Classic Country: Golden ’40s

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  • Overall catalog number for both discs in series is: A2 30533.
  • Possible alternative / supplemental catalog number for this disc is: A2 30533 A 30534.
  • No barcode associated with release.
  • Overall catalog number for both discs in series is: A2 30533.
  • Possible alternative / supplemental catalog number for this disc is: A2 30533 A 30535.
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Tracklist

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1Lovesick Blues
recorded in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1948-12-22)
bass:
Willie Thawl (US bassist) (on 1948-12-22)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler) (on 1948-12-22)
guitar:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1948-12-22)
guitar [lead guitar]:
James Grishaw (on 1948-12-22)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Louis Innis (on 1948-12-22)
mandolin:
Clyde Baum (on 1948-12-22)
steel guitar:
Jerry Byrd (Nashville A-Team) (on 1948-12-22)
vocals:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1948-12-22)
recording of:
Lovesick Blues (on 1948-12-22)
lyricist:
Irving Mills and Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01)
composer:
Cliff Friend (US composer, lyricist & pianist)
arranger:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Jack Mills, Inc. (on 1922-04-03) and Mills Music, Inc. (from 1930 to present)
Hank Williams42:45
2Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue)
recording of:
Have You Ever Been Lonely?
lyricist:
George Brown (aka Billy Hill) (US songwriter)
composer:
Peter de Rose (tin pan alley era songwriter, pianist and performer on radio)
Ernest Tubb22:52
3I Love You So Much, It Hurts
recording of:
I Love You So Much It Hurts
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Tillman
Floyd Tillman32:46
4You Are My Sunshine
recording of:
You Are My Sunshine (on 1941-06-18)
anthem of:
Louisiana, United States
writer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Charles Mitchell (1940s songwriter and steel guitarist)
publisher:
Peer International (BMI) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1940-01-30)
Gene Autry2:26
5One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)
cover recording of:
One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)
writer:
Hal Blair, Eddie Dean (Country artist) and Lorene Donnelly Dean
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Jimmy Wakely2:48
6When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
recording of:
When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again (on 1941-03-09)
writer:
Gene Sullivan (in 1940) and Wiley Walker (in 1940)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) and Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1941-12-03)
Wiley Walker & Gene Sullivan2:35
7Pistol Packin’ Mama
accordion:
Paul Sells (on 1942-03-20)
bass:
Fred Whiting (US double bassist) (on 1942-03-20)
guitar:
Johnny Bond (country music guitarist, singer, songwriter and historian) (on 1942-03-20), Al Dexter (on 1942-03-20) and Dick Reinhart (country and western singer, multi-instrumentalist bandleader and actor) (on 1942-03-20)
steel guitar:
Frankie Marvin (US country musician) (on 1942-03-20)
trumpet:
Harry Hollinger (on 1942-03-20)
lead vocals:
Al Dexter
recorded at:
CBS Columbia Square Recording Studios (KNX and Columbia Broadcasting System) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 39)
recording of:
Pistol Packin’ Mama (on 1942-03-20)
publisher:
Albert Poindexter (on 1942-02-16)
lyricist and composer:
Al Dexter
publisher:
Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Al Dexter42:49
8Blues Stay Away From Me
producer:
Henry Glover
double bass:
Louie Innis (on 1949-05-05)
electric guitar:
Zeke Turner (on 1949-05-05)
guitar:
Alton Delmore (on 1949-05-05)
harmonica:
Lonnie Glosson (on 1949-05-05) and Wayne Raney (on 1949-05-05)
tenor guitar:
Rabon Delmore (on 1949-05-05)
vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1949-05-05), Rabon Delmore (on 1949-05-05) and Wayne Raney (on 1949-05-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Gusto Records, Inc. (not for release label use; fka King Records, Inc.) (in 1979)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1949-05-05)
recording of:
Blues Stay Away From Me (on 1949-05-05)
lyricist:
Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore and Wayne Raney
composer:
Henry Glover
publisher:
Fort Knox Music, Fort Knox Music Co, Lois, Lois Publishing and Trio Music (publisher)
The Delmore Brothers2:50
9Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me
double bass:
Louie Innis (on 1949-05-05)
guitar:
Alton Delmore (on 1949-05-05)
harmonica:
Lonnie Glosson (on 1949-05-05) and Wayne Raney (on 1949-05-05)
tenor guitar:
Rabon Delmore (on 1949-05-05)
vocals:
Wayne Raney (on 1949-05-05)
recording of:
Why Don’t You Haul Off & Love Me (on 1949-05-05)
writer:
Lonnie Glosson and Wayne Rainey (American country music harmonica player, singer / songwriter)
Wayne Raney3:02
10Stay a Little Longer
recording of:
Stay a Little Longer
writer:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp.
Bob Wills2:50
11Smoke! 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 Williams2:56
12I’m Wastin’ My Tears on You
Tex Ritter2:50
13Candy Kisses
George Morgan2:56
14I’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 Arnold42:46
15Tennessee Waltz
Pee Wee King3:01

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Release group

part of:Classic Country (Time-Life Music) (number: 9) (order: 9)