Classic Country

Jeannie Riley Harper Valley PTA (video and lyrics)

The Jeannie Riley Harper Valley PTA song became a #1 country hit starting September 28, 1968.  Her debut, sold over six million copies as a single, and it made her the first woman to top both the Billboard Hot 100 and the U.S. Hot .. Read More

The Everly Brothers Wake Up Little Susie (Video and Lyrics)

The Everly Brothers Wake Up Little Susie song was released on September 2, 1957 and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Pop chart and the Cash Box Best Selling Records chart.   The song was banned from Boston radio stations for lyrics that, at .. Read More

Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

The Johnny Cash Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down song came from Johnny’s performance that was taped live at the Ryman Auditorium during a taping of The Johnny Cash Show.   Cash introduced the song with the following monologue: “You know, not everyone who has been on .. Read More

George Jones and Merle Haggard: Yesterday's Wine (music video and lyrics)

The Yesterday’s Wine song is the title track of the 1971 album of the same name by Willie Nelson.  This song later became a #1 duet for George Jones and Merle Haggard reaching the top of the Billboard Country Singles Music chart on .. Read More

Garth Brooks Friends in Low Places (Live Performance and Lyrics)

The Garth Brooks Friends in Low Places song was released in August 1990 as the first single from his album No Fences. The song spent four weeks at #1 on the Billboard U.S. country singles charts starting October 6, 1990.  This tune also won .. Read More

The Oak Ridge Boys Ozark Mountain Jubilee (Video and Lyrics)

The Oak Ridge Boys Ozark Mountain Jubilee was released in October 1983 as the first single from their album “Deliver”. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country songs chart in 1984.  Watch the music video and check out the written lyrics below. The .. Read More

Willie Nelson Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (video and lyrics)

The Willie Nelson Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain song was released in 1975 on his album Red Headed Stranger.  This tune was originally recorded by several other artists and Willie’s version became the most successful.  Willie Nelson earned his first #1 single as .. Read More

Don McLean American Pie (video and lyrics)

The Don McLean American Pie song was “American Pie” was released on the American Pie album in 1971.  This song was the number-one US hit for four weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart starting January 15, 1972. Don McLean was born October 2, .. Read More

Charlie Pride Kiss an Angel Good Morning (Video and Lyrics)

The Charlie Pride Kiss an Angel Good Morning song was released in October 1971 as the first single from the album Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs.   This was his eighth song to reach number one on the Billboard Country Music charts.   Charlie Pride stopped .. Read More

Ray Charles You are My Sunshine (Live Video and Lyrics)

The Ray Charles You are My Sunshine song was released in 1962 on his album “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume 2“. Ray Charles recorded “You Are My Sunshine” at the Capitol Studios in New York on September 5, 1962. Watch the .. Read More