The Grand Ole Opry is celebrating its 100th birthday all year.
And one of the ways is by compiling the ultimate playlist of the 100 Best Country Music Songs of All Time.
Now it wants fans to help decided which of those 100 is the top country song of all time. And you can weigh in!
The Grand Ole Opry Reveals Country’s 100 Top Songs
The Opry released it’s list in six sections over the summer. The songs were divided by era, with list one featuring 18 classics from the 1930’s through the 1960’s.
List two featured 19 songs from the 1970’s, list three focused on 80’s country, with the 19 songs that defined the era.
The fourth took on the golden age of 90’s country with 17 more songs added to the list.
The fifth list added 14 more songs from the turn of the century, 2000-2010, and the sixth list topped it off with the last 11 songs from artists that own the country airwaves right now.
But while the songs were divided era, the Opry did not assign each song a ranking of 1-100. And that’s where you come in.
Fans Get to Pick the Number One Country Song of All Time
The Grand Ole Opry is asking die-hard country fans to make a tough choice- to pick which of those 100 songs that made the Opry’s list is the greatest of them all.
Fans can vote for one song per day now through November 10th here.
Here is the complete list of 100 that you have to choose from:
Your Cheatin’ Heart – Hank Williams / Ashley McBryde
El Paso – Marty Robbins & Marty Stuart
Crazy – Patsy Cline
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
Coal Miner’s Daughter – Loretta Lynn
Kiss an Angel Good Morning – Charley Pride / Darius Rucker
I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton ft. Patty Loveless & Marty Stuart
The Gambler – Don Schlitz ft. Vince Gill
The Devil Went Down to Georgia – The Charlie Daniels Band
Elvira – The Oak Ridge Boys
Tennessee Whiskey – George Jones / Chris Stapleton / Luke Combs
He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones & Alan Jackson
I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool – Barbara Mandrell / Kelsea Ballerini
Forever and Ever, Amen – Randy Travis
Don’t Close Your Eyes – Keith Whitley
Fancy – Reba McEntire
Chattahoochee – Alan Jackson
Go Rest High on That Mountain – Vince Gill ft. Patty Loveless
Jesus Take the Wheel – Carrie Underwood
Mama Don’t Keep / Will the Circle Be Unbroken – Old Crow Medicine Show, Dom Flemons, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
Springsteen – Eric Church
Wagon Wheel – Old Crow Medicine Show / Darius Rucker
Something in the Water – Carrie Underwood
Blue Ain’t Your Color – Keith Urban
God’s Country – Blake Shelton
‘Til You Can’t – Cody Johnson
Watermelon Moonshine – Lainey Wilson
A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey
You Look Like You Love Me – Ella Langley & Riley Green
I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack
Austin – Blake Shelton
Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning – Alan Jackson
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere – Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
American Soldier – Toby Keith
Remember When – Alan Jackson
Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw
Whiskey Lullaby – Brad Paisley & Alison Krauss
Believe – Brooks & Dunn
Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood
In Color – Jamey Johnson
Troubadour – George Strait
Need You Now – Lady A
Love Can Build a Bridge – The Judds
Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks
When I Call Your Name – Vince Gill
The Dance – Garth Brooks
She’s in Love with the Boy – Trisha Yearwood
Neon Moon – Brooks & Dunn
Is There Life Out There – Reba McEntire
I Cross My Heart – George Strait
Boot Scootin’ Boogie – Brooks & Dunn
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia – Reba McEntire
Should’ve Been a Cowboy – Toby Keith
Does He Love You – Reba McEntire & Linda Davis
Independence Day – Martina McBride
Amarillo By Morning – George Strait
Pancho and Lefty – Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard
God Bless the USA – Lee Greenwood
The Chair – George Strait
Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes – George Jones
Grandpa (Tell Me ‘Bout the Good Old Days) – The Judds
Fishin’ in the Dark – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
All My Ex’s Live in Texas – George Strait
On the Road Again – Willie Nelson
Smoky Mountain Rain – Ronnie Milsap
9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool – Barbara Mandrell
Always on My Mind – Willie Nelson
Mountain Music – Alabama
Islands in the Stream – Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Harper Valley PTA – Jeannie C. Riley
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
Rocky Top – The Osborne Brothers
Stand By Your Man – Tammy Wynette
Mama Tried – Merle Haggard
You Ain’t Woman Enough – Loretta Lynn
Once a Day – Connie Smith
Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
Sweet Dreams – Patsy Cline
I Fall to Pieces – Patsy Cline
Walking After Midnight – Patsy Cline
I Walk the Line – Johnny Cash
Wabash Cannonball – Roy Acuff
Will the Circle Be Unbroken – The Carter Family
For the Good Times – Ray Price
Sunday Morning Coming Down – Johnny Cash
Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
Kiss an Angel Good Morning – Charley Pride
Delta Dawn – Tanya Tucker
Jolene – Dolly Parton
Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
The Grand Tour – George Jones
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain – Willie Nelson
Rhinestone Cowboy – Glen Campbell
Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue – Crystal Gayle
Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
Family Tradition – Hank Williams Jr.
Silver Wings – Merle Haggard
The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
Opry 100 CD Features 20 of Opry’s Best
The Opry is also releasing “Opry 100: Country’s Greatest Songs,” a double album featuring 20 of the songs on the list- some the original and some unique reboots.
Here’s a sneak peek at the playlist:
Disc 1
- Your Cheatin’ Heart – Ashley McBryde
- El Paso – Marty Robbins & Marty Stuart
- Crazy – Patsy Cline
- Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
- Coal Miner’s Daughter – Loretta Lynn
- Kiss an Angel Good Morning – Darius Rucker
- I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton ft. Patty Loveless & Marty Stuart
- The Gambler – Don Schlitz ft. Vince Gill
- The Devil Went Down to Georgia – The Charlie Daniels Band
- Elvira – The Oak Ridge Boys
- Tennessee Whiskey – Luke Combs
Disc 2
- He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones & Alan Jackson
- I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool – Kelsea Ballerini
- Forever and Ever, Amen – Randy Travis
- Don’t Close Your Eyes – Keith Whitley
- Fancy – Reba McEntire
- Chattahoochee – Alan Jackson
- Go Rest High on That Mountain – Vince Gill ft. Patty Loveless
- Jesus Take the Wheel – Carrie Underwood
- Mama Don’t Keep / Will the Circle Be Unbroken – Old Crow Medicine Show, Dom Flemons, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle
“Opry 100: Country’s Greatest Songs” drops November 7. You can pre-order a cd or album here.
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What’s the Greatest Country Song of All Time? You Decide!