Big95.5Chicago Top 1000 Country Songs Vol. 5 Quiz

These are Big 95.5 radio station's top 1000 country songs of all time released in 2020. Match the correct country artist to the correct song.

A matching quiz by Morganw2019. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Go Rest High on That Mountain" 1995

Answer: Vince Gill

Vince started writing "Go Rest High on That Mountain" after Keith Whitley died. Vince finished writing the song after his brother Bob died in 1993. In 2013 Vince and Patty Loveless sang "Go Rest High on That Mountain" at George Jones' memorial.

2. "I Fall to Pieces" 1961

Answer: Patsy Cline

After releasing "I Fall to Pieces" Patsy was in a automobile accident where she spent a month in the hospital. Brenda Lee was offered the song first but turned it down saying it was too country for her.

3. "Family Tradition" 1979

Answer: Hank Williams Jr.

Charlie Daniels performed the fiddle bridge between the second and third verse of "Family Tradition". Hank wrote a version of "Family Tradition" in 2008 for the presidential campaign called "McCain-Palin Tradition".

4. "A Country Boy Can Survive" 1982

Answer: Hank Williams Jr.

"A Country Boy Can Survive" is considered Hank's signature song. After September 11th 2001 Hank wrote a version called "America Will Survive". Kid Rock recorded a cover of the song for his "Fire It Up" CD.

5. "Hey Good Lookin'" 1951

Answer: Hank Williams Sr.

"Hey Good Lookin'" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. "Hey Good Lookin'" was written on a plane by Hank with Minnie Pearl and her husband on board.

6. "Dixieland Delight" 1983

Answer: Alabama

Ronnie Rogers was driving through Tennessee when he got the idea for "Dixieland Delight". University of Alabama plays this song regularly at their Crimson Tide games.

7. "A Boy Named Sue" 1969

Answer: Johnny Cash

Shel Silverstein wrote "A Boy Named Sue". Johnny Cash recorded "A Boy Named Sue" live at San Quentin State Prison in 1969. The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" was number one before "A Boy Named Sue" took the number one spot for three weeks.

8. "Brand New Man" 1991

Answer: Brooks and Dunn

"Brand New Man" was Brooks and Dunn's first number one song. They were only the second country music band in history to have their debut single go number one on the Billboard Country chart. Diamond Rio's "Meet in the Middle" was three months earlier.

9. "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" 1978

Answer: Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson

"Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" was featured in the movie "The Electric Horseman". The song was on the Billboard US Hot Country Songs spending four weeks at number one.

10. "Gone Country" 1994

Answer: Alan Jackson

Cledus T Judd made a parody of "Gone Country" with his song "Gone Funky". Ford Motor Company adopted the song for their commercials in the late 1990s.

Source: Author Morganw2019

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Questions		Choices
1. "Go Rest High on That Mountain" 1995		Hank Williams Sr.
2. "I Fall to Pieces" 1961		Brooks and Dunn
3. "Family Tradition" 1979		Vince Gill
4. "A Country Boy Can Survive" 1982		Hank Williams Jr.
5. "Hey Good Lookin'" 1951		Hank Williams Jr.
6. "Dixieland Delight" 1983		Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
7. "A Boy Named Sue" 1969		Alan Jackson
8. "Brand New Man" 1991		Patsy Cline
9. "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" 1978		Alabama
10. "Gone Country" 1994		Johnny Cash