The History of Country Music: The Eighties, Volume One

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	9 to 5 producer: Gregg Perry (American producer, arranger, songwriter and keyboardist) baritone saxophone: Kim S. Hutchcroft (in 1980) bass guitar: Abraham Laboriel (in 1980) drums (drum set): Richard Schlosser (drummer) (in 1980) guitar: Jeff Baxter (in 1980) and Martin K. Walsh (in 1980) percussion: Leonard Castro (in 1980) piano: Larry Knechtel (in 1980) saxophone: Tom Saviano (in 1980) trombone: William Reichenbach (jazz trombonist) (in 1980) trumpet: Jerry Hey (in 1980) background vocals: Anita Ball (in 1980), Denise Maynelli (in 1980) and Stephanie Spruill (American soul/disco singer, songwriter, and percussionist) (in 1980) vocals: Dolly Parton (in 1980) phonographic copyright (℗) by: BMG Entertainment (in 1980) and Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1980) part of: Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 191) recording of: 9 to 5 (in 1980) lyricist and composer: Dolly Parton publisher: Carlin Music Corporation, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Dunbar Music Canada Ltd. (Canadian publisher), Fox Fanfare Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music and Velvet Apple Music part of: The 53rd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)	Dolly Parton	4.05	2:41
2	City of New Orleans cover recording of: City of New Orleans lyricist and composer: Steve Goodman (folk musician) publisher: Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)	Willie Nelson		4:50
3	Love in the First Degree recording of: Love in the First Degree writer: Tim DuBois (music executive) and Jim Hurt (country music songwriter)	Alabama		3:18
4	Theme From the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol’ Boys) recording of: Theme From the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol’ Boys) composer: Waylon Jennings (US country musician) publisher: Rich Way Music, Inc., Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)	Waylon Jennings		2:08
5	Thank God for the Radio recording of: Thank God for the Radio writer: Max D. Barnes (American singer/songwriter) and Robert John Jones (Rocky Topp)	The Kendalls		2:55
6	My Heart	Ronnie Milsap		2:41
7	She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)	Jerry Reed		3:18
8	True Love Ways	Mickey Gilley		2:56
9	Seven Year Ache recording of: Seven Year Ache lyricist and composer: Rosanne Cash publisher: Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI), Hotwire Music and Monster Beach Music	Rosanne Cash		3:17
10	I Believe in You recording of: I Believe in You writer: Roger Cook (US‐based British singer, songwriter and producer) and Sam Hogin	Don Williams		4:05
11	Give Me Wings	Michael Johnson		3:38
12	You Look So Good in Love	George Strait	3.5	3:12
13	He’s Back and I’m Blue recording of: He's Back and I'm Blue composer: Robert Anderson (US country songwriter) and Michael Woody	Desert Rose Band		3:07
14	Goin’ Gone cover recording of: Goin’ Gone writer: Pat Alger, Bill Dale (christian gospel songwriter) and Fred Koller publisher: Bait and Beer Music, Little Laurel Music (BMI), Lucrative Music (BMI), Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Tunecore Digital Music (publisher; not a release label. Use [no label])	Kathy Mattea		4:27
15	Whatever Happened to Old Fashioned Love recording of: Whatever Happened to Old Fashioned Love writer: Lewis Anderson	B.J. Thomas		3:26
16	A Fire I Can’t Put Out	George Strait	3.35	3:00
17	I Wouldn’t Change You If I Could producer: Ricky Skaggs acoustic guitar and other instruments [electric bender]: Ricky Skaggs bass guitar [bass]: Joe Osborn (American bass guitar player, session musician and songwriter) drums (drum set): Jerry Kroon piano: Buck White steel guitar: Weldon Myrick background vocals: Sharon White Skaggs (US country musician) and Ricky Skaggs vocals: Ricky Skaggs recorded at: Audio Media Recorders in Nashville, Tennessee, United States cover recording of: I Wouldn’t Change You if I Could lyricist and composer: Jim Eanes	Ricky Skaggs		3:00
18	Can’t Stop My Heart From Loving You part of: Grammy Award: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group nominees (number: 1988)	The O’Kanes		2:50

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#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Have Mercy recording of: Have Mercy writer: Paul Kennerley (English singer-songwriter, musician, record producer)	The Judds	5	3:22
2	Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)	Ronnie Milsap		4:15
3	My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys cover recording of: My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys lyricist and composer: Sharon Rice	Willie Nelson		3:07
4	Somebody Lied	Ricky Van Shelton		3:20
5	Cajun Moon	Ricky Skaggs		3:45
6	He Stopped Loving Her Today bass: Bob Moore (U.S. bassist and bandleader) (on 1980-02-06) drums (drum set): Jerry Carrigan (US drummer) (on 1980-02-06) guitar: Phil Baugh (on 1980-02-06), Billy R. Sanford (guitar) (on 1980-02-06) and Pete Wade (on 1980-02-06) harmonica: Charlie McCoy (white blues harmonica player, 1960s-present) (on 1980-02-06) piano: Hargus Robbins (on 1980-02-06) steel guitar: Pete Drake (steel guitar player) (on 1980-02-06) strings and background vocals: [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1980-02-06) vocals: George Jones (US country music vocalist) (on 1980-02-06) part of: Rolling Stone: 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time (2019 re-issued) (number: 4), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 142) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 270) recording of: He Stopped Loving Her Today (on 1980-02-06) lyricist and composer: Bobby Braddock and Claude “Curly” Putman, Jr.	George Jones	5	3:18
7	Bobbie Sue recording of: Bobbie Sue writer: Wood Newton (songwriter), Adele Tyler and Dan Tyler (Songwriter, artist, author and performer)	The Oak Ridge Boys		2:53
8	Fourteen Carat Mind recording of: Fourteen Carat Mind writer: Dallas Frazier (American songwriter and musician) and Larry Lee (Songwriter)	Gene Watson		2:40
9	Never Been So Loved (in All My Life)	Charley Pride		3:02
10	Older Women	Ronnie McDowell		2:40
11	Drifter	Sylvia		2:29
12	The Wanderer	Eddie Rabbitt		3:23
13	I’ll Still Be Loving You	Restless Heart		3:58
14	I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink recording of: I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink lyricist and composer: Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)	Merle Haggard		3:32
15	Radio Heart	Charly McClain		3:11
16	Common Man	John Conlee		2:42
17	Take Me Down recording of: Take Me Down writer: Mark Gray (US country music artist) and J.P. Pennington	Alabama		3:43
18	Elizabeth assistant engineer: Lee Groitzsch and Vicki Hicks engineer: Brent King (US recording engineer) producer: Jerry Kennedy strings [string] arranger: D. Bergen White (American arranger, producer, conductor, musician, composer and singer) recorded at: Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, TN studio) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States	The Statler Brothers	4	3:27

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Barcode:: 5014587072324
Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 1:57:38

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Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Kenwest Records
KNEWCD 723

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United Kingdom
1993

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