Golden Age of Country

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Deluxe Edition

Annotation last modified on 2020-03-04 16:51 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Waltz Across Texas: Disc One
2▶CD: Waltz Across Texas: Disc Two
3▶CD: Hard‐To‐Find Hits: Disc One
4▶CD: Hard‐To‐Find Hits: Disc Two
5▶CD: Crazy Arms: Disc One
6▶CD: Crazy Arms: Disc Two
7▶CD: Honky‐Tonk Man: Disc One
8▶CD: Honky‐Tonk Man: Disc Two
9▶CD: The Wild Side of Life
10▶CD: Hillbilly Heaven
11▶CD: Sing Me Back Home: Disc One
12▼CD: Sing Me Back Home: Disc Two
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Your Heart Turned Left (and I Was on the Right)
recording of:
Your Heart Turned Left
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
George Jones2:16
2The Bottle Let Me Down
recording of:
The Bottle Let Me Down
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
Merle Haggard and The Strangers2:50
3Touch Me
recording of:
Touch Me
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson2:15
4By the Time I Get to Phoenix
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 450)
cover recording of:
By the Time I Get to Phoenix (on 1967-08-17)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
Charles Koppelman Music, Jonathan Three Music Co. and Martin Bandier Music
Glen Campbell3.52:43
5Honey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1968)
cover recording of:
Honey (on 1968-01-30)
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Russell
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
Bobby Goldsboro44:00
6In the Middle of a Heartache
recording of:
In the Middle of a Heartache (1960s song)
writer:
Laurie Christenson (songwriter), Pat Franzese (songwriter) and Wanda Jackson (aka the Female Elvis)
Wanda Jackson2:35
7Behind the Tear
Sonny James2:05
8Rub‐A‐Dub‐Dub
recording of:
Rub-A-Dub-Dub
composer:
Hank Thompson
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys2:15
9Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
recording of:
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
lyricist and composer:
Joe Allison
Faron Young2:19
10Release Me
recording of:
Release Me
additional writer:
W.S. Stevenson
writer:
Eddie Miller (US country music songwriter), Dub Williams (pseudonym used by James Pebworth) and Robert Yount (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Four Star Sales, Roschelle Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd.
Jimmie Heap & The Melody Masters2:43
11Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
recording of:
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) (on 1947-03-27)
writer:
Merle Travis and Tex Williams
publisher:
Campbell Connelly and American Music (publisher) (on 1947-06-27)
Tex Williams and His Western Caravan2:56
12When I Stop Dreaming
recording of:
When I Stop Dreaming (1955 song)
writer:
Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
The Louvin Brothers2:32
13The Battle of Davy Crockett
Tennessee Ernie Ford2:55
14Rose Marie
recording of:
Rose-Marie (title song of the 1924 operetta)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and Otto Harbach
composer:
Rudolf Friml
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Rose-Marie (1924 operetta-style musical)
Slim Whitman2:21
15Country Music Is Here to Stay
recording of:
Country Music Is Here to Stay
lyricist and composer:
Ferlin Husky
Ferlin Husky3:09
13▶CD: Ring of Fire: Disc One
14▶CD: Ring of Fire: Disc Two
15▶CD: Don’t Worry: Disc One
16▶CD: Don’t Worry: Disc Two
17▶CD: Heartbreak U.S.A.: Disc One
18▶CD: Heartbreak U.S.A.: Disc Two