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Country music is the most popular genre of music and its popularity stems from classic country songs such as these from the 1960s that have paved the way for other, more current artists. Country songs are steeped in Americana and tell the story of ordinary, hard working, hard drinking, and long suffering people just like many of us. Some of the best songs came from the 1950's and the 1970's as well.
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534161This 1961 Patsy Cline hit was release just two years before her sudden death.2
546159Recorded by Johnny Cash but written by June Caarter, the 1963 song is a confession of Carter's love for Cash.3
353931968 country hit by Tammy Wynette is the ultimate song about being there for your man.4
380123This 1965 hit for Roger Miller spent 5 weeks at #1 and won a grammy5
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38593This other Patsy Cline classic was a 1961 hit and #238 on Rolling Stone's best songs of all time.7
303117This 1968 hit for Riley was written by Tom T. Hall8
27394The Statler Brothers first release in 1963 after being discovered by Johnny Cash9
Released in 1962, She Thinks I Still Care became the third #1 hit for George Jones in May of that year.
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24999This 1968 Glen Campbell hit was listed as #192 on Rolling Stone's top 500 songs of all time.11
This Kenny Rogers song was a hit in 1969 and wrttien by Mel Tills12
This was a 1960 hit for Hank Locklin13
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21372This was a 1960 hit for Johnny Horton on a song written by Mike Phillips15
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20987This 1963 song became Buck Owens' first #1 hit.17
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19279This song was a 1969 hit for Campbell about the town in Texas19
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228107A hit for Elvis in 1960, this country classic was actually a re-recording of a 1927 Vaughn Deleath song.21
This 1969 hit for Johnny Cash was recorded live at San Quentin22
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18569This 1961 Leroy Van Dyke song stayed atop the charts for 19 weeks!24
This was a 1965 hit from Eddy Arnold written by Hank Cochran25
212891960s Jim Reeves hit has a smooth and velvety touch to it and stayed at #1 for 14 weeks.