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Are These The 100 Greatest Country Songs Of All Time?

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Are These The 100 Greatest Country Songs Of All Time?

Posted August 26, 2019

The Tennessean took on, what many believe to be an impossible task. To come up with a definitive list of the Top 100 country songs of all-time.

Now, before we dive into this, let me say something. While most people will debate the legitimacy of this list, in case you don’t now, The Tennessean is the paper based in Nashville. So they are mildly familiar with country music. If this list was coming from the Walla Walla Town Crier in Washington we might be able to turn our noses up at it and pick it apart.

That being said, here is how they did it. For starters, they covered every era, from the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers’ historic recordings, to the reign of the ‘Nashville Sound,’ outlaws, singing cowboys, and pop crossovers. However, they did stick to one rule: One song per artist, with the exception of duets. So that helped narrow the field a bit. Also, they did NOT bother to rank the songs, it’s just a general Top 100.

Here are 25 highlights from the list, in no particular order:

1. “Jolene”, Dolly Parton

2. “Live Like You Were Dying”, Tim McGraw

3. “Stand By Your Man”, Tammy Wynette

4. “Whiskey Lullaby”, Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss

5. “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)”, Alan Jackson

6. “Killin’ Time”, Clint Black

7. “Springsteen”, Eric Church

8. “Tennessee Whiskey”, Chris Stapleton

9. “Strawberry Wine”, Deanna Carter

10. “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, Loretta Lynn

11. “Blue Yodel (T for Texas)”, Jimmie Rodgers