Reader’s Digest Classics

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Tracklist

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1A Thing Called Love
cover recording of:
A Thing Called Love
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Reed
publisher:
Sixteen Stars Music (BMI-affiliated)
22:35
2Daddy Sang Bass
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1968-07-30)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
acoustic guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1968-07-30)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1968-07-30)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1968-07-30)
electric guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (on 1968-07-30) and Luther Perkins (on 1968-07-30)
background vocals:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943) (on 1968-07-30), Jan Howard (on 1968-07-30) and The Statler Brothers (on 1968-07-30)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1968-07-30)
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 1968) 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 2007)
cover recording of:
Daddy Sang Bass (on 1968-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
is based on:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
3.52:24
3The Streets of Laredo
recording of:
Streets of Laredo (aka “Cowboy’s Lament”)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 23650)
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
3:42
4He’ll Understand and Say Well Done
recording of:
He’ll Understand and Say Well Done
writer:
Roger Wilson (songwriter)
2:26
5Amen
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1964-12-18 until 1964-12-19)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
cover recording of:
Amen (gospel song popularized by The Impressions) (from 1964-12-18 until 1964-12-19)
lyricist and composer:
Jester Hairston
2:07
6Gospel Boogie
cover recording of:
Everybody’s Gonna Have a Wonderful Time Up There (Gospel Boogie)
lyricist:
Lee Roy Abernathy
composer:
Lee Roy Abernathy (in 1947)
2:38
7What Is Truth
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1970-03-09)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
recording of:
What Is Truth? (on 1970-03-09)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
42:38
8Amazing Grace
recording of:
Amazing Grace (popular hymn first published 1779, catch‐all)
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
John Newton (English poet) (in 1779)
additional composer:
Edwin Othello Excell
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Patterdale Music Ltd., Rokstone Music Ltd., Universal Classics & Jazz (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!), Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher – do NOT use as a release label), イーエムアイ音楽出版 C・F事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan C.F. division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
Viisikielinen (Song book of "Viides herätysliike") (number: 94)
2:28
9Jesus Was a Carpenter
recording of:
Jesus Was a Carpenter
lyricist and composer:
Chris Wren
3:57
10Shepherd of My Heart
cover recording of:
Shepherd of My Heart
writer:
Jenny Lou Carson
2:12
11All of God’s Children Ain’t Free
recording of:
All of God’s Children Ain’t Free
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
2:14
12If I Had a Hammer
cover recording of:
If I Had a Hammer
writer:
Lee Hays (in 1949) and Pete Seeger (in 1949)
publisher:
M.P.A. (M.P.A.)
2:28
13This Train Is Bound for Glory
cover recording of:
This Train (This Train Is Bound for Glory)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6702)
3:30
14Remember the Alamo
cover recording of:
Remember the Alamo
lyricist and composer:
Jane Bowers
publisher:
Southern Music (publisher)
2:48
15The Shifting Whispering Sands
cover recording of:
Shifting Whispering Sands (1950s song)
writer:
Jack Gilbert and Mary Hadler (songwriter)
2:55
16Old Shep
recording of:
Old Shep
publisher:
Clyde Julian Foley (US country music musician) (on 1935-06-24)
lyricist:
Willis Arthur (lyricist)
composer:
Clyde Julian Foley (US country music musician)
publisher:
Westpar Music
2:24
17Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
recording of:
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (The Dying Cowboy)
lyricist:
Edward Hubbell Chapin (poet 19th cent)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:29
18The Ballad of Ira Hayes
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1964-03 until 1964-06)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
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 1964)
cover recording of:
The Ballad of Ira Hayes (from 1964-03 until 1964-06)
lyricist and composer:
Peter La Farge
44:08
19If We Never Meet Again
cover recording of:
If We Never Meet Again
lyricist and composer:
Albert E. Brumley
3:01
20Peace in the Valley
cover recording of:
There’ll Be Peace in the Valley for Me
publisher:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1939-01-25)
lyricist and composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp., Rightsong Music, Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:13
21These Hands
cover recording of:
These Hands
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Noack (late 50s rock & roll/rockabilly artist)
3:49
22Sunday Morning Coming Down
cover recording of:
Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down
lyricist and composer:
Kris Kristofferson
4:04
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