Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns: The Soundtrack

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Can the Circle Be Unbroken
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1935-05-06)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1935-05-06)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1935-05-06), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1935-05-06) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1935-05-06)
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1935-05-06)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 15)
recording of:
Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By) (on 1935-05-06)
publisher:
Charles M. Alexander, Chicago, Illinois (gospel) (on 1907-04-30)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
A.P. Carter
lyricist:
Ada Ruth Habershon (in 1907)
composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1907)
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1935-06-22)
version of:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
The Carter Family3:07
2Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1930-07-11)
guitar:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1930-07-11)
vocals:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1930-07-11)
recording of:
Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) (on 1930-07-11)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
part of:
Blue Yodels by Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers42:57
3Fox Chase
DeFord Bailey1:09
4I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
producer:
William E. McEuen
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (from 1971-08-06 until 1971-08-11)
double bass [bass]:
Junior Huskey (father of Roy Huskey, Jr.) (from 1971-08-06 until 1971-08-11)
fiddle:
Vassar Clements (from 1971-08-06 until 1971-08-11)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (from 1971-08-06 until 1971-08-11) and Merle Travis (from 1971-08-06 until 1971-08-11)
mandolin:
John McEuen (from 1971-08-06 until 1971-08-11)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Pete "Oswald" Kirby (from 1971-08-06 until 1971-08-11)
background vocals:
Jeff Hanna (from 1971-08-06 until 1971-08-11), Jimmy Ibbotson (from 1971-08-06 until 1971-08-11), Gary Scruggs (from 1971-08-06 until 1971-08-11) and Les Thompson (US country-rock guitar/mandolin, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member) (from 1971-08-06 until 1971-08-11)
lead vocals:
Mother Maybelle Carter (from 1971-08-06 until 1971-08-11)
recorded at:
Woodland Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1971-08-06 until 1971-08-11)
recording of:
I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes (from 1971-08-06 until 1971-08-11)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band4:25
5Mountain Dew
Grandpa Jones and his Granchildren2:43
6I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-08-16)
bass:
Jack Taylor (bassist) (on 1935-08-16)
guitar:
Salty Holmes (on 1935-08-16)
mandola:
Chick Hurt (on 1935-08-16)
violin:
Shelby David "Tex" Atchison (on 1935-08-16)
vocals:
Rubye Blevins (on 1935-08-16)
orchestra:
The Prairie Ramblers (on 1935-08-16)
recording of:
I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart (on 1935-08-16)
lyricist and composer:
Patsy Montana
Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers43:07
7New San Antonio Rose
recorded in:
Saginaw, Texas, United States (on 1940-04-16)
banjo:
Johnnie Lee Wills (on 1940-04-16)
double bass:
Son Lansford (on 1940-04-16)
drums (drum set):
Smokey Dacus (on 1940-04-16)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1940-04-16), Louis Tierney (on 1940-04-16) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1940-04-16)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1940-04-16) and Eldon Shamblin (on 1940-04-16)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1940-04-16)
saxophone:
Joe Ferguson (US bassist) (on 1940-04-16), Don Harlan (on 1940-04-16), Wayne Johnson (saxophonist) (on 1940-04-16), Zeb McNally (on 1940-04-16) and Tiny Mott (on 1940-04-16)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1940-04-16)
trumpet:
Tubby Lewis (on 1940-04-16) and Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1940-04-16)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1940-04-16)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 315 (2))
recording of:
San Antonio Rose (on 1940-04-16)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (from 1940-06-05 to present) and Irving Berlin Inc. (on 1940-06-05)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys42:36
8Wabash Cannonball
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1947-01-28)
bass:
Joe Zinkan (on 1947-01-28)
fiddle:
Tommy Magness (on 1947-01-28)
guitar:
Lonnie Wilson (US country guitarist, performed with Roy Acuff) (on 1947-01-28)
harmonica:
Jimmie Riddle (on 1947-01-28)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Pete Kirby (on 1947-01-28)
vocals:
Roy Acuff (on 1947-01-28)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 53)
recording of:
Wabash Cannonball (on 1947-01-28)
composer:
A.P. Carter and William Kindt
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4228)
Roy Acuff32:35
9Honky Tonkin'
recording of:
Honky Tonkin’ (on 1947-11-06)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-16)
Hank Williams with The Drifting Cowboys3.752:43
10It's Mighty Dark to Travel
recording of:
It's Mighty Dark to Travel
composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys2:52
11New Mule Skinner Blues
The Maddox Brothers & Rose3:07
12Foggy Mountain Breakdown
recorded in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1949-12-11)
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1949-12-11)
double bass [string bass]:
Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1949-12-11)
fiddle:
Benny Sims (American fiddler) (on 1949-12-11)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1949-12-11)
mandolin:
Curly Seckler (on 1949-12-11)
recording of:
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (on 1949-12-11)
composer:
Earl Scruggs
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs with The Foggy Mountain Boys42:40
13It 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 Wells52:30
14I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
recorded at:
E.T. Herzog Recording Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
part of:
Rolling Stone: 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time (2019 re-issued) (number: 2), Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 4), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 111) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 165)
recording of:
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (on 1949-08-30)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (2002–today), Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-31) and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 2002 to present)
Hank Williams with The Drifting Cowboys4.252:45
15Crazy Arms
Ray Price2:31
16The Long Black Veil
Lefty Frizzell3:08
17El Paso
recording of:
El Paso
lyricist and composer:
Marty Robbins
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Mariposa Music Inc. (publisher), Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
Marty Robbins4:38
18Ring of Fire
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1963-03-25)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
bass:
Marshall Grant
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Jack Clement
piano:
Bill Pursell
trumpet:
Bill McElhiney
lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
vocals and performer:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1963, in 1977)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1963-03-25)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 25), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 87), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 201) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 388)
cover recording of:
Ring of Fire (on 1963-03-25)
writer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Merle Kilgore
publisher:
Painted Desert Music Corporation
Johnny Cash4.252:35
19Crazy
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 Cline4.152:42
20I Can't Stop Loving You
cover recording of:
I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1958-02-07)
Ray Charles4:13
21Coal Miner's Daughter
acoustic guitar:
Ray Edenton (on 1969-11-01)
banjo:
Bob Thompson (guitar & banjo player) (on 1970-09-15)
double bass [bass]:
Bob Moore (U.S. bassist and bandleader) (on 1969-11-01)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Murrey Harman, Jr. (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1969-11-01)
electric bass guitar [6-string electric bass guitar]:
Harold Bradley (on 1969-11-01)
electric guitar:
Thomas Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1969-11-01)
piano:
Hargus Robbins (on 1969-11-01)
steel guitar:
Harald Rugg (on 1969-11-01)
vocals:
The Jordanaires (southern gospel group) (on 1969-11-01) and Loretta Lynn (on 1969-11-01)
recorded at:
Bradley’s Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, United States (on 1969-11-01, on 1970-09-15)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 14) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 255)
recording of:
Coal Miner’s Daughter (on 1969-11-01)
lyricist and composer:
Loretta Lynn
Loretta Lynn42:58
22Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'
producer:
Jack Clement
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 19)
recording of:
Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' (1971 song) (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Peters (country music songwriter)
recording of:
Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' (1971 song) (in 1994)
lyricist and composer:
Ben Peters (country music songwriter)
Charley Pride4.52:02
23Hungry Eyes
recording of:
Hungry Eyes
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Merle Haggard & The Strangers3.53:26
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