The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital of the West 1940-1974

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Due to a legal claim just prior to the release date, eight songs have been removed from the CDs (replaced by a brief silence). These songs are still listed in the book. Copies also seem to exist on which these songs are present. The removed songs are 5.6, 5.7, 10.7–11, 10.26, all by Merle Haggard.

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-30 15:10 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Cotton Picker’s Song
Lloyd Stalcup0:55
2Darlin’ Baby
Homer Pierce1:36
3Sunny Cal
Jack Bryant1:35
4Sunny California
Mary Sullivan1:00
5Home in the Government Camp
Wayne Dinwiddie1:06
6Get Along Down to Town
The King Family3:01
7Home in San Antone
Lloyd Reading2:36
8Opening Theme / Seven Come Eleven
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys3:25
9Get Along Home Cindy
recording of:
Get Along Home Cindy
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys2:48
10Back in Dear Old Oklahoma
Elwin Cross And His Arizona Wranglers3:38
11Okie Boogie
The Maddox Brothers & Rose2:22
12Reading Your Letter With Tears in My Eyes
Bob Manning2:02
13Lost Highway
Leon Payne2:43
14Hittin’ the Trail
Tex Marshall & Bill Woods3:02
15When the Leaves Come Tumbling Down
Leo Butler2:50
16Have I Got a Chance With You
Bill Woods And His Orange Blossom Playboys2:48
17Water Baby Blues (aka Water Baby Boogie)
The Maddox Brothers & Rose2:10
18(A Pretty Woman Is a) Deadly Weapon
Terry Preston2:19
19I Want You So
Terry Preston2:30
20Funny Book
(Cousin) Herb Henson & Joyce Yours2:21
21Honey Baby
Jimmy Thomason1:48
22Your Love Was Like the Weather
Jimmy Thomason3:02
23You Made Me Love You
Billy Barton2:21
24Ozark Polka
Ebb Pilling & His Ozark Squirrel Shooters2:29
25A Heart Break Ago
Bill Woods And His Orange Blossom Playboys2:35
26A Dear John Letter
Fuzzy Owen & Bonnie Owens2:37
27A Dear John Letter
Bill Woods & Rita Goodwin2:38
28Pusan
Billy Mize & Bill Woods And His Orange Blossom Playboys2:17
29Hank’s Song
Ferlin Husky3:14
30Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (and Loud, Loud Music)
Joe & Rose Lee Maphis2:58
31Dear John Letter
cover recording of:
A Dear John Letter
writer:
Billy Barton (country/rockabilly), Charles “Fuzzy” Owen and Lewis Tally
publisher:
American Music, Inc.
Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky2:31
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