The Best of Country

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1There Goes My Everything
Jack Greene3:29
2Rose Garden
cover recording of:
Rose Garden
lyricist and composer:
Joe South
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Sony/ATV Songs LLC
Lynn Anderson2:55
3Abilene
George Hamilton IV2:17
4Satin Sheets
recording of:
Satin Sheets
lyricist and composer:
John Volinkaty
Jeanne Pruett2:43
5Help Me Make It Through the Night
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Dominion Entertainment, Inc. (company credits only; file no releases here!) (in 1971)
cover recording of:
Help Me Make It Through the Night (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
Kris Kristofferson
publisher:
BMG Songs Ltd., Combine Music Corp., EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., EMI Songs Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd. and KPM (music publisher)
sub-publisher:
Air Music Scandinavia AB
Sammi Smith2:34
6Harper Valley P.T.A.
producer:
Shelby Singleton
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 78)
recording of:
Harper Valley PTA (on 1968-07-26)
lyricist and composer:
Tom T. Hall
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Jeannie C. Riley3.753:18
7Take This Job and Shove It
Johnny Paycheck2:42
8It’s Four in the Morning
recording of:
It’s Four in the Morning (1971 song)
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Chesnut
Faron Young2:53
9Funny Face
Donna Fargo2:41
10No Charge
recording of:
No Charge (1974 song)
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
publisher:
London Tree Music Ltd.
Melba Montgomery3:24
11Don’t Break the Heart That Loves You
Margo Smith2:57
12Laura (What’s He Got That I Ain’t Got)Leon Ashley2:33
2CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Top of the World
cover recording of:
Top of the World
lyricist:
John Bettis
composer:
Richard Carpenter (The Carpenters)
publisher:
Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Hammer and Nails Music, Inc. and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
Lynn Anderson2:58
2Sea of Heartbreak
recording of:
Sea of Heartbreak
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Paul Hampton (US singer/songwriter composer and actor)
publisher:
Sonet Music AB
Don Gibson2:33
3Once a Day
Connie Smith2:18
4My Elusive Dreams
David Houston2:51
5Don't Touch Me
cover recording of:
Don’t Touch Me
lyricist and composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter)
Jeannie Seely3:07
6She's All I Got
Johnny Paycheck3:00
7Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
recording of:
Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
lyricist and composer:
Lobo (American singer-songwriter Roland Kent LaVoie)
Stonewall Jackson2:51
8The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A.
recording of:
The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA (1972 song)
lyricist and composer:
Donna Fargo
Donna Fargo2:38
9Teddy Bear Song
Barbara Fairchild3:08
10Big Bad John
recording of:
Big Bad John (1961 song)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Dean
writer:
Roy Acuff
Jimmy Dean3:02
11Hello Walls
recording of:
Hello Walls
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Pamper Music, Inc. (on 1961-02-08)
Faron Young2:18
12Wings of a DoveFerlin Husky32:23
3CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1End of the World
Skeeter Davis2:40
2Almost Persuaded
David Houston3:02
3It’s Such a Pretty World Today
recording of:
It’s Such a Pretty World Today
lyricist and composer:
Dale Noe (Country music songwriter and musician)
Wynn Stewart2:31
4Skip a Rope
Henson Cargill2:38
5In the Misty Moonlight
Jerry Wallace2:52
6From a Jack to a KingNed Miller2:11
7Wolverton Mountain
Claude King32:52
8Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer
Johnny Russell2:45
9Young Love
Sandy Posey2:44
10Gone
recording of:
Gone (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Smokey Rogers
Ferlin Husky2:18
11Misery Loves Company
recording of:
Misery Loves Company
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Reed
Porter Wagoner2:31
12Six White Horses
Tommy Cash2:44