The Best of Country

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 2009

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CD 1: Country Legends - Rawhide
1
Linda on My Mind
Conway Twitty
2:37
5.0 ★
2
Six Days on the Road
Dave Dudley
2:05
3
Walkin’ After Midnight
Patsy Cline
2:31
4.6 ★
4
Country Comfort
Rex Allen, Jr.
2:46
5
Rawhide
Frankie Laine
2:01
4.0 ★
6
The Tennessee Waltz
Patti Page
3:03
7
Oh Lonesome Me
Johnny Cash
2:29
8
Apartment No. 9
Faron Young
2:51
9
I Can’t Help You, I Am Falling Too
Skeeter Davis
2:38
10
Wild Side of Life
Freddy Fender
3:10
4.0 ★
11
Listen to a Country Song
Lynn Anderson
2:31
3.0 ★
12
I Fall to Pieces
Loretta Lynn
1:19
13
Let’s Pretend
Willie Nelson
2:09
14
Box of Memories
Jeannie C. Riley
2:29
15
Behind Closed Doors
Charlie Rich
2:44
16
My Arms Stay Open Late
Billie Jo Spears
2:11
CD 2: Country Legends - Jambalaya
1
Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
2:56
2.0 ★
2
Shelter of Your Arms
Willie Nelson
2:43
3
There Goes My Everything
Anne Murray
3:26
4
Please Help Me I’m Falling
Hank Locklin
2:22
5
Jambalaya
Jerry Lee Lewis
2:00
6
Two Little Orphans
Dolly Parton
2:42
7
Jezebel
Frankie Laine
3:11
8
You Pass Me By
Buddy Blake
2:29
9
Fever
Billie Jo Spears
2:58
10
You’re Singing Our Love Song to Somebody
Jerry Wallace
2:17
11
Truck Driving Man
Dave Dudley
2:02
12
He Will Do for You
Patsy Cline
2:19
13
King of Fools
Ed Bruce
2:08
14
Sticks and Stones
Donna Fargo
2:08
15
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail
Buck Owens
2:11
16
Crazy Love
Barbara Fairchild
3:03
3.0 ★
CD 3: Country Legends - Blame It on the Times
1
Blame It on the Times
Willie Nelson
2:18
2
Walk on By
Leroy Van Dyke
2:14
3
Letter to Heaven
Dolly Parton
2:38
4
Help Me Make It Through the Night
Charley Pride
2:44
5
I’m Leaving It All Up to You
Freddy Fender
2:33
6
Sentimental Journey
Rita Remington
2:49
7
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Jim Reeves
1:20
8
Primrose Lane
Jerry Wallace
2:26
9
Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray
Patsy Cline
2:15
3.8 ★
10
Turn the Other Cheek
Conway Twitty
2:33
11
My Sweet Love Ain’t Around
Hank Williams
2:43
12
Stand by Your Man
Lynn Anderson
2:45
13
Rhythm and Booze
Buck Owens
1:59
14
Lonely River
Gene Autry
2:51
15
Lovin’ Him Was Easier
Tina Turner
4:06
CD 4: Country Legends - Honky Tonkin’
1
Thinkin of Me
Mickey Gilley
1:40
2
Something’s Burning
Kenny Rogers
3:55
3
Puppy Love
Dolly Parton
1:40
1.0 ★
4
Me and Bobby McGee
Loretta Lynn
2:41
5
Hello Walls
Faron Young
2:14
5.0 ★
6
C.B. Savage
Rod Hart
3:27
7
It’s Only Make Believe
Conway Twitty
2:28
8
Okie From Muskogee
Merle Haggard
2:42
3.6 ★
9
Just Out of Reach
Patsy Cline
2:29
4.0 ★
10
Country Willie
Willie Nelson
2:45
3.0 ★
11
You’re the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had
Ed Bruce
3:17
12
Devil Went Down to Georgia
Lynn Anderson
3:34
13
Honky Tonkin’
Hank Williams
2:48
3.8 ★
14
Look What They’ve Done to My Song Ma
Billie Jo Spears
2:42
15
Jealousy
Jerry Wallace
2:39
16
Daddy
Donna Fargo
2:52
3.0 ★
CD 5: Country Legends - For the Good Times
1
For the Good Times
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
3:19
2
Country Boy
Johnny Cash
1:51
3.5 ★
3
You Can’t Put the City in a Country Girl
Barbara Fairchild
2:37
4.0 ★
4
That Ain’t Right Baby
Buck Owens
1:36
5
Healing Hands of Time
Willie Nelson
2:10
1.0 ★
6
Wishful Thinking
Donna Fargo
2:25
7
Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On
Hank Locklin
2:30
4.5 ★
8
You Win Again
Jerry Lee Lewis
2:56
9
Little Blossom
Dolly Parton
2:50
10
Big Mamou
Waylon Jennings
2:28
11
Just Because
Freddy Fender
2:58
12
I’ve Loved and Lost Again
Patsy Cline
2:34
13
Crazy Dreams
Conway Twitty
2:45
14
Spring Fever
Loretta Lynn
2:23
15
I Can’t Get You Off My Mind
Hank Williams
2:51
16
Rodeo Cowboy
Lynn Anderson
2:34
4.0 ★
CD 6: Country Legends - Kiss an Angel Good Morning
1
You Are My Sunshine
Boxcar Willie
3:06
2
Kiss an Angel Good Morning
Charley Pride
2:05
4.2 ★
3
Dallas
Billie Jo Spears
2:51
4
In the Jailhouse Now
Webb Pierce
2:08
4.0 ★
5
I Love You Becasue
Johnny Cash
2:25
6
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Loretta Lynn
3:14
7
Don’t Fence Me In
Frankie Laine
3:05
8
Cold Cold Heart
Jerry Lee Lewis
3:07
4.0 ★
9
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
Dolly Parton
2:26
4.0 ★
10
I Love You More
Jim Reeves
2:33
11
Ticket to Nowhere
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
2:24
12
Angel of the Morning
Rita Remington
3:06
13
King of the Mountain
Jerry Wallace
2:10
4.0 ★
14
Too Old for This Dress
Barbara Fairchild
4:31
15
Any Old Arms Won’t Do
Willie Nelson
2:49
16
I Can’t Forget
Patsy Cline
2:26
CD 7: Country Legends - I Walk the Line
1
Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Freddy Fender
2:33
5.0 ★
2
From a Jack to a King
Ned Miller
2:07
3
The Pill
Loretta Lynn
1:16
4
Set Me Free
Ed Bruce
2:50
5
I Miss You So
Mickey Gilley
2:12
6
The Girl Most Likely
Jeannie C. Riley
2:06
7
Big Train
Conway Twitty
2:21
8
There She Goes
Jerry Wallace
2:30
9
Release Me
Dolly Parton
2:15
3.5 ★
10
I Walk the Line
Johnny Cash
2:42
4.2 ★
11
Just Call Me Lonesome
Jim Reeves
2:17
12
I Love You Honey
Patsy Cline
2:18
13
Good Time Liberator
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
2:22
14
Alligator Man
Jimmie C. Newman
2:09
15
Paths of Victory
Anne Murray
1:40
CD 8: Country Legends, Volume 1
1
I Walk the Line
Johnny Cash
2:42
4.2 ★
2
Me and Bobby McGee
Kenny Rogers
2:31
3
Dallas
Billie Jo Spears
2:50
4
Always Something There to Remind Me
Don Williams
2:24
5
Stand by Your Man
Lynn Anderson
2:45
6
Blame It on the Times
Willie Nelson
2:17
7
Honky Tonkin’
Hank Williams
2:47
3.8 ★
8
Letter to Heaven
Dolly Parton
2:36
9
Wedding Bells
Hank Williams
2:54
10
All That Keeps Me Alive
Donna Fargo
2:25
11
Big Town
Conway Twitty
2:26
12
Love Me ’Till the Morning Comes
Rita Remington
2:13
13
I Miss You So
Mickey Gilley
2:13
14
There Goes My Everything
Anne Murray
3:25
15
Burning Memories
Waylon Jennings
2:20
16
Crystal Chandeliers
Charley Pride
2:48
2.5 ★
17
Jezebel
Frankie Laine
3:09
18
Box of Memories
Jeannie C. Riley
2:29
19
Bimbo
Jim Reeves
1:41
20
Jambalaya
Jerry Lee Lewis
1:58
CD 9: Country Legends, Volume 2
1
I’m Moving On
Hank Snow
2:52
4.0 ★
2
For the Good Times
Kenny Rogers
3:26
5.0 ★
3
Fever
Billie Jo Spears
3:00
4
Ruby Tuesday
Don Williams
3:02
5
Rose Garden
Lynn Anderson
2:55
4.0 ★
6
The Shelter of Your Arms
Willie Nelson
2:46
7
Long Gone Lonesome Blues
Hank Williams
2:40
8
Walk on By
Leroy Van Dyke
2:17
9
Please Help Me I’m Falling
Hank Locklin
2:24
10
Make Believe
Dolly Parton
2:31
4.0 ★
11
Crazy Dreams
Conway Twitty
2:54
12
Midnight Man
Rita Remington
2:31
13
Have I Told You Lately I Love You
Jim Reeves
1:22
14
The Shot Gun Boogie
Tennessee Ernie Ford
2:32
15
White Lightnin’
Waylon Jennings
2:21
16
Help Me Make It Through the Night
Charley Pride
2:49
17
Your Cheatin’ Heart
Razzy Bailey
3:27
18
Harper Valley PTA
Jeannie C. Riley
3:16
19
Oh Lonesome Me
Johnny Cash
2:31
20
Wasted Days, Wasted Nights
Freddy Fender
2:55
CD 10: Kenny Rogers
1
For the Good Times
Kenny Rogers
3:21
5.0 ★
2
Me & Bobby McGee
Kenny Rogers
2:33
4.0 ★
3
Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
Kenny Rogers
2:56
3.6 ★
4
Something’s Burning
Kenny Rogers
3:57
5
Homemade Lies
Kenny Rogers
2:29
6
Always Leaving, Always Gone
Kenny Rogers
2:36
7
Heed the Call
Kenny Rogers
3:14
8
Lay It Down
Kenny Rogers
4:16
9
Jus Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was in)
Kenny Rogers
3:24
3.8 ★
10
Shine on Ruby Mountain
Kenny Rogers
2:58
3.0 ★
11
Reuben James
Kenny Rogers
2:54
4.5 ★
12
Ticket to Nowhere
Kenny Rogers
2:26
13
Calico Silver
Kenny Rogers
2:35
14
Love Woman
Kenny Rogers
2:43
15
After All (I Live My Life)
Kenny Rogers
3:07
16
Goodtime Liberator
Kenny Rogers
2:27
17
A Poem for My Little Lady
Kenny Rogers
2:34
5.0 ★
18
My Washington Women
Kenny Rogers
3:28
19
Where Does Rosie Go
Kenny Rogers
2:10
3.0 ★
20
Sunshine
Kenny Rogers
3:13
3.0 ★
CD 11: Country's Finest
1
Goodnight, Sweetheart
[unknown]
2:42
2
Walkin’ After Midnight
Patsy Cline
2:30
4.6 ★
3
Elvira
Kenny Rogers
2:34
4.0 ★
4
Ruby Tuesday
Don Williams
2:55
5
From a Jack to a King
Ned Miller
2:06
6
Love Is a Golden Ring
Frankie Laine
2:30
7
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Lynn Anderson
2:47
8
Moonlight Gambler
Frankie Laine
2:45
9
Homemade Lies
Kenny Rogers
2:27
10
Wings of a Dove
Ferlin Husky
2:12
11
Stand by Your Man
Lynn Anderson
2:44
12
Gone
Ferlin Husky
2:21
13
I Just Don’t Understand
Willie Nelson
2:48
14
In Care of the Blues
Patsy Cline
2:33
15
Settin’ the Woods on Fire
Hank Williams
2:35
16
Stop, Look and Listen
Patsy Cline
2:27
17
I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven
Tex Ritter
3:18
4.0 ★
18
Send Me the Pillow You Dream On
Hank Locklin
2:29
4.5 ★
19
Six Days on the Road
Dave Dudley
2:03
20
Little Blossom
Dolly Parton
2:49
21
I Didn’t Sleep a Wink
Willie Nelson
2:10
22
Where Do We Go From Here
Don Williams
2:49
23
Dream Baby
Waylon Jennings
2:19
24
Wedding Bells
Hank Williams
2:53
CD 12: Follow Me Back to Louisville
1
Always Something There to Remind Me
Don Williams
2:17
2
Coming Apart
Don Williams
2:41
3
Follow Me Back to Louisville
Don Williams
2:34
4
Ruby Tuesday
Don Williams
2:54
5
On Her Way to Being a Woman
Don Williams
2:33
6
Spend Some Time With Me
Don Williams
2:21
7
Storybook Children
Don Williams
2:24
8
Take My Hand for a While
Don Williams
2:09
9
Tears
Don Williams
3:19
10
There’s Never Been a Time
Don Williams
2:40
11
Where Do We Go From Here
Don Williams
2:51

Release credits

Billy Sherrill
producer [8]
Ernie Newton
double bass [1]
Frankie Laine
vocal [5]
Hank Snow
guitar [1], vocal [1]
Hank Williams
vocal [7]
Jack Clement
producer [2]
Jack Rael
conductor [6]
Jack Rael and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [6]
Jack Shook
guitar [1]
Jay Brown
bass guitar [8]
Jerry Lee Lewis
piano [6.8, 5.8], vocal [6.8, 5.8]
Jim Malloy
recording [16]
Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra
performing orchestra [5]
Jimmy Van Eaton
drums (drum set) [8]
Johnny Cash
acoustic guitar [8.1, 5.2, 7.10], lead vocals [7.10, 8.1, 5.2]
Joseph Talbot III
steel guitar [1]
Kenny Rogers
lead vocals [9], vocal [9.2, 10.1]
Luther Perkins
electric guitar [7.10, 5.2, 8.1]
Marshall Grant
double bass [7.10, 8.1, 5.2]
Mike Post
arranger [9], producer [9]
Patsy Cline
vocal [5.12, 11.2, 3.9, 1.3]
Roland Janes
guitar [6.8, 5.8]
Sam Phillips
producer [5.2, 7.10, 8.1]
Tommy Vaden
fiddle [1]

Issues

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The Best of Country
12x CD
2009