The Essential Porter Wagoner

~ Release by Porter Wagoner (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Howdy Neighbor, Howdy (single remaster)
cover recording of:
Howdy Neighbor Howdy
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Driftwood
2:12
2Trademark
2:16
3Company’s Comin’
recording of:
Company’s Comin’
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Mullins
2:42
4A Satisfied Mind
cover recording of:
A Satisfied Mind (in 1955)
writer:
Joe Hayes and Jack Rhodes (songwriter, producer, guitarist)
publisher:
Fort Knox Music
recording of:
A Satisfied Mind
writer:
Joe Hayes and Jack Rhodes (songwriter, producer, guitarist)
publisher:
Fort Knox Music
2:46
5Eat, Drink and Be Merry (Tomorow You’ll Cry)
recording of:
Eat, Drink and Be Merry (Tomorrow You'll Cry)
writer:
Celia Ferguson and Sandra Ferguson
2:19
6What Would You Do (If Jesus Came to Your House)
cover recording of:
What Would You Do (If Jesus Came to Your House?)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:42
7Uncle Pen
cover recording of:
Uncle Pen
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) (in 1975)
2:21
8Tryin’ to Forget the Blues
recording of:
Tryin’ to Forget the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Boudleaux Bryant
2:02
9A Good Time Was Had by All (single remaster)
recording of:
A Good Time Was Had by All
lyricist and composer:
Hugh Ashley
2:37
10Midnight (single remaster)
cover recording of:
Midnight
writer:
Chet Atkins and Boudleaux Bryant
2:49
11I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name
cover recording of:
I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name
lyricist and composer:
Lee Emerson (US country music songwriter & manager)
publisher:
Golden West Melodies Inc.
2:38
12Legend of the Big Steeple (single remaster)
recording of:
Legend of the Big Steeple
lyricist and composer:
Charles Underwood
3:09
13Your Old Love Letters
cover recording of:
Old Love Letters
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Bond (country music guitarist, singer, songwriter and historian)
2:12
14Everything She Touches Gets the Blues (single remaster)
recording of:
Everything She Touches Gets the Blues
writer:
Whitey Bower and Eugene Kinsey
2:13
15Misery Loves Company
recording of:
Misery Loves Company
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Reed
2:34
16Cold Dark Waters (single remaster)
2:27
17I’ve Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand
recording of:
I’ve Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand
lyricist and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
2:39
18Sorrow on the Rocks
recording of:
Sorrow on the Rocks
lyricist and composer:
Tony Moon (Song writer)
2:00
19The Life of the Party (single remaster)
recording of:
The Life of the Party
composer:
Hal Bynum and David Kirby (US country singer/songwriter)
2:33
20I’ll Go Down Swinging
recording of:
I’ll Go Down Swinging
lyricist and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
2:23
21Y’all Come (You All Come)
cover recording of:
Y’all Come
lyricist and composer:
Arlie Duff
2:27
22Green, 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
2:21
23Skid Row Joe
recording of:
Skid Row Joe
lyricist and composer:
Freddie Hart (Country, Nashville Sound, US)
3:00
24Confessions of a Broken Man
recording of:
Confessions of a Broken Man
lyricist and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
2:57
25I Just Came to Smell the Flowers
recording of:
I Just Came to Smell the Flowers
lyricist and composer:
Vic McAlpin
2:35
26Soul of a Convict
recording of:
Soul of a Convict
lyricist and composer:
Red Sovine
3:26
27The Cold Hard Facts of Life
recording of:
The Cold Hard Facts of Life
lyricist and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
3:11
28The First Mrs. Jones (remastered)
cover recording of:
First Mrs. Jones
lyricist and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
publisher:
Stallion Music, Inc.
2:45
29Julie
recording of:
Julie
lyricist and composer:
Waylon Jennings (US country musician)
publisher:
Wilderness Music Publishing Co.
2:34
30Woman Hungry
recording of:
Woman Hungry
lyricist and composer:
Gene Crysler (American songwriter, has written over 100 songs. His name is a pseudonym)
2:27
31Turn the Jukebox Up Louder
recording of:
Turn the Jukebox Up Louder
lyricist and composer:
Wayne Morse
2:30
32Pastor’s Absent on Vacation
recording of:
Pastor’s Absent on Vacation
lyricist and composer:
Mel Tillis
3:16
33The Carroll County Accident
recording of:
The Carroll County Accident
lyricist and composer:
Bob Ferguson
2:48
34Big Wind
recording of:
Big Wind
writer:
George McCormick, Wayne Walker and Alex Zanetis
2:15
35When You’re Hot You’re Hot
recording of:
When You’re Hot You’re Hot
lyricist and composer:
Claude “Curly” Putman, Jr.
2:36
36You Got-Ta Have a License
2:26
37The Last One to Touch Me
recording of:
The Last One to Touch Me
lyricist and composer:
Dolly Parton
3:00
38The Rubber Room (single remaster)
recording of:
The Rubber Room
lyricist and composer:
Porter Wagoner
2:41
39What Ain’t to Be, Just Might Happen
recording of:
What Ain’t to Be, Just Might Happen
lyricist and composer:
Porter Wagoner
2:09
40Highway Headin’ South
recording of:
Highway Headin’ South
lyricist and composer:
Porter Wagoner
2:05

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