OK Solberg: 00:00

I wanta again welcome you to The 4:05 Coffee Break. You getting excited for the weekend? Get your cup of coffee, glass iced tea, bottle of water. Let's see what's happening.

OK Solberg: 00:09

Spring wheat $6.69 a bushel. 550lb steer calf, $4.25 to $4.60 a pound depending on their condition, and a 100lb fat lamb in Billings, $3 to $3.10 a pound. But guys there's more much more.

OK Solberg: 00:30

Okay. Well, yesterday I shared with you someone's rendition of the top 10 best pop songs from 1955 through 1975. And I figured, oh, now wait a minute. If I do that, I also better pull up someone's opinion of the top 10 country western songs. But this late list that I found went from 1955 all the way up to 1990. Hey. I gotta be fair.

OK Solberg: 01:01

Right? If I do an episode on Ford, I certainly have to do one on Chevy. So gather around and listen. #1 listed on the country western #1 song Johnny Cash, I Walked the Line. 1956, released that year, this was Johnny Cash's 1st #1 hit on the country charts and became, well, one of his signature songs.

OK Solberg: 01:25

#2 well there's Johnny again. Johnny Cash, Ring a Fire. Now Ring a Fire was written by June Carter and recorded by Johnny in 1963. Those horns gave it a sound that was unusual for country music at the time.

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Next on the list, we got a lady, and her name is Tammy Wynette, Stand By Your Man, 1968, written herself by Tammy Wynette. The song was recorded in 1968 and became Tammy's signature recording. It reached #1 on the country charts.

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And then we have one clear up from 1980, but it's a big one. Everyone knows it. George Jones, He Stopped Loving Her Today. This became one of George's most famous recordings. The song tells a story of a man who finally stopped loving a woman, and he only stopped because he died. Next on the list, good old Dolly Parton. Jolene 1973. Dolly released Jolene in 1973 and it became one of her signature songs.

OK Solberg: 02:43

Dolly has said the song was inspired in part by a redheaded bank teller who showed interest in her husband Carl Dean. Next on the list, Dolly Parton again, I will always love you. Dolly wrote and recorded this song in 1974 when she was leaving her professional partnership with Porter Wagner.

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Whitney Houston's 1992 recording later turned it into an international blockbuster. And you're never gonna guess, but three in a row, Dolly Parton 9 to 5. Dolly wrote and recorded 9 to 5 for the 1980 movie with the same name. The song became a #1 hit on both the country and pop charts.

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And look who's coming in next, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton Islands in the Stream 1983. This song reached #1 on both the country and pop charts. Finally, #9 Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter. Loretta wrote coal miner's daughter after growing up in Kentucky in a coal mining family. Released in 1970, it became one of the songs most closely identified with her life and career.

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And finally, we have from 1990 Garth Brooks friends in low places.

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Garth recorded the song for his 1990 album, no fences. It became one of his signature songs and spent four weeks at number one on the country chart. So look at that then. Dolly Parton appears in four of those 10 songs. Jolene, I will always love you nine to five and Islands in the Stream. Rest in peace, Dolly. And Johnny Cash, well, he has two.

OK Solberg: 04:36

I walked the line and ring a fire. So here's to Dolly and Johnny. May you both rest in peace. You're gone, but not forgotten. And well, as I think of that, a big thank you to all those great musicians.

OK Solberg: 04:50

Consider this, that's some pretty good company. One short bible verse and then let the weekend begin. From Luke fourteen eleven it says, for whoever exalts himself will be humbled and he who humbles himself will be exalted. Luke fourteen eleven. Now I chose that verse because it fits the song friends in low places.

OK Solberg: 05:16

See guys, the bible has a quite a bit to say about staying humble and sometimes the folks in the low places, well, may have a better perspective than the folks sitting on top of the hill. So until next time. As you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.