VA - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music 1945-1970 [2008] (26 x CD's) + Booklets

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VA - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music [2008] (26 x CD's) + Booklets

The collection “VA - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music” is an extraordinary compilation that encapsulates a pivotal period in the development of country and western music. Released by Bear Family Records, this anthology, which covers the years from 1945 to 1970, provides an extensive journey through the genre’s metamorphosis over twenty-five years.

This series is a tribute to the myriad of musical styles that have shaped the country and western genre. It highlights the genre’s variety, from the unrefined, authentic sounds of its early days to the more refined and complex styles that surfaced in the later years. More than just a song collection, this series is a historical record that captures the spirit of the era. The series is thoughtfully curated, with each track chosen for its historical relevance and its contribution to the genre. The selection goes beyond popular hits and includes underappreciated treasures that provide a deeper look into the genre’s range and complexity. This meticulous selection process ensures that the series is not only entertaining but also informative, providing listeners with a deeper insight into the genre’s history and progression.

One of the standout features of the series is its superior audio quality. The tracks have been sourced from the highest quality audio available3, allowing listeners to fully appreciate the music in all its auditory richness. This dedication to audio quality reflects the series’ respect for both the music and its listeners.

The series is packaged in a luxurious digibook sleeve and comes with a 72-page booklet, adding to its appeal as a collector’s item. The booklet offers additional context and information, making the series a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in the history of country and western music.

The “VA - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music” series is an extraordinary compilation that provides a thorough exploration of the evolution of country and western music. With its thoughtful curation, superior audio quality, and comprehensive packaging, it is an essential addition to any music enthusiast’s collection. This series is a valuable asset to your music library. (B)

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Track Lists

1945

01 Bob Wills - Smoke On The Water 2:59

02 Gene Autry - At Mail Call Today 2:49

03 Spade Cooley - Shame On You 2:53

04 Phil Harris - That's What I Like About The South 2:54

05 Jenny Lou Carson - Jealous Heart 3:10

06 Dick Thomas - Sioux City Sue 3:05

07 Ernest Tubb - Tomorrow Never Comes 3:05

08 Jimmie Davis - There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder 2:28

09 Lulu Belle & Scotty Wiseman - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You 3:01

10 Ted Daffan - Headin' Down The Wrong Highway 2:45

11 Jack Guthrie - Oklahoma Hills 2:59

12 'Porky' Freeman Trio (vocal by Merle Travis) - Boogie Woogie Boy 3:03

13 Gene Autry - Don't Fence Me In 2:35

14 Eddy Arnold - The Cattle Call 3:07

15 Al Dexter - I'm Losing My Mind Over You 2:53

16 Floyd Tillman - Each Night At Nine 2:46

17 Red Foley - Hang Your Head In Shame 2:55

18 Tex Ritter - You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often 2:45

19 Merle Travis - That's All 2:53

20 Wesley Tuttle - With Tears In My Eyes 2:56

21 Bob Wills - Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima 2:51

22 Ernest Tubb - It's Been So Long Darling 3:16

23 Jerry Irby - Nails In My Coffin 2:40

24 Jimmy Walker - Detour 2:47

25 Roy Acuff - We Live In Two Diff'rent Worlds 2:50

26 Hank Snow - Blue Ranger 2:50

27 Rambler Trio feat. Arthur Smith - Guitar Boogie 3:25

1946

01 Bucanan Brothers - Atomic Power 2:43

02 Ernest Tubb - Rainbow At Midnight 3:13

03 Eddy Arnold - That's How Much I Love You 3:10

04 Cowboy Copas - Filipino Baby 2:46

05 Al Dexter - Wine Women And Song 2:51

06 Bob Wills - New Spanish Two Step 2:34

07 Elton Britt - Someday 2:51

08 Merle Travis - No Vacancy 2:43

09 Roy Acuff - No One Will Ever Know 2:31

10 Brad Brady (Owen Bradley) - Zeb's Mountain Boogie 2:37

11 Gene Autrey - I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine 2:54

12 Cowboy Copas - Tragic Romance 2:53

13 Delmore Brothers - Hillbilly Boogie 2:47

14 Bailes Brothers - as long as i live 2:54

15 Bill Monroe - Rocky Road Blues 2:38

16 Grandpa Jones - Eight More Miles To Loisville 2:44

17 Merle Travis - Dark As A Dungeon 2:50

18 Morris Brothers - Salty Dog Blues 2:40

19 Harry Choates - Jole Blon (Pretty Blond) 2:47

20 Cousin Emmy - Ruby 2:44

21 Bill Monroe - Kentucky Waltz 2:50

22 Delmore Brothers - Midnite Special 3:02

23 Floyd Tillman - Some Other World 2:44

24 Hank Penny - Steel Guitar Stomp 2:53

25 T. Texas Tyler - Black Jack David 2:51

26 Tex Ritter - You will have to pay 2:54

27 Bob Wills - Stay A Little Longer 2:50

28 Spade Cooley - Three Way Boogie 2:41

1947

01 Tex Williams - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) 2:57

02 Eddy Arnold - It's A Sin 2:28

03 Bob Wills - Sugar Moon 2:34

04 Sons Of The Pioneers - Cigaretts, Whusky And Wild, Wild Women 2:56

05 Billy Hughes - Cocaine Blues 2:36

06 Maddox Brothers & Rose - Milk Cow Blues 3:11

07 Moon Mullican - Foggy River 2:51

08 Ernest Tubb - I'll Step Aside 2:42

09 Roy Acuff - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain 2:43

10 Delmore Brothers - Freight Train Boogie 2:46

11 Merle Travis - So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed 3:00

12 Cowboy Copas - Signed, Sealed and Delivered 2:38

13 Eddy Arnold - I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms) 2:44

14 Hank Williams - Move It On Over 2:47

15 Red Foley - Never Trust a Woman 3:12

16 Clyde Moody - Shenandoah Waltz 2:47

17 Jack Guthrie - Oakie Boogie 2:36

18 Moon Mullican - New Pretty Blond (New Jole Blon) 3:01

19 Bill Carlisle - Rockin Chair Money 2:59

20 Cumberland Mountain Folks (Vocal By Molly O'Day) - The Tramp On The Street 2:51

21 Hawkshaw Hawkins - Sunny Side of the Mountain 2:57

22 Fairley Holden - Keep Them Cold Icey Fingers Off Of Me 2:48

23 Bill Monroe - Blue Moon Of Kentucky 3:05

24 Charlie Monroe - Bringin' In The Georgia Mail 2:54

25 Bailes Brothers - Dust On The Bible 2:57

26 Carl Story - I've Found A Hiding Place 2:54

27 Chet Atkins - Canned Heat 2:33

1948

01 Red Foley - Tennessee Saturday Night 2:40

02 Leon Payne - Lost Highway 2:43

03 Roy Acuff - Waltz Of The Wind 2:36

04 Maddox Brothers & Rose - New Mule Skinner Blues 3:10

05 Eddie Hill - Someday You'll Call My Name 2:59

06 Johnny Bond - Bartender's Blues 2:22

07 Eddy Arnold - Anytime 2:56

08 Bill Monroe - Little Cabin Home On The Hill 3:02

09 Cowboy Copas - Breeze 2:53

10 Bill Carlisle - Wedding Bells 3:10

11 Hawkshaw Hawkins - Dog House Boogie 2:42

12 Pee Wee King - Tennessee Waltz 3:00

13 Doye O'Dell - Dear Okie 2:45

14 Moon Mullican - Sweeter Than The Flowes 2:59

15 Wayne Raney - Lost John Boogie 2:39

16 Jimmie Skinner - Doin' My Time 3:19

17 Bill Monroe - I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling 3:01

18 Stanley Brothers - Molly And Tenbrook 2:36

19 Hank Williams - A Mansion On The Hill 2:36

20 Jimmy Work - Tennessee Border 2:58

21 T. Texas Tyler - Deck Of Cards 3:17

22 Floyd Tillman - I Love You So Much It Hurts 2:46

23 Merle Travis - Merle's Boogie Woogie 3:05

24 Jimmy Wakely - One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) 2:49

25 Carson Robinson - Life Gits Tee - Jus Don't It 2:53

26 Bob Wills - Bubbles in My Beer 2:19

27 Eddy Arnold - Bouquet Of Roses 2:36

28 Lonzo & Oscar - I'm My Own Grandpa 3:16

1949

01 Vaughn Monroe - Riders In The Sky 3:03

02 Sons Of The Pioneers - Room Full Of Roses 3:07

03 Jimmy Wakely - I Wish I Had A Nickel 3:03

04 Hank Williams - Lovesick Blues 2:44

05 Eddy Arnold - Then I Turned And Walked Slowly Away 2:57

06 Little Jimmy Dickens - Take An Old Cold Tater (And Wait) 2:50

07 Delmore Brothers - Blues Stay Away From Me 2:49

08 Bob Wills - Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age 2:29

09 George Morgan - Candy Kisses 2:53

10 Leon McAuliffe - Panhandle Rag 2:49

11 Floyd Tillman - Slippin' Around 2:50

12 Pee Wee King - Bonaparte's Retreat 2:49

13 Bill Nettles - Hadacol Boogie 2:51

14 Leon Payne - I Love You Because 2:44

15 Hank Thompson - Whoa Sailor 2:21

16 Ernest Tubb - Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello 2:59

17 Wayne Raney - Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me 2:59

18 Jimmie Skinner - Will You Be Satisfied That Way 2:42

19 Bill Monroe - The Old Cross Road 2:44

20 Johnnie & Jack - What About You 3:02

21 Stanley Brothers - The White Dove 3:17

22 Maddox Brothers & Rose - Philadelphia Lawyer 3:15

23 Floyd Tillman - This Cold War With You 2:52

24 T. Texas Tyler - My Bucket's Got A Hole In It 3:00

25 Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 2:46

26 Bob Wills - Warm Red Wine 2:56

27 Eddy Arnold - I'm Throwing Rice 2:40

28 Tennessee Ernie Ford - Mule Train 3:02

1950

01 Red Foley - Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy 2:49

02 Gene Autry - Blue Canadian Rockies 3:14

03 Ole Rasmussen - Sleepy Eyed John 2:40

04 Lefty Frizzell - If You've Got The Money, I've Got The The Time 3:00

05 Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues 2:40

06 Carl Smith - I Overlooked An Orchid (While Searching For A Rose) 3:02

07 Little Jimmy Dickens - Hillbilly Fever 2:58

08 Bob Wills - Faded Love 2:54

09 Red Foley - Sugarfoot Rag 2:26

10 Ted Daffan - I've Got Five Dollars And It's Saturday Night 3:02

11 Tennessee Ernie Ford & Kay Starr - I'll Never Be Free 2:39

12 Hank Penny - Bloodshot Eyes 2:20

13 Lefty Frizzell - I Love You A Thousand Ways 2:49

14 Hardrock Gunter - Birmingham Bounce 2:48

15 Stuart Hamblen - Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You) 3:01

16 Moon Mullican - I'll Sail My Ship Alone 2:58

17 Johnnie Lee Wills - Rag Mop 2:51

18 Billy Starr - Steppin' Out 3:03

19 Skeets McDonald - The Tattooed Lady 2:50

20 Ernest Tubb - Letters Have No Arms 3:07

21 Arkie Shibley - Hot Rod Race 2:30

22 Jimmie Skinner - You Don't Know My Mind 2:58

23 Bill Monroe - I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome 2:49

24 Webb Pierce - Drifting Texas Sand 2:49

25 Floyd Tillman - I've Got The Craziest Feeling 2:59

26 Hank Snow - I'm Moving On 2:51

27 Stanley Brothers - The Fields Have Turned Brown 2:38

28 Flatt & Scruggs - Foggy Moutain Breakdown 2:41

1951

01 Tennessee Ernie - The Shot Gun Boogie 2:38

02 Elton Britt - Rotation Blues 2:42

03 Hank Snow - The Golden Rocket 2:49

04 Hank Williams - Cold Cold Heart 2:43

05 Johnnie & Jack - Poison Love 2:21

06 Eddy Arnold - I Wanna Play House With You 2:13

07 Lefty Frizzell - Mom And Dad's Waltz 3:05

08 Carl Smith - Let's Live A Little 2:52

09 The Pinetoppers - Mockin' Bird Hill 3:11

10 Johnny Bond - Sick, Sober And Sorry 2:41

11 Moon Mullican - I Was Sorta Wonderin' 2:45

12 Big Jeff - Step It Up And Go 2:36

13 Lefty Frizzell - Always Late (With Your Kisses) 3:06

14 Carlisles - Too Old To Cut The Mustard 2:24

15 Eddie Hill - The Hot Guitar 2:59

16 Curley Williams - Half As Much 3:08

17 Bill Haley and the Saddlemen - Rocket '88' 2:30

18 Pee Wee King - Slow Poke 3:01

19 Hank Snow - The Rhumba Boogie 2:50

20 The Stewart Family - Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms) 2:08

21 Zeb Turner - Chew Tobacco Rag 2:40

22 Carl Smith - Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way 2:52

23 Red Foley - (There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me) 3:13

24 Jimmy Murphy - Electricity 2:27

25 Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin' 2:55

26 Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - Uncle Pen 2:47

27 Mac Wiseman - 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered 3:01

28 Jess Willard - Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor 2:40

29 Del Wood - Down Yonder 2:25

1952

01 Tex Ritter - High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) 2:31

02 Hank Thompson - Wild Side Of Life 2:43

03 Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels 2:34

04 Johnnie & Jack - Ashes Of Love 2:22

05 Eddy Arnold - Easy On The Eyes 2:37

06 Lefty Frizzell - Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses) 2:19

07 Jimmie Dean - Bumming Around 2:52

08 Jimmy Swan - I Had A Dream 3:07

09 Lattie Moore - Juke Joint Johnny 2:14

10 Bill Haley - Rock The Joint 2:17

11 Doye O'Dell - Diesel Smoke 2:35

12 Carl Smith - Are You Teasing Me 2:37

13 Hank Williams - Jambalaya (On The Bayou) 2:51

14 Webb Pierce - Wondering 3:01

15 Jim Eanes - I Cried Again 3:08

16 Jimmy Dickens - They Locked God Outside The Iron Curtain 2:41

17 Hank Snow - The Gold Rush Is Over 2:19

18 Reno & Smiley - I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap 2:32

19 Bill Monroe - Raw Hide 2:43

20 Slim Whitman - Indian Love Call 3:12

21 Slim Willet - Don't Let The Stars (Get In Your Eyes) 2:47

22 George Morgan - Almost 2:54

23 Big Bill Lister - There's A Tear In My Beer 2:22

24 Webb Pierce - Back Street Affair 2:46

25 Hank Williams - Honky Tonk Blues 2:14

26 Red Foley - Midnight 3:11

1953

01 Jack Cardwell - The Death Of Hank Williams 3:21

02 Faron Young - Goin' Steady 2:40

03 Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart 2:43

04 Johnnie & Jack - South In New Orleans 2:20

05 Webb Pierce - It's Been So Long 2:21

06 Johnny Bond - Let Me Go, Devil 2:34

07 Red Cook - Playin' Dominoes And Shootin' Dice 2:53

08 Hank Snow - (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I 2:33

09 Carlisles - No Help Wanted 2:28

10 Marty Robbins - I'll Go On Alone 2:41

11 Arlie Duff - You All Come 2:41

12 Davis Sisters - I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know 2:59

13 Lefty Frizzell - California Blues (Blue Yodel #4) 2:59

14 Link Davis - Big Mamou 2:49

15 Tommy Duncan - Hound Dog 2:45

16 Onie Wheeler - Run 'Em Off 2:39

17 Darrell Glenn - Crying In The Chapel 2:59

18 Jim Reeves - Mexican Joe 2:38

19 Hank Locklin - Let Me Be The One 2:29

20 Joe & Rose Lee Maphis - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) 2:59

21 Rudy Grayzell - Looking At The Moon And Wishing On A Star 2:55

22 Webb Pierce - There Stands The Glass 2:26

23 Carl Smith - Hey Joe! 2:30

24 Merrill Moore - Red Light 2:33

25 Chet Atkins - Country Gentlemen 2:16

26 Hank Williams - Take These Chains From My Heart 2:39

27 Mitchell Torok - Caribbean 2:31

28 Jean Sheppard & Ferlin Husky - A Dear John Letter 2:31

1954

01 Stuart Hamblen - This Ole House 3:00

02 Slim Whitman - Rose Marie 2:21

03 Jim Reeves - Bimbo 2:49

04 Johnnie and Jack - Oh, Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely) 2:01

05 Eddy Arnold - I Really Don't Want To Know 2:35

06 Ray Price - Release Me 2:42

07 Wade Ray - Idaho Red 2:23

08 Webb Pierce - Slowly 2:41

09 Browns - Looking Back To See 2:25

10 Little Jimmy Dickens - Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) 2:38

11 Carl Butler - I Wouldn't Change You If I Could 2:51

12 Tommy Collins - You Better Not Do That 2:34

13 Red Foley & Kitty Wells - One By One 2:58

14 Ray Price - I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) 2:30

15 Roy Acuff - I Closed My Heart's Door 2:37

16 Faron Young - If You Ain't Lovin(You Ain´t Livin´) 2:22

17 Hank Snow - I Don't Hurt Anymore 3:02

18 Al Terry - Good Deal, Lucille 2:22

19 Webb Pierce & The Wilburn Brothers - Sparkling Brown Eyes 2:57

20 Jimmy Newman - Cry, Cry Darling 2:37

21 Sonny Burns - Too Hot To Handle 2:20

22 Jimmy Lee & Johnny Mathis - If You Don´t Somebody Else Will 2:31

23 Sheb Wooley - Blue Guitar 2:43

24 Ernest Tubb - Two Glasses Joe 2:19

25 Terry Fell - Truck Drivin' Man 2:19

26 Eddie Noack - Take It Away Lucky 2:27

27 Carl Smith - Loose Talk 2:34

28 Elvis Presley, Scotty & Bill - That´s All Right 1:57

1955

01 Fess Parker - Ballad Of Davy Crockett 1:42

02 Ferlin Husky - I Feel Better All Over 2:34

03 Jimmy Work - Makin' Believe 3:05

04 Webb Pierce - In The Jailhouse Now 2:07

05 Eddy Arnold - Just Call Me Lonesome 2:36

06 Jimmy Martin & The Osborne Bro - 20 20 Vision 2:49

07 Bud Deckelman with The Daydrea - Daydreamin' 3:11

08 Charlie Feathers - Peepin' Eyes 2:16

09 Louvin Brothers - When I Stop Dreaming 2:33

10 Jimmy Dean - Big Blue Diamonds 2:29

11 George Jones - Why Baby Why 2:42

12 Johnny Cash - Cry, Cry, Cry 2:33

13 Ray Price - Run Boy 2:47

14 Little Jimmy Dickens - We Could 2:35

15 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Before I Met You 2:40

16 Hylo Brown - Lost To A Stranger 2:55

17 Carl Smith - There She Goes 2:41

18 Faron Young - Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young 2:21

19 Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons 2:39

20 Eddy Arnold - The Cattle Call  [with Hugo Winterhalter] 2:34

21 Jim Reeves - Yonder Comes A Sucker 2:37

22 Hank Snow - Let Me Go Lover 2:30

23 Ernest Tubb - The Yellow Rose Of Texas 2:29

24 Webb Pierce - I Don't Care 2:31

25 Porter Wagoner - A Satisfied Mind 2:50

26 Webster Brothers & Carl Butler - Angel Band 3:23

27 Arthur Smith & Don Reno - Feudin' Banjos 2:02

28 Rusty & Doug - So Lovely Baby 2:21

29 Elvis Presley - I Forgot To Remember To Forget 2:32

30 Marty Robbins - Maybellene 2:34

31 Jimmie Rodgers - In The Jailhouse Now No. 2  [with The Rainbow Ranch Boys] 2:59

1956

01 Marty Robbins - Singing The Blues 2:30

02 Eddy Arnold - You Don't Know Me 2:39

03 Ray Price - Crazy Arms 2:34

04 Carl Belew - Lonely Street 3:07

05 Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Tw - Folsom Prison Blues 2:53

06 Faron Young - Sweet Dreams 2:46

07 Johnny Horton - Honky Tonk Man 2:16

08 Hank Snow - Conscience I'm Guilty 2:31

09 George Jones - What Am I Worth 2:51

10 Benny Barnes - A Poor Man's Riches 2:08

11 Jim Edward And Maxine Brown An - I Take The Chance 2:46

12 Louvin Brothers - I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby 2:10

13 Osborne Brothers And Red A - Ruby, Are You Mad 3:02

14 Don Reno & Red Smiley - I Know You're Married 2:40

15 Porter Wagoner - Eat, Drink And Be Merry (Tomorrow You'll Cry) 2:27

16 Webb Pierce - Yes I Know Why 2:31

17 Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Tw - I Walk The Line 2:48

18 Johnny Horton - I'm A One Woman Man 2:02

19 Wanda Jackson - Silver Threads And Golden Needles 2:40

20 Hank Thompson - The Blackboard Of My Heart 2:19

21 Ray Price - I've Got A New Heartache 2:45

22 George Jones - Just One More 2:45

23 Louvin Brothers - Cash On The Barrelhead 2:44

24 Wynn Stewart - Waltz Of The Angels 3:10

25 Jim Reeves - According To My Heart 2:31

26 Kitty Wells - Searching (For Someone Else) 2:27

27 Marty Robbins - I Can't Quit (I've Gone Too Far) 2:30

28 Hank Snow - These Hands 2:53

29 Billy Mize - Who Will Buy The Wine 2:36

30 Carl Perkins - Dixie Fried 2:26

1957

01 Sonny James - Young Love 2:38

02 Browns - I Heard The Bluebirds Sing 2:43

03 Jim Reeves - Am I Losing You 2:51

04 Webb Pierce - I'm Tired 2:04

05 Johnny Cash - There You Go 2:25

06 Bobby Helms - Fraulein 2:59

07 Hank Locklin - Geisha Girl 2:16

08 Jimmie Skinner - I Found My Girl In The U.S.A. 3:02

09 Bonnie Guitar - Dark Moon 2:49

10 Ferlin Husky - Gone 2:29

11 Carl Smith - Why, Why 2:34

12 Marvin Rainwater - Gonna Find Me A Bluebird 2:39

13 The Everly Brothers - Bye, Bye Love 2:25

14 Jimmy Newman - A Fallen Star 2:23

15 Marty Robbins - A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) 2:37

16 Johnny Cash - Home Of The Blues 2:47

17 Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight 2:42

18 Melvin Endsley - I Like Your Kind Of Love 2:08

19 Faron Young - I Miss You Already 2:34

20 Bobby Helms - My Special Angel 3:05

21 Webb Pierce - Honky Tonk Song 2:11

22 Warner Mack - Is It Wrong (For Loving You) 2:46

23 Hank Snow - Tangled Mind 2:44

24 Ray Price - My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You 2:42

25 Marty Robbins - The Story Of My Life 2:38

26 Jim Reeves - Four Walls 2:57

27 Porter Wagoner - I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name 2:45

28 Leroy Van Dyke - Auctioneer 3:01

29 Chet Atkins - Walk, Don't Run 2:26

1958

01 Don Gibson - Oh Lonesome Me 2:34

02 Kitty Wells - I Can't Stop Loving You 2:16

03 Johnny Cash - Ballad Of A Teenage Queen 2:15

04 Jim Reeves - Blue Boy 2:13

05 Louvin Brothers - My Baby's Gone 2:47

06 Roy Acuff - Once More 2:35

07 Johnnie & Jack - Stop The World (And Let Me Off) 2:08

08 George Jones - Color Of The Blues 2:54

09 Eddie Noack - Have Blues Will Travel 2:34

10 Hank Locklin - Send Me The Pillow You Dream On 2:32

11 Marty Robbins - Just Married 2:10

12 Lefty Frizzell - Cigarettes And Coffee Blues 2:39

13 Ray Price - Invitation To The Blues 2:51

14 Ernest Tubb - Half A Mind 2:31

15 Johnny Cash - Big River 2:35

16 Stonewall Jackson - Life To Go 2:32

17 Don Gibson - Blue, Blue Day 1:58

18 George Jones - Treasure Of Love 2:22

19 Hank Locklin - It's A Little More Like Heaven 2:38

20 Jerry Lee Lewis - You Win Again 2:59

21 James O'Gwynn - Talk To Me Lonesome Heart 2:35

22 Webb Pierce - Tupelo County Jail 2:08

23 Ray Price - City Lights 3:00

24 Faron Young - Alone With You 2:00

25 Jim Reeves - Billy Bayou 2:08

26 Marty Robbins - Ain't I The Lucky One 2:18

27 Charlie Walker - Pick Me Up On Your Way Down 2:28

28 Johnny Cash - Guess Things Happen That Way 1:54

29 Simon Crum - Country Music Is Here To Stay 3:13

30 Wayne Raney - We Need A Whole Lot More Jesus (And A Lot Less Rock And Roll) 2:16

1959

01 Billy Grammer - Gotta Travel On 2:34

02 Johnny Horton - When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Fory Below) 2:38

03 Johnny Cash - Don't Take Your Guns To Town 3:06

04 Roy Acuff - So Many Times 2:22

05 Don Gibson - Who Cares (For Me) 2:16

06 Carl Belew - Am I That Easy To Forget 2:28

07 Webb Pierce - I Ain't Never 1:57

08 Faron Young - Country Girl 2:36

09 Stonewall Jackson - Waterloo 2:32

10 Johnny Cash - I Got Stripes 2:07

11 Ray Price - Hearaches By The Number 3:01

12 Fankie Miller - Blackland Farmer 2:35

13 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Cabin On The Hill 2:31

14 Stonewall Jackson - Smoke Along The Track 2:43

15 Johnny Horton - The Battle Of New Orleans 2:31

16 Eddy Arnold - Tennesee Stud 3:10

17 The Browns - The Three Bells 2:53

18 Mac Wiseman - Jimmy Brown The Newsboy 2:11

19 Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl 3:51

20 Bill Monroe - Dark As The Night, Blue As The Day 2:32

21 Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper - There's A Big Wheel 2:23

22 Lefty Frizzell - Long Black Veil 3:06

23 Don Gibson - Don't Tell Me Your Troubles 2:19

24 George Jones - White Lightnin' 2:50

25 Buck Owens - Under Your Spell Again 2:45

26 Jimmie Skinner - Dark Hollow 2:03

27 Ray Price - The Same Old Me 2:45

28 Hank Snow - The Last Ride 2:36

29 Jim Reeves - Home 2:02

30 Kitty Wells - Amigo's Guitar 2:42

31 Johnny Cash - Five Feet High And Rising 1:49

32 Marty Robbins - El Paso 4:41

1960

01 Johnny Horton - North To Alaska 2:52

02 Bill Anderson - The Tip Of My Fingers 2:36

03 Webb Pierce - No Love Have I 2:32

04 George Jones - The Window Up Above 2:37

05 Hank Locklin - Please Help Me, I'm Falling 2:25

06 Skeeter Davis - (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too 2:48

07 Johnny Cash - Smiling Bill McCall 2:09

08 Buck Owens - Above And Beyond 2:28

09 Charlie Ryan & The Timberline - Hot Rod Lincoln 2:35

10 Hank Snow - Miller's Cave 2:43

11 Don Gibson - Just One Time 2:49

12 Stonewall Jackson - Why I'm Walkin' 2:21

13 Cowboy Copas - Alabam 2:22

14 Marty Robbins - Big Iron 3:58

15 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Crying My Heart Out Over You 2:39

16 John D. Loudermilk - Tobacco Road 2:47

17 Claude Gray - Family Bible 3:02

18 Carl Smith - Cut Across Shorty 2:43

19 Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go 2:22

20 Ferlin Husky - Wings Of A Dove 2:21

21 Roy Drusky - Another 2:44

22 Bob Luman - Let's Think About Living 2:07

23 Don Gibson - (I'd Be) A Legend In My Time 2:28

24 Wynn Stewart - Wishful Thinking 2:46

25 Buck Owens - Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache) 2:30

26 Loretta Lynn - I'm A Honky Tonk Girl 2:19

27 Roger Miller - You Don't Want My Love 2:02

28 Ray Price - One More Time 2:50

29 George Morgan - You're The Only Good Thing (That's Happened To Me) 2:43

30 Hank Thompson - A Six Pack To Go 2:11

31 Faron Young - Riverboat 2:21

32 Floyd Cramer - Last Date 2:28

1961

01 Marty Robbins - Don't Worry 3:15

02 Don Gibson - Sea Of Heartbreak 2:34

03 Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces 2:51

04 Billy Walker - Funny (How Time Slips Away) 2:51

05 Claude Gray - I'll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee (Then I'll Go) 2:13

06 Faron Young - Hello Walls 2:24

07 Bill Anderson - Po' Folks 2:46

08 Johnny Cash - Tennessee Flat Top Box 3:00

09 Wanda Jackson - Right Or Wrong 2:37

10 Buck Owens - Foolin' Around 2:39

11 Rusty & Doug Kershaw - Louisiana Man 2:34

12 Porter Wagoner - Your Old Love Letters 2:15

13 Jim Reeves - Losing Your Love 2:17

14 Bobby Edwards - You're The Reason 2:33

15 Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John 3:01

16 Claude King - Big River, Big Man 2:24

17 Roger Miller - When Two Worlds Collide 2:13

18 Leroy Van Dyke - Walk On By 2:21

19 George Jones - Tender Years 2:23

20 Moon Mullican - Ragged But Right 2:19

21 Buck Owens - Under The Influence Of Love 2:21

22 Marty Robbins - It's Your World 2:46

23 Webb Pierce - Sweet Lips 2:33

24 Patsy Cline - Crazy 2:45

25 Ray Price - Heart Over Mind 2:43

26 Rusty & Doug Kershaw - Diggy Liggy Lo 2:04

27 Wynn Stewart - Big, Big Love 2:24

28 Kitty Wells - Heartbreak USA 2:40

29 Claude Gray - My Ears Should Burn (When Fools Are Talked About) 2:24

30 Tex Ritter - I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven 3:10

31 Gloria Lambert - Each Time I Hear (Don't Worry) 2:35

1962

01 Hank Snow - I've Been Everywhere 2:47

02 George Jones - She Thinks I Still Care 2:35

03 Claude King - Wolverton Mountain 2:56

04 Patsy Cline - She's Got You 3:00

05 Don Gibson - Lonesome Number One 2:23

06 Stonewall Jackson - A Wound Time Can't Erase 2:41

07 Marty Robbins - Devil Woman 2:55

08 Bill Anderson - Mama Sang A Song 3:28

09 Flatt & Scruggs - The Ballad Of Jed Clampett 2:03

10 Anita Carter - (Love's) Ring Of Fire 1:56

11 James O'Gwynn - My Name Is Mud 2:29

12 Wynn Stewart - Another Day, Another Dollar 2:27

13 Patsy Cline - So Wrong 3:04

14 Ray Price - Pride 2:37

15 Porter Wagoner - Misery Loves Company 2:37

16 Rex Allen - Don't Go Near The Indians 3:06

17 Billy Walker - Charlie's Shoes 2:16

18 Carl Butler - Don't Let Me Cross Over 2:57

19 Loretta Lynn - Success 2:41

20 Ned Miller - From A Jack To A King 2:12

21 Willie Nelson - Touch Me 2:13

22 Hank Cochran - Sally Was A Good Old Girl 2:22

23 George Jones - A Girl I Used To Know 2:40

24 Buck Owens - Kickin' Our Hearts Around 2:37

25 Webb Pierce - Crazy Wild Desire 2:24

26 Jim Reeves - Adios Amigo 2:31

27 Marty Robbins - Ruby Ann 2:02

28 Sheb Wooley - That's My Pa 2:25

29 Jimmy Dean - PT 109 3:10

30 Little Esther Phillips - Release Me 3:20

31 Lucky Starr - I've Been Everywhere 2:23

1963

01 Bobby Bare - Detroit City 2:47

02 Joe Carson - I Gotta Get Drunk (And I Shore Do Dread It) 2:06

03 Johnny Cash - Busted 2:18

04 Patsy Cline - Leavin' On Your Mind 2:27

05 Hawkshaw Hawkins - Lonesome 7-7203 2:41

06 George Jones & Melba Montgomer - We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds 2:39

07 Ernest Ashworth - Talk Back Trembling Lips 2:36

08 Bill Anderson - Still 2:48

09 Stonewall Jackson - B.J. The D.J. 2:51

10 Faron Young - The Yellow Bandana 2:28

11 Ray Price - Walk Me To The Door 3:05

12 Buck Owens - Act Naturally 2:20

13 Ernest Tubb - Thanks A Lot 2:35

14 Dave Dudley - Six Days On The Road 2:21

15 Johnny & Jonie Mosby - Don't Call Me From A Honky Tonk 2:30

16 George Jones - Not What I Had In Mind 2:41

17 David Houston - Mountain Of Love 2:47

18 Loretta Lynn - Before I'm Over You 2:34

19 George Hamilton IV - Abilene 2:15

20 Hank Snow - Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) 2:38

21 Marty Robbins - Begging To You 2:29

22 Bobby Bare - Five Hundred Miles Away From Home 2:42

23 Bill Anderson - 8 X 10 2:49

24 Skeets McDonald - Call Me Mr. Brown 2:29

25 Skeeter Davis - The End Of The World 2:37

26 Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire 2:37

27 Patsy Cline - Sweet Dreams (Of You) 2:37

28 George Jones & Melba Montgomer - Let's Invite Them Over 2:11

29 Buck Owens - Love's Gonna Live Here 2:01

30 Ray Price - Night Life 4:44

31 Grandpa Jones - T For Texas 2:18

32 Billy Grammer - I Wanna Go Home 2:46

1964

01 Roger Miller - Dang Me 1:51

02 Bobby Bare - Four Strong Winds 2:43

03 George Jones - The Race Is On 2:08

04 Johnny Cash - Understand Your Man 2:44

05 Lefty Frizzell - Saginaw, Michigan 3:03

06 Warner Mack - Sittin' In An All Night Cafe 2:15

07 Dottie West - Here Comes My Baby 2:32

08 Buck Owens - My Heart Skips A Beat 2:27

09 Merle Haggard - Sing A Sad Song 2:35

10 Johnny Cash - Ballad Of Ira Hayes 4:08

11 Porter Wagoner - Sorrow On The Rocks 2:01

12 Patsy Cline - He Called Me Baby 2:42

13 Stonewall Jackson - Don't Be Angry 3:01

14 Jim Reeves - Welcome To My World 2:34

15 Webb Pierce - Memory #1 2:34

16 Loretta Lynn - Wine, Women And Song 2:03

17 Buck Owens - Together Again 2:27

18 Jimmy Martin - Widow Maker 2:58

19 Charlie Walker - Close All The Honky Tonks 2:12

20 Ray Price - Burning Memories 2:30

21 Norma Jean - Go Cat, Go 2:12

22 Roger Miller - Chug-A-Lug 2:04

23 Billy Edd Wheeler - Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back 3:03

24 Johnny Cash - It Ain't Me, Babe 3:03

25 Billy Walker - Cross The Brazos At Waco 2:52

26 Jim Reeves - I Guess I'm Crazy 2:28

27 Hank Williams, Jr. - Long Gone Lonesome Blues 2:39

28 Connie Smith - Once A Day 2:20

29 Buck Owens - I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) 2:10

30 Porter Wagoner - I'll Go Down Swinging 2:25

31 Peter LaFarge - Ballad Of Ira Hayes 3:41

1965

01 Roger Miller - King Of The Road 2:29

02 Carl Belew - Crystal Chandelier 2:56

03 Del Reeves - Girl On The Billboard 2:39

04 Porter Wagoner - Green, Green Grass Of Home 2:24

05 Norma Jean - I Wouldn't Buy A Used Car From Him 2:03

06 Stonewall Jackson - I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water 2:44

07 Marty Robbins - Ribbon Of Darkness 2:31

08 Eddy Arnold - Make The World Go Away 2:40

09 Chet Atkins - Yakety Axe 2:03

10 Buck Owens - I've Got A Tiger By The Tail 2:12

11 Loretta Lynn - Blue Kentucky Girl 2:40

12 Goerge Jones - Love Bug 2:00

13 Lefty Frizzell - She's Gone, Gone, Gone 2:24

14 Bobby Bare - It's Alright 2:39

15 Warner Mack - The Bridge Washed Out 2:19

16 Johnny Bond - Ten Little Bottles 4:05

17 Dick Curless - A Tombstone Every Mile 3:01

18 Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchel - Yes Mr. Peters 2:35

19 The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall 2:21

20 Johnny Paycheck - A-11 2:20

21 Jimmy Dickens - May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose 2:27

22 Merle Haggard - (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers 2:30

23 Roger Miller - Kansas City Star 2:17

24 Buck Owens - Before You Go 2:10

25 Dave Dudley - Truck Drivin' Son Of A Gun 2:09

26 Ernest Tubb - Waltz Across Texas 2:39

27 Charley Pride - Snakes Crawl At Night 2:45

28 Jim Reeves - Is It Really Over 2:15

29 Johnny Wright - Hello Vietnam 3:10

30 George Jones - Things Have Gone To Pieces 2:52

31 Leon Payne - Things Have Gone To Pieces 2:32

1966

01 Jim Reeves - Distant Drums 2:55

02 Bobby Bare - The Streets Of Baltimore 2:39

03 MartyRobbins - The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight 2:04

04 Jeannie Seely - Don't Touch Me 3:16

05 Mel Tillis - Stateside 2:22

06 David Houston - Almost Persuaded 2:58

07 Bill Anderson - I Get The Fever 2:20

08 Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough 2:15

09 Roger Miller - Husbands And Wives 2:25

10 Merle Haggard - Swinging Doors 2:54

11 Don Gibson - Funny, Familiar Forgotten Feelings 2:14

12 Buck Owens - Waitin' In Your Welfare Line 2:20

13 Nat Stuckey - Sweet Thang 2:55

14 Jack Greene - There Goes My Everything 2:37

15 Dallas Frazier - Elvira 2:34

16 Merle Haggard - The Bottle Let Me Down 2:48

17 Roger Miller - I've Been A Long Time Leavin' (But I'll Be A Long Time Gone) 2:17

18 Wilma Burgess - Misty Blue 2:42

19 Faron Young - Unmitigated Gall 2:45

20 Eddy Arnold - I Want To Go With You 2:43

21 Johnny Cash - The One On The Right Is On The Left 2:50

22 Johnny Paycheck - (Pardon Me) I've Got Someone To Kill 2:58

23 Ray Price - Touch My Heart 3:38

24 Browns - I'd Just Be Fool Enough 2:42

25 Merle Haggard - The Fugitive 2:57

26 Porter Wagoner - Skid Row Joe 3:03

27 Tammy Wynette - Apartment #9 2:59

28 Buck Owens - Open Up Your Heart 2:29

29 Waylon Jennings - Anita You're Dreaming 2:27

30 Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' Your Mind) 2:10

31 Jim Reeves - Distant Drums (Undubbed) 2:53

1967

01 Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe 4:16

02 Johnny Darrell - Ruby (Don't Take Your Love To Town 2:19

03 Waylon Jennings - Mental Revenge 2:23

04 Jim Reeves - I Won't Come In While He's There 2:14

05 George Hamilton IV - Break My Mind 2:20

06 Leon Ashley - Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got) 2:36

07 Merle Haggard - Branded Man 3:09

08 Loretta Lynn - What Kind Of Girl (Do You Think I Am) 2:52

09 Jim Ed Brown - Pop A Top 2:21

10 Ray Price - Danny Boy 5:02

11 Robert Mitchum - Little Ole Wine Drinker Me 2:31

12 John Hartford - Gentle On My Mind 3:02

13 Glen Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix 2:53

14 Marty Robbins - Tonight Carmen 2:48

15 Mel Tillis - Life Turned Her That Way 2:22

16 Buck Owens - Where Does The Good Times Go 2:20

17 Skeeter Davis - What Does it Take (To Keep A Man Like You Satisfied) 2:39

18 Waylon Jennings - The Chokin' Kind 2:30

19 Johnny Cash & June Carter - Jackson 2:47

20 Merle Haggard - Sing Me Back Home 2:49

21 Wanda Jackson - Tears Will Be The Chaser For Your Wine 2:24

22 Jerry Reed - Guitar Man 2:30

23 Norma Jean - Jackson Ain't A Very Big Town 2:31

24 George Jones - Walk Through This World With Me 2:31

25 David Houston & Tammy Wynette - My Elusive Dreams 2:54

26 Wynn Stewart - It's Such A Pretty World Today 2:33

27 Buck Owens - Sam's Place 2:01

28 Tammy Wynette - I Don't Wanna Play House 2:38

29 Charlie Pride - Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger 2:20

30 Porter Wagoner - Cold Hard Facts Of Life 3:16

31 The Lovin' Spoonful - Nashville Cats 2:35

1968

01 Waylon Jennings - Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line 2:23

02 Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E 3:00

03 Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues 2:46

04 International Submarine Band - Luxury Liner 2:55

05 Henson Cargill - Skip A Rope 2:39

06 Merle Haggard - Mama Tried 2:13

07 George Jones - Beneath Still Waters 2:39

08 Glen Campbell - I Wanna Live 2:48

09 Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. 3:14

10 Doug Dillard & Gene Clark - Train Leaves Here This Morning 3:51

11 Porter Wagoner - The Carroll County Accident 2:51

12 Jerry Lee Lewis - Another Place Another Time 2:26

13 Merle Haggard - I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am 2:49

14 Loretta Lynn - Fist City 2:14

15 Charlie Louvin - Will You Visit Me On Sundays 2:49

16 Johnny Darrell - The Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp 2:56

17 Roger Miller - Little Green Apples 2:40

18 Tom T. Hall - Ballad Of Forty Dollars 3:02

19 Byrds - Hickory Wind 3:32

20 Osborne Brothers - Rocky Top 2:37

21 Jerry Lee Lewis - What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me) 2:37

22 Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman 3:12

23 Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton - Holding On To Nothin' 2:31

24 Johnny Cash - Daddy Sang Bass 2:22

25 Merle Haggard - I Started Loving You Again 2:22

26 Buck Owens - How Long Will My Baby Be Gone 2:15

27 George Jones - When The Grass Grows Over Me 2:56

28 Marty Robbins - I Walk Alone 3:21

29 Conway Twitty - Next In Line 2:52

30 Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man 2:42

31 Jim Alley - Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line 2:17

19 Byrds - Hickory Wind 3:32

1969

01 John Wesley Ryles I - Kay 3:45

02 Buck Owens - Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass 2:23

03 Bobby Bare - (Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn 3:22

04 Byrds - Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man 3:55

05 Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues 2:37

06 Loretta Lynn - Woman Of The World (Leave My World Alone) 2:58

07 Charley Pride - All I Have To Offer You (Is Me) 3:04

08 Glen Campbell - Galveston 2:49

09 Jerry Lee Lewis - To Make Love Sweeter For You 2:51

10 Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue 3:46

11 Dottie West & Don Gibson - Rings Of Gold 2:45

12 Jack Greene - Statue Of A Fool 2:55

13 Roger Miller - Me And Bobbie McGee 4:05

14 Flying Burrito Brothers - Sin City 4:12

15 Tom T. Hall - Homecoming 3:20

16 George Jones - I'll Share My World With You 2:32

17 Bobby Bare - God Bless America Again 2:51

18 Faron Young - Wine Me Up 2:26

19 Johnny Bush - You Gave Me A Mountain 4:04

20 Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton - Just Someone I Used To Know 2:26

21 Glen Campbell - Try A Little Kindness 2:28

22 Jerry Lee Lewis - She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye 2:41

23 Merle Haggard - Okie From Muskogee 2:45

24 Conway Twitty - To See My Angel Cry 2:42

25 Willie Nelson - Bloody Merry Morning 3:18

26 Charlie Rich - Life's Little Ups and Downs 3:40

27 Kenny Rogers & The First Editi - Ruben James 2:49

28 Billy Lee Riley - Kay 3:18

1970

01 Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin' 2:28

02 Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden 2:54

03 Jerry Lee Lewis - Once More With Feeling 2:26

04 Merle Haggard - The Fightin' Side Of Me 2:55

05 Johnny Cash - What Is Truth 2:40

06 Bobby Bare - How I Got To Memphis 2:31

07 Roy Clark - Thank God And Greyhound 2:40

08 Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter 3:02

09 Tompall & The Glaser Brothers - Gone Girl 3:23

10 Dolly Parton - Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel 3:10

11 Guy Drake - Welfare Cadilac 3:17

12 Jerry Reed - Amos Moses 2:22

13 Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through the Ni 2:35

14 Tom T. Hall - A Week In A Country Jail 3:03

15 Flying Burrito Brothers - Wild Horses 6:24

16 Charley Pride - Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone 2:14

17 Ray Price - For The Good Times 3:51

18 Tammy Wynette - Run, Woman, Run 2:29

19 George Jones - A Good Year For The Roses 3:05

20 Waylon Jennings - The Taker 2:23

21 Dolly Parton - Joshua 3:01

22 Jerry Lee Lewis - There Must Be More To Love Tha 2:45

23 Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty - After The Fire Is Gone 2:41

24 Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down 4:08

25 Billy Joe Shaver - Chicken On The Ground 2:50

26 Conway Twitty - Fifteen Years Ago 3:12

27 Marty Robbins - My Woman, My Woman, My Wife 3:35

28 Mickey Newbury - How I Love Them Old Songs 3:49

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