The Essential Country Greats

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Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Walking After Midnight
cover recording of:
Walkin’ After Midnight
lyricist:
Don Hecht
composer:
Alan Block and Don Hecht
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
live cover recording of:
Walkin’ After Midnight
lyricist:
Don Hecht
composer:
Alan Block and Don Hecht
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Patsy Cline2:33
2I Walk the Line
recording of:
I Walk the Line
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
Johnny Cash2:37
3The Wild Side of Life
Hank Thompson52:57
4The Auctioner
Leroy Van Dyke2:53
5Am I That Easy to Forget
Carl Belew2:23
6No Help Wanted
The Carlisles2:27
7There Stands the Glass (live)
Webb Pierce1:13
8Fancy Pants
Floyd Cramer2:35
9Mexicali Rose
recording of:
Mexicali Rose (on 1946-02-13)
lyricist:
Helen Stone
composer:
Jack Tenney (composer)
publisher:
W. A. Quincke & Co. (on 1923-03-10) and M.M. Cole Publishing Company (in 1935)
Gene Autry2:57
10All for the Love of a Girl
recording of:
All for the Love of a Girl (on 1953-04-29)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Horton
publisher:
Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Johnny Horton2:30
11If You Ain't Lovin'
Faron Young2:19
12Slipping Around
Floyd Tillman2:15
13Geisha Girl
Hank Locklin2:06
14Are You Mine (live)
Red Sovine1:16
15Box of Memories
Jeannie C. Riley2:28
16Looking Back to See
Justin Tubb2:37
17Poor Man's Riches
Benny Barnes2:08
18Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
Slim Willet2:42
19The Cowboy's Deck of Cards
Cowboy Copas4:12
20Heartbreak Hotel
cover recording of:
Heartbreak Hotel
writer:
Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden and Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”)
publisher:
Belwin Mills Music Ltd., Durden Breyer Publishing, EMI Harmonies Limited, EMI Mills Music Limited (PRS for Music-affiliated), Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing, Unichappell Music, 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 (holding company - do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
George Jones2:11