Dick Hageman’s Top 100 Folk Gems Countdown
Week One
100 Clements/Daniels: The Devil Went Down to Georgia (The Charlie Daniels Band)
99 Gale Garnett: We'll Sing in the Sunshine (Gale Garnett)
98 trad.: Silver Dagger (Joan Baez)
97 Willie Nelson: On the Road Again (Willie Nelson)
96 Roger Miller: King of the Road (Roger Miller)
95 Jim Croce: Time in a Bottle (Jim Croce)
94 Rimbault/adapt. Edwin Hawkins: Oh Happy Day (The Edwin Hawkins Singers)
93 Ray Stevens: Everything is Beautiful (Ray Stevens)
92 John Lennon: Imagine (John Lennon)
91 trad.: Wasn't That a Mighty Storm (Eric Von Schmidt)
90 Sonny Bono: I Got You Babe (Sonny and Cher)
89 Jesse Fuller: San Francisco Bay Blues (Ramblin' Jack Elliott)
88 attr. various: 500 Miles (Peter, Paul and Mary)
87 trad.: John Henry (Odetta)
86 Carole King: You've Got a Friend (James Taylor)
85 Roy Orbison/Joe Melson: Blue Bayou (Linda Ronstadt)
84 Dewey Bunnell: A Horse with No Name (America)
83 Robby Robertson/Levon Helm: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Joan Baez) 82 Fred Neil: Everybody's Talkin' at Me (Harry Nilsson)
81 Don Schlitz: The Gambler (Kenny Rogers)
80 Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)
79 Carly Simon: You're So Vain (Carly Simon)
78 Joseito Fernandez/Jose Marti: Guantanamera (Pete Seeger)
77 James Taylor: Fire and Rain (James Taylor)
76 trad.: Amazing Grace (Judy Collins)
75 Tom Rush: No Regrets (Tom Rush)
74 Woody Guthrie: Pastures of Plenty (Woody Guthrie)
73 Johnny Cash: I Walk the Line (Johnny Cash)
72 Malvina Reynolds: Little Boxes (Malvina Reynolds)
71 adapt. A.P. Carter: Can the Circle Be Unbroken (The Carter Family)
70 trad. Skiffle: Lonesome Traveler (The Limeliters)
69 Kisses Sweeter than Wine (Jimmie Rodgers)
68 Kelly Pace: Rock Island Line (Leadbelly)
67 Richard & Mimi Farina: Pack Up Your Sorrows (Richard & Mimi Farina)
66 trad. Jamaican: Banana Boat Song (The Tarriers)
65 trad.: Greenfields (The Brothers Four)
64 Michael Peter Smith: The Dutchman (Steve Goodman)
63 Elizabeth Cotten: Freight Train (Elizabeth Cotten)
62 John Phillips: Monday, Monday (The Mamas and the Papas)
61 Donovan Leitch: Mellow Yellow (Donovan)
60 Graham Nash: Teach Your Children (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young)
59 Van Morrison: Brown-Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
58 Kate Wolf: Across the Great Divide (Kate Wolf)
57 McColl/Seeger: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
56 John Hartford: Gentle on My Mind (Glen Campbell)
55 Gus Cannon: Walk Right In (The Rooftop Singers)
54 Willie Nelson: Crazy (Patsy Cline)
53 Ersel Hickey: Don't Let the Rain Come Down (The Serendipity Singers)
52 Sylvia Tyson: You Were On My Mind (We Five)
51 trad./Paul Simon: Scarborough Fair/Canticle (Simon and Garfunkel)
50 trad.: On Top of Old Smoky (Burl Ives)
49 Jimmy Webb: By the Time I Get to Phoenix (Glen Campbell)
48 Eric Andersen: Thirsty Boots (Eric Andersen)
47 John Denver/Mike Taylor: Rocky Mountain High (John Denver)
46 Terry Kirkman: Cherish (The Association)
45 trad. African-American spiritual: Michael (The Highwaymen)
44 Phil Ochs: I Ain't Marching Anymore (Phil Ochs)
43 Donovan Leitch: Catch the Wind (Donovan)
42 Backer/Cook/Greenaway: I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (The New Seekers)
41 Harry Chapin: Cat's in the Cradle (Harry Chapin)
40 trad./Eleanor Farjeon: Morning Has Broken (Cat Stevens)
39 Jimmy Webb: Galveston (Glen Campbell)
38 trad./adapt. Lord Burgess: Jamaica Farewell (Harry Belafonte)
37 Don McLean: American Pie (Don McLean)
36 Bob Dylan: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob Dylan)
35 Eric Bogle: And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Eric Bogle)
34 Rod Steward/Martin Quittenton: Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
33 Tom Paxton: Ramblin' Boy (Tom Paxton)
32 John Lennon & Paul McCartney: In My Life (The Beatles)
31 Solomon Linda/adapt. Pete Seeger: The Lion Sleeps Tonight (The Tokens)
30 Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune (Phil Ochs)
29 Joan Baez: Diamonds and Rust (Joan Baez)
28 Leonard Lipton/Peter Yarrow: Puff, the Magic Dragon (Peter, Paul and Mary)
27 Paul Simon: Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel)
26 Buffy Sainte-Marie: Universal Soldier (Buffy Sainte-Marie)
25 Bob Dylan: The Times They Are a-Changin' (Bob Dylan)
24 Joni Mitchell: The Circle Game (Tom Rush)
23 Gordon Lightfoot: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot)
22 John Lennon & Paul McCartney: Norwegian Wood (The Beatles)
21 Sandy Denny: Who knows Where the Time Goes (Sandy Denny)
20 Arlo Guthrie: Alice's Restaurant (Arlo Guthrie)
19 Paul Simon: Mrs. Robinson (Simon and Garfunkel)
18 Book of Ecclesiastes/adapt. Pete Seeger): Turn! Turn! Turn! (The Byrds)
17 John & Michelle Phillips: California Dreamin' (The Mamas and the Papas)
16 trad./adapt. Leadbelly: Goodnight, Irene (The Weavers)
15 Pete Seeger/Joe Hickerson: Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (The Kingston Trio) 14 Tom Paxton: The Last Thing On My Mind (Tom Paxton).
13 Charles Albert Tindley/adapt. Zilphia Horton & Pete Seeger: We Shall Overcome (Pete Seeger)
12 trad.: Tom Dooley (The Kingston Trio)
11 Joni Mitchell: Both Sides, Now (Judy Collins)
10 Gordon Lightfoot: Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot)
9 Ian Tyson: Four Strong Winds (Ian and Sylvia)
8 Bob Dylan: Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)
7 Leonard Cohen: Suzanne (Leonard Cohen)
6 Paul Simon: The Sounds of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel)
5 Pete Seeger/Lee Hays: If I Had a Hammer (Peter, Paul and Mary)
4 Steve Goodman: The City of New Orleans (Arlo Guthrie)
3 Bob Dylan: Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds)
2 Bob Dylan: Blowin' in the Wind (Peter, Paul and Mary)
1 Woody Guthrie: This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)