Happy New Year!
2026 is a very special year for 620 CKRM. The radio station started in Moose Jaw on July 27th, 1926 as 665 CJRM by Manitoba’s J. Richardson Grain Company. In 1928, CJRM moved to 880AM on the dial, moved to Regina in 1933, and bounced between 960AM and 540AM for the next 8 years. In 1940 CJRM became CKRM and moved to the 980AM frequency in 1941. The final move, 980 to 620AM, occurred in 2001. 100 years of personalities, 100 years of music, 100 years of grain prices, 100 years of news stories, and 100 years dedicated to Saskatchewan.
To kick off the milestone year, we played the top 100 greatest country songs in Canada and the United States from the past 100 years on January 1st. With the help of CKRM listeners, this is how our list looked.
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100
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DAVID LEE MURPHY
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Dust On The Bottle
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99
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Jimmie Rodgers
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Blue Yodel #1
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98
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Carroll Baker
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One Is One Too Many
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97
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Hank Williams Jr.
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Family Tradition
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96
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Mercey Brothers
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Who Wrote The Words
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95
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MARTINA MCBRIDE
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Independence Day
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94
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Glen Campbell
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Galveston
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93
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Wilf Carter
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There’s A Bluebird On My Window
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92
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Kris Kristofferson
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Sunday Mornin’ Coming Down
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91
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Don Williams
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Good Ole Boys Like Me
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90
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Michelle Wright
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Take It Like A Man
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89
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DEANA CARTER
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Strawberry Wine
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88
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Charlie Major
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It Can’t Happen To Me
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87
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NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND
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Fishin’ In The Dark
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86
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Paul Brandt
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I Do
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85
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Willie Nelson
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Always On My Mind
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84
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Hank Williams
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Your Cheatin’ Heart
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83
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David Allan Coe
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You Never Even Called Me By My Name
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82
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Carter Family
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Wildwood Flower
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81
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SHANIA TWAIN
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Man! I Feel Like A Woman!
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80
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Ernest Tubb
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Walking the Floor Over You
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79
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George Jones
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The Race Is On
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78
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Merle Haggard
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Okie From Muskogee
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77
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Bobbie Gentry
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Ode to Billie Joe
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76
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TOBY KEITH
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Should’ve Been A Cowboy
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75
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Mel Tillis
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Coca-Cola Cowboy
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74
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Family Brown
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Pioneers
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73
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Lefty Frizzell
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Long Black Veil
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72
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BROOKS & DUNN
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Boot Scootin’ Boogie
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71
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REBA MCENTIRE
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How Blue
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70
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JOE DIFFIE
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John Deere Green
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69
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Rita McNeil
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I’ll Accept The Rose
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68
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DWIGHT YOAKAM
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Guitars, Cadillacs
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67
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Roger Miller
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King Of The Road
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66
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Clint Black
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Killin Time
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65
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Stompin Tom
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Hockey Song
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64
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Vern Gosdin
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Chisled In Stone
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63
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Johnny Cash
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Folsom Prison Blues
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62
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ANNE MURRAY
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Could I have This Dance
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61
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Alan Jackson
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Chattahoochee
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60
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Alabama
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Dixieland Delight
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59
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Gene Autry
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Back in the Saddle Again
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58
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DOLLY PARTON
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9 To 5
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57
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Jimmie Davis
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You are My Sunshine
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56
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Glen Campbell
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Wichita Lineman
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55
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The Judds
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Why Not Me
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54
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Johnny Paycheck
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Take This Job And Shove It
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53
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GARTH BROOKS
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The Dance
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52
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Willie Nelson
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On the Road Again
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51
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Tom T. Hall
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Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine
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50
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Jeannie C. Riley
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Harper Valley PTA
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49
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Johnny Lee
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Lookin for Love
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48
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Eddy Arnold
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Make the World Go Away
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47
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Kitty Wells
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It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
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46
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Hank Snow
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I’m Moving On
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45
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PATSY CLINE
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I Fall To Pieces
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44
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GEORGE JONES
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Golden Ring
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43
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STATLER BROTHERS
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Flowers On The Wall
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42
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ELVIS PRESLEY
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Love Me Tender
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41
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IAN TYSON
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Four Strong Winds
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40
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OAK RIDGE BOYS
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Elvira
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39
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EDDIE RABBITT
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Drivin’ My Life Away
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38
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CW McCAll
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Convoy
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37
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ANNE MURRAY
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Snowbird
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36
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CARTER FAMILY
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Can The Circle Be Unbroken
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35
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GEORGE STRAIT
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Amarillo By Morning
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34
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DOLLY PARTON
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I Will Always Love You
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33
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BUCK OWENS
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Act Naturally
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32
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GEORGE STRAIT
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The Chair
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31
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RONNIE MILSAP
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Smokey Mountain Rain
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30
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GORDON LIGHTFOOT
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Sundown
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29
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LYNN ANDERSON |
Rose Garden
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28
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GLEN CAMPBELL
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Rhinestone Cowboy
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27
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ALABAMA
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Mountain Music
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26
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WAYLON JENNINGS/WILLIE NELSON
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Mamma’s Don’t Let Your Babies
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25
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CHARLEY PRIDE
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Kiss An Angel Good Morning
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24
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JOHNNY CASH & JUNE CARTER
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Jackson
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23
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HANK WILLIAMS Sr
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I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
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22
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KEITH WHITLEY
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I’m No Stranger To The Rain
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21
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HIGHWAYMEN
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Highwayman
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20
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CONWAY TWITTY
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Hello Darlin
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19
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GARTH BROOKS
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Friends In Low Places
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18
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RANDY TRAVIS
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Forever And Ever, Amen
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17
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PATSY CLINE
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Crazy
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16
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CHARLIE RICH
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Behind Closed Doors
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15
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KENNY ROGERS
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The Gambler
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14
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CHARLIE DANIELS BAND
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The Devil Went Down To Georgia
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13
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JOHN DENVER
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Take Me Home, Country Roads
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12
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WAYLON JENNINGS
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Luckenbach Texas
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11
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DOLLY PARTON
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Jolene
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10
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JOHNNY CASH
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I Walk The Line
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9
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FARON YOUNG
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Hello Walls
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8
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MARTY ROBBINS
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El Paso
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7
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TANYA TUCKER
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Delta Dawn
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6
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LORETTA LYNN
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Coal Miners Daughter
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5
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MERLE HAGGARD
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Mama Tried
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4
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KENNY ROGERS/DOLLY PARTON
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Islands In The Stream
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3
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TAMMY WYNETTE
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Stand By Your Man
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2
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JOHNNY CASH
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Ring Of Fire
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1
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George Jones
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He Stopped Loving Her Today
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