The History of Country Music: The Forties, Volume Two

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Life Gits Tee-Jus, Don't It
recording of:
Life Gits Tee-Jus, Don't It?
writer:
Carson Robison
Carson Robison and His Pleasant Valley Boys2:52
2Shame on You
recording of:
Shame on You
lyricist and composer:
Spade Cooley
writer:
Donnell Clyde Cooley, Jr.
Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers3:12
3Texarkana Baby
recording of:
Texarkana Baby (on 1947-08-20)
lyricist and composer:
Cottonseed Clark and Fred Rose (songwriter)
publisher:
Milene Music. Inc (ASCAP) (on 1948-01-26)
Eddy Arnold52:40
4Sing, Cowboy, Sing
recording of:
A-Sing, Cowboy Sing
Tex Ritter2:44
5Drivin' Nails in My Coffin
recording of:
Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Irby (Country singer and songwriter from Houston, Texas)
Floyd Tillman2:37
6My Filipino Rose
recording of:
Filipino Baby
lyricist and composer:
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Tubb3:13
7A Room Full of Roses
cover recording of:
Room Full of Roses
lyricist and composer:
Tim Spencer (songwriter Vernon Harold Timothy Spencer)
George Morgan2:55
8Footprints in the Snow
accordion:
Wilene "Sally Ann" Forrester (country singer and accordionist) (on 1945-02-13)
banjo:
Stringbean (US banjo player Dave Akeman) (on 1945-02-13)
double bass:
Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1945-02-13)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1945-02-13)
guitar:
Curley Bradshaw (US harmonica player/guitarist) (on 1945-02-13) and Tex Willis (country/bluegrass guitarist) (on 1945-02-13)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”) (on 1945-02-13)
recording of:
Footprints in the Snow (on 1945-02-13)
composer:
Rupert Jones (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
is based on:
I Traced Her Little Footmarks in the Snow
Bill Monroe2:40
9You Are My Sunshine
cover recording of:
You Are My Sunshine (on 1940-02-05)
anthem of:
Louisiana, United States
writer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Charles Mitchell (1940s songwriter and steel guitarist)
publisher:
Peer International (BMI) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1940-01-30)
Jimmie Davis2:50
10Jale Blon
recording of:
Jole Blon
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Roy Acuff2:52
11My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
recording of:
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
lyricist and composer:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (in 1933)
Hank Williams2:32
12Country Boy
‘Little’ Jimmy Dickens2:56
13Smoke on the Water
recording of:
Smoke on the Water (on 1945-01-26)
lyricist and composer:
Zeke Clements (US country musician) and Earl Nunn (American country songwriter)
publisher:
Adams, Vee & Abbott, Inc. (on 1943-05-10)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys2:57
14Rosalita
bass:
Fred Whiting (US double bassist)
guitar:
Johnny Bond (country music guitarist, singer, songwriter and historian)
piano:
Paul Sells
steel guitar:
Frankie Marvin (US country musician)
lead vocals:
Al Dexter
recorded at:
CBS Columbia Square Recording Studios (KNX and Columbia Broadcasting System) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 736 (1))
recording of:
Rosalita (on 1942-03-18)
publisher:
Albert Poindexter (on 1941-12-12)
lyricist and composer:
Al Dexter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) and Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1942-02-04)
Al Dexter52:47
15I Love You So Much
recording of:
I Love You So Much It Hurts
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Tillman
Floyd Tillman32:43
16Blue Shadows on the Trail
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1947-12-01)
recording of:
Blue Shadows on the Trail (on 1947-12-01)
lyricist:
Johnny Lange
composer:
Eliot Daniel
Roy Rogers2:49
17I'll Never See Maggie Alone
Kenny Roberts3:03
18Gonna Build a Big Fence Around Texas
recording of:
Gonna Build A Big Fence Around Texas (on 1944-11-29)
lyricist and composer:
Cliff Friend (US composer, lyricist & pianist), George Olsen and Katherine Phillips
Gene Autry2:43