Orange Blossom Special

~ Recording by The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
2.4Orange Blossom Special2:30The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys1953-58 & 1959The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain BoysAlbum + Compilation
Bear Family RecordsBCD 15681 BH
2.4Orange Blossom Special2:29The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain BoysThe Complete Mercury RecordingsThe Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain BoysAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-08-26
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)B0000534-02
2.4Orange Blossom Special2:27The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain BoysThe Complete Mercury RecordingsThe Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain BoysAlbum + Compilation
Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)
Bootleg
1.7Orange Blossom Special2:26The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain BoysThe Chronogical Classics: Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys 1955-1958The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain BoysAlbum + Compilation
Warped Records (US country reissue)WARPED 5597

Relationships

banjo:Ralph Stanley (US bluegrass singer and banjo player) (on 1955-04-05)
bass:Bill Lowe (US bluegrass and country musician) (on 1955-04-05)
fiddle:Ralph "Joe" Meadows (US bluegrass fiddler) (on 1955-04-05)
guitar and lead vocals:Carter Stanley (on 1955-04-05)
mandolin:Jim Williams (50s US rockabilly artist, also bluegrass mandolinist) (on 1955-04-05)
vocals:Ralph Stanley (US bluegrass singer and banjo player) (on 1955-04-05)
recorded at:RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-04-05)
recording of:Orange Blossom Special (on 1955-04-05)

Orange Blossom Special

lyricist and composer:Ervin Rouse
publisher:Glanco Music (BMI-affiliated)
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
later versions:Rheingold-Trans-Europa