Country Greats

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 2002

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Tracklist

CD 1: Volume 1
1
Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash
2:47
4.4 ★
2
Harper Valley P.T.A.
Jeannie C. Riley
3:13
3.8 ★
3
Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town
Kenny Rogers
2:54
2.0 ★
4
Walkin’ After Midnight
Patsy Cline
2:34
5
You’ve Never Been This Far Before
Conway Twitty
3:08
3.6 ★
6
King of the Road
Roger Miller
2:25
7
Blue Suede Shoes
Carl Perkins
2:14
8
Running Bear
Johnny Preston
2:41
9
Okie From Muskogee
Merle Haggard
2:41
10
Walk on By
Leroy Van Dyke
2:16
11
Run, Jeannie, Run
Jeannie C. Riley
3:23
12
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
Frankie Laine
2:48
3.0 ★
13
I’m Wasting My Tears on You
Tex Ritter & His Texans
2:49
14
Snowbird
Liv Maessen
2:04
15
Carroll Country Accident
Bobby & Laurie
2:46
16
Ginger Man
Brian Cadd
4:07
17
All I Want to Do
Lee Conway
2:23
18
Broken Promises
Willie Nelson
2:11
19
Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
Stonewall Jackson
2:45
20
Old Man Emu
John Williamson
2:52
CD 2: Volume 2
1
Take This Job and Shove It
Johnny Paycheck
2:43
2
Do What You Do Do Well
Ned Miller
2:35
3
Rose Garden
Lynn Anderson
2:56
4.0 ★
4
Help Me Make It Through the Night
Sammi Smith
2:32
5
For the Good Times
Ray Price
3:47
6
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Loretta Lynn
3:13
7
Slipping Around
Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
2:13
3.0 ★
8
Indian Reservation
Don Fardon
3:06
9
Cool Water
Frankie Laine
3:04
10
The Green Green Grass of Home
Porter Wagoner
2:15
11
Born a Woman
Sandy Posey
2:08
12
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Matt Flinders
3:06
13
With Pen in Hand
Johnny Darrell
3:13
14
Making Believe
Kitty Wells
2:49
15
The Door Is Always Open
Lee Conway
3:51
16
Cry
Lynn Anderson
3:07
17
Rain Tumbles Down in July
The Bushwackers
4:18
18
Three Hearts in a Tangle
Roy Drusky
2:49
19
Slow Down Old World
Willie Nelson
1:51
20
Santa Never Made It Into Darwin
Bill & Boyd
4:17
CD 3: Volume 3
1
Behind Closed Doors
Charlie Rich
2:46
2
Six Days on the Road
Dave Dudley
2:17
5.0 ★
3
Workin’ Man Blues
Merle Haggard
2:42
4
Hello Darlin’
Conway Twitty
2:29
5
The Girl Most Likely
Jeannie C. Riley
2:04
6
I Walk the Line
Johnny Cash
2:43
7
Me and Bobby McGee
Kenny Rogers
2:31
4.0 ★
8
Mule Train
Frankie Laine
2:31
9
Husbands and Wives
Roger Miller
2:26
10
Country Bumpkin
Cal Smith
3:27
11
Healing Hands of Time
Willie Nelson
2:14
12
Down Yonder
Del Wood
2:34
13
Cocktail Bar Blues
Don Fardon
3:05
14
Goin’ Steady
Faron Young
2:28
15
Uncloudy Day
Jeanne Pruett
2:48
16
Pop a Top
Jim Ed Brown
2:15
17
Sing a Little Song of Heartache
Rose Maddox
2:08
18
You Better Not Do That
Tommy Collins
2:21
19
A Stranger in My Arms
Patsy Cline
2:27
20
Jole Blon
Waylon Jennings
1:53
CD 4: Volume 4
1
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
Freddy Fender
2:44
2
Abilene
George Hamilton IV
2:18
3
Home Is Where You’re Happy
Willie Nelson
3:03
4
Tar and Cement
Dennis Morrison
3:47
5
Delta Darwin
Nola Harris
2:45
6
Bouquet of Roses
Eddy Arnold
2:33
3.5 ★
7
The End of the World
Skeeter Davis
2:38
8
I Love You Because
Stonewall Jackson
2:42
9
Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray
Patsy Cline
2:15
10
The Shores of Botany Bay
The Bushwackers
3:11
11
Make the World Go Away
Ray Price
2:11
12
Midnight Train to Georgia
Lynn Anderson
4:05
13
Dream Baby
Lacy J. Dalton
2:56
14
Crazy
Wanda Jackson
2:45
15
Amanda
Lee Conway
3:07
16
Hey Porter
Johnny Cash
2:11
3.5 ★
17
Jambalaya
Johnny Russell
2:17
18
Blackland Farmer
Frankie Miller
2:44
19
Odds and Ends, Bits and Pieces
Warren Smith
1:52
20
There’s Never Been a Time
Don Williams
2:49
CD 5: Volume 5
1
Funny Face
Donna Fargo
2:38
3.0 ★
2
It’s Four in the Morning
Faron Young
2:52
3
Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On
Hank Locklin
2:24
4
Let Go
Brian Cadd
4:20
5
Wolverton Mountain
Claude King
2:51
6
Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Freddy Fender
2:33
7
Tennessee Bird Walk
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
2:43
8
Rootie Tootie
Hank Williams
2:45
9
Truck Drivin’ Son-of-a-Gun
Dave Dudley
2:08
10
Rock Island Line
Johnny Cash
2:10
11
Something’s Burning
Kenny Rogers
3:55
12
Ever Since You Went Away
Conway Twitty
2:05
13
Wind and Rain
Bluestone
2:50
14
Heartbreak USA
Kitty Wells
2:32
15
Kentucky Gambler
Merle Haggard
2:54
16
Funny How Time Slips Away
Narvel Felts
3:09
17
I Love You Honey
Patsy Cline
2:19
18
Softly and Tenderly
Johnny Russell
2:37
19
Through the Eyes of Love
Bobby & Laurie
2:32
20
Rawhide
Frankie Laine
2:04
CD 6: Volume 6
1
England Swings
Roger Miller
1:55
2
Walk a Mile in My Shoes
Joe South
3:38
3
Hello Walls
Faron Young
2:14
4
Singing the Blues
Guy Mitchell
2:26
5
The World’s Greatest Mum
Johnny Chester
2:24
6
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
Johnny Cash
2:08
7
The Auctioneer
Leroy Van Dyke
2:52
8
Baby, the Rain Must Fall
Glenn Yarbrough
2:15
9
Please Help Me I’m Falling
Hank Locklin
2:10
10
No Charge
Melba Montgomery
3:23
11
Riders in the Sky
Frankie Laine
3:02
12
Storybook Children
Don Williams
2:33
13
I Recall a Gypsy Woman
Lee Conway
3:11
14
It’s Such a Pretty World Today
Wynn Stewart
2:29
15
Tell It All Brother
Kenny Rogers
3:15
16
There’s a Light Across the Valley
Hans Poulsen
2:47
17
I’m Moving On
Patsy Cline
2:06
18
I Didn’t Sleep a Wink
Willie Nelson
2:10
19
Catfish John
Johnny Russell
3:00
20
16th Avenue
Lacy J. Dalton
3:09
CD 7: Volume 7
1
L.A. International Airport
Susan Raye
2:42
2
When I Dream
Colleen Hewett
3:37
3
Maggie (Theme From the Truckies)
Ken Brumby
2:57
4
Reuben James
Kenny Rogers
2:52
5
The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me
Roger Miller
2:48
6
Sweet Nothin’s
Wanda Jackson
2:25
7
Nobody (live)
Sylvia
3:31
8
Crazy Arms
Ray Price
2:30
9
Cowboy Boots
Dave Dudley
2:09
10
Gotta Get Back to Tamworth
Johnny Chester
3:44
11
The Bridge Washed Out
Warner Mack
2:15
12
Lorena
Waylon Jennings
2:12
13
I Don’t Believe I’ll Fall in Love Today
Warren Smith
2:23
14
Room Full of Roses
Ferlin Husky
2:55
15
North to Alaska
Frankie Laine
2:27
16
I Fought the Law
Lee Conway
2:52
17
Takin’ It Easy
Lacy J. Dalton
3:28
18
Heartbreak Hotel
Hoyt Axton
2:19
19
Big River
Johnny Cash
2:31
20
Top of the World
Lynn Anderson
2:58
CD 8: Volume 8
1
Tennessee Waltz
Patti Page
3:03
2
Engine, Engine No.9
Roger Miller
2:14
3
Mama Tried
Merle Haggard
2:10
4
Games People Play
Joe South
3:30
5
Queen of the House
Jody Miller
2:38
6
Try a Little Kindness
Billie Jo Spears
2:34
7
Daddy and Home
Jimmie Rodgers
2:56
3.5 ★
8
Who’s That Man
Don Fardon
4:16
9
Country Green
Don Gibson
2:29
10
Don’t Fence Me In
Frankie Laine
3:08
11
Lady of the Wind
Lee Conway
3:06
12
Ashamed
Willie Nelson
2:09
13
Supertrucker
Nev Nicholls
2:36
14
A Poor Man’s Roses
Patsy Cline
2:44
15
You Win Again
Jerry Lee Lewis
2:55
16
Charlie’s Shoes
Billy Walker
2:23
17
Cross the Brazos at Waco
Billy Walker
3:03
18
Garden Party
Rick Nelson
3:59
19
Let’s Think About Living
Bob Luman
1:57
20
Let Me Be the Judge
Conway Twitty
2:18
CD 9: Volume 9
1
The Most Beautiful Girl
Charlie Rich
2:51
2
It’s Only Make Believe
Conway Twitty
2:28
3
Oh Lonesome Me
Don Gibson
2:28
4.0 ★
4
Elvira
Kenny Rogers
2:45
5
Time Changes Everything
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
2:40
4.0 ★
6
Geisha Girl
Hank Locklin
2:10
7
Once a Day
Connie Smith
2:37
8
The Comancheros
Claude King
2:10
9
When Sin Stops (Love Begins)
Waylon Jennings
2:14
10
A Wound Time Can’t Erase
Stonewall Jackson
2:41
11
Headin’ for Texas and Home
Roy Rogers
2:44
12
Honky Tonk Merry Go Round
Patsy Cline
2:21
13
Any Old Arms Won’t Do
Willie Nelson
2:47
14
I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
Merle Haggard
3:09
15
Boppin’ the Blues
Carl Perkins
2:48
16
Maybelline
Lee Conway
2:28
17
Don’t Go Near the Eskimos
Ben Colder
3:35
18
It Only Hurts for a Little While
Margo Smith
3:09
19
Wreck on the Highway
Roy Acuff
2:45
20
My Chickashay Gal
Roy Rogers
2:25
CD 10: Volume 10
1
From a Jack to a King
Ned Miller
2:10
2
Sixteen Tons
Reg Lindsay
2:49
3
Dreaming My Dreams With You
Colleen Hewett
3:45
4
Almost Persuaded
David Houston
2:59
5
Superman
Donna Fargo
2:30
6
Talk Back Trembling Lips
Ernie Ashworth
2:29
7
Hello Fool
Ralph Emery
2:17
8
I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
Bill & Boyd
3:11
9
Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues
Charlie Rich
2:51
10
Linda on My Mind
Conway Twitty
2:37
11
Move It on Over
Hank Williams
2:44
4.0 ★
12
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Carl and Pearl Butler
1:51
13
Gone Country
Don Fardon
3:55
14
I Can’t Stop Loving You
Don Gibson
2:35
15
Love Still Makes the World Go Round
Lee Conway
2:58
16
Convoy
Ferlin Husky
3:55
17
Follow Me Back to Louisville
Don Williams
2:34
18
Three Days
Faron Young
2:49
19
Shelter of Your Arms
Willie Nelson
2:46
20
Everybody Makes Mistakes
Lacy J. Dalton
3:28

Release credits

Al Stricklin
piano [5]
Bob Wills
fiddle [5]
Bronson Reynolds
bass [11]
Curly Chalker
steel guitar [5]
Dale Lohman
steel guitar [11]
Doug Trevor
arranger [2.20, 10.8], producer [10.8, 2.20]
Eldon Shamblin
guitar [5]
Farrell Morris
bell [5], vibraphone [5]
Floyd Cramer
piano [5]
Geoffrey Hales
arranger [8], producer [8]
Grady Martin
guitar [5]
Hank Williams
guitar [11], vocal [11]
Herman Arnspiger
guitar [5]
Jack Rael
conductor [1]
Jack Rael and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [1]
Jesse Ashlock
fiddle [5]
Jimmie Rodgers
guitar [7], vocal [7]
Jimmy Day
steel guitar [5]
Joe Zinkan
bass guitar [5]
Johnnie Lee Wills
banjo [5]
Johnny Cash
acoustic guitar [4.16, 1.1], lead vocals [1.1, 4.16], vocal [1]
Leon McAuliffe
steel guitar [5]
Louie Innis
guitar [11]
Louis Tierney
fiddle [5]
Luther Perkins
electric guitar [4.16, 1.1]
Marshall Grant
double bass [1.1, 4.16]
Ray Price
vocal [5]
Sam Phillips
producer [4.16, 1.1]
Shelby Singleton
producer [2]
Smokey Dacus
drums (drum set) [5]
Son Lansford
double bass [5]
Tommy Duncan
vocal [5]
Tommy Jackson
fiddle [11]
Willie Ackerman
drums (drum set) [5]
Zeke Turner
electric guitar [11]

Issues

C
Country Greats
10x CD
2002