Classic Country: 1983–1985

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1City of New Orleans
producer:
Chips Moman
alto saxophone:
Jon Marett (in 1983-10)
baritone saxophone:
Donald Sanders (saxophonist) (in 1983-10)
bass:
Mike Leech (in 1983-10)
drums (drum set):
Gene Chrisman (in 1983-10)
guitar:
J. R. Cobb (in 1983-10), Chips Moman (in 1983-10), Willie Nelson (in 1983-10) and Reggie Young (Guitarist and songwriter) (in 1983-10)
harmonica:
Mickey Raphael (in 1983-10)
keyboard:
Bobby Emmons (in 1983-10) and Bobby Wood (American pianist, keyboard player and songwriter) (in 1983-10)
strings:
The “A” Strings (in 1983-10)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns) (in 1983-10)
background vocals:
Andy Black (vocalist, worked with Willie Nelson) (in 1983-10), Chips Moman (in 1983-10), Sherrill Parks (in 1983-10), Toni Wine (in 1983-10), Bobby Wood (American pianist, keyboard player and songwriter) (in 1983-10) and Rick Yancey (backing vocalist) (in 1983-10)
vocals:
Willie Nelson (in 1983-10)
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 2003)
cover recording of:
City of New Orleans (in 1983-10)
lyricist and composer:
Steve Goodman (folk musician)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
live cover recording of:
City of New Orleans
lyricist and composer:
Steve Goodman (folk musician)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
recording of:
City of New Orleans
lyricist and composer:
Steve Goodman (folk musician)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
Willie Nelson4.654:52
2Mama, He’s Crazy
recording of:
Mama He’s Crazy
lyricist and composer:
Kenny O’Dell
The Judds4.53:16
3Double Shot (Of My Baby’s Love)
Joe Stampley2:48
4Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile
producer:
Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger)
recording of:
Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile
lyricist and composer:
J.C. Cunningham (American songwriter)
David Allan Coe43:42
5The Yellow Rose
Johnny Lee & Lane Brody2:28
6You’re Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation
Ronnie McDowell3:08
7I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me
recording of:
I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me
lyricist and composer:
Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell
Rosanne Cash3:20
8Baby’s Got Her Blue Jeans On
Mel McDaniel2:59
9Dixie Road
Lee Greenwood3:17
10I Got Mexico
recording of:
I Got Mexico
Eddy Raven2:29
11Elizabeth
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 Brothers43:28
12The Lady Takes the Cowboy Every Time
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band2:54
13I’ve Been Around Enough to Know
recording of:
I’ve Been Around Enough to Know
writer:
Dickey Lee and Bob McDill
John Schneider2:41
14I Don’t Want to Be a Memory
Exile3:42
15Thank 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 Kendalls2:56