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1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 990 to 981
Posts By: Steve Crawford
The 1,000 Greatest Songs of the 1960s – 1,000 to 991
a 17-year-old Mary Wells approached Barry Gordy
“Women Walk the Line: How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives” Reviewed
the difficult realities the better sex has in a male dominated culture
Tom Petty’s Fifteen Greatest Songs
The best three minutes and twenty two seconds of his life and sometimes of mine
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2016, Part II
the final entry in my fourteen month project
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2016, Part I
Dust Bowl era
He Floated Away – Grant Hart Remembered
“A man who lived his dreams.”
Best of Chuck Berry, Part III – The Top Ten
Go, Johnny, go.
Best of Chuck Berry, Part II
“He whupped my butt. He said he was king of rock ‘n’ roll. I said I was.”
Best of Chuck Berry, Part I
“Chuck” was dedicated to his wife Themetta “Toddy” Berry
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2015, Part II
How do you define a traditionalist in modern country music – a person who sings about alcohol in terms of heartbreak instead of a good time.
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2015
Finally, a Metallica reference
Glen Campbell Remembered
a pop singer/songwriter core and often lush instrumentation
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2014, Part II
a dire song of romantic rejection
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2014, Part 1
a sharp stick in the eye
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2013
Abandoned
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2012
such a reverence
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2011
You know what they say about people from Oklahoma: They’ll steal your hat and help you look for it.
Country Music History – Essential Release of 2010
written as an email/computer software collaboration
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2009
embracing technological innovations and, gulp, multi-culturalism
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2008
the fairytale embodiment of their most escapist dreams
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2007
a new era of unrepentant country bad girls
Cheap Trick’s We’re All Alright! Reviewed
a raging slab of cathartic goodness
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2006
“it just seemed like a good time to kick it out of the closet.”
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2005
“Bill, you were just licking blood out of my head”
Diesel Island’s Eponymous Debut Album Reviewed
a lot of talent lurking
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2004
her most recognizable song in decades
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2003
Fare thee well, John R. Cash.
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2002
He left such a huge mark on the world
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 2001
a love song of support
Country Music History – Essential Releases from 2000
positively Ramones
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1999
pure aural oatmeal
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1998, Part I
The Dixie Chicks conquer the world
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1998, Part I
The timing was fortuitous for Prine
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1997
both a softer and more tragic reading
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1996, Part II
upping the tempo and giving it a strong fiddle hook
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1996, Part I
feeling “alright” was enough to be a triumph.
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1995, Part II
Twain’s breakthrough hit
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1995, Part I
George plays the raging sexist and Wynette declares that God is a woman
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1994, Part II
the humor shines through
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1994, Part I
It gave Cash a new, younger audience
Country Music History – Essential Recordings of 1993, Part I
Dolly doesn’t question for a second whether the circle will be unbroken
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1992, Part II
No depression
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1992, Part I
DeMent’s declaration to believe in love while alive
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1991, Part II
“I think Buddy Holly would be proud to endorse that song himself.”
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1991, Part I
oh well, whatever
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1990, Part II
Vince Gill dances and then gets sad. Everybody else dies
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1989, Part II
#1 single on the 24th of April in 1989. Whitley gave his last breath on May 9th
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1989, Part I
Commercial instincts
Country Music History – Essential Releases of 1988, Part II
Al late career return
