ARTIST, "Song"  (Label)
MERLE HAGGARD, “(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers” Capitol
CANDI STATON, “You Don’t Have Very Far To Go” (Astralwerks)
DAN PENN & SPOONER OLDHAM, “It Tears Me Up” (Proper)
KIM WILSON, “Tortured” (M.C.)

RICK HOLMSTROM. “North of Montana” (Black Top)
LOUIS JORDAN, “Somebody Done Hoodooed the Hoodoo Man” (Buzzola)
BIG MAYBELLE, “Don’t Let the Sun See You Crying” (St. Clair)
IRMA THOMAS, “Another Man Done Gone” (Rounder)

DR. JOHN, “Walking To New Orleans” (Burgundy)
NEW ORLEANS KLEZMER ALLSTARS, “Boozoo Breakdown” (Fuel 2000)
JAMES HUNTER, “No Smoke Without Fire” (Rounder)
MARVA JOSIE, “He Does It Better” (Ubiquity)

JOHN JACKSON, “John Henry” (Arhoolie)
GEORGE JONES, “I’m Ragged But I’m Right” (Epic/Legacy)
BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS, “Never No More Hard Time Blues” (Rhino)
LOST WEEKEND, “Baby That Sure Would Go Good” (Redoubtable)
DUKE ROBILLARD, “Sunday Mornin’” (Stony Plain)

JOHNNY CASH, “Man In Black” (Island/American/Columbia/Legacy)
BOB DYLAN, “Chimes of Freedom” (Columbia)
FAIRFIELD FOUR, “I Can Tell You the Time” (Nashboro/Ace)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, “Eyes On the Prize” (Columbia)
LARRY GOLDINGS, “We Shall Overcome” (Palmetto)

KD LANG, “Diet of Strange Places” (Sire/Rhino)
PYENG THREADGILL, “It’s Late” (Random Chance)
CATHERINE RUSSELL, “New Speedway Boogie” (World Village)
OSCAR BROWN, JR., “Dat Dere” (Columbia/Legacy)

OTIS RUSH, “Natural Ball” (Hightone)