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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z OtherTop 1000

Top Country Songs of the 1950s

1940s <-1950-> 1960s
    

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1.
11/1955
462

✫1
US
✫1
country


✫1
UK
[Capitol 3262]
written by Merle Travis
2.
08/1956
449

✫1
US
✫1
country
✫1
R&B
2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #19]
US: B-side to Don't Be Cruel; hit for Big Mama Thornton in 1953; charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
3.
03/1956
440

✫1
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #45]
[RCA Victor 47-6420]
written by Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden (as Thomas Durden) & Elvis Presley
4.
04/1958
438

✫1
US
✫1
country
✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #141]
charted as All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette in UK charts
[Cadence 1348]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant
5.
04/1957
432

✫1
US
✫1
country
✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #352]
[RCA 47-6870]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley
6.
10/1957
431

✫1
US
✫1
country
✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #67]
[RCA Epa-4114+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
7.
12/1952
410

✫1
US
7
country


3
UK
[Christmas]
[Columbia 39871]
written by Tommie Connor
8.
08/1958
406

✫1
US
✫1
country
2
R&B
2
UK
[Cadence 1350]
written by Boudleaux Bryant
9.
06/1958
403

✫1
US
2
country
2
R&B
2
UK
[RCA 47-7280]
written by Claude Demetrius
10.
09/1957
403

✫1
US
✫1
country
✫1
R&B
2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #311]
[Cadence 1337]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant
11.
01/1958
400

✫1
US
2
country
4
R&B
2
UK
[RCA 47-7150]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
12.
11/1957
394

2
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #96]
[Sun 281]
written by Otis Blackwell & Jack Hammer
13.
09/1951
385

✫1
US
✫1
country




as Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys
vocals by Redd Stewart
[RCA Victor 48-0489]
written by Chilton Price, Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart
14.
06/1957
379

✫1
US
✫1
country
✫1
R&B
3
UK
[RCA 47-7000]
written by Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe
15.
07/1959
377

✫1
US
✫1
country
10
R&B
6
UK
[RCA Victor 7555]
written by Jean Villard, Marc Herrand & Bert Reisfeld
16.
01/1950
374

✫1
US
✫1
country




[Decca 64205]
written by Harry Stone & Jack Stapp
17.
11/1950
367

✫1
US
2
country




[Mercury 5534]
written by Redd Stewart & Pee Wee King
18.
07/1958
363

✫1
US
3
country
3
R&B
4
UK
B side to My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
[Imperial 5528]
written by Sharon Sheeley
19.
08/1959
352

4
US
8
country
22
R&B
2
UK
[Cadence 1369]
written by Don Everly
20.
04/1958
351

2
US
3
country
✫1
R&B
3
UK
[RCA 47-7240]
written by Bert Carroll & Russell Moody
21.
06/1958
348

5
US
13
country
✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[Decca 9-30642]
written by Jack Reardon & Paul Evans
22.
11/1958
341

4
US
24
country
10
R&B
✫1
UK
hit for Smiley Lewis in 1956 ; charted as One Night / I Got Stung in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7410]
written by Dave Bartholomew, Earl King [Earl Johnson] (as Pearl King) & Anita Steiman
23.
12/1956
337

✫1
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
11
UK
[Capitol 3602]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner
24.
01/1957
334

✫1
US
3
country
3
R&B
6
UK
[RCA 47-6800]
written by Lee Rosenberg & Bernard Weinman
25.
10/1956
333

✫1
US
3
country
3
R&B
11
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #437]
adapted from "Aura Lee", 1861
[RCA Victor 47-6643]
written by Vera Matson, Elvis Presley, George R. Poulton (uncredited) & Ken Darby (uncredited)
26.
04/1959
331

✫1
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
16
UK
[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1960]
[Columbia 4-41339]
written by Jimmie Driftwood
27.
05/1956
326

✫1
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
14
UK
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff
28.
06/1958
320

✫1
US
18
country
✫1
R&B
8
UK
as Perez Prado & His Orchestra
[RCA Victor 47-7245]
written by Perez Prado & Bob Marcucci (as Bob Marcus)
29.
02/1951
319

2
US
7
country




[Capitol 1373]
written by Vaughn Horton
30.
03/1951
317

2
US
8
country




31.
02/1956
316

2
US
✫1
country
2
R&B
10
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
[Sun 234]
written by Carl Perkins
32.
05/1957
311

2
US
✫1
country
5
R&B
6
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #207]
[Cadence 1315]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant
33.
03/1955
310

5
US
4
country


3
UK
[Capitol 3058]
written by George Bruns & Tom W. Blackburn
34.
12/1959
301

2
US
✫1
country
13
R&B
12
UK
[RCA Victor 7643]
written by Joe Allison & Audrey Allison
35.
11/1959
299

✫1
US
✫1
country


19
UK
[Columbia 4-41511]
written by Marty Robbins
36.
11/1958
283

2
US
17
country


6
UK
[Cadence 1355]
written by Boudleaux Bryant & Felice Bryant
37.
11/1957
276

2
US
6
country
✫1
R&B
11
UK
[instrumental]
[Phillips Int'l 3519]
written by Bill Justis & Sid Manker
38.
06/1957
276

3
US
✫1
country
✫1
R&B
8
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #61]
[Sun 267]
written by Dave "Curlee" Williams & James Faye "Roy" Hall
39.
08/1950
276

3
US
2
country




as Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie
[Capitol 1124]
written by Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss (as George Weiss)
40.
08/1956
273

✫1
US
✫1
country
✫1
R&B


[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #197]
charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley
41.
12/1950
266

3
US
5
country




as Gene Autry & The Pinafores
[R]
[Christmas]
[Columbia 38610]
written by Johnny Marks
42.
08/1957
262

✫1
US
7
country
✫1
R&B
30
UK
[Roulette 4015]
written by Bob Merrill
43.
09/1951
261

4
US
5
country




[Tennessee 775]
written by L. Wolfe Gilbert
44.
11/1957
261

3
US
6
country
8
R&B
7
UK
[Roulette 4031]
written by The Weavers
45.
04/1950
234

5
US
3
country




[Columbia 38750]
written by Steve Nelson & Jack Rollins
46.
12/1957
229

2
US
8
country
4
R&B
27
UK
[Imperial 5483]
written by Dub Dickerson & Erma Herrold
47.
05/1959
228

4
US
✫1
country
11
R&B
24
UK
[Columbia 41393]
written by John D. Loudermilk & Marijohn Wilkin
48.
06/1958
227

3
US
14
country
✫1
R&B
19
UK
[Atco 6117]
written by Bobby Darin & Murray Kaufman
49.
05/1958
226

30
US
15
country


✫1
UK
charted as All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette in UK charts
[Cadence 1348]
written by Roy Orbison
50.
05/1954
225



4
country


✫1
UK
51.
03/1958
224

7
US
4
country
3
R&B
8
UK
[Sun 288]
written by Otis Blackwell
52.
10/1950
211

6
US
6
country




written by Frank Loesser
53.
11/1956
211

2
US
10
country
7
R&B


US: from Elvis, Volume 1 EP
[RCA Epa-992+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
54.
03/1958
207

60
US
15
country


✫1
UK
[MGM 12609]
written by Marvin Rainwater
55.
09/1950
204

7
US
2
country




[Decca 46261]
written by Al Lewis & Guy Wood
56.
06/1956
200

7
US
5
country
8
R&B
16
UK
as Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #102]
[Capitol 3450]
written by Gene Vincent, Donald Graves (disputed credits) & Tex Davis (disputed credits)
57.
12/1950
197

7
US
4
country




as Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys
[Christmas]
[Columbia 38907]
written by Jack Rollins & Steve Nelson
58.
04/1957
190

2
US
✫1
country




[Columbia 4-40864]
written by Marty Robbins
59.
09/1953
184

4
US
✫1
country




60.
06/1958
180

6
US
17
country
8
R&B
19
UK
[instrumental]
[Jamie 1104]
written by Duane Eddy & Lee Hazlewood
61.
09/1959
180

7
US
11
country


18
UK
[Dot 45-15968]
written by T. Texas Tyler
62.
03/1950
178

8
US
6
country




[Decca 9-46221]
written by Steve Nelson & Jack Rollins
63.
01/1950
177

9
US
2
country




as Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys
[Bullet 696]
written by Johnnie Lee Wills & Deacon Anderson
64.
10/1957
175

7
US
✫1
country
8
R&B
22
UK
featuring The Anita Kerr Singers
[Decca 30423]
written by Jimmy Duncan
65.
02/1958
170

7
US
5
country
19
R&B
18
UK
[Roulette 4045]
written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, Hugo Peretti (as part of Mark Markwell) & Luigi Creatore (as part of Mark Markwell)
66.
08/1950
170

10
US
✫1
country




as Red Foley & Ernest Tubb
written by Gussie Davis & Leadbelly (as Lead Belly)
67.
11/1957
168

4
US
11
country
✫1
R&B


[instrumental]
[Imperial 5474]
written by Bill Justis & Sid Manker
68.
03/1951
166

10
US
3
country




vocals by the Beaver Valley Sweethearts
[Coral 64061]
written by Vaughn Horton
69.
09/1953
164



6
country


4
UK
[King 1237]
written by Larry Coleman & Norman Gimbel
70.
04/1958
160

4
US
10
country
6
R&B


[Imperial 5503]
written by Dorsey Burnette & Johnny Burnette
71.
11/1958
158

4
US
5
country
14
R&B


72.
03/1957
156

4
US
✫1
country




[Capitol 3628]
written by Smokey Rogers
73.
07/1953
150

6
US
4
country




[Valley 105]
written by Artie Glenn
74.
02/1950
148

12
US
2
country




75.
07/1953
147

6
US
6
country




[Mercury 70167]
written by Jim Lowe
76.
03/1951
145

12
US
5
country




as Jimmy Wakely & the Les Baxter Chorus
[Capitol 1393]
written by Jerry Capehart, Alton Delmore & Arthur Smith [Arthur Leroy Smith]
77.
04/1950
142

13
US
2
country




[Capitol 960]
written by Steve Allen
78.
12/1950
142

14
US
✫1
country




[Capitol 1295]
written by Tennessee Ernie Ford
79.
01/1951
141

12
US
7
country




[Capitol 1328]
written by traditional, Carl Sigman & Percy Faith
80.
05/1950
141

14
US
✫1
country




[Decca 46234]
written by Hardrock Gunter
81.
06/1958
138

21
US
9
country
5
R&B
12
UK
[Sun 296]
written by Jerry Lee Lewis & Ron Hargrave
82.
07/1956
137

7
US
14
country
5
R&B


[Dot 45-15481]
written by Naomi Ford & Lee Hazlewood
83.
02/1950
133

15
US
2
country




[Capitol 40280]
written by Terry Gilkyson
84.
08/1953
127

8
US
4
country




[Decca 9-28758]
written by Artie Glenn
85.
03/1950
126

17
US
✫1
country




[King 830]
written by Henry Glover (as Henry Bernard), Moon Mullican (as Morry Burns), Syd Nathan (as Lois Mann) & Henry Thurston
86.
01/1958
125

8
US
4
country
5
R&B


US: B-side to Don't
[RCA 47-7150]
written by Rose Marie McCoy & Kelly Owens
87.
02/1958
125

7
US
✫1
country




[RCA Victor 7133]
written by Don Gibson
88.
07/1952
125

9
US
2
country




hit for Paul Whiteman in 1925
[Imperial 8156]
written by Rudolf Friml, Herbert Stothart, Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II
89.
07/1951
123

14
US
11
country




vocals by the Marlin Sisters & Ray Smith
[Coral 9-60508]
written by John Meyer
90.
06/1951
122

18
US
2
country




written by Irving Gordon
91.
12/1951
120

15
US
11
country




vocals by lloyd "cowboy" copas & rosalind patton
[King 15137]
written by Charles Kanter, Henry Glover & Syd Nathan (as Lois Mann)
92.
06/1951
120

15
US
11
country




as Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie
[Capitol 1567]
written by Hope Ryder & Lida Dolan
93.
04/1957
119

6
US
14
country




[Fabor 4018]
written by Ned Miller
94.
12/1957
118

6
US
13
country




[R]
[christmas]
[Decca 9-30513]
written by Joe Beal & Jim Boothe
95.
02/1950
116

17
US
3
country




[Capitol 800]
written by Bill Foreman & Roma Foreman
96.
08/1958
114

10
US
7
country
2
R&B


B side to Bird Dog
[Cadence 1350]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant
97.
09/1950
113

16
US
8
country




[Decca Faith 14526]
written by Gladys Gollahon
98.
10/1951
112

16
US
13
country




[King 986]
written by L. Wolfe Gilbert
99.
06/1950
108

22
US
✫1
country




[Decca 46241]
written by Billy Simmons & Curley Williams
100.
07/1951
104

18
US
11
country




[Capitol 1592]
written by Johnnie Roberts & Jimmie Davis

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