Essential Country & Western
Other by Various Artists
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Gunfight at the O.K. CorralFrankie Laine2:19
- 2Big IronMarty Robbins3:575.0 ★
- 3Five Feet Hight and RisingJohnny Cash1:463.6 ★
- 4Tennessee StudEddy Arnold3:07
- 5Ghost Riders in the SkyGene Autry3:17
- 6Oh, Lonesome MeDon Gibson2:32
- 7North WindSlim Whitman2:48
- 8Under Your Spell AgainBuck Owens2:42
- 9When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)Johnny Horton2:37
- 10The Long Black VeilLefty Frizzell3:044.0 ★
- 11Heartaches by the NumberRay Price2:58
- 12Cabon on the HillLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs2:31
- 13Ten Thousand DrumsCarl Smith2:28
- 14Rock Island LineLonnie Donegan2:284.0 ★
- 15Live Fast, Love Hard, Die YoungFaron Young2:184.0 ★
- 16He'll Have to GoJim Reeves2:204.4 ★
- 17Seasons of My HeartGeorge Jones2:10
- 18Walkin' After MidnightPatsy Cline2:35
- 19Sixteen TonsMerle Travis2:50
- 20Running GunMarty Robbins2:12
- 21Big Midnight SpecialStoney & Wilma Lee Cooper2:43
- 22Nine Pound HammerTennessee Ernie Ford2:03
- 23I'm Monvin' OnHank Snow2:484.0 ★
- 24Don't Take Your Guns to TownJohnny Cash3:034.0 ★
- 25The Dying CowboyCisco Houston3:01
- CD 2
- 1Tom DooleyThe Kingston Trio3:05
- 2The Battle of New OrleansJohnny Horton2:324.8 ★
- 3The 3:10 to YumaFrankie Laine2:26
- 4I Got StripesJohnny Cash2:04
- 5El PasoMarty Robbins4:21
- 6Kisses Sweeter Than WineJimmie Rodgers2:20
- 7Amigo's GuitarKitty Wells2:40
- 8Sam HallTex Ritter2:49
- 9Don't Tell Me Your TroublesDon Gibson2:16
- 10Gotta Travel OnBilly Grammer2:31
- 11Dark as the DungeonTennessee Ernie Ford2:49
- 12The AuctionneerLeory Van Dyke2:53
- 13Man With the BluesWillie Nelson2:06
- 14I Ain't NeverWebb Pierce1:554.0 ★
- 15Come Walk With MeWilma Lee & Stoney Cooper2:24
- 16Kaw-LigaHank Williams2:33
- 17Why Baby WhyRed Sovine & Webb Pierce2:32
- 18Chasin' a RainbowHank Snow2:18
- 19Blackband FarmerFrankie Miller2:33
- 20Billy the KidMarty Robbins2:20
- 21Set Him FreeSkeeter Davis2:16
- 22RawhideFrankie Laine2:024.0 ★
- 23The KillerCisco Houston4:40
- 24Death at the BarKitty Wells2:59
- 25Mary of the Wild MoorThe Louvin Brothers3:13
Release credits
- drums (drum set) [24]
- producer [16]
- producer [2.2, 1.2-3, 1.24]
- double bass [23]
- vocal [22]
- guitar [23], vocal [23]
- guitar [23]
- vocal [16]
- performing orchestra [22]
- acoustic guitar [24], guitar [3], lead vocals [3], vocal [24]
- steel guitar [23]
- electric guitar [3, 24]
- bass [3, 24]
- fiddle [23]
