The Best of Country

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Country Legends - Rawhide
2▶CD: Country Legends - Jambalaya
3▶CD: Country Legends - Blame It on the Times
4▶CD: Country Legends - Honky Tonkin’
5▶CD: Country Legends - For the Good Times
6▶CD: Country Legends - Kiss an Angel Good Morning
7▼CD: Country Legends - I Walk the Line
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1Before the Next Teardrop Falls
cover recording of:
Before the Next Teardrop Falls
writer:
Vivian Keith and Ben Peters (country music songwriter)
publisher:
Shelby Singleton Music Inc.
Freddy Fender52:33
2From a Jack to a King
recording of:
From a Jack to a King
lyricist and composer:
Ned Miller
publisher:
Burlington Music Ltd., IQ Music Ltd. and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
Ned Miller2:08
3The Pill
recording of:
The Pill
writer:
Lorene Allen, T.D. Bayless, Loretta Lynn and Don McHan
Loretta Lynn1:17
4Set Me Free
Ed Bruce2:50
5I Miss You So
Mickey Gilley2:13
6The Girl Most Likely
Jeannie C. Riley2:06
7Big Train
Conway Twitty2:21
8There She Goes
Jerry Wallace2:30
9Release Me
cover recording of:
Release Me
additional writer:
W.S. Stevenson
writer:
Harris (James Pebworth; Guitarist - songwriter Wrote the standard "Release Me" along with Eddie Miller (3) and Robert Yount. In most cases one or both of his pseudonyms Dub Williams and Robert Harris are credited on the releases.), Miller (US country music songwriter), Williams (pseudonym used by James Pebworth) and Young (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Four Star Sales, Roschelle Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd.
Dolly Parton3.52:16
10I Walk the Line
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-04-02)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-04-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 30), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 33) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 76)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-04-02)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Bug Music, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
Johnny Cash4.152:43
11Just Call Me Lonesome
recording of:
Just Call Me Lonesome
lyricist and composer:
Rex Griffin (American country musician and songwriter)
publisher:
Forrest Music Corp. (on 1953-10-23)
Jim Reeves2:17
12I Love You Honey
recording of:
I Love You Honey
writer:
Eddie Miller (US country music songwriter) and W.S. Stevenson
Patsy Cline2:18
13Good Time Liberator
recording of:
Goodtime Liberator
writer:
Kenny Rogers (US country singer, songwriter, actor, record producer & entrepreneur) and Mike Settle
Kenny Rogers & The First Edition2:22
14Alligator Man
recording of:
Alligator Man
writer:
Floyd Chance and Jimmy Newman
Jimmie C. Newman2:09
15Paths of Victory
recording of:
Paths of Victory
lyricist and composer:
Brian Ahern
Anne Murray1:40
8▶CD: Country Legends, Volume 1
9▶CD: Country Legends, Volume 2
10▶CD: Kenny Rogers
11▶CD: Country's Finest
12▶CD: Follow Me Back to Louisville