Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music: Country & Western Hit Parade - 1947

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Tracklist

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1Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)
vocals:
Tex Williams
recording of:
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) (on 1947-03-27)
writer:
Merle Travis and Tex Williams
publisher:
Campbell Connelly and American Music (publisher) (on 1947-06-27)
Tex Williams2:57
2It’s a Sin
recording of:
It’s a Sin (on 1946-09-24)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter) and Zeb Turner
publisher:
Milene Music. Inc (ASCAP) (on 1947-05-11)
Eddy Arnold52:28
3Sugar Moon
recording of:
Sugar Moon
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1947)
Bob Wills2:34
4Cigarettes, Whusky and Wild, Wild Women
double bass:
Pat Brady
guitar:
Karl Farr
steel guitar:
Noel Boggs
violin:
Hugh Farr
vocals:
Ken Carson (country singer), Bob Nolan (Western songwriter), Lloyd Perryman and Tim Spencer (Songwriter Vernon Harold Timothy Spencer)
Sons of the Pioneers2:56
5Cocaine Blues
Billy Hughes2:36
6Milk Cow Blues
The Maddox Brothers & Rose3:11
7Foggy River
Moon Mullican2:52
8I’ll Step Aside
Ernest Tubb2:43
9Blue 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 Acuff2:43
10Freight Train Boogie
producer:
Henry Glover
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (in 1946-09)
harmonica:
Wayne Raney (in 1946-09)
background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (in 1946-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Gusto Records, Inc. (not for release label use; fka King Records, Inc.) (in 1979)
recorded at:
E.T. Herzog Recording Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (in 1946-09)
recording of:
Freight Train Boogie (in 1946-09)
writer:
Bob Nobar and Jim Scott
publisher:
Fort Knox Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Vidor Publications Inc.
The Delmore Brothers2:47
11So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
recording of:
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed (on 1946-10-19)
writer:
Eddie Kirk (US country singer/songwriter), Cliffie Stone and Merle Travis
publisher:
American Music (publisher) (on 1947-01-08)
Merle Travis33:01
12Signed, Sealed and Delivered
Cowboy Copas2:38
13I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)
recording of:
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (’Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) (on 1947-05-18)
lyricist and composer:
Eddy Arnold, Hal Horton (songwriter) and Tommy Dilbeck
publisher:
Adams, Vee & Abbott, Inc. (on 1947-05-15)
Eddy Arnold42:44
14Move It On Over
bass:
Bronson Reynolds (Bronson Lee Reynolds; comedian who also played bass and harmonica; sometimes nicknamed "Barefoot Brownie")
electric guitar:
Zeke Turner
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler)
guitar and vocal:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Louie Innis
steel guitar:
Dale Lohman (guitarist; performs with Hank Williams)
recording of:
Move It on Over (on 1947-04-21)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI)
Hank Williams42:47
15Never Trust a Woman
Red Foley3:13
16Shenandoah Waltz
Clyde Moody2:47
17Oakie Boogie
Jack Guthrie2:37
18New Pretty Blond (New Jole Blon)
Moon Mullican3:01
19Rockin’ Chair Money
Bill Carlisle3:00
20The Tramp on the Street
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-12-16)
double bass [bass]:
Mac Wiseman (on 1946-12-16)
fiddle:
Cecil "Skeets" Williamson (US fiddler) (on 1946-12-16)
guitar:
Lynn Davis (US country musician) (on 1946-12-16) and Molly O’Day (American country music vocalist) (on 1946-12-16)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
George "Speedy" Krise (on 1946-12-16)
vocals:
Lynn Davis (US country musician) (on 1946-12-16) and Molly O’Day (American country music vocalist) (on 1946-12-16)
cover recording of:
Tramp on the Street (on 1946-12-16)
writer:
Grady Cole and Hazel Cole
recording of:
Tramp on the Street (on 1946-12-16)
writer:
Grady Cole and Hazel Cole
Molly O’Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks2:51
21Sunny Side of the Mountain
Hawkshaw Hawkins2:57
22Keep Them Cold Icey Fingers Off of Me
Fairley Holden2:49
23Blue Moon of Kentucky
Bill Monroe3:06
24Bringin’ in the Georgia Mail
Charlie Monroe2:55
25Dust on the Bible
Bailes Brothers2:58
26I’ve Found a Hiding Place
Carl Story2:55
27Canned Heat
Chet Atkins2:33