The Country & Western Hits

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Stand by Your Man
producer:
Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger)
lead vocals:
Tammy Wynette (in 1968)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 8) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 473)
recording of:
Stand by Your Man (in 1968)
writer:
Billy Sherrill (US songwriter/producer/arranger) and Tammy Wynette
publisher:
Al Gallico Music Corp., EMI Al Gallico Music Corp., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Tammy Wynette3.82:41
2Ghostriders in the Sky
The Pridesmen2:27
3You’re My Best Friend
recording of:
You’re My Best Friend
writer:
Wayland Holyfield
publisher:
Cavalcade Music
Don Williams2:43
4High Noon
conductor:
Johnny Williams (American score composer and conductor)
Frankie Laine2:24
5The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
cover recording of:
The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
lyricist and composer:
Jesse Winchester (singer-songwriter, producer)
publisher:
Fourth Floor Music Inc. (US publisher)
The Everly Brothers3:15
6Detroit City
producer:
Chet Atkins
cover recording of:
Detroit City (on 1963-04-18)
writer:
Danny Dill and Mel Tillis
publisher:
Southern Music (publisher)
Bobby Bare42:47
7Crazy
producer:
Owen Bradley
vocals:
Patsy Cline
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1961)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 3), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 85) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 195)
recording of:
Crazy (Willie Nelson song) (on 1961-08-21)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Patsy Cline4.152:41
8Don’t Stop Loving Me
recording of:
Don’t Stop Loving Me
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)
Don Gibson2:33
9Louisiana Man
Connie Smith2:23
10Wasted Days & Wasted Nights
recording of:
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
writer:
Wayne Duncan (drums) and Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender2:52
11Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Lester Flatt2:22
12Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town
cover recording of:
Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
lyricist and composer:
Mel Tillis
publisher:
Cedarwood Publishing Company, Inc., Universal Cedarwood Publishing and Universal Music Publishing International Ltd.
Kenny Rogers3.652:58
13Yakety Axe
recording of:
Yakety Axe
lyricist:
Merle Travis
composer:
Boots Randolph and James Rich (Country songwriter / guitarist)
version of:
Yakety Sax
Chet Atkins2:02
14Blue Bayou
cover recording of:
Blue Bayou (English)
lyricist:
Joe Melson (in 1963) and Roy Orbison (in 1963)
composer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (in 1961)
Audrey Landers3:30
15He’ll Have to Go
producer:
Chet Atkins
vocals:
Jim Reeves (US country & pop singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1959)
recording of:
He’ll Have to Go (on 1959-10-15)
writer:
Audrey Allison and Joe Allison
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Central Songs and Central Songs, Inc.
Jim Reeves4.352:20
16I Walk the Line
recording of:
I Walk the Line
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 Cash2:43
17If You Could Read My Mind
Skeeter Davis4:00
18Torn Between Two Lovers
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1976) and Arista Records, LLC (holding company - file NO releases here!) (in 1976)
recording of:
Torn Between Two Lovers (There are times when a woman has to say what’s on her mind…)
lyricist:
Phillip Jarrell
composer:
Peter Yarrow
publisher:
Muscle Shoals Sound Publishing, Peermusic France, Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Silver Dawn Music, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Mary MacGregor3:51