Golden Age of Country

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

Tracklist

CD 1: Waltz Across Texas (disc 1)
CD 2: Waltz Across Texas (disc 2)
CD 3: Hard to Find Hits (disc 1)
CD 4: Hard to Find Hits (disc 2)
CD 5: Crazy Arms (disc 1)
CD 6: Crazy Arms (disc 2)
CD 7: Honky-Tonk Man (disc 1)
CD 8: Honky-Tonk Man (disc 2)
CD 9: The Wild Side of Life
CD 10: Hillbilly Heaven
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Mama Tried
recording of:
Mama Tried (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Merle Haggard and The Strangers2:11
2She Thinks I Still CareGeorge Jones2:35
3I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven
recording of:
I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven
writer:
Eddie Dean (Country artist) and Hal Sothern (US guitar player and composer)
Tex Ritter43:10
4Funny How Time Slips Away
producer:
Joe Allison
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 2003)
recording of:
Funny How Time Slips Away
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Tree Publishing
Willie Nelson43:03
5Galveston
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 2001)
cover recording of:
Galveston (in 1969)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
Glen Campbell2:42
6My Baby’s Gone
double bass [bass]:
Floyd D. 'Lightnin'' Chance (on 1958-04-01)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (on 1958-04-01)
guitar:
Charlie Louvin (on 1958-04-01)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Paul Yandell (on 1958-04-01)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Smiley Wilson (on 1958-04-01)
mandolin:
Ira Louvin (on 1958-04-01)
vocals:
Charlie Louvin (on 1958-04-01) and Ira Louvin (on 1958-04-01)
cover recording of:
My Baby’s Gone (on 1958-04-01)
lyricist and composer:
Hazel Houser
The Louvin Brothers2:45
7A Dear John Letter
performer:
Jean Shepard (American honky tonk singer-songwriter)
recording of:
A Dear John Letter
writer:
Billy Barton (country/rockabilly), Charles “Fuzzy” Owen and Lewis Tally
Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky2:32
8Shotgun Boogie
recording of:
Shotgun Boogie
lyricist and composer:
Tennessee Ernie Ford
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
Tennessee Ernie Ford2:37
9Squaws Along the Yukon
recording of:
Squaws Along the Yukon
composer:
Cam Smith
Hank Thompson and his Brazos Valley Boys2:30
10Alone With You
Faron Young2:00
11You Better Not Do That
recording of:
You Better Not Do That
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Collins (American country singer, songwriter and guitarist)
Tommy Collins2:30
12Gone
cover recording of:
Gone (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Smokey Rogers
Ferlin Husky2:24
13Girl on the Billboard
recording of:
Girl on the Billboard
writer:
Hank Mills, Samuel M. Garrett (in 1965) and Walter Haynes (in 1965)
Del Reeves2:43
14Old Rivers
recording of:
Old Rivers
lyricist and composer:
Cliff Crofford
Walter Brennan with the Johnny Mann Singers2:48
15Right or Wrong
recording of:
Right or Wrong (1961 song)
lyricist and composer:
Wanda Jackson (aka the Female Elvis)
Wanda Jackson42:40
16You’re the Only World I Know
recording of:
You’re the Only World I Know (in 1964)
writer:
Sonny James and Bob Tubert
Sonny James2:13