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Subject: Radio Station Memorial Day Countdowns
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Music
Asked by: actionpatient-ga
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Posted: 13 Nov 2005 09:11 PST
Expires: 13 Dec 2005 09:11 PST
Question ID: 592480
I am looking for a list ofd the top 500 country songs of all time. 
The only thing I have found so far is a list on about.com, but I was
really hoping to find one as played by a radio station.  It was a
trend several years ago for radio stations to play these top 500
countdowns over Memorial Day Weekend.  But, the only ones I've found
of those so far seem to be from Rock and Oldies.  Help!
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Subject: Re: Radio Station Memorial Day Countdowns
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 13 Nov 2005 10:09 PST
 
Hello Actionpatient,


Soul Express Radio WHUS, 91.7-FM ( www.soulexpressradio.com )
published a list of the top 500 country music songs of all time.

Here are a few songs from the list.
 

1.       HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT ? Sammi Smith (1970)

2.       LOST HIGHWAY ? Hank Williams (1949)

3.       CRAZY ? Patsy Cline (1961)

4.       CAN THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN? ? The Carter Family (1935)

5.       DON?T BE CRUEL ? Elvis Presley (1956)

6.       CRAZY ARMS ? Ray Price (1956)

7.       THE WINDOW UP ABOVE ? George Jones (1960)

8.       COAT OF MANY COLORS ? Dolly Parton (1971)

9.       RANK STRANGERS ? The Stanley Brothers (1960)

10.      BORN TO LOSE ? Ted Daffan?s Texans (1942)


(?)
 

490. GUITARS, CADILLACS ? Dwight Yoakam (1986)

491. GONE COUNTRY ? Alan Jackson (1994)

492. THE PRISONER?S SONG ? Vernon Dalhart (1925)

493. ARE YOU SURE HANK DONE IT THIS WAY? ? Waylon Jennings (1975)

494. WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES ? Joe South (1970)

495. BLUE YODEL NO. 9 (STANDIN? ON THE CORNER) ? Jimmie Rodgers (1930)

496. WILL THE WOLF SURVIVE? ? Los Lobos (1985)

497. DON?T FENCE ME IN ? Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters (1944)

498. IF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME KNOW) ? Olivia Newton-John (1974)

499. KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE ? The Carter Family (1928)

500. I HOPE YOU DANCE ? Lee Ann Womack (2000)


The complete list is available at this link:
http://www.soulexpressradio.com/heartaches.htm


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This top 500 list comes from the book ?Heartaches by the Number? by
David Cantwell and Bill Friskics-Warren.


From a CNN article dated May 21, 2003:

?Cantwell and Friskics-Warren, who are both in their early 40s,
started their list with between 2,000 and 3,000 songs. Narrowing the
group to 500 was rather taxing, Cantwell says.?

The Country Music Foundation expressed interest in the work, agreed to
publish it, and was indispensable to its completion, Cantwell says.

"They gave us access to their archives, and they also lent
credibility," he says. "If we misstated something, the people [there]
editing were able to say, 'That's wrong. ?

?The book includes songs from every decade from the 1920s to the
present, and ranges from huge hit singles (Billy Swan's No. 1 pop hit
"I Can Help," Roger Miller's legendary "King of the Road") to
obscurities such as Nathan Abshire's 1949 "Pine Grove Blues" and the
Sir Douglas Quintet's 1969 "At the Crossroads."

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/21/heartaches.number/



Search terms used: 
?top 500? country music of all time
Radio top 500 country songs

I hope this helps!

Best regards,
Bobbie7
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