Boot Heel Drag: The MGM Years

~ Release by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Texas Blues
recording of:
Texas Blues (on 1954-03-09)
lyricist and composer:
Helen G. Phillips
2:25
2Cadillac in Model "A"
recording of:
Cadillac in Model "A" (on 1954-03-09)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Jack Wills
2:05
3Sittin' on Top of the World
recording of:
I’m Sitting on Top of the World (First line: “Don’t want any millions, I’m getting my share…”) (on 1951-05-28)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Ray Henderson
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and Leo Feist, Inc.
recording of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”) (on 1951-05-28)
writer:
Lonnie Carter and Walter Vinson
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Mayfair Music Corp.
3:08
4My Little Rock Candy Baby
recording of:
My Little Rock Candy Baby (on 1949-05-05)
lyricist and composer:
Hub Harbour and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:41
5Bob Wills Square Dance No.1
recording of:
Bob Wills Square Dance (on 1949-05-06)
composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:56
6I'm Tired of Living This Lie
recording of:
I'm Tired of Living A Lie (on 1951-05-28)
lyricist and composer:
Dickie McBride
2:32
7B. Bowman Hop
recording of:
B. Bowman Hop (on 1953-03-16)
lyricist and composer:
Billy Bowman
2:22
8Bubbles in My Beer
recording of:
Bubbles in My Beer (on 1947-10-30)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist), Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Red River Songs, Inc., Unichappell Music, Inc. and Chappell & Co. (in 1948)
2:19
9Mean Woman With Green Eyes
recording of:
Mean Woman With Green Eyes (on 1949-05-05)
lyricist and composer:
Sheb Wooley
2:51
10I'm Human Same as You
recording of:
I'm Human, Same as You
lyricist and composer:
Bill C. Mackintosh and Rusty Jorge
3:13
11Nothing but Trouble
recording of:
Nothing but Trouble (on 1949-05-05)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Luper and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:35
12Go Home With the Girls in the Morning
recording of:
Go Home With the Girls in the Mornin' (on 1947-11-10)
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:45
13Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
recording of:
Don’t Be Ashamed of Your Age (on 1947-10-30)
lyricist and composer:
Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1947)
2:29
14Faded Love
recording of:
Faded Love (on 1950-04-27)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) and John Wills (Texas fiddler)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp. and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (in 1951)
52:54
15Tater Pie
recording of:
Tater Pie (on 1950-04-27)
lyricist and composer:
Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer)
2:55
16Bottle Baby Boogie
recording of:
Bottle Baby Boogie (on 1953-03-16)
lyricist and composer:
Evelyn McKinney
2:42
17Hop, Skip and Jump Over Texas
recording of:
Hop, Skip and Jump Over Texas
lyricist and composer:
Millard Kelso and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:30
18Nothin' but the Best for My Baby
recording of:
Nothin' but the Best for My Baby (on 1947-11-01)
lyricist and composer:
Hal Burns
2:36
19Me and My Baby (Doin the Bunny Hop)
2:58
20A Maiden's Prayer
recording of:
A Maiden’s Prayer (on 1954-03-08)
composer:
Tekla Bądarzewska (Polish classical composer)
2:55
21I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You
recording of:
I Laugh When I Think of How I Cried Over You (on 1950-04-27)
lyricist and composer:
Maxine Fowler and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
2:31
22Snatchin' and Grabbin'
recording of:
Snatchin' and Grabbin' (on 1952-03-05)
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter) and Raymond F. Scrivner
2:39
23I've Got a New Road Under My Wheels
recording of:
I've Got a New Road Under My Wheels (on 1954-03-09)
lyricist and composer:
Dude Rancher
2:30
24St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1954-03-08)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
3:24
25Hubbin' It
recording of:
Hubbin' It
lyricist and composer:
Cindy Walker (US songwriter, singer and dancer)
2:25

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ASIN:US: B00005LZT0 [info]