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CONTENTS

About The Author ................................................................................................................................................... 5

Synopsis Of Billboard’s Country Singles Charts 1944-2012 .................................................................................. 6

Researching Billboard’s Country Singles Charts.................................................................................................... 7

User’s Guide........................................................................................................................................................... 8

Top Country Songs & Artist Awards ..................................................................................................................... 11

ARTIST SECTION ........................................................................................................................................13

An alphabetical listing, by artist, of every song to chart on Billboard’s Country singles charts from January 8, 1944 through December 29, 2012.

SONG TITLE SECTION............................................................................................................................389

An alphabetical listing, by song title, of every song to chart on Billboard’s Country singles charts from January 8, 1944 through December 29, 2012.

TOP ARTISTS ..............................................................................................................................................473

Kings & Queens Of Country (The Top 300 Artists) ......................................................................................... 475 Top 50 Artists by Decade: 1940s / 1950s / 1960s / 1970s / 1980s / 1990s / 2000s / 2010s ...................... 479 Top Artist Achievements: ............................................................................................................................. 483 Most Chart Hits Most #1 Hits Most #2 Hits Most Top 40 Hits Most Weeks At The #1 Position Most #3 Hits Most Top 10 Hits

CHART FACTS & FEATS ........................................................................................................................485

Top #1 Hits: All-Time................................................................................................................................... 486 Top #1 Hits by Decade: 1940s / 1950s / 1960s / 1970s / 1980s / 1990s / 2000s / 2010s .......................... 488 Singles Of Longevity: 1940s / 1950s / 1960s / 1970s / 1980s / 1990s / 2000s / 2010s.............................. 492 Country Music Association Awards: ............................................................................................................ 493 Single of the Year Song of the Year Country Music Hall Of Fame........................................................................................................................ 494 Top Country Labels...................................................................................................................................... 495

#1 HITS...........................................................................................................................................................497

A chronological listing, by peak date, of every title to top Billboard’s Country singles charts.

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SYNOPSIS OF BILLBOARD’S COUNTRY SINGLES CHARTS 1944-2012

JUKE BOX

Date Positions Chart Title 1/8/44 2-8 Most Played Juke Box Folk Records

(9/6/47-11/1/47 shown as Most-Played Juke Box Hillbilly Records) 1/31/48 9-15 Most Played Juke Box Folk Records 6/25/49 7-15 Most Played Juke Box (Country & Western) Records 11/4/50 6-10 Most Played Juke Box Folk (Country & Western) Records 11/15/52 8-10 Most Played in Juke Boxes 6/30/56 9-10 Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes 6/17/57 final chart _____________________________________________________________________________________________

BEST SELLERS

5/15/48 10-15 Best Selling Retail Folk Records 6/25/49 5-15 Best Selling Retail Folk (Country & Western) Records 11/15/52 8-10 National Best Sellers 2/20/54 9-15 Best Sellers in Stores 6/30/56 13-20 C&W Best Sellers in Stores 10/13/58 final chart _____________________________________________________________________________________________

JOCKEYS

12/10/49 8-10 Country & Western Records Most Played By Folk Disk Jockeys 11/15/52 9-15 Most Played by Jockeys 6/30/56 12-15 Most Played C&W by Jockeys 10/13/58 final chart _____________________________________________________________________________________________

HOT COUNTRY SINGLES

10/20/58 30 Hot C&W Sides 11/3/62 30 Hot Country Singles 1/11/64 50 Hot Country Singles 10/15/66 75 Hot Country Singles 7/14/73 100 Hot Country Singles 1/20/90 * 75 Hot Country Singles 2/17/90 75 Hot Country Singles & Tracks 1/6/01 60 Hot Country Singles & Tracks 4/30/05 60 Hot Country Songs 10/20/12 * 50 Hot Country Songs * see Chart Methodologies on next page _____________________________________________________________________________________________

DAVIS, Sammy Jr.Born on 12/8/1925 in Harlem, New York. Died of cancer on 5/16/1990 (age 64). Black singer/dancer/actor. Numerous appearances on TV, Broadway and in movies.

AWARD: Grammy: Lifetime Achievement 200112/11/82 89 2 Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette).........Merle Travis/Tex Williams...We Could Have Been The Closest Of Friends — Applause 100

DAVIS, Skeeter 1960s: 25 / All-Time: 129Born Mary Penick on 12/30/1931 in Dry Ridge, Kentucky. Died of cancer on 9/19/2004 (age 72). Female singer/songwriter. Worked as The Davis Sisters with friendBetty Jack Davis, and later with Georgia Davis. Went solo in 1956. Married to Ralph Emery from 1960-64. Married to Joey Spampinato, the bassist of rock bandNRBQ, from 1983-96. Also see Some Of Chet's Friends.

AWARD: OPRY: 1959

TOP HITS: 1)The End Of The World 2)(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too 3)What Does It Take (To Keep A Man Like You Satisfied) 4)My Last Date (With You)5)Set Him Free

2/24/58 15 1 1 Lost To A Geisha Girl ...................................................DJ:15 Lawton Williams...I'm Going Steady With A Heartache — RCA Victor 7084answer to "Geisha Girl" by Hank Locklin

3/30/59 5 17 2 Set Him Free Skeeter Davis/Helen Moyers/Marie Wilson...The Devil's Doll — RCA Victor 7471also see #24 below

9/21/59 15 13 3 Homebreaker .......................................................................................Skeeter Davis/Marie Wilson...Give Me Death — RCA Victor 75703/7/60 11 12 4 Am I That Easy To Forget? .............................................................Carl Belew/W.S. Stevenson...Wishful Thinking — RCA Victor 7671

8/29/60 23 16 5 (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too Hal Blair/Don Robertson...No Never 39 RCA Victor 7767answer to "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" by Hank Locklin

12/31/60+ 5 13 6 My Last Date (With You) Boudleaux Bryant/Floyd Cramer/Skeeter Davis...Someone I'd Like To Forget 26 RCA Victor 7825answer to "Last Date" by Floyd Cramer

4/24/61 11 11 7 The Hand You're Holding Now....................................................................Marty Robbins...Someday, Someday — RCA Victor 786310/16/61 10 11 8 Optimistic ...........................................................................................................Aubrey Freeman...Blueberry Hill — RCA Victor 7928

3/10/62 9 9 9 Where I Ought To Be / ..............................................................................................................Harlan Howard —6/2/62 23 3 10 Something Precious .................................................................................................................Lorene Mann — RCA Victor 79799/8/62 22 1 11 The Little Music Box ..........................................................................Skeeter Davis/Rudy Thacker...The Final Step — RCA Victor 8055

12/15/62+ 23 24 � 12 The End Of The World Sylvia Dee/Arthur Kent...Somebody Loves You 21 RCA Victor 8098

5/25/63 9 14 13 I'm Saving My Love ...........................................................................Alex Zanetis...Somebody Else On Your Mind 41 RCA Victor 817610/12/63 14 10 14 I Can't Stay Mad At You...................................................................Gerry Goffin/Carole King...It Was Only A Heart 7 � RCA Victor 8219

1/25/64 17 15 15 He Says The Same Things To Me...............................Gary Geld/Peter Udell...How Much Can A Lonely Heart Stand 47 RCA Victor 82885/16/64 8 14 16 Gonna Get Along Without You Now ...............................................................Milton Kellem...Now You're Gone 48 RCA Victor 83479/26/64 45 4 17 Let Me Get Close To You ..............................................................Gerry Goffin/Carole King...The Face Of A Clown 106 RCA Victor 8397

11/14/64 38 5 18 What Am I Gonna Do With You ...................................Gerry Goffin/Russ Titelman...Don't Let Me Stand In Your Way 123 RCA Victor 84503/13/65 11 12 19 A Dear John Letter ..............................................Billy Barton/Fuzzy Owen/Lewis Talley...Too Used To Being With You 114 RCA Victor 8496

SKEETER DAVIS & BOBBY BARE9/11/65 30 7 20 Sun Glasses .......................................................................................John D. Loudermilk...He Loved Me Too Little 120 RCA Victor 8642

10/15/66 36 9 21 Goin' Down The Road (Feelin' Bad) .................................................Skeeter Davis...I Can't Stand The Sight Of You — RCA Victor 89321/28/67 11 16 22 Fuel To The Flame..............................................................................Bill Owens/Dolly Parton...You Call This Love — RCA Victor 90587/22/67 5 18 23 What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied) Jim Glaser...What I Go Thru (To Keep Holding On to You) 121 RCA Victor 9242

12/16/67+ 52 7 24 Set Him Free ........................................................Skeeter Davis/Helen Moyers/Marie Wilson...Is It Worth It To You [R] — RCA Victor 9371new version of #2 above

2/24/68 72 2 25 For Loving You ....................................................................................Steve Karliski...Baby It's Cold Outside [N] — RCA Victor 9415SKEETER DAVIS & DON BOWMAN

3/23/68 54 7 26 Instinct For Survival ............................................................................................Jim Glaser...How In The World — RCA Victor 94596/22/68 16 10 27 There's A Fool Born Every Minute ..........................................Paul Evans/Paul Parnes...I Can't See Past My Tears — RCA Victor 95431/11/69 66 7 28 The Closest Thing To Love (I've Ever Seen) .................................Ronny Light...Mama Your Big Girl's 'Bout To Cry — RCA Victor 9695

12/13/69+ 9 15 29 I'm A Lover (Not A Fighter) ...................................................................................Ronny Light...I Didn't Cry Today — RCA Victor 02921/24/70 22 7 30 Your Husband, My Wife .....................................................................Irwin Levine/Toni Wine...Before The Sunrise — RCA Victor 97895/9/70 65 5 31 It's Hard To Be A Woman .....................Johnny Christopher/Richard Mainegra/Red West...What A Little Girl Don't Know — RCA Victor 98188/8/70 69 3 32 We Need A Lot More Of Jesus .....................................Wayne Raney...When You Gonna Bring Our Soldiers Home — RCA Victor 9871

9/26/70 65 2 33 Let's Get Together......................................................................................Chet Powers...Everything Is Beautiful — RCA Victor 9893SKEETER DAVIS & GEORGE HAMILTON IV

3/6/71 21 13 34 Bus Fare To Kentucky .............................................................................Ronny Light...From Her Arms Into Mine — RCA Victor 99617/17/71 58 8 35 Love Takes A Lot Of My Time ............................................................................Ronny Light...Love, Love, Love — RCA Victor 99971/8/72 54 7 36 One Tin Soldier.............................................................................................Dennis Lambert/Brian Potter...Rachel — RCA Victor 0608

from the movie Billy Jack starring Tom Laughlin5/20/72 46 8 37 Sad Situation...........................................................................................Clyde Pitts...All I Ever Wanted Was Love — RCA Victor 06816/16/73 12 17 38 I Can't Believe That It's All Over ...................................................................................Ben Peters...Try Jesus 101 RCA Victor 0968

12/15/73+ 44 10 39 Don't Forget To Remember .....................................Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb...Baby, Get That Leavin' Off Your Mind — RCA Victor 01885/25/74 65 8 40 One More Time................................................................................................Ronny Light...Stay Awhile With Me — RCA Victor 02779/18/76 60 7 41 I Love Us .................................................................................................................Jeff Tweel...It Feels So Good — Mercury 73818

DAVIS, StephanieBorn in Montana. Female singer/songwriter.

8/28/93 72 2 It's All In The Heart ...............................................................................Stephanie Davis...Summer Nights In Dixie — �v Asylum 64616

DAVIS SISTERS, TheVocal duo from Lexington, Kentucky: Skeeter Davis and Betty Jack Davis. The two were not related. Betty Jack was killed and Skeeter was seriously injured ina car crash on 8/2/1953. Betty Jack was replaced by her sister Georgia.

8/15/53 ➊8 26 I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know DJ:➊8 / BS:➊6 / JB:➊2 Cecil Null...Rock-A-Bye Boogie 18 RCA Victor 5345

DAVISSON BROTHERS BANDBand from West Virginia: brothers Donnie (vocals, guitar) and Chris (guitar) Davisson, with cousin Sammy Davisson (bass) and Aaron Regester (drums).

5/16/09 55 1 Foot Stompin' .....................................................................................................Chris Davisson/Donnie Davisson — CharTunes

DAWSON, Peter, BandBorn in 1979 in Dallas, Texas. Male singer/songwriter/guitarist.

10/21/00 72 1 Willie Nelson For President ..............................................................Peter Dawson/James Wood...Bad News [N] — � Radio 31002

DAY, JenniferBorn on 8/22/1979 in McAlpin, Florida. Female singer/songwriter.

12/4/99+ 31 20 1 The Fun Of Your Love.............................................Beth Nielsen Chapman/Jennifer Day/Annie Roboff...What If It's Me — �v BNA 65939

6/3/00 67 3 2 What If It's Me ..............................................................................................Robert Byrne/Angela Kaset...Fearless — � BNA 60239

DEAL, DonBorn in 1939 in Iowa. Male singer/guitarist.

6/16/79 90 2 Second Best (Is Too Far Down The Line) ............................................................................Wynn Stewart...When — Donjim 1008

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ARTISTCHRPOSDATE Label & Number

DEBUT PEAK WKS �=Pic. Slv. �="45"�=Cassette �=CD PopSong Title Songwriter...B-side

FARGO, Donna 1970s: 27 / All-Time: 122Born Yvonne Vaughan on 11/10/1945 in Mount Airy, North Carolina. Female singer/songwriter. Graduated from High Point College in North Carolina; taughtEnglish at a high school in Covina, California. Married record producer Stan Silver in 1969. Hosted own syndicated TV show (1978-79). Diagnosed with multiplesclerosis in 1979.

TOP HITS: 1)The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. 2)Funny Face 3)Superman 4)You Can't Be A Beacon (If Your Light Don't Shine) 5)That Was Yesterday

3/25/72 ➊3 23 ● 1 The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. Donna Fargo...The Awareness Of Nothing 11 � Dot 17409

Grammy: Country Female Vocal CMA: Single of the Year9/2/72 ➊3 16 ● 2 Funny Face Donna Fargo...How Close You Came (To Being Gone) 5 Dot 17429

2/17/73 ➊1 14 3 Superman Donna Fargo...Forever Is As Far As I Could Go 41 Dot 17444

5/26/73 ➊1 14 4 You Were Always There Donna Fargo...He Can Have All He Wants 93 Dot 17460

9/29/73 21 14 5 Little Girl Gone Donna Fargo...Just Call Me 57 � Dot 17476

2/23/74 6 12 6 I'll Try A Little Bit Harder ...............................................................................Donna Fargo...All About A Feeling — Dot 174916/8/74 ➊1 15 7 You Can't Be A Beacon (If Your Light Don't Shine) Marty Cooper...Just A Friend Of Mine 57 Dot 17506

10/12/74+ 9 15 8 U.S. Of A ...........................................................................................................Donna Fargo...A Woman's Prayer 86 � ABC/Dot 175232/15/75 7 11 9 It Do Feel Good ...................................................................................................Donna Fargo...Only The Strong 98 ABC/Dot 175416/7/75 14 14 10 Hello Little Bluebird ....................................................................................Donna Fargo...2 Sweet 2 Be 4 Gotten — ABC/Dot 17557

10/4/75 38 11 11 Whatever I Say ............................................................................................................Donna Fargo...Rain Song — ABC/Dot 1757912/20/75+ 58 7 12 What Will The New Year Bring? .....................................................................Donna Fargo...A Woman's Prayer — ABC/Dot 175862/28/76 60 6 13 You're Not Charlie Brown (And I'm Not Raggedy Ann)..........................................Donna Fargo...Sing, Sing, Sing — ABC/Dot 176094/3/76 20 10 14 Mr. Doodles ...........................................................................................Donna Fargo...If You Can't Love All Of Me — � Warner 8186

7/17/76 15 13 15 I've Loved You All Of The Way..................................................................Donna Fargo...One Of God's Children — Warner 822710/23/76+ 31 19 16 Don't Be Angry Wade Jackson...You Don't Mess Around With Jim — ABC/Dot 17660

2/12/77 9 13 17 Mockingbird Hill.................................................................................................Vaughn Horton...Second Choice — Warner 83054/30/77 ➊1 14 18 That Was Yesterday Donna Fargo...The Cricket Song [S] — Warner 8375

9/10/77 8 15 19 Shame On Me...............................................................................Bill Enis/Lawton Williams...Hey, Mister Music Man — Warner 84311/7/78 22 15 20 Do I Love You (Yes In Every Way) Paul Anka/Yves Dessca/Alain LeGovic/Michel Pelay/Maxime Piolot...Dee Dee — Warner 8509

5/27/78 19 11 21 Ragamuffin Man ................................................................................................Stewart Harris...Everybody's Girl — Warner 85788/26/78 10 13 22 Another Goodbye ...........................................................Scott English/Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil...Changes In My Life — Warner 86431/13/79 6 15 23 Somebody Special ..........................................................................................Donna Fargo...Changes In My Life — Warner 87227/21/79 14 13 24 Daddy .........................................................................................................Donna Fargo...For The Rest Of My Life — Warner 8867

11/17/79 45 7 25 Preacher Berry ........................................................................................Donna Fargo...I Don't Know What I'd Do — Warner 490933/8/80 43 7 26 Walk On By....................................................................................Kendall Hayes...I Wrote This Song Just For You — Warner 491838/9/80 63 7 27 Land Of Cotton ...........................................................................David Chamberlain/Jim Vest...I Still Believe In You — Warner 49514

11/1/80 55 6 28 Seeing Is Believing ...................................................................................Glenn Martin...Look What You've Done — Warner 495758/1/81 73 6 29 Lonestar Cowboy .......................................................................................................Donna Fargo...Utah Song — � Warner 49757

11/21/81 72 4 30 Jacamo .........................................................................................Dan Foliart/Tom Shapiro...Song To Celebrate Life — Warner 498527/10/82 40 9 31 It's Hard To Be The Dreamer (When I Used To Be The Dream) ...............Joe Chambers/Larry Jenkins/Conway Twitty

...I Just Saw My Reflection In You — RCA 1326410/9/82 80 3 32 Did We Have To Go This Far (To Say Goodbye) ..................Dallas Frazier/A.L. "Doodle" Owens...All I Need To Know — RCA 1332910/1/83 72 4 33 The Sign Of The Times ........................................................................................Donna Fargo...Reasons To Be — Columbia 040977/7/84 80 4 34 My Heart Will Always Belong To You....................................................................Kent Blazy...Reasons To Be — Cleveland Int'l 1

7/19/86 58 8 35 Woman Of The 80's ..................................................................................Donna Fargo...You Were Always There — Mercury 88471211/8/86+ 29 17 36 Me And You ..............................................................................................Donna Fargo...I've Laid Too Many Eggs — Mercury 8880936/27/87 23 15 37 Members Only ..........................................................................................................Larry Addison...Funny Face — Mercury 888680

DONNA FARGO & BILLY JOE ROYAL2/16/91 71 2 38 Soldier Boy ..............................................................................................Luther Dixon/Florence Green...Stand Tall — � Cleveland Int'l 10

FARM, TheTrio formed in Nashville, Tennessee: Nick Hoffman (vocals, fiddle), Krista Marie (vocals, guitar) and Damien Horne (keyboards).

11/5/11+ 19 39 1 Home Sweet Home ................................................................Nick Hoffman/Damien Horne/Krista Marie/Danny Myrick 120 All In10/13/12 59 1 2 Be Grateful ............................................................................................................Marc Beeson/Rodney Clawson — All In

FARR, TylerBorn in Garden City, Missouri. Male singer/songwriter.

2/25/12 49 14 1 Hot Mess ...................................................................................................Rhett Akins/Dallas Davidson/Ben Hayslip — BNA9/15/12 52 5 2 Hello Goodbye ................................................................................................Kris Bergsnes/Skip Black/Tyler Farr — Columbia

FAST RYDEMale duo formed in Nashville, Tennessee: Jody Stevens (from West Virginia) and James Harrison (from Florida). Stevens is the son of Jeff Stevens.

7/25/09 38 11 That Thang..............................................................................................................James Harrison/Jody Stevens — Republic

FAUCETT, DawnettBorn in Abilene, Texas. Female singer.

9/30/89 74 3 Money Don't Make A Man A Lover ...........................................................John Jarrard...Cross My Broken Heart — Step One 407

FAUTHEREE, Jimmy Lee — see JIMMY & JOHNNY

FELICIANO, JoseBorn on 9/8/1945 in Lares, Puerto Rico; raised in Spanish Harlem, New York. Blind since birth. Male singer/songwriter/guitarist.

AWARD: Grammy: Best New Artist 19689/3/83 64 7 Let's Find Each Other Tonight ...................................................................................Jose Feliciano...Cuidado — Motown 1674

FELL, Terry, & The FellersBorn on 5/13/1921 in Dora, Alabama. Died on 4/4/2007 (age 85). Male singer/songwriter/guitarist.

8/7/54 4 11 Don't Drop It JB:4 / BS:11 / DJ:12 Terry Fell...Truck Driving Man — "X" 0010

FELLER, DickBorn on 1/2/1943 in Bronaugh, Missouri. Male singer/songwriter/guitarist.

11/17/73+ 22 11 1 Biff, The Friendly Purple Bear....................................................................Dick Feller...Goodbye California [S] 101 United Artists 3166/8/74 11 14 2 Makin' The Best Of A Bad Situation ...............................................Dick Feller...She's Taken A Gentle Lover [N] 85 Asylum 11037

9/21/74 10 15 3 The Credit Card Song .............................................................................Dick Feller...Just Short Of The Line [N] 105 United Artists 53512/6/75+ 49 9 4 Uncle Hiram And The Homemade Beer.................................................................Dick Feller...Let It Ride [N] — Asylum 45290

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GIBSON, Don 1950s: 22 / 1960s: 18 / 1970s: 23 / All-Time: 42Born on 4/3/1928 in Shelby, North Carolina. Died on 11/17/2003 (age 75). Male singer/songwriter/guitarist. Worked local clubs and radio while still in high school.Moved to Knoxville in 1953 and worked on the WNOX Barn Dance radio series.

AWARDS: C&W Hall of Fame: 2001 OPRY: 1958

TOP HITS: 1)Oh Lonesome Me 2)Blue Blue Day 3)Woman (Sensuous Woman) 4)Just One Time 5)Sea Of Heartbreak

8/11/56 9 1 1 Sweet Dreams ......................................................................................DJ:9 Don Gibson...The Road Of Life Alone — MGM 12194also see #15 below

2/17/58 ➊8 34 � 2 Oh Lonesome Me / BS:➊8 / DJ:➊8 Don Gibson 7

3/17/58 7 14 3 I Can't Stop Lovin' You .......................................................................................................DJ:7 Don Gibson 81 RCA Victor 71336/9/58 ➊2 24 4 Blue Blue Day BS:➊2 / DJ:2 Don Gibson...Too Soon To Know 20 RCA Victor 7010

9/29/58 5 19 5 Give Myself A Party / BS:5 / DJ:12 Don Gibson 4610/6/58 8 9 6 Look Who's Blue .......................................................................................................DJ:8 / BS:flip Don Gibson 58 RCA Victor 7330

2/2/59 34 16 7 Who Cares / Don Gibson 432/23/59 27 2 8 A Stranger To Me........................................................................................................................Don Gibson — RCA Victor 74375/11/59 11 13 9 Lonesome Old House .....................................................................................Don Gibson...I Couldn't Care Less 71 RCA Victor 75058/17/59 5 16 10 Don't Tell Me Your Troubles Don Gibson...Heartbreak Avenue 85 RCA Victor 7566

12/7/59+ 14 9 11 I'm Movin' On /...............................................................................................................................Hank Snow —1/4/60 29 1 12 Big Hearted Me ...........................................................................................................................Don Gibson — RCA Victor 76293/7/60 21 21 13 Just One Time Don Gibson...I May Never Get To Heaven 29 RCA Victor 7690

8/8/60 11 11 14 Far, Far Away .................................................................................................Don Gibson...A Legend In My Time 72 RCA Victor 7762also see #48 below

11/28/60+ 6 16 15 Sweet Dreams ................................................................................................Don Gibson...The Same Street [R] 93 RCA Victor 7805new version of #1 above

3/13/61 22 6 16 What About Me.........................................................................Don Gibson...The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise 100 RCA Victor 78416/19/61 21 26 17 Sea Of Heartbreak Hal David/Paul Hampton...I Think It's Best (To Forget Me) 21 RCA Victor 7890

12/18/61+ 21 21 18 Lonesome Number One Don Gibson...The Same Old Trouble 59 RCA Victor 7959

5/19/62 5 14 19 I Can Mend Your Broken Heart Don Gibson...I Let Her Get Lonely 105 RCA Victor 8017

11/17/62 22 4 20 So How Come (No One Loves Me) ....................................Boudleaux Bryant/Felice Bryant...Baby We're Really In Love — � RCA Victor 80854/6/63 12 10 21 Head Over Heels In Love With You ...................................................................Lester Flatt...It Was Worth It All — � RCA Victor 8144

8/31/63 22 5 22 Anything New Gets Old (Except My Love For You) ...........................................Don Gibson...After The Heartache — � RCA Victor 819211/28/64+ 23 16 23 Cause I Believe In You ..................................................................................Don Gibson...A Love That Can't Be — RCA Victor 8456

7/3/65 19 13 24 Again .................................................................................................................Don Gibson...You're Going Away — RCA Victor 858910/9/65 10 13 25 Watch Where You're Going............................................................................Don Gibson...There's A Big Wheel — RCA Victor 86781/22/66 12 12 26 A Born Loser ........................................................................................Don Gibson...All The World Is Lonely Now — RCA Victor 87325/7/66 6 17 27 (Yes) I'm Hurting ..........................................................................................Don Gibson...My Whole World Is Hurt — RCA Victor 8812

11/5/66+ 8 17 28 Funny, Familiar, Forgotten, Feelings ....................................................................Mickey Newbury...Forget Me — RCA Victor 89756/3/67 51 4 29 Lost Highway......................................................................................................Leon Payne...Around The Town — RCA Victor 9177

8/26/67 23 12 30 All My Love .........................................................................................................Don Gibson...No Doubt About It — RCA Victor 92663/23/68 37 7 31 Ashes Of Love / ............................................................................................Jack Anglin/Jim Anglin/Johnny Wright —6/1/68 71 3 32 Good Morning, Dear .............................................................................................................Mickey Newbury — RCA Victor 9460

7/13/68 12 14 33 It's A Long, Long Way To Georgia.....................................................................Larry Murray...Low And Lonely — RCA Victor 956311/23/68+ 30 9 34 Ever Changing Mind ....................................................................................Joe Melson/Susie Melson...Thoughts — RCA Victor 9663

2/22/69 21 17 35 Rings Of Gold Gene Thomas...Final Examination — RCA Victor 9715DOTTIE WEST & DON GIBSON

5/3/69 28 9 36 Solitary.........................................................................................Leon Payne...I Just Said Goodbye To My Dreams — RCA Victor 01437/12/69 32 10 37 Sweet Memories ..........................................................................Mickey Newbury...How's The World Treating You — RCA Victor 0178

DOTTIE WEST & DON GIBSON9/6/69 21 8 38 I Will Always .............................................................................................................Don Gibson...Half As Much — RCA Victor 0219

12/13/69+ 7 13 39 There's A Story (Goin' 'Round) ...............................................................Don Gibson...Lock, Stock, And Teardrops — RCA Victor 0291DOTTIE WEST & DON GIBSON

3/14/70 17 12 40 Don't Take All Your Loving ...........................................................................Don Gibson...Pretending Everyday — Hickory 15596/27/70 16 13 41 A Perfect Mountain ...................................................................................Gene Thomas...Would You Believe Me — Hickory 15717/18/70 46 10 42 Til I Can't Take It Anymore .............................................................Dorian Burton/Clyde Otis...I Love You Because — RCA Victor 9867

DOTTIE WEST & DON GIBSON10/10/70 37 12 43 Someway......................................................................................................Don Gibson...Comfort For Your Mind — Hickory 1579

1/23/71 19 13 44 Guess Away The Blues ............................................................................................Don Gibson...I Wanna Live — Hickory 15885/22/71 29 11 45 (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle ...................................................Jimmie Davis/Hank Williams...Window Shopping — Hickory 15988/28/71 50 8 46 The Two Of Us Together ..................................................................................Don Gibson...Oh Yes, I Love You — Hickory 1607

DON GIBSON & SUE THOMPSON10/23/71 5 17 47 Country Green Eddy Raven...Move It On Over — Hickory 1614

2/19/72 12 13 48 Far, Far Away ......................................................................................Don Gibson...What's Happened To Me [R] — Hickory 1623new version of #14 above

4/22/72 71 3 49 Did You Ever Think.................................................................................................Don Gibson...Love's Garden — Hickory 1629DON GIBSON & SUE THOMPSON

6/10/72 ➊1 18 50 Woman (Sensuous Woman) Gary S. Paxton...If You Want Me To I'll Go — Hickory 1638

8/12/72 37 11 51 I Think They Call It Love .............................................................................Bobby Bond...Over There's The Door — Hickory 1646DON GIBSON & SUE THOMPSON

10/21/72 11 13 52 Is This The Best I'm Gonna Feel ...........................................................................Don Gibson...Watching It Go — Hickory 165112/23/72 64 5 53 Cause I Love You...........................................................................................Don Gibson...My Tears Don't Show — Hickory 1654

DON GIBSON & SUE THOMPSON2/17/73 26 11 54 If You're Goin' Girl .....................................................................................Bobby Bond...Lonesome Number One — Hickory 16613/17/73 52 6 55 Go With Me..............................................................................................Gene Thomas...The Two Of Us Together — Hickory 1665

DON GIBSON & SUE THOMPSON5/26/73 6 14 56 Touch The Morning..........................................................................................Eddy Raven...Too Soon To Know — Hickory 16719/15/73 53 9 57 Warm Love ....................................................................................Don Gibson...Fly The Friendly Skies With Jesus — Hickory/MGM 303

DON GIBSON & SUE THOMPSON10/6/73 30 11 58 That's What I'll Do ...................................................................................................Don Gibson...Sweet Dreams — Hickory/MGM 306

12/29/73+ 12 13 59 Snap Your Fingers ...............................................................Grady Martin/Alex Zanetis...Love Is A Lonesome Thing — Hickory/MGM 3125/4/74 8 15 60 One Day At A Time .............................................................................................Gary S. Paxton...Rainbow Love — Hickory/MGM 318

8/10/74 31 12 61 Good Old Fashioned Country Love ..............................................Glenn Barber/Jim Mundy...Ages And Ages Ago — Hickory/MGM 324DON GIBSON & SUE THOMPSON

8/31/74 9 17 62 Bring Back Your Love To Me........................................................................Don Gibson...Drinking Champagne — Hickory/MGM 3271/18/75 27 12 63 I'll Sing For You .............................................................................................................Bobby Bond...Pocatello — Hickory/MGM 3384/19/75 24 11 64 (There She Goes) I Wish Her Well .................................................Don Gibson...Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings — Hickory/MGM 3457/19/75 36 11 65 Oh, How Love Changes .............................................DeWayne Orender/K. Phyllis Powell...Sweet And Tender Times — Hickory/MGM 350

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GIBSON, Don (cont’d)8/16/75 43 11 66 Don't Stop Loving Me ......................................................................................Don Gibson...Somebody's Words — Hickory/MGM 35312/6/75+ 76 8 67 I Don't Think I'll Ever (Get Over You).................................................................Don Gibson...It Can't Last Always — Hickory/MGM 3613/13/76 79 5 68 You've Got To Stop Hurting Me Darling............................................................Don Gibson...Blues In My Mind — Hickory/MGM 3654/3/76 98 2 69 Get Ready-Here I Come ................................................................DeWayne Orender/K. Phyllis Powell...Once More — Hickory/MGM 367

DON GIBSON & SUE THOMPSON5/29/76 39 10 70 Doing My Time .....................................................................Jimmie Skinner...The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise — Hickory/MGM 37211/6/76 23 12 71 I'm All Wrapped Up In You .............................................................Don Gibson...We Live In Two Different Worlds — ABC/Hickory 540013/12/77 30 10 72 Fan The Flame, Feed The Fire.............................................................Eddy Raven...Bringin' In The Georgia Mail — ABC/Hickory 540107/2/77 16 13 73 If You Ever Get To Houston (Look Me Down) ........................................................Mickey Newbury...It's All Over — ABC/Hickory 54014

10/22/77 67 5 74 When Do We Stop Starting Over .........................................Mickey Newbury...Love Is Not The Way (You Told Me) — ABC/Hickory 540192/11/78 16 14 75 Starting All Over Again.......................................Phillip Mitchell...I'd Rather Die Young (Than Grow Old Without You) — ABC/Hickory 540246/3/78 22 10 76 The Fool.....................................................................Naomi Ford/Lee Hazlewood...Every Song I Sang Would Be Blue — ABC/Hickory 54029

10/7/78 61 7 77 Oh, Such A Stranger / ..................................................................................................................Don Gibson —10/7/78 7 78 I Love You Because ...................................................................................................................Leon Payne — ABC/Hickory 54036

12/23/78+ 26 12 79 Any Day Now ...................................................................................Burt Bacharach/Bob Hilliard...Baby's Not Home — ABC/Hickory 540396/9/79 37 10 80 Forever One Day At A Time ...............................................................................Eddy Raven...Look Who's Blue — MCA 41031

3/29/80 42 7 81 Sweet Sensuous Sensations .............................................................................Kenny Walker...Stranger To Me — Warner/Curb 4919312/13/80+ 80 6 82 Love Fires...............................................................................................Kenny Walker...Come Back And Love Me — Warner/Curb 49602

GIBSON, HalBorn in San Antonio, Texas. Male singer.

12/16/89 87 3 The Love She Found In Me.......................................................................................Dennis Linde/Bob Morrison — Sundial 163

GIBSON/MILLER BANDBand led by singer/songwriter Dave Gibson (born on 10/1/1956) and guitarist Bill "Blue" Miller (born on 7/15/1952). Includes Mike Daly (steel guitar; born on6/11/1955), Bryan Grassmeyer (bass; born on 6/6/1954) and Steve Grossman (drums; born on 4/3/1962).

11/14/92+ 37 20 1 Big Heart ..........................................................................................Dave Gibson/Blue Miller/Freddy Weller...(remix) — �v Epic 74739

2/13/93 20 20 2 High Rollin' .......................................................................................Dave Gibson/Blue Miller...Stone Cold Country — � Epic 748566/12/93 22 20 3 Texas Tattoo.............................................................................................Dave Gibson/Blue Miller...Southern Man — �

v Epic 749919/25/93 46 11 4 Small Price .......................................................................Austin Cunningham/Thom McHugh...Where There's Smoke — � Epic 771691/22/94 40 13 5 Stone Cold Country.................................................................................Dave Gibson/Blue Miller...Thank Virginia — � Epic 773555/28/94 49 10 6 Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys .........................................Ed Bruce/Patsy Bruce

from the movie The Cowboy Way starring Woody Harrelson ...Right Off The Top Of My Heart — �v Epic 77488

9/24/94 59 7 7 Red, White And Blue Collar ..........................................................Dave Gibson/Blue Miller...Johnny Get Your Gun — �v Epic 77651

GILBERT, Brantley 2010s: 39Born on 1/20/1985 in Jefferson, Georgia. Male singer/songwriter/guitarist.

4/23/11 ➊1 35 ❍ 1 Country Must Be Country Wide Mike Dekle/Colt Ford/Brantley Gilbert 50 Valory

12/17/11+ ➊1 34 2 You Don't Know Her Like I Do Brantley Gilbert/Jim McCormick 49 Valory

8/4/12 29 19 3 Kick It In The Sticks ..................................................................................Rhett Akins/Brantley Gilbert/Ben Hayslip 113 Valory

GILKYSON, Terry — see WEAVERS, The

GILL, Vince 1990s: 8 / All-Time: 47Born on 4/12/1957 in Norman, Oklahoma. Male singer/songwriter/guitarist. Member of Pure Prairie League from 1979-83. Married to Janis Oliver ofSweethearts Of The Rodeo from 1980-97. Married Amy Grant on 3/10/2000. Member of The Notorious Cherry Bombs. Also see America The Beautiful,Hope and Tomorrow's World.

AWARDS: C&W Hall of Fame: 2007 CMA: Male Vocalist 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 & 1995 / Entertainer 1993 & 1994 OPRY: 1991

TOP HITS: 1)Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away 2)I Still Believe In You 3)The Heart Won't Lie 4)One More Last Chance 5)Tryin' To Get Over You

2/11/84 40 13 1 Victim Of Life's Circumstances ...................................................Delbert McClinton...Don't Say That You Love Me — RCA 137315/19/84 38 11 2 Oh Carolina .......................................................................Randy Albright/Jim Elliott/Mark D. Sanders...Half A Chance — RCA 138099/22/84 39 15 3 Turn Me Loose ...........................................................................................Vince Gill...'Til The Best Comes Along — RCA 138603/16/85 32 17 4 True Love .............................................................................................................Vince Gill...Livin' The Way I Do — RCA 140207/13/85 10 18 5 If It Weren't For Him .................................................Rosanne Cash/Vince Gill...Savannah (Do You Ever Think of Me) — RCA 14140

VINCE GILL (with Rosanne Cash)11/23/85+ 9 25 6 Oklahoma Borderline ............................................................Guy Clark/Rodney Crowell/Vince Gill...She Don't Know — RCA 14216

6/7/86 33 15 7 With You ..............................................................................................................Vince Gill...Colder Than Winter — RCA 143715/2/87 5 21 8 Cinderella Reed Nielsen...Something's Missing — � RCA 5131

9/19/87 16 16 9 Let's Do Something..................................................................Vince Gill/Reed Nielsen...It Doesn't Matter Anymore — RCA 52571/30/88 11 17 10 Everybody's Sweetheart ...................................................................................Vince Gill...The Way Back Home — RCA 53316/4/88 39 10 11 The Radio .........................................................................................Vince Gill/Reed Nielsen...The Way Back Home — RCA 8301

9/16/89 22 20 12 Never Alone ............................................................Rosanne Cash/Vince Gill...Oh Girl (You Know Where To Find Me) — MCA 537171/20/90 13 26 13 Oklahoma Swing................................................................................Tim DuBois/Vince Gill...We Could Have Been — � MCA 53780

Reba McEntire (guest vocal)5/26/90 22 21 14 When I Call Your Name Tim DuBois/Vince Gill...Rita Ballou — � MCA 79011

Grammy: Country Male Vocal CMA: Single & Song of the YearPatty Loveless (backing vocal)

9/29/90 32 20 15 Never Knew Lonely Vince Gill...Riding The Rodeo — � MCA 53892

2/16/91 7 20 16 Pocket Full Of Gold.............................................................................Brian Allsmiller/Vince Gill...A Little Left Over — � MCA 540266/15/91 7 20 17 Liza Jane ...........................................................................................Vince Gill/Reed Nielsen...What's A Man To Do — � MCA 541239/21/91+ 4 20 18 Look At Us Max D. Barnes/Vince Gill...I Quit — � MCA 54179

CMA: Song of the Year2/1/92 22 20 19 Take Your Memory With You Vince Gill...Sparkle — � MCA 54282

7/4/92 ➊2 20 20 I Still Believe In You Vince Gill/John Jarvis...One More Last Chance — � MCA 54406Grammys: Country Song / Country Male Vocal CMA: Song of the Year

10/17/92 ➊3 20 21 Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away Vince Gill/Pete Wasner...Love Never Broke Anyone's Heart — � MCA 54489

2/20/93 ➊2 20 22 The Heart Won't Lie Kim Carnes/Donna Weiss...Will He Ever Go Away — � MCA 54599REBA McENTIRE & VINCE GILL

4/10/93 31 20 23 No Future In The Past Vince Gill/Carl Jackson...Pretty Words — � MCA 54540

7/31/93 ➊1 20 24 One More Last Chance Vince Gill/Gary Nicholson...Under These Conditions — � MCA 54715

10/30/93 42 20 25 I Can't Tell You Why...............................................................................Glenn Frey/Don Henley/Timothy B. Schmit — Giant12/18/93+ 52 4 26 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas ..............................................................Ralph Blane/Hugh Martin [X] — MCA

1/8/94 ➊1 20 27 Tryin' To Get Over You Vince Gill...Nothing Like A Woman 88 �v MCA 54706

4/16/94 23 20 28 Whenever You Come Around Vince Gill/Pete Wasner...South Side Of Dixie 72 �v MCA 54833

7/9/94 22 20 29 What The Cowgirls Do Vince Gill/Reed Nielsen...Go Rest High On That Mountain — � MCA 54879

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JACKSON, Alan 1990s: 3 / 2000s: 8 / 2010s: 31 / All-Time: 14Born on 10/17/1958 in Newnan, Georgia. Male singer/songwriter/guitarist. Former car salesman and construction worker. Formed own band, Dixie Steel.Signed to Glen Campbell's publishing company in 1985.

AWARDS: CMA: Entertainer 1995, 2002 & 2003 / Male Vocalist 2002 & 2003 OPRY: 1991

TOP HITS: 1)It's Five O'Clock Somewhere 2)Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) 3)Drive (For Daddy Gene) 4)Chattahoochee 5)Where I Come From

10/21/89 45 12 1 Blue Blooded Woman ...................................................................Alan Jackson/Roger Murrah/Keith Stegall...Home — Arista 98921/13/90 32 26 2 Here In The Real World Mark Irwin/Alan Jackson...Blue Blooded Woman — � Arista 9922

6/23/90 31 21 3 Wanted Charlie Craig/Alan Jackson...Dog River Blues — �v Arista 2032

10/6/90 22 20 4 Chasin' That Neon Rainbow Alan Jackson/Jim McBride...Short Sweet Ride — � Arista 2095

1/19/91 ➊2 20 5 I'd Love You All Over Again Alan Jackson...Home — � Arista 2166

5/18/91 ➊3 20 6 Don't Rock The Jukebox Alan Jackson/Roger Murrah/Keith Stegall...Home — �v Arista 2220

8/31/91 ➊1 20 7 Someday Alan Jackson/Jim McBride...From A Distance — � Arista 12335

12/14/91+ 41 6 8 I Only Want You For Christmas...........................................Tim Nichols/Zack Turner...Merry Christmas To Me [X] — � Arista 123721/11/92 ➊1 20 9 Dallas Alan Jackson/Keith Stegall...Just Playin' Possum — � Arista 12385

4/25/92 32 20 10 Midnight In Montgomery Alan Jackson/Don Sampson...Working Class Hero — � Arista 12418

7/25/92 ➊2 20 11 Love's Got A Hold On You Carson Chamberlain/Keith Stegall...That's All I Need To Know — � Arista 12447

10/24/92 ➊1 20 12 She's Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues) Alan Jackson/Randy Travis...She Likes It Too — � Arista 12463

2/6/93 4 20 13 Tonight I Climbed The Wall Alan Jackson...Up To My Ears In Tears — � Arista 12514

5/15/93 ➊4 20 ● 14 Chattahoochee Alan Jackson/Jim McBride...(club mix) 46 �v Arista 12573

CMA: Single of the Year / Song of the Year8/28/93 75 1 15 Tropical Depression .................................................................................Charlie Craig/Alan Jackson/Jim McBride — Arista9/18/93 21 20 16 Mercury Blues K.C. Douglas/Robert Geddins...Chattahoochee (club mix) — � Arista 12607

tune later used for a Ford truck commercial10/30/93 64 17 17 Tequila Sunrise ..............................................................................................................Glenn Frey/Don Henley — Giant12/18/93+ 53 4 18 Honky Tonk Christmas ......................Buddy Brock/Zack Turner/Kim Williams...The Angels Cried (w/Alison Krauss) [X] — � Arista 126111/29/94 4 20 19 (Who Says) You Can't Have It All Alan Jackson/Jim McBride...If It Ain't One Thing (It's You) — � Arista 12649

6/18/94 ➊3 20 20 Summertime Blues Jerry Capehart/Eddie Cochran...Hole In The Wall 104 �v Arista 12697

8/27/94+ ➊1 26 21 Gone Country Bob McDill...All American Country Boy — � Arista 12775

9/3/94 ➊3 20 22 Livin' On Love Alan Jackson...Let's Get Back To Me And You 101 �v Arista 12745

11/12/94 56 7 23 A Good Year For The Roses .......................................Jerry Chesnut...I've Still Got Some Hurtin' Left To Do (Jones) — �v MCA 54969

GEORGE JONES (with Alan Jackson)1/7/95 59 1 24 Honky Tonk Christmas ..................Buddy Brock/Zack Turner/Kim Williams...The Angels Cried (w/Alison Krauss) [X-R] — Arista 12611

2/11/95 6 20 25 Song For The Life .............................................................................Rodney Crowell...You Can't Give Up On Love — � Arista 127925/13/95 ➊1 20 26 I Don't Even Know Your Name Alan Jackson/William Jackson/Daniel Loftin...If I Had You — � Arista 12830

10/21/95 ➊2 20 27 Tall, Tall Trees George Jones/Roger Miller...Home — � Arista 12879

12/23/95+ 48 4 28 I Only Want You For Christmas .......................................Tim Nichols/Zack Turner...Merry Christmas To Me [X-R] — �v Arista 12372

12/30/95+ ➊1 20 29 I'll Try Alan Jackson...Home — � Arista 12942

4/20/96 31 20 30 Home Alan Jackson...I'll Try — � Arista 12942

6/8/96 42 12 31 Redneck Games ...........Jeff Foxworthy/Scott Rouse/Ronny Scaife...NASA & Alabama & Fishing Shows (Foxworthy) [L-N] 66 �v Warner 17648

JEFF FOXWORTHY with Alan Jackson10/26/96 ➊3 20 32 Little Bitty Tom T. Hall...Must've Had A Ball 58 �

v Arista Nashville 13048

12/28/96+ 56 3 33 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.......Johnny Marks...We Three Kings (Star Of Wonder) (BlackHawk - CW #75) [X] — � Arista Nashville 130601/18/97 9 20 34 Everything I Love........................................Harley Allen/Carson Chamberlain...It's Time You Learned About Good-Bye — � Arista Nashville 130684/12/97 22 20 35 Who's Cheatin' Who Jerry Hayes...Buicks To The Moon — �

v Arista Nashville 13069

7/12/97 ➊1 20 36 There Goes Alan Jackson...A House With No Curtains — � Arista Nashville 13070

10/11/97+ 21 20 37 Between The Devil And Me Harley Allen/Carson Chamberlain...Walk On The Rocks — � Arista Nashville 13106

12/27/97+ 51 3 38 A Holly Jolly Christmas ..........................................................Johnny Marks...I Only Want You For Christmas [X] — � Arista Nashville 10001introduced by Burl Ives in the 1964 animated TV special Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

1/3/98 48 2 39 I Only Want You For Christmas .......................................Tim Nichols/Zack Turner...Merry Christmas To Me [X-R] — �v Arista Nashville 12372

1/24/98 18 15 40 A House With No Curtains.........................................................................................Alan Jackson/Jim McBride — Arista Nashville8/1/98 31 20 41 I'll Go On Loving You Kieran Kane...Chattahoochee — � Arista Nashville 13135

10/17/98+ ➊1 20 42 Right On The Money Charlie Black/Phil Vassar...A Woman's Love 43 � Arista Nashville 13136

2/6/99 4 20 43 Gone Crazy Alan Jackson...Amarillo 43 � Arista Nashville 13155

5/29/99 31 23 44 Little Man Alan Jackson...Hurtin' Comes Easy 39 � Arista Nashville 13145

10/9/99 6 20 45 Pop A Top ..............................................................................................................Nat Stuckey...Revenooer Man 43 � Arista Nashville 1318311/6/99 63 3 46 Margaritaville ..............................................................................................................................Jimmy Buffett — Arista Nashville

ALAN JACKSON with Jimmy Buffett11/13/99 71 1 47 My Own Kind Of Hat ....................................................................................................Merle Haggard/Red Lane — Arista Nashville11/13/99 72 1 48 She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs ..................................................................................Kent Robbins — Arista Nashville2/19/00 37 15 49 The Blues Man..........................................................................................Hank Williams Jr....My Own Kind Of Hat — � Arista Nashville 131933/11/00 38 20 50 Murder On Music Row...................................................................................................Larry Cordle/Larry Shell — MCA Nashville

GEORGE STRAIT with Alan JacksonCMA: Song of the Year / Vocal Event

4/29/00 ➊1 27 51 It Must Be Love Bob McDill 37 Arista Nashville

10/7/00 6 20 52 www.memory ......................................................................................Alan Jackson...It's Alright To Be A Redneck 45 � Arista Nashville 6902011/25/00+ ➊3 26 53 Where I Come From Alan Jackson — Arista Nashville

11/25/00+ 53 10 54 It's Alright To Be A Redneck ....................................................................................Bill Kenner/Pat McLaughlin — Arista Nashville11/25/00 72 1 55 Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up-Tempo Love Song .............................................Alan Jackson — Arista Nashville3/10/01 5 21 56 When Somebody Loves You Alan Jackson...Meat And Potato Man 52 � Arista Nashville 69049

11/24/01 ➊5 20 57 Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) Alan Jackson...Drive (For Daddy Gene) 28 � Arista Nashville 69129Grammy: Country Song CMA: Single & Song of the Yearwritten after the 9/11 terrorist attacks

1/19/02 44 8 58 Designated Drinker.....................................................................................................................Alan Jackson — Arista NashvilleALAN JACKSON with George Strait

2/2/02 ➊4 31 59 Drive (For Daddy Gene) Alan Jackson...Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning) 28 � Arista Nashville 69129

6/29/02 32 25 60 Work In Progress Alan Jackson 35 Arista Nashville

12/14/02+ 37 5 61 Let It Be Christmas ..............................................................................................................Alan Jackson [X] — Arista Nashville12/21/02+ 21 24 62 That'd Be Alright Tim Nichols/Mark D. Sanders/Tia Sillers...It's Five O'Clock Somewhere (w/Jimmy Buffett) 29 � Arista Nashville 54205

1/11/03 58 1 63 Jingle Bells ........................................................................................................................James Pierpont [X] — Arista Nashville

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JACKSON, Alan (cont’d)6/21/03 ➊8 27 ❍ 64 It's Five O'Clock Somewhere Jim Brown/Don Rollins...That'd Be Alright 17 � Arista Nashville 54205

ALAN JACKSON & JIMMY BUFFETTGrammy: Country Song CMA: Vocal Event

11/8/03+ ➊2 25 ❍ 65 Remember When Alan Jackson 29 Arista Nashville

1/3/04 51 2 66 Just Put A Ribbon In Your Hair ..............................................................................Hoss Burns/Don Huber [X] — Lost Highway6/26/04 5 20 67 Too Much Of A Good Thing Alan Jackson 46 Arista Nashville

10/16/04+ 5 22 68 Monday Morning Church Brent Baxter/Erin Enderlin 54 Arista Nashville

4/2/05 18 20 69 The Talkin' Song Repair Blues ..................................................................................................Dennis Linde 99 Arista Nashville8/27/05 18 19 70 USA Today ..................................................................................................................................Alan Jackson 107 Arista Nashville7/29/06 15 20 71 Like Red On A Rose ...............................................................................Melanie Castleman/Robert Lee Castleman 80 Arista Nashville1/6/07 5 26 72 A Woman's Love Alan Jackson 73 Arista Nashville

11/24/07+ ➊2 23 73 Small Town Southern Man Alan Jackson 42 Arista Nashville

4/26/08 ➊2 20 ❍ 74 Good Time Alan Jackson 40 Arista Nashville

10/11/08+ ➊1 20 75 Country Boy Alan Jackson 49 Arista Nashville

2/28/09 9 18 76 Sissy's Song ...............................................................................................................................Alan Jackson 61 Arista Nashville8/8/09 32 10 77 I Still Like Bologna .....................................................................................................................Alan Jackson — Arista Nashville

12/26/09+ 16 19 78 It's Just That Way ..................................................................................Vicky McGehee/Kylie Sackley/Keith Stegall 103 Arista Nashville5/1/10 17 19 79 Hard Hat And A Hammer............................................................................................................Alan Jackson 107 Arista Nashville

8/28/10 ➊2 19 80 As She's Walking Away Zac Brown/Wyatt Durrette...Colder Weather 32 � Southern Ground 525560ZAC BROWN BAND with Alan JacksonGrammy: Country Vocal Collaboration

12/11/10+ 45 9 81 Ring Of Fire..................................................................................................................June Carter/Merle Kilgore — Arista Nashville7/2/11 24 24 82 Long Way To Go .........................................................................................................................Alan Jackson 120 EMI Nashville

1/28/12 25 24 83 So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore ................................................................Jay Knowles/Adam Wright 108 EMI Nashville9/8/12 41 7 84 You Go Your Way ..............................................................................................Troy Jones/Tony Lane/David Lee — ACR

JACKSON, CarlBorn on 9/18/1953 in Louisville, Mississippi. Male singer/songwriter/banjo player.

11/3/84 44 15 1 She's Gone, Gone, Gone...................................................................Harlan Howard...You Made A Memory Of Me — Columbia 046473/2/85 70 7 2 All That's Left For Me........................................................................................Carl Jackson...I'm Beside Myself — Columbia 047866/1/85 45 9 3 Dixie Train .......................................................................................Carl Jackson/Jim Weatherly...I'm Beside Myself — Columbia 04926

1/25/86 85 7 4 You Are The Rock (And I'm A Rolling Stone) ............................................................Irene Kelley...Tennessee Girl — Columbia 05645

JACKSON, LolitaBorn in Texas. Female singer.

3/18/89 89 2 Every Time You Walk In The Room...........................................................................................Sandy Myers — Oak 1069

JACKSON, NishaBorn in Tennessee. Black female singer.

10/24/87 81 3 Alive And Well ...............................................................................Michael Garvin/Bucky Jones...Going Down Slow — Capitol 44064

JACKSON, Stonewall 1950s: 49 / 1960s: 14 / All-Time: 108Born on 11/6/1932 in Emerson, North Carolina. Male singer/songwriter/guitarist. Served in the U.S. Army in 1948; served in the U.S. Navy from 1949-54.Had own log-trucking company in Georgia in 1955. Descendent of General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson.

AWARD: OPRY: 1956

TOP HITS: 1)Waterloo 2)B.J. The D.J. 3)Life To Go 4)A Wound Time Can't Erase 5)Don't Be Angry

11/3/58+ 21 23 1 Life To Go George Jones...Misery Known As Heartache — Columbia 41257

6/8/59 ➊5 19 � 2 Waterloo / John D. Loudermilk/Marijohn Wilkin 4

6/29/59 24 5 3 Smoke Along The Track................................................................................................Don Helms/Alan Rose — Columbia 4139311/23/59 29 1 4 Igmoo (The Pride Of South Central High)...........................Cindy Walker/Marijohn Wilkin...Uncle Sam And Big John Bull 95 Columbia 41488

1/18/60 12 12 5 Mary Don't You Weep ...........................................................................................Mel Tillis/Marijohn Wilkin...Run 41 Columbia 415334/4/60 6 17 6 Why I'm Walkin' / ..................................................................................................................Stonewall Jackson 83

4/25/60 15 5 7 Life Of A Poor Boy..................................................................................................Johnny Mosby/Jonie Mosby — Columbia 4159111/7/60 13 15 8 A Little Guy Called Joe ............................................................Wayne Walker/Marijohn Wilkin...I'm Gonna Find You — Columbia 417853/13/61 26 6 9 Greener Pastures........................................................................Marijohn Wilkin...Wedding Bells For You And Him — Columbia 419328/7/61 27 2 10 Hungry For Love ....................................................................................................Mel Tillis...For The Last Time — Columbia 42028

1/20/62 32 22 11 A Wound Time Can't Erase / William Johnson —2/3/62 18 3 12 Second Choice ......................................................................................................Irene Stanton/Wayne Walker — Columbia 42229

7/21/62 9 7 13 Leona / .........................................................................................................................................Cindy Walker —6/30/62 11 10 14 One Look At Heaven ..............................................................................................................Marijohn Wilkin — Columbia 424261/26/63 11 10 15 Can't Hang Up The Phone.......................................................................................John D. Loudermilk...Slowly — Columbia 426285/18/63 8 14 16 Old Showboat..............................................................................Fred Burch/Marijohn Wilkin...A Toast To The Bride — Columbia 4276511/9/63 15 8 17 Wild Wild Wind .................................................................................................Roy Botkin...The Water's So Cold — Columbia 4284612/7/63+ ➊1 22 18 B.J. The D.J. Hugh X. Lewis...Big House On The Corner — Columbia 42889

4/25/64 24 13 19 Not My Kind Of People ........................................................Benny Joy/Hugh X. Lewis...Give It Back To The Indians — Columbia 430118/22/64 4 25 20 Don't Be Angry Wade Jackson...It's Not Me — Columbia 43076

2/27/65 8 19 21 I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water.............................................................Joe Babcock...I've Got To Change — Columbia 431978/14/65 22 7 22 Lost In The Shuffle / .........................................................................................................................Ray Griff —7/17/65 30 9 23 Trouble And Me...........................................................................................................................Jimmy Rule — Columbia 43304

11/27/65+ 24 12 24 If This House Could Talk / ........................................................................................................Hugh X. Lewis —11/6/65 44 3 25 Poor Red Georgia Dirt ...............................................................................................Fred Burch/Gary Stewart — Columbia 434114/30/66 24 8 26 The Minute Men (Are Turning In Their Graves)..................................................Harlan Howard...I Wish I Had A Girl — � Columbia 435528/6/66 12 15 27 Blues Plus Booze (Means I Lose)..................................................................................Elkin Brown...Still Awake — Columbia 437182/4/67 5 17 28 Stamp Out Loneliness Carl Belew/Van Givens...Road To Recovery — Columbia 43966

6/10/67 15 15 29 Promises And Hearts (Were Made To Break) ..........................Bobby Dyson/Larry Lee...While The Daisies Grow Free — Columbia 4412110/7/67 27 12 30 This World Holds Nothing (Since You're Gone) ..................Jake Schneider/Claude Southall...Almost Hear The Blues — Columbia 442832/17/68 39 10 31 Nothing Takes The Place Of Loving You .................................................Ben Peters...If Heartaches Were Wine — Columbia 444166/8/68 31 9 32 I Believe In Love ...............................................................Juanita Jackson/Stonewall Jackson...Drinking And Driving — � Columbia 44501

9/28/68 16 15 33 Angry Words...............................................................................Hugh X. Lewis...Red Roses Blooming Back Home — Columbia 446253/1/69 52 7 34 Somebody's Always Leaving..........................................................Jack Schneider/Claude Southall...Recess Time — Columbia 44726

6/14/69 25 9 35 "Never More" Quote The Raven ................................................................Cy Coben...How Many Lies Can I Tell — Columbia 4486310/4/69 19 10 36 Ship In The Bottle ..............................................................Hugh X. Lewis/Glenn Sutton...Thoughts Of A Lonely Man — Columbia 44976

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McENTIRE, Reba 1980s: 11 / 1990s: 5 / 2000s: 25 / 2010s: 22 / All-Time: 7Born on 3/28/1955 in Chockie, Oklahoma. Female singer/actress. Sister of Pake McEntire. Competed in rodeos as a horseback barrel rider. Married to rodeochampion Charlie Battles from 1976-87. Married her manager, Narvel Blackstock, in 1989. Acted in the movies Tremors and North; starred on Broadway inAnnie Get Your Gun; starred in TV sitcom Reba since 2001. Seven members of her band (including Chris Austin and Paula Kay Evans) and her tour managerwere killed in a plane crash on 3/16/1991.

AWARDS: CMA: Female Vocalist 1984, 1985, 1986 & 1987 / Entertainer 1986 Billboard Woman of the Year: 2007 C&W Hall of Fame: 2011 OPRY: 1986

TOP HITS: 1)Consider Me Gone 2)If You See Him/If You See Her 3)Is There Life Out There 4)For My Broken Heart 5)The Heart Won't Lie

5/8/76 88 5 1 I Don't Want To Be A One Night Stand ............................................Layng Martine Jr....I'm Not Your Kind Of Girl — Mercury 737882/12/77 86 4 2 (There's Nothing Like The Love) Between A Woman And A Man ......................................Danny Hice/Ruby Hice

...I Was Glad To Give My Everything To You — Mercury 738798/6/77 88 4 3 Glad I Waited Just For You ......................................................Bucky Jones/Royce Porter...Invitation To The Blues — Mercury 73929

5/20/78 20 12 4 Three Sheets In The Wind /.........................................................................Randall Thompson/Sharon Thompson —5/27/78 11 5 I'd Really Love To See You Tonight ......................................................................................Parker McGee — Mercury 55026

JACKY WARD & REBA McENTIRE (above 2)9/2/78 28 12 6 Last Night, Ev'ry Night ....................................................Bob Morrison/Bill Zerface/Jim Zerface...Angel In Your Arms — Mercury 55036

4/21/79 36 10 7 Runaway Heart...............................................................Paul Harrison...Make Me Feel Like A Woman Wants To Feel — Mercury 550587/7/79 26 11 8 That Makes Two Of Us .............................................................................................Jerry Fuller...Good Friends — Mercury 55054

JACKY WARD & REBA McENTIRE9/22/79 19 12 9 Sweet Dreams...........................................................................................................Don Gibson...I'm A Woman — Mercury 570031/5/80 40 8 10 (I Still Long To Hold You) Now And Then ...............................................................Jerry Fuller...It's Gotta Be Love — Mercury 57014

6/14/80 8 15 11 (You Lift Me) Up To Heaven .....................................Johnny MacRae/Bob Morrison/Bill Zerface/Jim Zerface...Rain Fallin' — Mercury 5702510/18/80 18 14 12 I Can See Forever In Your Eyes ...................................Bob DiPiero...A Poor Man's Rosess (Or A Rich Man's Gold) — Mercury 57034

3/14/81 13 16 13 I Don't Think Love Ought To Be That Way.......................Richard Mainegra/Layng Martine Jr....Tears On My Pillow — Mercury 570467/4/81 5 19 14 Today All Over Again Lola Jean Dillon/Bobby Harden...Look At The One (Who's Been Lookin' At You) — Mercury 57054

11/21/81+ 13 18 15 Only You (And You Alone) .............................................................................Buck Ram/Ande Rand...Love By Love — � Mercury 570626/5/82 32 19 16 I'm Not That Lonely Yet Bill Rice/Mary Sharon Rice...Over, Under And Around — Mercury 76157

10/2/82+ ➊1 22 17 Can't Even Get The Blues Rick Carnes/Tom Damphier...Sweet Dreams — Mercury 76180

2/5/83 ➊1 21 18 You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving Kerry Chater/Dickey Lee...Up To Heaven — Mercury 810338

7/30/83 7 18 19 Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have) ............Don King/Dave Woodward...I Can See Forever In Your Eyes — Mercury 81263212/3/83+ 12 22 20 There Ain't No Future In This .....................................................................Bill Rice/Mary Sharon Rice...Reasons — Mercury 8146293/17/84 5 19 21 Just A Little Love Steve Davis/Dennis W. Morgan...Your Heart's Not In It (What's In It For Me) — � MCA 52349

6/23/84 15 20 22 He Broke Your Mem'ry Last Night ...................................................................Bucky Jones/Dickey Lee...If Only — MCA 5240410/13/84+ ➊1 23 23 How Blue John Moffat...That's What He Said — MCA 52468

2/16/85 ➊1 22 24 Somebody Should Leave Harlan Howard/Chick Rains...Don't You Believe Him — � MCA 52527

6/15/85 6 19 25 Have I Got A Deal For You ........................................Mike Heeney/Jackson Leap...Whose Heartache Is This Anyway — � MCA 5260410/5/85 5 24 26 Only In My Mind Reba McEntire...She's The One Loving You Now — MCA 52691

2/22/86 ➊1 23 27 Whoever's In New England Kendal Franceschi/Quentin Powers...Can't Stop Now — MCA 52767Grammy: Country Female Vocal

6/28/86 ➊1 19 28 Little Rock Bob DiPiero/Gerry House/Pat McManus...If You Only Knew — MCA 52848

10/11/86+ ➊1 22 29 What Am I Gonna Do About You Jim Allison/Doug Gilmore/Bob Simon...I Heard Her Crying — MCA 52922

2/7/87 4 17 30 Let The Music Lift You Up Troy Seals/Eddie Setser...Lookin' For A New Love Story — MCA 52990

5/23/87 ➊1 21 31 One Promise Too Late Dave Loggins/Don Schlitz/Lisa Silver...Why Not Tonight — MCA 53092

9/19/87 ➊1 22 32 The Last One To Know Matraca Berg/Jane Mariash...I Don't Want To Be Alone — MCA 53159

1/23/88 ➊1 20 33 Love Will Find Its Way To You Dave Loggins/J.D. Martin...Someone Else — MCA 53244

5/14/88 5 16 34 Sunday Kind Of Love Barbara Belle/Anita Leonard/Louis Prima/Stan Rhodes...So, So, So Long — MCA 53315

9/10/88 ➊1 22 35 I Know How He Feels Rick Bowles/Will Robinson...So, So, So Long — MCA 53402

12/24/88+ ➊1 21 36 New Fool At An Old Game Steve Bogard/Rick Giles/Sheila Stephen...You're The One I Dream About — MCA 53473

5/13/89 ➊1 19 37 Cathy's Clown Don Everly/Phil Everly...Walk On — MCA 53638

9/2/89 4 26 38 'Til Love Comes Again Ed Hill/Bob Regan...You Must Really Love Me — MCA 53694

12/23/89+ 7 26 39 Little Girl ...............................................................Kendal Franceschi/Quentin Powers...Am I The Only One Who Cares — MCA 537634/14/90 22 21 40 Walk On Steve Dean/Lonnie Williams...It Always Rains On Saturday — � MCA 79009

8/25/90 ➊1 20 41 You Lie Charlie Black/Bobby Fischer/Austin Roberts...That's All She Wrote — � MCA 79071

12/1/90+ 31 20 42 Rumor Has It Bruce Burch/Vern Dant/Larry Shell...You Remember Me — � MCA 53970

3/2/91 8 20 43 Fancy .......................................................................................................................Bobbie Gentry...This Picture — � MCA 540425/25/91 21 20 44 Fallin' Out Of Love Jon Ims...Now You Tell Me — � MCA 54108

10/12/91 ➊2 20 45 For My Broken Heart Liz Hengber/Keith Palmer...Bobby — � MCA 54223

1/25/92 ➊2 20 46 Is There Life Out There Rick Giles/Susan Longacre...Buying Her Roses — � MCA 54319

4/25/92 12 20 47 The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia ......................................................Bobby Russell...All Dressed Up — � MCA 543868/15/92 31 20 48 The Greatest Man I Never Knew Richard Leigh/Layng Martine Jr....If I Had Only Known — � MCA 54441

11/21/92+ 5 20 49 Take It Back Kristy Jackson...Baby's Gone Blues — � MCA 54544

2/20/93 ➊2 20 50 The Heart Won't Lie Kim Carnes/Donna Weiss...Will He Ever Go Away — � MCA 54599REBA McENTIRE & VINCE GILL

5/15/93 5 20 51 It's Your Call Bruce Burch/Shawna Burkhart/Liz Hengber...For Herself 110 �v MCA 54496

8/28/93 ➊1 20 52 Does He Love You Sandy Knox/Billy Stritch...Straight From You — � MCA 54719REBA McENTIRE (with Linda Davis)Grammy: Country Vocal Collaboration CMA: Vocal Event

12/18/93+ 7 20 53 They Asked About You ...................................................................Bill Nash/Kim Nash/Freddy Weller...For Herself — � MCA 547692/26/94 72 6 54 If I Had Only Known ..................................................................................................Craig Morris/Jana Stanfield — MCA

from the movie 8 Seconds starring Luke Perry4/9/94 5 20 55 Why Haven't I Heard From You Sandy Knox/Terry Welborn...If I Had Only Known — �

v MCA 54823

7/30/94 15 20 56 She Thinks His Name Was John ........................................Sandy Knox/Steve Rosen...I Wish That I Could Tell You — �v MCA 54899

11/5/94+ 21 20 57 Till You Love Me Gary Burr/Bob DiPiero...I Wouldn't Wanna Be You 78 �v MCA 54888

2/18/95 ➊1 20 58 The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter Ed Hill/Mark D. Sanders/Kim Williams...Read My Mind — � MCA 54987

5/27/95 21 20 59 And Still Liz Hengber/Tommy Lee James...I Won't Stand In Line — � MCA 55047

9/16/95 20 12 60 On My Own ....................................................................Don Goodman/Mary Ann Kennedy/Pam Rose...Read My Mind — �v MCA 55100

Linda Davis, Martina McBride and Trisha Yearwood (backing vocals)11/11/95+ 9 20 61 Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands .....Don Goodman/Mary Ann Kennedy/Pam Rose...You Keep Me Hangin' On — � MCA 55161

3/30/96 19 20 62 Starting Over Again............................................................Bruce Sudano/Donna Summer...I Won't Mention It Again — � MCA 5518310/5/96 23 20 63 The Fear Of Being Alone Walt Aldridge/Bruce Miller...Never Had A Reason To — � MCA 55249

12/28/96+ ➊1 20 64 How Was I To Know Cathy Majeski/Sunny Russ/Stephony Smith...Just Looking For Him — � MCA 55290

1/4/97 63 2 65 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) .....................................Mel Torme/Robert Wells [X] — MCA4/12/97 21 20 66 I'd Rather Ride Around With You Tim Nichols/Mark D. Sanders...State Of Grace — � MCA 72006

9/6/97 15 20 67 What If It's You .............................................................................Cathy Majeski/Robert Ellis Orrall...Close To Crazy — � MCA 72001

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SHELTON, Blake 2000s: 18 / 2010s: 5 / All-Time: 120Born on 6/18/1976 in Ada, Oklahoma. Male singer/songwriter/guitarist. One of the judges on TV's The Voice. Married Miranda Lambert on 5/14/2011.

AWARDS: CMA: Male Vocalist 2010, 2011 & 2012 / Entertainer 2012 OPRY: 2010

TOP HITS: 1)Austin 2)Some Beach 3)Honey Bee 4)God Gave Me You 5)The Baby

4/28/01 ➊5 27 1 Austin David Kent/Kirsti Manna...Problems At Home 18 �v Warner 16767

10/20/01+ 18 21 2 All Over Me .....................................................Earl Thomas Conley/Mike Pyle/Blake Shelton...Every Time I Look At You 110 � Warner 167243/30/02 14 26 3 Ol' Red ...................................................................................James Bohan/Don Goodman/Mark Sherrill...All Over Me 101 �

v Warner 1685011/2/02+ ➊3 24 4 The Baby Harley Allen/Michael White...Heavy Liftin 28 � Warner 16650

4/26/03 32 13 5 Heavy Liftin'.....................................................................Boyd Houston/Rivers Rutherford/George Teren/Robert Teren — Warner7/12/03 24 20 6 Playboys Of The Southwestern World......................................................Neal Coty/Randy Vanwarmer...Ol' Red — � Warner 165383/13/04 37 12 7 When Somebody Knows You That Well ..................................................................Harley Allen/Jimmy Melton — Warner8/7/04 ➊4 30 ❍ 8 Some Beach Rory Lee Feek/Paul Overstreet 28 Warner

2/5/05 10 27 9 Goodbye Time...............................................................................................................J.D. Hicks/Roger Murrah 73 Warner9/3/05+ 4 36 10 Nobody But Me Shawn Camp/Phil White 60 Warner

11/11/06+ 12 31 11 Don't Make Me.............................................................................Dave Berg/Deanna Bryant/Marla Cannon-Goodman 79 Warner7/7/07 19 27 12 The More I Drink................................................................................Chris DuBois/David Lee Murphy/Dave Turnbull 102 Warner2/9/08 ➊2 28 ❍ 13 Home Michael Buble/Alan Chang/Amy Foster Gillies 41 Warner

Miranda Lambert (backing vocal)8/23/08+ ➊2 29 ❍ 14 She Wouldn't Be Gone Jennifer Adan/Cory Batten 43 Warner

3/7/09 8 32 15 I'll Just Hold On ..........................................................................................Ben Hayslip/Troy Olsen/Hugh Simpson 76 Warner10/31/09+ ➊1 25 ❍ 16 Hillbilly Bone Luke Laird/Craig Wiseman 40 Warner

BLAKE SHELTON & TRACE ADKINSCMA: Musical Event

4/17/10 ➊3 25 17 All About Tonight Rhett Akins/Dallas Davidson/Ben Hayslip 37 Reprise

9/25/10+ ➊1 27 18 Who Are You When I'm Not Looking Earl Lee/John Wiggins 46 Reprise

4/23/11 ➊4 18 �2 19 Honey Bee Rhett Akins/Ben Hayslip...Delilah 13 � Warner 527464

7/23/11 ➊3 22 � 20 God Gave Me You Dave Barnes 22 Warner

9/24/11 53 6 21 Footloose ...............................................................................................................Kenny Loggins/Dean Pitchford 63 Atlantictitle song from the movie starring Julianne Hough

1/7/12 ➊2 19 ❍ 22 Drink On It Jessi Alexander/Rodney Clawson/Jon Randall 39 Warner

5/19/12 ➊2 19 ❍ 23 Over Paul Jenkins/David Elliott Johnson 43 Warner

12/29/12+ 36 2 24 Home ............................................................................................Michael Buble/Allan Chang/Amy Foster Gillies [R] — WarnerBLAKE SHELTON with Michael Buble

SHELTON, Ricky Van 1990s: 38 / All-Time: 127Born on 1/12/1952 in Danville, Virginia; raised in Grit, Virginia. Male singer/songwriter/guitarist. Van is his middle name. Worked as a pipefitter prior to his music career.

AWARDS: CMA: Horizon 1988 / Male Vocalist 1989 OPRY: 1988

TOP HITS: 1)I'll Leave This World Loving You 2)Keep It Between The Lines 3)I've Cried My Last Tear For You 4)Rockin' Years 5)Somebody Lied

12/20/86+ 24 18 1 Wild-Eyed Dream.......................................................................................................Alan Rhody...Think It Over — Columbia 065424/18/87 7 19 2 Crime Of Passion .............................................................Walt Aldridge/Mac McAnally...Don't We All Have The Right — Columbia 070258/22/87 ➊1 25 3 Somebody Lied Joe Chambers/Larry Jenkins...Working Mans Blues — Columbia 07311

1/9/88 ➊1 23 4 Life Turned Her That Way Harlan Howard...I Don't Care — Columbia 07672

5/7/88 ➊1 20 5 Don't We All Have The Right Roger Miller...Baby, I'm Ready — Columbia 07798

9/10/88 ➊2 21 6 I'll Leave This World Loving You Wayne Kemp...Sometimes I Cry In My Sleep — Columbia 08022

1/7/89 ➊1 16 7 From A Jack To A King Ned Miller...The Picture — Columbia 08529

4/22/89 4 16 8 Hole In My Pocket Boudleaux Bryant/Felice Bryant...Let Me Live With Love (And Die With You) — Columbia 68694

7/22/89 ➊1 22 9 Living Proof Stephen Clark/Johnny MacRae...Somebody's Back In Town — Columbia 68994

11/25/89+ 22 26 10 Statue Of A Fool Jan Crutchfield...He's Got You — Columbia 73077

3/10/90 ➊1 25 11 I've Cried My Last Tear For You Tony King/Chris Waters...I Still Love You — �v Columbia 73263

6/30/90 22 21 12 I Meant Every Word He Said Joe Chambers/Bucky Jones/Curly Putman...Sometimes I Cry In My Sleep — � Columbia 73413

10/27/90+ 4 20 13 Life's Little Ups And Downs Margaret Rich...Love Is Burnin' — �v Columbia 73587

3/2/91 ➊1 20 14 Rockin' Years Floyd Parton...What A Heartache — � Columbia 73711DOLLY PARTON (with Ricky Van Shelton)

5/4/91 ➊1 20 15 I Am A Simple Man Walt Aldridge...Backroads — � Columbia 73780

8/24/91 ➊2 20 16 Keep It Between The Lines Kathy Louvin/Russell Smith...Weekend World — � Columbia 73956

11/30/91+ 13 20 17 After The Lights Go Out ...................................................................................Warner Mack...Oh Heart Of Mine — � Columbia 741043/21/92 21 20 18 Backroads Charlie Majors...Call Me Up — � Columbia 74258

7/25/92 26 20 19 Wear My Ring Around Your Neck ......................................Bert Carroll/Russell Moody...Who'll Turn Out The Lights — � Epic Soundtrax 74418from the movie Honeymoon In Vegas starring James Caan and Nicolas Cage

10/24/92+ 5 20 20 Wild Man Rick Giles/Susan Longacre...If You're Ever In My Arms — � Columbia 74748

3/13/93 26 20 21 Just As I Am ..........................................................................................Larry Boone/Paul Nelson...Slam That Door — � Columbia 748968/21/93 44 12 22 A Couple Of Good Years Left...............................................................................Gary Burr...My First Reaction — � Columbia 771301/15/94 20 20 23 Where Was I .......................................................................................Gary Burr/Harry Stinson...If It Weren't For Me — �

v Columbia 773349/24/94 49 10 24 Wherever She Is ....................................................................................James House/John Jarrard...Thanks A Lot — �

v Columbia 776531/28/95 62 5 25 Lola's Love .................................................................................................Dennis Linde...Been There, Done That — �

v Columbia 777926/24/00 71 1 26 The Decision....................................................................................................Ricky Van Shelton/Jerry Thompson — Audium

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SHENANDOAH 1990s: 37 / All-Time: 148Band formed in Muscle Shoals, Alabama: Marty Raybon (vocals; born on 12/8/1959), Jim Seales (guitar; born on 3/20/1954), Stan Thorn (keyboards; bornon 3/16/1959), Ralph Ezell (bass; born on 6/26/1953) and Mike McGuire (drums; born on 12/28/1958). Seales was guitarist for the R&B group Funkadelic.McGuire was married to actress Teresa Blake (of TV soap All My Children) from 1994-98. Rocky Thacker replaced Ezell in 1995. Thorn left in 1996.

TOP HITS: 1)Next To You, Next To Me 2)The Church On Cumberland Road 3)Two Dozen Roses 4)If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too) 5)Sunday In The South

8/1/87 54 7 1 They Don't Make Love Like We Used To .......................................J.R. Adkins/Billy Henderson...Lily Of The Alley — � Columbia 0712812/12/87+ 28 18 2 Stop The Rain .............................................................................Wayland Holyfield/Richard Leigh...What She Wants — Columbia 076544/23/88 9 24 3 She Doesn't Cry Anymore ...............................................................Robert Byrne/Will Robinson...What She Wants — Columbia 0777910/1/88 5 21 4 Mama Knows Tony Haselden/Tim Mensy...The Show Must Go On — Columbia 08042

1/28/89 ➊2 21 5 The Church On Cumberland Road Bob DiPiero/Dave Robbins/John Scott Sherrill...She Doesn't Cry Anymore — Columbia 68550

5/20/89 ➊1 24 6 Sunday In The South Jay Booker...Changes — Columbia 68892

9/16/89 ➊1 26 7 Two Dozen Roses Robert Byrne/Mac McAnally...Hard Country — Columbia 69061

2/17/90 6 26 8 See If I Care .......................................................................................Walt Aldridge/Robert Byrne...Lily Of The Alley — � Columbia 732376/9/90 ➊3 21 9 Next To You, Next To Me Robert Ellis Orrall/Curtis Wright...Daddy's Little Man — �

v Columbia 73373

10/6/90 5 20 10 Ghost In This House Hugh Prestwood...She's Still Here — �v Columbia 73520

1/19/91 7 20 11 I Got You ......................................................................Robert Byrne/Greg Fowler/Teddy Gentry...The Road Not Taken — � Columbia 736725/4/91 9 20 12 The Moon Over Georgia ....................................................................................Mark Narmore...Can't Stop Now — � Columbia 737779/7/91 38 11 13 When You Were Mine............................................................Robert Byrne/Gene Nelson...It Ain't Love Until It Hurts — � Columbia 739574/4/92 21 20 14 Rock My Baby Billy Spencer/Phil Whitley/Curtis Wright...Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting — � RCA 62199

8/8/92 28 18 15 Hey Mister (I Need This Job).............................Renee Armand/Kerry Chater...There Ain't No Beverly Hills In Tennessee — � RCA 6229011/28/92+ 15 20 16 Leavin's Been A Long Time Comin' .....................Charlie Craig/Stowe Dailey/Mike McGuire...I Was Young Once Too — � RCA 62397

6/5/93 15 20 17 Janie Baker's Love Slave ............................................................................Dennis Linde...Right Where I Belong — � RCA 6250410/9/93+ 31 20 18 I Want To Be Loved Like That Phil Barnhart/Sam Hogin/Bill LaBounty...Just Say The Word — � RCA 62642

2/12/94 ➊1 20 19 If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too) Bob McDill/Mike McGuire/Marty Raybon...If It Takes Every Rib I've Got — �v RCA 62761

6/25/94 46 11 20 I'll Go Down Loving You ............Chapin Hartford/Sam Hogin/Monty Powell...The Blues Are Coming Over To Your House — � RCA 6286712/3/94+ 7 20 21 Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart ................Rick Chudacoff/Bill LaBounty...Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do) — � Liberty 18484

SHENANDOAH with Alison KraussGrammy: Vocal Collaboration CMA: Vocal Event

4/22/95 4 20 22 Darned If I Don't (Danged If I Do) Dean Dillon/Ronnie Dunn...Somewhere In The Vicinity Of The Heart — Liberty 18484

8/5/95 24 20 23 Heaven Bound (I'm Ready).........................................................................................Dennis Linde...Cabin Fever — � Liberty 1873011/4/95+ 40 20 24 Always Have, Always Will ............................................................Larry Boone/Woody Lee/Paul Nelson...Every Fire — � Liberty 189032/24/96 43 12 25 All Over But The Shoutin'...............................................Richard Fagan/Michael Smotherman...Sunday In The South — � Capitol 191169/9/00 65 1 26 What Children Believe .....................................................................................Jim Elliott/Brent Lamb/Jerry Salley — Free Falls

SHEPARD, Jean 1950s: 32 / All-Time: 118Born Ollie Imogene Shepard on 11/21/1933 in Paul's Valley, Oklahoma; raised in Visalia, California. Female singer/songwriter/bassist. Formed all-girl band, the MelodyRanch Girls, in the late 1940s. Discovered by Hank Thompson. Worked with Red Foley's Ozark Jubilee from 1955-57. Married Hawkshaw Hawkins on 11/26/1960.

AWARDS: C&W Hall of Fame: 2011 OPRY: 1955

TOP HITS: 1)A Dear John Letter 2)Slippin' Away 3)A Satisfied Mind 4)Beautiful Lies 5)Forgive Me John

7/25/53 ➊6 23 1 A Dear John Letter BS:➊6 / JB:➊4 / DJ:2 Fuzzy Owen/Lewis Tally...I'd Rather Die Young (Shepard) 4 Capitol 2502

10/10/53 4 7 2 Forgive Me John BS:4 / JB:6 / DJ:8 Billy Barton/Jean Shepard...My Wedding Ring (Shepard) — Capitol 2586JEAN SHEPARD with Ferlin Huskey (above 2)

6/25/55 4 22 3 A Satisfied Mind / JB:4 / BS:4 / DJ:10 Joe Hayes/Jack Rhodes —7/16/55 13 1 4 Take Possession ...........................................................................DJ:13 / BS:flip / JB:flip Tom Glazer/Helen Martell — Capitol 311810/8/55 4 19 5 Beautiful Lies / BS:4 / JB:4 / DJ:12 Jack Rhodes —

10/22/55 10 3 6 I Thought Of You ..........................................................................................DJ:10 / BS:flip / JB:flip Jimmy Rollins — Capitol 322212/22/58 18 2 7 I Want To Go Where No One Knows Me ............................................Ken Grant/Jerry Jericho...Just Another Girl — Capitol 40684/20/59 30 1 8 Have Heart, Will Love ........................................................................Roy Bennett/Sid Tepper...I'll Take The Blame — Capitol 41295/30/64 5 24 9 Second Fiddle (To An Old Guitar) Betty Amos/Vic Willis...Two Little Boys — Capitol 5169

1/9/65 38 11 10 A Tear Dropped By ..................................................Rusty Adams/Larry Lee...He Plays The Bongo (I Play The Banjo) — Capitol 53046/5/65 30 7 11 Someone's Gotta Cry ........................................................................Don Bowman...Don't Take Advantage Of Me — Capitol 53923/5/66 13 16 12 Many Happy Hangovers To You ............................................................Johnny MacRae...Our Past Is In My Way — Capitol 5585

5/14/66 9 15 13 I'll Take The Dog ........................................................................Marge Barton/Johnny MacRae...I'd Fight The World — Capitol 5633JEAN SHEPARD & RAY PILLOW

7/16/66 10 18 14 If Teardrops Were Silver .........................................................................Dan Wayne...Outstanding In Your Field — Capitol 568111/26/66+ 25 11 15 Mr. Do-It-Yourself...................................................................................Johnny MacRae...Strangers Nine To Five — Capitol 5769

JEAN SHEPARD & RAY PILLOW1/28/67 12 15 16 Heart, We Did All That We Could ...................................................Ned Miller...My Momma Didn't Raise No Fools — Capitol 58225/27/67 17 12 17 Your Forevers (Don't Last Very Long)...............................Wes Buchanan/Steve Stone/Scott Turner...Coming Or Going — Capitol 58999/30/67 40 8 18 I Don't See How I Can Make It ..................................................................George Richey...Enough Heart To Hurt — Capitol 59832/10/68 52 6 19 An Old Bridge ...........................................................................................................Hank Mills...My New Darlin' — Capitol 20736/15/68 36 8 20 A Real Good Woman ...............................................................Johnny Mosby/Jonie Mosby...The Trouble With Girls — Capitol 218010/5/68 62 8 21 Everyday's A Happy Day For Fools .................................................................Dallas Frazier...My World Is You — Capitol 22735/3/69 69 4 22 I'm Tied Around Your Finger ..............................John Paul Jones/Patsy Jones...You're Calling Me Sweetheart Again — Capitol 24259/6/69 18 11 23 Seven Lonely Days........................................................Marshall Brown/Alden Shuman/Earl Shuman...Invisible Tears — Capitol 25851/3/70 8 14 24 Then He Touched Me ................................................George Richey/Norro Wilson...Only Mama That'll Walk The Line — Capitol 2694

4/25/70 23 11 25 A Woman's Hand ...........................................................................................Jan Crutchfield...What Went Wrong — Capitol 27798/15/70 22 12 26 I Want You Free ........................................................................................Martha Sharpe...Be Nice To Everybody — Capitol 284711/7/70 12 14 27 Another Lonely Night ....................................Larry Butler/Jerry Crutchfield...Your Name's Become A Household Word — Capitol 29412/20/71 24 10 28 With His Hand In Mine .........................................................Lorene Allen/Larry Butler/Ruth Butler...Just Plain Lonely — Capitol 30339/18/71 55 2 29 Just As Soon As I Get Over Loving You.....................................Ben Peters/George Richey...My Name Is Woman — Capitol 31531/8/72 55 8 30 Safe In These Lovin' Arms Of Mine ................Emily Mitchell/Billy Sherrill/Norro Wilson...The Closest Thing To Perfect — Capitol 32386/3/72 68 4 31 Virginia .............................................................................................................Don Reid...We Go Good Together — Capitol 3315

8/19/72 46 10 32 Just Like Walkin' In The Sunshine ...........................................Neal Merritt/Mary Woodward...Candlelighted World — Capitol 33956/9/73 4 18 33 Slippin' Away Bill Anderson...Think I'll Go Somewhere And Cry Myself To Sleep 81 United Artists 248

11/24/73+ 36 11 34 Come On Phone ...............................................................................Larry Henley/Johnny Slate...Are You Sincere? — United Artists 3172/23/74 13 13 35 At The Time ............................................................................................Bill Anderson...Love Came Pouring Down — United Artists 3846/29/74 17 12 36 I'll Do Anything It Takes (To Stay With You) .....Larry Butler/Jan Crutchfield/Curly Putman...Safe In The Love Of My Man — United Artists 442

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THOMPSON, Hank 1940s: 16 / 1950s: 11 / 1960s: 50 / All-Time: 45Born on 9/3/1925 in Waco, Texas. Died of lung cancer on 11/6/2007 (age 82). Male singer/songwriter/guitarist. On WACO radio as a teenager, billed as"Hank, The Hired Hand." Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. First recorded for Globe in 1946. Backing group: The Brazos Valley Boys.

AWARD: C&W Hall of Fame: 1989

TOP HITS: 1)The Wild Side Of Life 2)Rub-A-Dub-Dub 3)Wake Up, Irene 4)Squaws Along The Yukon 5)Humpty Dumpty Heart

HANK THOMPSON and His Brazos Valley Boys:1/31/48 22 38 1 Humpty Dumpty Heart JB:2 / BS:3 Hank Thompson...Today — Capitol Americana 40065

2/5/49 10 1 2 What Are We Gonna Do About The Moonlight /..........................................................JB:10 Hank Thompson —9/4/48 12 2 3 Yesterday's Mail ...........................................................................................................JB:12 Hank Thompson — Capitol 15132

10/16/48 7 10 4 Green Light ...............................................................................JB:7 / BS:8 Hank Thompson...You Remembered Me — Capitol 15187also see #21 below

2/5/49 14 1 5 I Find You Cheatin' On Me / ..........................................................................................BS:14 Hank Thompson —2/12/49 15 1 6 You Broke My Heart (In Little Bitty Pieces) ....................................................................JB:15 Hank Thompson — Capitol 1534510/1/49 6 7 7 Whoa Sailor.................................................................JB:6 / BS:8 Hank Thompson...Swing Wide Your Gates Of Love — Capitol 4021810/1/49 10 1 8 Soft Lips / .............................................................................................................................JB:10 Walt McCoy —11/5/49 15 1 9 The Grass Looks Greener Over Yonder ....................................................................JB:15 Hank Thompson — Capitol 402113/15/52 ➊15 30 � 10 The Wild Side Of Life BS:➊15 / JB:➊15 / DJ:➊8 Arlie Carter/William Warren...Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea — Capitol 1942

6/28/52 31 15 11 Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart JB:3 / BS:5 / DJ:7 Billy Gray/Hank Thompson...Don't Make Me Cry Again — Capitol 2063

12/13/52 10 1 12 The New Wears Off Too Fast ...................................JB:10 Billy Gray/Hank Thompson...You're Walking On My Heart — Capitol 22693/28/53 9 2 13 No Help Wanted...............................................JB:9 / BS:10 / DJ:10 Bill Carlisle...I'd Have Never Found Somebody New — Capitol 23765/23/53 ➊3 20 14 Rub-A-Dub-Dub JB:➊3 / DJ:2 / BS:5 Hank Thompson...I'll Sign My Heart Away — Capitol 2445

9/19/53 8 4 15 Yesterday's Girl.........................................................................BS:8 / DJ:8 Billy Gray/Hank Thompson...John Henry — Capitol 255312/12/53+ ➊2 19 16 Wake Up, Irene JB:➊2 / BS:3 / DJ:4 Weldon Allard/John Hathcock...Go Cry Your Heart Out — Capitol 2646

answer to "Goodnight, Irene" by Red Foley & Ernest Tubb5/22/54 9 1 17 A Fooler, A Faker /.....................................................................................JB:9 / BS:15 Billy Gray/Hank Thompson —5/8/54 10 2 18 Breakin' The Rules ........................................................................BS:10 Al Blasigame/Billy Gray/Hank Thompson — Capitol 27587/3/54 9 12 19 Honky-Tonk Girl / .......................................................................BS:9 / JB:10 / DJ:11 Chuck Harding/Hank Thompson —

also see #72 below7/17/54 10 4 20 We've Gone Too Far ..............................................................................BS:10 / DJ:15 Billy Gray/Hank Thompson — Capitol 2823

10/16/54 34 20 21 The New Green Light JB:3 / BS:7 / DJ:8 Hank Thompson...A Lonely Heart Knows — Capitol 2920new version of #4 above

2/26/55 12 4 22 If Lovin' You Is Wrong / ...........................................................................BS:12 / DJ:14 Billy Gray/Hank Thompson —3/12/55 13 2 23 Annie Over ..........................................................................................BS:13 Don Clay/Billy Gray/Hank Thompson — Capitol 3030

6/4/55 5 9 24 Wildwood Flower / JB:5 / BS:8 / DJ:13 A.P. Carter/Hank Thompson [I] —HANK THOMPSON and His Brazos Valley Boys with Merle Travis

6/4/55 7 8 25 Breakin' In Another Heart .......................................................BS:7 Billy Gray/Dorothy Thompson/Hank Thompson — Capitol 31068/20/55 6 11 26 Most Of All .........................................................................................DJ:6 / BS:11 Hank Thompson...Simple Simon — Capitol 3188

12/10/55 5 7 27 Don't Take It Out On Me / BS:5 / JB:9 / DJ:13 Hank Thompson —12/17/55 5 28 Honey, Honey Bee Ball ........................................................................................BS:flip / JB:flip Jerry Hamilton — Capitol 3275

3/24/56 4 22 29 The Blackboard Of My Heart / DJ:4 / JB:6 / BS:6 Lyle Gaston/Hank Thompson —3/24/56 14 5 30 I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt ........................................................................BS:14 / JB:flip Lila DeRushe/Orville Proctor — Capitol 33472/23/57 13 4 31 Rockin' In The Congo /.....................................................................................................BS:13 Orville Proctor —

also see #78 below3/16/57 2 32 I Was The First One............................................................................BS:flip Dorothy Thompson/Hank Thompson — Capitol 3623

10/14/57 14 2 33 Tears Are Only Rain ...................................................DJ:14 Weldon Allard/John Hathcock...Under The Double Eagle — Capitol 37816/9/58 11 3 34 How Do You Hold A Memory .......................................................DJ:11 Lyle Gaston/Orville Proctor...Li'l Liza Jane — Capitol 3950

8/18/58 24 22 35 Squaws Along The Yukon DJ:5 / BS:10 Cam Smith...Gathering Flowers — Capitol 4017

12/1/58+ 7 23 36 I've Run Out Of Tomorrows / ...............................................................Harry Compton/Vernon Mize/Orville Proctor —2/2/59 26 3 37 You're Going Back To Your Old Ways Again ........................................................Billy Gray/Hank Thompson — Capitol 4085

5/11/59 13 10 38 Anybody's Girl / .........................................................................................................Billy Gray/Hank Thompson —6/29/59 25 1 39 Total Strangers .....................................................................................................................Hank Thompson — Capitol 418211/9/59+ 22 10 40 I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love ........................................................Hank Thompson...I Guess I'm Getting Over You — Capitol 42693/21/60 10 16 41 A Six Pack To Go ..................................................................................Hank Thompson...What Made Her Change 102 Capitol 43348/1/60 14 14 42 She's Just A Whole Lot Like You..........................................................Hank Thompson...There My Future Goes 99 Capitol 4386

5/29/61 7 11 43 Oklahoma Hills / .......................................................................................................Jack Guthrie/Woody Guthrie —5/29/61 25 2 44 Teach Me How To Lie ...........................................................................................................Hank Thompson — Capitol 45569/18/61 12 10 45 Hangover Tavern.................................................................Johnny Lowe/Hank Thompson...Give The World A Smile — Capitol 46059/7/63 23 1 46 I Wasn't Even In The Running ...................................................Hank Thompson...The More In Love Your Heart Is — Capitol 4968

9/28/63 22 5 47 Too In Love ...............................................................................Ned Fairchild/Merle Travis...Blackboard Of My Heart — Capitol 50081/11/64 45 2 48 Twice As Much .....................................................Bob Blanchard/Billy Gray/Hank Thompson...Reaching For The Moon — Capitol 50718/14/65 42 2 49 Then I'll Start Believing In You ............................................Will Penix/Hank Thompson...In The Back Of Your Mind — Capitol 5422

10/22/66 15 14 50 Where Is The Circus .......................................Bobby Bishop/Hank Thompson...Love Walked Out Long Before She Did — Warner 58582/4/67 16 13 51 He's Got A Way With Women.........................................Rodney Lay/Hank Thompson...Let The Four Winds Choose — Warner 5886

HANK THOMPSON:7/13/68 7 15 52 On Tap, In The Can, Or In The Bottle......................................Dick Hart/Hank Thompson...If I Lose You Tomorrow — Dot 17108

10/26/68+ 5 15 53 Smoky The Bar Will Penix/Hank Thompson...Clubs, Spades, Diamonds, And Hearts — Dot 17163

3/8/69 47 9 54 I See Them Everywhere ..........................................................................Tommy Higgins/Hank Thompson...Today — Dot 172077/12/69 46 9 55 The Pathway Of My Life .........................................................................................Red Lane...At Certain Times — Dot 17262

10/18/69 60 6 56 Oklahoma Home Brew .............................................Will Penix/Hank Thompson...Let's Get Drunk And Be Somebody — Dot 173075/9/70 54 5 57 But That's All Right .................................................................................................Red Lane...Take It All Away — Dot 17347

10/10/70 69 4 58 One Of The Fortunate Few..............................................................................Charlie Williams...I'm Afraid I Lied — Dot 173543/6/71 15 14 59 Next Time I Fall In Love (I Won't)..............................................................Ned Miller...Big Boat Across Oklahoma — Dot 17365

7/17/71 18 16 60 The Mark Of A Heel ......................................................................Neal Merritt/Gene Wilson...Promise Her Anything — Dot 1738512/4/71+ 11 14 61 I've Come Awful Close ..........................................................................Ann J. Morton...Teardrops On The Rocks — Dot 173994/29/72 16 12 62 Cab Driver.........................................................................................................................Carson Parks...Gloria — Dot 174109/23/72 53 8 63 Glow Worm ....................................Paul Lincke/Johnny Mercer/Lilla Robinson...You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You — Dot 174303/17/73 70 2 64 Roses In The Wine.................................................Buckley Maxwell/Steve Stone...That's Why I Sing In A Honky Tonk — Dot 174479/1/73 48 9 65 Kindly Keep It Country .............................................................Paul Gailey/Hank Thompson...Jill's Jack In The Box — Dot 174702/2/74 8 15 66 The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music...............................................Curly Putman...A Six Pack To Go — Dot 17490

7/13/74 10 16 67 Who Left The Door To Heaven Open ................................Betty Duke...When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again — Dot 175121/25/75 29 10 68 Mama Don't 'Low................................................................................Hank Thompson...Wait A Little Longer Baby — ABC/Dot 175356/28/75 70 8 69 That's Just My Truckin' Luck .....................................Bobby Barker/Johnny Koonse...After You Have Made Me Over — ABC/Dot 175563/6/76 72 6 70 Asphalt Cowboy..............................................................Clark Bentley/Lawton Williams...Fifteen Miles To Clarksville — ABC/Dot 176129/4/76 86 3 71 Big Band Days ................................................................................................................Joe Allen...Forgive Me — ABC/Dot 17649

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WAGONER, Porter 1950s: 33 / 1960s: 13 / 1970s: 30 / All-Time: 39Born on 8/12/1927 in West Plains, Missouri. Died of lung cancer on 10/28/2007 (age 80). Male singer/songwriter/guitarist. Hosted own TV series from 1960-79.Co-host of TNN's Opry Backstage. Also see Heart Of Nashville and Some Of Chet's Friends.

AWARDS: C&W Hall of Fame: 2002 CMA: Vocal Group (w/ Dolly Parton) 1968 / Vocal Duo (w/ Dolly Parton) 1970 & 1971 OPRY: 1957

TOP HITS: 1)A Satisfied Mind 2)Misery Loves Company 3)Please Don't Stop Loving Me 4)The Carroll County Accident 5)Making Plans

10/30/54+ 7 12 1 Company's Comin' ..................................................................................DJ:7 John Mullins...Tricks Of The Trade — RCA Victor 58485/28/55 ➊4 33 2 A Satisfied Mind DJ:➊4 / JB:2 / BS:2 Joe Hayes/Jack Rhodes...Itchin' For My Baby — RCA Victor 6105

12/3/55+ 31 22 3 Eat, Drink, And Be Merry (Tomorrow You'll Cry) BS:3 / JB:3 / DJ:5 Celia Ferguson/Sandra Ferguson...Let's Squiggle — RCA Victor 6289

3/31/56 8 11 4 What Would You Do? (If Jesus Came To Your House) ..................................BS:8 / DJ:14 Clyde Chesser/Bill Hamby...How Can You Refuse Him Now — RCA Victor 6421

5/26/56 14 4 5 Uncle Pen.........................................................................................................DJ:14 Bill Monroe...How I've Tried — RCA Victor 649411/17/56 11 2 6 Tryin' To Forget The Blues ..........................................DJ:11 Boudleaux Bryant...I've Known You From Somewhere — RCA Victor 65988/19/57 11 3 7 I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name ............................................................DJ:11 Lee Emerson...Pay Day — RCA Victor 69645/4/59 29 1 8 Me And Fred And Joe And Bill ..............................................Paul Gilley/Billy Jack Hale...Out Of Sight Out Of Mind — RCA Victor 7457

1/18/60 26 4 9 The Girl Who Didn't Need Love..........................................................................Ron Isle...Your Kind Of People — RCA Victor 763810/31/60 26 1 10 Falling Again /......................................................................................................................John D. Loudermilk —10/31/60 30 1 11 An Old Log Cabin For Sale .........................................................................................................J.W. Payte — RCA Victor 7770

3/6/61 10 13 12 Your Old Love Letters .......................................................................................Johnny Bond...Heartbreak Affair — RCA Victor 78371/13/62 ➊2 29 13 Misery Loves Company Jerry Reed...I Cried Again — RCA Victor 7967

6/23/62 10 10 14 Cold Dark Waters ......................................................................................................Don Owens...Ain't It Awful — RCA Victor 802612/8/62+ 7 15 15 I've Enjoyed As Much Of This As I Can Stand ...............................Bill Anderson...One Way Ticket To The Blues — RCA Victor 81056/22/63 20 7 16 My Baby's Not Here (In Town Tonight) /.........................................................C.C. Beam/C.L. Jiles/W.S. Stevenson —7/20/63 29 1 17 In The Shadows Of The Wine ....................................................................................................Dusty Rose — RCA Victor 81781/18/64 19 12 18 Howdy Neighbor Howdy..............................................................................................Jimmie Morris...Find Out — RCA Victor 82574/25/64 5 23 19 Sorrow On The Rocks Tony Moon...The Life Of The Party — RCA Victor 8338

10/10/64 11 25 20 I'll Go Down Swinging................................................................Bill Anderson...Country Music Has Gone To Town — RCA Victor 84325/1/65 21 8 21 I'm Gonna Feed You Now................................................................................Bob Morris...The Bride's Bouquet — RCA Victor 8524

also see #73 below7/31/65 4 19 22 Green, Green Grass Of Home Curly Putman...Dooley — RCA Victor 8622

12/25/65+ 31 17 23 Skid Row Joe Freddie Hart...Love Your Neighbor — RCA Victor 8723

5/7/66 21 12 24 I Just Came To Smell The Flowers......................................................Vic McAlpin...I'm A Long Way From Home — RCA Victor 880011/5/66 48 4 25 Ole Slew-Foot ..............................................................................................Howard Hausey/Jay Webb...Let Me In — RCA Victor 8977

also see #72 below1/28/67 21 19 26 The Cold Hard Facts Of Life Bill Anderson...You Can't Make A Heel Toe The Mark — RCA Victor 9067

7/15/67 15 16 27 Julie ...............................................................................................................Waylon Jennings...Try Being Lonely — RCA Victor 924312/2/67+ 7 17 28 The Last Thing On My Mind ..........................................................................Tom Paxton...Love Is Worth Living — RCA Victor 9369

PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON12/16/67+ 24 12 29 Woman Hungry .........................................................................Gene Chrysler...Out Of The Silence (Came A Song) — RCA Victor 93794/13/68 7 16 30 Holding On To Nothin' .........................................................................Jerry Chesnut...Just Between You And Me — RCA Victor 9490

PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON6/8/68 16 14 31 Be Proud Of Your Man .....................................................................................Betty Joe White/L.E. White...Wino — RCA Victor 9530

7/27/68 5 13 32 We'll Get Ahead Someday / Mack Magaha —10/5/68 51 6 33 Jeannie's Afraid Of The Dark ....................................................................................................Dolly Parton — RCA Victor 9577

PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON (above 2)11/9/68+ 24 21 34 The Carroll County Accident Bob Ferguson...Sorrow Overtakes The Wine 92 RCA Victor 9651

CMA: Song of the Year3/8/69 9 14 35 Yours Love ....................................................................................................................Harlan Howard...Malena — RCA Victor 0104

DOLLY PARTON & PORTER WAGONER6/14/69 32 15 36 Big Wind George McCormick/Wayne Walker/Alex Zanetis...Tennessee Stud — RCA Victor 0168

6/21/69 16 11 37 Always, Always ...................................................................................Joyce McCord...No Reason To Hurry Home — RCA Victor 017210/25/69 5 16 38 Just Someone I Used To Know Jack Clement...My Hands Are Tied — RCA Victor 0247

PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON (above 2)11/15/69 21 11 39 When You're Hot You're Hot.........................................................................Curly Putman...The Answer Is Love — RCA Victor 02672/14/70 9 15 40 Tomorrow Is Forever .....................................................................................Dolly Parton...Mendy Never Sleeps — RCA Victor 9799

PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON3/14/70 41 5 41 You Got-ta Have A License........................................................................................Tommy Collins...Fairchild — RCA Victor 98024/4/70 43 9 42 Little Boy's Prayer ...........................................................................................Jim Owen...Roses Out Of Season — RCA Victor 98118/1/70 7 15 43 Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher Man..............................Dorothy Jo Hope/Dolly Parton...A Good Understanding — RCA Victor 9875

PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON9/26/70 41 9 44 Jim Johnson ............................................................................................................Bill Owens...One More Dime — RCA Victor 98951/2/71 18 16 45 The Last One To Touch Me ..........................................................................................Dolly Parton...The Alley — RCA Victor 9939

2/27/71 7 13 46 Better Move It On Home.............................................................................................Ray Griff...Two Of A Kind — RCA Victor 9958PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON

5/8/71 15 13 47 Charley's Picture ...............................................................................Frank Dycus/Larry Kingston...Simple As I Am 116 RCA Victor 99796/26/71 14 12 48 The Right Combination.........................................................................Porter Wagoner...The Pain Of Loving You 106 RCA Victor 9994

PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON8/28/71 11 14 49 Be A Little Quieter ....................................................................................................Porter Wagoner...Watching — RCA Victor 1007

11/13/71+ 11 13 50 Burning The Midnight Oil..................................................................Porter Wagoner...More Than Words Can Tell — RCA Victor 0565PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON

2/26/72 8 14 51 What Ain't To Be, Just Might Happen ....................................................................Porter Wagoner...Little Bird — RCA Victor 06484/8/72 9 14 52 Lost Forever In Your Kiss ...............................................................................Dolly Parton...The Fog Has Lifted — RCA Victor 0675

PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON8/5/72 14 13 53 A World Without Music .....................................................................................Porter Wagoner...Denise Mayree — RCA Victor 07539/2/72 14 13 54 Together Always ...................................................................................................Dolly Parton...Love's All Over — RCA Victor 0773

PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON11/11/72 16 12 55 Katy Did .........................................................................................................Porter Wagoner...Darlin' Debra Jean — RCA Victor 0820

3/3/73 30 9 56 We Found It ...........................................................................................Porter Wagoner...Love Have Mercy On Us — RCA Victor 0893PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON

4/21/73 54 7 57 Lightening The Load.................................................................................Porter Wagoner...Tomorrow Is Forever — RCA Victor 09236/23/73 32 17 58 If Teardrops Were Pennies Carl Butler...Come To Me — RCA Victor 0981

PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON7/14/73 37 9 59 Wake Up, Jacob ....................................................................................Porter Wagoner...Stella, Dear Sweet Stella — RCA Victor 0013

12/15/73+ 43 12 60 George Leroy Chickashea...........................................................................................Porter Wagoner...Cassie — RCA Victor 01873/30/74 46 9 61 Tore Down / ..............................................................................................................................Porter Wagoner —3/30/74 9 62 Nothing Between ...................................................................................................................Porter Wagoner — RCA Victor 02337/27/74 15 13 63 Highway Headin' South ................................................................................................Porter Wagoner...Freida — RCA Victor 0328

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WAGONER, Porter (cont’d)8/3/74 ➊1 17 64 Please Don't Stop Loving Me Dolly Parton/Porter Wagoner...Sounds Of Nature — RCA Victor 10010

PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON12/14/74+ 19 12 65 Carolina Moonshiner..................................................................................Dolly Parton...Not A Cloud In The Sky — RCA Victor 10124

7/12/75 5 17 66 Say Forever You'll Be Mine Dolly Parton...How Can I (Help You Forgive Me) — RCA Victor 10328PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON

11/8/75 96 2 67 Indian Creek ..................................................................................Porter Wagoner...Thank You For The Happiness — RCA Victor 104115/15/76 8 14 68 Is Forever Longer Than Always.....................................................Frank Dycus/Porter Wagoner...If You Say I Can — RCA Victor 10652

PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON11/13/76 66 5 69 When Lea Jane Sang.........................................................................................Porter Wagoner...Storm Of Love — RCA 1080310/15/77 76 5 70 I Haven't Learned A Thing .................................................Sonny Throckmorton...Hand Me Down My Walking Cane — RCA 10974

Merle Haggard (guest vocal)1/7/78 64 6 71 Mountain Music..................................................................................................Dolly Parton...A Natural Wonder — RCA 11186

11/18/78+ 31 11 72 Ole Slew-Foot / ....................................................................................................Howard Hausey/Jay Webb [R] —new version of #25 above

11/18/78+ 11 73 I'm Gonna Feed 'Em Now .....................................................................................................Bob Morris [R] — RCA 11411new version of #21 above

3/17/79 34 8 74 I Want To Walk You Home .................................................................................Mac Gayden...Old Love Letters — RCA 114918/11/79 32 9 75 Everything I've Always Wanted.......................................................................Johnny Marks...No Bed Of Roses — RCA 11671

12/22/79+ 64 7 76 Hold On Tight ........................................................................................Porter Wagoner...Someone Just Like You — RCA 117715/24/80 84 4 77 Is It Only Cause You're Lonely ...................................................................Johnny Marks...When She Was Mine — RCA 119986/21/80 22 17 78 Making Plans Voni Morrison/Johnny Russell...Beneath The Sweet Magnolia Tree — RCA 11983

11/8/80+ 12 14 79 If You Go, I'll Follow You ...................................................................Dolly Parton/Porter Wagoner...Hide Me Away — RCA 12119PORTER WAGONER & DOLLY PARTON (above 2)

11/13/82 53 8 80 Turn The Pencil Over........................................................................Dewayne Blackwell...Texas Moonbeam Waltz — Warner 29875from the movie Honkytonk Man starring Clint Eastwood

3/5/83 35 14 81 This Cowboy's Hat ................................................Jake Brooks...She Don't Have A License To Drive Me Up The Wall — Warner 29772

WAITE, John — see KRAUSS, Alison

WAKELY, Jimmy 1940s: 7 / 1950s: 28 / All-Time: 142Born on 2/16/1914 in Mineola, Arkansas; raised in Oklahoma. Died on 9/23/1982 (age 68). Singer/songwriter/guitarist/pianist. Regular on Gene Autry'sMelody Ranch radio show in the early 1940s. Known as "The Melody Kid." Starred in several western movies. Hosted own radio show from 1952-57.Co-hosted TV's Five Star Jubilee in 1961.

TOP HITS: 1)Slipping Around 2)One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) 3)I Love You So Much It Hurts 4)I'll Never Slip Around Again 5)Let's Go To Church

4/15/44 21 4 1 I'm Sending You Red Roses Wally Fowler...A Tiny Little Voice In A Tiny Little Prayer — Decca 6095

4/3/48 9 6 2 Signed, Sealed And Delivered.............................................BS:9 / JB:9 Cowboy Copas/Lois Mann...Easy To Please — Capitol Americana 400889/4/48 ➊11 32 3 One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) BS:➊11 / JB:➊7 Hal Blair/Dearest Dean/Eddie Dean

...You're The Sweetest Rose In Texas 10 Capitol 1516210/30/48+ ➊5 28 4 I Love You So Much It Hurts JB:➊5 / BS:➊4 Floyd Tillman...I Don't Want Your Sympathy 21 Capitol 15243

11/13/48+ 8 5 5 Mine All Mine .........................................................................JB:8 Lasses White...Walkin' The Sidewalks Of Shame — Capitol 152362/5/49 10 1 6 Forever More............................................................................JB:10 Jimmy Wakely...Think Of Me Thinking Of You — Capitol 15333

2/19/49 9 6 7 Till The End Of The World..........................................................BS:9 / JB:15 Vaughn Horton...Moon Over Montana — Capitol 153685/14/49 4 9 8 I Wish I Had A Nickel / JB:4 / BS:10 William Barnhart/Tommy Sutton —6/18/49 10 3 9 Someday You'll Call My Name .............................................................................JB:10 Jean Branch/Edith Hill — Capitol 40153

8/6/49 14 2 10 Tellin' My Troubles To My Old Guitar ....................................................JB:14 Don Weston...Try To Understand — Capitol 401879/10/49 ➊17 28 11 Slipping Around / BS:➊17 / JB:➊12 / DJ:2 Floyd Tillman ➊3

9/10/49 6 8 12 Wedding Bells...........................................................................................................JB:6 / BS:7 Claude Boone 30 Capitol 4022411/5/49 23 13 13 I'll Never Slip Around Again JB:2 / BS:2 / DJ:10 Floyd Tillman...Six Times A Week And Twice On Sunday 8 Capitol 40246

2/11/50 21 9 14 Broken Down Merry-Go-Round / BS:2 / JB:3 / DJ:5 Arthur Herbert/Fred Stryker 122/11/50 31 7 15 The Gods Were Angry With Me BS:3 / JB:4 Bill Mackintosh/Roma Mackintosh 17 Capitol 800

MARGARET WHITING & JIMMY WAKELY (above 5)4/8/50 7 3 16 Peter Cottontail ..........................................................................DJ:7 Steve Nelson/Jack Rollins...Mr. Easter Bunny 26 Capitol 929

4/22/50 21 10 17 Let's Go To Church (Next Sunday Morning) BS:2 / JB:6 / DJ:6 Steve AllenMARGARET WHITING & JIMMY WAKELY ...Why Do You Say Those Things (That Hurt Me So) 13 Capitol 960

9/23/50 10 1 18 Mona Lisa.........................................................................................DJ:10 Ray Evans/Jay Livingston...Steppin' Out — Capitol 1151from the movie Captain Carey, U.S.A. starring Alan Ladd

11/18/50 6 1 19 A Bushel And A Peck ......................................................................BS:6 / JB:10 Frank Loesser...Beyond The Reef 6 Capitol 1234MARGARET WHITING & JIMMY WAKELYfrom the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls starring Robert Alda

1/20/51 7 1 20 My Heart Cries For You ....................BS:7 / DJ:10 Percy Faith/Carl Sigman...Music By The Angels (Lyrics By The Lord) 12 Capitol 13283/17/51 5 12 21 Beautiful Brown Eyes BS:5 / JB:5 / DJ:9 Jerry Capehart/Alton Delmore/Arthur Smith...At The Close Of A Long Long Day 12 Capitol 1393

JIMMY WAKELY with The Les Baxter Chorus (above 2)6/2/51 7 2 22 When You And I Were Young Maggie Blues.........................JB:7 Jack Frost/Jimmy McHugh...Till We Meet Again 20 Capitol 1500

12/8/51 5 5 23 I Don't Want To Be Free JB:5 Jimmy Wakely/George Wilson...Let's Live A Little — Capitol 1816MARGARET WHITING & JIMMY WAKELY (above 2)

WALKER, Billy 1960s: 22 / 1970s: 50 / All-Time: 76Born on 1/14/1929 in Ralls, Texas. Died in a car crash on 5/21/2006 (age 77). Male singer/songwriter/guitarist. Regular on Big D Jamboree radio show in Dallasas "The Masked Singer" in 1949. Acted in the movies Second Fiddle To A Steel Guitar and Red River Round Up. Known as "The Tall Texan."

AWARD: OPRY: 1960

TOP HITS: 1)Charlie's Shoes 2)A Million And One 3)Cross The Brazos At Waco 4)Bear With Me A Little Longer 5)Sing Me A Love Song To Baby

6/26/54 8 13 1 Thank You For Calling ................................................DJ:8 / BS:12 Cindy Walker...Pretend You Just Don't Know Me — Columbia 212566/24/57 12 6 2 On My Mind Again ..........................................................DJ:12 Dean Beard/Elmer Ray/Slim Willet...Viva La Matador! — Columbia 4092011/7/60 19 8 3 I Wish You Love .................................................................................Carl Belew/Tommy Blake...Gotta Find A Way — Columbia 41763

10/16/61 23 2 4 Funny How Time Slips Away .......................................................................Willie Nelson...Joey's Back In Town — Columbia 420503/3/62 ➊2 23 5 Charlie's Shoes Roy Baham...Wild Colonial Boy — Columbia 42287

9/1/62 5 12 6 Willie The Weeper Freddie Hart/Billy Walker...Beggin' For Trouble — Columbia 42492

8/17/63 21 12 7 Heart, Be Careful ..................................................................................Jay Bovington/Billy Walker...Storm Of Love — � Columbia 4279412/28/63+ 22 14 8 The Morning Paper .....................................................................................Alex Zanetis...Coming Back For More — Columbia 42891

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WELLMAN, TinyBorn Paul Wellman in Flatwoods, Kentucky. Male singer/songwriter.

6/25/88 85 2 Nothing Left To Lose ....................................................................................................Ron Durst/Tiny Wellman — Lee Ann 7342

WELLS, Kitty 1950s: 10 / 1960s: 11 / All-Time: 41Born Ellen Muriel Deason on 8/30/1919 in Nashville, Tennessee. Died of a stroke on 7/16/2012 (age 92). Female singer/songwriter/guitarist. Married Johnny Wrighton 10/30/1937. Mother of Bobby Wright and Ruby Wright. Member of the Louisiana Hayride from 1948-51. Known as "The Queen of Country Music."

AWARDS: OPRY: 1952 C&W Hall of Fame: 1976 Grammy: Lifetime Achievement 1991

TOP HITS: 1)It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels 2)Heartbreak U.S.A. 3)One By One 4)Makin' Believe 5)You And Me

7/19/52 ➊6 18 1 It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels BS:➊6 / JB:➊5 / DJ:2 Joe Miller

Grammy: Hall of Fame ...I Don't Want Your Money, I Want Your Time — Decca 28232answer to "The Wild Side Of Life" by Hank Thompson

3/7/53 6 4 2 Paying For That Back Street Affair .........................BS:6 / JB:9 Jimmy Rule/Billy Wallace...Crying Steel Guitar Waltz — Decca 28578answer to "Back Street Affair" by Webb Pierce

9/12/53 8 2 3 Hey Joe ...........................................................................JB:8 Boudleaux Bryant...My Cold Cold Heart Is Melted Now — Decca 28797answer to "Hey Joe!" by Carl Smith

1/23/54 9 1 4 Cheatin's A Sin ........................................................................JB:9 Billy Wallace...I Gave My Wedding Dress Away — Decca 289314/3/54 8 1 5 Release Me...........................................................................JB:8 Eddie Miller/Dube Williams/Bob Younts...After Dark — Decca 29023

5/22/54 ➊1 41 6 One By One / JB:➊1 / BS:2 / DJ:2 Jack Anglin/Jim Anglin/Johnnie Wright —7/10/54 12 1 7 I'm A Stranger In My Home ..................................................DJ:12 / BS:15 Neal Burris/Pee Wee King/Redd Stewart — Decca 29065

KITTY WELLS and RED FOLEY (above 2)12/4/54 14 1 8 Thou Shalt Not Steal ..........................................................BS:14 Don Everly...I Hope My Divorce Is Never Granted — Decca 293132/26/55 31 16 9 As Long As I Live / JB:3 / BS:7 / DJ:8 Roy Acuff —2/26/55 6 17 10 Make Believe ('Til We Can Make It Come True) ....................................JB:6 / BS:7 / DJ:14 Jerry Hamilton/Billy Walker — Decca 29390

KITTY WELLS & RED FOLEY (above 2)3/12/55 215 28 11 Makin' Believe / BS:2 / JB:2 / DJ:2 Jimmy Work —4/9/55 7 11 12 Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On....................................................DJ:7 / BS:flip / JB:flip Billy Wallace/Kitty Wells — Decca 29419

7/30/55 9 13 13 There's Poison In Your Heart /................................................................................JB:9 / BS:11 Zeke Clements —8/27/55 12 1 14 I'm In Love With You .....................................................................................DJ:12 / BS:flip / JB:flip Benny Martin — Decca 29577

12/24/55 7 9 15 I've Kissed You My Last Time / ..................................................BS:7 / DJ:10 Bill Carlisle/Tom Cutrer/Virginia Suber —12/17/55+ 7 8 16 Lonely Side Of Town ....................................................................................................BS:3 / JB:7 Roy Botkin — Decca 29728

1/28/56 32 31 17 You And Me / BS:3 / DJ:3 / JB:6 Jack Anglin/Jim Anglin/Johnnie Wright —2/4/56 6 18 No One But You .......................................................................................................BS:flip / JB:flip Eddie Smith — Decca 29740

KITTY WELLS & RED FOLEY (above 2)5/12/56 11 5 19 How Far Is Heaven .....................................................DJ:11 / BS:15 Jimmie Davis/Tillman Franks...Dust On The Bible — Decca 29823

KITTY WELLS with Carol Sue (her daughter)7/7/56 31 34 20 Searching (For Someone Like You) / JB:3 / BS:4 / DJ:4 Murphy Maddux —

9/22/56 13 1 21 I'd Rather Stay Home .............................................................DJ:13 / BS:flip / JB:flip Boudleaux Bryant/Felice Bryant — Decca 2995612/1/56+ 6 13 22 Repenting / ...........................................................................................................JB:6 / BS:9 / DJ:11 Gary Walker —12/1/56+ 7 23 I'm Counting On You ...........................................................................................BS:flip / JB:flip Don Robertson — Decca 30094

4/6/57 8 9 24 Oh' So Many Years ...................................................................DJ:8 Frankie Bailes...Can You Find It In Your Heart — Decca 30183KITTY WELLS & WEBB PIERCE

6/3/57 7 9 25 Three Ways (To Love You).......................................................DJ:7 / BS:15 Julius Dixon/Eve Jay...A Change Of Heart — Decca 302889/23/57 10 6 26 (I'll Always Be Your) Fraulein.........................BS:10 / DJ:13 Roy Botkin/Wally Jarvis/Lawton Williams...What I Believe Dear — Decca 30415

answer to "Fraulein" by Bobby Helms1/20/58 12 1 27 One Week Later .......................................................................................DJ:12 Gary Walker...When I'm With You — Decca 30489

WEBB PIERCE & KITTY WELLS3/3/58 32 19 28 I Can't Stop Loving You / DJ:3 / BS:8 Don Gibson —

3/31/58 11 29 She's No Angel .............................................................................................BS:flip J.W. Arnold/Wanda Ballman — Decca 305517/7/58 7 14 30 Jealousy ........................................................................................DJ:7 / BS:11 Jim Anglin...I Can't Help Wondering 78 Decca 30662

10/6/58 15 11 31 Touch And Go Heart / .....................................................................................................BS:19 Rusty Gabbard —11/10/58 16 7 32 He's Lost His Love For Me .........................................................................................Mel Tillis/Wayne Walker — Decca 30736

2/16/59 5 14 33 Mommy For A Day / Harlan Howard/Buck Owens —3/9/59 18 2 34 All The Time .................................................................................................................Mel Tillis/Wayne Walker — Decca 308047/6/59 12 10 35 Your Wild Life's Gonna Get You Down ................................................Bob Gallion...You'll Never Be Mine Again — Decca 30890

11/9/59+ 5 25 36 Amigo's Guitar Roy Bodkin/John D. Loudermilk/Kitty Wells...Lonely Is A Word — Decca 30987

4/18/60 5 22 37 Left To Right Lorene Mann...Memory Of Love — Decca 31065

9/5/60 16 9 38 Carmel By The Sea ...................................................................Mel Tillis/Marijohn Wilkin...The Man I Used To Know — Decca 3112312/19/60 26 3 39 I Can't Tell My Heart That ...........................................Jack Anglin/Jim Anglin/Johnnie Wright...When Do You Love Me — Decca 31164

KITTY WELLS & ROY DRUSKY3/6/61 19 10 40 The Other Cheek / .....................................................................................................................Wayne Walker —

3/20/61 29 2 41 Fickle Fun ..................................................................................................................................Bill Anderson — Decca 311925/29/61 ➊4 23 42 Heartbreak U.S.A. / Harlan Howard —6/26/61 20 5 43 There Must Be Another Way To Live ............................................................................................Mel Tillis — Decca 3124612/4/61+ 10 12 44 Day Into Night / .............................................................................................................................Don Gibson —1/6/62 21 3 45 Our Mansion Is A Prison Now ...................................................................................................Don Gibson — Decca 313133/3/62 5 14 46 Unloved Unwanted Irene Stanton/Wayne Walker...Au Revoir (Goodbye) — Decca 31349

8/4/62 8 11 47 Will Your Lawyer Talk To God.................................................Harlan Howard/Richard Johnson...The Big Let Down — Decca 3139211/3/62 7 13 48 We Missed You ......................................................................................................Bill Anderson...Wicked World — Decca 314223/30/63 13 9 49 Cold And Lonely (Is The Forecast For Tonight) ................................................Roy Bodkin...Is It Asking Too Much — Decca 314578/17/63 22 6 50 I Gave My Wedding Dress Away / ....................................................................................Hy Heath/Fred Rose —8/3/63 29 2 51 A Heartache For A Keepsake ....................................................................................................Roger Miller — Decca 315012/1/64 7 25 52 This White Circle On My Finger.........Margie Bainbridge/Dorothy Lewis...(I Didn't Have To) Break Up Someone's Home — Decca 31580

5/30/64 4 25 53 Password / Herman Phillips —6/20/64 34 4 54 I've Thought Of Leaving You ...................................................................................................Lee Emerson — Decca 316229/26/64 9 15 55 Finally...............................................................................................Mel Tillis/Wayne Walker...He Made You For Me — Decca 31663

KITTY WELLS & WEBB PIERCE12/26/64+ 8 15 56 I'll Repossess My Heart .............................................................................Paul Yandell...Kill Him With Kindness — Decca 31705

4/17/65 4 17 57 You Don't Hear / Tommy Cash/Jerry Huffman —3/20/65 27 14 58 Six Lonely Hours ...............................................................................................James Coleman/Wayne Walker — Decca 317498/14/65 9 16 59 Meanwhile, Down At Joe's .......................................................................Harlan Howard...Leavin' Town Tonight — Decca 318172/5/66 15 13 60 A Woman Half My Age ..................................................Virginia Kennedy...When Your Little High Horse Runs Down — Decca 31881

7/23/66 14 13 61 It's All Over (But The Crying) .................................................Harlan Howard/Jan Howard...You Left Your Mark On Me — Decca 3195710/29/66 49 9 62 Only Me And My Hairdresser Know / ......................................................................................Arthur Thomas —10/15/66 52 9 63 A Woman Never Forgets ..........................................................................................Bill Phillips/Johnny Wright — Decca 32024

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41/74 Down To The End Of The WineJack Blanchard & Misty Morgan

18/63 Down To The River Rose Maddox5/51 Down Yonder Del Wood

32/73 Downfall Of Me Sonny James64/79 Downhill Stuff John Denver77/83 Downright Broke My Heart Bubba Talbert

5/01 Downtime Jo Dee Messina36/84 Downtown Dolly Parton31/71 Dozen Pairs Of Boots Del Reeves37/97 Dozen Red Roses Tammy Graham29/70 Drag 'Em Off The Interstate, Sock It To 'Em, J.P.

Blues Dick Curless95/80 Draggin' Leather Mitch Goodson11/59 Draggin' The River Ferlin Husky45/72 Draggin' The River Warner Mack87/81 Draw Me A Line Ray Griff33/10 Draw Me A Map Dierks Bentley

Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)50/70 Bob Regan & Lucille Starr

7/71 Glen Campbell9/83 Lacy J. Dalton

27/05 Dream Big Ryan Shupe & The RubberBand22/64 Dream House For Sale Red Sovine

Dream Lover5/71 Billy "Crash" Craddock

59/79 Rick Nelson59/80 Tanya Tucker & Glen Campbell88/86 Rick Nelson94/84 Dream Lover Susie Brading

Dream Maker61/81 Shoppe69/83 Tommy Overstreet47/73 Dream Me Home Mac Davis40/79 Dream Never Dies Bill Anderson

7/81 Dream Of Me Vern Gosdin7/79 Dream On Oak Ridge Boys

18/84 Dream On Texas Ladies Rex Allen, Jr.23/73 Dream Painter Connie Smith80/80 Dream Street Rose Gordon Lightfoot

5/98 Dream Walkin' Toby Keith88/73 Dream Weaver Jacky Ward63/93 Dream You Pirates Of The Mississippi45/02 Dream Your Way To Me Shannon Lawson32/82 Dreamin' John Schneider32/79 Dreamin's All I Do Earl Conley51/09 Dreaming Love Kate & Kacey10/75 Dreaming My Dreams With You

Waylon Jennings1/94 Dreaming With My Eyes Open Clay Walker

100/78 Dreamland Gordon Lightfoot9/86 Dreamland Express John Denver

46/81 Dreams Can Come In Handy Cindy Hurt15/82 Dreams Die Hard Gary Morris35/77 Dreams Of A Dreamer Darrell McCall

3/68 Dreams Of The Everyday HousewifeGlen Campbell

8/73 Drift Away Narvel Felts3/91 Drift Off To Dream Travis Tritt1/81 Drifter Sylvia

60/85 Drifter's Wind Chuck Pyle48/80 Driftin Away Miki Mori

8/67 Drifting Apart Warner Mack96/78 Drifting Lovers Charlie McCoy11/60 Drifting Texas Sand Webb Pierce58/69 Drifting Too Far (From Your Arms)

June Stearns7/51 Driftwood On The River Ernest TubbF/70 Drink Boys, Drink Jim Ed Brown

59/69 Drink Canada Dry Bobby Barnett1/12 Drink In My Hand Eric Church

25/80 Drink It Down, Lady Rex Allen, Jr.36/11 Drink Myself Single Sunny Sweeney

1/12 Drink On It Blake Shelton3/97 Drink, Swear, Steal & Lie Michael Peterson2/85 Drinkin' And Dreamin' Waylon Jennings

17/80 Drinkin' And Drivin' Johnny Paycheck7/04 Drinkin' Bone Tracy Byrd

51/06 Drinkin' In My Sunday Dress Susan Haynes37/12 Drinkin' Man George Strait42/06 Drinkin' Me Lonely Chris Young

8/86 Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye Charlie Daniels Band1/76 Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind) Eddie Rabbitt

Drinkin' My Way Back Home63/77 Shylo10/84 Gene Watson54/06 Drinkin' Songs & Other Logic Clint Black70/80 Drinkin' Them Long Necks Roy Head10/74 Drinkin' Thing Gary Stewart

Drinking Champagne35/68 Cal Smith

4/90 George Strait9/55 Drinking Tequila Jim Reeves

79/78 Drinking Them Beers Tompall Glaser

20/73 Drinking Wine Spo-Dee O'Dee Jerry Lee Lewis63/94 Drive Steve Wariner

1/02 Drive (For Daddy Gene) Alan Jackson56/97 Drive Me Crazy Thompson Brothers Band

6/99 Drive Me Wild Sawyer BrownDrive South

63/90 Forester Sisters w/ The Bellamy Brothers2/93 Suzy Bogguss

72/93 Drive Time Lisa Stewart24/94 Drivin' And Cryin' Steve Wariner44/70 Drivin' Home Jerry Smith50/04 Drivin' Into The Sun Sherrie Austin

Drivin' My Life Away1/80 Eddie Rabbitt

56/98 Rhett AkinsDrivin' Nails In My Coffin

2/46 Floyd Tillman5/46 Ernest Tubb

26/84 Drivin' Wheel Emmylou Harris68/93 Driving You Out Of My Mind

Marshall Tucker Band48/10 Drop On By Laura Bell Bundy17/76 Dropkick Me, Jesus Bobby Bare

Dropping Out Of Sight32/67 Jimmy Newman35/81 Bobby Bare96/79 Drown In The Flood Lois Kaye39/85 Drowning In Memories T. Graham Brown14/05 Drugs Or Jesus Tim McGraw25/61 Drunk Again Lattie Moore

(Drunk On Arrival) ..see: D.O.A.1/12 Drunk On You Luke Bryan

19/06 Drunker Than Me Trent Tomlinson94/79 Duel Under The Snow Billy Edd Wheeler

5/73 Dueling Banjos Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell15/90 Dumas Walker Kentucky Headhunters24/67 Dumb Blonde Dolly Parton

1/95 Dust On The Bottle David Lee Murphy44/69 Dusty Road Norma Jean21/70 Duty Not Desire Jeannie C. Riley93/84 Dying To Believe Jack Greene

E27/69 Each And Every Part Of Me Bobby Lewis

5/45 Each Minute Seems A Million YearsEddy Arnold

4/60 Each Moment ('Spent With You)Ernest Ashworth

4/44 Each Night At Nine Floyd Tillman16/69 Each Time Johnny Bush22/91 Eagle, The Waylon Jennings53/94 Eagle Over Angel Brother Phelps33/91 Eagle When She Flies Dolly Parton35/70 Early In The Morning Mac Curtis14/89 Early In The Morning And Late At Night

Hank Williams, Jr.79/75 Early Morning Love Sammy Johns

9/66 Early Morning Rain George Hamilton IV9/71 Early Morning Sunshine Marty Robbins

28/75 Early Sunday Morning Chip TaylorEarth Angel ..see: Donna

60/03 Earthbound Rodney Crowell93/74 Ease Me To The Ground Sue Richards80/77 Ease My Mind On You Marie Owens20/97 Ease My Troubled Mind Ricochet78/83 Ease The Fever Carrie Slye

Easier61/83 Sandy Croft91/84 Sandy Croft20/93 Easier Said Than Done Radney Foster87/81 Easier To Go Gene Kennedy & Karen Jeglum

2/77 East Bound And Down Jerry Reed3/11 Easy Rascal Flatts w/ Natasha Bedingfield

Easy45/79 Bobby HoodF/79 Jimmie Rodgers & Michele

63/78 Easy John Wesley Ryles76/75 Easy Troy Seals89/78 Easy Barry Kaye69/95 Easy As One, Two, Three John Bunzow

2/75 Easy As Pie Billy "Crash" Craddock81/83 Easy Catch Bubba Talbert

1/93 Easy Come, Easy Go George Strait14/64 Easy Come-Easy Go Bill Anderson50/06 Easy Does It Hot Apple Pie68/86 Easy Does It Tim Malchak27/01 Easy For Me To Say

Clint Black w/ Lisa Hartman Black12/78 Easy From Now On Emmylou Harris

Easy Look67/75 Kenny Price12/77 Charlie Rich

1/71 Easy Loving Freddie Hart26/60 Easy Money James O'Gwynn32/83 Easy On The Eye Gatlin Bros.

1/52 Easy On The Eyes Eddy ArnoldEasy Part's Over

2/68 Charley Pride41/80 Steve Wariner57/87 Easy To Find Girls Next Door26/75 Easy To Love Hank Snow89/79 Easy To Love Jimmie Rodgers

5/86 Easy To Please Janie Fricke3/56 Eat, Drink, And Be Merry (Tomorrow You'll Cry)

Porter WagonerEbony Eyes

25/61 Everly Brothers89/79 Orion77/88 Echo Me Margo Smith

2/49 Echo Of Your Footsteps Eddy Arnold1/53 Eddy's Song Eddy Arnold2/63 8 X 10 Bill Anderson

57/84 Eight Days A Week Wright Brothers40/00 800 Pound Jesus Sawyer Brown11/09 Eight Second Ride Jake Owen43/64 Eight Years (And Two Children Later)

Claude Gray37/12 Eighteen Inches Lauren Alaina

1/88 Eighteen Wheels And A Dozen RosesKathy Mattea

93/75 18 Yellow Roses C.L. Goodson18/06 8th Of November Big & Rich

7/87 80's Ladies K.T. Oslin64/82 Either You're Married Or You're Single

Margo Smith17/12 El Cerrito Place Kenny Chesney

1/59 El Paso Marty Robbins1/76 El Paso City Marty Robbins

58/09 El Rey George Strait34/76 11 Months And 29 Days Johnny Paycheck

1/72 Eleven Roses Hank Williams, Jr.56/01 Elisabeth Billy Gilman

1/84 Elizabeth Statler Brothers56/06 Ellsworth Rascal Flatts

Elvira95/78 Rodney Crowell1/81 Oak Ridge Boys

20/94 Elvis And Andy Confederate Railroad31/82 Elvis Medley Elvis Presley90/76 Emmylou Brush Arbor10/97 Emotional Girl Terri Clark

3/73 Emptiest Arms In The World Merle Haggard1/71 Empty Arms Sonny James

64/89 Empty Glass Gary Stewart47/68 Empty House June Stearns

6/50 Enclosed, One Broken Heart Eddy Arnold12/76 End Is Not In Sight (The Cowboy Tune)

Amazing Rhythm AcesEnd Of The World

2/63 Skeeter Davis70/82 Judy Taylor72/00 Allison Paige82/79 Endless David Wills46/65 Endless Sleep Hank Williams, Jr.39/12 Endless Summer Aaron Lewis

Endlessly1/70 Sonny James

38/77 Eddie Middleton13/68 Enemy, The Jim Ed Brown

2/65 Engine Engine #9 Roger Miller3/66 England Swings Roger Miller

75/81 Enough For You Brenda Lee36/65 Enough Man For You Ott Stephens

Eres Tu (Touch The Wind)67/76 Sonny James25/77 Johnny Rodriguez48/94 Eugene You Genius Bryan White

2/84 Ev'ry Heart Should Have One Charley Pride97/73 Ev'ryday Woman Kenny Starr

(Also see: Every Day / Everyday)37/80 Evangelina Hoyt Axton51/98 Evangeline Chad Brock61/80 Even A Fool Would Let Go Charlie Rich

Even Cowgirls Get The Blues26/80 Lynn Anderson35/86 Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings79/78 Even Cowgirls Get The Blues La Costa17/75 Even If I Have To Steal Mel Street41/96 Even If I Tried Emilio

1/12 Even If It Breaks Your Heart Eli Young Band68/97 Even If It's Wrong BR5-4978/82 Even If It's Wrong Jimmi Cannon83/76 Even If It's Wrong Ben Reece

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THE TOP 300 ARTISTS

Old New Rank Rank Points

(116) 121. The Judds ...............................................................2,529 (117) 122. Donna Fargo ...........................................................2,517 (151) ★123. Montgomery Gentry ..............................................2,487 (118) 124. Roy Clark...............................................HOF...........2,427 (119) 125. Ronnie McDowell ...................................................2,420 (120) 126. Bob Wills.... ● ........................................HOF...........2,418 (121) 127. Ricky Van Shelton .................................................2,405 (122) 128. Tracy Byrd...............................................................2,377 (123) 129. Skeeter Davis.... ● ..................................................2,353 (124) 130. George Hamilton IV ...............................................2,334

———————————— (126) 131. Jack Greene ............................................................2,295 (127) 132. Mel McDaniel.... ● ...................................................2,290 (128) 133. Johnny Duncan.... ● ...............................................2,253 (129) 134. Dan Seals.... ● .........................................................2,250 (168) ★135. Gary Allan ...............................................................2,238 + (131) 136. The Kendalls.... ● ...................................................2,235 NEW ★137. Jason Aldean..........................................................2,223 + (132) 138. Rosanne Cash ........................................................2,223 (133) 139. Sammy Kershaw ....................................................2,209 (134) 140. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ............................................2,174

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(135) 141. Aaron Tippin ...........................................................2,173 (136) 142. Jimmy Wakely.... ● .................................................2,171 (149) 143. LeAnn Rimes ..........................................................2,170 (137) 144. Restless Heart ........................................................2,167 (138) 145. Dixie Chicks............................................................2,161 (170) ★146. Sara Evans ..............................................................2,149 (254) ★147. Dierks Bentley ........................................................2,145 + (139) 148. Shenandoah ............................................................2,141 (140) 149. “Tennessee” Ernie Ford .... ● .............HOF...........2,126 (141) 150. Johnny Lee .............................................................2,107

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(142) 151. Gary Morris .............................................................2,107 (143) 152. Jo Dee Messina ......................................................2,106 (144) 153. Gene Autry.... ●.....................................HOF...........2,101 (145) 154. Wynonna..................................................................2,092 (146) 155. Pam Tillis.................................................................2,072 (153) 156. Neal McCoy .............................................................2,058 (147) 157. Jimmy Newman ......................................................2,047 (148) 158. Hank Locklin.... ● ...................................................2,044 (150) 159. Wilburn Brothers.... ● ● .........................................2,019 (152) 160. George Morgan.... ● .............................HOF...........2,015

———————————— (154) 161. Slim Whitman .........................................................1,996 (155) 162. Al Dexter.... ● ..........................................................1,996 (156) 163. Tommy Overstreet .................................................1,995 (157) 164. Ed Bruce ..................................................................1,993 (158) 165. Billie Jo Spears.... ●...............................................1,993 (159) 166. Nat Stuckey.... ● .....................................................1,989 (160) 167. Exile..........................................................................1,952 (161) 168. Narvel Felts.............................................................1,947 (162) 169. Mary Chapin Carpenter ........................................1,939 (163) 170. Michael Martin Murphey .......................................1,911

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(164) 171. Razzy Bailey ...........................................................1,908 (165) 172. Tex Ritter.... ●........................................HOF...........1,901 (166) 173. Bob Luman.... ● ......................................................1,882 (167) 174. Doug Stone .............................................................1,870 (180) 175. Lee Ann Womack ...................................................1,852 (169) 176. Terri Clark ...............................................................1,835 (171) 177. Sammi Smith.... ● ...................................................1,814 (172) 178. Rex Allen, Jr. .........................................................1,811 (261) ★179. Sugarland ................................................................1,801 (173) 180. Brenda Lee ............................................HOF...........1,799

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Old New Rank Rank Points

(174) 181. Freddy Weller .........................................................1,784 (175) 182. Marty Stuart ............................................................1,781 (176) 183. Jerry Wallace.... ● ..................................................1,761 (177) 184. Claude King ............................................................1,754 (190) 185. Billy Ray Cyrus ......................................................1,724 (178) 186. Billy Dean ................................................................1,717 (179) 187. Tex Williams.... ● ....................................................1,715 (215) ★188. Phil Vassar ..............................................................1,701 (181) 189. Juice Newton ..........................................................1,688 (182) 190. David Rogers.... ●...................................................1,675

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(183) 191. Wynn Stewart.... ● ..................................................1,670 (268) ★192. Craig Morgan ..........................................................1,665 (184) 193. Cal Smith .................................................................1,644 (185) 194. Jan Howard .............................................................1,644 (186) 195. The Forester Sisters .............................................1,636 (187) 196. Red Sovine.... ● ......................................................1,621 (188) 197. Susan Raye .............................................................1,616 (189) 198. Lacy J. Dalton ........................................................1,614 NEW ★199. Lady Antebellum....................................................1,607 (192) 200. Keith Whitley.... ● ...................................................1,573

(193) 201. Mark Wills ...............................................................1,571 (194) 202. Ray Stevens ............................................................1,566 (191) 203. Linda Ronstadt.......................................................1,561 (195) 204. Kenny Price.... ● .....................................................1,558 (297) ★205. Rodney Atkins ........................................................1,552 (262) ★206. Joe Nichols .............................................................1,548 (196) 207. Mac Davis ................................................................1,545 (197) 208. Rodney Crowell......................................................1,541 (198) 209. Warner Mack ...........................................................1,538 (199) 210. T. Graham Brown...................................................1,538

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(204) 211. Charlie Daniels Band ............................................1,531 (200) 212. Dickey Lee ..............................................................1,527 (201) 213. Sylvia .......................................................................1,527 (202) 214. Margo Smith ...........................................................1,519 (203) 215. Wanda Jackson......................................................1,512 (205) 216. Jimmy Dean.... ● ...................................HOF...........1,505 NEW ★217. Billy Currington .....................................................1,501 (206) 218. David Frizzell ..........................................................1,498 (207) 219. John Denver.... ● ....................................................1,495 NEW ★220. Zac Brown Band ....................................................1,480 +

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(208) 221. Charlie Louvin.... ●.................................................1,465 (209) 222. Highway 101 ...........................................................1,464 (265) ★223. Darryl Worley .........................................................1,455 (210) 224. Melba Montgomery ................................................1,449 (211) 225. Louise Mandrell .....................................................1,446 (212) 226. Little Texas .............................................................1,440 NEW ★227. Miranda Lambert....................................................1,438 (213) 228. Holly Dunn ..............................................................1,437 (214) 229. Lee Roy Parnell......................................................1,428 (216) 230. Suzy Bogguss ........................................................1,419

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(217) 231. Freddy Fender.... ●.................................................1,402 (218) 232. The Everly Brothers ............................HOF...........1,402 (219) 233. Leon Everette .........................................................1,400 (220) 234. Gary Stewart.... ● .....................................................1,399 (221) 235. The Browns.............................................................1,398 (222) 236. Dave & Sugar..........................................................1,391 (223) 237. Mel Street.... ● .........................................................1,390 (224) 238. Gail Davies ..............................................................1,388 (225) 239. Patsy Cline.... ●.....................................HOF...........1,388 (226) 240. Barbara Fairchild ...................................................1,386

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THE TOP 25 #1 HITS « 1960s »

Peak Year

Wks Chr

Wks T40

Wks T10

Wks @ #1 Rank Title Artist

61 37 37 29 19 1. Walk On By ......................................................................... Leroy Van Dyke 63 30 30 24 16 2. Love’s Gonna Live Here ...........................................................Buck Owens 60 36 36 30 14 3. Please Help Me, I’m Falling ..................................................... Hank Locklin 60 34 34 29 14 4. He’ll Have To Go ....................................................................... Jim Reeves 60 34 34 26 12 5. Alabam .................................................................................Cowboy Copas 62 24 24 22 11 6. Don’t Let Me Cross Over ................................................ Carl Butler & Pearl 60 36 36 30 10 7. Wings Of A Dove ..................................................................... Ferlin Husky 61 19 19 18 10 8. Don’t Worry ...........................................................................Marty Robbins 62 26 26 21 9 9. Wolverton Mountain ................................................................. Claude King 61 23 23 18 9 10. Hello Walls .............................................................................. Faron Young 66 25 24 13 9 11. Almost Persuaded ................................................................ David Houston 64 28 27 19 8 12. Once A Day ............................................................................ Connie Smith 62 21 21 14 8 13. Devil Woman .........................................................................Marty Robbins 61 32 32 24 7 14. Tender Years ......................................................................... George Jones 64 26 26 22 7 15. My Heart Skips A Beat ............................................................. Buck Owens 62 27 27 21 7 16. Mama Sang A Song ................................................................ Bill Anderson 63 27 27 20 7 17. Still ......................................................................................... Bill Anderson 63 26 26 19 7 18. Ring Of Fire ............................................................................. Johnny Cash 64 26 24 18 7 19. I Guess I’m Crazy ...................................................................... Jim Reeves 66 23 21 15 7 20. There Goes My Everything ...................................................... Jack Greene 66 19 18 13 7 21. Waitin’ In Your Welfare Line .....................................................Buck Owens 62 23 23 19 6 22. She Thinks I Still Care ........................................................... George Jones 64 27 27 18 6 23. I Don’t Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) ................................Buck Owens 64 22 22 17 6 24. Understand Your Man .............................................................. Johnny Cash 64 25 22 15 6 25. Dang Me ................................................................................... Roger Miller

THE TOP 25 #1 HITS « 1970s »

Peak Year

Wks Chr

Wks T40

Wks T10

Wks @ #1 Rank Title Artist

72 19 18 12 6 1. My Hang-Up Is You .................................................................. Freddie Hart 77 18 14 10 6 2. Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love) ................Waylon Jennings 75 15 13 8 6 3. Convoy .....................................................................................C.W. McCall 71 19 18 13 5 4. Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’ ..................................................Charley Pride 70 20 19 12 5 5. Rose Garden ........................................................................Lynn Anderson 77 19 14 10 5 6. Here You Come Again ..............................................................Dolly Parton 71 15 13 10 5 7. When You’re Hot, You’re Hot ..................................................... Jerry Reed 70 20 18 10 4 8. Hello Darlin’ ......................................................................... Conway Twitty 70 17 16 10 4 9. Baby, Baby (I Know You’re A Lady) ......................................... David Houston 71 16 15 10 4 10. Empty Arms ............................................................................ Sonny James 71 16 14 9 4 11. I’m Just Me .............................................................................Charley Pride 70 15 14 9 4 12. Don’t Keep Me Hangin’ On ..................................................... Sonny James 77 18 15 8 4 13. Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue ......................................... Crystal Gayle 78 16 12 8 4 14. Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys ..Waylon & Willie 73 17 14 7 4 15. If We Make It Through December ......................................... Merle Haggard 77 20 13 7 4 16. Heaven’s Just A Sin Away .......................................................The Kendalls 70 14 13 7 4 17. It’s Just A Matter Of Time ...................................................... Sonny James 71 24 22 13 3 18. Easy Loving ............................................................................ Freddie Hart 71 20 18 12 3 19. Help Me Make It Through The Night ....................................... Sammi Smith 71 19 17 12 3 20. I Won’t Mention It Again ...............................................................Ray Price 72 23 17 10 3 21. The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. ...................................Donna Fargo 73 19 16 10 3 22. You’ve Never Been This Far Before ..................................... Conway Twitty 72 16 15 10 3 23. Carolyn ................................................................................. Merle Haggard 70 16 14 9 3 24. Endlessly ............................................................................... Sonny James 70 16 14 9 3 25. He Loves Me All The Way ................................................... Tammy Wynette

1956 (cont’d)9. 9/15 10 Don't Be Cruel /

JB: 10 / BS: 5 / JY: 210. 10 Hound Dog Elvis Presley

JB: 10 / BS: 511. 11/10 13 Singing The Blues Marty Robbins

BS: 13 / JB: 13 / JY: 11↕

DATE WKS 19571. 2/2 9 Young Love Sonny James

JY: 9 / BS: 7 / JB: 3↕

2. 3/2 5 ↕ There You Go Johnny CashJB: 5↕

3. 4/6 10 Gone Ferlin Husky

BS: 10 / JY: 9 / JB: 5↕

4. 5/13 1 All Shook Up Elvis PresleyJB: 1

5. 5/20 5 A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)Marty RobbinsBS: 5 / JB: 5 / JY: 1

6. 5/20 1 Honky Tonk Song Webb PierceJY: 1

7. 5/27 8 ↕ Four Walls Jim ReevesJY: 8↕

6/17/1957: Billboard’s last “Juke Box” chart.

8. 7/15 7 Bye Bye Love The Everly BrothersJY: 7 / BS: 7↕

9. 8/5 1 (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear Elvis PresleyBS: 1

10. 9/9 2 Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On Jerry Lee LewisBS: 2

11. 9/16 4 ↕ Fraulein Bobby HelmsJY: 4↕ / BS: 3

12. 9/16 4 ↕ My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You Ray PriceJY: 4↕

13. 10/14 8 ↕ Wake Up Little Susie The Everly BrothersJY: 8↕ / BS: 7

14. 12/2 1 Jailhouse Rock Elvis PresleyBS: 1

15. 12/9 4 My Special Angel Bobby HelmsBS: 4 / JY: 1

DATE WKS 19581. 1/6 4 The Story Of My Life Marty Robbins

BS: 4 / JY: 42. 1/6 2 Great Balls Of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis

BS: 23. 2/3 10 Ballad Of A Teenage Queen Johnny Cash

JY: 10 / BS: 84. 4/14 8 ↕ Oh Lonesome Me Don Gibson

BS: 8↕ / JY: 8↕

5. 5/26 2 ↕ Just Married Marty RobbinsJY: 2↕

6. 6/2 3 All I Have To Do Is Dream The Everly BrothersBS: 3 / JY: 1

7. 6/23 8 Guess Things Happen That Way Johnny CashBS: 8 / JY: 3↕

8. 7/21 13 Alone With You Faron YoungJY: 13

9. 8/25 2 Blue Blue Day Don GibsonBS: 2

10. 9/8 6 Bird Dog The Everly BrothersBS: 6

10/13/1958: Billboard’s last “Best Sellers” and “Jockeys” charts(replaced with one all-encompassing “Hot C&W Sides” chart).

11. 10/20 13 City Lights Ray Price

DATE WKS 19591. 1/19 5 Billy Bayou Jim Reeves2. 2/23 6 Don't Take Your Guns To Town Johnny Cash3. 4/6 1 When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)

Johnny Horton

4. 4/13 5 White Lightning George Jones5. 5/18 10 The Battle Of New Orleans Johnny Horton

6. 7/27 5 Waterloo Stonewall Jackson7. 8/31 10 The Three Bells The Browns8. 11/9 4 Country Girl Faron Young9. 12/7 2 The Same Old Me Ray Price

10. 12/21 7 El Paso Marty Robbins

DATE WKS 19601. 2/8 14 He'll Have To Go Jim Reeves2. 5/16 14 Please Help Me, I'm Falling Hank Locklin

3. 8/22 12 Alabam Cowboy Copas4. 11/14 10 ↕ Wings Of A Dove Ferlin Husky

DATE WKS 19611. 1/9 5 North To Alaska Johnny Horton2. 2/27 10 Don't Worry Marty Robbins3. 5/8 9 Hello Walls Faron Young4. 7/10 4 Heartbreak U.S.A. Kitty Wells5. 8/7 2 I Fall To Pieces Patsy Cline6. 8/21 7 ↕ Tender Years George Jones7. 9/25 19 ↕ Walk On By Leroy Van Dyke

8. 11/20 2 Big Bad John Jimmy Dean

DATE WKS 19621. 3/10 2 ↕ Misery Loves Company Porter Wagoner2. 3/17 1 That's My Pa Sheb Wooley3. 3/31 5 ↕ She's Got You Patsy Cline4. 4/28 2 ↕ Charlie's Shoes Billy Walker5. 5/19 6 She Thinks I Still Care George Jones6. 6/30 9 Wolverton Mountain Claude King7. 9/1 8 Devil Woman Marty Robbins8. 10/27 7 ↕ Mama Sang A Song Bill Anderson

11/3/1962: The “W” signifying “Western” is dropped from chart title.Chart now designated only as “Hot Country Singles.”

9. 11/10 2 ↕ I've Been Everywhere Hank Snow10. 12/29 11 ↕ Don't Let Me Cross Over Carl Butler & Pearl

DATE WKS 19631. 1/5 1 Ruby Ann Marty Robbins2. 1/19 3 ↕ The Ballad Of Jed Clampett Flatt & Scruggs3. 4/13 7 ↕ Still Bill Anderson4. 5/4 4 ↕ Lonesome 7-7203 Hawkshaw Hawkins5. 6/15 4 ↕ Act Naturally Buck Owens6. 7/27 7 Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash7. 9/14 4 Abilene George Hamilton IV8. 10/12 1 Talk Back Trembling Lips Ernest Ashworth9. 10/19 16 Love's Gonna Live Here Buck Owens

DATE WKS 19641. 2/8 3 ↕ Begging To You Marty Robbins2. 2/15 1 B.J. The D.J. Stonewall Jackson3. 3/7 4 Saginaw, Michigan Lefty Frizzell4. 4/4 6 Understand Your Man Johnny Cash5. 5/16 7 ↕ My Heart Skips A Beat Buck Owens6. 6/6 2 Together Again Buck Owens7. 7/18 6 Dang Me Roger Miller8. 8/29 7 I Guess I'm Crazy Jim Reeves9. 10/17 6 I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) Buck Owens

10. 11/28 8 Once A Day Connie Smith

DATE WKS 19651. 1/23 4 You're The Only World I Know Sonny James2. 2/20 5 I've Got A Tiger By The Tail Buck Owens3. 3/27 5 King Of The Road Roger Miller4. 5/1 3 ↕ This Is It Jim Reeves5. 5/15 2 Girl On The Billboard Del Reeves6. 6/5 2 What's He Doing In My World Eddy Arnold

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