Golden Age of Country: Sing Me Back Home

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Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1A Girl I Used to KnowGeorge Jones2:43
2Sing Me Back Home
part of:
Rolling Stone: 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time (2019 re-issued) (number: 32)
recording of:
Sing Me Back Home
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Merle Haggard and The Strangers42:51
3Looking at the World Through a Windshield
recording of:
Looking at the World Through a Windshield
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Chesnut and Mike Hoyer (Country songwriter & radio personality)
Del Reeves2:25
4It’s the Little Things
recording of:
It’s the Little Things
lyricist and composer:
Arlie Duff
Sonny James2:58
5Ode to Billie JoeBobbie Gentry54:17
6Gentle on My Mind
producer:
Al De Lory
lead vocals:
Glen Campbell (US country singer, guitarist & actor) (on 1967-05-17)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
cover recording of:
Gentle on My Mind (on 1967-05-17)
lyricist and composer:
John Hartford
publisher:
Acuff Rose Publications Ltd. and Ensign Music Corp.
Glen Campbell42:58
7The New Green Light
recording of:
New Green Light
composer:
Hank Thompson
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys2:10
8I Love You Because
recording of:
I Love You Because (on 1949-08-11)
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-12)
Leon Payne2:45
9It Tickles
recording of:
It Tickles
writer:
Tommy Collins (American country singer, songwriter and guitarist) and Wanda Collins
Tommy Collins2:30
10So 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 Travis33:02
11Mule Train
cover recording of:
Mule Train
composer:
Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange
publisher:
Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and W. Disney Mus. (music publisher, do not use as release label)
part of:
The 23rd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Tennessee Ernie Ford3:05
12Country Girl
recording of:
Country Girl
lyricist and composer:
Roy Drusky
Faron Young2:35
13You're Running Wild
cover recording of:
You’re Running Wild
writer:
Ray Edenton and Don Winters
The Louvin Brothers2:18
14Second Fiddle (to an Old Guitar)
recording of:
Second Fiddle (to an Old Guitar)
lyricist and composer:
Betty Amos (US country singer, songwriter, band leader & banjoist)
Jean Shepard2:15
15Secret Love
recording of:
Secret Love (song from “Calamity Jane”)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
Chappell, Remick Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell North America and Warner Chappell North America Ltd.
sub-publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
part of:
The 26th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1953 winner)
part of:
Calamity Jane (stage musical)
Slim Whitman2:48
2CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Your Heart Turned Left (and I Was on the Right)
recording of:
Your Heart Turned Left
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
George Jones2:16
2The Bottle Let Me Down
recording of:
The Bottle Let Me Down
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
Merle Haggard and The Strangers42:50
3Touch Me
producer:
Joe Allison (from 1961-08-22 until 1961-08-23)
bass:
Junior Huskey (father of Roy Huskey, Jr.) (from 1961-08-22 until 1961-08-23)
guitar:
Willie Nelson (from 1961-08-22 until 1961-08-23)
vocals:
Willie Nelson (from 1961-08-22 until 1961-08-23)
engineered at:
Bradley Film and Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1961-08-22 until 1961-08-23)
recording of:
Touch Me
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson42:15
4By the Time I Get to Phoenix
lead vocals:
Glen Campbell (US country singer, guitarist & actor)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 450)
cover recording of:
By the Time I Get to Phoenix (on 1967-08-17)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
Charles Koppelman Music, Jonathan Three Music Co. and Martin Bandier Music
Glen Campbell3.52:43
5Honey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1968)
cover recording of:
Honey (on 1968-01-30)
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Russell
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
Bobby Goldsboro44:00
6In the Middle of a Heartache
recording of:
In the Middle of a Heartache (1960s song)
writer:
Laurie Christenson (songwriter), Pat Franzese (songwriter) and Wanda Jackson (aka the Female Elvis)
Wanda Jackson2:35
7Behind the Tear
recording of:
Behind the Tear
writer:
Ned Miller and Sue Miller (U.S. country music songwriter)
Sonny James2:05
8Rub-A-Dub-Dub
recording of:
Rub-A-Dub-Dub
composer:
Hank Thompson
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys2:15
9Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
cover recording of:
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Allison
Faron Young42:19
10Release Me
recording of:
Release Me
additional writer:
W.S. Stevenson
writer:
Eddie Miller (US country music songwriter), Dub Williams (pseudonym used by James Pebworth) and Robert Yount (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Four Star Sales, Roschelle Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd.
Jimmie Heap & The Melody Masters with Perk Williams2:43
11Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
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 Williams and His Western Caravan2:56
12When I Stop Dreaming
recording of:
When I Stop Dreaming (1955 song)
writer:
Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
The Louvin Brothers2:32
13The Battle of Davy Crockett
cover recording of:
The Ballad of Davy Crockett
lyricist:
Tom Blackburn
composer:
George Bruns
publisher:
Walt Disney Music Company (music publisher, do not use as release label)
Tennessee Ernie Ford2:55
14Rose Marie
recording of:
Rose-Marie (title song of the 1924 operetta)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and Otto Harbach
composer:
Rudolf Friml
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Rose-Marie (1924 operetta-style musical)
Slim Whitman2:21
15Country Music Is Here to Stay
recording of:
Country Music Is Here to Stay
lyricist and composer:
Ferlin Husky
Ferlin Husky3:09