15 Forgotten Vintage Country Songs That Built the Whole Genre.

They were massive. They were game-changers. And then they disappeared. In this episode of Backroad Trail, we count down 15 forgotten vintage country songs — and the real, fact-checked stories behind them. From Hank Snow's 21-week chart record, to a song banned by the Grand Ole Opry for being too honest, to the afternoon one songwriter wrote two of the most-covered songs in American music history — these are the buried legends that built modern country music from the ground up. Songs by Hank Snow, Kitty Wells, Lefty Frizzell, Jean Shepard, Faron Young, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, Bobby Bare, David Houston, Wynn Stewart, Stoney Edwards, Charlie Rich, Roger Miller, and more. Subscribe to Backroad Trail for the real stories behind the music that shaped a genre. #forgottencountry #vintagecountry #classiccountry #backroadTrail1 #hanksnow #leftyFrizzell #kittyWells #faronyoung #dongibson #countrymusichistory #oldcountrymusic #nashvillesound #BakersfieldSound #hankwilliams