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George Jones – He Stopped Loving Her Today
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Written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman, Jones released this song in April 1980 as the lead single from the album “I Am What I Am.”
The song’s slow tempo and melancholic vibe
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Beres Hammond – He Stopped Loving Her Today
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[Verse 1] / He said, "I'll love you 'til I die" / She told him, "you'll forget in time" / As the years went slowly by / She still preyed upon his mind / He kept her picture on his
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Johnny Cash – He Stopped Loving Her Today
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Cover of the song written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman, first made famous by George Jones.
Cash and Jones singing together on one of their many duets:
https://www.youtube.
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Jessica Chastain & Michael Shannon – He Stopped Loving Her Today
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[Verse 1] / He said, "I'll love you til I die" / She told him, "You'll forget in time" / As the years went slowly by / She still preyed upon his mind / He kept her picture on his
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LeAnn Rimes – He Stopped Loving Her Today
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Cover of the song written by Bobby Braddock and Curly Putman, first made famous by George Jones.
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George Jones – I’m a Fool for Loving Her
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How can you say I want you and keep on giving more / You know where I'm going when I walk out the door / She wraps me 'round her finger as any fool can see / But I'm a fool for
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George Jones – A Hard Act to Follow
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[Verse 1] / Well, I can see you're advertisin' / 'Cause you keep givin' me the eye / It won't take long to tell you in my song / I want to be with you tonight / I've been battlin
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George Jones – His Lovin’ Her Is Gettin’ in My Way
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[Verse 1] / His name is on my mailbox where mine was yesterday / His face is in the mirror where I once used to shave / His clothes are in my closet, his car's in my driveway / And
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George Jones – I’m the One She Missed Him With Today
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[Verse 1] / Tonight when they lay down, she'll have a migraine / And he'll massage her neck the usual way / She'll tell him how she missed him all day long / But I'm the one she'll
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Jerry Reed – The Bird
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[Verse 1] / Well my throat was dry and it was a-gettin' late / And I was at this bar on an interstate / When a guy with this bird on his shoulder walked through the door, yeah / He
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Scott Ballew – Country Song
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[Verse 1] / 2 PM at Chuck E Cheese / A draft beer and a divorcee / If ski ball tickets could pay the bills / And whack-a-mole could crush my pills / Be a pretty good life, I’d say
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George Jones – Still Doin' Time
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Released in 1981 as the first single off of Still the Same Ole Me, “Still Doin' Time” is the legendary artist’s eighth number one single.
While The Possum’s life was plagued by
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George Jones – Brother to the Blues
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[Verse 1] / You and I don't need an introduction / Neither one of us has that much to lose / 'Cause you're just a sister to satisfaction / And I'm just a brother to the blues / [
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George Jones – If Drinkin' Don’t Kill Me (Her Memory Will)
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Released as the third single from I Am What I Am, “If Drinking Don’t Kill Me (Her Memory Will)” peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in January 1981.
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George Jones – I'm Not Ready Yet
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[Verse] / I've always said someday I was gonna leave you / Some April when all the land is wet / Some spring, summer, fall or maybe winter / I'll leave someday, but I'm not ready
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George Jones – The Ghost of Another Man
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He's living in that big old house / That he knows was built by me / He's playing with the baby / That belongs to her and me / At night he loves a woman / That was held by these two
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Blake Shelton (Ft. George Jones & John Anderson) – The Last Country Song
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[Verse 1] / There a roadhouse just outside of town on a two-lane blacktop / Where all the folks come to hear country music play / And every year the city's getting closer, Lord
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Becky Hobbs – Jones on the Jukebox
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“Jones on the Jukebox” is on Becky’s album, All Keyed Up. It peaked at #31 on the US country charts.
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George Jones – Bone Dry
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[Verse 1] / Baby wants me to go cold turkey, bone dry / No Jack Daniels, no Jim Beam whiskey, bone dry / No stoppin' after work for a beer with the guys / Nothin' in the mornin' to
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George Jones – It’s All In My Mind
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I just turned out the lights upstairs / I told you good night once again / Oh, but I did not hear it, you whisper a word / You must be sleepin' so I won't come in / I told the kids
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George Jones – The Hardest Part of All
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The fear of losing you somehow yet in my mind, still lingers / Tomorrow will not seem so close to gettin' us today / I'm holding on but I can feel you darlin' slippin' through my
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George Jones – I’ve Aged Twenty Years in Five
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[Verse 1] / As I look in the mirror this morning / On some dirty old restroom wall / It took a while to realize it's really me there inside / 'Cause I've aged twenty years in five
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George Jones – Among The Few
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We don't need no great big house on a hill top / Just a share croppers shack by a railroad track / And a well in the back will do / Though few may find this kind of love / Was
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George Jones – Am I Losing Your Memory or Mine?
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[Verse 1] / Did I wake up this morning thinking of you? / Am I losing your memory or mine? / Do I remember makin' coffee for two? / Am I losing your memory or mine? / [Chorus] / I
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The 50 Best Country Songs of All Time
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This thread is a discussion on building a Country Genius list page on what we think are the 50 best country songs of all time.
Please submit your song titles, and include the artist name and your first cut at its rank order on the the list. This effort will take us some time, so be patient. We’ll periodically include a list-in-progress to make it easier to comment.
For starters, just give us your best candidates.
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Rolling Stone – 100 Greatest Country Songs Of All Time
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Taken from the June 2014 issue of Rolling Stone Magazine
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George Jones – God’s Country
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State trooper thinks I drive too fast / Pulled me over to tell me so / I say out here on the prarie / Any speed is too slow / I miss Brooklyn, I miss my crew / Let's start over, I
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Country Genius – The 100 Best Country Songs Of All Time
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This ranking of country songs represents the opinions of the Genius country music com-munity. But what exactly does “best” mean? Unlike a list of best selling songs, this list is
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George Jones – The Door
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I've heard the sound of my dear old mama crying / And the sound of the train that took me off to war / The awful sound of a thousand bombs exploding / And I wondered if I could
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Drive-By Truckers – George Jones Talkin' Cell Phone Blues
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You were talkin' on that cellphone / Drivin' your Mercedes way too fast / All of a sudden there was just dial tone / You hit the pylons on the overpass / And your whole life passed
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SiriusXM – Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time (2022)
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1000. Alan Jackson - Country Boy / 999. Greater Bakersfield Show Interview (w/ Dwight Yoakam & Dave Alvin) / 998. The Oak Ridge Boys - Trying To Love Two Women / 997. Chris Cagle
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George Jones – Today I Started Loving You Again
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Today I started loving you again / I'm right back where I've really always been / I got over you just long enough to let my heartache mend / Then today I started lovin' you again
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George Jones – These Days (I Barely Get By)
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[Verse 1] / I woke up this morning aching with pain / Don't think I can work, but I'll try / The car's in the shop, so I thumbed all the way / Oh, these days I barely get by / [
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