Released August 17, 1990 Label Rhino Entertainment | Release date 17 August 1990 Genre Country music | |
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Billboard Top Country Hits 1968
(1990) Billboard Top Country Hits 1986
(1993) Artist Billboard Top Country Hits | ||
Billboard Top Country Hits: 1968 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1990, featuring 10 hit country music recordings from 1968.
Contents
Each of the tracks reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart during 1968. Included is the year's No. 1 song, "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash. Another track on the album — "Harper Valley PTA" by Jeannie C. Riley — peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The next year chronicled in Rhino's Top Country Hits series was 1986, with that album part of a series released in 1993. It has not been explained why Rhino did not release any Billboard Top Country Hits albums covering the years 1969 through 1985.
Track listing
- "Stand by Your Man" — Tammy Wynette 2:41
- "Heaven Says Hello" — Sonny James 2:06
- "Mama Tried" — Merle Haggard 2:13
- "Folsom Prison Blues" — Johnny Cash 2:46
- "Skip a Rope" — Henson Cargill 2:39
- "Wichita Lineman" — Glen Campbell 3:09
- "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" — Eddy Arnold 2:50
- "Sing Me Back Home" — Merle Haggard 2:50
- "Next in Line" — Conway Twitty 2:53
- "Harper Valley PTA" — Jeannie C. Riley 3:11
Songs
1Stand By your ManTammy Wynette2:41
2Heaven Says HelloSonny James2:06
3Mama TriedThe Strangers2:13