The Top Texas 40 Chart

Texas Towns & Places: Top 15

1 "El Paso," Marty Robbins

2 "San Antonio Rose," Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

3 "(Is Anybody Going to) San Antone," Doug Sahm

4 "Dallas," Joe Ely

5 "La Grange," ZZ Top

6 "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)," Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson

7 "Galveston," Glen Campbell

8 "Amarillo by Morning," George Strait

9 "China Grove," the Doobie Brothers

10 "I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)," Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks

11 "The Streets of Laredo," Marty Robbins

12 "I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)," Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

13 "Texarkana," R.E.M.

14 "Asshole From El Paso," Kinky Friedman & the Texas Jewboys

15 "Rio," Duran Duran

Texas in the Title: Top 25

1 "Deep in the Heart of Texas," Gene Autry

2 "All My Ex's Live in Texas," George Strait

3 "Texas Flood," Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

4 "Waltz Across Texas," Ernest Tubb

5 "That's Right (You're Not From Texas)," Lyle Lovett

6 "T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)," Jimmie Rodgers

7 "Miles and Miles of Texas," Asleep at the Wheel

8 "Rolling Stone From Texas," Don Walser

9 "Yellow Rose of Texas," Gene Autry

10 "Texas Tornado," Sir Douglas Quintet

11 "West Texas Waltz," Butch Hancock

12 "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)," Waylon Jennings with Willie Nelson

13 "Texas Me," Sir Douglas Quintet

14 "The Eyes of Texas," Milton Brown

15 "Memories of East Texas," Michelle Shocked

16 "Screw You, We're From Texas," Ray Wylie Hubbard

17 "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)," the Doors

18 "Texas in My Rear View Mirror," Mac Davis

19 "Good Texan," the Vaughan Brothers

20 "Texas (When I Die)," Tanya Tucker

21 "At the Crossroads," Sir Douglas Quintet

22 "Under the 'X' in Texas," Johnny Gimble

23 "Long Tall Texan," Murry Kellum

24 "Northeast Texas Women," Willis Alan Ramsey

25 "Texas Flyer," Freddie King

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