Golden Age of Country

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Deluxe Edition

Annotation last modified on 2020-03-04 16:51 UTC.

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Waltz Across Texas: Disc One
▶ CD 2: Waltz Across Texas: Disc Two
▶ CD 3: Hard‐To‐Find Hits: Disc One
▶ CD 4: Hard‐To‐Find Hits: Disc Two
▶ CD 5: Crazy Arms: Disc One
▼ CD 6: Crazy Arms: Disc Two
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Heartaches by the Number
recording of:
Heartaches by the Number
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
publisher:
Good Ol’ Harlan Music, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Legacy of Harlan Perry Howard, LLC (in 1959)
Ray Price3:01
2Blue Suede Shoes
double bass:
Clayton Perkins (in 1955-12)
drums (drum set):
W.S. Holland (in 1955-12)
guitar:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-12) and Jay Perkins (in 1955-12)
vocals:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun (US label founded in 1952) (from 1956 to present)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 5) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 95)
recording of:
Blue Suede Shoes (in 1955-12)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1955)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carl Perkins Music Inc., Carlin Music Corp., Hi Lo Music, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Wren Music Co.
part of:
Million Dollar Quartet (jukebox musical, book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott)
Carl Perkins42:17
3The Last Thing on My Mind
vocals:
Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
cover recording of:
The Last Thing on My Mind (in 1967)
lyricist and composer:
Tom Paxton (singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Deep Fork Music, Inc., EMI U Catalog Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Essex Music, Inc., Harmony Music Ltd., United Artists Music Co., Inc., 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), フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present)
Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton42:36
4Once a Day
recording of:
Once a Day (in 1964)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
Connie Smith2:20
5Kaw‐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)
Charley Pride3:10
6Jackson
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1967-01-11)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
instruments:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
vocals:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Johnny Cash (country music legend)
performer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1967)
live cover recording of:
Jackson (on 1967-01-11)
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Leiber and Billy Edd Wheeler
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Johnny Cash & June Carter42:45
7I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail
drums (drum set):
Willie Cantu (Willie (The Drums) Cantu) (on 1964-12-01)
electric bass guitar:
Bob Morris (Songwriter & musician for Buck Owens and His Buckaroos.) (on 1964-12-01)
electric guitar [lead electric guitar]:
Don Rich (on 1964-12-01)
guitar:
Doyle Holly (on 1964-12-01), Buck Owens (on 1964-12-01) and Jelly Sanders (Country music songwriter and musician) (on 1964-12-01)
pedal steel guitar:
Tom Brumley (on 1964-12-01)
background vocals [harmony vocals]:
Buck Owens (on 1964-12-01) and Don Rich (on 1964-12-01)
lead vocals:
Buck Owens (on 1964-12-01)
recorded at:
Capitol Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1964-12-01)
recording of:
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail (on 1964-12-01)
writer:
Harlan Howard and Buck Owens
publisher:
Good Ol Harlan Songs, Legacy of Harlan Perry Howard, LLC and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Buck Owens2:11
8Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line
producer:
Chet Atkins
cover recording of:
Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line (on 1968-04-16)
lyricist and composer:
Ivy J. Bryant (country music guitarist & composer)
publisher:
Central Songs, Inc.
Waylon Jennings2:24
9May the Bird of Happiness Fly Up Your Nose
recording of:
May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose (in 1965)
lyricist and composer:
Neal Merritt
‘Little’ Jimmy Dickens2:26
10The Ballad of Jed Clampett
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1962-09-24)
double bass:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (on 1962-09-24)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (on 1962-09-24)
fiddle:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1962-09-24)
guitar and lead vocals:
Lester Flatt (on 1962-09-24)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Josh Graves (on 1962-09-24)
recorded at:
Columbia Studio B (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1962-09-24)
recording of:
The Ballad of Jed Clampett (on 1962-09-24)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Henning (TV screenwriter)
Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys2:04
11D‐I‐V‐O‐R‐C‐E
recording of:
D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1968 song) (in 1968)
lyricist:
Claude “Curly” Putman, Jr.
composer:
Bobby Braddock
Tammy Wynette42:59
12Pop a Top
recording of:
Pop a Top
lyricist and composer:
Nat Stuckey
Jim Ed Brown2:22
13Abilene
recording of:
Abilene (in 1963)
writer:
Lester Brown, Bob Gibson (folk singer), John D. Loudermilk and Albert Stanton (pseudonym for Al Brackman)
George Hamilton IV2:13
14Slow Poke
vocals:
Redd Stewart
recording of:
Slow Poke
writer:
Pee Wee King and Chilton Price
Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys3:02
15This Ole House
recording of:
This Ole House (in 1954-03)
lyricist and composer:
Stuart Hamblen
Stuart Hamblen2:59
16Last Date
recording of:
Last Date (original instrumental version) (on 1960-07-12)
composer:
Floyd Cramer
Floyd Cramer2:26
▶ CD 7: Honky‐Tonk Man: Disc One
▶ CD 8: Honky‐Tonk Man: Disc Two
▶ CD 9: The Wild Side of Life
▶ CD 10: Hillbilly Heaven
▶ CD 11: Sing Me Back Home: Disc One
▶ CD 12: Sing Me Back Home: Disc Two
▶ CD 13: Ring of Fire: Disc One
▶ CD 14: Ring of Fire: Disc Two
▶ CD 15: Don’t Worry: Disc One
▶ CD 16: Don’t Worry: Disc Two
▶ CD 17: Heartbreak U.S.A.: Disc One
▶ CD 18: Heartbreak U.S.A.: Disc Two