Simply Country

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Annotation

4 CD pack. I only have disc 2 to hand, however.

Annotation last modified on 2017-08-21 22:01 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Country Legends
2▶CD: Country Classics
3▼CD: Country Memories
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Tumbling Tumbleweeds
recording of:
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
publisher:
Music of the West
lyricist and composer:
Bob Nolan (Western songwriter)
publisher:
Sam Fox Publishing Company (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (on 1934-07-12)
Sons of the Pioneers2:34
2Makes No Difference Now
Burl Ives2:35
3Oklahoma Hills
recording of:
Oklahoma Hills
composer:
Jack Guthrie and Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Jim Reeves1:54
4When a House Is Not a Home
cover recording of:
When Your House Is Not a Home
lyricist and composer:
Roger Miller (US singer/songwriter/actor, “King of the Road”)
Patsy Cline2:00
5Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
recording of:
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
writer:
Merle Travis and Tex Williams
publisher:
Campbell Connelly and American Music (publisher) (on 1947-06-27)
Johnny Bond2:52
6Home on the Range
Bing Crosby2:42
7Sioux City Sue
Spade Cooley2:26
8The Last Roundup
recording of:
The Last Round Up (on 1933-10-04)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Hill (US songwriter)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. (on 1933-09-06)
recording of:
The Last Roundup (on 1933-10-04)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Hill (US songwriter)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. (in 1933)
live recording of:
The Last Round Up (on 1951-02-24)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Hill (US songwriter)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. (on 1933-09-06)
Gene Autry3:22
9Love You Big as Texas
Tex Ritter1:51
10Mexicali Rose
Johnny Bond2:49
11Cool Water
recording of:
Cool Water
lyricist and composer:
Bob Nolan (Western songwriter) (in 1936)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music)
Bing Crosby & Mary Martin3:04
12Orange Blossom Special
recording of:
Orange Blossom Special
lyricist and composer:
Ervin Rouse
publisher:
Glanco Music (BMI-affiliated) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
Rouse Brothers2:59
13Earl’s Breakdown
recording of:
Earl’s Breakdown
composer:
Earl Scruggs
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs3:01
14Wabash Cannonball
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1947-01-28)
bass:
Joe Zinkan (on 1947-01-28)
fiddle:
Tommy Magness (on 1947-01-28)
guitar:
Lonnie Wilson (US country guitarist, performed with Roy Acuff) (on 1947-01-28)
harmonica:
Jimmie Riddle (on 1947-01-28)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Pete Kirby (on 1947-01-28)
vocals:
Roy Acuff (on 1947-01-28)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 53)
recording of:
Wabash Cannonball (on 1947-01-28)
composer:
A.P. Carter and William Kindt
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4228)
Roy Acuff32:38
15I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
recorded at:
E.T. Herzog Recording Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
part of:
Rolling Stone: 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time (2019 re-issued) (number: 2), Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 4), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 111) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 165)
recording of:
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (on 1949-08-30)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (2002–today), Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-31) and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 2002 to present)
Hank Williams4.252:48
4▶CD: Country Roots