Music to Die For: Death Discs 1914-1960

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

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Excelsior!
Messrs. Ernest Pike and Walter Miller4:24
2Don’t Go Down the Mine Dad
Frank Miller2:32
3Wreck of the Old ’97
Vernon Dalhart3:02
4St. James Infirmary
Louis Armstrong3:13
5Tallahatchie River Blues
Mattie Delaney2:41
6Miss Otis Regrets
Ethel Waters2:59
7Wreck on the Highway (I Didn’t Hear Nobody Pray)
Dorsey Dixon3:09
8Ol’ Man Mose
Eddy Duchin2:28
9We Mourn the Loss of Sir Murchison Fletcher
Lord Executor2:56
10Gloomy Sunday
Artie Shaw3:36
11Black Girl
Lead Belly2:09
12Goin’ Down Slow
St. Louis Jimmy Oden3:11
13Frankie and Johnny
Lena Horne6:21
14Death of Little Kathy
Jimmie Osborne3:03
15Riders in the Sky
Vaughn Monroe3:01
16Old Shep
Red Foley3:20
17I Hold Your Hand on Me
Tom Lehrer1:26
18Sinner’s Dream
Eugene Fox3:25
19The Drunken Driver
Ferlin Husky2:29
20Their Hearts Were Full of Spring
The Four Freshmen3:14
21Death of an Angel
Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires3:08
22Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots
The Cheers2:10
23Sweeney Todd the Barber
Stanley Holloway4:45
24Message From James Dean
Bill Hayes1:56
25Down Bound Train
Ken Colyer's Skiffle Group2:41
2▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Knoxville Girl
Louvin Brothers3:49
2Wild Dogs of Kentucky
Nervous Norvus2:33
3Chicken
The Cheers1:58
4Ballad of Thunder Toad
Robert Mitchum2:31
5The Grave
Tony Casanova2:32
6The Tragedy of School Bus
Ralph Bowman2:39
7No School Bus in Heaven
Stanley B.2:42
8Down in the Willow Garden
cover recording of:
Down in the Willow Garden
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Charlie Monroe
arrangement of:
The Willow Garden
The Everly Brothers3:04
9Endless Sleep
Jody Reynolds2:23
10Music to Be Murdered By
Alfred Hitchcock4:55
11Stagger Lee
recording of:
Stagger Lee (Lloyd Price version)
writer:
Harold Logan and Lloyd Price (US R&B/soul singer)
publisher:
EMI Catalogue Partnership, Irving Music (BMI) and Travis Music Co.
version of:
Stagger Lee (“Stackolee” etc., traditional)
Lloyd Price2:24
12Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
recording of:
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Johnny Cash2:59
13Take a Message to Mary
recording of:
Take a Message to Mary
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
publisher:
Acuff-Rose (BMI) and House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
The Everly Brothers2:27
14Three Stars
Ruby Wright2:59
15Who Shot Sam?
George Jones2:24
16La mort
vocals:
Jacques Brel (on 1959-09-14)
orchestra:
François Rauber et son orchestre (on 1959-09-04)
conductor:
François Rauber (on 1959-09-14)
recording of:
La Mort (Jacques Brel) (on 1959-09-14)
lyricist and composer:
Jacques Brel
is based on:
Dies Irae (plainchant)
Jacques Brel22:52
17Two Hour Honeymoon
Paul Hampton3:14
18Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Gene Vincent2:15
19Teen Angel
Mark Dinning2:40
20Sail Ho!
Robert Horton5:01
21Granpa’s Grave
performer:
Peter Sellers (English actor and comedian)
Peter Sellers3:21
22Running Bear
Johnny Preston2:36
23Tell Laura I Love Her
Ray Peterson2:55
24Tell Tommy I Miss Him
Marilyn Michaels2:44
25Car Crash
The Cadets2:31
26The Water Was Red
Johnny Cymbal2:53
27Wreck of Old 97
Creed Taylor Orchestra1:38