The Best of Boxcar Willie

~ Release by Boxcar Willie (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Freightline Fever
recording of:
Freightliner Fever
writer:
L.D. Allen and Truman Lankford (songwriter)
43:15
2Truck Drivin' Man
recording of:
Truck Drivin’ Man
lyricist and composer:
Terry Fell
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc. and Cross Keys Publishing Co. (in 1977)
42:53
3Phantom 309
cover recording of:
Phantom 309
writer:
Tommy Faile
43:27
4Truck Drivin' Son of a Gun
recording of:
Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-Gun
writer:
D. Deen (Songwriter) and R. King (1960s country artist & writer)
publisher:
Shelby Singleton Music Inc.
32:38
5Six Days on the Road
cover recording of:
Six Days on the Road
writer:
Earl Green (songwriter) and Carl Montgomery (songwriter)
publisher:
Newkeys Music, Inc. and Tune Publishing, Inc.
42:22
6Teddy Bear
cover recording of:
Teddy Bear
writer:
Billy Joe Burnette, Tommy Hill (Nashville record producer and songwriter), Dale Royal and Red Sovine
45:46
7White Line Fever
cover recording of:
White Line Fever
lyricist and composer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter)
publisher:
Blue Baak Music
33:20
8Girl on a Billboard
cover recording of:
Girl on the Billboard
writer:
Samuel M. Garrett (in 1965), Walter Haynes (steel guitarist, producer and songwriter) (in 1965) and Hank Mills (in 1965)
publisher:
Johnny Bienstock Music
33:21
9America
recording of:
America (My Country, ’Tis of Thee)
anthem of:
USA (until 1931)
lyricist:
Samuel Francis Smith
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
God Save the King (national anthem of several countries in the British Commonwealth)
21:46
10Trucker's Prayer
cover recording of:
Trucker's Prayer
writer:
Jim Thornton and Scott Turner (songwriter, record producer, guitarist)
2:41
11Forty Acres
cover recording of:
Give Me Forty Acres
writer:
Earl Green (songwriter) and John Greene
43:30
12Convoy
cover recording of:
Convoy
lyricist:
C.W. McCall
composer:
Chip Davis (founder of Mannheim Steamroller)
44:04
13Spirit of America
recording of:
The Spirit of America
writer:
Marty Martin
2:50
14Old Kentucky
recording of:
Old Kentucky (Boxcar Willie arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
arranger:
Boxcar Willie
arrangement of:
My Old Kentucky Home - Good-Night! (Stephen Foster)
3:31
15Home Dixie
recording of:
Home Dixie (Boxcar Willie arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
Daniel Decatur Emmett (19th century songwriter)
arranger:
Boxcar Willie
2:34
16Thank You Old Flag of Mine
recording of:
Thank You Old Flag of Mine
writer:
Bill Mack
32:21
17How Fast Them Trucks Will Go
cover recording of:
How Fast Them Trucks Can Go
lyricist and composer:
Charles Anderson (county songwriter)
2:44
18North to Alaska
cover recording of:
North to Alaska
lyricist and composer:
Mike Phillips (songwriter of North to Alaska)
publisher:
EMI Hastings Catalog Inc
2:49
19Play the Star Spangled Banner Over Me
recording of:
Play the Star Spangled Banner Over Me
writer:
Lloene Martin
23:26
20Battle Hymn of the Republic
recording of:
Battle Hymn of the Republic
lyricist:
Julia Ward Howe (American poet)
composer:
William Steffe (in 1856)
part of:
Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 Hymnal) (number: 60) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: V17636)
is based on:
John Brown’s Body (Glory, Glory, Hallelujah)
21:50
21There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
recording of:
There’s a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
lyricist and composer:
Paul Roberts (songwriter) and Shelby Darnell (songwriter, producer)
publisher:
Bob Miller, Inc. (on 1942-04-01)
32:47
22Yankee Doodle
recording of:
Yankee Doodle (Boxcar Willie arrangement)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
Yankee Doodle
32:25
23Battle of New Orleans
cover recording of:
The Battle of New Orleans
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Driftwood (in 1936)
publisher:
Warden Music Company Inc.
part of:
Grammy Award: Song of the Year nominees (number: 1960 winner)
is based on:
The 8th of January
43:23

Credits

Release

publisher:Neil Kellas
copyrighted (©) by:Delta Music (main label of Delta Music GmbH and its UK & US subsidiaries) (in 1998)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/6229495 [info]