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Paul Gambaccini 鈥� America鈥檚 Greatest Country Hits

Paul presents America鈥檚 greatest country hits from past and present US charts and adapts some of the regular features from his weekly Radio 2 programme.

Paul presents America鈥檚 greatest country hits from past and present US charts and adapts some of the regular features from his weekly Radio 2 programme. 鈥業t鈥檚 Not The Same Old Song鈥� highlights 鈥楪one鈥� by Ferlin Husky and a different song with the same title by Montgomery Gentry. Paul celebrates the birthday this week of Jimmy Fortune of The Statler Brothers by playing the group鈥檚 1983 country hit 鈥楨lizabeth鈥�.

鈥楾he Other Number Ones鈥� are records that reached the top of the American chart in Cash Box magazine, but not in the Hot 100 of the other US chart publication Billboard. This show鈥檚 examples are country records by Darrell Glenn and Linda Ronstadt. Country number ones from this week in history are featured by Johnny Cash (鈥楧on鈥檛 Take Your Guns To Town鈥� from 1959) and Randy Travis (鈥楬ard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart鈥� from 1990).

There is also a selection of the week鈥檚 best-selling country singles, plus tracks from albums in the country chart.

1 hour

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Sun 13 Mar 2016 14:00
Radio 2 Country

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Music Played

  • George Jones & Tammy Wynette

    Golden Ring

    • Stand By Your Man - The Best Of Tammy Wynette.
    • SONY/BMG.
    • 16.

  • Thomas Rhett

    Die A Happy Man

    • Tangled Up.
    • Valory.
    • 4.

  • The Statler Brothers

    Elizabeth

    • An American Legend.
    • POLYGRAM SPECIAL MARKETS.
    • 2.

  • Garth Brooks

    Ain't Going Down (Til The Sun Comes Up)

    • The Ultimate Hits.
    • PEARL RECORDS, INC./SONY/BMG.
    • 1.

  • Little Big Town

    Girl Crush

    • Pain Killer.
    • Capital Records Nashville.
    • 5.

  • Ferlin Husky

    Gone

    • Capitol Country Music Classics 1950鈥檚.
    • CAPITOL/EMI.
    • 24.

  • Montgomery Gentry

    Gone

    • You Do Your Thing.
    • COLUMBIA/SONY/BMG.
    • 6.

  • The SteelDrivers

    Long Way Down

    • The Muscle Shoals Recordings.
    • ROUNDER.
    • 5.

  • Jason Isbell

    24 Frames

    • Something More Than Free.
    • THIRTY TIGERS/SOUTHEASTERN RECORDS.
    • 2.

  • Darrell Glenn

    Crying In The Chapel

    • Roots Of Elvis.
    • REV-OLA 99.
    • 5.

  • Linda Ronstadt

    When Will I Be Loved

    • Greatest Hits.
    • ASYLUM.
    • 8.

  • Glen Campbell

    I'm Not Gonna Miss You

    • I鈥檒l Be Me Soundtrack.
    • BIG MACHINE RECORDS.
    • 1.

  • Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell

    Dueling Banjos

    • American Roots The Essential Album.
    • MANTECA.
    • 1.

  • Chris Stapleton

    Traveller

    • Traveller.
    • Mercury Nashville.
    • 1.

  • Johnny Cash

    Don't Take Your Guns To Town

    • Man In Black - The Very Best Of Johnny Cash.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 11.

  • Randy Travis

    Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart

    • No Holdin鈥� Back.
    • WARNER BROS. RECORDS.
    • 9.

  • Maren Morris

    My Church

    • Download EP: Maren Morris.
    • COLUMBIA NASHVILLE.
    • 1.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 10 Mar 2016 22:00
    Radio 2 Country
  • Sun 13 Mar 2016 14:00
    Radio 2 Country

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