{"id":291152,"date":"2026-05-13T12:18:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/291152\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T12:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T12:18:29","slug":"willie-nelson-dolly-parton-hot-country-songs-hits-since-the-60s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/291152\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton: Hot Country Songs Hits Since the \u201860s"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWillie Nelson<\/a> joins Dolly Parton<\/a> as the only artists to appear on Billboard\u2019s Hot Country Songs<\/a> chart in each of the last seven decades, as the iconic performer is featured on Kacey Musgraves<\/a>\u2019 \u201cUncertain, TX.\u201d The track opens at No. 50 on the May 16-dated ranking with 2.4 million official U.S. streams May 1-7, according to Luminate. It\u2019s one of 15 songs on Musgraves\u2019 Middle of Nowhere, which debuts at No. 2 on Top Country Albums.<\/p>\n

\n\tWritten by Musgraves and longtime creative partner Daniel Tashian, \u201cUncertain, TX\u201d extends one of country music\u2019s longest running chart histories: 64 years and two months after Nelson first reached Hot Country Songs with \u201cWillingly,\u201d which hit No. 10 in 1962. He tallied two top 10s that decade, along with 13 in the \u201970s, 24 in the \u201980s and one each in the \u201990s and 2000s. Of those, 21 hit No. 1.<\/p>\n

\n\tNelson, 93, had most recently charted with a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival\u2019s \u201cHave You Ever Seen the Rain,\u201d featuring Paula Nelson, his daughter (No. 36 peak, 2019).<\/p>\n

\n\tParton, meanwhile, first reached Hot Country Songs in 1967 with \u201cDumb Blonde\u201d (No. 24) and has likewise charted in every decade through the \u201820s. She remains the only artist to place a song inside the chart\u2019s top 20 in each decade<\/a> since the \u201860s, most recently with \u201cTyrant,\u201d her 2024 collaboration with Beyonc\u00e9.<\/p>\n

\n\tParton\u2019s other entries this decade are \u201cHave the Heart\u201d (No. 22), with Post Malone; a remake of \u201cDoes He Love You\u201d (No. 47), with Reba McEntire (who originally took the song to No. 1, with Linda Davis, in 1993); and \u201cCuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas\u201d (No. 48), with Michael Bubl\u00e9.<\/p>\n


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