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:
Eddie Miller (US country music songwriter), Dub Williams (pseudonym used by James Pebworth) and Robert Yount (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