Artist	Song
Johnny Lee	Lookin' for Love
from Best Of Johnny Lee (1990)
Dolly Parton	9 to 5
from Ultimate Dolly Parton (2003)
Willie Nelson	Always On My Mind
from Always On My Mind (1983)
Juice Newton	Angel of the Morning
from Juice Newton's Greatest Hits (And More) (1988)
Eddie Rabbitt	I Love a Rainy Night
from Number One Hits (2009)
Kenny Rogers	Through the Years
from Love Songs (1999)
Alabama	Love In the First Degree
from Ultimate Alabama 20 # 1 Hits (2004)
Ronnie Milsap	(There's) No Gettin' Over Me
from The Essential Ronnie Milsap (2006)
The Oak Ridge Boys	Elvira
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Oak Ridge Boys (2000)
Crystal Gayle & Eddie Rabbitt	You and I
from Great Wedding Songs (2008)
Rosanne Cash	Seven Year Ache
from Hits 1979-1989 (1989)
Kim Carnes	Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer
from Gypsy Honeymoon - The Best of Kim Carnes (1993)
Mickey Gilley	Stand By Me
from Mickey Gilley - 16 Biggest Hits (2008)
The Charlie Daniels Band	In America
from The Essential Charlie Daniels Band (2003)
Sylvia	Nobody
from RCA Country Legends: Sylvia (2002)
The Judds	Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)
from The Judds: Number One Hits (1994)
Waylon Jennings	Theme from "The Dukes of Hazzard" (Good Ol' Boys)
from The Essential Waylon Jennings (2007)
Barbara Mandrell	(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right [Single Version]
from Ultimate Collection: Barbara Mandrell (2001)
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers	Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You)
from Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers: 17 Greatest Hits (1985)
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt	To Know Him Is to Love Him
from Trio (2006)
Anne Murray	Could I Have This Dance
from Anne Murray - The Best...So Far (2007)
John Conlee	Rose Colored Glasses
from Rose Colored Glasses (2008)
Keith Whitley	When You Say Nothing At All
from 16 Biggest Hits (2006)
Emmylou Harris	Born to Run
from Heartaches & Highways: The Very Best of Emmylou Harris (2005)
Michael Martin Murphey	What's Forever For
from The Best of Michael Martin Murphey (1995)

Comment:

By 1980, the country music that had been percolating its way onto the Pop charts was [i]thoroughly[/i] mainstream, thanks in no small part to John Travolta, who convinced us that riding a mechanical bull was not only acceptable, but [i]mandatory[/i]. Looking back on it now, who would've thought that liquor and lovin' could ever lead to anything more than world-class heartache? Certainly not Johnny Lee, whose "Lookin' for Love," from [i]Urban Cowboy[/i], warns us (and Travolta) off "lookin' for love in all the wrong places" . . . like the very bar he was singing it in. Rosanne Cash's "Seven Year Ache" swings open Nashville's saloon door to let the sound of L.A.-style country in while she laments her good-timin', two-timin' man. And with finger snaps and handclaps providing its windshield-wiper beat, Eddie Rabbitt's rockabilly-flavored "I Love a Rainy Night" motored its way to the top of the Country [i]and[/i] Pop charts. But don't stop there — from Emmylou Harris and Willie Nelson to "Elvira" and "9 to 5," we've got every two-steppin', flag-wavin' boot-stomper your pea-pickin' heart could ever desire.

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