Simply Country: Essential Country Music
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 2004
Tracklist
- CD 1: Country Legends
- 1I Saw the LightHank Williams2:46
- 2Walkin’ After MidnightPatsy Cline2:33
- 3Folsom Prison BluesJohnny Cash2:48
- 4Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to TownKenny Rogers2:553.6 ★
- 5Crystal Chandeliers (live)Charley Pride2:50
- 6Rose GardenLynn Anderson2:50
- 7King of the RoadRoger Miller2:205.0 ★
- 8Wedding BellsGeorge Jones3:02
- 9Coal Miner’s Daughter (live)Loretta Lynn3:13
- 10Wasted Days and Wasted Nights (live)Freddy Fender2:44
- 11My Arms Stay Open LateBillie Jo Spears2:12
- 12Please Help Me I’m FallingHank Locklin2:22
- 13Makin’ BelieveKitty Wells2:53
- 14CryingWaylon Jennings2:37
- 15The Shelter of Your ArmsWillie Nelson2:44
- CD 2: Country Classics
- 1JambalayaJerry Lee Lewis2:02
- 2There Goes My EverythingAnne Murray3:00
- 3The Tennessee WaltzPatti Page2:59
- 4I Love You BecauseJohnny Cash2:26
- 5I Can’t Stop Loving YouKitty Wells2:14
- 6Faithless LoveLynn Anderson3:16
- 7The End of the WorldSkeeter Davis2:394.2 ★
- 8Angel of the MorningRita Remington3:06
- 9Six Days on the RoadDave Dudley2:07
- 10Harper Valley P.T.A.Jeannie C. Riley3:13
- 11The AuctioneerLeroy Van Dyke2:47
- 12From a Jack to a KingNed Miller2:09
- 13The Pill (live)Loretta Lynn1:16
- 14Stand by Your ManLynn Anderson2:46
- 15Help Me Make It Through the Night (live)Charley Pride2:47
- CD 3: Country Memories
- 1Tumbling TumbleweedsSons of the Pioneers2:34
- 2Makes No Difference NowBurl Ives2:35
- 3Oklahoma HillsJim Reeves1:54
- 4When a House Is Not a HomePatsy Cline2:00
- 5Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)Johnny Bond2:52
- 6Home on the RangeBing Crosby2:42
- 7Sioux City SueSpade Cooley2:26
- 8The Last RoundupGene Autry3:22
- 9Love You Big as TexasTex Ritter1:51
- 10Mexicali RoseJohnny Bond2:49
- 11Cool WaterBing Crosby & Mary Martin3:04
- 12Orange Blossom SpecialRouse Brothers2:59
- 13Earl’s BreakdownLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs3:01
- 14Wabash CannonballRoy Acuff2:383.0 ★
- 15I’m So Lonesome I Could CryHank Williams2:484.2 ★
- CD 4: Country Roots
- 1Foggy Mountain BreakdownLester Flatt & Earl Scruggs2:43
- 2Bluegrass StompBill Monroe2:59
- 3Square Dance TennesseeRed Foley2:16
- 4Moon Over MontanaJimmy Wakely2:57
- 5Hey! Hey! Hey!The Stanley Brothers2:44
- 6Move It on OverHank Williams2:464.0 ★
- 7Cotton Eyed JoeBob Wills1:48
- 8Divorce Me C.O.D.Johnny Bond2:43
- 9Pale MoonTex Williams2:06
- 10Wreck on the HighwayRoy Acuff2:48
- 11I Wouldn’t Treat a Dog Like You’re Treating MeFerlin Husky1:55
- 12I Didn’t Know the Gun Was LoadedJean Shepard2:14
- 13You’ll Rue the DaySpade Cooley2:52
- 14Death at the BarKitty Wells3:03
- 15Blue Eyes Crying in the RainHank Snow2:41
Release credits
- resonator guitar [14]
- engineer [7]
- bass [6]
- producer [7]
- steel guitar [6]
- guitar [6], vocal [6]
- harmonica [14]
- bass [14]
- lead vocals [13]
- guitar [14]
- guitar [6]
- vocal [14]
- vocal [7]
- fiddle [6]
- fiddle [14]
- electric guitar [6]
Issues
- S4x CD2004