The Essential Roy Acuff

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Tracklist

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1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Great Speckle Bird
recording of:
The Great Speckled Bird (on 1936-10-20)
lyricist:
Guy Smith (Reverend)
composer:
Roy Carter (country songwriter)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated)
Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans2:54
2New Greenback Dollar
recording of:
Greenback Dollar (on 1936-10-22)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Roy Acuff2:51
3Fly, Birdie Fly
Roy Acuff2:20
4Living on the Mountain, Baby Mine
recording of:
Living on the Mountain
lyricist and composer:
Roy Acuff
Roy Acuff2:49
5Ida Red
recording of:
Ida Red (on 1939-07-05)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3429)
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys2:46
6I’m Building a Home
Roy Acuff2:43
7Just to Ease My Worried Mind
Roy Acuff2:36
8When I Lay My Burden Down
recording of:
When I Lay My Burden Down
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter)
Roy Acuff2:54
9The Precious Jewel
recording of:
The Precious Jewel (on 1940-04-12)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Acuff
Roy Acuff2:46
10Lonesome Old River Blues
recording of:
Lonesome Old River Blues (on 1940-04-12)
lyricist and composer:
Roy Acuff
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys2:47
11Stuck Up Blues
recording of:
Stuck Up Blues
lyricist and composer:
Roy Acuff
Roy Acuff2:57
12Wreck on the Highway
recording of:
Wreck on the Highway (aka I Didn't Hear Nobody Pray) (on 1942-05-28)
lyricist and composer:
Dorsey Dixon
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys2:45
13Night Train to Memphis
recording of:
Night Train to Memphis (on 1942-05-28)
writer:
Owen Bradley, Marvin Hughes and Beasley Smith
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Roy Acuff2:48
14Fireball Mail
recording of:
Fireball Mail (on 1942-05-28)
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Jenkins (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1943-02-15)
Roy Acuff2:31
15The Prodigal Son
recording of:
The Prodigal Son (on 1942-06-04)
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Jenkins (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1943-02-15)
Roy Acuff2:46
16Low and Lonely
recording of:
Low and Lonely (on 1942-06-01)
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Jenkins (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1943-01-28)
Roy Acuff2:33
17I’ll Forgive You, but I Can’t Forget You
recording of:
I'll Forgive You (But I Can't Forget) (on 1942-06-04)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Frank (songwriter) and Pee Wee King
Roy Acuff2:39
18Wait for the Light to Shine
recording of:
Wait for the Light to Shine
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
Roy Acuff2:33
19Pins and Needles (In My Heart)
recording of:
Pins and Needles (in My Heart) (on 1945-08-02)
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Jenkins (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1943-01-28)
Roy Acuff2:45
20No One Will Ever Know
recording of:
No One Will Ever Know
writer:
Mel Foree and Fred Rose (songwriter)
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp. Ltd. and Sony/ATV Milene Music
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys2:27
2▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1We Live in Two Different Worlds
recording of:
We Live in Two Different Worlds (on 1945-08-02)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys2:46
2That Glory Bound Train
recording of:
Glory Bound Train
writer:
Roy Acuff and Odell McLeod (Country artist)
Roy Acuff2:45
3The Devil’s Train
Roy Acuff2:36
4Freight Train Blues
recording of:
Freight Train Blues (on 1936-10-21)
publisher:
John Lee Lair (on 1934-06-09)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Lair
Roy Acuff2:38
5Wabash 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 Acuff32:36
6Tennessee Central (No. 9)
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys2:26
7Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
recording of:
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Milene Music (publisher) and Sony/ATV Milene Music
Roy Acuff2:40
8(Our Own) Jole Blon
recording of:
Jole Blon
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Roy Acuff2:51
9Unloved and Unclaimed
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys2:53
10This World Can’t Stand Long
recording of:
This World Can't Stand Long
writer:
Jim Anglin
Roy Acuff2:41
11I Saw the Light
cover recording of:
I Saw the Light
lyricist and composer:
Lewis E. Jones (hymnist) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Ltd. (UK) (from 1948 to present), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 1948 to present) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-16)
recording of:
I Saw the Light
lyricist and composer:
Lewis E. Jones (hymnist) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Ltd. (UK) (from 1948 to present), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 1948 to present) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-16)
Roy Acuff2:43
12I’m Dying a Sinner’s Death
recording of:
I’m Dying a Sinner’s Death
lyricist and composer:
Roy Acuff
Roy Acuff2:39
13Waltz of the Wind
recording of:
The Waltz of the Wind
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
Roy Acuff2:35
14Tennessee Waltz
recording of:
Tennessee Waltz
lyricist:
Redd Stewart (in 1946)
composer:
Pee Wee King (in 1946)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
Roy Acuff32:54
15Black Mountain Rag
recording of:
Black Mountain Rag
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys2:51
16Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
recording of:
Were You There
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11409)
Roy Acuff2:51
17The Pale Horse and His Rider
recording of:
The Pale Horse and His Rider
writer:
Johnnie Bailes, Zeke Clements (US country musician), Ervin Staggs and Kitty Wells
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys2:43
18If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
recording of:
If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
lyricist:
John Whitfield Vaughan and James Rowe (settler)
composer:
John Whitfield Vaughan
Roy Acuff3:11
19Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine
recording of:
Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine
lyricist and composer:
Pee Wee King
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys2:57
20The Southbound Train
Roy Acuff2:36