Songs from the 50s
This 1951 hit from Hank Williams is called Hey Good...
What is Hey Good Lookin’
This is the year Patsy Cline died.
What is 1963?
March 5, 1963: Patsy Cline dies in a plane crash. Two days earlier, on March 3, 1963, she had performed what would become her final shows.
Released in 1968, this Loretta Lynn song is called Fist....
What is Fist City?
The year Charley Pride first performed at the Grand Ole Opry.
What is 1967?
Jan. 7, 1967: Charley Pride becomes first African-American singer to play the Grand Ole Opry. Pride was only the second Black performer to play at the Opry, following harmonica player DeFord Bailey, who appeared at the Grand Ole Opry from 1927 to 1941.
This is one of Kenny Rogers most well known songs it called The...
What is The Gambler?
This love song to June Carter is a classic '50s hit from Johnny Cash that is stark, epic, and lovelorn. It’s called I Walk ...
What is I Walk The Line
The year that Dolly Parton, and Porter Wagoner ended their professional partnership.
1974
Feb 19 1974: Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner end their professional partnership, after more than seven years together. Parton was a mainstay on Wagoner's TV variety show, and the pair recorded several albums together as well. To wish Wagoner farewell, Parton penned the iconic song "I Will Always Love You," which hit No. 1 in June of 1974.
This is probably Nancy Sinatra’s best known song. recorded in 1966, it’s called These Boots...
What is These Boots Are Made For Walkin’?
The year that a woman was the first to win Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards.
What is 1972?
Oct. 16, 1972: Loretta Lynn is named Entertainer of the Year at the CMA Awards -- the first woman to win the honor. She beat out Merle Haggard, Freddie Hart, Charley Pride and Jerry Reed to take home the trophy; it was another six years until another woman, Dolly Parton, won Entertainer of the Year, in 1978.
This 1978 John Denver song is called Thank God I’m...
What is Thank God I’m A Country Boy?
This 1950s hit from Patsy Cline peaked at #2 on the charts and essentially launched her storied country career. It’s entitled Walkin’ After....
What is Walkin’ After Midnight
The year the Grand Ole Opry began.
What is 1925?
This is the best known song from The Everly Brothers, released in 1960. It’s called Cathy’s...
What is Cathy’s Clown?
The year Kitty Wells was the first woman to have a No. 1 country single.
What is 1952?
Kitty Wells made history as the first woman to have a No. 1 country single with her 1952 breakout hit “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels.” Controversial and searing, the song was a response to Hank Thompson’s “Wild Side of Life” and set the trend for answer songs.
This 1979 Johnny Cash song is called (Ghost) Riders...
What is (Ghost) Riders in the Sky?
A 1958 Don Gibson hit that would go on to be re-recorded by other like Ray Charles. It‘s called Oh Lonesome...
What is Oh Lonesome Me?
The year the first honorees were inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame.
What is 1961?
Nov. 3, 1961: Hank Williams, Fred Rose and Jimmie Rodgers are inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The three men, all posthumously inducted, were the Hall of Fame's first class of honorees.
This well known song of Dolly Parton’s is one of her favourites. It is called Coat of...
What is Coat of Many Colours.
The year Conway Twitty scored his first number 1 country song.
What is 1968?
Nov. 2, 1968: Conway Twitty scores his first No. 1 country song, "Next in Line." The singer had previously released several non-country albums and earned a No. 1 single on the pop charts with "It's Only Make Believe," but with "Next in Line," Twitty found his home in country music.
This 1975 song from Glen Campbell is called Rhinestone...
What is Rhinestone Cowboy?
A 1950 hit by Patty Page that would become that state's official song in the 1960s. It’s entitled Tennessee...
What is Tennessee Waltz?
The year Tammy Wynette hit No. 1 with D-I-V-O-R-C-E
What is 1968.
June 29, 1968: Tammy Wynette hits No. 1 with "D-I-V-O-R-C-E." It was the third straight Wynette solo single to hit No. 1 on the country charts, and it also crossed over to the Billboard pop charts, peaking at No. 63.
1968 country hit by Tammy Wynette is the ultimate song about being there for your man. It’s called Stand By....
What is Stand By Your Man?
The year of the first commercial recording of the first country song with vocals and lyrics.
What is 1923?
Fiddlin' John Carson with "Little Log Cabin in the Lane" for Okeh Records on June 14, 1923
This 1974 song from Dolly Parton is just one word, and it is a woman‘s name.
What is Jolene?