Top 100 Country Music Songs (1944-1993)
This is a listing of country music songs that dominated the charts from 1944 through 1993. With so many great artists over the years, draws interest in which songs were the most popular and who had the most number one songs. Country music charts varied over the years, but the Hot Country Singles Chart was the benchmark for all other charts. Listed below are the charts used to compile the Top-100 Songs In Country Music. The numbers in brackets represent the number of weeks the song held the number one chart position:
- Most Played in Juke Boxes
- Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes
- Best Selling Retail "Folk Records
- Best Selling Retail Folk (Country & Western) Records
- National Best Sellers
- Best Sellers in Stores
- C&W Best Sellers in Stores
- Most Played by Jockeys
- Most Played C&W by Jockeys
- Hot Country Singles Chart
Top 100 Country Music Songs (1944-1993)
1. I'm Moving On ~ Hank Snow 1950 (21)
2. In The Jailhouse Now ~ Webb Pierce 1955 (21)
3. Crazy Arms ~ Ray Price 1956 (20)
4. I Don't Hurt Anymore ~ Hank Snow 1954 (20)
5. Walk On By ~ Leroy Van Dyke 1961 (19)
6. Slowly ~ Webb Pierce 1954 (17)
7. Heartbreak Hotel ~ Elvis Presley 1956 (17)
8. Guitar Polka ~ Al Dexter 1946 (16)
9. Love's Gonna Live Here ~ Buck Owens 1963 (16)
10. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette ~T. Williams 1947 (16)
11. New Spanish Two Step ~ Bob Wills 1946 (16)
12. Slow Poke ~ Pee Wee King 1951 (15)
13. Wild Side Of Life ~ Hank Thompson 1952 (15)
14. Please Help Me I'm Falling ~ Lockin 1960 (14)
15. He'll Have To Go ~ Jim Reeves 1960 (14)
16. Jambalaya ~ Hank Williams 1952 (14)
17. The Shot Gun Boogie ~ T. Ernie Ford 1951 (14)
18. Divorce Me C.O.D ~ Merle Travis 1947 (14)
19. So Round, So Firm, So FullyPacked ~Travis 1944 (14)
20. So Long Pal ~ Al Dexter 1944 (13)
21. Love, Love, Love ~ Webb Pierce 1955 (13)
22. Singing The Blues ~ Marty Robbins 1956 (13)
23. Smoke On The Water ~ Red Foley 1944 (13)
24. City Lights ~ Ray Price 1958 (13)
25. Alone With You ~ Faron Young 1958 (13)
26. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy ~ Foley 1950 (13)
27. Kaw-Liga ~ Hank Williams 1953 (13)
28. I Don't Care ~ Webb Pierce 1955 (12)
29. Always Late ~ Lefty Frizzell 1951 (12)
30. There Stands The Glass ~ Webb Pierce 1953 (12)
31. Alabam ~ Cowboy Copas 1960 (12)
32. Don't Rob Another Man's Castle ~ Arnold 1949 (12)
33. One Has My Name ~ Jimmy Wakely 1948 (11)
34. I Want To Be With You Always ~ Frizzell 1951 (11)
35. Wanna Play House With You ~ Eddy Arnold (11)
36. There's Been A Change In Me ~ E. Arnold (11)
37. Don't Let Me Cross Over ~ Carl Butler 1962 (11)
38. You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often ~ Ritter 1945 (11)
39. Wings Of A Dove ~ Ferlin Husky 1960 (10)
40. More And More ~ Webb Pierce 1954 (10)
41. Why Don't You Love Me ~ H. Williams 1950 (10)
42. Gone ~ Ferlin Husky 1957 (10)
43. Ballad Of A Teenage Queen ~ J. Cash 1958 (10)
44. Sixteen Tons ~ Tennessee Ernie Ford 1955 (10)
45. Battle Of New Orleans ~ J. Horton 1959 (10)
46. Don't Worry ~ Marty Robbins 1961 (10)
47. The Three Bells ~ The Browns 1959 (10)
48. Anytime ~ Eddy Arnold 1948 (9)
49. Shame On You ~ Spade Cooley 1945 (9)
50. Mexican Joe ~ Jim Reeves 1953 (9)
51. Wolverton Mountain ~ Claude King 1962 (9)
52. Young Love ~ Sonny James 1957 (9)
53. Hello Walls ~ Faron Young 1961 (9)
54. Almost Persuaded ~ David Houston 1966 (9)
55. Let Old Mother Nature Have Her way ~ Smith 1952 (8)
56. Just A Little Lovin' ~ Eddy Arnold 1948 (8)
57. Rhumba Boogie ~ Hank Snow 1951 (8)
58. Oh Lonesome Me ~ Don Gibson 1958 (8)
59. I Forgot More Than You Will Ever Know ~Davis Sisters 1953 (8)
60. Hey, Joe ~ Carl Smith 1953 (8)
61. Four Walls ~ Jim Reeves 1957 (8)
62. Hey, Good Lookin' ~ Hank Williams 1951 (8)
63. Don't Just Stand There ~ Carl Smith 1952 (8)
64. It's Been So Long ~ Webb Pierce 1953 (8)
65. At Mail Call Today ~ Gene Autry 1945 (8)
66. Once A Day ~ Connie Smith 1964 (8)
67. Devil Woman ~ Marty Robbins 1962 (8)
68. Guess Things Happen That Way~ Cash 1958 (8)
69. Wake Up Little Susie ~ Everly Brothers 1957 (8)
70. Long Gone Lonesome Blues ~ Williams 1950 (8)
71. Tender Years ~ George Jones 1961 (7)
72. Loose Talk ~ Carl Smith 1955 (7)
73. Don't Be Cruel ~ Elvis Presley 1956 (7)
74. I'm Losing My Mind Over You ~ Dexter 1946 (7)
75. My Heart Skips A Beat ~Buck Owens 1964 (7)
76. Mama Sang A Song ~Bill Anderson 1962 (7)
77. Bye Bye Love ~The Everly Brothers 1957 (7)
78. El Paso ~ Marty Robbins ~ 1959 (7)
79. Still ~ Bill Anderson 1963 (7)
80. Ring Of Fire ~Johnny Cash 1963 (7)
81. I Guess I'm Crazy ~ Jim Reeves 1964 (7)
82. There Goes My Everything ~ Greene 1966 (7)
83. Waitin' In Your Welfare Line ~ 1966 (7)
84. I Walk The Line ~ Johnny Cash 1956 (6)
85. I'm Wasting My Tears On You ~ Ritter 1944 (6)
86. She Thinks I Still Care ~ George Jones 1962 (6)
87. Oklahoma Hills ~ Jack Guthrie 1945 (6)
88. I Don't Care ~ Buck Owens 1964 (6)
89. Your Cheatin' Heart ~Hank Williams 1953 (6)
90. A Dear John Letter ~ Shepard & Husky 1953 (6)
91. Understand Your Man ~ Johnny Cash 1964 (6)
92. Dang Me ~ Roger Miller 1964 (6)
93. Straighten Up And Fly~ King Cole Trio 1944 (6)
94. Giddyup Go ~ Red Sovine 1966 (6)
95. Don't Take Your Guns To Town ~ Cash 1959 (6)
96. Before You Go ~ Buck Owens 1965 (6)
97. Think Of Me ~ Buck Owens 1966 (6)
98. I Want To Go With You ~ Eddy Arnold 1966 (6)
99. Daddy Sang Bass ~ Johnny Cash 1969 (6)
100. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels ~ Kitty Wells 1952 (6)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Researched, written and compiled by Richard Bell, Roots of Country Music. Oct. 25, 2011.
