Various Artists - Billboard #1`s: Classic Country

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

081227788322

Description:

Audio Remasterers: Dave Schultz; Bill Inglot.
Liner Note Author: Colin Escott.
Recording information: 1952-1965.
A wide-ranging two-disc set with 30 songs, BILLBOARD #1`s: CLASSIC COUNTRY is roughly evenly divided between three important eras. The traditional country of the 1950s and early `60s brings hits by Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, and Faron Young; the strings-and-choirs school of "countrypolitan" music showcases hits by Tammy Wynette, Ray Price, and Lynn Anderson; finally, the country-pop of the Urban Cowboy school and its nearly immediate New Traditionalist backlash of the mid-1980s includes songs by Willie Nelson, Eddie Rabbit, and Randy Travis. And the non-chronological setlist nicely showcases the similarities of the twangy schools more than the differences.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. On the Road Again - Willie Nelson
2. Act Naturally - Buck Owens
3. I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline
4. Stand by Your Man - Tammy Wynette
5. I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
6. Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
7. Paso, El - Marty Robbins
8. I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
9. King of the Road - Roger Miller
10. Don`t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
11. I Want to Go with You - Hank Cochran
12. Mama Tried - Merle Haggard
13. Three Bells, The - The Browns
14. Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender
15. Somewhere Tonight - Highway 101

DISC 2:

1. Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
2. Forever and Ever, Amen - Randy Travis
3. For the Good Times - Ray Price
4. Hello Walls - Faron Young
5. Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
6. Gambler, The - Kenny Rogers
7. Coal Miner`s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
8. Young Love - Sonny James
9. Hello Darlin` - Conway Twitty
10. Behind Closed Doors - Kenny O`Dell
11. Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
12. Four Walls - Jim Reeves
13. Swingin` - John Anderson
14. Streets of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam/Buck Owens
15. I`m Moving On - Hank Snow

Album Information

Release Date:

07/18/2006

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Honkytonk

Label:

Rhino

Producer:

Alan Fletcher (Compilation)

Catalog Number:

77883

Original Release Year:

2006

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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