98.1 Country Classic Bonus – 5 Most Requested Country Classic Hits [VIDEOS]

Good morning, it’s the first weekend in fall and welcome to the 98.1 Country Classic Show. You can join me from 9 am to 1 pm for the best in country music as we take you back to country music's roots at 98.1 FM Minnesota’s New Country, online and on your mobile device.

Today we’re offering you a bonus of the most requested songs from the radio show featuring The Highwaymen, Ed Bruce, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash and Janie Fricke.

The Highwaymen – “Highwayman” -- 1985

Highwayman is a country quartet of country singers Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. Jimmy Webb wrote this song.

In the news in 1985:

Lou Holtz resigns as the coach of the Golden Gophers and goes to Notre Dame
Soviet Leader Cherenkov dies and is replaced by Mikhail Gorbachev on March 11^th

I was a highwayman along the coach roads I did ride, with sword and pistol by my side.

Ed Bruce – “My First Taste of Texas” -- 1983

This song reached number six on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The song was written by Ed Bruce and Ronnie Rogers.

In the news in 1983:

Hurricane Alicia hit's Texas coast during August causing billions of dollars’ worth of damage to the region
The United States invades Grenada on October 12^th, over 5,000 Marines were sent to the island

My first taste of Texas had blue eyes and golden hair, beneath that Tennessee silver moon.

Glen Campbell – “Sunflower” -- 1977

Neil Diamond wrote “Sunflower,” a pop-country hit that peaked at number four on the country chart.

In the news in 1977:

In Super Bowl IX, the Oakland Raiders defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 32-to-14scientists identify previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious legionnaire's Disease.
Scientists identify previously-unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaire's Disease

Sunflower, good morning, you sure do make it like a sunny day.

Johnny Cash – “Ring of Fire” -- 1963

June Carter Cash and Merl Kilger wrote this song. The song became the biggest hit of Johnny Cash’s career, staying at number one for seven weeks on the country chart.

In the news in 1963:

Pope John XXIII dies
St. Paul’s most notorious crime case, the murder of Carol Thompson, a botched murder-for-hire case, implicating her husband, T. Eugene Thompson