I didn't think the list on the OP's video was too awful bad. I would agree with some of the comments Dixie Chicks are really not quite in the same category as most of the others. the best country songs are sang by artists that more or less lived that version of the song. they naturally put an emotion into it they never even realize..
Here's a list: more based on how important the artist was in country music, and also sort of chronological, so number 1 is the earliest and not necessarily the best. These are mostly earlier performers because I'm most familiar with them. The actual songs are what I consider some of the best and most representative work by that artist. All of these songs are on YouTube.
1. Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel #5 2. The Carter Family - Keep on the Sunny Side 3. Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues 4. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues 5. Patsy Cline - Crazy 6. George Jones - A Girl I used to Know 7. Merle Haggard - Branded Man 8. Willie Nelson - Hello Walls 9. Waylon Jennings - Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way 10. Hank Williams Jr - A Country Boy Can Survive
Is anybody goin' to San Antone. I drove the big rig through San Antonio more than 400 times. Rolling west on I 10, take a left on I 35. Every time, this classic by Charlie Pride was running through my head.
I cannot understand why anyone would pick a Johnny Cash record as number one. He could not sing worth a crap.
Sacrilege !!!
kwg
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