Best of Country Classics: 60 All Time Favorites
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 1996
Tracklist
- CD 1: Volume One
- 1Mama TriedMerle Haggard
- 2Wings of a DoveFerlin Husky
- 3She Thinks I Still CareGeorge Jones5.0 ★
- 4GalvestonGlen Campbell
- 5The Wild Side of LifeHank Thompson
- 6The Shotgun BoogieTennessee Ernie Ford
- 7It’s the Little ThingsSonny James
- 8Indian Love CallSlim Whitman
- 9I Dreamed of a Hillbilly HeavenTex Ritter
- 10Okie From MuskogeeMerle Haggard
- 11Ode to Billie JoeBobbie Gentry
- 12Hello WallsFaron Young4.0 ★
- 13In the Middle of a HeartacheWanda Jackson
- 14GoneFerlin Husky
- 15Sixteen TonsTennessee Ernie Ford4.6 ★
- 16Branded ManMerle Haggard
- 17I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My BabyThe Louvin Brothers
- 18Young LoveSonny James
- 19A Dear John LetterJean Shepard & Ferlin Husky
- 20Live Fast, Love Hard, Die YoungFaron Young
- CD 2: Volume Two
- 1King of the RoadRoger Miller2:284.5 ★
- 2JambalayaHank Williams2:544.0 ★
- 3Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’Loretta Lynn2:094.0 ★
- 4Mama Sang a SongBill Anderson3:292.0 ★
- 5I Walk the LineJohnny Cash2:44
- 6Gonna Find Me a BluebirdMarvin Rainwater2:33
- 7Walk on ByLeroy Van Dyke2:224.0 ★
- 8I Let the Stars Get in My EyesGoldie Hill2:35
- 9For Loving YouBill Anderson & Jan Howard2:46
- 10Harper Valley PTAJeannie C. Riley3:14
- 11I Fall to PiecesPatsy Cline2:515.0 ★
- 12In the Jailhouse NowWebb Pierce2:054.0 ★
- 13There Goes My EverythingJack Greene2:35
- 14Chattanoogie Shoe Shine BoyRed Foley2:48
- 15My Special AngelBobby Helms2:59
- 16It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk AngelsKitty Wells2:335.0 ★
- 17The Bridge Washed OutWarner Mack2:19
- 18Goodnight IreneRed Foley & Ernest Tubb3:043.0 ★
- 19Why Baby WhyRed Sovine & Webb Pierce2:334.0 ★
- 20I Love You More TodayConway Twitty2:34
- CD 3: Volume Three
- 1I Want to Be With You AlwaysLefty Frizzell
- 2Crazy ArmsRay Price
- 3Singing the BluesMarty Robbins3.0 ★
- 4Let Old Mother Nature Have Her WayCarl Smith
- 5Pick Me Up on Your Way DownCharlie Walker
- 6The Battle of New OrleansJohnny Horton4.8 ★
- 7Charlie’s ShoesBilly Walker
- 8The Ballad of Jed ClampettLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
- 9Don’t Let Me Cross OverCarl and Pearl Butler
- 10El PasoMarty Robbins5.0 ★
- 11North to AlaskaJohnny Walker
- 12WaterlooStonewall Jackson
- 13Big Bad JohnJimmy Dean4.0 ★
- 14Flowers on the WallThe Statler Brothers4.0 ★
- 15Wolverton MountainClaude King
- 16Make the World Go AwayEddy Arnold
- 17Stand by Your ManTammy Wynette
- 18Almost PersuadedDavid Houston
- 19Skip a RopeHenson Cargill
- 20Daddy Sang BassJohnny Cash
Release credits
- steel guitar [11]
- vocal [4, 9]
- acoustic bass guitar [11]
- acoustic guitar [15]
- drums (drum set) [3.8, 2.3]
- trumpet [15]
- bass clarinet [15]
- producer [3, 6, 8, 10]
- drums (drum set) [11]
- banjo [8]
- performer [18]
- piano [3]
- producer [8, 10]
- trombone [15]
- electric guitar [3], guitar [14]
- steel guitar [3]
- electric guitar [11]
- piano [11]
- bass [11], electric bass guitar [3]
- guitar [16]
- arranger [15], conductor [15]
- double bass [8]
- vocal [9]
- performer [19]
- producer [1]
- bass [16]
- performer [11]
- guitar [3]
- resonator guitar [8]
- double bass [3]
- lead vocals [16], vocal [16]
- guitar [8], lead vocals [8]
- conductor [11]
- vocal [3]
- producer [3-4, 11]
- vocal [11]
- fiddle [3.8, 2.16]
- acoustic guitar [11]
- performer [18], solo [14]
- clarinet [15]
- lead vocals [19]
- vocal [1]
- double bass [15]
- drums (drum set) [15]
- steel guitar [16]
- finger snaps [15], lead vocals [15]
- vocal [3, 14]
- background vocals [19]
Issues
B1996