5. “A Boy Named Sue” by Johnny Cash

“A Boy Named Sue” was released in July 1969. It is on the album “At San Quentin.” This song was written by the iconic children’s poet Shel Silverstein. 

“A Boy Named Sue” has everything that is, and ever will be, country. It is one of the originals and it’s really funny. Original country is the only country I can really stand because it’s what everyone thinks of when you hear the terms “country music.”

Listen to “A Boy Named Sue” here.