The Country Album: 24 Country Classics

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Singing the Blues
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 37)
cover recording of:
Singing the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Melvin Endsley (in 1956)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Opryland Ltd. (UK) and Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK)
Guy Mitchell2:25
2I’ve Loved & Lost Again
recording of:
I’ve Loved and Lost Again
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Miller (US country music songwriter)
Patsy Cline2:33
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 Rogers2:45
4Dady Sang Bass
cover recording of:
Daddy Sang Bass
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
is based on:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
Carl Perkins2:16
5Money
cover recording of:
Money (That’s What I Want)
writer:
Janie Bradford and Berry Gordy
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd., Jobete Music (UK), Jobete Music (UK) Ltd., Jobete Music Co., Inc., Stone Agate Music Division and United Partnership Ltd.
Gerald W. Gropp2:19
6Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
recording of:
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
writer:
Wayne Duncan (drums) and Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender3:09
7It’s Four in the Morning
recording of:
It’s Four in the Morning (1971 song)
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Chesnut
Faron Young2:49
8Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round
recording of:
Honky Tonk Merry Go Round
writer:
Frank Simon (US composer, conductor, and cornetist) and Stan Gardner
Patsy Cline2:20
9Come on in and Make Yourself at Home
recording of:
Come on In (and Make Yourself at Home)
lyricist and composer:
Virgil F. Stewart
Patsy Cline1:57
10Shine on Ruby Mountain
recording of:
Shine on Ruby Mountain
lyricist and writer:
Kenny Young
Kenny Rogers2:59
11High Noon
cover recording of:
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) (on 1952-05-15)
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
Dimitri Tiomkin
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
part of:
The 25th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 25)
Frankie Laine2:46
12The Wild Side of Life
Freddy Fender2:24
13Sunshine
recording of:
Sunshine
lyricist and composer:
Mickey Newbury (American songwriter)
Kenny Rogers3:07
149,999,999 Tears
recording of:
9,999,999 Tears
lyricist and composer:
Razzy Bailey
Razzy Bailey2:29
15Rubby Don’t Take Your Love to Town
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 Rogers2:55
16Crying
cover recording of:
Crying
lyricist:
Joe Melson (in 1961) and Roy Orbison (in 1961)
composer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1961-08-16)
part of:
50/50
Waylon Jennings2:37
17Honky Tonk Angels
cover recording of:
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
lyricist and composer:
J.D. Miller (Louisiana songwriter and producer Joseph Denton Miller)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
live recording of:
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
lyricist and composer:
J.D. Miller (Louisiana songwriter and producer Joseph Denton Miller)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Dolly Parton42:26
18The Ghost
recording of:
The Ghost
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson1:14
19Mule Train
recording of:
Mule Train
composer:
Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange
publisher:
Chappell and W. Disney Mus. (music publisher, do not use as release label)
part of:
The 23rd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
cover recording of:
Mule Train
composer:
Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange
publisher:
Chappell and W. Disney Mus. (music publisher, do not use as release label)
part of:
The 23rd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Frankie Laine2:36
20I Believe
cover recording of:
I Believe
writer:
Ervin Drake (Songwriter), Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl (Songwriter) and Al Stillman
publisher:
Adaken Music, Cromwell Music, Inc., Gentlemen Jim Music Corp., Hampshire House Publishing Corp., L and S Freedom Music, Lindabet Music Corporation, Tadzio Music Corp., The Songwriters Guild, The Stillman Song Company and TRO Essex Music Ltd.
recording of:
I Believe
writer:
Ervin Drake (Songwriter), Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl (Songwriter) and Al Stillman
publisher:
Adaken Music, Cromwell Music, Inc., Gentlemen Jim Music Corp., Hampshire House Publishing Corp., L and S Freedom Music, Lindabet Music Corporation, Tadzio Music Corp., The Songwriters Guild, The Stillman Song Company and TRO Essex Music Ltd.
Frankie Laine2:17
21Sally Was a Good Old Girl
cover recording of:
Sally Was a Good Old Girl
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
publisher:
Pamper Music, Inc. and Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
Waylon Jennings2:30
22Touch Me
recording of:
Touch Me
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson2:33
23Heartaches by the Number
recording of:
Heartaches by the Number
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
publisher:
Good Ol’ Harlan Music, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Legacy of Harlan Perry Howard, LLC (in 1959)
Guy Mitchell2:33
24Tickets to Nowhere
Kenny Rogers2:21

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