TOP 100 COUNTRY/ POP CROSSOVER SONGS. This post: #80-71. Continues: tomorrow.
Caffè Lattè presents:
THE TOP 100
Country🌾Pop Crossover
SONGS
🐄80🫏
GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY
Johnny Cash 1979
Arguably the most important recording artist in the country genre is Johnny Cash. He covered “Ghost Riders In The Sky” for his album ‘Silver’.
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🐄79🫏
KING OF THE ROAD
Roger Miller 1965
“King Of The Road” was an international smash, reaching #1 in Britain. In America, the single peaked at #4 Pop and topped both the Country and Easy Listening Chart.
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🐄78🫏
GIRL CRUSH
Little Big Town 2014
“Girl Crush” collected 2 Grammy Awards, including Best Country Song. The single spent 13 consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Country Chart.
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🐄77🫏
THEME FROM “RAWHIDE”
Frankie Laine 1958
Frankie Laine scored a hit with the theme song from the TV western series “Rawhide”. The television show ran from 1959 to 1966.
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🐄76🫏
ANY DAY NOW
Ronnie Milsap 1982
Ronnie Milsap accumulated 35 Country Chart #1 songs, of which “Any Day Now” is one.
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🐄75🫏
LET ME BE THERE
Olivia Newton-John 1973
Born in England and raised in Australia, Olivia Newton-John broke through in America with a series of country flavoured pop hits. “Let Me Be There” became her first US Top 10 hit and earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocalist.
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🐄74🫏
LUCILLE
Kenny Rogers 1977
“Lucille” spent 2 weeks at #1 on the US Country Chart. The single reached #1 Pop in Britain and Canada.
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🐄73🫏
LANDSLIDE
The Chicks 2002
Written by Stevie Nicks, “Landslide” was recorded by her group Fleetwood Mac on their 1975 eponymous album. In 2002, The Dixie Chicks scored a hit with a country-tinged remake. It reached the Top 10 on both the Pop and Country charts in America and topped the Adult Contemporary Chart.
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🐄72🫏
TAKE YOUR TIME
Sam Hunt 2014
“Take Your Time” remained at #1 for 11 weeks on the Billboard Country Chart. This was one of 3 consecutive #1 songs on that listing from Sam Hunt’s debut album ‘Montevello’.
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🐄71🫏
THAT LOVIN’ YOU FEELIN’ AGAIN
Roy Orbison & Emmylou Harris 1980
A duet recorded by Roy Orbison and Emmylou Harris that was included on the ‘Roadie’ motion picture soundtrack. The collaboration was rewarded with the Grammy for Best Country & Western Performance by a Duo /Group.
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