The Very Best of Roy Acuff: Wabash Cannonball

~ Release by Roy Acuff (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Wabash Cannonball
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1947-01-28)
bass:
Joe Zinkan (on 1947-01-28)
fiddle:
Tommy Magness (on 1947-01-28)
guitar:
Lonnie Wilson (US country guitarist, performed with Roy Acuff) (on 1947-01-28)
harmonica:
Jimmie Riddle (on 1947-01-28)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Pete Kirby (on 1947-01-28)
vocals:
Roy Acuff (on 1947-01-28)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 53)
recording of:
Wabash Cannonball (on 1947-01-28)
composer:
A.P. Carter and William Kindt
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4228)
32:37
2Great Speckled Bird
recording of:
The Great Speckled Bird (on 1936-10-20)
lyricist:
Guy Smith (Reverend)
composer:
Roy Carter (country songwriter)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated)
2:56
3The Wreck on the Highway
recording of:
Wreck on the Highway (aka I Didn't Hear Nobody Pray) (on 1942-05-28)
lyricist and composer:
Dorsey Dixon
2:46
4Fire Ball Mail
recording of:
Fireball Mail (on 1942-05-28)
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Jenkins (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1943-02-15)
2:34
5Mule Skinner Blues
recording of:
Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
part of:
Blue Yodels by Jimmie Rodgers
2:51
6Pins and Needles (in My Heart)
recording of:
Pins and Needles (in My Heart) (on 1945-08-02)
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Jenkins (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1943-01-28)
2:48
7Freight Train Blues
recording of:
Freight Train Blues
publisher:
John Lee Lair (on 1934-06-09)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Lair
2:38
8I Saw the Light
cover recording of:
I Saw the Light
lyricist and composer:
Lewis E. Jones (hymnist) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Ltd. (UK) (from 1948 to present), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 1948 to present) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-16)
2:43
9Tennessee Waltz
recording of:
Tennessee Waltz
lyricist:
Redd Stewart (in 1946)
composer:
Pee Wee King (in 1946)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
32:57
10(Our Own) Jole Blon
2:51