendalls
Hello Darlin’ – Conway Twitty
Help Me Make It Through The Night – Sammie Smith
Here In The Real World – Alan Jackson
Here’s A Quarter – Travis Tritt
Hey Cinderella – Suzy Bogguss

Hey, Good Lookin’ – Hank Williams Sr.
Highway 40 Blues – Ricky Skaggs
Hold On – Rosanne Cash
Holding Her, Loving You – Earl Tomas Conley
Holes in the Floor of Heaven – Steve Wariner
Hooked on an 8-Second Ride – Chris LeDoux
House of Cards – Mary Chapin Carpenter

I Can’t Help It – Hank Williams Sr.
I Can’t Stop Loving You – Don Gibson
I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me – Rosanne Cash
I Fall To Pieces – Patsy Cline
I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack
I Loved ‘Em Every One – T.G. Sheppard
I Take My Chances – Mary Chapin Carpenter
I Walk the Line – Johnny Cash
I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton

I Wouldn’t Have Missed it for the World – Ronnie Milsap
I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song) – Brad Paisley
I’m in a Hurry (And Don’t Know Why) – Alabama
I’m Moving On – Hank Snow
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams Sr.
I’ve Been Everywhere – Hank Snow
If I Could Only Win Your Love – Emmylou Harris
If We Make It Through December – Merle Haggard

In a Different Light – Doug Stone
In Love – Ronnie Milsap
Independence Day – Martina McBride
Innocent Man – Sherrie Austin
Inside – Ronnie Milsap
Is Anybody Going To San Antone – Charley Pride
It Was Almost Like A Song – Ronnie Milsap
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – Kitty Wells
It’s Such a Small World – Rodney Crowell and Rosanne Cash

Jolene – Dolly Parton
Just Another Day in Paradise – Phil Vassar
Just My Luck – Kim Richey
Just to Satisfy You – Waylon Jennings

Kansas City Lights – Steve Wariner
Kaw-Liga – Charley Pride
Kentucky Rain – Elvis Presley
Kerosene – Miranda Lambert
King of the Road – Roger Miller
King of the World – BlackHawk
Kiss an Angel Good Morning – Charley Pride

L.A. International Airport – Susan Raye
Letting Go – Suzy Bogguss
Like Nothing Ever Happened – Sylvia
Like We Never Said Goodbye – Crystal Gayle
Lipstick Promises – George Ducas
Little Rock – Collin Raye

Living in a Moment – Ty Herndon
Long Black Veil – Lefty Frizzell
Lord, I Hope This Day is Good – Don Williams
Louisiana Saturday Night – Mel McDaniel
Love In The First Degree – Alabama
Lovesick Blues – Hank Williams Sr.

Make The World Go Away – Eddy Arnold
Making Believe – Emmylou Harris
Mama Knows the Highway – Hal Ketchum
Mama Tried – Merle Haggard
Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys – Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Maybe it was Memphis – Pam Tillis

Me and Emily – Rachel Proctor
Meet Me In Montana – Dan.Seals/Marie Osmond
Miracle Man – Smokin’ Armadillos
My Baby Loves Me – Martina McBride
My Favorite Memory – Merle Haggard
My Girl Friday – Daron Norwood
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys – Willie Nelson
My Maria – Brooks & Dunn

Never be You – Rosanne Cash
Night Life – Willie Nelson
Nobody – Sylvia
North To Alaska – Johnny Horton
Now I Know – Lari White

Oh Lonesome Me – Don Gibson
Okie From Muskogee – Merle Haggard
Ol’ Red – Blake Shelton
Old Dogs, Children & Watermelon Wine – Tom T. Hall
Old Flame – Alabama
Old Hippie – Bellamy Brothers
On The Other Hand – Randy Travis
One Solitary Tear – Sherrie Austin
Orange Blossom Special – Johnny Cash

Pancho and Lefty, duet – Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
Past the Point of Rescue – Hal Ketchum
Please Remember Me – Tim McGraw
Queen of Hearts – Juice Newton

Rainbow Stew – Merle Haggard
Reckless – Alabama
Riders in the Sky – Burl Ives
Riding with Private Malone – David Ball
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
Rocky Top – Osborne Brothers
Rollin’ With the Flow – Charlie Rich
Rose Colored Glasses – John Conlee
Rose Garden – Lynn Anderson
Runaway Train – Rosanne Cash

San Antonio Rose – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Sea of Heartbreak – Don Gibson
Seven Year Ache – Rosanne Cash
Shadows in the Moonlight – Anne Murray
She Can’t Love You – Boy Howdy
She Don’t Love Nobody – Desert Rose Band
She Thinks His Name was John – Reba McEntire
She Thinks I Still Care – George Jones

She’s Crazy for Leaving – Rodney Crowell
She’s Got You – Patsy Cline
Sink the Bismarck – Johnny Horton
Sixteen Tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford
Sixteenth Avenue – Lacy J. Dalton
Sleeping Single in a Double Bed – Barbara Mandrell
Smoke Rings in the Dark – Gary Allan
Smoky Mountain Rain – Ronnie Milsap

Snowbird – Anne Murray
Somebody’s Knockin’ – Terri Gibbs
Someplace Far Away – Hal Ketchum
Something Like That – Tim McGraw
Stand By Your Man – Tammy Wynette
Still Losing You – Ronnie Milsap
Stranger in My House – Ronnie Milsap
Sunday Morning Coming Down – Johnny Cash
Sweet Dreams – Patsy Cline

Take This Job & Shove It – Johnny Paycheck
Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
Take Your Memory With You – Vince Gill
Tempted – Marty Stuart
Tennessee Flat Top Box – Rosanne Cash
Tennessee Waltz – Patti Page
Texas Plates – Kellie Coffey
That Ain’t My Truck – Rhett Akins
That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine – Gene Autry

That’s Just About Right – BlackHawk
The Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton
The Bluest Eyes in Texas – Restless Heart
The Cattle Call – Eddy Arnold
The Cheap Seats – Alabama
The City of New Orleans – Willie Nelson
The Dance – Garth Brooks
The Devil Went Down To Georgia – Charlie Daniels
The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
The Grand Tour – George Jones

The Highwaymen – Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, and Johnny Cash
The Legend of Wooley Swamp – Charlie Daniels Band
The Little Girl – John Michael Montgomery
The Man in Black – Johnny Cash
The Sound of Goodbye – Crystal Gayle
The Thunder Rolls – Garth Brooks
The Way We Make a Broken Heart – Rosanne Cash
The Weekend – Steve Wariner

The Wild Side Of Life – Hank Thompson
There Stands The Glass – Webb Pierce
There’s A Star Spangled Banner – Elton Britt
Three Wooden Crosses – Randy Travis
Today I Started Loving You Again – Merle Haggard
Together Again – Buck Owens
Tulsa Time – Don Williams
Tumbleweed – Sylvia
Tumbling Tumbleweeds – Sons Of The Pioneers

Uncle Pen – Bill Monroe
Wabash Cannonball – Roy Acuff
Waitin’ on Joe – Steve Azar
Walking the Floor Over You – Ernest Tubb
Waltz Across Texas – Ernest Tubb
What They’re Talking About – Rhett Akins
What’s It to You? – Clay Walker
When Cowboys Didn’t Dance – Lonestar
When I Call Your Name – Vince Gill
When She Cries – Restless Heart
When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back – Confederate Railroad

When You Think of Me – Mark Wills
Where Do the Nights Go? – Ronnie Milsap
Where’ve You Been? – Kathy Mattea
Whiskey River – Willie Nelson
Who’s Cheatin’ Who? – Charly McClain
Whoever’s in New England – Reba McEntire

Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For? – Crystal Gayle
Why They Call it Falling – Lee Ann Womack
Wild One – Faith Hill
Wildwood Flower – Carter Family
Will The Circle Be Unbroken – Carter Family
Witchita Lineman – Glen Campbell
Words by Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus
Wreck of the Old 97 – Vernon Dalhart

Y’all Come Back Saloon – Oak Ridge Boys
You Are My Sunshine – Jimmie Davis
You Never Even Called Me by My Name – David Allan Coe
You’re The Reason God Made Oklahoma – D.Frizzell/S.West
Your Cheatin’ Heart – Hank Williams Sr.
Your Own Little Corner of My Heart – BlackHawk

Well, the list is endless. These are just a select few out of the innumerable memorable songs of the genre. I am sure the names in this list will bring back special memories to all of you music lovers and will make you listen to these songs again and again.