Giants of Country

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▼ CD 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Oh Lonesome Me recording of: Oh Lonesome Me lyricist and composer: Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician) publisher: Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)	Don Gibson		2:31
2	Battle of New Orleans cover recording of: The Battle of New Orleans (on 1959-01-27) lyricist and composer: Jimmy Driftwood publisher: Warden Music Company Inc. part of: Grammy Award: Song of the Year nominees (number: 1960 winner) is based on: The 8th of January	Johnny Horton	5	2:33
3	Four Walls recording of: Four Walls composer: George Campbell and Marvin Moore (songwriter, best known for "Four Walls" and "The Green Door")	Jim Reeves		2:51
4	Kisses Sweeter Than Wine cover recording of: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine lyricist: Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers) composer: Joel Newman translated version of: נשיקות מתוקות מדבש	Jimmie Rodgers	4	2:21
5	Guess Things Happen That Way recording of: Guess Things Happen That Way lyricist and composer: Jack Clement	Johnny Cash		1:51
6	Just Married recording of: Just Married writer: Al Allen and Barry De Vorzon	Marty Robbins		2:07
7	Rawhide recording of: Rawhide publisher: Mrs. Ned Washington (wife of American lyricist Ned Washington) lyricist: Ned Washington composer: Dimitri Tiomkin publisher: Catharine Hinen Music, Largo Music, MCA Music Ltd., Patti Washington Music and Volta Music Corporation	Frankie Laine		2:01
8	Easy on the Eyes recording of: Easy on the Eyes writer: Eddy Arnold and Cy Coben	Eddy Arnold		2:34
9	Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young recording of: Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young lyricist and composer: Joe Allison	Faron Young		2:18
10	Midnight	Red Foley		3:13
11	I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive recording of: I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive (on 1952-06-13) writer: Fred Rose (songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)	Hank Williams		2:27
12	Slowly recording of: Slowly writer: Tommy Hill (Nashville record producer and songwriter) and Webb Pierce	Webb Pierce		2:19
13	The Wild Side of Life	Hank Thompson		2:42
14	Folsom Prison Blues recording of: Folsom Prison Blues lyricist and composer: Johnny Cash (country music legend) publisher: Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation and Hi Lo Music is based on: Crescent City Blues	Johnny Cash		2:49
15	Rose Marie recording of: Rose-Marie (title song of the 1924 operetta) lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and Otto Harbach composer: Rudolf Friml publisher: Chappell & Co. part of: Rose-Marie (1924 operetta-style musical)	Slim Whitman		2:19
16	The Golden Rocket recording of: The Golden Rocket lyricist and composer: Hank Snow	Hank Snow		2:41
17	Cold Cold Heart recording of: Cold, Cold Heart (on 1950-12-21) lyricist and composer: Hank Williams (country music legend) publisher: Rightsong Music Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-02-16)	Hank Williams		2:42
18	Mexican Joe recording of: Mexican Joe lyricist and composer: Mitchell Torok	Jim Reeves		2:37
19	Tennessee Saturday Night recording of: Tennessee Saturday Night (on 1947-08-12) lyricist and composer: Billy Hughes (Western Swing musician/songwriter) publisher: Hill and Range	Red Foley		2:39
20	There You Go recording of: There You Go lyricist and composer: Johnny Cash (country music legend) publisher: Carlin Music	Johnny Cash		2:17
21	In the Jailhouse Now cover recording of: In the Jailhouse Now (in 1954) lyricist and composer: Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)	Webb Pierce	5	2:03
22	Secret Love	Slim Whitman		2:45
23	Jambalaya recording of: Jambalaya (On the Bayou) (on 1952-06-13) lyricist and composer: Hank Williams (country music legend) publisher: Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music Limited (UK), Fred Rose Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-07-28)	Hank Williams	4	2:53
24	Singing the Blues recording of: Singing the Blues lyricist and composer: Melvin Endsley (in 1956) publisher: Acuff Rose Opryland Ltd. (UK) and Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK)	Marty Robbins		2:26
25	Rock Island Line recording of: Rock Island Line lyricist and composer: Lead Belly publisher: Folkways Music Publishers Inc. part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)	Johnny Cash		2:10

▼ CD 2
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	El Paso recording of: El Paso (on 1959-04-07) lyricist and composer: Marty Robbins publisher: Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Hill & Range Songs, Inc., Mariposa Music Inc. (publisher), Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)	Marty Robbins		4:20
2	Sweet Dreams	Faron Young		2:33
3	White Lightning cover recording of: White Lightning lyricist and composer: J. P. Richardson publisher: Glad Music Co.	George Jones	2	2:47
4	Bimbo recording of: Bimbo (1953 song) (on 1953-10-08) lyricist and composer: Rod Morris publisher: EMI Unart Catalog Inc.	Jim Reeves		2:46
5	Singing Hills	Slim Whitman		2:28
6	Walking After Midnight cover recording of: Walkin’ After Midnight lyricist: Don Hecht composer: Alan Block and Don Hecht publisher: Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)	Patsy Cline		2:34
7	A Dear John Letter cover recording of: A Dear John Letter writer: Billy Barton (country/rockabilly), Charles “Fuzzy” Owen and Lewis Tally	Ferlin Husky		2:31
8	I’m Sorry recording of: I’m Sorry (Brenda Lee song, 1960) writer: Dub Albritton and Ronnie Self publisher: Songs of Universal	Brenda Lee		2:40
9	Making Believe recording of: Making Believe lyricist and composer: Jimmy Work (Country music singer and songwriter)	Kitty Wells		2:54
10	Cryin’ Prayin’ Waitin’ Hopin’	Hank Snow		2:27
11	The Yellow Rose of Texas double bass: Jack Drake (on 1955-07-14) electric guitar: Billy Byrd (US country guitarist) (on 1955-07-14) fiddle: Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler) (on 1955-07-14) and Dale Potter (on 1955-07-14) guitar and membranophone: [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1955-07-14) piano: Owen Bradley (on 1955-07-14) steel guitar: Dickie Harris (on 1955-07-14) vocals: Ernest Tubb (on 1955-07-14) recording of: The Yellow Rose of Texas lyricist: [traditional] (special purpose artist) and Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) publisher: EMI Full Keel Music	Ernest Tubb		2:27
12	Cry Cry Cry recording of: Cry! Cry! Cry! lyricist and composer: Johnny Cash (country music legend) publisher: Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc.	Johnny Cash		2:29
13	What Am I Worth? recording of: What Am I Worth writer: Darrell Edwards and George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:44
14	There Stands the Glass recording of: There Stands the Glass lyricist: Audrey Greisham and Mary Jean Shurtz composer: Russ Hull publisher: Carlin Music Corporation	Webb Pierce		2:24
15	Sixteen Tons cover recording of: Sixteen Tons lyricist and composer: Merle Travis publisher: American Music, Inc. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. parody version of: Sixteen Tons (yiddish parody)	Tennessee Ernie Ford		2:36
16	I’m a One Woman Man recording of: I’m a One‐Woman Man writer: Tillman Franks and Johnny Horton publisher: Universal Cedarwood Publishing	Johnny Horton		1:58
17	Jealousy	Kitty Wells		2:45
18	Billy Bayou recording of: Billy Bayou lyricist and composer: Roger Miller (US singer/songwriter/actor, “King of the Road”) publisher: Tree Publishing Co., Inc.	Jim Reeves		2:05
19	Whole Lotta Woman recording of: Whole Lotta Woman lyricist and composer: Marvin Rainwater	Marvin Rainwater		2:36
20	Blue Moon of Kentucky producer: Art Satherly banjo: Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16) double bass: Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1946-09-16) fiddle: Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16) guitar: Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16) mandolin and lead vocals: Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-16) recorded at: WBBM Studio (radio/tv station) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-16) recording of: Blue Moon of Kentucky (on 1946-09-16) lyricist and composer: Bill Monroe (in 1946) publisher: APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)	Bill Monroe		3:01
21	The Last Ride recording of: The Last Ride writer: Ted Daffan and Robert Halcomb	Hank Snow		2:34
22	I Walk the Line recording of: I Walk the Line lyricist and composer: John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956) publisher: Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)	Johnny Cash		2:45
23	Lovesick Blues cover recording of: Lovesick Blues lyricist: Irving Mills and Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01) composer: Cliff Friend (US composer, lyricist & pianist) arranger: Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01) publisher: EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Jack Mills, Inc. (on 1922-04-03) and Mills Music, Inc. (from 1930 to present)	Marty Robbins		2:34
24	It’s Only Make Believe recording of: It’s Only Make Believe writer: Jack Nance (in 1958) and Conway Twitty (in 1958) publisher: Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)	Conway Twitty		2:12
25	Take These Chains From My Heart recording of: Take These Chains From My Heart (on 1952-09-23) lyricist and composer: Hy Heath and Fred Rose (songwriter) publisher: Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-10-31)	Hank Williams		2:38

▼ CD 3
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	He’ll Have to Go recording of: He’ll Have to Go writer: Audrey Allison and Joe Allison publisher: Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and Central Songs	Jim Reeves		2:20
2	A Castle in the Sky recording of: A Castle In The Sky lyricist and composer: Marty Robbins	Marty Robbins		2:59
3	High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) recording of: High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) lyricist: Ned Washington composer: Dimitri Tiomkin publisher: Leo Feist, Inc. part of: Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 25)	Frankie Laine		2:39
4	A Fool Such as I recording of: (Now and Then There’s) a Fool Such as I lyricist and composer: Bill Trader publisher: LeFevre Sing Pub. Co., MCA Music Inc. (US-based music publishers) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)	Hank Snow		2:30
5	Hungry for Love recording of: Hungry for Love writer: Eddie Miller (US country music songwriter) and W.S. Stevenson	Patsy Cline		2:29
6	Ballad of a Teenage Queen recording of: Ballad of a Teenage Queen lyricist and composer: Jack Clement	Johnny Cash		2:12
7	When It’s Springtime in Alaska recording of: When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below) writer: Tillman Franks and Johnny Horton publisher: Universal Cedarwood Publishing	Johnny Horton		2:38
8	Country Girl recording of: Country Girl lyricist and composer: Roy Drusky	Faron Young		2:34
9	Treasure of Love recording of: Treasure of Love writer: The Big Bopper and George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:18
10	Am I Losing You? recording of: Am I Losing You composer: Jim Reeves (US country & pop singer)	Jim Reeves		2:45
11	Blue Blue Day recording of: Blue Blue Day (1958 country song) lyricist and composer: Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)	Don Gibson		1:55
12	Honky Tonk Song recording of: Honky Tonk Song writer: Buck Peddy and Mel Tillis	Webb Pierce		2:04
13	The Cattle Call performer: Hugo Winterhalter cover recording of: The Cattle Call (on 1955-04-28) lyricist and composer: Tex Owens publisher: Forster Music Publisher, Inc. (on 1934-09-14)	Eddy Arnold		2:31
14	Indian Love Call recording of: Indian Love Call (from the 1924/1936 musicals “Rose Marie”) lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and Otto Harbach composer: Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart (composer) publisher: Bill-Bob Publ. Company, Chappell Music Ltd. and Harms, Inc. (on 1924-09-02) part of: Rose-Marie (1924 operetta-style musical) part of: Rose-Marie (1936 musical film)	Slim Whitman		3:08
15	Let Me Go Lover	Hank Snow		2:26
16	I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow producer: Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records) cover recording of: (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (on 1957-08-04) lyricist and composer: Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend) publisher: Peer-Southern Productions, Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Jimmie Davis Music Company, Inc. (on 1951-12-31)	Johnny Cash	4	2:24
17	Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? cover recording of: Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? lyricist and composer: Scott Wiseman (in 1945) publisher: Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Universal Duchess Music Corp., Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and Leeds Music Ltd. (in 1982)	Jim Reeves		2:51
18	Oh Oh I’m Falling in Love Again recording of: Oh, Oh, I’m Falling in Love Again lyricist and composer: Al Hoffman, Dick Manning (American songwriter) and Mark Markwell	Jimmie Rodgers		2:13
19	Wake Up Irene recording of: Wake Up Irene composer: Weldon Allard and Johnny Hathcock	Hank Thompson		2:16
20	Don’t Take Your Guns to Town recording of: Don’t Take Your Guns to Town lyricist and composer: Johnny Cash (country music legend) publisher: Anne-Rachel Music Corp.	Johnny Cash		3:03
21	One by One performer: Red Foley recording of: One by One writer: Jack Anglin, Jim Anglin and Johnnie Wright (US country music singer-songwriter)	Kitty Wells & Red Foley		2:55
22	I Don’t Hurt Anymore recording of: I Don’t Hurt Anymore writer: Don Robertson (“Happy Whistler” songwriter) and Jack Rollins	Hank Snow		2:56
23	Kaw Liga recording of: Kaw‐Liga lyricist and composer: Fred Rose (songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend) publisher: Milene Music. Inc (ASCAP) (on 1952-12-02)	Hank Williams		2:34
24	Let the Teardrops Fall recording of: Let the Teardrops Fall writer: Charles Beam, Charles Jiles and W.S. Stevenson	Patsy Cline		2:36
25	The Story of My Life recording of: The Story of My Life lyricist: Hal David composer: Burt Bacharach	Marty Robbins		2:31

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