Legends in Music: Big Country

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Do Wacka Do
recording of:
Do-Wacka-Do
lyricist and composer:
Roger Miller (US singer/songwriter/actor, “King of the Road”)
Roger Miller1:45
2He Made a Woman Out of Me
cover recording of:
He Made a Woman Out of Me
writer:
Fred Burch and Don Hill
Jeannie C. Riley2:10
3Careless Love
Tex Ritter2:07
4There She Goes
Jerry Wallace2:36
5Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby
cover recording of:
Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956)
lyricist and composer:
Rex Griffin (American country musician and songwriter) (in 1936)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Knox Music Ltd., MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Wren Music Co. and Knox Music, Inc. (on 1957-11-12)
Carl Perkins2:11
6I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
cover recording of:
(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
lyricist, writer and composer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Peer-Southern Productions, Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Jimmie Davis Music Company, Inc. (on 1951-12-31)
Johnny Cash2:19
7High Geared Daddy
Webb Pierce2:39
8Bouquet in Heaven
recorded in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
double bass [string bass]:
Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
fiddle:
Art Wooten (American fiddler) (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
mandolin:
Curly Seckler (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
vocals:
Lester Flatt (from 1949-04 until 1949-05), Curly Seckler (from 1949-04 until 1949-05) and Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
recording of:
Bouquet in Heaven (from 1949-04 until 1949-05)
lyricist and composer:
Lester Flatt
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs2:50
9Little Miss Heartache
Carl Belew2:31
10I’m a Free Man Now
Faron Young2:53
11Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Jerry Lee Lewis2:19
12Cold Cold Heart
cover recording of:
Cold, Cold Heart
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Rightsong Music Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-02-16)
George Jones3:16
13Get Rhythm
recording of:
Get Rhythm
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hi-Lo Music
Johnny Cash2:12
14Crazy Over You
recording of:
Crazy Over You (Hank Locklin song)
writer:
Hank Locklin
Hank Locklin2:24
15Done Roving
recording of:
Done Rovin’
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Horton
Johnny Horton2:43
16Man With the Golden Gun
Glen Campbell2:28
17In Care of the Blues
recording of:
In Care of the Blues (on 1957-05-23)
writer:
Eddie Miller (US country music songwriter) and W.S. Stevenson
Patsy Cline2:31
18Dear Heart
cover recording of:
Dear Heart
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter)
composer:
Jay Livingston and Henry Mancini (US composer, conductor & arranger)
publisher:
All Nations Music, Jay Livingston Music Inc., M. Witmark & Sons, Northridge Music Company and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
part of:
The 37th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Roger Miller1:50
19Seven Lonely Days
cover recording of:
Seven Lonely Days
writer:
Marshall Brown (jazz musician, conductor, educator), Alden Shuman and Earl S. Shuman (composer / lyricist)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
Dave Dudley2:19
20There You Go
recording of:
There You Go
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music
Johnny Cash2:13