The catalog
Greatest Hits
These are the best known recordings of Harlan Howard songs, the 70 titles that carried his name out of Nashville and onto country radio for five decades. They are grouped by the era in which the hit recording landed. Where a song has its own story on this site, the title links to it.
For every copyright the family administers, see the complete song catalog.
50's & 60's
| Song | Recorded by |
|---|---|
| Pick Me Up On Your Way Down | Charlie Walker |
| Heartaches By The Number | Ray Price |
| Above And Beyond | Buck Owens |
| He Called Me Baby | Patsy Cline |
| Keys In The Mailbox | Buck Owens |
| Foolin' Round | Buck Owens |
| You Took Her Off My Hands | Ray Price |
| I Fall To Pieces | Patsy Cline |
| Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache) | Buck Owens |
| Busted | Ray Charles |
| Life Turned Her That Way | Mel Tillis |
| The Chokin' Kind | Waylon Jennings |
| Your Heart Turned Left | George Jones |
| Odds And Ends | Warren Smith |
| I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today | Warren Smith |
| The Blizzard | Jim Reeves |
| I've Got A Tiger By The Tail | Buck Owens |
| Sally Was A Good Ole Girl | Bobby Darin |
| She's Gone Gone Gone | Lefty Frizzell |
| Too Many Rivers | Brenda Lee |
| The Hurtin's All Over | Connie Smith |
| She's A Little Bit Country | Dean Martin |
| Another Bridge To Burn | Jimmy Dickens |
| No Charge | Melba Montgomery |
| I Wish I Felt This Way At Home | Dolly Parton |
| The Deepening Snow | Sammi Smith |
| Yours Love | Willie Nelson |
| The Everglades | Kingston Trio |
| You Comb Her Hair | George Jones |
| Mary Ann Regrets | Burl Ives |
| I Won't Forget You | Jim Reeves |
| Three Steps To The Phone | George Hamilton IV |
| Evil On Your Mind | Jan Howard |
| The Streets of Baltimore | Bobby Bare |
| She Called Me Baby | Charlie Rich |
70's & 80's
| Song | Recorded by |
|---|---|
| Busted | John Conlee |
| Somebody Should Leave | Reba |
| Why Not Me | The Judds |
| I Don't Remember Loving You | John Conlee |
| Too Many Rivers | Forester Sisters |
| Somewhere Tonight | Highway 101 |
| Life Turned Her That Way | Ricky Van Shelton |
| Never Mind | Nanci Griffith |
| Chokin' Kind | Joe Simon |
| He Called Me Baby | Candi Staton |
| I Don't Know A Thing About Love | Conway Twitty |
| Down To My Last Cigarette | k.d. lang |
90's & 2000's
| Song | Recorded by |
|---|---|
| Above And Beyond | Rodney Crowell |
| Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache) | The Mavericks |
| Don't Tell Me What To Do | Pam Tillis |
| Blame It On Your Heart | Patty Loveless |
| All I Can Be | Collin Raye |
| These Lips Don't Know How To Say Goodbye | Doug Stone |
| She's Gone Gone Gone | Glen Campbell |
| I Don't Believe That's How You Feel | Tracy Byrd |
| The Chokin' Kind | Joss Stone |
| I've Got A Funny Feeling | George Strait |
| Time Won't Tell | Sara Evans |
| Baby It's You | Hank Flamingo |
| Come Back (When It Ain't Raining) | Trisha Yearwood |
| Family Reunion | Wade Hayes |
| Tiger By The Tail | Sara Evans |
| Pick Me Up On Your Way Down | Martina McBride |
| How Long | Connie Smith |
| Let's See How Far You Get | BR5-49 |
| I Fall To Pieces | Natalie Cole |
| I Ain't Giving Up On Love | Marty Stuart |
| Bone Dry Heart | Gil Grand |
| Scary Old World | Radney Foster |
| He Called Me Baby | Lee Ann Womack |