All-Time Country Favourites

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

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Oh, Lonesome Me
recording of:
Oh Lonesome Me
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Publications Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Don Gibson2:37
2Crazy Dreams
recording of:
Crazy Dreams
composer:
Charles Beam, Charles Jiles and W.S. Stevenson
Patsy Cline2:34
3Reuben James
recording of:
Reuben James
writer and composer:
Barry Etris and Alex Harvey (American country singer of the early 70s)
publisher:
Unart Music Corp.
Kenny Rogers2:48
4Heartaches by the Number
The Kendalls3:01
5Four Strong Winds
recording of:
Four Strong Winds
lyricist and composer:
Ian Tyson
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
Bobby Bare2:48
6Don’t Be Angry
cover recording of:
Don’t Be Angry
lyricist and composer:
Wade Jackson (Stonewall Jackson's older brother)
George Jones2:48
7Waiting for a Train (live)
live recording of:
Waiting for a Train
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
Jim Reeves1:54
8I’ve Been Loved by the Best (live)
recording of:
I’ve Been Loved by the Best
writer:
Paul Harrison (Country songwriter) and Bob McDill
Don Williams3:31
9The Bottle Let Me Down
recording of:
The Bottle Let Me Down
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
Merle Haggard2:43
10Love Someone Like Me
Holly Dunn3:08
11Welcome to My World
Mickey Gilley2:39
12Release Me
Slim Whitman2:52
13Seven Spanish Angels (live)
recording of:
Seven Spanish Angels
writer:
Troy Seals (American singer, songwriter, and guitarist) and Eddie Setser (In Groups: James Brown And The Dapps, Jellyroll, The Dapps)
publisher:
WB Music Group
Willie Nelson2:42
14Baby I Lied
recording of:
Baby I Lied
writer:
Deborah Allen, Rory Bourke and Rafe Van Hoy (American songwriter, musician and producer)
Deborah Allen3:52
15Together Again
Faron Young1:54
16Husbands and Wives
Roger Miller2:26
17Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
Ed Bruce3:19
18Love’s Gonna Live Here
cover recording of:
Love’s Gonna Live Here
lyricist and composer:
Buck Owens
publisher:
Blue Book Music and Bluebook Music Publishing
Waylon Jennings1:56
19Linda on My Mind
recording of:
Linda on My Mind
lyricist and composer:
Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty2:38
20Single Girl
recording of:
Single Girl
lyricist and composer:
Martha Sharp
Sandy Posey2:30
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden
cover recording of:
Rose Garden (in 1970)
lyricist and composer:
Joe South
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Lynn Anderson4.52:54
2Green Green Grass of Home
cover recording of:
Green, Green Grass of Home
lyricist and composer:
Claude “Curly” Putman, Jr.
publisher:
Burlington Music Ltd. and Tree Music
Porter Wagoner2:14
3The Fightin’ Side of Me
recording of:
The Fightin’ Side of Me
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
was commissioned by:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Merle Haggard32:51
4You’ve Never Been This Far Before
recording of:
You've Never Been This Far Before
lyricist and composer:
Harold Lloyd Jenkins
Conway Twitty3:08
5There’s a Way
Timi Yuro & Willie Nelson2:32
6Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town
cover recording of:
Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
lyricist and composer:
Mel Tillis
publisher:
Cedarwood Publishing Company, Inc., Universal Cedarwood Publishing and Universal Music Publishing International Ltd.
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition2:59
7Talk Back Trembling Lips
cover recording of:
Talk Back Trembling Lips
lyricist and composer:
John D. Loudermilk
George Jones2:32
8Crazy
cover recording of:
Crazy (Willie Nelson song)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Wanda Jackson2:47
9Please Help Me I’m Falling
recording of:
Please Help Me, I’m Falling
lyricist and composer:
Hal Blair and Don Robertson (“Happy Whistler” songwriter)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Carlin Music Corporation, Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Don Robertson Music Corp., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.
Hank Locklin2:11
10Blue, Blue Day
The Kendalls2:03
11What I’ve Got in Mind
recording of:
What I’ve Got in Mind
lyricist and composer:
Kenny O’Dell
Billie Jo Spears2:23
12I.O.U.
Lee Greenwood3:07
13Folsom Prison Blues (live)
additional producer:
Bob Irwin
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1968-01-13)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (on 1968-01-13)
electric guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (on 1968-01-13) and Luther Perkins (on 1968-01-13)
guitar:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1968-01-13)
vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1968-01-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1968)
recorded at:
Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California, United States (on 1968-01-13)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 164)
live recording of:
Folsom Prison Blues (on 1968-01-13)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music
is based on:
Crescent City Blues
Johnny Cash52:50
14The Tips of My Fingers
producer:
Owen Bradley
vocals:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality) (on 1960-03-03)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-03-03)
recording of:
The Tip of My Fingers (1960 song) (on 1960-03-03)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
Bill Anderson2:43
15Detroit City
cover recording of:
Detroit City
writer:
Danny Dill and Mel Tillis
Bobby Bare2:56
16Cattle Call
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1944-12-04)
fiddle:
James H. McNatt (US fiddler) (on 1944-12-04)
guitar:
Eddy Arnold (on 1944-12-04) and Gabe Tucker (US country musician, comedian, broadcaster and manager) (on 1944-12-04)
steel guitar:
Ivan L. Wiggins (formerly Little Roy Wiggins) (on 1944-12-04)
vocals:
Eddy Arnold (on 1944-12-04)
recording of:
The Cattle Call (on 1944-12-04)
lyricist and composer:
Tex Owens
publisher:
Forster Music Publisher, Inc. (on 1934-09-14)
Eddy Arnold3:04
17Pistol Packin’ Mama
accordion:
Paul Sells (on 1942-03-20)
bass:
Fred Whiting (US double bassist) (on 1942-03-20)
guitar:
Johnny Bond (on 1942-03-20), Al Dexter (on 1942-03-20) and Dick Reinhart (on 1942-03-20)
steel guitar:
Frankie Marvin (US country musician) (on 1942-03-20)
trumpet:
Harry Hollinger (on 1942-03-20)
lead vocals:
Al Dexter
recorded at:
CBS Columbia Square Recording Studios (KNX and Columbia Broadcasting System) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 39)
recording of:
Pistol Packin’ Mama (on 1942-03-20)
publisher:
Albert Poindexter (on 1942-02-16)
lyricist and composer:
Al Dexter
publisher:
Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Al Dexter42:48
18I’m So Afraid of Losing You Again (live)
Charley Pride2:59
19Waterloo
Faron Young2:21
20Walkin’ After Midnight
cover recording of:
Walkin’ After Midnight
lyricist:
Don Hecht
composer:
Alan Block and Don Hecht
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Patsy Cline2:32
▼ CD 3
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1Harper Valley P.T.A.
producer:
Shelby Singleton
recording of:
Harper Valley PTA (on 1968-07-26)
lyricist and composer:
Tom T. Hall
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
cover recording of:
Harper Valley PTA
lyricist and composer:
Tom T. Hall
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Jeannie C. Riley3:18
2It’s Only Make Believe
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1958 (recordings) (number: 18)
recording of:
It’s Only Make Believe
writer:
Jack Nance (in 1958) and Conway Twitty (in 1958)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Conway Twitty2:29
3Take This Job and Shove It
recording of:
Take this Job and Shove it
lyricist and composer:
David Allan Coe
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Johnny Paycheck2:46
4Tulsa Time (live)
live recording of:
Tulsa Time
lyricist and composer:
Danny Flowers
publisher:
PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) and Bibo Music (in 1979)
Don Williams2:38
5I Fall to Pieces
cover recording of:
I Fall to Pieces
composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter) and Harlan Howard
Wanda Jackson2:56
6I Walk the Line (live)
live recording of:
I Walk the Line
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
Johnny Cash2:53
7Have I Told You Lately That I Love You (live)
live cover recording of:
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? (in 1959)
lyricist and composer:
Scott Wiseman (in 1945)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Universal Duchess Music Corp., Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and Leeds Music Ltd. (in 1982)
Jim Reeves1:28
8Kaw-Liga
cover recording of:
Kaw‐Liga
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Milene Music. Inc (ASCAP) (on 1952-12-02)
Don Gibson2:44
9Desperado
cover recording of:
Desperado
writer:
Glenn Frey (US musician/singer/songwriter, member of the Eagles) and Don Henley
publisher:
Benchmark Music, Cass County Music, Kicking Bear, Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH (2017 – present), Red Cloud Music, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and Warner Bros. Music GmbH (publisher) (in 1981)
Lynn Anderson3:21
10The Happiness of Having You (live)
Charley Pride2:33
11The Race Is On
recording of:
The Race Is On
composer:
Don Rollins (US songwriter from Nashville, born 1961)
publisher:
Glad Music Publishing and Recording LP, Pappy Daily Music, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Palace Music AB (in 1978)
George Jones2:05
12Heaven’s Just a Sin Away
recording of:
Heaven’s Just a Sin Away
writer:
Jerry Gillespie (songwriter)
publisher:
Big Yellow Dog Music
The Kendalls2:29
13Lookin’ for Love
recording of:
Lookin’ for Love
writer:
Bob Morrison (US songwriter), Wanda Mallette and Patti Ryan (US singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Patti Ryan Music, Southern Days Music Division and Wanda Mallette Music
Johnny Lee3:34
14A Poor Man’s Roses
recording of:
A Poor Man’s Roses (or a Rich Man’s Gold)
lyricist:
Bob Hilliard
writer:
Milton DeLugg and Bob Hilliard
composer:
Milton DeLugg
Patsy Cline2:36
15Apartment No. 9
Faron Young2:49
16The Winner
recording of:
The Winner
lyricist and composer:
Shel Silverstein
Bobby Bare5:25
17Born a Woman
recording of:
Born a Woman
Sandy Posey1:58
18The Wild Side of Life
Hank Thompson2:57
19Today I Started Loving You Again (live)
live recording of:
I Started Loving You Again (Today I Started Lovin’ You Again)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) and Bonnie Owens (US country singer)
publisher:
Blue Book Music
Merle Haggard3:35
20D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
Dottie West2:53