Essential Country & Western

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral	Frankie Laine		2:19
2	Big Iron producer: Don Law recording of: Big Iron lyricist and composer: Marty Robbins	Marty Robbins	4.5	3:58
3	Five Feet Hight and Rising recorded in: Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-03-12) live recording of: Five Feet High and Rising (on 1959-03-12) lyricist and composer: Johnny Cash (country music legend) arrangement of: Wo ist Zuhause, Mama	Johnny Cash	3.65	1:47
4	Tennessee Stud	Eddy Arnold		3:08
5	Ghost Riders in the Sky	Gene Autry		3:18
6	Oh, Lonesome Me recording of: Oh Lonesome Me lyricist and composer: Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician) publisher: Acuff Rose Publications Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Esperanza MV Frank Oldenburg e. K., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)	Don Gibson		2:33
7	North Wind	Slim Whitman		2:49
8	Under Your Spell Again recording of: Under Your Spell Again writer: Buck Owens and Dusty Rhodes (60s US country producer/songwriter) composer: Buck Owens publisher: Beechwood Music Corp., Campbell Connelly, Central Songs and Central Songs, Inc.	Buck Owens		2:43
9	When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below) recording of: When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) writer: Tillman Franks and Johnny Horton publisher: Universal Cedarwood Publishing	Johnny Horton		2:38
10	The Long Black Veil part of: Rolling Stone: 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time (2019 re-issued) (number: 9) and Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 62) recording of: The Long Black Veil lyricist and composer: Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin publisher: Cedarwood Music, Cedarwood Pub. Co., Inc. and PolyGram Music Publishing	Lefty Frizzell	4	3:05
11	Heartaches by the Number	Ray Price		2:59
12	Cabon on the Hill	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs		2:31
13	Ten Thousand Drums	Carl Smith		2:28
14	Rock Island Line recording of: Rock Island Line lyricist and composer: Lead Belly publisher: Folkways Music Publishers Inc. part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)	Lonnie Donegan	4	2:29
15	Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young cover recording of: Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young (in 1955) lyricist and composer: Joe Allison	Faron Young	4	2:19
16	He'll Have to Go producer: Chet Atkins vocals: Jim Reeves (US country & pop singer) 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 1959) recording of: He’ll Have to Go (on 1959-10-15) writer: Audrey Allison and Joe Allison publisher: Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Central Songs and Central Songs, Inc.	Jim Reeves	4.35	2:21
17	Seasons of My Heart recording of: Seasons of My Heart writer: Darrell Edwards and George Jones (US country music vocalist) publisher: Fort Knox Music Inc. and Trio Music Company	George Jones		2:11
18	Walkin' After Midnight cover recording of: Walkin’ After Midnight lyricist: Don Hecht composer: Alan Block and Don Hecht publisher: Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)	Patsy Cline		2:36
19	Sixteen Tons part of: Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 105) recording of: Sixteen Tons (on 1946-08-08) lyricist and composer: Merle Travis publisher: American Music, Inc. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.	Merle Travis		2:50
20	Running Gun	Marty Robbins		2:12
21	Big Midnight Special	Stoney & Wilma Lee Cooper		2:44
22	Nine Pound Hammer cover recording of: Nine Pound Hammer writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) publisher: Elvis Presley Music and Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)	Tennessee Ernie Ford		2:04
23	I'm Monvin' On recorded in: Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1950-03-28) double bass and double bass [bass]: Ernie Newton (contrabassist) (on 1950-03-28) fiddle: Tommy Vaden (US country fiddler) (on 1950-03-28) guitar: Hank Snow (on 1950-03-28) guitar [rhythm guitar]: Jack Shook (on 1950-03-28) steel guitar: Joe Talbot (Steel guitar player and music industry executive) (on 1950-03-28) vocals: Hank Snow (on 1950-03-28) recording of: I’m Moving On (on 1950-03-28) lyricist and composer: Hank Snow publisher: Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) and Unichappell Music, Inc.	Hank Snow	4	2:49
24	Don't Take Your Guns to Town recorded in: Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-13) producer: Don Law acoustic guitar: Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-13) bass: Marshall Grant (on 1958-08-13) drums (drum set): Buddy Harman (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1958-08-13) electric guitar: Luther Perkins (on 1958-08-13) vocals: Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-08-13) 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 1958) recorded at: Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-08-13) recording of: Don’t Take Your Guns to Town (on 1958-08-13) lyricist and composer: Johnny Cash (country music legend) publisher: Anne-Rachel Music Corp.	Johnny Cash	4	3:04
25	The Dying Cowboy	Cisco Houston		3:01

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Tom Dooley	The Kingston Trio		3:06
2	The Battle of New Orleans producer: Don Law recorded at: Bradley Studios (Hillsboro Village location, circa 1952-1954) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States cover recording of: The Battle of New Orleans (on 1959-01-27) lyricist and composer: Jimmy Driftwood (in 1936) publisher: Warden Music Company Inc. part of: Grammy Award: Song of the Year nominees (number: 1960 winner) is based on: The 8th of January	Johnny Horton	4.75	2:33
3	The 3:10 to Yuma	Frankie Laine		2:26
4	I Got Stripes recording of: I Got Stripes lyricist and composer: Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Charlie Williams (Country songwriter) is based on: On a Monday	Johnny Cash		2:04
5	El 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 Robbins		4:21
6	Kisses Sweeter Than Wine	Jimmie Rodgers		2:20
7	Amigo's Guitar	Kitty Wells		2:41
8	Sam Hall recording of: Sam Hall (on 1935-01-21) writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) publisher: Sonet Publishing Ltd.	Tex Ritter		2:50
9	Don't Tell Me Your Troubles recording of: Don’t Tell Me Your Troubles lyricist and composer: Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)	Don Gibson		2:17
10	Gotta Travel On	Billy Grammer		2:31
11	Dark as the Dungeon cover recording of: Dark as a Dungeon lyricist and composer: Merle Travis	Tennessee Ernie Ford		2:49
12	The Auctionneer	Leory Van Dyke		2:54
13	Man With the Blues recording of: Man With the Blues lyricist and composer: Willie Nelson	Willie Nelson		2:07
14	I Ain't Never recording of: I Ain’t Never writer: Webb Pierce and Mel Tillis	Webb Pierce	4	1:55
15	Come Walk With Me	Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper		2:25
16	Kaw-Liga recording of: Kaw‐Liga lyricist and composer: Fred Rose (songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend) publisher: Milene Music. Inc (ASCAP) (on 1952-12-02)	Hank Williams		2:34
17	Why Baby Why recording of: Why Baby Why writer: Darrell Edwards and George Jones (US country music vocalist)	Red Sovine & Webb Pierce		2:32
18	Chasin' a Rainbow	Hank Snow		2:19
19	Blackband Farmer	Frankie Miller		2:33
20	Billy the Kid recording of: Billy the Kid lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)	Marty Robbins		2:21
21	Set Him Free	Skeeter Davis		2:16
22	Rawhide vocals: Frankie Laine (on 1958-06-19) orchestra: Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra (on 1958-06-19) recording of: Rawhide (on 1958-06-19) publisher: Mrs. Ned Washington (wife of American lyricist Ned Washington) lyricist: Ned Washington composer: Dimitri Tiomkin publisher: Catharine Hinen Music, Largo Music, MCA Music Ltd., Patti Washington Music and Volta Music Corporation	Frankie Laine	4	2:02
23	The Killer	Cisco Houston		4:40
24	Death at the Bar	Kitty Wells		3:00
25	Mary of the Wild Moor	The Louvin Brothers		3:14

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