100 Hits: Country

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rose Garden
cover recording of:
Rose Garden (in 1970)
lyricist and composer:
Joe South
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Lynn Anderson4.152:51
2Ghost Riders in the Sky
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1979-03-27)
producer:
Brian Ahern
banjo [banjo-lute] and mandocello:
Bob Johnson (American banjo player from Chattanooga, Tennessee) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
electric bass guitar:
Marshall Grant (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
electric guitar:
Bob Wootton (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
fiddle:
Ricky Skaggs (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
French horn:
Jack Hale (trombone) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Bob Lewin (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Jack Clement (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Jerry Hensley (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Jack Routh (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
hammered dulcimer:
Alisa Jones (US hammered dulcimer player) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
percussion:
Mark Morris (drummer & percussionist) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
piano:
Earl Poole Ball (US country pianist) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
trumpet:
Jack Hale (trombone) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Bob Lewin (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04), Johnny Cash (country music legend) (from 1979-02 until 1979-04) and Jan Howard (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1979) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1979)
cover recording of:
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend (from 1979-02 until 1979-04)
lyricist and composer:
Stan Jones (US songwriter and actor “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky”) (on 1948-06-05)
publisher:
Prophecies Publishing, Revega Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
version of:
Spookrijder in de nacht
cover recording of:
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky: A Cowboy Legend (on 1979-03-27)
lyricist and composer:
Stan Jones (US songwriter and actor “(Ghost) Riders in the Sky”) (on 1948-06-05)
publisher:
Prophecies Publishing, Revega Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
version of:
Spookrijder in de nacht
Johnny Cash4.253:47
3Me and Bobby McGee
recording of:
Me and Bobby McGee
lyricist and composer:
Fred Foster and Kris Kristofferson
publisher:
Combine Music Corp., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Songs Ltd. and Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
Kris Kristofferson4:11
4Take Me Home Country Roads
recorded at:
Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, California, United States (from 1974-08 until 1974-09)
live recording of:
Take Me Home, Country Roads (from 1974-08 until 1974-09)
anthem of:
West Virginia, United States
writer:
Bill Danoff, John Denver and Taffy Nivert
publisher:
BMG Ruby Songs, Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Dino Park Publishing, JD Legacy Publishing, My Pop’s Songs, Reservoir Media Music and Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc. (in 1971)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)
John Denver3:11
5I’m on My Way Home Again
The Everly Brothers2:21
6Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight
producer:
Brian Ahern
produced for:
Happy Sack Productions
recording of:
Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight
lyricist and composer:
Donivan Cowart and Rodney Crowell
publisher:
Drunk Monkey Music and Jolly Cheeks Music (publisher)
Rodney Crowell3:25
7My Tennessee Mountain Home
engineer:
Lee Herschberg and Donn Landee
producer:
Joe Boyd (US producer, founder of Hannibal Records) and Lenny Waronker
mixer:
Lee Herschberg
acoustic guitar:
David Nichtern and Clarence White (US bluegrass and country-rock guitarist)
bass guitar:
Chris Ethridge
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
mandolin:
David Grisman
violin:
Richard Greene (US fiddler)
background vocals:
Ellen Kearney, Maria Muldaur and Greg Prestopino
vocals:
Maria Muldaur
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint)
mixed at:
Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, a/k/a Amigo Studios) in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
cover recording of:
My Tennessee Mountain Home (1973 Dolly Parton song)
lyricist and composer:
Dolly Parton
publisher:
Owepar Publishing Co. Inc. and Velvet Apple Music
Maria Muldaur3:31
8Do It in a Heartbeat
Carlene Carter3:30
9Real Deal
George Jones3:24
10That’s What You Do When You’re in Love
The Forester Sisters3:06
11Whiskey River
cover recording of:
Whiskey River
writer:
J.B. Shinn III and Paul Stroud
Willie Nelson3.754:04
12Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1975), Capitol Records, LLC (not for release label use! fka Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) (in 1976), Liberty Records (a division of Capitol Records, Inc. since 1980 – not for release label use, but for copyrights and record company credits only) (in 1976) and Capitol Nashville (in 1977, in 1979)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1978 (number: 71)
cover recording of:
Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
lyricist and composer:
Richard Leigh (American country music songwriter and singer)
publisher:
EMI Catalogue Partnership Australia Pty Ltd, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI U Catalog Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and EMI United Partnership Ltd.
Crystal Gayle4.42:34
13Della and the Dealer
recording of:
Della and the Dealer
lyricist and composer:
Hoyt Axton
Hoyt Axton43:25
14Be My Baby Tonight
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1994) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1994)
recording of:
Be My Baby Tonight
writer:
Richard Fagan (Country songwriter) and Ed Hill (country music songwriter)
John Michael Montgomery42:49
15Beyond the Blue
Beth Nielsen Chapman4:56
16Crystal Chandeliers
recording of:
Crystal Chandeliers (1965 song)
lyricist and composer:
Ted Harris (US Rockabilly/Country artist Theodore Clifford Harris)
Charley Pride42:50
17Desperados Waiting for a Train
recording of:
Desperados Waiting for the Train
lyricist and composer:
Guy Clark
publisher:
Chappell, Chappell Music (UK), Sunbury Music, Inc. (ASCAP) and World Song Publishing
Guy Clark4:33
18Tennessee River
recording of:
Tennessee River
lyricist and composer:
Randy Owen
Alabama3:03
19My Dixie Darlin’
accordion:
Phil Parlapiano
acoustic guitar and banjo:
Howie Epstein
acoustic guitar [acoustic lead guitar] and resonator guitar [dobro]:
James Burton (guitarist)
bass guitar [bass]:
John Ciambotti
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner
piano:
Benmont Tench
background vocals:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter), Carlene Carter and Nicolette Larson
lead vocals:
Carlene Carter
recording of:
Dixie Darling
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15143)
Carlene Carter2:38
20Danger of a Stranger
Stella Parton2:35
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part of:100 Hits (UK Demon Music Group) (number: 8) (order: 40)