Top Old-Time Songs


Rank All Time Artist Song Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
2456
Fiddlin' John Carson Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane Appalachian Folk Music 1923
2
2511
Blind Alfred Reed How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live Appalachian Folk Music 1929
3
2646
Eck Robertson Sally Gooden Appalachian Folk Music 1922
4
3798
Dock Boggs Country Blues 1927
5
4368
Clarence "Tom" Ashley The Coo Coo Bird Appalachian Folk Music 1929
6
4872
Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers Don't Let Your Deal Go Down 1925
7
5442
The Soggy Bottom Boys I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow Bluegrass, Film Soundtrack 2000
8
5515
W.H. Stepp Bonaparte's Retreat 1937
9
6184
Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman The Titanic Appalachian Folk Music 1925
10
7115
Uncle Dave Macon Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy Appalachian Folk Music 1924
11
9213
Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers Soldier's Joy 1929
12
9555
Bascom Lamar Lunsford I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground Appalachian Folk Music 1928

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10000:
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers Sail Away Ladies 1927
Bascom Lamar Lunsford (Good Old) Mountain Dew Appalachian Folk Music 1928
Pete Steele Coal Creek March 1938
Dock Boggs Sugar Baby Appalachian Folk Music 1927
Old Crow Medicine Show Sweet Amarillo Americana 2014