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David Allan Coe (born September 6, 1939) is an American outlaw country music singer who achieved popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. As a singer, his biggest hits were "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile," "The Ride," "You Never Even Called Me by My Name," "She Used to Love Me a Lot," and "Longhaired Redneck." His best-known compositions are the No. 1 successes "Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)," which was covered by Tanya Tucker; and "Take This Job and Shove It," which was later covered by Johnny Paycheck that was later a hit movie (both Coe and Paycheck had minor parts in the film).
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25 Greats [2018]
Outlaws & Armadillos: Country's Roaring 70's [2018]
Song | Duration |
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I Still Sing the Old Songs | 4:15 |
Outlaws 'til the End, Vol. 1 [2018]
Song | Duration |
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The Ride | 3:50 |
The Complete Hits [2017]
Take as Needed for Pain [LP] [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Get Outta My Life | 3:34 |
American Heartland: Legends of Country [2014]
Song | Duration |
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She Used to Love Me a Lot | 3:04 |
Country Hits: The Album [2014]
Song | Duration |
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El Paso City | 4:13 |
The Illustrated David Allan Coe: 4 Classic Albums 1977-1979 [2014]
Playlist: The Very Best of George Jones [14-Track] [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Don't Cry Darlin' | 2:50 |
The Mysterious David Allan Coe: 4 Classic Albums 1974-1978 [2013]
Epic Years: The Box Set Series [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Don't Cry Darlin' | 2:50 |
The Music of George Jones: The Epic Years [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Don't Cry Darlin' | 2:50 |
Beer for My Horses [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Let's Get Trashed | 2:53 |
Best of Truck Driver Songs [2008]
Song | Duration |
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White Line Fever | 2:59 |
Boots, Buckles & Spurs: 50 Songs Celebrate 50 Years of Cowboy Tradition [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Ride 'Em Cowboy | 3:36 |
Country Fever [Wagram] [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Take This Job and Shove It |
I Love Country Music [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Fuzzy Was an Outlaw | |
Give My Love To Rose | |
Ride Me Down Easy | |
Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town | |
Satisfied Mind | |
That Old Time Feeling |
I Love Country Music: Outlaw Anthems [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Fuzzy Was an Outlaw |
Playlist: The Very Best of David Allan Coe [2008]
Steel Box Collection - Classic Country Favourites [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Cheap Thrills | 2:43 |
The Outlaw Trail Collection [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:37 |
The Very Best of Outlaw Country [2008]
Song | Duration |
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You Never Even Called Me by My Name | 5:17 |
20 Biggest Country Outlaws [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Fuzzy Was an Outlaw | 1:58 |
Ride Me Down Easy | 3:08 |
20 Great Country Classics [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:38 |
20 Redneck Country Hits [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Fuzzy Was an Outlaw | 1:58 |
70s Country Outlaw Hits [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:37 |
Ride Me Down Easy | 3:08 |
All Country Outlaws [2007]
Song | Duration |
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The Ride | 3:06 |
Beginner's Guide to Country [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Longhaired Redneck | 3:23 |
Country Hit Parade [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Ride Me Down Easy | 3:08 |
Fuzzy Was an Outlaw | 1:58 |
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:37 |
Give My Love to Rose | 3:34 |
A Satisfied Mind | 4:25 |
That Old Time Feeling | 4:20 |
Country Outlaws: 20 Hits [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:38 |
Country Top Hits of the 70's [2007]
Song | Duration |
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El Paso City | 4:16 |
You Never Even Called Me by My Name | 5:16 |
Karaoke: Country Hits of 1983, Vol. 2 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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The Ride [C] | 3:30 |
Outlaw Country: 18 Greatest [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Fuzzy Was an Outlaw | 1:58 |
Ride Me Down Easy | 3:08 |
The Wild Side of Country [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Fuzzy Was an Outlaw | 1:58 |
Ride Me Down Easy | 3:08 |
Ultimate Country Redneck [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Long-Haired Redneck | 3:24 |
You Never Even Called Me by My Name | 5:16 |
Classic Country: Cowboy Country [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Ride 'Em Cowboy |
Classic Country: Outlaws [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Longhaired Redneck | 3:24 |
You Never Even Called Me by My Name | 5:17 |
Country Hit Parade: Outlaw Prison: Most Wanted Hits [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Fuzzy Was an Outlaw | 1:57 |
Country Hit Parade: Wild Side of Country [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Ride Me Down Easy | 3:08 |
Heartworn Highways [2006]
Song | Duration |
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I Still Sing the Old Songs | 3:41 |
River | 2:13 |
Heartworn Highways [Shout Factory] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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I Still Sing the Old Songs | 3:41 |
River | 2:14 |
Raise 'Em High: All Time Greatest Country Drinking Songs [2006]
Song | Duration |
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You Never Even Called Me by My Name | 5:17 |
Redneck Country [Time Life] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Longhaired Redneck | 3:24 |
Working Man's Country [Echo Bridge] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands | 3:41 |
At His Best [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Tennessee Whiskey | 2:47 |
House of the Rising Sun | 5:01 |
Castles in the Sand/Hello in There Plus [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Cheap Thrills | 2:43 |
The Ride | 3:11 |
He Will Break Your Heart | 4:00 |
Classic Country: Stars of Branson [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile | 3:42 |
Country Collection [Platinum Disc] [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands | 3:41 |
Gettin' More Rowdy [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Son of the South | 3:54 |
Just Divorced/Darlin' Darlin' Plus [2005]
One Piece at a Time [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Cold Cold Heart | 4:44 |
Rough Rider/DAC Plus [2005]
Stars 2005 [2005]
Song | Duration |
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House of the Rising Sun | 5:00 |
The Ride [2005]
Song | Duration |
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The Ride | 3:02 |
Yellow Rose of Texas | 3:40 |
Skip to My Lou | 2:37 |
Ultimate Collection [2005]
Unchained/Son of the South: Plus [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Ain't Worth the Powder | 3:14 |
Snowblind Friend | 2:29 |
Southern Man | 3:54 |
Love Is a Never Ending War | 3:51 |
Storms Never Last | 3:40 |
Son of the South | 3:53 |
Ride 'Em Cowboy | 3:35 |
Country Men [Sony] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands |
Country Super Hits of the 1980s [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile | 3:55 |
Greetings From Texas (Hepcat) [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Texas Lullaby | 4:11 |
Greetings from Tennessee [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Tennessee Whiskey | 3:00 |
Hits of the 80's & 90's [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Tennessee Whiskey | 2:48 |
Singers And Songwriters: Country USA [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile |
Super Hits of the 1970's [King] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) | 2:19 |
The Essential David Allan Coe [2004]
Working Man's Country [Platinum Disc] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands | 3:41 |
Working Man's Country and Real Women of Country #1 Hits [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands | 3:41 |
Best Ever Country Drinking Songs [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Jack Daniels, If You Please |
Country Outlaw [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Son of the South | 3:27 |
Panheads Forever | 2:58 |
Take This Job and Shove It | 2:36 |
You Never Even Called Me by My Name | 4:30 |
The Ride | 2:53 |
Live at Billy Bob's Texas [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Son of the South | 3:23 |
Storms Never Last | 2:56 |
Long Haired Redneck | 2:40 |
Take This Job and Shove It | 3:16 |
The Ride | 3:02 |
Free My Mind | 3:10 |
You Never Even Call Me by My Name | 4:38 |
Live at Billy Bob's Texas [Bonus DVD] [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Storms Never Last | 2:33 |
Take This Job and Shove It | 3:04 |
The Ride | 3:02 |
Sings Johnny Cash's Biggest Hits [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Folsom Prison Blues | 3:50 |
Sunday Morning Coming Down | 4:19 |
Ballad of a Teenage Queen | 2:20 |
Hey Porter | 3:00 |
Ring of Fire | 4:08 |
Cry! Cry! Cry! | 2:13 |
The Essential Patriotic Collection [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Yellow Rose of Texas | 3:38 |
20 All Time Greatest Hits [2002]
Country And Western [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Home on the Range | 2:44 |
Skip to My Lou | 2:40 |
Shenandoah | 2:44 |
Yellow Rose of Texas | 3:39 |
Home on the Road [2002]
Song | Duration |
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White Line Fever | 3:00 |
It's A Grand Old Flag [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Yellow Rose of Texas | 3:38 |
Live at the Iron Horse Saloon [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Son of the South | 3:23 |
Panheads Forever | 3:51 |
Take This Job and Shove It | 3:49 |
The Ride | 4:40 |
Sings Merle Haggard [2002]
Song | Duration |
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The Fightin' Side of Me | 2:15 |
White Line Fever | 2:50 |
The Legends of Road Music [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Drivin' My Life Away | 3:38 |
The Original Outlaw of Country Music [2002]
Ultimate Country Super Hits [Sony Box Set] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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You Never Even Called Me by My Name | 5:16 |
Best of Country Stars [2001]
Song | Duration |
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The Ride |
Country Classics [Sony] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile | 3:41 |
Songwriter of the Tear [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Outro | 1:18 |
Long Haired Country Boy [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Long Haired Country Boy | 3:40 |
Me and Bobby McGee | 2:52 |
Folsom Prison Blues | 3:50 |
The Best of Branson [2000]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile | 3:41 |
16 Biggest Hits [1999]
Castles in the Sand/Once Upon a Rhyme [1999]
Johnny Cash Is a Friend of Mine [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Folsom Prison Blues | 3:50 |
Sunday Morning Coming Down | 4:19 |
Ballad of a Teenage Queen | 2:20 |
Hey Porter | 3:00 |
Ring of Fire | 4:08 |
Cry Cry Cry | 2:13 |
Like Desperados [1998]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Desperados Waiting for a Train | 5:37 |
18 Kickin' Country Classics [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Cheap Thrills | 2:28 |
20 Road Music Hits [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Drivin' My Life Away | 3:38 |
On the Road Again | 1:57 |
White Line Fever | 2:59 |
50 Years of Country Music! Vol. 12 [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile | 3:55 |
Live: If That Ain't Country [1997]
Outlaws & Rebels [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
You Never Even Called Me by My Name | 5:19 |
Taste of Texas: Songs 'bout Texas by Texans [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Texas Lullaby | 4:11 |
The Ghost of Hank Williams [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Cold Cold Heart | 4:45 |
Trucker's Jukebox, Vol. 1-3 [1997]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
You Never Even Called Me by My Name | 5:16 |
The Ride | 3:11 |
Long Haired Redneck | 3:12 |
Gold Collection Artists [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile | 3:55 |
Gold Collection Artists, Vol. 2 [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
You Never Even Called Me by My Name | 4:37 |
Harley Davidson Country Road Songs [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
You Never Even Called My by My Name | 5:14 |
Lonesome Fugitive [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
If That Ain't Country | 4:59 |
Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile | 3:52 |
House of the Rising Sun | 4:58 |
Outlaws Super Hits [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Long Haired Redneck | 3:24 |
Redneck Country [K-Tel] [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Long Haired Redneck | 3:21 |
Super Hits, Vol. 2 [1996]
The Perfect Country and Western Song [1996]
Truckin' Outlaw [1996]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Ride | 5:03 |
Ride 'Em Cowboy | 3:19 |
Tennessee Whiskey | 2:16 |
White Line Fever | 4:11 |
You Never Even Called Me by My Name [1996]
Best of the Best [1995]
Compass Point/I've Got Something to Say [1995]
Country Giants, Vol. 2 [Richmond] [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Room Full of Roses | 4:20 |
Country Pop Hits of the 70s [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
You Never Even Called Me by My Name | 5:17 |
David Allan Coe, Johnny Paycheck & Others [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Bootlegger King | 3:46 |
House of the Rising Sun | 5:01 |
Gold Collection [King] [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
You Never Even Called Me by My Name |
Headed for the Country [1995]
Hits of the 80's and 90's [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tennessee Whiskey | 2:47 |
Human Emotions/Spectrum VII [1995]
Invictus Means Unconquered/Tennessee Whiskey [1995]
Original Outlaw [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
A Satisfied Mind | 4:24 |
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town | 2:35 |
Give My Love to Rose | 3:31 |
Fuzzy Was an Outlaw | 1:55 |
That Old Time Feeling | 4:17 |
Why Me | 3:12 |
Ride Me Down Easy | 3:07 |
Tattoo/Family Album [1995]
You Wrote My Life: Tribute to Hank Williams [1995]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Ride | 3:12 |
20 Greatest Hits [1994]
Country Legends [Sony] [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Jack Daniel's, If You Please | |
Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands |
Country Super Hits [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Ride | 3:08 |
Longhaired Redneck/Rides Again [1994]
Stars 1994 [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
House of the Rising Sun |
Texas [1994]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Texas Lullaby | 4:12 |
Super Hits [1993]
The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy/Once Upon a Time [1993]
Trucker's Jukebox, Vol. 3 [Columbia] [1993]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Long Haired Redneck | 3:09 |
All American Country [1991]
Biggest Hits [1991]
Biggest Hits (Collectables) [1991]
Hot Country Rock, Vol. 1 [1991]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Ride |
18 X-Rated Hits [1990]
1990 Songs for Sale [1990]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Tennessee Waltz |
Greatest Hits [1990]
Trucker's Jukebox: 10 All-Time Radio Requests [1990]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
You Never Even Called Me by My Name | 5:16 |
Crazy Daddy [1989]
Song | Duration |
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Jody Like a Melody | |
Love Is a Never Ending War |
Great Country Hits of the 80's: 1983 [1989]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Ride | 3:13 |
Greatest Country Hits of the 80's: 1984 [1989]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile |
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 5: New Tradition [1988]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Ride | 3:10 |
A Matter of Life and Death [1987]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Jody Like a Melody | 2:57 |
Tanya Montana | 3:42 |
Need a Little Time off for Bad Behavior | 3:01 |
Child of God | 7:46 |
Son of the South [1986]
Song | Duration |
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Love Is a Never Ending War | |
Storms Never Last | |
Son of the South |
17 Greatest Hits [1985]
19 Hot Country Requests [1985]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Ride | 3:11 |
19 Hot Country Requests, Vol. 2 [1985]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile | 3:41 |
Darlin', Darlin' [1985]
Song | Duration |
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She Used to Love Me a Lot | |
Don't Cry Darlin' | |
My Girl | |
Call Me the Breeze |
For the Record: The First 10 Years [1985]
Unchained [1985]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ain't Worth the Powder | |
Snowblind Friend | |
Southern Man |
Best of David Allan Coe [1984]
CBS Salutes Country Music Month 1984 [1984]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile |
Just Divorced [1984]
Castles in the Sand [1983]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Cheap Thrills | |
The Ride |
Hello in There [1983]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
He Will Break Your Heart |
DAC [1982]
Song | Duration |
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Looking in the Mirror | |
Lyin' Comes So Easy to Your Lips | |
Whiskey, Whiskey (Take My Mind) |
Rough Rider [1982]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
What Made You Change Your Mind | |
Now I Lay Me Down to Cheat | |
Take Time to Know Her | |
Headed for the Country | |
Meanwhile Back in Memphis |
Underground Album [1982]
Song | Duration |
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Panheads Forever | |
Nigger Fucker | |
One More Time | |
Little Suzzie Shallow Throat | |
Pick Em, Lick Em' Stick Em | |
Don't Bite the Dick | |
Fuckin in the Butt |
Encore [1981]
Invictus Means Unconquered [1981]
Tennessee Whiskey [1981]
Song | Duration |
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Tennessee Whiskey | |
If I Knew | |
Pledging My Love | |
I'll Always Be a Fool for You | |
Juanita | |
We Got a Bad Thing Goin' | |
Little Orphan Annie |
Compass Point [1979]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Heads or Tails | |
3 Time Loser | |
Gone (Like) | |
Honey Don't | |
Lost | |
Merle and Me | |
Loving Her (Will Make You Lose Your Mind) | |
The Fish Aren't Bitin' Today | |
X's and O's (Kisses and Hugs) |
My Very Special Guests [Bonus Disc] [1979]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
This Bottle (In My Hand) | 2:51 |
My Very Special Guests [Bonus Tracks] [1979]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
This Bottle (In My Hand) | 2:51 |
Spectrum VII [1979]
Song | Duration |
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On My Feet Again | |
Fall in Love With You | |
What Can I Do | |
Sudden Death | |
Fairytale Morning | |
Seven Mile Bridge | |
Now's the Time | |
Love Is Just a Porpoise |
Buckstone County Prison [1978]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Ball and Chain | |
Shackles and Chains |
Family Album [1978]
Human Emotions [1978]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) | |
If This Is Just a Game | |
You Can Count on Me | |
Mississippi River Queen | |
Tomorrow Is Another Day | |
Human Emotions | |
Jack Daniels If You Please | |
Suicide |
Nothing Sacred [1978]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Pussy Whipped Again | |
Cum Stains on the Pillow | |
Linda Lovelace | |
Fu*k Aneta Briant | |
Jimmy Buffett | |
Whips and Things | |
Rails | |
Masterbation Blues |
Rides Again [1977]
Tattoo [1977]
Texas Moon [1977]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
A Satisfied Mind | 4:27 |
Why Me | 3:15 |
Fuzzy Was an Outlaw | 1:59 |
That Old Time Feeling | 4:19 |
Ride Me Down Easy | 3:10 |
Give My Love To Rose | 3:33 |
I've Got Something to Say [1976]
Longhaired Redneck [1976]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Long Haired Redneck | 3:24 |
When She's Got Me (Where She Wants Me) | 2:49 |
Revenge | 2:33 |
Texas Lullaby | 4:14 |
Living on the Run | 2:35 |
Family Reunion | 4:03 |
Rock & Roll Holiday | 2:11 |
Free Born Rambling Man | 2:16 |
Spotlight | 3:11 |
Dakota the Dancing Bear, Pt. 2 | 4:00 |
Once Upon a Rhyme [1974]
The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy [1974]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Sad Country Song | |
Crazy Mary | |
River | |
33rd of August | |
Bossier City | |
Atlanta Song | |
Old Man Tell Me | |
Desperados Waiting for a Train | |
I Still Sing the Old Songs | |
Old Grey Goose Is Dead |
Trucker's Jukebox, Vol. 2 [CBS] [1974]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
The Ride | 3:11 |
Still [1963]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands | 2:46 |
'70s Country [Time Life]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
El Paso City | 4:11 |
Best of the Best: Truck Drivin' Songs
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Drivin' My Life Away | 3:38 |
If You Love a Rose
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Cry, Cry, Cry | 3:51 |
Northgate Noise, Vol. 3
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Jack Daniels If You Please | 3:18 |
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