Crash's Smashes: The Hits Of Billy "Crash" Craddock

Crash's Smashes: The Hits Of Billy "Crash" Craddock

ASIN: B000002ZA1

Track Listings

1. Knock Three Times

2. Dream Lover

3. You Better Move On

4. Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves on the Trees)

5. I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door

6. 'til the Water Stops Runnin'

7. Sweet Magnolia Blossom

8. Rub It In

9. Ruby Baby

10. Still Thinkin' 'Bout You

11. I Love the Blues and the Boogie Woogie

12. Easy as Pie

13. Walk Softly

14. You Rubbed It in All Wrong

15. Broken Down in Tiny Pieces

16. Tear Fell

17. First Time

18. I Cheated on a Good Woman's Love

19. If I Could Write a Song as Beautiful as You

Tracks:

Knock Three Times
Dream Lover
You Better Move On
Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees
I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door
'Til The Water Stops Runnin'
Sweet Magnolia Blossom
Rub It In
Ruby, Baby
Still Thinkin' 'Bout You
I Love The Blues And The Boogie Woogie
Easy As Pie
Walk Softly
You Rubbed It In All Wrong
Broken Down In Tiny Pieces
A Tear Fell
The First Time
I Cheated On A Good Woman's Love
If I Could Write A Song As Beautiful As You

Customer Reviews:

If you like Billy Crash Craddock - this is the one to get!!!.......2007-04-19

I just purchased this CD in April 2007, after several months of trying to locate it without any luck at all, and then when I finally had a chance to purchase a single offer that finally became available, I had to pay over $100 for it. Limited availability and what appears to be very high demand is continually pushing the price up and up for this wonderful CD. It is almost impossible to find. However, each time I play the CD, I realize the high purchase price was well worth every penny spent!! I would pay $100 or more for it again, if something should happen to my copy. It has all of Billy Crash Craddock's hot hits on it, plus a couple of fillers (which were hits also - just not the # 1 type of hits) but overall, this is the CD with all his best on it. More importantly, it is not remastered hits that differ from the original music/sound/etc. This is the songs, sang the way they were originally sang, and it is a great CD. Purchase it, if you get a chance, and remember a high price tag associated with the purchase opportunity, is simply because it is hard to get and so many people are wanting the CD - it is a great CD and well worth the ongoing "high dollar" marketplace pricing. I have no regrets for the amount of money I spent to get this CD - the enjoyment it gives more than compensates for the high price tag. I highly recommend the CD to anyone lucky enough to have a chance to purchase it!! CM

Comprehensive Crash Craddock!.......2006-02-06

This collection truly has all the best of Crash Craddock! I just wish I had bought it a couple years ago when it was still available. I keep checking on it every time I'm on Amazon, hoping it is back in publication. I've got an old cassette with most of these songs on it, but long for this CD! Billy Crash Craddock music is truly a taste of 70's country that we all miss. These songs bring back lots of memories!

Fun stuff........2004-02-14

A superior collection of one of the more amiable lesser lights of the early '70s country scene... Craddock was an ex-rockabilly singer who retired from show biz for most of the 1960s, then came to Nashville in the early '70s and slowly ramped up to a pretty successful career. He liberally dipped into the past for many of his initial hits, covering old pop and R&B tunes, along with the occasional new tune designed to raise an eyebrow or two. This disc has a lot of his best material, including the sleazy #1 novelty hit (and big Pop crossover), "Rub It In," and similarly salacious numbers like the sequel, "You Rubbed It In All Wrong" and the surprisingly raunchy " 'Till The Water Stops Runnin'." Fun stuff... no big philosophical points or life-changing revelations, but a few fun tunes to hum along to. It belongs to an earlier era when outright dopiness in country music was much more welcome and commonplace... a time that in many ways is sorely missed in the stuffy, all-business atmosphere of the modern Nashville music factory.

Best at a ballad.......2001-11-25

I bought this CD for a few songs that he sings. He really has a way with a ballad. The best on this CD are Easy as Pie, Broken Down In Tiny Pieces, A Tear Fell and The First Time. Man can he sing those songs well. I also like Rub It In and Sweet Magnolia Blossom which are upbeat. I have some vinyl records of his and some tapes. Not many CD's available by Crash. But if you want to get in a slow dancin mood play those ballads.

Great CD.......2000-09-07

This was not the cd I originally thought I was ordering, didn't read the info as I should have, but I love this cd, I will still get the other one I wanted but I think this one is great too. Good on ya Billy.

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