The Best of the Best

~ Release by George Jones (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Design Album – Herb Burnette, Pinwheel Studios
Illustration Cover – Dean St. Clair
Producer – Bob Moore, "Pappy" Daily*
Vocals Accompaniment – The Jordanaires

Annotation last modified on 2022-11-21 11:49 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong
cover recording of:
Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong
writer:
Dallas Frazier (American songwriter and musician) and Whitey Shafer
2:23
A2I’m Wasting Good Paper
recording of:
I’m Wasting Good Paper
lyricist and composer:
Melba Montgomery (country singer)
2:29
A3White Lightning
cover recording of:
White Lightning
lyricist and composer:
J.P. Richardson (known as The Big Bopper)
publisher:
Glad Music Co.
2:35
A4Green Green Grass of Home
cover recording of:
Green, Green Grass of Home
lyricist and composer:
Claude “Curly” Putman, Jr.
publisher:
Burlington Music, Burlington Music Ltd. and Tree Music
translated version of:
Ik ben weer in m’n dorpje
2:36
A5All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers
cover recording of:
(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
lyricist and composer:
Liz Anderson
2:21
A6Life Turned Her That Way
cover recording of:
Life Turned Her That Way
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
2:26
A7A Day in the Life of a Fool
recording of:
A Day in the Life of a Fool
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Noack (late 50s rock & roll/rockabilly artist)
2:11
A8If My Heart Had Windows
recording of:
If My Heart Had Windows
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Frazier (American songwriter and musician)
2:43
B1Tender Years
recording of:
Tender Years
composer:
Darrell Edwards
publisher:
Glad Music Co. and Glad Music Ltd.
2:24
B2The Race Is On
recording of:
The Race Is On
composer:
Don Rollins (US songwriter from Nashville, born 1961)
publisher:
Glad Music Publishing and Recording LP, Pappy Daily Music, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Palace Music AB (in 1978)
2:03
B3Family Bible
cover recording of:
Family Bible
lyricist:
Willie Nelson
composer:
Willie Nelson (in 1957)
previously attributed to:
Walt Breeland (American songwriter), Paul Buskirk and Claude Gray (American country music singer-songwriter and guitar picker)
publisher:
Glad Music Publishing and Recording LP and Pappy Daily Music
3:12
B4I’ll Follow You (Up to Our Cloud)
2:35
B5No Blues Is Good News
recording of:
No Blues Is Good News
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Noack (late 50s rock & roll/rockabilly artist)
2:27
B6Don’t Be Angry
cover recording of:
Don’t Be Angry
lyricist and composer:
Wade Jackson (Stonewall Jackson's older brother)
2:44
B7A Good Year for the Roses
recording of:
A Good Year for the Roses
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Chesnut
3:01
B8Ruby, 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.
2:26