Country Soul Sisters: Women in Country Music 1952-78

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Annotation

Jewel case with 66-page book of singer profiles and interviews in a cardboard slipcase

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Don’t Let It Trouble Your Mind
producer:
Bob Ferguson
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Don’t Let It Trouble Your Mind
lyricist and composer:
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton42:15
2Fancy
producer:
Glen Sutton (Production music composer)
cover recording of:
Fancy
lyricist and composer:
Bobbie Gentry
Lynn Anderson3:06
3I’ve Done a Lot of Living Since ThenJeannie C. Riley2:01
4Reunion
producer:
Kelly Gordon
arranger:
Jimmie Haskell and Shorty Rogers (trumpet)
recording of:
Reunion (on 1967-11-11)
lyricist and composer:
Bobbie Gentry
publisher:
UMG (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)
Bobbie Gentry2:34
5Tonight My Baby’s Coming Home
producer:
Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (in 1972-01)
cover recording of:
Tonight My Baby’s Coming Home (in 1972-01)
writer:
Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger) and Glenn Sutton (US songwriter and producer)
Tammy Wynette2:09
6A Satisfied Mind
producer:
Ken Nelson (US record producer ('48-'76) Capitol Records, country music)
orchestra:
Bill Woods' Orchestra (on 1955-04-11)
cover recording of:
A Satisfied Mind (on 1955-04-11)
writer:
Joe Hayes and Jack Rhodes
publisher:
Fort Knox Music
recording of:
A Satisfied Mind (in 1955)
writer:
Joe Hayes and Jack Rhodes
publisher:
Fort Knox Music
Jean Shepard2:26
7Get While the Gettin’s Good
producer:
Lee Hazlewood
cover recording of:
Get While the Gettin’s Good (in 1967-04)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
publisher:
Solo Copyright Bureau and Stallion Music, Inc.
Nancy Sinatra2:42
8California Cotton Fields
producer:
Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger)
cover recording of:
California Cotton Fields (in 1973)
composer:
Dallas Frazier (American songwriter and musician) and Earl Montgomery (Songwriter and musicians)
Tanya Tucker2:16
9Saunders Ferry Lane
producer:
Jim Malloy
arranger:
Bill Walker (composer, arranger)
recording of:
Saunders’ Ferry Lane (on 1970-05-06)
writer:
Janette Tooley and Jean Whitehead
Sammi Smith3:10
10If It Ain’t Love
producer:
Bob Ferguson
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1972-04-11)
recording of:
If It Ain’t Love (Let’s Leave It Alone) (on 1972-04-11)
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Frazier (American songwriter and musician)
Connie Smith2:31
11Two Whoops and a Holler
producer:
Ken Nelson (US record producer ('48-'76) Capitol Records, country music)
recording of:
Two Whoops and a Holler
writer:
Joe Weber (guitar)
Jean Shepard2:20
12Mr. Walker, It’s All Over
producer:
Kelton 'Kelso' Herston
recording of:
Mr. Walker, It’s All Over
lyricist and composer:
Gene Crysler (American songwriter, has written over 100 songs. His name is a pseudonym)
Billie Jo Spears3:02
13Ain’t No Wheels on This Ship
producer:
Owen Bradley
vocals:
Patsy Cline
recording of:
Ain’t No Wheels on This Ship
writer:
Wayland Chandler (1950s rockabilly artist) and W.S. Stevenson
Patsy Cline51:58
14Color My World
Barbara Fairchild2:41
15You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
producer:
Owen Bradley
recorded at:
Bradley’s Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, United States (on 1978-03-14)
cover recording of:
You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly (on 1978-03-14)
writer:
Lola Jean Dillon and L.E. White
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty42:31
16Harper Valley PTA
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. Riley3:16
17A Woman Left Lonely
producer:
Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger)
cover recording of:
A Woman Left Lonely (on 1971-02-18)
writer:
Spooner Oldham and Dan Penn
Jody Miller2:42
18Delta Dawn
cover recording of:
Delta Dawn (on 1972-08-29)
writer:
Larry Collins and Alex Harvey (American country singer of the early 70s)
publisher:
Big Ax Music, EMI April Music Inc., EMI U Catalog Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (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 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Kitty Wells1:55
19Show Me
producer:
Buddy Killen
recorded at:
Columbia Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
cover recording of:
Show Me
writer:
Joe Tex (American southern soul musician)
Diana Trask2:59
20He’s All I’ve Got
producer:
Jerry Bradley (producer, engineer)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
cover recording of:
He's All I Got
writer:
Gary “U.S.” Bonds and Swamp Dogg (US soul and R&B singer, musician, songwriter and producer)
Norma Jean2:51
21Ode to Billie Joe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 191) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 412)
recording of:
Ode to Billie Joe (in 1967-03)
lyricist and composer:
Bobbie Gentry
publisher:
Larry Shayne Music, Inc.
Bobbie Gentry54:15
22Tender Words
producer:
Buddy Killen
recorded at:
Columbia Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Tender Words
writer:
Dee Moeller
Bonnie Guitar2:41
23Husband Stealer
producer:
Tom Collins (country producer, music publisher, songwriter)
recorded at:
Bradley’s Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Husband Stealer
writer:
Gary Paxton and Gary Paxton, Jr.
Barbara Mandrell2:54
24I’ll Never Do You Wrong
producer:
Buddy Killen
recorded at:
Columbia Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
cover recording of:
I’ll Never Do You Wrong
writer:
Joe Tex (American southern soul musician)
Diana Trask2:53
25It 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 Wells2:33