Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music: Country & Western Hit Parade, 1968

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Tracklist

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1Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line
cover recording of:
Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line
lyricist and composer:
Ivy J. Bryant (country music guitarist & composer)
publisher:
Central Songs, Inc.
Waylon Jennings2:23
2D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 59)
recording of:
D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1968 song) (in 1968)
lyricist:
Claude “Curly” Putman, Jr.
composer:
Bobby Braddock
Tammy Wynette43:00
3Folsom Prison Blues
recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
Johnny Cash2:46
4Luxury Liner
recording of:
Luxury Liner
lyricist and composer:
Gram Parsons
The International Submarine Band2:55
5Skip a Rope
recording of:
Skip a Rope
lyricist and composer:
Jack Moran and Glenn Douglas Tubb (Country music and gospel songwriter)
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc. (in 1967)
Henson Cargill2:39
6Mama Tried
recording of:
Mama Tried
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Merle Haggard2:13
7Beneath Still Waters
recording of:
Beneath Still Waters
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Frazier (American songwriter and musician)
George Jones2:39
8I Wanna Live
lead vocals:
Glen Campbell (US country singer, guitarist & actor)
recording of:
I Wanna Live
lyricist and composer:
John D. Loudermilk
Glen Campbell2:48
9Harper Valley P.T.A.
cover recording of:
Harper Valley PTA
lyricist and composer:
Tom T. Hall
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Jeannie C. Riley3:14
10Train Leaves Here This Morning
recording of:
Train Leaves Here This Mornin’
writer:
Gene Clark (US singer-songwriter; founder of The Byrds) and Bernie Leadon
Doug Dillard & Gene Clark3:51
11The Carroll County Accident
recording of:
The Carroll County Accident
lyricist and composer:
Bob Ferguson
Porter Wagoner2:51
12Another Place Another Time
recording of:
Another Place Another Time
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Chesnut
Jerry Lee Lewis2:27
13I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am
recording of:
I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
Merle Haggard2:49
14Fist City
recording of:
Fist City
lyricist and composer:
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn2:14
15Will You Visit Me on Sundays?
Charlie Louvin2:49
16The Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp
Johnny Darrell2:56
17Little Green Apples
recorded in:
Tennessee, United States
producer:
Jerry Kennedy
recording of:
Little Green Apples (on 1968-01-24)
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Russell
publisher:
Peter Maurice (publisher) and Peter Maurice Music Co. Ltd.
Roger Miller2:40
18Ballad of Forty Dollars
producer:
Jerry Kennedy
bass:
Bob Moore (U.S. bassist and bandleader) (on 1968-09-11)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1968-09-11)
guitar:
Harold Bradley (on 1968-09-11), Ray Edenton (on 1968-09-11) and Jerry Kennedy (on 1968-09-11)
piano:
Larry Butler (US country music producer, songwriter & pianist) (on 1968-09-11)
vocals:
Tom T. Hall (on 1968-09-11)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1968-09-11)
recording of:
Ballad of Forty Dollars (on 1968-09-11)
lyricist and composer:
Tom T. Hall
publisher:
Unichappell Music
Tom T. Hall43:02
19Hickory Wind
engineer:
Charlie Bragg and Roy Halee
producer:
Gary Usher
lead vocals:
Gram Parsons (on 1968-03-09)
samples from:
Sweetheart of the Rodeo (stereo) by The Byrds (American rock band) (on 1968-08-30)
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock
recording of:
Hickory Wind (on 1968-03-09)
composer:
Bob Buchanan and Gram Parsons
The Byrds43:32
20Rocky Top
recording of:
Rocky Top
composer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
publisher:
House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
The Osborne Brothers2:37
21What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)
producer:
Jerry Kennedy
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 95)
recording of:
What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
Glenn Sutton (US songwriter and producer)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher)
Jerry Lee Lewis2:37
22Wichita Lineman
producer:
Al De Lory
lead vocals:
Glen Campbell (US country singer, guitarist & actor)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1968) and Capitol Records Nashville (in 2016)
additionally recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1968-08-14)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1968-05-27)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 12), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 192) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 206)
recording of:
Wichita Lineman (on 1968-05-27)
lyricist:
Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
composer:
Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer) (in 1968)
Glen Campbell3.653:12
23Holding on to Nothin’
recording of:
Holding On to Nothin’
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Chesnut
Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton42:31
24Daddy Sang Bass
recording of:
Daddy Sang Bass
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
is based on:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Johnny Cash2:22
25I Started Loving You Again
recording of:
I Started Loving You Again (Today I Started Lovin’ You Again)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) and Bonnie Owens (US country singer)
publisher:
Blue Book Music
Merle Haggard2:22
26How Long Will My Baby Be Gone?
recording of:
How Long Will My Baby Be Gone
lyricist and composer:
Buck Owens
Buck Owens2:15
27When the Grass Grows Over Me
recording of:
When the Grass Grows Over Me
lyricist and composer:
Don Chapel
George Jones42:56
28I Walk Alone
recording of:
I Walk Alone
lyricist and composer:
Herbert Wilson (Herbert W. Wilson)
Marty Robbins3:21
29Next in Line
recording of:
Next in Line
writer:
Wayne Kemp and Curtis Wayne (US country singer and songwriter)
Conway Twitty2:52
30Stand by Your Man
producer:
Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger)
lead vocals:
Tammy Wynette (in 1968)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 8) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 473)
recording of:
Stand by Your Man (in 1968)
writer:
Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger) and Tammy Wynette
publisher:
Al Gallico Music Corp., EMI Al Gallico Music Corp., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Tammy Wynette42:42
31Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line
Jim Alley2:17