Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, Volume II

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Tracklist

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1Pistol 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 Dexter and His Troopers42:49
2There’s a Star‐Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1942-03-19)
bass:
Lester Braun (US bassist) (on 1942-03-19)
guitar:
Elton Britt (on 1942-03-19) and Tony Gottuso (Tony Gottuso, guitar) (on 1942-03-19)
trumpet:
A. William Graham (trumpet) (on 1942-03-19)
violin:
Mac Ceppos (on 1942-03-19)
vocals:
Elton Britt (on 1942-03-19)
recording of:
There’s a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere (on 1942-05-08)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Roberts (songwriter) and Shelby Darnell (songwriter, producer)
publisher:
Bob Miller, Inc. (on 1942-04-01)
Elton Britt32:42
3The Cattle 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 Arnold3:09
4Wabash Cannon Ball
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1947-01-28)
bass:
Joe Zinkan (on 1947-01-28)
fiddle:
Tommy Magness (on 1947-01-28)
guitar:
Lonnie Wilson (US country guitarist, performed with Roy Acuff) (on 1947-01-28)
harmonica:
Jimmie Riddle (on 1947-01-28)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Pete Kirby (on 1947-01-28)
vocals:
Roy Acuff (on 1947-01-28)
recording of:
Wabash Cannonball (on 1947-01-28)
composer:
A.P. Carter and William Kindt
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4228)
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys2:39
5Kentucky
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1947-05-07)
bass:
Charles R. Grean (on 1947-05-07)
fiddle:
Samuel Parker (US fiddler) (on 1947-05-07)
guitar:
Earl Bolick (on 1947-05-07)
mandolin:
Bill Bolick (on 1947-05-07)
recording of:
Kentucky (on 1947-05-07)
lyricist and composer:
Karl Davis
The Blue Sky Boys2:47
6New Pretty Blonde
bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
drums (drum set):
Richard Pryne
fiddle:
Ralph Lamp and Cotton Thompson
guitar [lead guitar]:
Mutt Collins
piano:
Moon Mullican
steel guitar:
Asa Peveto
Moon Mullican and His Showboys3:01
7Philadelphia Lawyer
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1948)
double bass [bass]:
Fred Maddox (in 1948)
fiddle:
Don Maddox (in 1948)
guitar:
Cal Maddox (in 1948)
mandolin:
Cliff Maddox (in 1948)
vocals:
Cal Maddox (in 1948), Fred Maddox (in 1948) and Rose Maddox (in 1948)
recording of:
Philadelphia Lawyer (in 1948)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
The Maddox Brothers & Rose3:02
8I Am a Pilgrim
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-08-13)
guitar:
Merle Travis (on 1946-08-13)
vocals:
Merle Travis (on 1946-08-13)
recording of:
I Am a Pilgrim (on 1946-08-13)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
Merle Travis2:55
9It’s Mighty Dark to Travel
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1947-10-27)
double bass:
Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1947-10-27)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1947-10-27)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1947-10-27)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1947-10-27)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio (radio/tv station) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-10-27)
recording of:
It's Mighty Dark to Travel (on 1947-10-27)
composer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys2:56
10Randy Lynn Rag
producer:
Don Law
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1955-09-02)
double bass [string bass]:
Ernie Newton (contrabassist) (on 1955-09-02)
fiddle:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1955-09-02)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1955-09-02)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Jack Shook (on 1955-09-02)
mandolin:
Curly Seckler (on 1955-09-02)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Buck "Josh" Graves (on 1955-09-02)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-09-02)
recording of:
Randy Lynn Rag (on 1955-09-02)
composer:
Earl Scruggs
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys2:07
11Slipping Around
recording of:
Slippin’ Around
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Tillman (in 1949)
Floyd Tillman2:49
12The Tramp on the Street
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-12-16)
double bass [bass]:
Mac Wiseman (on 1946-12-16)
fiddle:
Cecil "Skeets" Williamson (US fiddler) (on 1946-12-16)
guitar:
Lynn Davis (US country musician) (on 1946-12-16) and Molly O’Day (American country music vocalist) (on 1946-12-16)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
George "Speedy" Krise (on 1946-12-16)
vocals:
Lynn Davis (US country musician) (on 1946-12-16) and Molly O’Day (American country music vocalist) (on 1946-12-16)
cover recording of:
Tramp On The Street (on 1946-12-16)
writer:
Grady Cole and Hazel Cole
Molly O’Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks2:51
13I’m Movin’ On
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1950-03-28)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Ernie Newton (contrabassist) (on 1950-03-28)
fiddle:
Tommy Vaden (US country fiddler) (on 1950-03-28)
guitar:
Hank Snow (on 1950-03-28)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Jack Shook (on 1950-03-28)
steel guitar:
Joe Talbot (Steel guitar player and music industry executive) (on 1950-03-28)
vocals:
Hank Snow (on 1950-03-28)
recording of:
I’m Moving On (on 1950-03-28)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Snow
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Hank Snow and his Rainbow Ranch Boys2:55
14Take an Old Cold Tater
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1949-01-16)
bass:
Joe Zinkan (on 1949-01-16)
electric guitar:
Billy Byrd (US country guitarist) (on 1949-01-16)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Lonnie Wilson (US country guitarist, performed with Roy Acuff) (on 1949-01-16)
harmonica:
Jimmie Riddle (on 1949-01-16)
steel guitar:
Pete Kirby (on 1949-01-16)
vocals:
‘Little’ Jimmy Dickens (on 1949-01-16)
recording of:
Take An Old Cold Tater (And Wait) (on 1949-01-16)
lyricist and composer:
Al Brumley
‘Little’ Jimmy Dickens2:52
15Tennessee Waltz
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-12-02)
accordion:
Pee Wee King (on 1947-12-02)
fiddle:
James Boyd (1940s fiddler) (on 1947-12-02) and Redd Stewart (on 1947-12-02)
steel guitar:
Roy Jewell Ayres (on 1947-12-02)
recording of:
Tennessee Waltz (on 1947-12-02)
lyricist:
Redd Stewart (in 1946)
composer:
Pee Wee King (in 1946)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
Pee Wee King3:03
16Peace in the Valley
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1951-03-27)
double bass [bass]:
Ernie Newton (contrabassist) (on 1951-03-27)
guitar:
Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1951-03-27)
background vocals:
The Sunshine Boys Quartet (gospel group) (on 1951-03-27)
vocals:
Red Foley (US country music musician) (on 1951-03-27)
recording of:
There’ll Be Peace in the Valley for Me (on 1951-03-27)
publisher:
Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1939-01-25)
lyricist and composer:
Thomas A. Dorsey (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)
Red Foley43:16
17Lovesick Blues
recorded in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1948-12-22)
bass:
Willie Thawl (US bassist) (on 1948-12-22)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler) (on 1948-12-22)
guitar:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1948-12-22)
guitar [lead guitar]:
James Grishaw (on 1948-12-22)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Louis Innis (on 1948-12-22)
mandolin:
Clyde Baum (on 1948-12-22)
steel guitar:
Jerry Byrd (Nashville A-Team) (on 1948-12-22)
vocals:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1948-12-22)
recording of:
Lovesick Blues (on 1948-12-22)
lyricist:
Irving Mills and Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01)
composer:
Cliff Friend (US composer, lyricist & pianist)
arranger:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Jack Mills, Inc. (on 1922-04-03) and Mills Music, Inc. (from 1930 to present)
Hank Williams3.652:45
18Your Cheating 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 Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 213) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 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:
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 Williams42:44
19I Love You a Thousand Ways
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1950-07-25)
bass:
Homer "Bill" Callahan (on 1950-07-25)
fiddle:
Pee Wee Stewart (US fiddler) (on 1950-07-25)
guitar:
Lefty Frizzell (US country singer & songwriter) (on 1950-07-25)
piano:
Madge Suttee (on 1950-07-25)
vocals:
Lefty Frizzell (US country singer & songwriter) (on 1950-07-25)
recording of:
I Love You a Thousand Ways (on 1950-07-25)
writer:
Lefty Frizzell (US country singer & songwriter) and Jim Beck
Lefty Frizzell2:48
20The Wild Side of Life
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1951-12-11)
bass:
Billy Stewart (US country music bassist) (on 1951-12-11)
fiddle:
"Little Red" Hayes (US fiddler) (on 1951-12-11) and Joe "Big Red" Hayes (on 1951-12-11)
guitar:
Billy Gray (American country singer / songwriter) (on 1951-12-11) and Hank Thompson (on 1951-12-11)
piano:
Gil Baca (on 1951-12-11)
steel guitar:
Curly Chalker (on 1951-12-11)
cover recording of:
The Wild Side of Life (on 1951-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Arlie Carter and William Warren
publisher:
Commodore Music Corp., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Leeds Music Ltd., Unart Music Corp. and Leeds Music (in 1976)
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys2:45
21It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1952-05-03)
bass:
Johnnie Wright (US country music singer-songwriter) (on 1952-05-03)
fiddle:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1952-05-03)
guitar:
Jack Anglin (on 1952-05-03)
steel guitar:
Harold "Shot" Jackson (US country music guitar and dobro player) (on 1952-05-03)
vocals:
Kitty Wells (on 1952-05-03)
recording of:
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (on 1952-05-03)
lyricist and composer:
J.D. Miller (Louisiana songwriter and producer Joseph Denton Miller)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Kitty Wells2:34
22Slowly
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1953-11-29)
bass:
unknown, probably Ike Inman (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1953-11-29)
electric guitar:
Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1953-11-29)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler) (on 1953-11-29)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Doyle Wilburn (on 1953-11-29)
pedal steel guitar:
Bud Isaacs (on 1953-11-29)
piano:
Owen Bradley (on 1953-11-29)
vocals:
Webb Pierce (on 1953-11-29)
recording of:
Slowly (on 1953-11-29)
writer:
Tommy Hill (Nashville record producer and songwriter) and Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce4.52:34
23Country Gentleman
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1953-03-20)
bass:
Charles R. Grean (on 1953-03-20)
guitar:
Chet Atkins (on 1953-03-20) and Homer [Henry Haynes] (on 1953-03-20)
mandolin:
Jethro [Kenneth Burns] (on 1953-03-20)
Chet Atkins2:18
24I Really Don’t Want to Know
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1953-10-23)
bass:
Charles R. Grean (on 1953-10-23)
drums (drum set):
Phil Kraus (on 1953-10-23)
guitar:
Eddy Arnold (on 1953-10-23) and Al Chernet (on 1953-10-23)
organ:
Marty Gold or Eddie Litvin (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1953-10-23)
vocals:
Eddy Arnold (on 1953-10-23)
recording of:
I Really Don’t Want to Know (on 1953-10-23)
lyricist:
Howard Barnes (US songwriter) (in 1953)
composer:
Don Robertson (“Happy Whistler” songwriter) (in 1953)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Don Robertson Music Corp.
Eddy Arnold2:36
25Sixteen Tons
acoustic guitar:
Bobby Gibbons (on 1955-09-20)
bass clarinet:
Darol Rice (on 1955-09-20)
clarinet:
Red Mandel (on 1955-09-20)
double bass [bass]:
Rolly Bundock (on 1955-09-20)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Roy Harte (drummer and Pacific Jazz founder) (on 1955-09-20)
finger snaps and lead vocals:
Tennessee Ernie Ford (on 1955-09-20)
trombone:
George Bruns (on 1955-09-20)
trumpet:
Charlie Parlato (on 1955-09-20)
conductor:
Jack Fascinato (on 1955-09-20)
arranger:
Jack Fascinato
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bacci Bros Records (in 2010) and Lucky Vintage (in 2014)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (1949–1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1955-09-20)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1955 (number: 12)
cover recording of:
Sixteen Tons (on 1955-09-20)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
publisher:
American Music, Inc. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
parody version of:
Sixteen Tons (yiddish parody)
Tennessee Ernie Ford52:38
26Blue Moon of Kentucky
engineer and producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
bass:
Bill Black (US bassist/leader for Elvis/Bill Black's Combo) (on 1954-07-07)
electric guitar:
Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) (on 1954-07-07)
guitar:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (on 1954-07-07)
vocals:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) (on 1954-07-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Music (in 1954)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1954-07-07)
cover recording of:
Blue Moon of Kentucky (on 1954-07-07)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (in 1946)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic), Southern Music Publishing Company Limited and ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Elvis Presley3.52:06
27Bye Bye Love
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (in 1957)
bass:
Floyd D. 'Lightnin'' Chance (in 1957)
drums (drum set):
Murrey Harman (in 1957)
electric guitar:
Chet Atkins (in 1957)
guitar:
Don Everly (in 1957), Phil Everly (in 1957) and Hank Garland (in 1957)
piano:
Floyd Cramer (in 1957)
vocals:
Don Everly (in 1957) and Phil Everly (in 1957)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1957 (number: 25) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 207)
recording of:
Bye Bye Love (in 1957)
writer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
publisher:
House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Sony ATV Acuff Rose Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
The Everly Brothers4.352:22

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part of:Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection (number: 2) (order: 2)