VA - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music: Country & Western Hit Parade - 1955 (2009)

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Artist: VA
Title: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music: Country & Western Hit Parade - 1955
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Bear Family Records
Genre: Oldies, Country
Quality: Flac (image, .cue, log)
Total Time: 01:20:38
Total Size: 229 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

VA - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music: Country & Western Hit Parade - 1955 (2009)

Tracklist:

01. Fess Parker - Ballad Of Davy Crokett
02. Ferlin Husky - I Feel Better All Over
03. Jimmy Work - Makin' Believe
04. Webb Pierce - In The Jailhouse Now
05. Eddy Arnold - Just Call Me Lonesome
06. Jimmy Martin & The Osborne Brothers - 20 20 Vision
07. Bud Deckelman with The Daydreamers - Daydreamin'
08. Charlie Feathers - Peepin' Eyes
09. Louvin Brothers - When I Stop Dreaming
10. Jimmy Dean - Big Blue Diamonds
11. George Jones - Why Baby Why
12. Johnny Cash - Cry, Cry, Cry
13. Ray Price - Run Boy
14. Little Jimmy Dickens - We Could
15. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Before I Met You
16. Hylo Brown - Lost To A Stranger
17. Carl Smith - There She Goes
18. Faron Young - Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
19. Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons
20. Eddy Arnold - The Cattle Call [with Hugo Winterhalter]
21. Jim Reeves - Yonder Comes A Sucker
22. Hank Snow - Let Me Go Lover
23. Ernest Tubb - The Yellow Rose Of Texas
24. Webb Pierce - I Don't Care
25. Porter Wagoner - A Satisfied Mind
26. Webster Brothers & Carl Butler - Angel Band
27. Arthur Smith & Don Reno - Feudin' Banjos
28. Rusty & Doug - So Lovely Baby
29. Elvis Presley - I Forgot To Remember To Forget
30. Marty Robbins - Maybellene
31. Jimmie Rodgers - In The Jailhouse Now No. 2 [with The Rainbow Ranch Boys]

Given the track list of Country & Western Hit Parade 1955, an entry in Bear Family’s stellar series of releases on the topic, one can see that for country music fans, this was an amazing year all around. This 31-track compilation selects nothing but truly great tracks for inclusion. They include George Jones’ enduring “Why Baby Why,” Johnny Cash’s “Cry, Cry, Cry,” Charlie Feathers' lone hit “Peepin’ Eyes,” Ray Price’s “Run Boy,” Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen Tons,” and Marty Robbins’ unforgettable read of Chuck Berry’s “Maybellene,” to name a few. As is customary for all releases on Bear Family, the set includes exhaustive liner notes, complete track information, and great photos. The entire set is packaged in a hardback-bound digipack and is worth every penny -- actually, the entire series is. For fans of traditional country & western music, this set is essential listening.

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