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Megan Moroney’s Top 10 Songs Are Sharp, Sad + Laugh-Out-Loud Funny [Listen]

In just a few short years, Megan Moroney has established herself as one of country music's sharpest lyricists.
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Cody Jinks Took Over A Year & A Half To Write His Heartbreaking 2015 Track “David” – “I Tried To Make That Song As Sad As I Could”

One of the saddest songs in country music history. If there's one thing that cannot be denied about country music as a genre, it's its storied history of delivering some of the most heartbreaking, ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2003, Country Music Said Goodbye to the Sad Poet Whose Songs Were Recorded by the Likes of Johnny Cash, Neil Young, and Patsy Cline

To date, more than 700 artists have covered “I Can’t Stop Loving You.” For instance, Ray Charles recorded a version in 1962 and took it to the top of the Hot 100. Kitty Wells released her cover in ...
Taste of Country

The 1980s vs the 1990s: Which Decade Had Sadder Country Songs?

The 1990s just might be the definitive era of sad country music. Legends like Garth Brooks, George Strait and Alan Jackson were at the top of their game during that decade, and young bucks — like an ...
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This Heart-Wrenching Ballad Is The Saddest Country Song Of All Time

Country music’s signature storytelling has captivated audiences for decades. Music in the genre has a way of uniquely tugging at listeners’ heartstrings with deeply vulnerable stories of love and loss ...
American Songwriter

4 Classic Sad Country Songs from the 1970s

Country music covers a wide range of topics with lyrics that speak to the best of times and the hardest of times. While there are plenty of songs about love, drinking, dancing, and living life to the ...