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George Jones
Solo artist Saratoga United States US country music vocalist
George Jones is an artist from Saratoga. George Jones has 8 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2021. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “He Stopped Loving Her Today”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #72. The station that charted George Jones most often is WFPK (Louisville, KY), with 4 appearances.
George Jones had one of the great voices in American music, and "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is where it sounds most devastating: a slow, aching country ballad sung with the kind of phrasing that makes every syllable count. Born in 1931, he broke through in 1959 with "White Lightning", a song written by the Big Bopper, and went on to build a long list of hit records, recording as a duo with Tammy Wynette along the way.
His nicknames tell the story. Alcoholism and drug addiction wrecked his health and caused him to miss so many shows that he became "No Show Jones", yet in his later years he was routinely hailed as the greatest living country singer, the Rolls-Royce of Country Music.
The honors reflected it: the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honors and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. He died in 2013, aged 81.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by George Jones on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He Stopped Loving Her Today | 4 | #72 | – | – | |
| 2 | White Lightnin' | 1 | #373 | – | – | |
| 3 | The Grand Tour | 1 | #746 | – | – | |
| 4 | We're Gonna Hold On | 1 | #923 | – | – |
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 72 | He Stopped Loving Her Today | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s |
| 2020 | 330 | He Stopped Loving Her Today | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2007 | 788 | He Stopped Loving Her Today | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time |
| 2006 | 673 | Artist ranking | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006) |
| 2001 | 98 | He Stopped Loving Her Today | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2001 | 373 | White Lightnin' | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2001 | 746 | The Grand Tour | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2001 | 923 | We're Gonna Hold On | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time |
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