The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

~ Release by Johnny Cash (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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2▶CD
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#TitleRatingLength
1Guess Things Happen That Way
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1958-04-09)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1958-04-09)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Van Eaton (on 1958-04-09)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1958-04-09)
piano:
Jimmy Wilson (rockabilly piano) (on 1958-04-09)
background vocals:
Bill Busby (in 1958-05), George Evans (barbershop tenor vocalist) (in 1958-05), Dave LaBonte (in 1958-05) and Wally Singleton (in 1958-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-04-09, in 1958-05)
cover recording of:
Guess Things Happen That Way (from 1958-04-09 until 1958-05)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
3.81:55
2Hey, Good Lookin’
cover recording of:
Hey, Good Lookin’
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-03-16)
1:44
3Seasons of My Heart
cover recording of:
Seasons of My Heart
writer:
Darrell Edwards and George Jones (US country music vocalist)
publisher:
Fort Knox Music Inc. and Trio Music Company
2:32
4Smiling Bill McCall
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-02-16)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
recording of:
Smiling Bill McCall (on 1960-02-16)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend)
2:08
5Down the Street to 301
recording of:
Down the Street to 301
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:06
6The Story of a Broken Heart
recording of:
Story of a Broken Heart
lyricist and composer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
2:13
7Second Honeymoon
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-12-14)
producer:
Don Law
recording of:
Second Honeymoon (on 1959-12-14)
lyricist and composer:
Autry Inman
1:57
8Honky Tonk Girl
cover recording of:
Honky Tonk Girl
composer:
Chuck Harding and Hank Thompson
2:01
9Mean‐Eyed Cat
recording of:
Mean Eyed Cat
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Knox Music Ltd. and Knox Music, Inc.
2:32
10Oh, Lonesome Me
cover recording of:
Oh Lonesome Me
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)
publisher:
Acuff Rose Publications Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI), Esperanza MV Frank Oldenburg e. K., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
2:32
11Life Goes On
recording of:
Life Goes On
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) and Jack Clement
2:02
12Locomotive Man
recording of:
Locomotive Man
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp. and Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA)
2:51
13The Rebel‐Johnny Yuma
recording of:
The Rebel
writer:
Andrew Fenady and Richard Markowitz
1:55
14The Ballad of Boot Hill
recording of:
The Ballad of Boot Hill
lyricist and composer:
Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
2:40
15Sugartime
cover recording of:
Sugartime
composer:
Odis Echols and Charlie Phillips
1:49
16Tennessee Flat‐Top Box
recording of:
Tennessee Flat Top Box
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp. and Song of Cash
3:01
17Blue Train
recording of:
Blue Train
lyricist and composer:
Billy Smith (1950s Ohio rockabilly artist)
32:03
18Born to Lose
recording of:
Born to Lose
lyricist and composer:
Frankie Brown
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1943-05-29)
2:11
19In the Jailhouse Now
cover recording of:
In the Jailhouse Now
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (in 1978)
2:24
20Bonanza!
recording of:
Bonanza
orchestrator:
David Rose (songwriter, pianist and orchestra leader)
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter)
composer:
Jay Livingston
publisher:
Livingston & Evans Inc. (ASCAP) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
Bonanza (American Western TV series 1959–1973)
2:18

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Release

ASIN:US: B016RBROB8 [info]

Release group

part of:The Absolute Essential 3 CD Collection (order: 26)