Music List

Critical ‘60s Country

By T. Cole Rachel

While pop was undergoing its psychedelic makeover, down in Nashville, the classic themes of drinkin', lovin' and cheatin' remained just as popular as ever. (The hair, however, got much bigger.) Still, country music underwent its own 1960s renaissance, making baby steps away from the traditional Grand Ole Opry model toward the crossover sound that decades later led to Taylor Swift.

CRITICAL LIST

D-I-V-O-R-C-E

Tammy Wynette

Wichita Lineman

Glen Campbell

Sentimentally Yours

Patsy Cline

Okie from Muskogee

Merle Haggard

Everybody’s Favorite

Jimmy Dean

Yesterday, When I Was Young

Roy Clark

Trouble in Mind

George Jones

Roger and Out

Roger Miller

In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)

Dolly Parton

Harper Valley P.T.A.

Jeannie C. Riley