Saturday, April 08, 2023

Top 30 Women/Albums/Tracks of Country Music (Poll)

Here's another Poll I participated in, my Top 30 Women/Songs of Country Music.  This list could've gone on forever, so there were the usual painful cuts made getting to a Top 30.  I could've gone the unranked route with my picks, but decided for this poll I would submit a ranked list. 

1.  Dolly Parton
2.  Loretta Lynn
3.  Patsy Cline
4.  Tammy Wynette
5.  Carter Family
6.  Miranda Lambert
7.  Emmylou Harris
8.  Rosanne Cash
9.  Kitty Wells
10.  Tanya Tucker
11.  Shania Twain
12.  The Chicks
13.  Judds
14.  Patty Loveless
15.  Linda Ronstadt
16.  Reba McEntire
17.  Alison Krauss
18.  Kacey Musgraves
19.  Lucinda Williams
20.  Trisha Yearwood
21.  Barbara Mandrell
22.  Anne Murray
23.  Brenda Lee
24.  Crystal Gayle
25.  Iris DeMent
26.  Martina McBride
27.  Bobbie Gentry
28.  Lee Ann Womack
29.  Carrie Underwood
30.  K.T. Oslin

30 Albums
For this list I went with the unranked route.  Just 30 albums that I've always loved.  Usual caveat: list is missing many, many albums.

Alison Krauss - I've Got That Old Feeling
Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe
Chicks - Fly
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt - Trio
Emmylou Harris - Pieces Of The Sky
Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
Iris DeMent - Infamous Angel
Judds - Why Not Me
K.D. Lang - Absolute Torch and Twang
K.T. Oslin - 80's Ladies
Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
Linda Martell - Color Me Country
Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like A Wheel
Lone Justice - s/t
Loretta Lynn - Writes 'Em and 'Sings Em 
Lucinda Williams - s/t
Mandy Barnett - I've Got A Right To Cry
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On Come On
Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Patty Loveless - Mountain Soul
Patsy Cline - Showcase
Pistol Annies - Hell On Heels
Reba McEntire - Whoever's In New England
Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache
Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through The Night
Shania Twain - Come On Over
Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man
Tanya Tucker - Would You Lay With Me
Trisha Yearwood - Hearts In Armor

30 Tracks
For this list I went with the unranked route.  Just 30 songs that I've always loved.  Usual caveat: list is missing many, many songs. 

Anne Murray - Snowbird
Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe
Carter Family - Wildwood Flower
Chicks - Cowboy Take Me Away
Crystal Gayle - Don't It Make Your Brown Eyes Blue
Deana Carter - Strawberry Wine
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA
K.T. Oslin - 80's Ladies
Iris DeMent - Our Town
Judds - Why Not Me
Kacey Musgraves - Slow Burn
Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance
Linda Ronstadt - When Will I Be Loved
Lone Justice - Ways To Be Wicked
Loretta Lynn - Fist City
Lucinda Williams - Side Of The Road
Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden
Patsy Cline - Crazy
Patty Loveless - How Can I Help You Say Goodbye
Martina McBride - Independence Day
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene
Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache
Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through The Night
Shania Twain - Any Man Of Mine
Skeeter Davis - End Of The World
Tanya Tucker - Delta Dawn
Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man
Trisha Yearwood - She's In Love With The Boy
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