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

1▶CD: Waltz Across Texas: Disc One
2▶CD: Waltz Across Texas: Disc Two
3▶CD: Hard‐To‐Find Hits: Disc One
4▶CD: Hard‐To‐Find Hits: Disc Two
5▶CD: Crazy Arms: Disc One
6▶CD: Crazy Arms: Disc Two
7▶CD: Honky‐Tonk Man: Disc One
8▶CD: Honky‐Tonk Man: Disc Two
9▶CD: The Wild Side of Life
10▶CD: Hillbilly Heaven
11▶CD: Sing Me Back Home: Disc One
12▼CD: Sing Me Back Home: Disc Two
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Your Heart Turned Left (and I Was on the Right)
recording of:
Your Heart Turned Left
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
George Jones2:16
2The Bottle Let Me Down
recording of:
The Bottle Let Me Down
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
Merle Haggard and The Strangers2:50
3Touch Me
recording of:
Touch Me
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson2:15
4By the Time I Get to Phoenix
lead vocals:
Glen Campbell (US country singer, guitarist & actor)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 450)
cover recording of:
By the Time I Get to Phoenix (on 1967-08-17)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
Charles Koppelman Music, Jonathan Three Music Co. and Martin Bandier Music
Glen Campbell3.52:43
5Honey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1968)
cover recording of:
Honey (on 1968-01-30)
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Russell
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
Bobby Goldsboro44:00
6In the Middle of a Heartache
recording of:
In the Middle of a Heartache (1960s song)
writer:
Laurie Christenson (songwriter), Pat Franzese (songwriter) and Wanda Jackson (aka the Female Elvis)
Wanda Jackson2:35
7Behind the Tear
Sonny James2:05
8Rub‐A‐Dub‐Dub
recording of:
Rub-A-Dub-Dub
composer:
Hank Thompson
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys2:15
9Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
recording of:
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
lyricist and composer:
Joe Allison
Faron Young2:19
10Release Me
recording of:
Release Me
additional writer:
W.S. Stevenson
writer:
Harris (James Pebworth; Guitarist - songwriter Wrote the standard "Release Me" along with Eddie Miller (3) and Robert Yount. In most cases one or both of his pseudonyms Dub Williams and Robert Harris are credited on the releases.), Miller (US country music songwriter), Williams (pseudonym used by James Pebworth) and Young (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Four Star Sales, Roschelle Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd.
Jimmie Heap & The Melody Masters2:43
11Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
recording of:
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) (on 1947-03-27)
writer:
Merle Travis and Tex Williams
publisher:
Campbell Connelly and American Music (publisher) (on 1947-06-27)
Tex Williams and His Western Caravan2:56
12When I Stop Dreaming
recording of:
When I Stop Dreaming (1955 song)
writer:
Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
The Louvin Brothers2:32
13The Battle of Davy Crockett
Tennessee Ernie Ford2:55
14Rose 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 Whitman2:21
15Country Music Is Here to Stay
recording of:
Country Music Is Here to Stay
lyricist and composer:
Ferlin Husky
Ferlin Husky3:09
13▶CD: Ring of Fire: Disc One
14▶CD: Ring of Fire: Disc Two
15▶CD: Don’t Worry: Disc One
16▶CD: Don’t Worry: Disc Two
17▶CD: Heartbreak U.S.A.: Disc One
18▶CD: Heartbreak U.S.A.: Disc Two