Greatest Country Hits

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Folsom 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 Cash2:47
2The Dance
recording engineer:
Mark Miller (Louisiana producer, engineer, bassist & studio owner)
producer:
Allen Reynolds
acoustic guitar:
Mark Casstevens
drums (drum set):
Milton Sledge
electric bass guitar:
Mike Chapman (Bassist)
electric guitar:
Chris Leuzinger
fiddle:
Rob Hajacos
keyboard:
Bobby Wood (American pianist, keyboard player and songwriter)
steel guitar:
Bruce Bouton
strings:
Roy Christensen (Cellist, Producer, Recording Engineer), George Binkley III (violinist, session musician), Carl Gorodetzky, John Borg (US orchestral string player), Dennis Molchan, Nashville String Machine, Pam Sixfin and Gary Vanosdale
recorded at:
Jack’s Tracks in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
music videos:
The Dance (music video) by Garth Brooks
recording of:
The Dance
lyricist and composer:
Tony Arata
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs
Garth Brooks4.353:41
3Why Baby Why
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-10-27)
background vocals:
Webb Pierce (on 1955-10-27)
lead vocals:
Red Sovine (on 1955-10-27)
recording of:
Why Baby Why (on 1955-10-27)
writer:
Darrell Edwards and George Jones (US country music vocalist)
Webb Pierce42:32
4Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
recording of:
Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
writer:
Ed Bruce (American country music songwriter, singer and actor) and Patsy Bruce
publisher:
Tree Publishing Inc.
version of:
Mama Don't Let Your Cowboys Grow Up to Be Babies
Willie Nelson3:27
5Crazy
producer:
Owen Bradley
vocals:
Patsy Cline
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1961)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 3), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 85) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 195)
recording of:
Crazy (Willie Nelson song) (on 1961-08-21)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Patsy Cline4.152:42
6Heart Don’t Fall Now
recording of:
Heart Don't Fall Now
writer:
Bill LaBounty, Beckie Foster and Carolyn Swilley
Sawyer Brown3:21
7Desperado
assistant engineer:
Howard Kilgour
engineer and producer:
Glyn Johns
bass guitar:
Randy Meisner
drums (drum set) and lead vocals:
Don Henley
electric guitar [B-Bender]:
Bernie Leadon
piano:
Glenn Frey (US musician/singer/songwriter, member of the Eagles)
background vocals:
Glenn Frey (US musician/singer/songwriter, member of the Eagles), Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner
strings arranger:
Jim Ed Norman
recorded at:
Island Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 494)
recording of:
Desperado (in 1973)
writer:
Glenn Frey (US musician/singer/songwriter, member of the Eagles) and Don Henley
publisher:
Benchmark Music, Cass County Music, Kicking Bear, Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH (2017 – present), Red Cloud Music, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and Warner Bros. Music GmbH (publisher) (in 1981)
Eagles4.23:36
8The Race Is On
recording of:
The Race Is On (in 1964)
composer:
Don Rollins (US songwriter from Nashville, born 1961)
publisher:
Glad Music Publishing and Recording LP, Pappy Daily Music, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Palace Music AB (in 1978)
George Jones2:09
9Everybody Makes Mistakes
recording of:
Everybody Makes Mistakes
writer:
Lacy J. Dalton (US country musician)
Lacy J. Dalton3:26
10Good Hearted Woman
recording of:
Good Hearted Woman
writer:
Waylon Jennings (US country musician) and Willie Nelson
publisher:
Baron Music Publishing Co. and Willie Nelson Music
Waylon Jennings3:01
11I’ve Cried (The Blues Right Out of My Eyes)
recording of:
I've Cried (The Blue Right Out of My Eyes)
lyricist and composer:
Loretta Lynn
Crystal Gayle2:42
12Do You Know You Are My Sunshine
recording engineer and mixer:
Tom Sparkman
producer:
Jerry Kennedy
strings arranger:
D. Bergen White (American arranger, producer, conductor, musician, composer and singer)
part of:
Grammy Award: Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group nominees (number: 1979)
recording of:
Do You Know You Are My Sunshine
writer:
Don Reid (country) and Harold Reid (co-founder of The Statler Brothers)
The Statler Brothers2:16
13We Never Touch at All
recording of:
We Never Touch at All
lyricist and composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter)
Merle Haggard33:42
14It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1952-05-03)
bass:
Johnnie Wright (US country music singer-songwriter) (on 1952-05-03)
fiddle:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1952-05-03)
guitar:
Jack Anglin (on 1952-05-03)
steel guitar:
Harold "Shot" Jackson (US country music guitar and dobro player) (on 1952-05-03)
lead vocals:
Kitty Wells (on 1952-05-03)
vocals:
Kitty Wells (on 1952-05-03)
recording of:
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (on 1952-05-03)
lyricist and composer:
J.D. Miller (Louisiana songwriter and producer Joseph Denton Miller)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
quotes lyrics from:
The Wild Side of Life
Kitty Wells52:30
15D‐I‐V‐O‐R‐C‐E
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 59)
recording of:
D-I-V-O-R-C-E (1968 song) (in 1968)
lyricist:
Claude “Curly” Putman, Jr.
composer:
Bobby Braddock
Tammy Wynette3.252:56
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