The Essential Bobby Bare

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Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1All American Boy
producer:
Chet Atkins
recording of:
All American Boy (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Bare (in 1958)
publisher:
Dream City Music
32:59
2Book of Love
recording of:
Book of Love
writer:
Bobby Bare and Lance Guynes (Songwriter of country music)
2:10
3Above and Beyond
cover recording of:
Above and Beyond (the Call of Love)
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
publisher:
Good Ol Harlan Songs, Legacy of Harlan Perry Howard, LLC and Sony ATV Publishing
2:11
4Shame on Me
producer:
Chet Atkins
cover recording of:
Shame on Me
writer:
Bill Enis and Lawton Williams
2:45
5Detroit City
producer:
Chet Atkins
cover recording of:
Detroit City (on 1963-04-18)
writer:
Danny Dill and Mel Tillis
publisher:
Southern Music (publisher)
42:49
6500 Miles Away From Home
producer:
Chet Atkins
cover recording of:
500 Miles Away From Home (in 1963)
writer:
Bobby Bare, Hedy West and Charlie Williams (Country songwriter)
version of:
500 Miles
3.52:42
7Miller’s Cave
producer:
Chet Atkins
cover recording of:
Miller’s Cave
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
2:53
8Have I Stayed Away Too Long
cover recording of:
Have I Stayed Away Too Long
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp.
2:10
9Four Strong Winds
producer:
Chet Atkins
guitar:
Jerry Reed
recording of:
Four Strong Winds
lyricist and composer:
Ian Tyson
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
2:45
10It’s Alright
producer:
Chet Atkins
recording of:
It’s All Right
writer:
Mac Gayden and Jerry Tuttle
2:38
11Just to Satisfy You
cover recording of:
Just to Satisfy You
writer:
Don Bowman and Waylon Jennings (US country musician)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose (BMI), Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Irving Music (BMI), Irving Music, Inc. and Parody Publishing
2:23
12The Streets of Baltimore
producer:
Chet Atkins
guitar:
Waylon Jennings (US country musician)
arranger:
Ray Stevens (US singer‐songwriter & comedian)
recording of:
Streets of Baltimore
writer:
Tompall Glaser (country music vocalist) and Harlan Howard
52:38
13Guess I’ll Move on Down the Line
recording of:
Guess I’ll Move on Down the Line
writer:
Martin Siegel (wrote for Bobby Bare and Eric Burdon) and Ken Sonnenberg
2:44
14Charleston Railroad Tavern
producer:
Chet Atkins
recording of:
Charleston Railroad Tavern
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Dean Smith
2:13
15The Town That Broke My Heart
recording of:
The Town That Broke My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Tom T. Hall
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:45
16Margie’s at the Lincoln Park Inn
producer:
Chet Atkins
recording of:
Margie’s at the Lincoln Park Inn (on 1969-01-06)
writer:
Tom T. Hall
publisher:
NS and Unichappell Music, Inc.
43:20
17God Bless America Again
producer:
Jack Clement
conductor:
Hank Levine
arranger:
Hank Levine
recording of:
Bless America Again
writer:
Bobby Bare and Boyce Hawkins
2:47
18Ride Me Down Easy
producer:
Bobby Bare
vocals:
The Jordanaires (southern gospel group)
recording of:
Ride Me Down Easy
lyricist and composer:
Billy Joe Shaver
publisher:
Return Music and Sony/ATV Songs LLC (in 1973)
43:00
19Daddy What If
producer:
Bobby Bare
cover recording of:
Daddy What If
lyricist and composer:
Shel Silverstein
3:04
20Marie Laveau
producer:
Bobby Bare
cover recording of:
Marie Laveau
writer:
Shel Silverstein and Baxter Taylor
43:09
2▶Digital Media