Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music: Country & Western Hit Parade, 1955

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Ballad of Davy Crockett
Fess Parker?:??
2I Feel Better All Over
recording of:
I Feel Better All Over
writer:
Kenny Rogers (US country singer, songwriter, actor, record producer & entrepreneur) and Leon Smith (1950s/'60s Rock & Roll artist)
Ferlin Husky?:??
3Makin’ Believe
recording of:
Making Believe
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Work (Country music singer and songwriter)
Jimmy Work?:??
4In the Jailhouse Now
recording of:
In the Jailhouse Now
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (in 1978)
Webb Pierce?:??
5Just Call Me Lonesome
recording of:
Just Call Me Lonesome
lyricist and composer:
Rex Griffin (American country musician and songwriter)
publisher:
Forrest Music Corp. (on 1953-10-23)
Eddy Arnold?:??
620/20 Vision
producer:
Stephen H. Sholes
banjo and tenor vocals:
Sonny Osborne (on 1954-11-16)
double bass:
Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1954-11-16)
fiddle:
Merle "Red" Taylor (country/bluegrass fiddler, songwriter, and singer) (on 1954-11-16)
guitar and lead vocals:
Jimmy Martin (US bluegrass musician) (on 1954-11-16)
mandolin and baritone vocals [high baritone vocals]:
Bob Osborne (on 1954-11-16)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1954-11-16)
recording of:
20/20 Vision (on 1954-11-16)
lyricist:
Milton Estes
composer:
Joe Allison
publisher:
Golden West Melodies Inc., ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
Jimmy Martin & The Osborne Brothers?:??
7Daydreamin’
Bud Deckelman with The Daydreamers?:??
8Peepin’ Eyes
Charlie Feathers?:??
9When I Stop Dreaming
recording of:
When I Stop Dreaming (1955 song)
writer:
Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
Louvin Brothers?:??
10Big Blue Diamonds
cover recording of:
Big Blue Diamonds
lyricist and composer:
Earl Jennings Carson ("Kit" Carson) (in 1950)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation
Jimmy Dean?:??
11Why Baby Why
recording of:
Why Baby Why
writer:
Darrell Edwards and George Jones (US country music vocalist)
George Jones?:??
12Cry! Cry! Cry!
recording of:
Cry! Cry! Cry!
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)
Johnny Cash?:??
13Run Boy
Ray Price?:??
14We Could
Little Jimmy Dickens?:??
15Before I Met You
recording of:
Before I Met You
writer:
Charles L. Seitz (recording and mastering engineer at RCA Studios, Nashville; also songwriter and arranger), Jim Denny and Joe Lewis (American country singer-songwriter)
Flatt & Scruggs?:??
16Lost to a Stranger
Hylo Brown?:??
17There She Goes
Carl Smith?:??
18Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
recording of:
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
lyricist and composer:
Joe Allison
Faron Young?:??
19Sixteen Tons
cover recording of:
Sixteen Tons
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
publisher:
American Music, Inc. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
adaptations:
16 Tons
Tennessee Ernie Ford?:??
20The Cattle Call
recording of:
The Cattle Call (on 1955-04-28)
lyricist and composer:
Tex Owens (country singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Forster Music Publisher, Inc. (on 1934-09-14)
Eddy Arnold with Hugo Winterhalter4?:??
21Yonder Comes a Sucker
recording of:
Yonder Comes a Sucker
lyricist and composer:
Jim Reeves (US country & pop singer)
publisher:
Belwin Mills Music Ltd.
Jim Reeves?:??
22Let Me Go, Lover!
Hank Snow?:??
23The Yellow Rose of Texas
double bass:
Jack Drake (on 1955-07-14)
electric guitar:
Billy Byrd (US country guitarist) (on 1955-07-14)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler) (on 1955-07-14) and Dale Potter (on 1955-07-14)
guitar and membranophone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1955-07-14)
piano:
Owen Bradley (on 1955-07-14)
steel guitar:
Dickie Harris (on 1955-07-14)
vocals:
Ernest Tubb (on 1955-07-14)
recording of:
The Yellow Rose of Texas
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Don George (US songwriter/composer, 1909–1987)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music
Ernest Tubb?:??
24I Don’t Care
Webb Pierce?:??
25A Satisfied Mind
cover recording of:
A Satisfied Mind
writer:
Joe Hayes and Jack Rhodes (songwriter, producer, guitarist)
publisher:
Fort Knox Music
Porter Wagoner?:??
26Angel Band
cover recording of:
Angel Band
lyricist:
Jefferson Hascall
composer:
William Batchelder Bradbury (composer of popular hymns) (in 1862)
The Webster Brothers & Carl Butler?:??
27Feudin’ Banjos
Arthur Smith & Don Reno?:??
28So Lovely Baby
Rusty & Doug Kershaw?:??
29I Forgot to Remember to Forget
recording of:
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
writer:
Charlie Feathers and Stan Kesler (US session musician, composer and producer)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Edward B. Marks Music Co. (founded originally as J. Stern & Co. in 1894, renamed in 1919)
Elvis Presley & Scotty & Bill?:??
30Maybellene
recording of:
Maybellene
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Salee Music Company
Marty Robbins?:??
31In the Jailhouse Now No.2
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1955-03-18)
double bass:
Ernie Newton (contrabassist) (on 1955-03-18)
fiddle:
Tommy Vaden (US country fiddler) (on 1955-03-18)
guitar:
Chet Atkins (on 1955-03-18)
steel guitar:
Joe Talbot (Steel guitar player and music industry executive) (on 1955-03-18)
vocals:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1930-07-12)
additional performer:
Rainbow Ranch Boys (Hank Snow's backing band) (on 1955-03-18)
recording of:
In the Jailhouse Now #2 (from 1930-07-12 until 1955-03-18)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
is based on:
In the Jailhouse Now
Jimmie Rodgers with The Rainbow Ranch Boys?:??