Golden Age of Country

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Annotation

Deluxe Edition

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Tracklist

1▼CD: Waltz Across Texas: Disc One
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Hey Good Lookin’
recording of:
Hey, Good Lookin’ (on 1951-03-16)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-03-16)
Hank Williams42:57
2White Lightning
cover recording of:
White Lightning
lyricist and composer:
J.P. Richardson (known as The Big Bopper)
publisher:
Glad Music Co.
George Jones22:48
3You Ain’t Woman Enough
producer:
Owen Bradley
acoustic guitar:
Ray Edenton (on 1965-11-11)
double bass [bass]:
Joe Zinkan (on 1965-11-11)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Murrey Harman, Jr. (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1965-11-11)
electric bass guitar [6-string electric bass guitar]:
Harold Bradley (on 1965-11-11)
electric guitar:
Thomas Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1965-11-11)
piano:
David Briggs (US producer and musician) (on 1965-11-11)
steel guitar:
Harald Rugg (on 1965-11-11)
vocals:
The Jordanaires (southern gospel group) (on 1965-11-11) and Loretta Lynn (on 1965-11-11)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-11-11)
recording of:
You Ain’t Woman Enough (on 1965-11-11)
lyricist and composer:
Loretta Lynn
publisher:
Sure Fire Music Company Inc.
Loretta Lynn42:14
4Walk on By
recording of:
Walk On By (Leroy Van Dyke song)
lyricist and composer:
Kendall Hayes (country music songwriter)
publisher:
Lowery Music Co. Inc.
Leroy Van Dyke52:24
5Waltz Across Texas
recording of:
Waltz Across Texas (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Talmadge Tubb
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Ernest Tubb & The Texas Troubadours2:41
6Next in Line
recording of:
Next in Line (in 1968)
writer:
Wayne Kemp and Curtis Wayne (US country singer and songwriter)
Conway Twitty2:51
7King of the Road
recorded in:
Tennessee, United States (on 1964-11-03)
producer:
Jerry Kennedy
vocals:
Roger Miller (US singer/songwriter/actor, “King of the Road”) (on 1964-11-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Smash (in 1965)
recording of:
King of the Road (on 1964-11-03)
lyricist:
Roger Miller (US singer/songwriter/actor, “King of the Road”)
composer:
Roger Miller (US singer/songwriter/actor, “King of the Road”) (in 1964)
publisher:
Burlington Music Co., Ltd.
Roger Miller4.52:26
8Crazy
producer:
Owen Bradley
vocals:
Patsy Cline
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1961)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 3), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 85) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 195)
recording of:
Crazy (Willie Nelson song) (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Patsy Cline4.152:46
9Love’s Gonna Live Here
producer:
Ken Nelson (US record producer (’48‐’76) Capitol Records, country music)
recording of:
Love’s Gonna Live Here
lyricist and composer:
Buck Owens
publisher:
Blue Book Music and Bluebook Music Publishing
Buck Owens42:00
10Bye Bye Love
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-03-01)
bass:
Floyd D. 'Lightnin'' Chance (on 1957-03-01)
drums (drum set):
Murrey Harman (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1957-03-01)
electric guitar:
Chet Atkins (on 1957-03-01)
guitar:
Don Everly (on 1957-03-01), Phil Everly (on 1957-03-01) and Hank Garland (on 1957-03-01)
piano:
Floyd Cramer (on 1957-03-01)
vocals:
Don Everly (on 1957-03-01) and Phil Everly (on 1957-03-01)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1957 (number: 25), Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 33) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 207)
recording of:
Bye Bye Love (on 1957-03-01)
writer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
publisher:
House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Sony ATV Acuff Rose Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
The Everly Brothers4.352:24
11In the Jailhouse Now
cover recording of:
In the Jailhouse Now (in 1954)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (in 1978)
Webb Pierce42:06
12It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1952-05-03)
bass:
Johnnie Wright (US country music singer-songwriter) (on 1952-05-03)
fiddle:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1952-05-03)
guitar:
Jack Anglin (on 1952-05-03)
steel guitar:
Harold "Shot" Jackson (US country music guitar and dobro player) (on 1952-05-03)
vocals:
Kitty Wells (on 1952-05-03)
recording of:
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (on 1952-05-03)
lyricist and composer:
J.D. Miller (Louisiana songwriter and producer Joseph Denton Miller)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
quotes lyrics from:
The Wild Side of Life
cover recording of:
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (in 1952)
lyricist and composer:
J.D. Miller (Louisiana songwriter and producer Joseph Denton Miller)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
quotes lyrics from:
The Wild Side of Life
cover recording of:
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (in 1979)
lyricist and composer:
J.D. Miller (Louisiana songwriter and producer Joseph Denton Miller)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
quotes lyrics from:
The Wild Side of Life
Kitty Wells52:32
13Blue Moon of Kentucky
double bass:
Ernie Newton (contrabassist) (on 1954-09-04)
fiddle:
Charlie Cline (on 1954-09-04), Merle "Red" Taylor (country/bluegrass fiddler, songwriter, and singer) (on 1954-09-04) and Gordon Terry (Bluegrass/Country artist, guitarist and fiddle player.) (on 1954-09-04)
guitar:
Edd Mayfield (on 1954-09-04)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1954-09-04)
recorded at:
Bradley Studios (Hillsboro Village location, circa 1952-1954) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1954-09-04)
recording of:
Blue Moon of Kentucky (on 1954-09-04)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (in 1946)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), Southern Music Publishing Company Limited and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys2:09
14A Week in a Country Jail
producer:
Jerry Kennedy
guitar:
Jerry Kennedy (on 1969-03-04)
vocals:
Tom T. Hall (on 1969-03-04)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1969-03-04)
recording of:
A Week in a Country Jail (on 1969-03-04)
lyricist and composer:
Tom T. Hall
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Tom T. Hall53:02
15Mama Sang a Song
producer:
Owen Bradley
vocals:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality) (from 1961-06 until 1961-06-05, on 1961-06-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1973)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-06-05)
recording of:
Mama Sang a Song (on 1961-06-05)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
publisher:
Bill Anderson Music, Leeds Music, Leeds Music Ltd., MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Bill Anderson23:28
16There Goes My Everything
recording of:
There Goes My Everything (1965 song)
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Frazier (American songwriter and musician)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Elvis Presley Music Inc., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1965-11-24), Blue Crest Music, Inc. (on 1965-11-24) and Husky Music (on 1965-11-24)
version of:
En gång är ingen gång
Jack Greene2:32
2▶CD: Waltz Across Texas: Disc Two
3▶CD: Hard‐To‐Find Hits: Disc One
4▶CD: Hard‐To‐Find Hits: Disc Two
5▶CD: Crazy Arms: Disc One
6▶CD: Crazy Arms: Disc Two
7▶CD: Honky‐Tonk Man: Disc One
8▶CD: Honky‐Tonk Man: Disc Two
9▶CD: The Wild Side of Life
10▶CD: Hillbilly Heaven
11▶CD: Sing Me Back Home: Disc One
12▶CD: Sing Me Back Home: Disc Two
13▶CD: Ring of Fire: Disc One
14▶CD: Ring of Fire: Disc Two
15▶CD: Don’t Worry: Disc One
16▶CD: Don’t Worry: Disc Two
17▶CD: Heartbreak U.S.A.: Disc One
18▶CD: Heartbreak U.S.A.: Disc Two