Oxford American: Southern Sampler 1998

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Annotation

Free with Oxford American magazine issue 21/22, summer 1998

Annotation last modified on 2019-07-11 20:01 UTC.

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Station Blues
producer:
Luther Dickinson
Othar Turner2:07
2Will the Circle Be Unbroken
The Staple Singers2:46
3High on a Mountain Top
Marty Stuart4:02
4I'll Be There
The Hackberry Ramblers2:44
5Ode to Billie Joe
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records Nashville (in 1967)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 191) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 412)
recording of:
Ode to Billie Joe
lyricist and composer:
Bobbie Gentry
publisher:
Larry Shayne Music, Inc.
Bobbie Gentry54:14
6Yes We Can Can
Lee Dorsey3:29
7Glow Worm
recording of:
The Glow‐Worm (Johnny Mercer version)
additional lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Paul Lincke
translator:
Lilla Cayley Robinson
translated version of:
Lysistrata: „Glühwürmchen, Glühwürmchen flimm're” (Glühwürmchen-Idyll)
Johnny Mercer2:53
8Blues in the Night
recording of:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1941)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1941)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Rosemary Clooney3:37
9Duty Free
Vic Chesnutt3:12
10Your Lips
Olu Dara3:54
11Dance the Night Away
recording of:
Dance the Night Away
lyricist and composer:
Raul Malo
The Mavericks3.24:21
12Prelude
Conlon Nancarrow1:10
13Tom & Mary
recording of:
Tom and Mary
lyricist and composer:
Ben Folds
Ben Folds Five52:35
14Stone Cold Fox
Dave Myers3:13
15Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
alto saxophone and lead vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1943-11-22)
double bass:
Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins (on 1943-11-22)
drums (drum set):
Shadow Wilson (on 1943-11-22)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1943-11-22)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1943-11-22)
recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? (on 1943-11-22)
writer:
Bill Austin (in 1944) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (in 1944)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Louis Jordan2:41
16Little Maggie
banjo and lead vocals:
Ralph Stanley (from 1947 until 1948)
fiddle:
Leslie Keith (fiddler) (from 1947 until 1948)
guitar:
Carter Stanley (from 1947 until 1948)
mandolin:
Darrell "Pee Wee" Lambert (from 1947 until 1948)
recorded at:
Radio Station WOPI in Bristol, Virginia, United States (from 1947 until 1948)
recording of:
Little Maggie (Ralph Stanley version) (from 1947 until 1948)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is based on:
Little Maggie (catch-all for arrangements)
The Stanley Brothers2:18
17Dress of Laces
Nanci Griffith4:57
18Je Voudrais Bien Me Marier, Mais...
Magnolia Sisters0:48
19Why Not Smile
producer:
Pat McCarthy and R.E.M. (American rock band)
mixer:
Charlie Francis (UK bassist, later producer & engineer)
recording of:
Why Not Smile
writer:
Peter Buck (R.E.M. guitarist), Michael Mills (R.E.M. bass player) and Michael Stipe
R.E.M.3.52:58