Golden Age of Country: Sing Me Back Home

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1A Girl I Used to Know
recording of:
A Girl I Used to Know
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
publisher:
Glad Music Co., Jack Music, Inc. and Songs of PolyGram, Inc.
George Jones2:43
2Sing Me Back Home
part of:
Rolling Stone: 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time (2019 re-issued) (number: 32)
recording of:
Sing Me Back Home
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Merle Haggard and The Strangers42:51
3Looking at the World Through a Windshield
recording of:
Looking at the World Through a Windshield
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Chesnut and Mike Hoyer (Country songwriter & radio personality)
Del Reeves2:25
4It’s the Little Things
recording of:
It’s the Little Things
lyricist and composer:
Arlie Duff
Sonny James2:58
5Ode to Billie Joe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 51), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 191) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 412)
recording of:
Ode to Billie Joe (in 1967-03)
lyricist and composer:
Bobbie Gentry (Roberta Lee Streeter - American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Larry Shayne Music, Inc. and Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd
Bobbie Gentry54:17
6Gentle on My Mind
producer:
Al De Lory
lead vocals:
Glen Campbell (US country singer, guitarist & actor) (on 1967-05-17)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
cover recording of:
Gentle on My Mind (on 1967-05-17)
lyricist and composer:
John Hartford
publisher:
Acuff Rose Publications Ltd. and Ensign Music Corp.
Glen Campbell42:58
7The New Green Light
recording of:
New Green Light
composer:
Hank Thompson
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys2:10
8I Love You Because
recording of:
I Love You Because (on 1949-08-11)
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-12)
Leon Payne2:45
9It Tickles
recording of:
It Tickles
writer:
Tommy Collins (American country singer, songwriter and guitarist) and Wanda Collins
Tommy Collins2:30
10So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
recording of:
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed (on 1946-10-19)
writer:
Eddie Kirk (US country singer/songwriter), Cliffie Stone and Merle Travis
publisher:
American Music (publisher) (on 1947-01-08)
Merle Travis33:02
11Mule Train
cover recording of:
Mule Train
composer:
Fred Glickman, Hy Heath and Johnny Lange
publisher:
Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and W. Disney Mus. (music publisher, do not use as release label)
part of:
The 23rd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Tennessee Ernie Ford3:05
12Country Girl
recording of:
Country Girl
lyricist and composer:
Roy Drusky
Faron Young2:35
13You're Running Wild
cover recording of:
You’re Running Wild
writer:
Ray Edenton and Don Winters
The Louvin Brothers2:18
14Second Fiddle (to an Old Guitar)
recording of:
Second Fiddle (to an Old Guitar)
lyricist and composer:
Betty Amos (US country singer, songwriter, band leader & banjoist)
Jean Shepard2:15
15Secret Love
recording of:
Secret Love (song from “Calamity Jane”)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster
composer:
Sammy Fain
publisher:
Chappell, Remick Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Chappell North America and Warner Chappell North America Ltd.
sub-publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
part of:
The 26th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1953 winner)
part of:
Calamity Jane (stage musical)
Slim Whitman2:48
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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Your Heart Turned Left (and I Was on the Right)
recording of:
Your Heart Turned Left
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
George Jones2:16
2The Bottle Let Me Down
recording of:
The Bottle Let Me Down
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
Merle Haggard and The Strangers42:50
3Touch Me
producer:
Joe Allison (from 1961-08-22 until 1961-08-23)
bass:
Junior Huskey (father of Roy Huskey, Jr.) (from 1961-08-22 until 1961-08-23)
guitar:
Willie Nelson (from 1961-08-22 until 1961-08-23)
vocals:
Willie Nelson (from 1961-08-22 until 1961-08-23)
engineered at:
Bradley Film and Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1961-08-22 until 1961-08-23)
recording of:
Touch Me
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson2.52:15
4By the Time I Get to Phoenix
lead vocals:
Glen Campbell (US country singer, guitarist & actor)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 450)
cover recording of:
By the Time I Get to Phoenix (on 1967-08-17)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Webb (US songwriter, composer, producer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
Charles Koppelman Music, Jonathan Three Music Co. and Martin Bandier Music
Glen Campbell3.52:43
5Honey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1968)
cover recording of:
Honey (on 1968-01-30)
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Russell
publisher:
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
Bobby Goldsboro44:00
6In the Middle of a Heartache
recording of:
In the Middle of a Heartache (1960s song)
writer:
Laurie Christenson (songwriter), Pat Franzese (songwriter) and Wanda Jackson (aka the Female Elvis)
Wanda Jackson2:35
7Behind the Tear
recording of:
Behind the Tear
writer:
Ned Miller and Sue Miller (U.S. country music songwriter)
Sonny James2:05
8Rub-A-Dub-Dub
recording of:
Rub-A-Dub-Dub
composer:
Hank Thompson
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys2:15
9Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
cover recording of:
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Allison
Faron Young42:19
10Release Me
recording of:
Release Me
additional writer:
W.S. Stevenson
writer:
Harris (James Pebworth; Guitarist - songwriter Wrote the standard "Release Me" along with Eddie Miller (3) and Robert Yount. In most cases one or both of his pseudonyms Dub Williams and Robert Harris are credited on the releases.), Miller (US country music songwriter), Williams (pseudonym used by James Pebworth) and Young (songwriter)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Four Star Sales, Roschelle Publishing and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd.
Jimmie Heap & The Melody Masters with Perk Williams2:43
11Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
recording of:
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) (on 1947-03-27)
writer:
Merle Travis and Tex Williams
publisher:
Campbell Connelly and American Music (publisher) (on 1947-06-27)
Tex Williams and His Western Caravan2:56
12When I Stop Dreaming
recording of:
When I Stop Dreaming (1955 song)
writer:
Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
The Louvin Brothers2:32
13The Battle of Davy Crockett
cover recording of:
The Ballad of Davy Crockett
lyricist:
Tom Blackburn
composer:
George Bruns
publisher:
Walt Disney Music Company (music publisher, do not use as release label)
Tennessee Ernie Ford2:55
14Rose Marie
recording of:
Rose-Marie (title song of the 1924 operetta)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and Otto Harbach
composer:
Rudolf Friml
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
Rose-Marie (1924 operetta-style musical)
Slim Whitman2:21
15Country Music Is Here to Stay
recording of:
Country Music Is Here to Stay
lyricist and composer:
Ferlin Husky
Ferlin Husky3:09