The Golden Age of American Popular Music: The Country Hits

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Honky Tonk Man
recording of:
Honky Tonk Man (1956 song)
writer:
Tillman Franks, Johnny Horton and Howard Hausey
publisher:
Universal Cedarwood Publishing
Johnny Horton2:15
2Fraulein
recording of:
Fraulein
lyricist and composer:
Lawton Williams
Bobby Helms2:53
3Caribbean
recording of:
Caribbean
lyricist and composer:
Mitchell Torok
Mitchell Torok2:30
4Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-13)
producer:
Don Law
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-13)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1958-08-13)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1958-08-13)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1958-08-13)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-13)
recording of:
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town (on 1958-08-13)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Johnny Cash43:03
5Why I’m Walkin’
recording of:
Why I'm Walkin'
lyricist and composer:
Melvin Endsley and Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson2:20
6Geisha Girl
recording of:
Geisha Girl
lyricist and composer:
Hank Locklin
Hank Locklin2:11
7I Can’t Stop Loving You
recording of:
I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You (in 1963)
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1958-02-07)
Don Gibson2:39
8Alone With You
recording of:
Alone With You
writer:
Roy Drusky, Lester Vanadore and Faron Young
Faron Young1:59
9A Fallen Star
Jimmy Newman2:17
10Invitation to the Blues
Ray Price2:50
11Tender Years
recording of:
Tender Years
composer:
Darrell Edwards
publisher:
Glad Music Co. and Glad Music Ltd.
George Jones32:25
12Blue Boy
producer:
Chet Atkins
cover recording of:
Blue Boy (on 1958-01-21)
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI)
Jim Reeves2:13
13Mom and Dad’s Waltz
cover recording of:
Mom and Dad’s Waltz
lyricist and composer:
Lefty Frizzell (US country singer & songwriter)
Patti Page2:37
14Tennessee Stud
Eddy Arnold3:08
15My Last Date (with You)
recording of:
My Last Date
lyricist:
Boudleaux Bryant and Skeeter Davis
composer:
Floyd Cramer
version of:
Last Date (original instrumental version)
Skeeter Davis2:36
16San Antonio Rose
Floyd Cramer2:22
17Don’t Worry
recording of:
Don’t Worry
lyricist and composer:
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins3:17
18I’ll Have Another Cup of Coffee (Then I’ll Go)
recording of:
I'll Just Have Another Cup of Coffee (Then I'll Go)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Brock (US country artist William Ivey Brock, Jr.)
writer:
Bob Marley (Jamaican reggae artist)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Claude Gray2:13
19The Comancheros
Claude King2:13
20She’s Got You
vocals:
Patsy Cline
recording of:
She’s Got You
lyricist and composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter)
Patsy Cline3:01
21Shame on Me
cover recording of:
Shame on Me
writer:
Bill Enis and Lawton Williams
Bobby Bare2:49
22If a Woman Answers (Hang Up the Phone)
Leroy Van Dyke2:23
23Three Hearts in a Tangle
cover recording of:
Three Hearts in a Tangle
writer:
Ray Pennington and Sonny Thompson (US R&B bandleader and pianist)
Roy Drusky2:31
24Wings of a Dove
recording of:
On the Wings of a Dove
lyricist and composer:
Bob Ferguson
publisher:
Belinda Music, Fort Knox Music Co, Husky Music Co. Inc. and Larrick Music Co.
Ferlin Husky2:20
25Saginaw, Michigan
recording of:
Saginaw, Michigan
writer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality) and Don Wayne (US country songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Lefty Frizzell3:05
26Mama Sang a Song
producer:
Owen Bradley
vocals:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality) (from 1961-06 until 1961-06-05, on 1961-06-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-06-05)
recording of:
Mama Sang a Song (on 1961-06-05)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
publisher:
Bill Anderson Music, Leeds Music, Leeds Music Ltd., MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Bill Anderson23:31
27The Tip of My Fingers
Roy Clark2:45
28I’ve Been Everywhere
recording of:
I’ve Been Everywhere
lyricist and composer:
Geoff Mack
publisher:
Belinda Music and EMI Belinda Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
Hank Snow2:47