Classic Country Corner

This morning is our first ever Listener’s Choice show. For over two years, I have been announcing before most breaks that “Requests, dedications, questions, and corrections can be sent to wvmoclassiccountrycorner@gmail or wvmoclassiccountrycorner on Instagram.”

Listener Katie took that humble statement to the next level and provided a spreadsheet of songs and artists grouped by preference( first choice,second choice, third choice) , tempo (a separate tab for slow jams) and notable cover versions of that song.

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

Johnny Cash “Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Folsom...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

JOHN PRINE SONGS IN HONOR OF HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY

Johnny Cash “Paradise”

Johnny Cash “Unwed Fathers”

Johnny Cash “Sam Stone (Live)”

Tanya Tucker “Angel from Montgomery”

HAPPY SONGS

Dolly Parton “Gettin’ Happy”

Dolly Parton “Walking On Sunshine”

Charley Pride “Happy Street”

Hoyt Axton “Joy To The World”

Susan Raye “(I’ve Got a) Happy Heart”

The Sons Of The Pioneers “Happy Roving Cowboy”

MAMA SONGS

Merle Haggard “Mama Tried”

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Normally I would say we are back with another all analog, all vintage. all vinyl show, but for some reason I do not own a record with ‘Crying Time’ by Buck Owens on it. So this is a 99% analog, 99% Vintage 99% vinyl show.This morning we have a little bit of everything, Some happy songs, some sad songs and some just plain silly songs.

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

MORNING SONGS

Don Williams “Come Early Morning”

Mac Davis “The Lonesomest Lonesome”

Eddie Rabbitt “Early In the Mornin’”

Roger Miller “I Get Up Ear...

Here’s what we played:

DRINKIN’ SONGS (IN THE MORNING!)

George Jones “Swingin’ Doors”

Billy Walker “There Stands the Glass”

Carl Smith “Drinking Champagne”

Charlie Rich “Sittin’ And Thinkin’”

Lynn Anderson “Stay There ‘Til I Get There”

Loretta Lynn “Don’t Come Home a-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)”

BASEBALL SONGS

Nate Gibson “Fear the Beer”

Nate Gibson “The Jackie Robinson of Country Music”

Nate Gibson “The Sausage Race Is On”

Alabama “The Cheap Seats”

Del Reeves “The Philadelphia Fillies”...

Wedding Bells are ringing here at Classic Country Corner. Superfans Matt and Joanna will be tying the knot later today. So this morning we will be playing Songs of love, devotion and matrimony in their honor.

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

SONGS OF DEVOTION

Buck Owens “Love’s Gonna Live Here”

Johnny Cash & June Carter “Jackson”

Bonnie Owens & Merle Haggard “Forever and Ever”

Patsy Cline “Always (feat. The Jordanaires)”

Johnny Horton “I’m A One Woman Man”

SONGS OF MATRIMONY

George Jones & Tammy Wyn...

The theme of this week’s show, well there really isn’t one. I had a busy week. Tuesday night I saw Charley Crockett at the Sylvee and then Thursday night I popped down to Chicago to see Bob Mould and Sugar. (ashow i’d been waiting 30 years to see). So I’m a bit worn out from soo much activity on a school night.

My notes say “Shut up and play the hits” So we are going to do exactly that.

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

Charley Pride “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’”

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We are back with another all analog, all vintage all vinyl show! This morning we will be playing tracks from albums that I received for my birthday this year from my wonderful parents, who have made it their mission to rescue as many records as possible from the thrift stores and tractor auctions across Wisconsin.There really isn’t any overarching theme this week, other than the usual subjects of heartache, drinking and criminal activity.

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

Wynn Stewart “Playboy”

Billy Walker “I Guess Things Happen That Way”

Connie Smith...

In Wisconsin, Labor Day became an official state holiday in 1893. Labor Day became a national holiday in 1894. President Grover Cleveland, after breaking the American Railway Union with considerable violence and loss of life, signed a bill making the first Monday in September a national holiday for American workers. It was a blatant attempt to win back public support after using Federal Troops to break the Pullman Strike earlier that summer.

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

Workin’

Working Man Blues Merle Haggard

Heaven Help the Working Girl Norma Jean...

We suffered a huge loss in Country Music this week. Dolly Parton passed away on Tuesday after a brief battle with Cancer. Dolly was 80 years old.

This morning’s show is our tribute to Dolly Parton. She was a prolific artist who wrote hundreds of songs, so we can only begin to scratch the surface of her catalog. We will be playing songs performed by Dolly, written by Dolly and made famous by Dolly.

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

Dolly Parton “Why’d You Come I...

Sometimes you get an idea and you just have to see it through, with that in mind The theme of this week’s show is Route 66. We will be playing songs that mention the cities on that famous highway.

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

SET ONE: ON THE ROAD

Wayne Hancock “Route 66”

Dolly Parton “In the Ghetto”

Jerry Reed “Saint Louis Blues”

Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys “Take Me Back to Tulsa”

Don Williams “Tulsa Time”

SET TWO: TEXAS HALF...

THIS WEEK WE HAVE ANOTHER ALL ANALOG, ALL VINTAGE, ALL VINYL SHOW! WE WILL BE HEARING SONGS FROM NOT ONE BUT TWO KTEL COMPILATIONS THAT HAVE THE EXACT SAME PICTURE ON THE COVER (THAT WOULD BE 18 ORIGINAL COUNTRY HITS AND THE SEQUEL 20 ORIGINAL COUNTRY HITS. AND IT IS JUST A GRAVEL ROAD, AND WE WILL BE PLAYING SELECTIONS SOME OTHER TREASURES RESCUED FROM THE DOLLAR BIN AS WELL.

Charlie Rich “Behind Closed Doors”

Mel Tillis “I Ain’t Never”

Tammy Wynette & George Jones “We’re Gonna Hold On”

Sonny James “Is It Wro...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

STONE COLD CLASSICS

Buck Owens & His Buckaroos “Buckaroo”

Johnny Cash “There You Go”

Buck Owens “I’ve Got A Tiger By The Tail”

Loretta Lynn “Fist City”

SONGS ABOUT SOFT (?) DRINKS

George Jones “Root Beer”

Grandpa Jones “Mountain Dew”

Billie Jo Spears “The Price I Pay to Stay”

SECOND SET(AKA THE BUMMER SET)

If there was any doubt that this is a LIVE show with real vinyl records, we answered that questi...

The theme for the first section of this week’s show comes from this video that Classic Country Corner Superfan Jenna in McFarland sent me.

I’ll be honest, there are dozens if not hundreds of songs about men killing their significant others or objects of their desire, there’s even a term for it “murder ballad”. But songs where it is the other way around? not so much. I was able to find a few female murder ballads where the roles are reversed.

After two years of hosting this show,I realized that the m...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

Johnny Cash “Folsom Prison Blues”

Cowboy Copas “Flat Top”

George Jones “Why Baby Why”

David Houston “It’s Been So Long”

Stoneman Family “The Sinking of the Titanic”

Dave Dudley “Six Days On The Road”

Red Sovine “Giddy-Up-Go”

Buck Owens “Down On The Corner Of Love”

Rose Maddox “Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me”

Merle Kilgore “Love Has Made You Beautiful”

Flatt & Scruggs “Foggy Mountain Breakdown”

Minnie Pearl “Giddyup Go Answer...

We are flipping over the records we played last week to find some more treasures from our recent acquisitions.

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

The Willis Brothers “There Goes My Farm”

The Willis Brothers “Buying Popcorn”

Marty Robbins “Devil Woman”

Johnny Cash “Understand Your Man”

Lefty Frizzell “She’s Gone, Gone, Gone”

Dolly Parton “Muleskinner Blues”

Leon Ashley “Laura (What’s He Got That I Ain’t Got)”

Nat Stuckey “Plastic Saddle”

Jerry Reed “Amos Moses”

Charlie Rich “I Do My Swingin’ At Home”

ALL ANALOG ALL VINTAGE ALL VINYL SHOW!!

Sometimes when I walk into the studio there are records waiting for me. I have yet to leave a family function without a stack of records and I've been known to take a lap or two around the dollar bin. This morning we are playing some of these recent acquisitions

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

Buck Owens & His Buckaroos “Buckaroo”

Jimmy Dean “Big Bad John”

Ray Price “City Lights”

The Collins Kids (Larry & Lorrie) “Walking The Floor Over You”

The W...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

Buck Owens & His Buckaroos “Buckaroo”

Johnny Cash “Paul Revere”

Johnny Horton “The Battle of New Orleans”

Tennessee Ernie Ford “Union Dixie”

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty “God Bless America Again”

The Oak Ridge Boys “American Made”

Eddie Rabbitt “American Boy”

Hank Williams Jr. “The American Way”

Alabama “Born Country”

The Charlie Daniels Band “In America”

Waylon Jennings “America”

Loretta Lynn “Dear Uncle Sam”

Donna Fargo “U.S. Of A.”

Johnny Cash with Marty Robbins “So...

Summer Songs

Roger Miller “In the Summertime (You Don’t Want My Love)”

Clint Black “Summer’s Comin’”

Dolly Parton “Sweet Summer Lovin’”

George Jones “Too Cold At Home”

Alan Jackson “Summertime Blues”

Summer Contemplation

Orville Peck “Summertime”

Bobby Bare “Summer Wages”

Buck Owens “Take It Easy”

Deana Carter “Strawberry Wine ”

Summer Nights

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “Fishin’ In the Dark”

Ed Bruce “Star-Studded Nights”

Alabama “Dixieland Delight”

Mel McDaniel “Louisiana Saturday Night”

Glen Campbell “...

Here’s What We Played

Country Songs About Country Music

Dave & Sugar “Late Nite Country Lovin’ Music”

The Statler Brothers “Do You Know You Are My Sunshine?”

Charley Pride “Country Music”

Eddy Bailes “Honky Tonk Away”

Webb Pierce “I’m Tired”

Billy Walker “Honky Tonkitis”

Story Songs

Johnny Cash “Ballad Of A Teenage Queen (feat. The Tennessee Two)”

Sonny James “Big Silver Bird”

Bobby “King” Rio “Texas Leather & Mexican Lace”

Bobby Bare “Miller’s Cave”

“Little” Jimmy Dickens “Big Sandy”

Some B...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

Johnny Cash “Wanted Man (Live at San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA - February 1969)”

Johnny Cash “Wreck of the Old 97 (Live at San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA - February 1969)”

Merle Haggard “Big City”

Merle Haggard & The Strangers “Silver Wings”

Buck Owens & His Buckaroos “My Skips A Beat”

Buck Owens & His Buckaroos “Above and Beyond”

Loretta Lynn “Coal Miner’s Daughter”

Loretta Lynn “Rated “X”“

Carl Smith “Loose Talk”

Carl Smith “No More Loose Talkin’”

L...

Train Songs

Hank Snow “Lonesome Whistle”

Johnny Cash “Blue Train”

Kenny Rogers “The Gambler”

Charley Pride “When the Trains Come In”

Merle Haggard & The Strangers “Here Comes the Freedom Train”

Grandpa Jones “Night Train to Memphis”

Story Songs

Jeannie C. Riley “The Girl Most Likely”

Billie Jo Spears “Marty Gray”

Bobbie Gentry “Ode To Billie Joe”

Switching Gears

Jerry Reed “500 Miles Away from Home”

Willie Nelson “Devil In a Sleepin’ Bag”

Buck Owens and His Buckaroos “The Kansas...

Here’s what we played:

REDNECK MOTHERS

HONKY TONKIN GARY STEWART

LONG-HAIRED COUNTRY BOY CHARLIE DANIELS BAND

REDNECK VERNON OXFORD

KENNY ROGERS TULSA TURNAROUND

DON WILLIAMS TULSA TIME

CLASSIC COUNTRY FROM THE 50’S + 60’S

BUCK OWENS WAITIN’ IN YOUR WELFARE LINE

JOHNNY CASH 5 FEET HIGH AND RISING

GEORGE JONES TALL TALL TREES

BOBBY BARE I’M A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW

COWBOY COPAS FLAT ON READY

BONUS BOBBY BARE...

We lost a legend this week.David Allan Coe passed away on Wednesday at the age of 86. Coe was considered one of the pioneers of the Outlaw Country Movement and writer of many songs that went on to be hits for other artists. He put out some controversial content in the 70’s but we are going to focus on the stuff we can play at 8 o’clock in the morning.

DRINKING SONGS

Johnny Russell Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer

Gary Stewart Backsliders Wine

Willie Nelson I Gotta Get...

There is a quote attributed to Pablo Picasso that says something to the effect of “Good artists copy, Great artists steal”. Which upon further investigation, is probably based on a T.S. Elliot quote.

That’s a long way to get to this morning's theme. In early March, friend of the show Nate Gibson, host of Back to the Country on WORT, played 3 hours of Country Disco on his show and provided some history of the melting of Country and Disco genres in the late 70’s including playing some songs deriding the genre entirely. We do not have thr...

The theme of this week’s show comes from what I’m calling my “Baby Boomer Spring Break” trip.

Last week, I drove down to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and spent a couple of days at the Bob Dylan Center and the Woody Guthrie Center. They had so many great artifacts and little documentaries. It is truly amazing to see the breadth of work that man created, especially when you look at the ‘63 to ‘68 era.

The rest of my time was spent driving parts of Route 66, hunting for roadside attractions, and listening to Jack Kerouac. (Jack Kerouac...

When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) Johnny Horton

When It’s Springtime In The Rockies Gene Autry

Blossoms In The Springtime Hank Snow

Seasons Of My Heart George Jones

Spring Fever Loretta Lynn

Seasons Come, Seasons Go Bobbie Gentry

Summer, Winter, Spring And Fall Glen Campbell

Roses in the Snow Emmylou Harris

Spring Tanya Tucker

First Rose of Spring Willie Nelson

The First Whippoorwill Bill Monroe

Spri...

This week we have 14 great truckin’ hits. Songs about the open road, police slowing you down,loneliness and how a CB radio can save the day.

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

Merle Haggard Movin’ On

Dick Curless Long Lonesome Highway

Red Simpson I’m A Truck

CW McCall Wolf Creek Pass

Dave Dudley Six Days On The Road

CW McCall Convoy

Red Sovine Phantom 309 Freddie Hart New York Joe and Redneck Tennessee

Del Reeves Looking at the World Through a WIndsh...

ANOTHER ALL VINTAGE, ALL ANALOG, ALL VINYL SHOW! We are on our 3rd week of Dollar Bin Discoveries and Recent Acquisitions.

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

MORNING SONGS

Bobbie Gentry Morning Glory

Charley Pride Sunshiny Day

Ernest Tubb and Loretta Lynn

One To Ten

Bartender

I’m Biting My Fingernails and Thinking of You

DISJOINTED DOUBLE PLAY

Dottie West You Ain’t Woman Enough

Lynn Anderson Promises Promises

Dottie West Pick Me Up...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

FARON YOUNG -COUNTRY GIRL

KENNY ROGERS - LUCILLE

BOB LUMAN - LONELY WOMEN MAKE GOOD LOVERS

BOBBY LEWIS - HELLO MARY LOU

CLAUDE KING - TIGER WOMAN

CHARLIE WALKER - DON’T SQUEEZE MY SHARMON

JIMMY SKINNER - I FOUND MY GIRL IN THE USA

DONNA FARGO - THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WHOLE USA

GEORGE HAMILTON IV - ABELINE

SPUR - DON’T EVER TRUST A WOMAN

MARTY...

a very special all digital, all compact discs show

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

SOME GREATEST HITS

Kenny Rogers “That Crazy Feeling”

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition “Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)”

Kenny Rogers “Reuben James”

Tanya Tucker “My Arms Stay Open All Night”

Tanya Tucker “If It Don’t Come Easy”

THE SONGS OF GEORGE JONES PERFORMED BY GEORGE JONES AND MERLE HAGGARD

George Jones “A Picture of Me (Without You)”

George Jones “What My Woman Can’t D...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

I’m Movin’ On Tina Turner -made famous by Hank Snow

Don’t Talk Now Tina Turner -written by James Taylor

Stand by Your Man Candi Staton (Made famous by Tammy Wynette)

Almost Persuaded Etta James (David Houston’s “Almost Persuaded” spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart starting in August 1966)

Hello Walls Esther Phillips (Faron Young Hit written by Willie Nelson)

Cold Heart Big Maybelle (Written by Hank Williams)

Bad Case of the Blues Linda Martell...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

My Heart Skips a Beat Buck Owens

Heartaches And Hangovers - George Jones

Why Don’t You Love Me - Hank Williams

MORNING SONGS

Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’ Charley Pride

I’ll Be Here in the Morning Townes Van Zandt

GEN X DOUBLE PLAY (AND ONE OTHER SONG)

Love’s Where Life Begins Arthur Alexander

Step By Step Eddie Rabbitt

Love Will Turn You Around Kenny Rogers

The Hinges...

Another all analog, all vinyl, all 45s show.

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

Ray Pennington (with Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band) “Good Old Country Mood”

Johnny Cash “What Is Truth”

Johnny Cash “The One On the Right Is On the Left”

Deanna Marie “Whole Lot of Walking”

Tony Douglas “Walking Over Yonder”

George Jones & Tammy Wynette “Interview”

Loretta Lynn “Wine, Women and Song”

Conway Twitty “You’ve Never Been This Far Before”

Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty “The Bed I’m Dreaming On”

Charley...

At 8:00 am on Saturday January 27,2024 , Classic Country Corner hit the airwaves on WVMO for the first time.🤠

Over the course of 2 years, we have played hundreds of songs about trucks, mama, trains, prison and getting drunk. We have played songs about falling in love, falling out of love, falling in love with someone you should and some songs about murder.

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED THIS WEEK

HAPPY BIRTHDAY/HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Conway Twitty Happy Birthday Darlin’

Loretta Lynn Happy Birthday

Hank Locklin Happy Birthday to Me

Ray P...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

TOP O THE MORNING

Hello Trouble Buck OwensDon Williams In The Mornin’Sammi Smith Sunday Morning Coming DownBOB WEIR RIP

Grateful Dead The Race is OnGrateful Dead El PasoSOMEBODY ELSE’S SONG

Jeannie C. Riley One Toke Over the LineWillie Nelson Both Sides NowLoretta Lynn Rhinestone Cowboy

Lyle Lovett Stand By Your ManThe Kendalls You Think I Still CareDwight Yoakam Train In VainGAMBLING

Frankie Laine Roving GamblerDolly Parton Kentucky GamblerJerry Reed When You're Hot,You’re Hot

Emmy Lou Harr...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

HIGHWAYMEN AND OUTLAWS

WAYLON JENNINGS WAYMORE BLUES

WILLIE NELSON SHOTGUN WILLIE

WILLIE AND WAYLON Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)

MERLE HAGGARD BIG CITY

ERNEST TUBB BIG CITY

THE KING AND QUEEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC

GEORGE JONES THE RACE IS ON

TAMMY WYNETTE D I V O R C E

GEORGE AND TAMMY GOLDEN RING

LOVE SONGS

BUCK OWENS LOVES GONNA LIVE HERE

DOLLY PA...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

HANK WILLIAMS 🤠🍾🛣️

Hank Williams Lost Highway

Hank Williams Your Cheatin’ Heart

Hank Williams Hey Good Lookin’

IN REMEMBRANCE 🪦

The Flatlanders Hello StrangerJohnny Rodriguez Dance With Me

HOUSE AND HOME 🏠🏘️

Bobby Bare Detroit CityStuart Hamblen This Old HouseSonny James Baltimore

DRINKING SONGS (IN THE MORNING!)🌞🍻

Jim Ed Brown Pop A TopWebb Pierce Here I am Drunk AgainMerle Haggard I Think I Just Sit Here and Drink

CLASSIC COUNTRY COVERS:SMOOTH SOUNDS OF THE 70s EDITION 🕺🪩

Johnny...

HERE’S WHAT WE PLAYED

Mickey Gilley How I Love Them Old Songs

Tammy Wynette You Can’t Hang On

Ray Price Little Green Apples

Marty Robbins Five Brothers

Marty Robbins The Cowboy in The Continental Suit

Hank Locklin Born To Ramble

Johnny Horton I’m Ready If You’re Willing

Roy Clark She’s All I Got (side 1)

Mel Tillis I Ain’t Ever

Tammy Wynette Good Lovin Makes It Right

Janie Fricke What’re You Doing Tonight...

Happy Holidays! This is a special Classic Country Christmas show, highlighting lesser played Christmas songs by your favorite Classic Country Artists.I tried to use instrumentals from A Merry Hee Haw Christmas from Buck Owens and His Buckaroos as underbed music to switch things up. I was mildly successful.Learn how an on air flub turned into a Radio Industry Term. (Salads).

Here’s what we played.

Loretta Lynn Happy Birthday

Tom T. Hall Christmas Is Buck Owens Christmas Shopping Hank Snow The Reindeer Boogie

Tennessee Ernie Ford Rootin To...

Here’s what we played

She Loves You Homer & Jethro

What Goes On Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Lady Madonna - Buck Owens

Norwegian Wood Waylon Jennings

Don’t Let Me Down Dillard & Clark

Help! Dolly Parton

Yesterday Tammy Wynette

Eleanor Rigby Bobbie Gentry

You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away Waylon Jennings, The Waylors

I’ve Just Seen a Face The Dillards

She Came In through The Bathroom Window Ray Stevens

Eight...