Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960

~ Release by Johnny Horton (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Honky Tonk Man2:14
2I’m a One Woman Man2:00
3Take Me Like I Am
recording of:
Take Me Like I Am
lyricist and composer:
Claude King
additional writer:
Tillman Franks and Johnny Horton
publisher:
Golden West Melodies Inc.
2:35
4I Don’t Like I Did (Before)2:10
5Hooray for That Little Difference
recording of:
Hooray for That Little Difference
lyricist and composer:
Autry Inman
1:55
6I’m Coming Home2:06
7She Knows Why
recording of:
She Knows Why
writer:
Johnny Horton and Claude King
2:21
8The Woman I Need (Honky Tonk Mind)
recording of:
The Woman I Need
writer:
Carl Adams, Tommy Blake (1950s/’60s rock & roll artist) and Eddie Hall (US bassist, songwriter)
2:15
9Goodbye Lonesome (Hello, Baby Doll)
recording of:
Goodbye Lonesome (Hello, Baby Doll)
writer:
Lee Emerson (US country music songwriter & manager), Tillman Franks and Johnny Horton
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC)
2:21
10I’ll Do It Every Time
recording of:
I’ll Do It Everytime
writer:
Tillman Franks, Johnny Horton and Country Johnny Mathis (US country singer and songwriter)
2:24
11Let’s Take the Long Way Home
recording of:
Let’s Take the Long Way Home
lyricist and composer:
Autry Inman
2:09
12Lover’s Rock
recording of:
Lover’s Rock
lyricist and composer:
Dave Burgess (of The Champs)
2:36
13Honky‐Tonk Hardwood Floor2:20
14The Wild One
recording of:
The Wild One
writer:
Tillman Franks and Merle Kilgore
1:57
15Hot in the Sugarcane Field
recording of:
Hot in the Sugarcane Field
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Horton
2:00
16Wise to the Ways of a Woman
2:12
17Out in New Mexico
recording of:
Out in New Mexico
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Horton
2:22
18I Love You Baby
2:01
2CD
#TitleRatingLength
1All Grown Up
recording of:
All Grown Up
lyricist and composer:
Howard Hausey
1:55
2Got the Bull by the Horns
producer:
Don Law
recording of:
Got the Bull by the Horns (on 1958-02-06)
writer:
B. Jones and Amos Boyd
1:54
3When It’s Springtime in Alaska (It’s Forty Below)2:37
4The Battle of New Orleans
producer:
Don Law
recorded at:
Bradley Studios (Hillsboro Village location, circa 1952-1954) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
cover recording of:
The Battle of New Orleans (on 1959-01-27)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Driftwood (in 1936)
publisher:
Warden Music Company Inc.
part of:
Grammy Award: Song of the Year nominees (number: 1960 winner)
is based on:
The 8th of January
4.752:31
5Lost Highway
producer:
Don Law
cover recording of:
Lost Highway
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist) (in 1948)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-08-05) and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 2002 to present)
2:36
6Cherokee Boogie
producer:
Don Law
cover recording of:
Cherokee Boogie
lyricist and composer:
Moon Mullican and William Redbird
2:29
7The Golden Rocket
cover recording of:
The Golden Rocket
lyricist and composer:
Hank Snow
2:06
8Words
recording of:
Words
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Horton
2:31
9Johnny Reb
recording of:
Johnny Reb
lyricist and composer:
Merle Kilgore
2:21
10Sal’s Got a Sugar Lip
recording of:
Sal’s Got a Sugar Lip
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Driftwood
2:00
11The Electrified Donkey
2:24
12Sink the Bismark3:14
13Ole Slew Foot
cover recording of:
Slew Foot
writer:
Howard Hausey and James Webb (US country songwriter)
2:22
14Sleepy‐Eyed John
cover recording of:
Sleepy Eyed John
lyricist and composer:
Tex Atchison
2:43
15The Mansion You Stole3:08
16North to Alaska
conductor:
Lionel Newman
performer:
Johnny Horton
recording of:
North to Alaska
lyricist and composer:
Mike Phillips (songwriter of North to Alaska)
publisher:
EMI Hastings Catalog Inc
2:51
17Evil Hearted Me
recording of:
Evil Hearted Me
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Horton
3:11
18You Don’t Move Me Baby Anymore
recording of:
You Don’t Move Me Baby Anymore
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Horton
1:45