Essential Country

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

Tracklist

1▶CD: Volume 1
2▶CD: Volume 2
3▼CD: Volume 3
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1He'll Have to Go
Roy Rogers2:43
2He'll Have to Stay
Jeanne Black2:44
3Cold Cold Heart
Charlie Rich2:55
4What I've Got in Mind
recording of:
What I’ve Got in Mind
lyricist and composer:
Kenny O’Dell
Billie Jo Spears2:45
5What Would You Do
Moe Bandy1:55
6Wrong Side of Memphis
assistant recording engineer:
Linelle and Dave Sinko
recording engineer:
Gary Laney
assistant producer:
Scott Paschall
producer:
Garth Fundis
mixer:
Garth Fundis, Gary Laney and Dave Sinko
acoustic guitar:
Billy Walker, Jr.
bass guitar:
Dave Pomeroy
drums (drum set):
Eddie Bayers (drummer)
electric guitar:
Brent Mason
fiddle:
Rob Hajacos
piano:
Matt Rollings (American composer, musician and record producer)
steel guitar:
Weldon Myrick
background vocals [harmony vocals]:
Raul Malo (The Mavericks lead singer, country music), Harry Stinson and Trisha Yearwood
recorded at and mixed at:
Sound Emporium Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Wrong Side of Memphis
writer:
Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison (US country songwriter)
publisher:
Patrick Joseph Music, Inc. (from 1992 to present) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (from 1992 to present)
Trisha Yearwood12:49
7Slipping Around
Floyd Tillman2:06
8It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Mickey Gilley2:46
9Coward of the County
engineer:
Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger)
producer:
Larry Butler (US country music producer, songwriter & pianist)
lead vocals:
Kenny Rogers (US country singer, songwriter, actor, record producer & entrepreneur)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Liberty Records, Inc. (in 1979) and United Artists (in 1980)
recording of:
Coward of the County (1979 song)
writer:
Roger Bowling and Billy Edd Wheeler
publisher:
Roger Bowling Music and Sleepy Hollow Music Corp.
Kenny Rogers44:23
10Someone's Number One
Larry Gatlin3:37
11High Noon
recording of:
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
Dimitri Tiomkin
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
part of:
The 25th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1952 winner)
Tex Ritter42:48
12More Like the Movies
recording of:
More Like the Movies
composer:
Shel Silverstein
publisher:
Evil Eye Music Inc.
Dr. Hook3:42
13West Texas Waltz
Joe Ely5:03
14The Pool Shark
recording of:
The Pool Shark
lyricist and composer:
T. T. Hall
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Dave Dudley3:03
15Saturday Night Special
recording of:
Saturday Night Special
writer:
Larry Bastian and Dewayne Blackwell (country music singer-songwriter)
Conway Twitty3:21
16Your Cheatin' Heart
Charlie Rich2:57
17Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
Freddy Fender2:51
18Miss the Mississippi and You
Crystal Gayle3:48

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Release

manufactured in:EU (Europe)
rights society:MCPS (UK rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Demon Music Group