Classic Country #1 Love Songs, Vol. 2
Classic Country #1 Love Songs, Vol. 2
ASIN: B00019PDOS
Track Listings
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1. Houston - Gatlin Brothers, Larry Gatlin
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2. You Heart's Not in It - Janie Fricke
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3. True Love Ways - Mickey Gilley
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4. He's a Heartache (Looking for a Place to Happen) - Janie Fricke
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5. Do You Know You Are My Sunshine - The Statler Brothers
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6. On Second Thought - Eddie Rabbitt
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7. I Just Can't Get Her Out of My Mind - Johnny Rodriguez
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8. Kiss You All Over - Exile
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9. Joe Knows How to Live - Eddy Raven
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10. I Can't Get Close Enough - Exile
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11. In a Letter to You - Eddy Raven
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12. Just Get Up and Close the Door - Johnny Rodriguez
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13. Suspicions - Eddie Rabbitt
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14. Room Full of Roses - Mickey Gilley
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Classic Country #1 Love Songs, Vol. 2,Various Artists,Compendia,Country,Country Collections,Country-Pop,Pop,Traditional Country,V/A Compilations
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- CCR
- great stuff
- Gets me going in the morning
- Soundtrack of an era
- Fogerty
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"Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle, Vol. 1: The 20 Greatest Hits"
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Manufacturer: Fantasy
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ASIN: B000000XB9
Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Susie Q
- I Put A Spell On You
- Proud Mary
- Bad Moon Rising
- Lodi
- Green River
- Commotion
- Down On The Corner
- Fortunate Son
- Travelin' Band
- Who'll Stop The Rain
- Up Around The Bend
- Run Through The Jungle
- Lookin' Out My Back Door
- Long As I Can See The Light
- I Heard It Through The Grapevine
- Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
- Hey Tonight
- Sweet Hitch-Hiker
- Someday Never Comes
Amazon.com
Few bands of the 1960s retained as much a sense of the roots of rock and roll as did Creedence Clearwater Revival. Their music is rife with country, rockabilly, and R&B influences, a combination that produced several hit singles--most of which are present on this collection. These include "I Heard It through the Grapevine," "Lodi," "Up Around the B ," "Who'll Stop the Rain," and of course "Bad Moon Rising." This is an excellent greatest-hits collection, and a perfect introduction to the music of a band that has been enduringly influential. --Genevieve Williams
Album Description
Recorded 1968-1970 and includes 'Susie Q', 'I Put a Spell on You', 'Proud Mary', 'Bad Moon Rising', 'Lodi', 'Green River', 'Commotion', 'Down on the Corner', 'Fortunate Son', 'Travelin' Band', 'Who'll Stop the Rain', 'Up Around the Bend', 'Run Through the Jungle', 'Lookin' Out My Back Door', 'Long as I Can See the Light', 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine', 'Have You Ever Seen the Rain?', 'Hey Tonight', 'Sweet Hitch-Hiker' & 'Someday Never Comes'. Fantasy label. 1991.
Customer Reviews:
CCR.......2007-06-28
An excellent greatist hits CD, I used a handful of songs to burn a CD with other related style of music.
great stuff.......2007-06-27
listening to this CD makes you realize how great john fogerty was back in the day. great songs, great sound.
Gets me going in the morning.......2007-06-27
I've been listening to this CD for 2 weeks in my car on the way to work.
Soundtrack of an era.......2007-06-15
This is an excellent compilation of CCR's tunes from the late 60s, early 70s. There's a reason why Credence tunes kept popping up in movies and commercials. It's great music and evocative of the era from which it comes. No need for me to review the individual tunes; anybody with a radio has head most of them. A must-have for any music fan.
Fogerty.......2007-06-10
Great value. If you are into the 60s' and 70s' you will love this one.
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- Aces- A definite better get it.
- The amazing Rythm Aces: Stacked Deck
- Stacked Deck/Too Stuffed to Jump
- BUY THIS ALBUM!!!!
- Better than I remember!
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Two Classic Albums from The Amazing Rhythm Aces: Stacked Deck/Too Stuffed to Jump
The Amazing Rhythm Aces
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ASIN: B00004TZZR
Release Date: 2000-07-11 |
Tracks:
- Third Rate Romance
- The 'Ella B'
- Life's Railway To Heaven
- The Beautiful Lie
- Hit The Nail On The Head
- Who Will The Next Fool Be
- Amazing Grace (Used To Be Her Favorite Song)
- Anything You Want
- My Tears Still Flow
- Emma-Jean
- Why Can't I Be Satisfied
- King Of The Cowboys
- Typical American Boy
- If I Knew Just What To Say
- The End Is Not In Sight (The Cowboy Tune)
- Same Ol' Me
- These Dreams Of Losing You
- I'll Be Gone
- Out Of The Snow
- Fool For The Woman
- A Little Italy Rag
- Dancing The Night Away
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Substitute grits for glitz, soul for sheen, and wry humor for mythic self-regard, and the Amazing Rhythm Aces could have been the Eagles. Though they didn't fly as high commercially, the Aces' blend of rock, country, down-home rhythm & blues, and even gospel continues to satisfy on this combo reissue of the band's first two mid-'70s albums. "Third Rate Romance" remains the Memphis band's signature song and major pop hit, while "The End Is Not in Sight (The Cowboy Tune)" anticipated the changes in commercial country a couple of decades down the road. Rhythm aside, the key to the band's appeal is frontman Russell Smith, whose songs and singing transcend musical boundaries with amazing grace. --Don McLeese
Album Description
Their first albums for ABC, released in 1975 and 1976. Includes their big hit 'Third Rate Romance' and more. The two titles are, 'Stacked Deck' and 'Too Stuffed To Jump'. First time on CD. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.
Customer Reviews:
Aces- A definite better get it........2007-06-12
If you remember these...do yourself a favor.
The amazing Rythm Aces: Stacked Deck.......2007-02-19
More than a 1 Cut Wonder, some surprising stuff here and worth the price.
Stacked Deck/Too Stuffed to Jump.......2007-02-06
Too Stuffed maybe this group's best effort. And what an album it is!
BUY THIS ALBUM!!!!.......2007-01-30
Forget buying Hotel California. Set afire your copy of On The Border. Send Marshall Tucker to the back of the play list. THIS is country rock at it's finest.
Better than I remember!.......2007-01-09
This cd is timeless! Each song is just as good today as it was when first recorded. I plan to order the rest of their music right away!
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Billboard #1s: Classic Country
Various Artists
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ASIN: B000FZESRG
Release Date: 2006-07-18 |
Tracks:
- On The Road Again - Willie Nelson
- Act Naturally - Buck Owens
- I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline
- Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette
- I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash
- Rhinostone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
- El Paso - Marty Robbins
- I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
- King Of The Road - Roger Miller
- Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
- I Want To Go With You - Eddy Arnold
- Mama Tried - Merle Haggard
- The Three Bells - The Browns
- Before The Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender
- Somewhere Tonight - Highway 101
Tracks:
- Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
- Forever And Ever, Amen - Randy Travis
- For The Good Times - Ray Price
- Hello Walls - Faron Young
- Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
- The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
- Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn
- Young Love - Sonny James
- Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty
- Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich
- Walk On By - Leroy Van Dyke
- Four Walls - Jim Reeves
- Swingin' - John Anderson
- Streets Of Bakerfield - Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens
- I'm Moving On - Hank Snow
Customer Reviews:
Classic Country #1 Hits.......2007-05-09
EXCELLENT 2 disk set!!! It's one of the best compilations of Classic Country #1 hits, in my opinion. I bought it as gifts for 5 other people and they also thought it was fantastic. I highly recommend this set.
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- Truly Classic
- ANOTHER KEEPER
- Outstanding
- Keep up the good work
- Daniel O'Donnell:Songs of Inspiration/I Believe
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Classic Double: Songs of Inspiration/I Believe
Daniel O'Donnell
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ASIN: B00011V87C
Release Date: 2004-01-20 |
Tracks:
- Footsteps
- Footsteps
- It Is No Secret
- You Needed Me
- I Saw The Light
- One Day At A Time
- My Forever Friend
- When I Had You
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Why Me Lord
- The Old Rugged Cross
- Yes, I Really Love You
- How Great Thou Art
- This World Is Not My Home
- He Took Our Place
- Amazing Grace
- The Family Bible
- In The Garden
- Children's Band
- Standing Room Only
Tracks:
- Everything Is Beautiful
- I Believe
- Any Dream Will Do
- I Can See Clearly Now
- I Have A Dream
- The Greatest Love
- A Little Peace
- The Way Old Friends Do
- Rivers Of Babylon
- What A Wonderful World
- A Song For The World
- Even On Days When It Rained
- Beyond The Great Divide
- Our Special Absent Friends
- Love, Hope And Faith
- Desiderata
Customer Reviews:
Truly Classic.......2007-06-02
I bought this CD for my mother and she truly loves it. It is an excellent inspirational buy. She is even sharing it with her friends.
ANOTHER KEEPER.......2007-03-13
This CD is also fantastic.. he just has a way with inspirational songs that makes them so meaningful..highly recommended...this is another that I listen to everyday while at work..
Outstanding.......2007-01-10
I love to listen to this man sing these beautiful songs. Highly recommend this.
Keep up the good work.......2006-07-03
Love this. Music is awesome. I recommend to all. Lauren, New Jersey.
Daniel O'Donnell:Songs of Inspiration/I Believe.......2006-03-19
If you like Daniel O'Donnell and you love Inspirational Music, this is a winner! This is a perfect combination.
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- Classic Country: Great Duets
- Missing Some Major Duets!!
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Classic Country: Great Duets
Johnny Cash & June Carter , Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn , Bill Anderson & Jan Howard , Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton , and David Frizzell & Shelly West
Manufacturer: Time Life Records
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ASIN: B0006419N2
Release Date: 2004-10-26 |
Tracks:
- Jackson -- Johnny Cash with June Carter
- Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man -- Loretta Lynn with Conway Twitty
- Golden Ring -- George Jones with Tammy Wynette
- Don't Let Me Cross Over -- Carl Butler and Pearl Butler
- Holding On to Nothin' -- Porter Wagoner with Dolly Parton
- Loose Talk -- Buck Owens with Rose Maddox
- For Loving You -- Bill Anderson with Jan Howard
- We've Got Tonight -- Kenny Rogers with Sheena Easton
- You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma -- David Frizzell with Shelly West
- Suspicious Minds -- Waylon Jennings with Jessi Colter
- My Elusive Dreams -- David Houston with Tammy Wynette
- A Place to Fall Apart -- Merle Haggard with Janie Fricke
- Feelin's -- Conway Twitty with Loretta Lynn
- Islands in the Stream -- Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
- You and I -- Eddie Rabbitt with Crystal gayle
- Meet Me in Montana -- Marie Osmond with Dan Seals
- If I Were A Carpenter -- Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash
- We're Gonna Hold On -- George Jones with Tammy Wynette
- I Will Always Love You -- Dolly Parton with Vince Gill
- We Believe in Happy Endings -- Earl thomas Conley with Emmylou Harris
Album Description
Johnny & June. George & Tammy. Kenny & Dolly. Conway & Loretta. Individually they're stars, but together these artists are stellar. These unforgettable pairings of distinctive voices produced No. 1 chart toppers in the '60s, '70s and '80sand only the biggest hits made it on Classic Country: Great Duets.
Customer Reviews:
Classic Country: Great Duets.......2007-01-22
This is one of the best I've heard if you like country & duets... Absolutely wonderful!
Missing Some Major Duets!! .......2005-07-26
These tracks are all excellent but frankly several major country duets are not here!! Where on earth are Kenny Rogers and Dottie West?? Instead we get Rogers with Sheena Easton and the Rogers/Easton combo makes it almost entirely a pop recording and it should not be on this package. Buck Owens & Rose Maddox have a track but where is Buck with his far more famous duet partner Susan Raye? The Merle Haggard - Janie Fricke track should not have been included since she really only just sings harmony on the record. Why aren't Jimmy Wakely & Margaret Whiting who started the male/female star duet craze in 1949 with Slipping Around here or Kitty Wells & Red Foley, the first superstar duet? And where are Ferlin Husky & Jean Shepard, Jack Greene & Jeannie Seely, David Houston & Barbara Mandrell, Bobby Bare & Skeeter Davis, Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell, Don Gibson & Dottie West, Johnny Duncan & Janie Fricke, to name just a few of the famous country duos of yore. Instead we have too many tracks with the same artists here. It's a very good package but it should have been a great and classic one.
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- Brooks
- Exactly what I expected :)
- A great intro to country
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Country's 20 Classic Gospel: Songs of the Century
Various Artists
Manufacturer: New Haven
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ASIN: B0001XANGM
Release Date: 2004-05-04 |
Tracks:
- I Know Who Holds Tomorrow - Alison Krauss & The Cox Family
- Go Rest High On That Mountain - Vince Gill
- Farther Along - Linda Ronstadt
- Children Go (Where I Send Thee) - Ricky Skaggs
- Precious Memories - Tammy Wynette
- Uncloudye Day - Willie Nelson
- Amazing Grace - The Statler Brothers
- Coat Of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
- Precious Lord, Take My Hand/Jesus Hold My Hand (Medley) - Merle Haggard
- How Great Thou Art - Connie Smith
- Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) - Johnny Cash
- Crying In The Chapel - Elvis Presley
- Wings Of A Dove - Ferlin Husky
- Life's Railway To Heaven - Patsy Cline
- In The Garden - Jim Reeves
- The Old Rugged Cross - Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Peace In The Valley - Red Foley
- Angel Band - Stanley Brothers
- Can The Circle Be Unbroken - The Carter Family
- I Saw The Light - Hank Williams
Customer Reviews:
Brooks.......2007-05-17
This was one of the best buys I done lately. The artists and songs were the perfect match to songs (especially Amazing Grace by the Statlers)
Exactly what I expected :).......2007-01-12
This was a gift for my father and he loved it. We listened to it all morning Christmas Day. The songs are beautifully chosen and wonderfully familiar. A good mix.
A great intro to country.......2004-08-06
How often have you heard someone say how much they hate country, except for Johnny Cash or "O Brother Where Art Thou?"
Here's a compilation that person should enjoy.
Featuring old tracks from Cash, Elvis, Hank Williams, Ricky Skaggs, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and more, this cd breathes of the authenticity of yesterday.
As a compilation, not every track is outstanding, however I enjoyed most of them, skipping only a few. The standout track is "Farther Along" by Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, and Dolly Parton.
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- Country gold standard
- Four decades of country number ones
- + 1/2 stars...Nearly Forty Years of Classic Country
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Classic Country Gold
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Hip-O Records
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ASIN: B000A0GPSQ
Release Date: 2005-07-26 |
Tracks:
- Hey, Good Lookin' - Hank Williams
- It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells
- Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Why Baby Why - Webb Pierce, Red Sovine
- I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
- All I Have to Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
- Hello Walls - Faron Young
- Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke, Leroy Van Dyke
- I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline
- Tender Years - George Jones
- King of the Road - Roger Miller
- Make the World Go Away - Eddy Arnold
- Mama Tried - Merle Haggard
- Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty
- Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn
- Help Me Make It Through the Night - Sammi Smith
- Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' - Charley Pride
- Chantilly Lace - Jerry Lee Lewis
Tracks:
- Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. - Donna Fargo
- Eleven Roses - Hank Williams, Jr.
- I Love - Tom T. Hall
- Jolene - Dolly Parton
- Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddy Fender
- Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
- San Antonio Stroll - Tanya Tucker
- Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) - Waylon Jennings
- Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
- Gambler - Kenny Rogers
- Do You Know You Are My Sunshine - The Statler Brothers
- I Believe in You - Don Williams
- Elvira - The Oak Ridge Boys
- I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool - George Jones, Barbara Mandrell
- Fourteen Carat Mind - Gene Watson
- God Bless the U.S.A. - Lee Greenwood
- Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses - Kathy Mattea
- Timber, I'm Falling in Love - Patty Loveless
Customer Reviews:
Country gold standard.......2006-01-30
Mainstream, popular Country music is what you get on this double CD album. From the dawn of the 1950s, when commercial recording interests took a firm hold on this particular strand of America's musical tradition, to the end of the 1980s, when other styles started to squeeze Country out of the charts.
In the late 60s and early 70s, it was widely acknowledged that the two gods of Country were Johnny Cash and Jim Reeves (selling better than ever after his untimely death). So it is strange that Reeves's star has waned so quickly, and he is excluded from a compilation like this. That would have been unthinkable thirty years ago; now it is unremarkable.
On the other hand, Jerry Lee Lewis definitely does not belong here. When Tennessee Ernie Ford says "If you see me coming, better stand aside. A lot of men didn't, a lot of men died", you don't really take him seriously. When Lewis introduces himself as "The Killer", you get the uneasy feeling he really means it. His music is on the fringes of country and his attitude is on the edge of sanity.
Still, this is a good, representative collection and is available at bargain prices, so has to be recommended. I always take it when I drive through the Mojave or the Sierras. For me, this is music for the open road.
Four decades of country number ones.......2005-07-29
Only one of the thirty-six tracks here didn't make it to number one in the American country singles charts, that being God bless the USA, which the compilers understandably selected to represent Lee Greenwood here in preference to any of his country number one hits. In its way, that selection shows that number one is not the only thing that matters in the music business - some of the most famous songs in popular music never made it to number one in any chart. Nevertheless, the number one position does indicate a certain measure of popularity and this collection contains many great country classics.
This compilation, being by Hip-O, has easy access to the vaults of the record labels that are now part of the Universal group, so those labels dominate - however, Hip-O have licensed some tracks from the Sony / BMG group, so Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Charley Pride and Eddy Arnold are included. The real surprise is that Reba McEntire and George Strait, two artists who each had several number one hits for Universal labels in the eighties, are omitted. You'd think it was easier for Hip-O to include them than to worry about Dolly and the others.
The tracks are in chronological sequence, beginning with Hank Williams in 1951 and ending with Patty Loveless in 1989. 1989 is an interesting and appropriate end-point, as that was the year when a new generation of singers changed everything in country music, or so it seemed. Of course, the new generation has recorded a lot of great music (though how much of it can truly be described as country is a matter for debate) but I know that many country fans regard 1989 as the beginning of the end of their kind of country music.
The compiler clearly likes the seventies best as there are fifteen tracks from that decade with seven tracks each from the fifties, sixties and eighties. I can well understand the compiler's preference, as it was a very good decade for country music, both at home in America and internationally.
With a compilation like this, it is always possible to argue about track selection - whether the song selected for the chosen artist is the best, whether some omitted artists should have been included and so on - but when you look at it overall, this is a brilliant compilation that provides a great introduction to four decades of country music - and it comes with liner notes by Rich Kienzle.
+ 1/2 stars...Nearly Forty Years of Classic Country.......2005-07-27
This 36-track collection chronologically covers nearly four decades of country music beginning with Hank Williams 1951 hit "Hey, Good Lookin'" and ending with Patty Loveless's 1989 hit "Timber, I'm Falling in Love." For any 2-CD set to adequately cover four decades is a nearly impossible task--especially when both discs run under sixty minutes.
This collection could easily have been expanded by an additional dozen or more tracks, allowing the compilers to focus more attention on country's golden era, namely the fifties and the sixties. There are only five tracks from the fifties and eight from the sixties, while the seventies--an era marked by crossover artists like Glen Campbell and Kenny Rogers--is represented by fifteen tracks (nearly half of the total).
In fact, the compilers of this anthology placed a lot of emphasis on crossover hits. Twenty of these No. 1 country hits also hit the top 40 on the pop charts, with "Sixteen Tons," "All I Have To Do Is Dream," "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and "Rhinestone Cowboy" placing No. 1 on both charts.
There's only one serious misstep in the song selection. While it DID reach the top of the country charts in 1972, Jerry Lee Lewis's versions of the Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace" simply is out of place. And personally, I could have done without Lee Greenwood's maudlin "God Bless the U.S.A." [Besides, it's the only song that didn't reach No. 1.] The only other flaw in this collection is that even though it runs through 1989, there are no artists from country's new traditionalism movement. Where's George Strait or Randy Travis?
With that said, this is an overall satisfying--albeit brief--look at four decades of country music. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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- Good collection!
- Legends of Country Music:Classic Hits of the 50's,60's&70's
- Wonderful old songs remembered
- I can't believe how many great songs are on this set
- GREATS HITS. HECK - EVEN THE MISSES ARE GOOD!!
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Legends of Country: Classic Hits of the '50s, '60s & '70
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Shout
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ASIN: B000JLQPTA
Release Date: 2006-12-05 |
Tracks:
- New San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
- Walking The Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb
- I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash
- Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
- The Battle Of New Orleans - Johnny Horton
- Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
- Young Love - Sonny James
- Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline
- Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson
- I'm Moving On - Hank Snow
- El Paso - Marty Robbins
- The Wild Side Of Life - Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys
- It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells
- Crazy Arms - Ray Price
- Six Days On The Road - Dave Dudley
- I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline
- Hello Walls - Faron Young
- Walk On By - Leroy Van Dyke
- The Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page
Tracks:
- Act Naturally - Buck Owens
- She Thinks I Still Care - George Jones
- King Of The Road - Roger Miller
- Abilene - George Hamilton IV
- Flowers On The Wall - The Statler Brothers
- Once A Day - Connie Smith
- Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
- The Three Bells - The Browns
- Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash
- I've Got A Tiger By The Tail - Buck Owens
- Ode To Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
- Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
- Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn
- Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty
- Please Help Me, I'm Fallign - Hank Locklin
- Last Date - Floyd Cramer
- He'll Have To Go - Jim Reeves
- Make The World Go Away - Eddy Arnold
- Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette
Tracks:
- When You're Hot, You're Hot - Jerry Reed
- Wasted Days And Wasted Nights - Freddy Fender
- Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
- Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
- The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich
- Help Me Make It Through The Night - Sammi Smith
- Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - Waylon & Willie
- Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' - Charley Pride
- Take This Job And Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
- Convoy - C.W. McCall
- The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
- Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
- I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
- Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love) - Waylon Jennings
- The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A. - Donna Fargo
- He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones
- It Was Almost Like A Song - Ronnie Milsap
- On The Road Again - Willie Nelson
- For The Good Times - Ray Price
Customer Reviews:
Good collection!.......2007-06-03
This is an excellent collection of country hits, especially for those of us who grew up during this time-period. This collection may not be suitable for serious country music fans, but it does provide and excellent selection of music by lead performers from the 1950s through the 1970s for those of us who appreciate Country-Western music. I was very pleased to find several songs I remember from my youth, including: "The Battle of New Orleans," "El Paso," "Six Days on the Road," "King of the Road," "Flowers on the Wall," "Big Bad John," "The Three Bells," "Ring of Fire" (I was a big Johnny Cash fan as a kid), "Ode to Billy Joe," "When You're Hot, You're Hot," "Rhinestone Cowboy," "The Most Beautiful Girl," "Convoy" (yes, I had a CB radio), "The Gambler, and others.
Check out the other songs on the title list to see if you remember these. The collection comes with 3 CDs, one for each decade. The sound quality is good, too.
Legends of Country Music:Classic Hits of the 50's,60's&70's.......2007-05-09
If you like country music from this era it is a good sample. Many top ten hits.
Wonderful old songs remembered.......2007-01-18
My Parents and my Sister are all enjoying these songs from the days when we remembered Country Legends. This CD Collection is tremendous... has all of the greats on it. Highly recommend it to anyone wanting to hear the good "old" songs.
I can't believe how many great songs are on this set.......2006-12-16
I bought this for my Dad for Christmas, but I can't wait to borrow it. My jaw dropped as I read the song list for this set. While a few don't really fit (When You're Hot, You're Hot???), the set is filled with some of the best songs ever to be played on country radio.
I hope there's a Volume II.
GREATS HITS. HECK - EVEN THE MISSES ARE GOOD!!.......2006-12-13
Growing up in the '50s and '60s, I remember the songs on this set very well. This is a good review of one off hits like the Browns "Three Bells" (I couldn't stand that song as a kid but kind of enjoy it now), the Statler Brothers' "Flowers on the Wall",Floyd Cramer's "Last Date", "Detroit (I want to go home)", "Abilene", "El Paso" (notice the city name theme), and a host of others. All the major players are represented, Johnny Horton (Battle of New Orleans), Hank Snow (Movin' On), Patsy Cline (I Fall to Pieces), Johnny Cash (Ring of Fire), on and on and on. However, its for the more obscure hits that you should purchase this set. A great overview of the period. Hey, I discovered that Webb Pierce was a real rockin' musician!! Bet many of you didn't know that either!! The most interesting stuff is the '50s and '60s. The '70s goes into the Willie and Waylon (and similar artists)thing which you probably have on other collections. However, the sound quality is great and the early stuff fantastic!! If you like country music, buy it!! If you like country music and want to drive someone crazy who does not like traditional country, buy it BIG TIME!!
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- Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways
- Great selections from a great catalog
- Absolutely the best
- Classic
- If you can't afford this sell your pop discs.
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Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
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ASIN: B000063NDJ
Release Date: 2002-04-23 |
Tracks:
- White House Blues - Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys
- Our Last Goodbye - Johnson Mountain Boys
- When He Reached Down His Hand for Me - Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
- Tiny Broken Heart - Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
- New Camptown Races - Red Allen, Frank Wakefield, and the Kentuckians
- Suzanne - Harley Allen-Mike Lilly Band
- I Heard My Mother Call My Name in Prayer - Nashville Grass
- Teardrops in My Eyes - Friendly City Playboys
- Cumberland Gap - Snuffy Jenkins
- Live and Let Live - Red Allen and the Kentuckians
- The World is Waiting for the Sunrise - Roger Sprung and Doc Watson
- Hello City Limits - Hugh Moore
- (Legend of the) Brown Mountain Light - Country Gentlemen
- Lonesome Road Blues - Roni Stoneman
- The Train That Carried My Girl from Town - Doc Watson
- The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake - New Lost City Ramblers
- Little Birdie - Stanley Brothers
- Rabbit in a Log - Stanley Brothers
- Grey Eagle - David and Billie Ray Johnson
- Wayfaring Stranger - Cullen Gaylean and the Virginia Mountain Boys
- Billy in the Lowground - Lonesome Strangers
- The Rebel Girl - Hazel Dickens
- Train 45 - Smiley Hobbs
- 'Neath That Cold Grey Tomb of Stone - Lilly Brothers and Don Stover
- Get Up John - Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
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Originally known as a folk music label, Folkways, founded by Moses Asch in 1948 and now owned by the Smithsonian Institution, also released a number of fine bluegrass records over the years as folk revivalists became hip to the mountain style. This superb 25-track, 65-minute collection represents the best of the label's bluegrass offerings. Some of the musicians--Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, Doc Watson--are household names. Others are members of the genre's second generation: Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, Red Allen and Frank Wakefield, and the Country Gentlemen. Still others, including three-finger-style banjo pioneer Snuffy Jenkins and Nashville Grass singer Curly Seckler, are ripe for rediscovery. Most of the music on Classic Bluegrass is as traditional as it gets, but not all of it. If you think drums are relatively new to bluegrass, listen to the surprisingly jazzy "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise," recorded by Watson and banjoist Roger Sprung in 1963 for a years-ahead-of-its-time Folkways album titled Progressive Bluegrass and Other Instrumentals: Vol. 1. This set is full of such delights. --David Hill
Album Description
It all began in 1956 with the release of the historic Folkways album American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style (SFW 40037), the first-ever full-length bluegrass LP. From that point on, Folkways Records was synonymous with great bluegrass music. Folkways founder Moses Asch released scores of bluegrass albums, and this collection comprises the cream of the crop from these recordings, including works from giants of the genre such as Red Allen & Frank Wakefield, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, the Stanley Brothers, and The Country Gentlemen. It serves as an outstanding introduction to the wealth of great bluegrass Smithsonian Folkways has to offer. Extensive notes, photos, 62 minutes. Compiled and annotated by Lee Michael Demsey and Jeff Place.
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Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways.......2007-06-02
Very good. I'm just getting to know bluegrass other than Flat & Scruggs from the "Beverly Hill Billies".
Great selections from a great catalog.......2006-07-03
This anthology digs deep into the Smithsonian-Folkways catalog of bluegrass albums (1956-1992), with virtually each track representing a different group/performer. The Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, The Country Gentlemen, Doc Watson, Snuffy Jenkins, and Red Allen are all included, and they are just the best-known artists here. Highlights for me include OUR LAST GOODBYE by the Johnson Mountain Boys, THE LITTLE GIRL AND THE DREADFUL SNAKE by The New Lost City Ramblers, TRAIN 45 by Smiley Hobbs, and HELLO CITY LIMITS by Hugh Moore, not to mention sides by the list of performers mentioned earlier. What's truly amazing is the realization that this CD anthology is only the tip of the iceberg of S-F holdings, which I believe are all still available in their original form - scores of albums. Hardcore bluegrass fans know all about those albums; CDs such as this do a great service for those just learning about the music or the S-F catalog, or for those just wanting to dip their toes into the music. It's a solid CD filled with terrific bluegrass offerings, with a 30-page, fact-filled booklet included, all for a great price. Definitely worth acquiring.
Absolutely the best.......2006-03-20
I subscribe to a cable TV network who has a bluegrass music station. I noticed that all of the best songs (out of hundreds played on this network), the true "classics", were from this particular album, so I ordered it. If you want the best of the best, this is the one for you.
Classic.......2004-04-09
The plethora of worthy collections riding on the coattails of O Brother, Where Art Thou? continues with Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways, 25 tracks of serious bluegrass untarnished by rock, pop or other outside influences. Recorded between 1956 and 1992, it includes three numbers from what's purportedly the first bluegrass LP ever, Folkways' American Banjo: Three-Finger And Scruggs Style. Dashing mandolin runs by Earl Taylor (and his Stoney Mountain Boys) and bluegrass's patriarch Bill Monroe (with Peter Rowan) open and close this crisp disc while Ralph Stanley, singing with older brother Carter, offers clawhammer banjo picking.
Many of the performers - Red Allen, Doc Watson and Hazel Dickens, for example - grew up with the music. The Harley Allen-Mike Lilly Band (Harley being Red's son) shows how the genre's trademark tight harmonies can turn smooth (in an Osborne Brothers style) rather than sharp, without sacrificing the essence of true bluegrass. The New Lost City Ramblers' "The Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake" as well as The Lilly Brothers And Don Stover's "'Neath That Cold Grey Tomb Of Stone" evoke mountain music's darkness, but then a wildfire fiddle breakdown such as David and Billy Ray Johnson's "Grey Eagle" comes along to show its fun side. It's a sumptuous buffett of bluegrass.
If you can't afford this sell your pop discs........2002-10-13
With 25 tracks from the FOLKWAYS archives this is the most generous helping of bluegrass music that one might
hope for. An incredible roller-coaster ride through the most diverse styles. If you aren't a fan of bluegrass music, just pick track 21, 'Billy in the Lowground' (an instrumental that clocks in at exactly o n e minute) and you'll see the light.
The sleeve notes, packaging and sound quality are superb, as you might expect from a record from the prestigious FOLKWAYS label. As a German, I must admit that in European folk music nothing that I know comes close to the sheer exuberant energy of bluegrass. It's the perfect antidote to the whole MTV catalogue with its 100 %predictability. Doc Watson's two tracks on this CD, 'The world is waiting for the sunrise' (track 11, together with the excellent Roger Sprung) and 'The train that carried my girl from town'(track 15) fill me with awe about the incredible wealth of material that this pivotal figure of American folk music has produced. Quite definitely one of my records of 2002.
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- Classic Clower Power
- The mouth of the south
- Jerry was "One of a Kind"
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Classic Clower Power
Jerry Clower
Manufacturer: Mca Nashville
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ASIN: B000F5WNTG
Release Date: 2006-05-16 |
Tracks:
- Southern Humor
- The Young People Of Today
- How To Back Into Show Business
- Room 411
- A Coon Huntin' Story
- The She Coon Of Women's Lib
- The Maddest Man I Ever Saw
- My Pet Peeve
- All About Clovis Ledbetter
- Ole Slantface
- Bird Huntin' At Uncle Versies
- Marcel Ledbetter Moving Company
- Wanna Buy A Possum?
- Seein' Eye Dog
- Crack, W.L. And Rover
- A New Bull
- Second Down And Goal To Go
- Brother Sonny Goes To Church
- Where Will You Be When You Get Where You're Going?
- The New Fad
- The Resort Hotel
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- I Love Small Towns
- Apple Pie & Coffee
- Examples Of A Red Neck
- I'm That Country
- The Headless Man
- Knock Him Out John
- Mr. Jake Ledbetter
- Marcel's Talkin' Chain Saw
- Who's The Boss
- The Hot Hotel
- You're On My List
- Feudin' Stars
- Clovis Gets A Job
- Deep Water Baptist
- Physical Examination
- If I Was President
- The Trucker And The Lady
- Marcell, The Truck Driver
- The Last Day Of School
- Steel Marbles
- The Graduate Returns
- Uncle Versie's Bond
- Coon Huntin' On TV
- Wooden Leg
- You're Fixin' To Mess Up
Customer Reviews:
Classic Clower Power.......2007-06-27
Great, clean fun. Mr. Clower was a classic storyteller and he could really spin a yarn with his unique southern drawl. You will enjoy.
The mouth of the south.......2007-02-03
Jerry Clower is the classic southern story teller. His stories are extremely funny without the need for profanity. Real "family" entertainment.
Jerry was "One of a Kind".......2006-05-21
Without even hearing this, just looking at the Titles can make me laugh. Some of these I am very familiar with, and my kids had some of them memorized when they were small. Jerry's material has always been so original and TRUE, I know this album has to be something special.
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