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Re: A forgotten #1 hit from 1980

> It may have hit #1 on country but it didn't even chart on
> the Hot 100, so I would only expect "classic country"
> stations to play it.
>
> I'm a country fan myself, but that song never did anything
> for me.>>

A number of surveys over the years ranked this the #1 country song of all times, but I never heard it on a non-country station, or on contemporary country radio in many years. I believe it was the #1 country song in both 1980 and 1981.
 
Re: A forgotten #1 hit from 1980

> > It may have hit #1 on country but it didn't even chart on
> > the Hot 100, so I would only expect "classic country"
> > stations to play it.
> >
> > I'm a country fan myself, but that song never did anything
>
> > for me.>>
>
> A number of surveys over the years ranked this the #1
> country song of all times, but I never heard it on a
> non-country station, or on contemporary country radio in
> many years. I believe it was the #1 country song in both
> 1980 and 1981.
>
I saw a show in Branson a few years ago of the top 100 songs of all times, and "He Stopped Loving Her Today" was indeed the number one song! But it wasn't a crossover hit. Sadly, a good portion of today's country listeners probably don't even know who George Jones is.
 
Re: A forgotten #1 hit from 1980

> I saw a show in Branson a few years ago of the top 100 songs
> of all times, and "He Stopped Loving Her Today" was indeed
> the number one song! But it wasn't a crossover hit. Sadly,
> a good portion of today's country listeners probably don't
> even know who George Jones is.
>

But this is true of any genre of music. I remember someone's response when asked who Ringo Starr was...she was pretty sure he was part of Paul McCartney's back-up band from before he formed Wings (this was overheard in the early 80s).
 
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