Top Traditional Folk Music Songs
Rank All Time Artist Song Subgenre(s) Other Genre(s) Year
1
130
 Hank Williams I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Traditional Country 1949
2
290
 Robert Johnson Cross Road Blues Delta Blues 1936
3
445
 The Everly Brothers All I Have to Do Is Dream Close Harmony Pop 1958
4
453
 Kanye West Ultralight Beam Gospel Contemporary R&B 2016
5
488
 The Everly Brothers Cathy's Clown Close Harmony Brill Building 1960
6
568
 Jimmie Rodgers Blue Yodel (T for Texas) Country Yodeling 1928
7
619
 Mahalia Jackson Move On Up a Little Higher Gospel 1947
8
648
 Bill Monroe Blue Moon of Kentucky Bluegrass 1947
9
759
 Robert Johnson Hellhound on My Trail Delta Blues 1937
10
883
 Fats Waller Ain't Misbehavin' Stride 1929
11
909
 Robert Johnson Love in Vain Delta Blues 1937
12
935
 The Carter Family Wildwood Flower Appalachian Folk Music, Traditional Country 1929
13
989
 Blind Willie Johnson Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground Acoustic Texas Blues 1927
14
1007
 Lead Belly The Midnight Special Delta Blues 1934
15
1067
 The Carter Family Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye) Appalachian Folk Music, Country Gospel 1935
16
1073
 Charley Patton Pony Blues Delta Blues 1929
17
1087
 "Tennessee" Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons Country Boogie Rhythm & Blues, Vocal Jazz 1955
18
1109
 The Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh Happy Day Gospel 1968
19
1244
 Blind Willie McTell Statesboro Blues Piedmont Blues 1928
20
1423
 Hank Williams Lovesick Blues Traditional Country 1949
21
1432
 Marty Robbins El Paso Cowboy 1959
22
1553
 Robert Johnson Sweet Home Chicago Delta Blues 1936
23
1613
 Clarence "Pine Top" Smith Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Boogie Woogie 1928
24
1660
 Lead Belly Goodnight Irene Country Blues 1936
25
1677
 James P. Johnson Carolina Shout Stride 1922
26
1696
 Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Foggy Mountain Breakdown Bluegrass 1949
27
1725
 Robert Johnson Terraplane Blues Delta Blues 1936
28
1740
 Paul Robeson with Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra Ol' Man River Spirituals Show Tunes, Standards 1928
29
1741
 Blind Lemon Jefferson Match Box Blues Acoustic Texas Blues 1927
30
1744
 Gene Autry Back in the Saddle Again Cowboy 1939
31
1768
 Patsy Montana I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart Country Yodeling, Cowboy 1935
32
1774
 Roy Acuff and The Smoky Mountain Boys Wabash Cannonball Traditional Country 1938
33
1790
 Skip James Devil Got My Woman Delta Blues 1931
34
1825
 Jimmie Davis You Are My Sunshine Traditional Country 1940
35
1899
 The Sons of the Pioneers Tumbling Tumbleweeds Cowboy 1934
36
1979
 The Stanley Brothers Rank Stranger Close Harmony Bluegrass Gospel 1960
37
2005
 Bill Monroe Mule Skinner Blues Bluegrass, Country Yodeling 1940
38
2010
 Blind Lemon Jefferson See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Acoustic Texas Blues 1928
39
2109
 Mississippi Sheiks Sitting on Top of the World Country Blues 1930
40
2137
 The Carter Family Keep on the Sunny Side Appalachian Folk Music, Country Gospel 1928
41
2180
 Mississippi John Hurt Stack O' Lee Blues Piedmont Blues 1928
42
2291
 Fisk Jubilee Singers Swing Low Sweet Chariot Gospel, Spirituals 1909
43
2337
 Peter, Paul and Mary If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) Close Harmony Folk Pop, Vocal Group 1962
44
2407
 Hank Snow I'm Movin' On Traditional Country 1950
45
2455
 Original Dixieland Jazz Band Tiger Rag Ragtime Dixieland 1918
46
2456
 Fiddlin' John Carson Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane Appalachian Folk Music, Old-Time 1923
47
2469
 Big Joe Williams Baby Please Don't Go Delta Blues 1935
48
2501
 Joe Turner & Pete Johnson Roll 'Em Pete Boogie Woogie Jump-Blues 1939
49
2511
 Blind Alfred Reed How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live Appalachian Folk Music, Old-Time 1929
50
2646
 Eck Robertson Sally Gooden Appalachian Folk Music, Old-Time 1922
51
2778
 Jelly Roll Morton King Porter Stomp Stride 1924
52
2797
 Meade Lux Lewis Honky Tonk Train Blues Boogie Woogie Piano Blues 1929
53
2835
 Gordon Lightfoot The Wreck of The Edmund Fitzgerald Canadian Maritime Folk Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 1976
54
2836
 Joseph Falcon Allons à Lafayette Traditional Cajun 1928
55
2844
 Sister Rosetta Tharpe This Train Traditional Black Gospel 1939
56
2912
 Arlo Guthrie Alice's Restaurant Massacree Talking Blues Singer/Songwriter 1967
57
2966
 Fats Waller Honeysuckle Rose Stride Vocal Jazz 1934
58
2974
 Tammy Wynette D-I-V-O-R-C-E Traditional Country 1968
59
2999
 Mahalia Jackson Take My Hand, Precious Lord Gospel 1956
60
3044
 Vaughn Monroe (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) Cowboy 1949
61
3155
 Fats Waller Handful of Keys Stride 1929
62
3163
 Joan Baez We Shall Overcome 1963
63
3197
 Erroll Garner Misty Stride Bebop 1954
64
3230
 Enrico Caruso O sole mio Canzone napoletana 1916
65
3442
 Vernon Dalhart The Prisoner's Song Traditional Country 1924
66
3478
 Harry Choates Jole Blon Traditional Cajun 1946
67
3541
 Red Foley with the Sunshine Boys Quartet (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me) Country Gospel 1951
68
3638
 Blind Lemon Jefferson Black Snake Moan Acoustic Texas Blues 1927
69
3641
 The Haydn Quartet Take Me Out to the Ball Game Barbershop Vaudeville 1908
70
3654
 Bob Dylan Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Brass Band Blues Rock 1966
71
3665
 Elvis Presley Crying in the Chapel Gospel Pop 1965
72
3798
 Dock Boggs Country Blues Old-Time 1927
73
3831
 Elizabeth Cotten Freight Train Piedmont Blues 1958
74
3844
 Anne Briggs Blackwater Side English Folk Music 1971
75
3891
 The Louvin Brothers Knoxville Girl Close Harmony 1956
76
3951
 Son House Death Letter Delta Blues 1965
77
4007
 The Pogues Dirty Old Town Celtic Folk Music Celtic Rock 1985
78
4021
 Tex Williams & His Western Caravan Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Talking Blues Novelty, Western Swing 1947
79
4025
 Art Tatum Tea for Two Stride 1933
80
4157
 Camarón La leyenda del tiempo Flamenco Nuevo Jazz-Rock 1979
81
4202
 Gipsy Kings Bamboleo Rumba Flamenca Rumba Catalana 1988
82
4268
 Clara Ward & The Ward Singers How I Got Over Traditional Black Gospel 1950
83
4271
 Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans Great Speckled Bird Traditional Country 1936
84
4317
 The Everly Brothers Bird Dog Close Harmony Pop 1958
85
4345
 Jimmie Rodgers Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner) Country Yodeling 1930
86
4368
 Clarence "Tom" Ashley The Coo Coo Bird Appalachian Folk Music, Old-Time 1929
87
4502
 Gene Autry Deep in the Heart of Texas Cowboy 1942
88
4565
 The Sons of the Pioneers Cool Water Cowboy 1941
89
4572
 Tommy Johnson Cool Drink of Water Blues Delta Blues 1928
90
4637
 Robert Johnson Come On in My Kitchen Delta Blues 1936
91
4775
 Marian Anderson He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Spirituals 1932
92
4833
 Mississippi John Hurt Frankie Piedmont Blues 1928
93
4872
 Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Old-Time 1925
94
4981
 Lead Belly Rock Island Line (Railroad Song) American Folk Music Contemporary Folk 1942
95
5003
 Jim Europe's 369th Infantry "Hellfighters" Band Memphis Blues Ragtime 1919
96
5107
 Red Foley Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy Country Boogie 1950
97
5202
 Jimmie Rodgers In the Jailhouse Now Country Yodeling 1928
98
5252
 DeFord Bailey Pan American Blues Country Blues 1927
99
5257
 Memphis Jug Band Stealin' Stealin' Jug Band 1929
100
5263
 The Staple Singers Uncloudy Day Gospel 1956
101
5301
 The Statler Brothers Flowers on the Wall Close Harmony Country Pop 1965
102
5340
 Art Tatum Tiger Rag Stride 1933
103
5356
 Mississippi John Hurt Candy Man Blues Piedmont Blues 1929
104
5442
 The Soggy Bottom Boys I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow Bluegrass, Old-Time Film Soundtrack 2000
105
5504
 Kokomo Arnold Milk Cow Blues Country Blues 1934
106
5512
 The Louvin Brothers When I Stop Dreaming Close Harmony 1955
107
5515
 W.H. Stepp Bonaparte's Retreat Old-Time 1937
108
5548
 Lead Belly The Gallis Pole Delta Blues 1939
109
5556
 Bert Jansch Needle of Death Folk Baroque Singer/Songwriter 1965
110
5610
 Mahalia Jackson His Eye Is on the Sparrow Gospel 1951
111
5657
 Tommy Johnson Big Road Blues Delta Blues 1928
112
5658
 Mary Lou Williams Night Life Stride 1930
113
5670
 The Everly Brothers Love Hurts Close Harmony Pop 1960
114
5714
 Tom Waits In the Neighborhood Brass Band Singer/Songwriter 1983
115
5742
 Memphis Minnie Me and My Chauffeur Blues Country Blues 1941
116
5761
 The Golden Gate Quartet Rock My Soul Traditional Black Gospel 1938
117
5825
 Blind Willie Johnson Mother's Children Have a Hard Time Acoustic Texas Blues 1928
118
5907
 Arthur Smith Guitar Boogie Boogie Woogie, Country Boogie 1945
119
5933
 Richard "Rabbit" Brown James Alley-Blues Country Blues 1927
120
5956
 Merle Travis Dark As a Dungeon Traditional Country 1947
121
5974
 Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happening Every Day Traditional Black Gospel 1945
122
6012
 Eddy Arnold & His Guitar The Cattle Call Country Yodeling 1945
123
6018
 Swan Silvertones Oh Mary Don't You Weep Traditional Black Gospel 1958
124
6028
 Café Tacvba Las Flores Son Jarocho Latin Alternative 1994
125
6184
 Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman The Titanic Appalachian Folk Music, Old-Time 1925
126
6257
 Chavela Vargas La llorona Ranchera Bolero 1961
127
6308
 Hank Williams I Saw the Light Country Gospel 1948
128
6336
 Martin Carthy Scarborough Fair Folk Baroque 1965
129
6344
 Skip James Hard Time Killing Floor Blues Delta Blues 1931
130
6474
 Jimmie Rodgers Waiting for a Train Country Yodeling 1929
131
6487
 The Monroe Brothers What Would You Give in Exchange? Close Harmony 1936
132
6495
 Jelly Roll Morton The Pearls Ragtime Dixieland 1924
133
6503
 Camarón de la Isla Soy gitano Flamenco Nuevo 1989
134
6514
 Robert Petway Catfish Blues Delta Blues 1941
135
6548
 Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys Slow Poke Traditional Country 1951
136
6609
 Furry Lewis Kassie Jones Country Blues 1928
137
6664
 Stoney Edwards Hank and Lefty Raised My Country Soul Traditional Country Honky Tonk 1973
138
6688
 Son House My Black Mama Delta Blues 1931
139
6699
 Concha Piquer Tatuaje Copla 1941
140
6768
 Steve Earle The Mountain Bluegrass 1999
141
6787
 The Browns The Three Bells Close Harmony, Country Gospel Nashville Sound 1959
142
6841
 The Delmore Brothers Blues Stay Away from Me Bluegrass, Close Harmony 1949
143
6849
 Johnny Cash I Still Miss Someone Traditional Country 1958
144
6885
 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Fanfare for the Common Man Fanfare Symphonic Prog 1977
145
6964
 Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks Tramp on the Street Traditional Country 1947
146
6986
 Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Kalimankou denkou Bulgarian Folk Music Polyphonic Chant 1975
147
6991
 Chuck Wagon Gang I'll Fly Away Country Gospel 1949
148
6992
 Earl Hines Monday Date Ragtime 1929
149
7018
 The Soul Stirrers By and By Traditional Black Gospel 1950
150
7101
 Clarence Williams' Blue Five Cake Walking Babies from Home Ragtime Dixieland 1925
151
7115
 Uncle Dave Macon Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy Appalachian Folk Music, Old-Time 1924
152
7119
 Mason Williams Classical Gas Folk Baroque Baroque Pop 1968
153
7172
 Nick Drake Black Eyed Dog Folk Baroque Singer/Songwriter 1986
154
7210
 Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys It's Mighty Dark to Travel Bluegrass 1948
155
7299
 Pawlo Humeniuk Tanec Pid Werbamy/Dance Under the Willows Ukranian Folk Music 1926
156
7336
 The Carter Family Single Girl, Married Girl Appalachian Folk Music, Traditional Country 1927
157
7347
 The Carter Family Worried Man Blues Appalachian Folk Music, Traditional Country Acoustic Blues 1930
158
7416
 Reverend Thomas A. Dorsey Take My Hand, Precious Lord Traditional Black Gospel 1932
159
7440
 The Stanley Brothers I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow Bluegrass 1951
160
7476
 The Kalin Twins When Close Harmony Rock & Roll, Vocal Group 1958
161
7549
 Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan Alexander's Ragtime Band Ragtime 1911
162
7567
 Harry McClintock The Big Rock Candy Mountains Traditional Country 1928
163
7580
 Vess L. Ossman Honolulu Cake Walk Cakewalk 1899
164
7635
 Glahe Musette Orchestra Beer Barrel-Polka Polka 1939
165
7644
 Fats Waller Viper's Drag Ragtime 1935
166
7775
 Jelly Roll Morton Mr. Jelly Lord Ragtime 1924
167
7791
 Blind Willie Johnson John the Revelator Acoustic Texas Blues 1930
168
7798
 Max Roach Driva' Man Work Songs Avant-Garde Jazz, Vocal Jazz 1961
169
7887
 Frank Yankovic Orchestra Just Because Polka Polka 1948
170
7910
 Vess L. Ossman Yankee Doodle American Folk Music 1897
171
7937
 The Delmore Brothers Freight Train Boogie Close Harmony, Country Boogie 1946
172
7946
 Erroll Garner I'll Remember April Stride Bebop 1956
173
7958
 Taraf de Haidouks Balada conducatorolui L?ut?reasc? 1991
174
7967
 The Everly Brothers Walk Right Back Close Harmony Pop 1961
175
8016
 Loreena McKennitt The Mummers' Dance Celtic Folk Music Celtic New Age, Contemporary Folk 1997
176
8053
 José Alfredo Jiménez Si nos dejan Ranchera Bolero, Mariachi 1970
177
8174
 Robert Johnson Ramblin' on My Mind Delta Blues 1937
178
8175
 Robert Johnson Stop Breakin' Down Blues Delta Blues 1938
179
8218
 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken Bluegrass 1972
180
8320
 Woody Guthrie Tom Joad American Folk Music Contemporary Folk 1940
181
8327
 Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel Dueling Banjos Bluegrass Film Soundtrack 1972
182
8382
 Spiritualized Stop Your Crying Gospel Neo-Psychedelia 2001
183
8476
 Europe's Society Orchestra Castle House Rag (Castles in Europe) Ragtime 1914
184
8520
 The Everly Brothers Crying in the Rain Close Harmony Brill Building 1961
185
8536
 Five Blind Boys Our Father (Which Art in Heaven) Traditional Black Gospel 1950
186
8608
 Fanfare Ciocărlia lag bari Balkan Brass Band 2001
187
8635
 The Weavers On Top of Old Smoky American Folk Music 1951
188
8640
 The Dixie Hummingbirds Amazing Graze Traditional Black Gospel 1946
189
8698
 Chabuca Granda La flor de la canela Música Criolla Peruana 1953
190
8717
 The Stanley Brothers Little Maggie Bluegrass 1947
191
8891
 The Dixie Hummingbirds Let's Go Out to the Programs Traditional Black Gospel 1953
192
8903
 Carlos Vives La gota fría Vallenato Latin Pop 1993
193
8907
 Bob Dylan Ring Them Bells Gospel Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter 1989
194
8919
 The Southern Sons Lift Every Voice and Sing Gospel Vocal Group 1942
195
9017
 Jack Guthrie & His Oklahomans Oklahoma Hills Cowboy 1945
196
9063
 Iry LeJeune Love Bridge Waltz Cajun 1948
197
9213
 Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers Soldier's Joy Old-Time 1929
198
9220
 Robert Johnson Me and the Devil Blues Delta Blues 1938
199
9270
 Michael Coleman The Boys of the Lough Irish Folk Music 1922
200
9271
 Michael Coleman The Humours of Ennistymon Irish Folk Music 1922
201
9280
 Ma Rainey & Her Tub Jug Washboard Band Prove It on Me Blues Jug Band Vaudeville Blues 1928
202
9347
 Pata Negra Camarón Flamenco Nuevo 1987
203
9555
 Bascom Lamar Lunsford I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground Appalachian Folk Music, Old-Time 1928
204
9559
 Vess L. Ossman A Bunch of Rags Ragtime 1898
205
9580
 The Dixie Hummingbirds I'll Live Again Traditional Black Gospel 1952
206
9682
 Ralph Stanley O Death American Folk Music A cappella, Film Soundtrack 2000
207
9707
 Ossman-Dudley Trio St. Louis Tickle Ragtime 1906
208
9749
 U.S. Marine Band Maple Leaf Rag Ragtime 1910
209
9770
 Fats Waller Two Sleepy People Stride Vocal Jazz 1938
210
9782
 Marion Williams Packing Up Gospel 1959
211
9795
 Cannon's Jug Stompers Walk Right In Country Blues, Jug Band 1930
212
9813
 Violeta Parra Gracias a la vida Andean Folk Music Neuva canción latinoameric, Singer/Songwriter 1966
213
9880
 Roy Acuff and The Smoky Mountain Boys Wreck on the Highway Traditional Country 1942
214
9904
 Veneno Los Delincuentes Rumba Flamenca Andalusian Rock 1977
215
9908
 Andrés Calamaro Estadio Azteca Flamenco Jazz Acoustic Rock, Singer/Songwriter 2004
216
9928
 Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Uncle Pen Bluegrass 1950
217
9942
 Vernon Dalhart The Wreck of the Old 97 Traditional Country 1924
218
9953
 Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys In the Pines Bluegrass 1952

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10000:
Leo Soileau La Valse Gueydan (Jolie Fille) Traditional Cajun 1935
Hank Snow I Don't Hurt Anymore Traditional Country 1954
Ojos De Brujo Tiempo de soleá Rumba Flamenca Rumba Catalana 2002
Camarón Volando voy Flamenco Nuevo, Rumba Flamenca 1979
Frank Proffitt Tom Dooley (Dula) Appalachian Folk Music 1962
Arthur Collins Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home? Ragtime 1902
Nass el Ghiwane Mahmouna Gnawa Amazigh Music 1983
Aretha Franklin Bridge Over Troubled Water Gospel Deep Soul 1971
Jimmy Murphy Electricity Bluegrass, Country Gospel 1951
Jim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys Are You Missing Me Bluegrass 1952
Nathan Abshire Pine Grove Blues Cajun 1949
Frankie Miller Blackland Farmer Traditional Country Honky Tonk 1959
Fred Van Eps Whipped Cream Ragtime 1913
Jelly Roll Morton Jelly Roll Blues Ragtime 1924
Jimmie Rodgers Blue Yodel no. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) Country Yodeling 1931
José Alfredo Jiménez El Rey Ranchera Mariachi 1971
Lead Belly The Bourgeois Blues Delta Blues 1939
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Happy Trails Cowboy 1952
Paco de Lucía Entre dos aguas Flamenco Nuevo, Rumba Flamenca 1973
Son House John the Revelator Delta Blues 1965
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers Sail Away Ladies Old-Time 1927
Bascom Lamar Lunsford (Good Old) Mountain Dew Appalachian Folk Music, Old-Time 1928
Pete Steele Coal Creek March Old-Time 1938
Stan Rogers Northwest Passage Canadian Maritime Folk 1981
Jay Ungar Ashokan Farewell American Folk Music 1990
Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet Golden Gate Gospel Train Southern Gospel Vocal Group 1937
Clifton Chenier Ay-Tete Fee Zydeco, Zydeco 1955
Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra Twelfth Street Rag Ragtime Dixieland 1948
The Clark Sisters You Brought the Sunshine Gospel Disco 1981
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air Gospel 1948
"Tennessee" Ernie Ford Shot Gun Boogie Country Boogie 1950
Dorothy Love Coates Strange Man Gospel 1968
Skip James I'm So Glad Delta Blues 1931
Woody Guthrie John Henry American Folk Music 1952
Pata Negra Los mánagers Flamenco Nuevo Andalusian Rock 1981
José Alfredo Jiménez El Jinete Ranchera Bolero 1969
Bukka White Fixin' to Die Blues Delta Blues 1940
Sœur Sourire [The Singing Nun] Dominique French Folk Music, Walloon Folk Music Folk Pop, French Pop 1961
Art Tatum Humoresque Stride 1940
Lonnie Johnson Careless Love Blues Country Blues 1928
The Weavers So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh American Folk Music Vocal Group 1950
Jimmy Martin You Don't Know My Mind Bluegrass 1960
The Everly Brothers Ebony Eyes Close Harmony Pop 1961
Robert Johnson I Believe I'll Dust My Broom Delta Blues 1937
Washington Phillips Denomination Blues Country Blues, Gospel 1928
The Everly Brothers Devoted to You Close Harmony Pop 1958
Doc Watson Deep River Blues Appalachian Folk Music Contemporary Folk 1964
Paul Kelly [USA] Stealing in the Name of the Lord Gospel Deep Soul 1970
Vess L. Ossman Smoky Mokes Ragtime 1899
Ted Lewis When My Baby Smiles at Me Ragtime 1920
Slim Dusty A Pub with No Beer Traditional Country 1957
The Soul Stirrers feat. Sam Cooke Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) Gospel 1957
Dock Boggs Sugar Baby Appalachian Folk Music, Old-Time 1927
Washington Phillips A Mother's Last Word to Her Daughter Gospel 1930
The Dixie Hummingbirds Christian's Automobile Traditional Black Gospel 1957
Albert Ammons and His Rhythm Kings Boogie Woogie Stomp Boogie Woogie 1936
The Purple Gang Granny Takes a Trip Jug Band Psychedelic Folk 1967
Bukka White Parchman Farm Blues Delta Blues 1940
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 1962
Woody Guthrie Vigilante Man American Folk Music Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 1940
Jimmie Rodgers Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel Country Yodeling 1933
The Soul Stirrers Touch the Hem of His Garment Traditional Black Gospel 1956
Henry Thomas John Henry Country Blues 1927
Jimmie Rodgers Miss the Mississippi and You Country Yodeling 1932
Merle Travis Sixteen Tons Traditional Country 1947
The Everly Brothers When Will I Be Loved Close Harmony Rock & Roll 1960
Thelonious Monk I Should Care Stride Hard Bop, Vocal Jazz 1949
Jelly Roll Morton Wolverine Blues (Joys) Stride 1923
The Carter Family I'm Thinking To-Night of My Blue Eyes Appalachian Folk Music, Traditional Country 1929
The Stanley Brothers The Lonesome River Bluegrass 1951
The Watersons John Barleycorn English Folk Music A cappella 1965
Osborne Brothers Rocky Top Bluegrass 1967
Original Dixieland Jazz Band Sensation Rag Ragtime Dixieland 1918
James P. Johnson Keep Off the Grass Stride 1922
Lightnin' Hopkins Short Haired Woman Acoustic Texas Blues 1947
Elvis Presley The Wonder of You Southern Gospel Pop Rock, Traditional Pop 1970
Lightnin' Hopkins Baby Please Don't Go Acoustic Texas Blues 1949
Doc Watson Black Mountain Rag Appalachian Folk Music Contemporary Folk 1964
The Everly Brothers The Price of Love Close Harmony Folk Pop 1965
Taraf de Haidouks A La Turk L?ut?reasc? 2001
The Everly Brothers ('Til) I Kissed You Close Harmony Rock & Roll 1959
16 Horsepower Black Soul Choir Country Gospel Gothic Country 1996
Lead Belly (Black Gal) Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Delta Blues 1944
Ray Stevens Everything Is Beautiful Gospel Sunshine Pop 1970
Old Crow Medicine Show Sweet Amarillo Old-Time Americana 2014
Janelle Monáe & Wondaland Records Hell You Talmbout Gospel 2015
Gene Autry & Jimmy Long The Yellow Rose of Texas Cowboy 1933
Woody Guthrie Do Re Mi Talking Blues Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter 1940
Charley Patton A Spoonful Blues Delta Blues 1929
Hambone Willie Newbern Roll and Tumble Blues Country Blues 1929
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Bumble Bee Country Blues 1930
Kokomo Arnold Old Original Kokomo Blues Country Blues 1934
Camarón de la Isla Como el agua Flamenco Nuevo 1981
Cecil Gant I Wonder Boogie Woogie, Stride Piano Blues 1944
Ray Heredia Alegría de vivir Flamenco Nuevo 1991
The Joubert Singers Stand on the Word Gospel Boogie, Soul 1985
Pata Negra Pasa la vida Flamenco Nuevo 1986
Aretha Franklin Brand New Me Gospel Deep Soul 1971
Gipsy Kings Djobi, Djoba Rumba Flamenca Rumba Catalana 1982
Kiko Veneno Echo de menos Rumba Flamenca 1992
The Pentangle Light Flight Folk Baroque British Folk Rock, Folk Pop 1969
Freddie Slack & Ella Mae Morse The House of Blue Lights Boogie Woogie Vocal Jazz 1946
Blind Lemon Jefferson Jack O'Diamond Blues Acoustic Texas Blues 1926
Robert Johnson 32-20 Blues Delta Blues 1937
Robert Johnson Kind Hearted Woman Blues Delta Blues 1937
Robert Johnson Walkin' Blues Delta Blues 1937
The Everly Brothers Let It Be Me Close Harmony 1959
The Everly Brothers Sing Me Back Home Close Harmony Country Pop 1968
Bukka White Special Stream Line Delta Blues 1940
Lou Reed New York Telephone Conversation Novelty Piano Novelty, Singer/Songwriter, Vaudeville 1972
Blind Willie McTell Dying Crapshooter's Blues Piedmont Blues 1961
Jefferson Airplane Embryonic Journey Folk Baroque 1967
Hank Williams Long Gone Lonesome Blues Traditional Country 1950
The Soul Stirrers Any Day Now Traditional Black Gospel 1954
Lead Belly In New Orleans Delta Blues 1944
Aretha Franklin Spirit in the Dark Gospel Southern Soul 1970