Country Gold: The Stars & Hits of Country & Western Music

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Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Where Do We Go From Here
recording of:
Where Do We Go From Here
writer:
Geno Lenardo and Richard Patrick
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Happy Ditties From Paradise and Topanga Hippies Smell
Don Williams3:00
2Hey Porter
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1955-03-22)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1955-03-22)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1955-03-22)
lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (in 1955)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1955) and Sun Record Company (in 1955)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-03-22)
recording of:
Hey, Porter (on 1955-03-22)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and West One Music (production music label, prefix: WOM)
Johnny Cash3.52:13
3The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
recording of:
The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA (1972 song)
lyricist and composer:
Donna Fargo
Donna Fargo2:36
4Oh Lonesome Me
recording of:
Oh Lonesome Me (on 1957-12-03)
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 Gibson42:36
5Next in Line
recording of:
Next in Line
writer:
Wayne Kemp and Curtis Wayne (US country singer and songwriter)
Conway Twitty2:51
6When 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 Horton2:38
7Gotta Lot of Rhythm in My Soul
recording of:
Gotta Lot of Rhythm in My Soul
writer:
W.S. Stevenson and Barbara Vaughan
Patsy Cline2:21
8B.J. The D.J.
Stonewall Jackson2:49
9She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
recording of:
She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
writer:
Doug Gilmore and Mickey Newbury (American songwriter)
cover recording of:
She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye
writer:
Doug Gilmore and Mickey Newbury (American songwriter)
Kenny Rogers52:22
10Snowbird
cover recording of:
Snowbird
lyricist and composer:
Gene MacLellan
publisher:
Beechwood Music Canada and EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
Lynn Anderson2:08
11Goodnight Irene
recording of:
Goodnight Irene (on 1950-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
Gene Autry2:48
12Answer Me
cover recording of:
Answer Me, My Love
lyricist:
Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman and Gerhard Winkler
composer:
Fred Rauch and Gerhard Winkler
translator:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
translated version of:
Mütterlein
Frankie Laine2:31
13Always Late (with Your Kisses)
recording of:
Always Late (with Your Kisses)
writer:
Blackie Crawford and Lefty Frizzell (US country singer & songwriter)
Lefty Frizzell3:06
14There Goes My Everything
cover 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
Anne Murray3:26
15Your Cheatin’ Heart
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1952-09-23)
bass:
Floyd D. 'Lightnin'' Chance (on 1952-09-23)
drums (drum set):
Farris Coursey (on 1952-09-23)
electric guitar:
Chet Atkins (on 1952-09-23)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler) (on 1952-09-23)
guitar:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1952-09-23)
steel guitar:
Don Helms (on 1952-09-23)
vocals:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1952-09-23)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 28), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 213) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 237)
recording of:
Your Cheatin’ Heart (on 1952-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Music Ltd. (UK), Fred Rose Music (BMI-affiliated), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-10-31), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 2002 until 2021-01-06) and Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995) (from 2021-01-06 to present)
Hank Williams42:43
16Crying
cover recording of:
Crying
lyricist:
Joe Melson (in 1961) and Roy Orbison (in 1961)
composer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
publisher:
Acuff Rose Music Ltd. (UK), Acuff Rose Music, Inc. (not for publishing), Barbara Orbison Music Company, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Orbi-Lee Music, R-Key Darkus Music, Rondor Music, Rondor Music (Australia) P/L, Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1961-08-16)
part of:
50/50
Waylon Jennings2:37
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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1You Made Me What I Am
recording of:
You Made Me What I Am Today
lyricist and composer:
Harold Jenkins
Conway Twitty2:40
2I’m a Survivor
Johnny PayCheck3:54
3Mockingbird Hill
recording of:
Mockin’ Bird Hill
lyricist and composer:
Vaughn Horton (from 1929 until 1930)
publisher:
Southern Music Publ. Co. Ltd.
Patti Page2:37
4Take Me
recording of:
Take Me
writer:
George Jones (US country music vocalist) and Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
George Jones2:43
5Take My Hand for a While
recording of:
Take My Hand for a While
lyricist and composer:
Buffy Sainte‐Marie
Don Williams2:16
6Ribbon of Darkness
recording of:
Ribbon of Darkness
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Lightfoot
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, Moose Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Marty Robbins2:33
7Heartbreak U.S.A.
recording of:
Heartbreak U.S.A.
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
Kitty Wells2:38
8Mary Don’t You Weep
Stonewall Jackson1:40
9I Love You a Thousand Ways
recording of:
I Love You a Thousand Ways
writer:
Lefty Frizzell (US country singer & songwriter) and Jim Beck
Lefty Frizzell2:45
10Crazy Dreams
recording of:
Crazy Dreams
composer:
Charles Beam, Charles Jiles and W.S. Stevenson
Patsy Cline2:32
11Dream Baby
cover recording of:
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
lyricist and composer:
Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Ltd. (UK), Combine Music Corp. and Acuff-Rose (BMI) (in 1971)
Waylon Jennings2:24
12Misery Loves Company
recording of:
Misery Loves Company
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Reed
Porter Wagoner2:36
13Til the End of the World Rolls Round
recorded in:
United States (on 1954-05-19)
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1954-05-19)
bass and double bass [string bass]:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1954-05-19)
fiddle:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1954-05-19)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Lester Flatt (on 1954-05-19) and Louis T. Innis (on 1954-05-19)
mandolin:
Curly Seckler (on 1954-05-19)
vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1954-05-11, on 1954-05-19), Curly Seckler (on 1954-05-11, on 1954-05-19) and Earl Scruggs (on 1954-05-19)
recorded at:
Castle Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1954-05-19)
recording of:
Till the End of the World Rolls Round
writer:
Newton Thomas
publisher:
Universal Cedarwood Publishing
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs2:35
14Everything but You
recording of:
Everything but You
lyricist and composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter) and Willie Nelson
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
Willie Nelson3:02
15Crying Time
cover recording of:
Crying Time
lyricist and composer:
Buck Owens (in 1964)
publisher:
Beachaven Music Corporation and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Billie Jo Spears3:10
16Country Boy
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-08-04)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-08-04)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-08-04)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-08-04)
recording of:
Country Boy (on 1957-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd.
Johnny Cash3.51:51