Top 50 Songs of 2007
Thursday, December 20th, 2007
As promised last month, here are my top 50 songs of 2007. Stoney heads the list with the #1 song of 2007. Veteran Jack Ingram cracked two top 10 hits, while the young and talented Johnny Cooper barely missed out on two top 10s. Brandon Rhyder, Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Aaron Watson, Rich O’Toole, Brandon Jenkins, and Wade Bowen all appear twice on the list as well.
1. Oklahoma Breakdown - Stoney LaRue
2. Measure of a Man - Jack Ingram
3. Up and Gone - Jason Boland & the Stragglers
4. Never Come Back - No Justice
5. One Step Closer - Wade Bowen
6. Home Again - Brandon Rhyder
7. Lips of an Angel - Jack Ingram
8. Driftin’ in the Wind - Bart Crow Band
9. Texas to You - Johnny Cooper
10. Careless - Micky & The Motorcars
11. Let It All Go - Johnny Cooper
12. Long Line of Losers - Kevin Fowler
13. Call of the Road - Brandon Jenkins
14. One More Goodbye - Randy Rogers Band
15. Trains I Missed - Walt Wilkins
16. Perfect Girl - Ty England
17. Any Way You Want Me To - Jamie Richards
18. Kelly Comes to Town - Rich O’Toole
19. Comfortable in This Skin - Mark McKinney
20. It’s Your World - Jason Allen
21. I Don’t Want to Get Up - Cory Morrow
22. San Angelo - Aaron Watson
23. Color You Gone - Jay Boy Adams
24. Dead and Gone - Bois D’Arcs
25. Between Here and the Front Door - Brandon Rhyder
26. Hard to Be Good in Texas - Candy Coburn
27. The Bourbon Legend - Jason Boland & the Stragglers
28. Home to Texas - Ryan James
29. 22 Days Too Long - Adam Hood
30. All American Country Girl - Aaron Watson
31. What’s Wrong With Me - Todd Fritsch
32. Wild & Willin’ - Jesse and Noah
33. Make It Up to You - Keith Davis
34. Cotton Field Girl - Robin English
35. Gotta Get Out - Larry Joe Taylor
36. Queen of the Misfits - Rich O’Toole
37. Good Things - Drew Kennedy
38. My Side of Town - Ryan Turner
39. Why Did We Ever Say Goodbye - Brandon Jenkins
40. If Only the Good Die Young - Max Stalling
41. Lonely - Jackson Taylor Band
42. Rolling Stone - Level Route
43. Lay it All on You - Wade Bowen
44. Cowboy Cool - Sonny Burgess
45. Crazy Like You - Josh Grider Band
46. That Ole Blacktop - Pat Waters
47. Million Miles Away - Shy Blakeman
48. Last Last Time - Bleu Edmondson
49. Catch Me Falling - Bailey
50. Cool Grass - Darren Kozelsky
OK, so you’re probably thinking “what happened to Miranda, Pat, and Ragweed?” Well, I hardly consider them to be primarily Texas artists now. Yes, they are still some of our favorites, but they play nationally more these days, so I didn’t include them on the list. In fact, Jack is barely qualified now, but I left him on for one more year. With that in mind, the following songs would have undoubtedly been on the list if they were included:
1. Famous in a Small Town - Miranda Lambert
2. Dixie Lullaby - Pat Green
3. Way Back Texas - Pat Green
4. I Believe You - Cross Canadian Ragweed
5. Late Last Night - Cross Canadian Ragweed
There were so many great songs from 2007 that did not make the cut. But they are excellent songs nonetheless. Soft to the Touch from Bonnie Bishop, Pass Me That Bottle by Jimmy Kaiser, If I Could by Sunny Sweeney, Sonny Burgess’ A Little Bit Stronger, and Spinning Around the Moon from Cory Morrow are just a few off the top of my head.
2008 is right around the corner and we look forward to more great music from these Texas artist next year. You know these guys and girls will be back and other bands that weren’t on the list this year (ie. Eli Young Band, Deryl Dodd, Reckless Kelly, etc) will be heard from again too. Everybody have a safe holiday and we’ll see ya again next year.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from your favorite Richard.
