Diamond Collection: Country Legends

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

Annotation

An earlier version of http://www.allmusic.com/album/country-legends-60-country-hits-mw0000549830/releases. I only have disc 1 and 3 in my collection.

Annotation last modified on 2016-10-19 06:00 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Volume 1
2▶CD: Volume 2
3▼CD: Volume 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1It 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
2Harper Valley PTA
producer:
Shelby Singleton
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 78)
recording of:
Harper Valley PTA (on 1968-07-26)
lyricist and composer:
Tom T. Hall
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Jeannie C. Riley3.753:19
3Working Class Man
Lacy J. Dalton3:19
4Motels and Memories
T.G. Sheppard3:18
5Life’s Railway to Heaven
recording of:
Life’s Railway to Heaven
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Barry "Byrd" Burton (Byrd Burton)
Patsy Cline3:01
6Gonna Get Along Without You Now
Skeeter Davis2:24
7Second Hand Rose
Roy Drusky2:07
8Truck Drivin’ Son of a Gun
recording of:
Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun
writer:
D. Deen (Songwriter) and R. King (1960s country artist & writer)
publisher:
Shelby Singleton Music Inc.
Dave Dudley2:11
9That Was Yesterday
Donna Fargo3:19
10Teddy Bear Song
recording of:
The Teddy Bear Song
writer:
Don Earl and Nick Nixon (country singer)
Barbara Fairchild3:07
11Before the Next Teardrop Falls
cover recording of:
Before the Next Teardrop Falls
writer:
Vivian Keith and Ben Peters (country music songwriter)
publisher:
Shelby Singleton Music Inc.
Freddy Fender2:42
12Secret Love
Freddy Fender4:04
13Oh Lonesome Me
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)
Don Gibson2:36
14Mr Love Maker
Johnny Paycheck2:04
15A Fallen Star
cover recording of:
A Fallen Star
lyricist and composer:
James Joiner
Ferlin Husky2:57
16Dixie Fried
recording of:
Dixie Fried
composer:
Howard Griffen and Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:
Carl Perkins Music Inc., Hi Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated) and Wren Music Co.
Carl Perkins2:25
17Conditions
producer:
Mike Post
lead vocals:
Kenny Rogers (US country singer, songwriter, actor, record producer & entrepreneur)
arranger:
Mike Post
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) (in 1998)
recording of:
Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Mickey Newbury (American songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI)
cover recording of:
Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was In)
lyricist, writer and composer:
Mickey Newbury (American songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI)
Kenny Rogers3.753:21
18Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
cover recording of:
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
lyricist:
Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers)
composer:
Joel Newman
Jimmie Rodgers42:16
19You’re for Me
recording of:
You’re for Me
writer:
Tommy Collins (American country singer, songwriter and guitarist) and Buck Owens
Buck Owens1:35
20There Goes My Everything
recording of:
There Goes My Everything (1965 song)
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Frazier (American songwriter and musician)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Elvis Presley Music Inc., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1965-11-24), Blue Crest Music, Inc. (on 1965-11-24) and Husky Music (on 1965-11-24)
version of:
En gång är ingen gång
Jack Greene2:32