Artist	Song
Johnny Cash	I Walk the Line
from Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous (1958)
Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart
from Hank Williams: 40 Greatest Hits (1988)
Patsy Cline	Walkin' After Midnight
from Walkin' After Midnight the Original Sessions Vol. 1 (2003)
Marty Robbins	El Paso
from The Essential Marty Robbins (2005)
Ray Price	Crazy Arms
from The Essential Ray Price 1951-1962 (1991)
George Jones	White Lightning
from The Definitive Collection: George Jones (1955-1962) (2004)
Johnny Horton	The Battle of New Orleans
from Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits (1987)
Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons
from Vintage Collections - Tennessee Ernie Ford (1997)
Hank Thompson & His Brazo Valley Boys	The Wild Side of Life
from Vintage Collections (1996)
Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
from Country Music Hall of Fame Series: Kitty Wells (1991)
Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger, And His Rainbow Ranch Boys	I'm Movin' On
from The Essential Hank Snow (1995)
Lefty Frizzell	Always Late (With Your Kisses)
from Look What Thoughts Will Do (1997)
Don Gibson	Oh Lonesome Me
from RCA Country Legends: Don Gibson (Remastered) (2001)
Jim Reeves	Four Walls
from The Essential Jim Reeves (1994)
Faron Young	Alone With You
from The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2008)
Hank Williams	Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
from Hank Williams: 40 Greatest Hits (1988)
Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues
from The Sun Years (2006)
Johnny Horton	Honky Tonk Man
from Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton, 1956-1960 (1996)
Ray Price	Heartaches By the Number
from The Essential Ray Price 1951-1962 (1991)
Webb Pierce	In the Jailhouse Now
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Webb Pierce (2001)
Eddy Arnold, The Hugo Winterhalter Chorus & The Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra	The Cattle Call
from Ultimate Eddy Arnold (2003)
Hank Williams	Cold, Cold Heart
from Hank Williams: 40 Greatest Hits (1988)
Lefty Frizzell	The Long Black Veil
from Look What Thoughts Will Do (1997)
Porter Wagoner	A Satisfied Mind
from The Essential Porter Wagoner (1997)
Carl Smith	Hey Joe!
from The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956) (1991)

Comment:

In a shift that parallels the move from big bands to sparser lineups, country music in the 1950s moved from the predominance of Western swing to a more honky-tonk-friendly concentration on bare-bones combos. Meanwhile, post-World War II freedoms and anxieties put the focus on the once-taboo subjects — lovin', cheatin', drinkin' — that country would come to be known for. Witness the gritty lament of Hank Williams' all-time standard "Your Cheatin' Heart;" George Jones' rockabilly ode to moonshine, "White Lightning;" and Kitty Wells' sensational answer song, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels," a breakout hit considered so suggestive, NBC banned it from its radio airwaves.

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