1. DeFord Bailey

“Pan American Blues”
Brunswick 146 rec. April 18, 1927/ (DeFord Bailey) / Public Domain / MCA Records / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

2. DeFord Bailey

“Muscle Shoals Blues”
Brunswick 147 rec. April 19, 1927/ (George W. Thomas) / Jerry Vogel Co., Inc. (ASCAP) / MCA Records / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

3. Taylor’s Kentucky Boys

“Gray Eagle”
Gennett 6130 rec. April 26, 1927 / Decca Records / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

4. Georgia Yellow Hammers
(with Andrew Baxter)

“G Rag”
Victor 21195 rec. August 9, 1927 / (Bud Landress) / Public Domain / Under license from Sony Music Entertainment

5. Andrew & Jim Baxter

“K. C. Railroad Blues”
Victor 20962 rec. August 9, 1927 / (Andrew Baxter, Jim Baxter) / Peer International Corporation (BMI) / ℗ Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment

6. The Dallas String Band

“Dallas Rag”
Columbia 14290-D rec. December 6, 1927 / Under license from Sony Music Entertainment

7. James Cole String Band

“Bill Cheatem”
Vocalion 5226 rec. June 25, 1928 / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

8. Peg Leg Howell
& Eddie Anthony

“Turkey Buzzard Blues”
Columbia 14382-D rec. October 30, 1928 / Under license from Sony Music Entertainment

9. Charlie McCoy
& Bo Chatmon

“Corrine Corrina”
Brunswick 7080 rec. c. November 1928 / MCA Records / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

10. Mississippi Sheiks

“Sitting on Top of the World”
Okeh 8784 rec. February 17, 1930 / (Lonnie Carter, Walter Jacobs) / Edwin H. Morris & Company, A Division of MPL Communications, Inc. (ASCAP) / ℗ Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

11. Mississippi Sheiks

“Yodeling Fiddling Blues”
Okeh 8834 rec. June 12, 1930 / (Walter Jacobs, Lonnie Carter) / Edwin H. Morris & Company, A Division of MPL Communications, Inc. (ASCAP) / ℗ Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

12. Memphis Sheiks
(Memphis Jug Band)

“He’s in the Jailhouse Now”
Victor 23256 rec. November 21, 1930 / (Jimmie Rodgers) / Peer International Corporation (BMI) / Under license from Sony Music Entertainment

13. Mississippi Mud Steppers

“Morning Glory Waltz”
Okeh 45532 rec. December 15, 1930 / Under license from Sony Music Entertainment

14. Lead Belly

“The Midnight Special”
(with the Golden Gate Quartet)
RCA Victor 27266 rec. June 14, 1940 / (Huddie Leadbetter, John Lomax, Alan Lomax) / TRO-Folkways Music Publishing Inc. (BMI) / ℗ Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

15. Lead Belly

“Rock Island Line”
Asch 102 rec. January 1942 / from the album Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, SFW40201/ (Huddie Leadbetter, Alan Lomax) / TRO-Folkways Music Publishing Inc. (BMI) / Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. ℗ 2015. Used by permission

16. Nathan Frazier & Frank Patterson

“Eighth of January”
rec. 1941 / Courtesy of Craft Recordings, a Division of Concord

17. Murph Gribble, John
Lusk & Albert York

“Apple Blossom”
rec. September 1946 / Courtesy of Craft Recordings, a Division of Concord

18. DeFord Bailey

“Fox Chase”
Live at the Grand Ole Opry rec. October 14, 1939 / Public Domain

1. Wynonie Harris

“Bloodshot Eyes”
King 4461 rec. February 27, 1951 / (Hank Penny, Ruth Hall) / Bienstock Music Publishing Company (ASCAP), Quartet Music (ASCAP) /
℗ 1951 King / Courtesy of Gusto Records

2. The Orioles

“Crying in the Chapel”
Jubilee 5122 rec. 1953 / (Artie Glenn) / UniChappell Music, Inc. (BMI) / Under license from Rhino Entertainment Company, A Warner Music Group Company

3. Big Al Downing

“Down on the Farm”
White Rock 1111 rec. 1958 / (Alexander Downing, Bobby Poe, Vernon Sandusky) / Kansome Music Corporation (BMI) c/o Sony ATV Music Publishing / Under license from Rhino Entertainment Company, A Warner Music Group Company

4. Ivory Joe Hunter

“City Lights”
Dot-45 15880 rec. 1959 / (Bill Anderson) / TNT Music Inc. (BMI) / MCA Records / MCA Records / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

5. Ray Charles

“I’m Movin’ On”
Atlantic 20434 rec. 1959 / (Hank Snow) / UniChappell Music Inc. (BMI) / Under license from Rhino Entertainment Company, A Warner Music Group Company

6. Ray Charles

“I Can’t Stop Loving You”
ABC-Paramount 45-10330 / (Don Gibson) / Sony ATV / Acuff-Rose Music (BMI) / Produced under license from the Ray Charles Foundation

7. Bobby Hebb

“Night Train to Memphis”
Rich 1001 rec. c. 1960/ (Owen Bradley, Marvin Hughes, Beasley Smith)/ Peer International Corporation (BMI), Milene Music, Inc. (ASCAP) / Courtesy of Bluesland Productions

8. Solomon Burke

“Just Out of Reach”
Atlantic 2114 rec. 1961 / (V.F. “Pappy” Stewart) / Acuff-Rose, Inc. (BMI) / Under license from Rhino Entertainment Company, A Warner Music Group Company

9. Fats Domino

“You Win Again”
Imperial 5862 rec. 1962 / (Hank Williams) / Acuff-Rose, Inc. (BMI) / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

10. Esther Phillips

“Release Me”
Lenox 5555 rel. 1962/ (Eddie Miller, Dub Williams, Robert Gene Yount) / Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. (BMI) / Under license from Rhino Entertainment Company, A Warner Music Group Company

11. Joe Hinton

“Funny How Time Slips Away”
Back Seat 451 rel. 1964/ (Willie Nelson) / Sony/ATV Songs LLC., dba Tree Publishing Co. (BMI) / MCA Records / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

12. Arthur Alexander

“Detroit City”
Dot 16737 rel. 1965 / (Danny Dill, Mel Tillis) / Cedarwood Publishing (BMI) / MCA Records / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

13. The Supremes

“It Makes No Difference Now”
Motown MT 625 rel. 1965/ (Floyd Tillman, Jimmie Davis) / Peer International Corporation (BMI) / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

14. Bobby Hebb

“A Satisfied Mind”
Philips 40400 rec. c. October 1965 / (Joe Mayes, Jack Rhodes) / Fort Knox Music Inc. (BMI) / Rio Music, Inc. / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

15. The Staple Singers

“Will the Circle Be Unbroken”
Epic LN 24196 rec. January 22, 1966 / (A.P. Carter) / Peer International Corporation (BMI) / ℗ Originally released 1966. All rights reserved by Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

16. Joe Tex

“Half a Mind”
Dial SD-8133 rel. 1968 / (Roger Miller) / Sony/ATV Songs, LLC d/b/a Tree Publishing Co. (BMI) / Under license from Sony Music Entertainment

17. Etta James

“Almost Persuaded”
Cadet 5630 rel. 1968 / (Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton) / EMI Callico Music Corp. (BMI) / MCA Records / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

18. Joe Simon

“The Chokin’ Kind”
Sound Stage 7 2628 rel. 1969/ (Harlan Howard) / Sony/ATV Songs, LLC d/b/a Tree Publishing Co. (BMI) / ℗ Originally released 1969. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment

19. Ivory Joe Hunter

“He’ll Never Love You”
“He’ll Never Love You” / Live at the Grand Ole Opry rec. 1972 / (Beyte Berger) / Bolardo Music Company (BMI)

20. Dorothy Moore

“Misty Blue”
Malaco 1029 rel. 1976/ (Bob Montgomery) / Talmont Music (BMI) / Courtesy of Malaco Records

1. Charley Pride

“The Snakes Crawl at Night”
RCA 8738 rec. November 11, 1965 / (Fred Burch, Mel Tillis) / Cedarwood Publishing (BMI) /
℗ Originally released 1966. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment

2. Charley Pride

“Is Anybody Goin’ to San Antone”
RCA 9806 rec. August 26, 1969 / (Glen Martin, Dave Kirby) / Sony/ATV Songs LLC d/b/a Tree Publishing Co. (BMI) / ℗ Originally released 1966. ℗ Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment

3. Charley Pride

“Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’”
RCA 0550 rec. July 28, 1971 / (Ben Peters) / Ben Peters Music (BMI) / ℗ Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment

4. Linda Martell

“Color Him Father”
Plantation 24 rec. 1969/ (Richard Spencer) / Holly Bee Music (BMI) / Courtesy of Sun Records/Sun Entertainment Corp.

5. Otis Williams &
the Midnight Cowboys

“How I Got to Memphis”
Stop STLP 1022 rel. 1971 / (Tom T. Hall, John D. Lent) / UniChappell Music, Inc., Morris Music (BMI), All rights admin by UniChappell Music, Inc. (BMI) / Courtesy of Gusto Records

6. La Melle Prince

“The Man That Made a Woman Out of Me”
Decca 732613 rec. October 9, 1969 / (Ray Baham, Jane Lane) / Newberry Music / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

7. Stoney Edwards

“She’s My Rock”
Capitol 3462 rel. 1972 / (S. K. Dobbins) / Famous Music Corporation (ASCAP) / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

8. Stoney Edwards

“Hank and Lefty Raised My Country Soul”
Capitol 3671 rel. 1973 / (Dallas Frazier, A.L. “Doodle” Owens) / Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., UniChappell Music, Inc. (BMI) / under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

9. Stoney Edwards

“Pickin’ Wildflowers”
Capitol P-4433 rel. 1975 / (Stoney Edwards) / Beechwood Music Corp. (BMI) / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

10. O. B. McClinton

“Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool You”
Enterprise 9059 rel. 1972 / (Jerry Atkins, John Bellmon, Victor Drayton, Reginald Turner) / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI) / Courtesy of  Craft Recordings,
a Division of Concord

11. Jo Ann Sweeney

“I’ll Take It”
MGM K14457 rel. 1972 / (Eddie Miller) / Eddie Miller Music Company (BMI) / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

12. The Pointer Sisters

“Fairytale”
Blue Thumb 254 rel. 1974 / (Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer) / Ensign Music Corporation, Pale Grounds Music (BMI) / MCA Records / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

13. Ruby Falls

“Show Me Where”
50 States 39 rel. 1976 / (Ray Griff) / Blue Echo Music (ASCAP) / Courtesy of Fifty States Records

14. Lenora Ross

“Lonely Together”
RCA PB-10259 rel. 1975 / (Bill Anderson) / Johnny Bienstock Music c/o Round Hill (BMI) / Under license from Sony Music Entertainment

15. Big Al Downing

“Touch Me (I’ll Be Your Fool Once More)”
Warner Records 8787 rel. 1979/ (Al Downing)/ All rights controlled and administered by EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. under license from AJY Music Corp. / ℗ 1979 Warner Records Inc. Under license from Rhino Entertainment Company, A Warner Music Group Company.

16. Professor Longhair

“Jambalaya (On the Bayou)”
Mardi Gras 1003 rec. 1974 / (Hank Williams)/ Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. (BMI) / Courtesy of Mardi Gras Records

17. Dobie Gray

“From Where I Stand”
Capitol 5647 rel. 1986 / (Thom Schuyler, Jennifer Kimball) / Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc., Bethlehem Music, Controlled and Administered by Screen Cams-EMI Music Inc. / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

18. Cleve Francis

“Love Light”
Liberty 67728 rel. 1992 / (Bill C. Graham, Glen Castleberry) / Glen Campbell Music, Inc. (BMI) / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

19. Aaron Neville

“The Grand Tour”
A&M 580312 rel. 1993 / (George Richey, Carmel Taylor, Norris Wilson) / EMI Callico Music Corp., Algae Music Corp. (BMI) / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

20. Barrence Whitfield

“Irma Jackson”
High Tone HCD 8058 rel. 1994/ (Merle Haggard) / Sony ATV Songs LLC d/b/a Tree Publishing Co. (BMI) / Courtesy of  Craft Recordings, a Division of Concord

21. Ted Hawkins

“There Stands the Glass”
DGC DGCD-24627 rel. 1994 / (Russ Hull, Mary Jean Shurtz, Michael Webb Pierce) / UniChappell Music Inc. (BMI) / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

22. Herb Jeffries

“I’m a Happy Cowboy”
Warner Western 45639-214 rel. 1995 / (Herb Jeffries) / Impas Music (BMI) / ℗ 1995 Warner Records Inc. Under license from Rhino Entertainment Company, A Warner Music Group Company.

1. Carolina Chocolate Drops

“Ruby, Are You Mad at Your Man?”

from the album Leaving Eden rel. 2012 / (Shannon Sanders, Mark Rooney, Dan Shea) / Sony Songs LLC / Wang Out Music (BMI), Sony Songs LLC / Cori Tiffani Publishing (BMI), Dan Shea Music Inc (BMI) / ℗ 2012 Nonesuch Records. Under license from Nonesuch Records

2. Rhiannon Giddens

“At the Purchaser’s Option”
from the album Freedom Highway rel. 2017/ (Rhiannon Giddens, Joseph Ryan) / BMG Gold Songs/Joey Ryan Music Publishing (ASCAP), Children of Llyr c/o Wixen Music Publishing Inc. (BMI) / ℗ 2017 Nonesuch Records. Under license from Nonesuch Records

3. Darius Rucker

“Wagon Wheel”
from the album True Believers rel. 2013 / (Bob Dylan, Ketch Secor) / Universal Tunes (SESAC), Fern Street Music c/o Do Write Music LLC / Capitol Nashville / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

4. Darius Rucker

“Don’t Think I Don’t Think About It”
Capitol 509992-15145-2-4 rel. 2009 / (Darius Rucker, Clay Mills) / Universal Music Publishing (ASCAP) and MXC Music, Inc. (ASCAP) / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

5. Valerie June

“Workin’ Woman Blues”
from the album Pushin’ Against a Stone rel. 2013 / (Valerie June Hockett) / BMG, (BMI) / Courtesy of Concord Records

6. Our Native Daughters

“Black Myself”
from the album Songs of Our Native Daughters, SFW40232 / (Amythyst Kiah Phillips) / Amythyst Kiah Music (ASCAP) c/o THIRD SIDE AMERICA, Songs Of Our Native Daughters / courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. ℗ 2019. Used by permission

7. Mavis Staples

“Touch My Heart”
from the album Touch My Heart: A Tribute to Johnny Paycheck SUG-CD-1081 / (Aubrey Mayhew, Johnny Paycheck) / Dream City Music (BMI) Administered by Bluewater Music Services Corp. / Courtesy of Craft Recordings, a Division of Concord

8. Tony Jackson

“I Didn’t Wake Up This Morning”
from the album Tony Jackson rel. 2017/ (Bill Anderson, Mo Pitney, Bobby Tomberlin) / Curb Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing / ℗ 2017 DDS Entertainment

9. Rissi Palmer

“Country Girl”
from the album Rissi Palmer rel. 2007 (Sarah Majors, Rissi Palmer, Corey Rooney, Shannon Sanders, Dan Shea) / Rissi Inez Palmer (BMI), Warner Chappell Music, Tazmaraz Music, Zavitson Music Group, Corri Tiffany Publishing, Sony ATV Music Publishing, Dan Shea Music Inc. / Wangout (BMI) / Courtesy of Rissi Palmer Etc. LLC

10. Miko Marks

“It Feels Good”
from the album It Feels Good rel. 2007/ (Ann Brown, Gloria D. Nissenson, Gary Portnoy) / Key of Marathon Music, College Fund Music, Warner Chappell Music / Courtesy of Miko Marks LLC

11. Kane Brown

“Heaven” (acoustic version)
rel. 2017 / (Shy Carter, Matt McGinn, Lindsay Rimes) / BMG Platinum Songs US (BMI), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (BMI) / ℗ 2018 Sony Music Entertainment

12. Kane Brown

“Worldwide Beautiful”
rel. 2020/ (Kane Brown, Jordan Schmidt, Ryan Hurd, Shy Carter) / Songs of Universal, Inc./Kane Brown Music (BMI), Songs of Universal, Inc./Hurdjamz (BMI), BMG Platinum Songs US (BMI), Big Machine (BMI), You Want How Much of What Publishing (BMI), WC Music Corp./Endurance Lima Golf (ASCAP) / ℗ 2018 Sony Music Entertainment. All right reserved

13. Yola

“Ride Out in the Country”
from the album Walk Through Fire rel. 2019 / (Yola, Joe Allen, Dan Auerbach) / Downtown Music, Bluewater Music (BMI), Wine Music Publishing (BMI) / ℗ 2018 Easy Eye Sound, under license to Nonesuch Records Inc. Under license from Nonesuch Records

14. Allison Russell

“Nightflyer”
from the album Outside Child rel. 2021 / (Allison Russell, Jeremy Thomas Lindsay / Concord Sounds (ASCAP) obo itself, and Po Girl Music (ASCAP), Concord Copyrights (BMI) obo itself and Chicago Bird Music (BMI), c/o Concord Music Publishing / Courtesy of  Fantasy Records, a Division of Concord

15. Wendy Moten

“’Til I Get It Right”
from the album I’ve Got You Covered rel. 2020 / (Red Lane, Larry Henley) / Sony ATV Publishing / ℗2005 Radio Eye Music

16. Cowboy Troy

“I Play Chicken with the Train”
(with Big & Rich)
from the album entitled Loco Motive rel. 2005/ (Angie Aparo, John Rich, Jules Wortman, and Cowboy Troy) / ℗ 2005 Warner Records Inc. Under License From Rhino Entertainment Company, A Warner Music Group Company.

17. Blanco Brown

“The Git Up”
from the album Honeysuckle and Lightning Bugs rel. 2019 / (Bennie Amey III) / Blanco Theory / ℗ TrailerTrapMusic LLC, a BMG company, Licensed courtesy of BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.

18. Breland

“Cross Country” (featuring Mickey Guyton)
from the album Cross Country / (Breland, Sam Sumser, Sean Small, Will Gittens, Mickey Guyton) / Pen Point Guard Music (BMI), Reservoir 416 (BMI), Wikisongz/Reservoir 416 (BMI) /
℗ 2021 Bad Realm Records and Atlantic Recording Corporation. Under license from Atlantic Recording Corporation.

19. Brittney Spencer

“Bigger Than the Song”
from the album My Stupid Life rel. 2024 / (Brittney Spencer, Jennifer Anne Wayne, Tofer Brown) / ℗ 2023 Elektra Entertainment LLC

20. Mickey Guyton

“Black Like Me”
MRNR-02960-2 rel. 2020 / (Mickey Guyton, Nathan Chapman, Fraser Churchill, Emma Davidson Dillon) / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI), Fraser Churchill pub designee (BMI), Mickey’s Island Publishing (BMI), Eighty Nine 89 Music (BMI) and Emma Davidson-Dillon pub designee (BMI), All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. / Capitol Nashville / Under license from Universal Music Enterprises, Inc.

21. The War and Treaty

“A Lesson in Leavin’”
Live from the 2018 Medallion Ceremony at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s CMA Theater/(Randy Goodrum, Brent Maher) Chappel Co. Inc, Sailmaker Music, Sony/STV Tunes LLC, Welk Music, ASCAP/ CMHOFM

22. Keb’ Mo’

“Loving Arms”
Live from Big Night (At the Museum) performing with the guitar of Jimmie Rodgers, 2020/ (Tom Jans) Universal Music Publishing Group /  CMHOFM