The Worlds Biggest Country Classics

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: CD1
▼ CD 2: CD2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town
cover recording of:
Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
lyricist and composer:
Mel Tillis
publisher:
Cedarwood Publishing Company, Inc., Universal Cedarwood Publishing and Universal Music Publishing International Ltd.
Kenny Rogers2:54
2It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
live recording of:
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
lyricist and composer:
J.D. Miller (Joseph Denton Miller)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
cover recording of:
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
lyricist and composer:
J.D. Miller (Joseph Denton Miller)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Dolly Parton42:25
3Walkin' After Midnight
vocals:
Patsy Cline
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records Ltd. (do not use as an imprint; UK subsidiary of MCA Records) (in 1957)
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 Cline4.752:33
4Harper Valley P.T.A.
cover recording of:
Harper Valley PTA
lyricist and composer:
Tom T. Hall
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Jeannie C. Riley3:12
5Angel of the Morning
Rita Remington3:06
6I'm So Lonely Tonight
Hank Williams2:47
7Great Speckled Bird
recording of:
The Great Speckled Bird (on 1936-10-20)
lyricist:
Guy Smith (Reverend)
composer:
Roy Carter (country songwriter)
Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans2:54
8We're in the Jailhouse Now
recording of:
In the Jailhouse Now
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
Webb Pierce2:20
9Bird Dog
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Cadence (NYC-based label founded by Archie Bleyer) (in 1958)
recording of:
Bird Dog (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1958-08-15) and House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (in 1978)
The Everly Brothers12:10
10You're Gonna Cry
recording of:
You’re Gonna Cry
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
Roy Orbison2:07
11I Love You Because
Ernest Tubb2:39
12Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
Jerry Lee Lewis1:59
13Folsom 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 Cash42:48
14Paying for That Back Street Affair
Kitty Wells2:38
15Divorce Me C.O.D.
recording of:
Divorce Me C.O.D. (on 1946-07-09)
lyricist and composer:
Cliffie Stone and Merle Travis
publisher:
American Music (publisher) (on 1946-08-26)
Merle Travis3:01
16You Can't Put the City in a Country Girl
recording of:
You Can't Put the City in a Country Girl
writer:
Julie Richmond
Barbara Fairchild42:37
17Look Down That Lonesome Road
Hoyt Axton3:07
18A Gay Ranchero
recording of:
A Gay Ranchero (in 1939)
writer:
Jiminez Espinosa, Francia Luban and Abe Tuvim
Roy Rogers2:27
19I'll Hold You in My Heart (Til I Can Hold You in My Arms)
recording of:
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (’Till I Can Hold You In My Arms) (on 1947-05-18)
lyricist and composer:
Eddy Arnold, Hal Horton (songwriter) and Tommy Dilbeck
publisher:
Adams, Vee & Abbott, Inc. (on 1947-05-15)
Eddy Arnold42:41