Random Best Country Songs From 70s (136 items)

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  (#1) Take Me Home Country Roads

  • John Denver

  This 1971 song was a love song to the country and a hit for John Denver
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  (#2) The Devil Went Down to Georgia

  • The Charlie Daniels Band

  This mainstream country hit was a smash with its fiddle-playing for the band in 1979 
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  (#3) Kiss An Angel Good Morning

  • Charley Pride

  The song was a 1971 hit for pride and was inspired by the songwriter Ben Peters' wife and daughter.
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  (#4) The Gambler

  • Kenny Rogers

  Kenny Rogers recorded this hit in 1978 two years after it had been recorded by Bon Schlitz but failed to make a mark on the public.
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  (#5) Good Hearted Woman

  • Willie Nelson

  The song inspired by Ike and Tina Turner was done as a duet by Willie Nelson and Waylon Jenninings in 1976.
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  (#6) Hello Darlin

  • Conway Twitty

  This 1970 hit for Conway Twitty spent a month at #1 and is in the grammy hall of fame.
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  (#7) Coal Miner’s Daughter

  • Loretta Lynn

  This 1970 tune is Loretta Lynn's biography set to music.
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  (#8) Jolene (Originally Performed By Dolly Parton)

  • It's a Cover Up
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  (#9) Rhinestone Cowboy

  • Glen Campbell

  This 1975 hit for Campbell was a song about Broadway stars and musicians.
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  (#10) I Will Always Love You

  • Dolly Parton

  Dolly's goodbye song to former partner Porter Wagoner as she left to pursue a successful solo career. A country classic from 1974 
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  (#11) Delta Dawn

  • Tanya Tucker
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  (#12) Behind Closed Doors

  • Charlie Rich

  Some people might not like PDA but what goes on behind close doors is sacred.
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  (#13) Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys

  • Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
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  (#14) Rose Garden

  • Lynn Anderson

  Lynn Anderson
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  (#15) Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man

  • Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn

  This '70s tune is about two people who come from different places but find themselves to be perfect together.
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  (#16) Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

  A sorrowful song about love gone wrong by Crystal Gayle in 1977
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  (#17) Thank God I'm a Country Boy

  • John Denver

  This upbeat tune was a hit for John Denver in 1975
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  (#18) Convoy

  • C.W. McCall

  This 1975 song was a smash hit for McCall and inspired a Kris Kristofferson movie
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  (#19) The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

  • Vicki Lawrence

  This 1973 song was a hit for Vicki Lawrence
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  (#20) You Never Even Called Me by My Name

  • David Allan Coe
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  (#21) Here You Come Again

  • Dolly Parton

  This 1977 song was a country hit for Dolly Parton
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  (#22) Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)

  • Waylon Jennings
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  (#23) It Must Be Love

  • Don Williams

  Don Williams song about coming to recognize a feeling of love.
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  (#24) Southern Nights

  • Glen Campbell

  This 1977 Glen Campbell song was written by Alan Toussaint
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  (#25) Rose Colored Glasses

  • John Conlee

  The 1978 was the first hit for John Conlee and peaked at #5 on the charts. It went onto launch his career.
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  (#26) Always on My Mind

  • Willie Nelson
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  (#27) Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me

  • Mac Davis

  This 1972 song was a hit for Mac Davis
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  (#28) You've Never Been This Far Before

  • Conway Twitty

  This romantic song is a Conway Twitty classic
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  (#29) Here You Come Again

  • Dolly Parton
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  (#30) You Needed Me

  • Ann Murray

  This song was a hit for Ann Murray in 1978 and was also recoreded by Tammy Wynette
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  (#31) The Grand Tour

  • George Jones

  George Jones', The Grand Tour, reached #1 in 1974 becoming his 5th chart topping single.
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  (#32) Annie's Song (acoustic mix)

  • John Denver

  This song was a hit for John Denver in 1974
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  (#33) Coat of Many Colors

  • Dolly Parton
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  (#34) Family Tradition

  • Hank Williams, Jr.
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  (#35) Pure Love

  • Ronnie Milsap

  From Ronnie Milsap this song is a playful and devout love song.
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  (#36) My Woman, My Woman, My Wife

  • Marty Robbins

  This Marty Robbins song is about a man and how special his wife is.
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  (#37) Let Me Be There

  • Olivia Newton-John

  1973 hit for Olivia Newton-John
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  (#38) Country Bumpkin

  • Cal Smith

  This #1 hit from 1974 received Song of the Year Awards from both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association.
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  (#39) (I'm A) Ramblin' Man

  • Waylon Jennings
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  (#40) What a Difference You've Made in My Life

  A song about a woman who restores love
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  (#41) 'Til I Can Make It On My Own

  • Tammy Wynette
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  (#42) You Light Up My Life

  • Debby Boone

  1977 song from Debbie Boone that won an academy award
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  (#43) Funny Face

  • Donna Fargo

  This Donna Fargo song is a love letter to her funny-faced country man
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  (#44) You Decorated My Life

  • Kenny Rogers

  This Kenny Rogers song is a declarative song of absolute love about a man who was lost until his woman decorated his life.
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  (#45) Always Wanting You

  • Merle Haggard
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  (#46) Before The Next Teardrop Falls

  • Freddy Fender

  This record was both a number one country record and reached #1 on the Hot 100 in 1975.
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  (#47) Making Believe

  • Emmilou Harris
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  (#48) Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain

  • Willie Nelson
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  (#49) Golden Ring

  • George Jones, Tammy Wynette
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  (#50) Would You Lay With Me (in a Field of Stone)

  • Tanya Tucker

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