Here They Are … CMT's 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music

[Seeker of Truth]

Here they are … CMT's 100 Greatest Songs of Country Music. A panel of experts has ranked the songs in order, and that list will be revealed in an exclusive six-hour special. As a special treat to fans, the Top 12 songs will also be performed in concert by Trace Adkins, Chris Cagle, Glen Campbell, Deana Carter, Ray Charles, Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans, Vince Gill, George Jones, American Idol's Kimberley Locke, Martina McBride and Marty Stuart. Brad Paisley and LeAnn Rimes host the concert, as Steve Wariner serves as musical director.


1. "Stand by Your Man"

2. "He Stopped Loving Her Today"

3. "Crazy"

4. "Ring of Fire"

5. "Your Cheatin’ Heart"

6. "Friends in Low Places"

7. "I Fall to Pieces"

8. "Galveston"

9. "Behind Closed Doors"

10. "Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"

11. "Blue Moon of Kentucky"

12. "Amarillo by Morning"

13. "Coal Miner’s Daughter"

14. "Dance, The"

15. "Forever and Ever, Amen"

16. "I Will Always Love You"

17. "Hello Darlin’"

18. "Take Me Home, Country Roads"

19. "Hey, Good Lookin’"

20. "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow"

21. "Okie From Muskogee"

22. "Wide Open Spaces"

23. "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"

24. "Chair, The"

25. "Folsom Prison Blues"

26. "Gambler, The"

27. "Fancy"

28. "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"

29. "I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry"

30. "I Hope You Dance"


See The Rest @ cmt.com (http://www.cmt.com/cmt/shows/100greatestsongs/ranked.list.jhtml)

[MaximumSam]

I like seeing Blue Moon so high, I hope they perform it as a bluegrass song. They didn't short-shrift Hank either. I am surprised Ring of Fire was ahead of Folsom Prison Blues. And where is Rocky Top?

[Dash_Riprock]

I didn't know country music had 100 great songs, much less a 100 greatest. LOL!!!

Just kidding, people.

[Dash_Riprock]

Wichita Lineman, by Glen Campbell.

[JonECat]

Nice, but No Charley Pride (okay, one http://freeconservatives.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon44.gif)

And a Faith Hill Song made the list?? The Britney Spears of Country??

[HarvickFan29]

I saw this show on CMT and disagree with alot of the picks. I've been listening to country music for about 40 years now, and alot of those songs are not what I consider real country music.

Faith Hill isn't really country music either although she did start out that way. BTW, most all female country musician's videos today show them scantilly clad just as pop music does.

[DesertFox]

I didn't see "For the Good Times" (Ray Price) or "See the Big Man Cry" (don't know who did it) or "Gentle on My Mind" (Glen Campbell) or "Ten" (Bobby Bear).

But I's pleased to see "Seven-Year Ache." That's often not regarded as country.

We need to make our own list of Country's 100 greatest.

[JonECat]

Not to nitpick, but another notable exemption was "Seven Spanish Angels" by Willie Nelson and Ray Charles, that should have made the top 10 if not the top 5.