9- “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” Loretta Lynn
Before it became the title of one of country music’s finest biographies and one of popular culture’s best biopics, “Coal Miner’s Daughter” owned the country charts as a bluntly honest song about Loretta Lynn and her siblings’ rural Kentucky upbringing.
10- “Hello Darlin’,” Conway Twitty
This might be the greatest song of the ’70s, putting it ahead of the crossover-friendly classics of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, Crystal Gayle, Tanya Tucker, Charlie Rich, the Charlie Daniels Band and others. It’s definitely got one of the most iconic opening lines of the decade and defines Twitty’s sensual side more so than any other love song.