Finally, we end our list with the man behind some of the best classic country and Western sad songs of all time. John Prine’s 1971 eponymous debut was full of one-two punches, from “Sam Stone ...

In David Allen Coe’s classic “You Never Even Called My by My Name”—co-penned by Steve Goodman and John Prine—he lays out the ingredients of the perfect country and western song—mama ...

Thirteen-year-old Phoebe White taught herself to yodel when she was 8. Known as Phoebe the Yodeling Cowgirl, she's won 24 talent competitions and her album is number seven on the Western music chart.