Best of Country Songs

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Rhinestone Cowboy recording of: Rhinestone Cowboy lyricist and composer: Larry Weiss (American singer-songwriter) publisher: House of Weiss Music Co, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner Chappell North America	Glen Campbell		3:02
2	Tulsa Time recording of: Tulsa Time lyricist and composer: Danny Flowers publisher: PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and Bibo Music (in 1979)	Don Williams		2:40
3	I Will Always Love You recording of: I Will Always Love You lyricist and composer: Dolly Parton publisher: Carlin Music Corporation, EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), Owepar Publishing Inc. and Velvet Apple Music	Dolly Parton		3:21
4	Forty Nine Nights	Boxcar Willie		3:27
5	Big Mamou cover recording of: Big Mamou writer: Link Davis (rockabilly / country artist)	Waylon Jennings		2:29
6	’57 Chevrolet recording of: ’57 Chevrolet lyricist and composer: Roger Bowling	Billie Jo Spears		2:50
7	What’s Another Year	Charley Pride		3:07
8	Another Shot of Ambition	Freddy Fender		3:36
9	Burning Eyes	Carry & Ron		2:51
10	(I Just Want to) Dance the Night Away	The Mavericks		4:24
11	Desperate Man recording of: Desperate Man lyricist and composer: David Allan Coe	David Allan Coe		3:46
12	Lotta Lovin’	Mickey Gilley		2:07
13	Gone, Gone, Gone recording of: Gone, Gone, Gone lyricist and composer: Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) publisher: Carl Perkins Music Inc., Knox Music and Wren Music Co.	Emmylou Harris & Carl Perkins		3:49
14	If You Can’t Be Good	Bill Davis		3:29
15	Listen to the Radio	Juice Newton		3:07
16	Life’s a Railway to Heaven recording of: Life’s Railway to Heaven writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) arranger: Barry "Byrd" Burton (Byrd Burton)	Patsy Cline		3:00
17	Get Into Reaggae Cowboy recording of: Get Into Reggae Cowboy lyricist and composer: David Bellamy (Bellamy Brothers)	The Bellamy Brothers		2:56
18	Help Me Make It Through the Night	James Darren		2:29

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Take Me Home Country Roads recorded at: Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, California, United States (from 1974-08 until 1974-09) live recording of: Take Me Home, Country Roads (from 1974-08 until 1974-09) anthem of: West Virginia, United States writer: Bill Danoff, John Denver and Taffy Nivert publisher: BMG Ruby Songs, Dino Park Publishing, JD Legacy Publishing, My Pop’s Songs, Reservoir Media Music and Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc. (in 1971) sub-publisher: ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)	John Denver		3:16
2	Oh Lonesome Me recording of: Oh Lonesome Me lyricist and composer: Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician) publisher: Acuff Rose Publications Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Esperanza MV Frank Oldenburg e. K., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)	Johnny Cash		2:30
3	King of the Road recording of: King of the Road lyricist: Roger Miller (US singer/songwriter/actor, “King of the Road”) composer: Roger Miller (US singer/songwriter/actor, “King of the Road”) (in 1964) publisher: Burlington Music Co., Ltd.	Roger Miller		2:26
4	Blue Bayou cover recording of: Blue Bayou lyricist: Joe Melson (in 1963) and Roy Orbison (in 1963) composer: Joe Melson and Roy Orbison publisher: Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (in 1961) recording of: Blue Bayou lyricist: Joe Melson (in 1963) and Roy Orbison (in 1963) composer: Joe Melson and Roy Orbison publisher: Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (in 1961)	Lynn Anderson		3:48
5	Don’t Be Angry	Stonewall Jackson		3:11
6	Wishful Thinking	Wynn Stewart		2:47
7	Today I Started Loving You Again recording of: I Started Loving You Again (Today I Started Lovin’ You Again) lyricist and composer: Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) and Bonnie Owens (US country singer) publisher: Blue Book Music	Merle Haggard		3:23
8	The Letter	Sammi Smith		2:23
9	Answer to Blue Velvet Band	Hank Snow		3:03
10	Below No Pó	Will Rivers		3:37
11	La Paloma	Freddy Fender		3:26
12	Broken Dreams	Lucky		4:21
13	Christal Chandeliers	Charley Pride		3:18
14	I Should Have Known Better	John Law		3:57
15	Snowbird cover recording of: Snowbird lyricist and composer: Gene MacLellan publisher: Beechwood Music Canada and EMI Blackwood Music Inc.	Lynn Anderson		2:10
16	Detroit City recording of: Detroit City writer: Danny Dill and Mel Tillis	Bobby Bare		2:57
17	Bring Him Home Safely to Me	Sandy Posey		2:40
18	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain cover 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 Drusky		2:27

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	I Can’t Help but Wonder (Where I’ve Gone) recording of: I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound lyricist and composer: Tom Paxton (US folk singer-songwriter) publisher: Deep Fork Music, Inc.	Tom Paxton		3:30
2	I’m Gonna Love	Linda Ronstadt		3:47
3	Sweet Desire	The Kendalls		2:39
4	Don’t Cry Joni recording of: Don’t Cry Joni lyricist and composer: Conway Twitty	Conway Twitty & Jackie Jackie		3:45
5	I Get the Fever recorded in: Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-05-31) producer: Owen Bradley vocals: Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality) (on 1966-05-31) phonographic copyright (℗) by: MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) recording of: I Get the Fever (on 1966-05-31) lyricist and composer: Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality) publisher: London Tree Music Ltd., Solo Copyright Bureau and Stallion Music, Inc.	Bill Anderson		2:28
6	Silver Threads and Golden Needles	Brenda Lee & Nina Martinique		3:22
7	Stand Up	Mel McDaniel		2:28
8	If You Leave Me Tonight	Jerry Wallace		2:37
9	Hide Thou Me	The Oak Ridge Boys		3:00
10	Somebody’s Gonna Love You	Lee Greenwood		3:43
11	I Tell It Like It Used to Be	T. Graham Brown		3:03
12	Only You	Jerry Lee Lewis		2:48
13	Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town cover recording of: Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town lyricist and composer: Mel Tillis publisher: Cedarwood Publishing Company, Inc., Universal Cedarwood Publishing and Universal Music Publishing International Ltd.	Kenny Rogers	4	2:56
14	Right or Wrong recording of: Right or Wrong (1961 song) lyricist and composer: Wanda Jackson (aka the Female Elvis)	Wanda Jackson		3:06
15	Six Days on the Road cover recording of: Six Days on the Road writer: Earl Green and Carl Montgomery publisher: Newkeys Music, Inc. and Tune Publishing, Inc.	Dave Dudley		2:20
16	Green Green Grass of Home cover recording of: Green, Green Grass of Home lyricist and composer: Claude “Curly” Putman, Jr. publisher: Burlington Music Ltd. and Tree Music translated version of: Ik ben weer in m’n dorpje	Bobby Bare		2:46
17	Turn Around recording of: Turn Around lyricist and composer: Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) publisher: Hi Lo Music and Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)	Carl Perkins		3:01
18	New Mexico recording of: New Mexico writer: Johnny Johnson (US country singer/songwriter John Isaac Johnson) and Leon Lambson	Johnny Cash		2:03

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Stand by Your Man cover recording of: Stand by Your Man writer: Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger) and Tammy Wynette publisher: Al Gallico Music Corp., EMI Al Gallico Music Corp., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)	Lynn Anderson		2:46
2	A Good Women Like to Drink With the Boys	Jimmie Rodgers		2:36
3	A Few More Seasons	Ricky Skaggs		1:55
4	By the Time I Get the Phoenix recording of: By the Time I Get to Phoenix lyricist and composer: Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer) publisher: Charles Koppelman Music, Jonathan Three Music Co. and Martin Bandier Music	Glen Campbell		2:49
5	These Boots Are Made for Walking	Delbert McClinton		2:37
6	Path of Victory recording of: Paths of Victory lyricist and composer: Brian Ahern	Anne Murray		2:54
7	Pool Number One the Maverricks	The Mavericks		4:07
8	Folsom Prison Blues producer: Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records) acoustic guitar and lead vocals: Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-07-30) double bass: Marshall Grant (on 1955-07-30) electric guitar: Luther Perkins (on 1955-07-30) vocals: Johnny Cash (country music legend) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) (in 1988) recorded at: Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-07-30) recording of: Folsom Prison Blues (on 1955-07-30) lyricist and composer: Johnny Cash (country music legend) publisher: Aberbach (London) (publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music is based on: Crescent City Blues	Johnny Cash	4.35	2:49
9	Love’s Gonna Live Here	Waylon Jennings		1:56
10	A Good Year for the Roses recording of: A Good Year for the Roses lyricist and composer: Jerry Chesnut	George Jones		3:05
11	Heart of Gold	Juice Newton & Randy Meisner		3:37
12	Look What They’ve Done to My Song recording of: What Have They Done to My Song, Ma? lyricist and composer: Melanie (US singer‐songwriter Melanie Safka)	Billie Jo Spears		2:42
13	Satisfied Mind recording of: A Satisfied Mind writer: Joe Hayes and Jack Rhodes (songwriter, producer, guitarist) publisher: Fort Knox Music	Porter Wagoner		2:52
14	Three Cigarettes in a Ashtray recording of: Three Cigarettes (in an Ashtray) writer: Eddie Miller (US country music songwriter) and W.S. Stevenson publisher: Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)	Patsy Cline		2:16
15	In the Misty Moonlight recording of: In the Misty Moonlight (1964 song) lyricist and composer: Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer)	Jerry Wallace		2:49
16	This Time performer: Troy Shondell (in 1961) cover recording of: This Time lyricist and composer: Chips Moman	Troy Shondell		2:38
17	It Only Take a Little Woman	Lucky		3:33
18	Dead Skunk (In the Middle of the Road)	Jimmy C. Newman		2:38

5▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Long Way Back Home recording of: Long Way Back Home lyricist and composer: Gordon Lightfoot publisher: Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)	Gordon Lightfoot		2:56
2	You’ve Never Been This Far Before recording of: You’ve Never Been This Far Before lyricist and composer: Harold Lloyd Jenkins	Conway Twitty		3:10
3	Heaven’s Just a Sin Away recording of: Heaven’s Just a Sin Away writer: Jerry Gillespie (songwriter) publisher: Big Yellow Dog Music	The Kendalls		2:34
4	Thank God I’m Reborn	The Oak Ridge Boys		2:51
5	Love Lifted Me	The Jordanaires		2:52
6	Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On	Mel McDaniel		3:03
7	Born a Women	Sandy Posey		1:59
8	Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands	Lee Greenwood		3:42
9	Everybody’s Had the Blues recording of: Everybody’s Had the Blues writer: Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) publisher: Sony/ATV Tree Publishing	Merle Haggard		2:44
10	Hell and High Water	T. Graham Brown		3:10
11	England Swings recording of: England Swings lyricist and composer: Roger Miller (US singer/songwriter/actor, “King of the Road”) publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)	Roger Miller		1:55
12	Standing Too Close to the Flame	David Allan Coe		3:16
13	I Never Thought About It	Roger Davis & Honky Tonk Union		3:34
14	It’s So Easy (to Fall in Love) cover recording of: It’s So Easy writer: Buddy Holly (1950s rock & roll singer‐songwriter) and Norman Petty publisher: Melody Lane Publications Inc., Wren Music Co. and MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company) (in 1958)	Waylon Jennings		1:32
15	Highway Calling	Sammy’s Saloon		3:23
16	Way Down Yonder in Baton Rouge	Gene Simmons		2:22
17	Rip Rap Road	Eddy Raven		3:03
18	Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico	Johnny Rodriguez		2:04

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/17151058 [info]
ASIN:	DE: B004Z1A2ZS [info]

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Barcode:: 4260134485098
Format:: 12×CD
Length:: 10:45:46

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Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Topmaster Ltd.
2509

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Europe
2011

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