Golden Greats: Greatest Country Hits

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

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Crazy Cause I Love You
fiddle:
Spade Cooley
Spade Cooley2:40
2Private Bucakroo
Sons of the Pioneers2:56
3Kentucky Waltz
producer:
Art Satherly
accordion:
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester (country singer and accordionist) (on 1945-02-13)
double bass:
Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1945-02-13)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1945-02-13)
guitar:
Curley Bradshaw (US harmonica player/guitarist) (on 1945-02-13)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1945-02-13)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio (radio/tv station) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-02-13)
recording of:
Kentucky Waltz (on 1945-02-13)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (in 1945)
Bill Monroe2:43
4Take An Old Cold 'Tater (and Wait)
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1949-01-16)
bass:
Joe Zinkan (on 1949-01-16)
electric guitar:
Billy Byrd (US country guitarist) (on 1949-01-16)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Lonnie Wilson (US country guitarist, performed with Roy Acuff) (on 1949-01-16)
harmonica:
Jimmie Riddle (on 1949-01-16)
steel guitar:
Pete Kirby (on 1949-01-16)
vocals:
‘Little’ Jimmy Dickens (on 1949-01-16)
recording of:
Take An Old Cold Tater (And Wait) (on 1949-01-16)
lyricist and composer:
Al Brumley
‘Little’ Jimmy Dickens2:48
5Move It On Over
bass:
Bronson Reynolds (Bronson Lee Reynolds; comedian who also played bass and harmonica; sometimes nicknamed "Barefoot Brownie")
electric guitar:
Zeke Turner
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler)
guitar and vocal:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Louie Innis
steel guitar:
Dale Lohman (guitarist; performs with Hank Williams)
recording of:
Move It On Over (on 1947-04-21)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI)
Hank Williams42:45
6Slippin' Around
recording of:
Slippin’ Around
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Tillman (in 1949)
Floyd Tillman2:45
7Life Gits Tee-Jus, Don't It?
recording of:
Life Gits Tee-Jus, Don't It?
writer:
Carson Robison
Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys2:52
8Shame On You
recording of:
Shame on You
lyricist and composer:
Spade Cooley
writer:
Donnell Clyde Cooley, Jr.
Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers3:13
9Texarkana Baby
recording of:
Texarkana Baby (on 1947-08-20)
lyricist and composer:
Cottonseed Clark and Fred Rose (songwriter)
publisher:
Milene Music. Inc (ASCAP) (on 1948-01-26)
Eddy Arnold52:40
10Bang Bang
Jimmie Davis2:44
11Drivin' Nails In My Coffin
recording of:
Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Irby (Country singer and songwriter from Houston, Texas)
Floyd Tillman2:38
12My Filipino Rose
recording of:
Filipino Baby
lyricist and composer:
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb3:15
13Room Full Of Roses
cover recording of:
Room Full of Roses
lyricist and composer:
Tim Spencer (songwriter Vernon Harold Timothy Spencer)
George Morgan2:55
14Gonna Build A Big Fence Around Texas
recording of:
Gonna Build A Big Fence Around Texas (on 1944-11-29)
lyricist and composer:
Cliff Friend (US composer, lyricist & pianist), George Olsen and Katherine Phillips
Gene Autry2:44
15Never Trust a Woman
Red Foley2:51
16Jole Blon
Roy Acuff2:52
17My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
recording of:
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (in 1933)
Hank Williams2:33
18Country Boy
‘Little’ Jimmy Dickens2:56
19Smoke On The Water
recording of:
Smoke on the Water (on 1945-01-26)
lyricist and composer:
Zeke Clements (US country musician) and Earl Nunn (American country songwriter)
publisher:
Adams, Vee & Abbott, Inc. (on 1943-05-10)
Bob Wills2:57
20Rosalita
bass:
Fred Whiting (US double bassist)
guitar:
Johnny Bond (country music guitarist, singer, songwriter and historian)
piano:
Paul Sells
steel guitar:
Frankie Marvin (US country musician)
lead vocals:
Al Dexter
recorded at:
CBS Columbia Square Recording Studios (KNX and Columbia Broadcasting System) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 736 (1))
recording of:
Rosalita (on 1942-03-18)
publisher:
Albert Poindexter (on 1941-12-12)
lyricist and composer:
Al Dexter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) and Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1942-02-04)
Al Dexter52:47
21I Love You So Much It Hurts
recording of:
I Love You So Much It Hurts
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Tillman
Floyd Tillman32:43
22Blue Shadows On The Trail
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1947-12-01)
recording of:
Blue Shadows on the Trail (on 1947-12-01)
lyricist:
Johnny Lange
composer:
Eliot Daniel
Roy Rogers2:49
23I Never See Maggie Alone
Kenny Roberts3:04
24Footprints In The Snow
accordion:
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester (country singer and accordionist) (on 1945-02-13)
banjo:
Stringbean (US banjo player Dave Akeman) (on 1945-02-13)
double bass:
Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1945-02-13)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1945-02-13)
guitar:
Curley Bradshaw (US harmonica player/guitarist) (on 1945-02-13) and Tex Willis (country/bluegrass guitarist) (on 1945-02-13)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1945-02-13)
recording of:
Footprints in the Snow (on 1945-02-13)
composer:
Rupert Jones (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
is based on:
I Traced Her Little Footmarks in the Snow
Bill Monroe2:39