Sony Soundtrack for a Century: Country: The American Tradition

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Tracklist

CD 1: Disc 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Little Old Log Cabin in the LaneFiddlin’ John Carson2:48
2Samantha Bumgarner
Samantha Bumgarner3:10
3Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-07-27)
banjo:
Charlie Poole (on 1925-07-27)
fiddle:
Posey Rorer (on 1925-07-27)
guitar:
Norman Woodlieff (on 1925-07-27)
vocals:
Charlie Poole (on 1925-07-27)
recording of:
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (on 1925-07-27)
miscellaneous support:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4854)
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers2:52
4Soldier's Joy
recording of:
Soldier's Joy
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett2:57
5Lafayette (Allons a Lafayette)
Joe Falcon2:57
6Lovesick Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1928-06-12)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1928-06-12)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Stan King (Big band-era drummer) (on 1928-06-12)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recordeded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1928-06-12)
piano:
Arthur Schutt (on 1928-06-12)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (Swing trombone player & band leader) (on 1928-06-12)
trumpet:
Leo McConville (on 1928-06-12)
vocals:
Dan Fitch (on 1928-06-12) and Emmett Miller (on 1928-06-12)
recording of:
Lovesick Blues (on 1928-06-12)
lyricist:
Irving Mills and Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01)
composer:
Cliff Friend
arranger:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Jack Mills, Inc. (on 1922-04-03) and Mills Music, Inc. (from 1930 to present)
Emmett Miller2:51
7Hobo's Lullaby
Goebel Reeves3:12
8Can the Circle Be Unbroken
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1935-05-06)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1935-05-06)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1935-05-06), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1935-05-06) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1935-05-06)
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1935-05-06)
recording of:
Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By) (on 1935-05-06)
publisher:
Charles M. Alexander, Chicago, Illinois (gospel) (on 1907-04-30)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
A.P. Carter
lyricist:
Ada Ruth Habershon (in 1907)
composer:
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (in 1907)
publisher:
Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1935-06-22)
version of:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
The Carter Family3:11
9I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart
Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers3:08
10The Great Speckle Bird
recording of:
The Great Speckled Bird (on 1936-10-20)
lyricist:
Guy Smith (Reverend)
composer:
Roy Carter (country songwriter)
Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans2:55
11A Beautiful Life
The Chuck Wagon Gang2:42
12Song of the Bandit
Sons of the Pioneers2:47
13Orange Blossom Special
Roy Hall & His Blue Ridge Entertainers2:23
14Back in the Saddle Again
lead vocals:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”)
recorded at:
CBS Columbia Square (KNX and Columbia Broadcasting System) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Back in the Saddle (on 1939-04-18)
writer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”) and Ray Whitley (Country & western singer/songwriter)
publisher:
Gene Autry’s Western Music Publishing Co. and Western Music Publishing Co., Inc. (on 1939-07-24)
Gene Autry42:37
15New San Antonio Rose
bass:
Son Lansford (on 1940-04-16)
fiddle:
Jesse Ashlock (American violin player and songwriter) (on 1940-04-16), Louis Tierney (on 1940-04-16) and Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader) (on 1940-04-16)
guitar:
Herman Arnspiger (on 1940-04-16) and Eldon Shamblin (on 1940-04-16)
piano:
Al Stricklin (on 1940-04-16)
saxophone:
Joe Ferguson (on 1940-04-16), Don Harlan (on 1940-04-16), Wayne Johnson (saxophonist) (on 1940-04-16), Zeb McNally (on 1940-04-16) and Tiny Mott (on 1940-04-16)
steel guitar:
Leon McAuliffe (on 1940-04-16)
trumpet:
Tubby Lewis (on 1940-04-16) and Everett Stover (played trumpet for Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys) (on 1940-04-16)
vocals:
Tommy Duncan (Western swing vocalist, songwriter and pianist) (on 1940-04-16)
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 315 (2))
recording of:
San Antonio Rose (on 1940-04-16)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) and Irving Berlin Inc. (on 1940-06-05)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys42:38
16Born to Lose
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 700 (2))
recording of:
Born to Lose (on 1942-02-20)
lyricist and composer:
Frankie Brown
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1943-05-29)
Ted Daffan’s Texans42:44
17Pistol Packin' Mama
accordion:
Paul Sells (on 1942-03-20)
bass:
Fred Whiting (US double bassist) (on 1942-03-20)
guitar:
Johnny Bond (on 1942-03-20), Al Dexter (on 1942-03-20) and Dick Reinhart (on 1942-03-20)
steel guitar:
Frankie Marvin (US country musician) (on 1942-03-20)
trumpet:
Harry Hollinger (on 1942-03-20)
recorded at:
CBS Columbia Square Recording Studios (KNX and Columbia Broadcasting System) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 39)
recording of:
Pistol Packin’ Mama (on 1942-03-20)
publisher:
Albert Poindexter (on 1942-02-16)
lyricist and composer:
Al Dexter
publisher:
Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Al Dexter and His Troopers42:49
18Blue Moon of Kentucky
producer:
Art Satherly
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1946-09-16)
double bass:
Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1946-09-16)
fiddle:
Chubby Wise (on 1946-09-16)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1946-09-16)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1946-09-16)
recorded at:
WBBM Studio (radio/tv station) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-09-16)
recording of:
Blue Moon of Kentucky (on 1946-09-16)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe (in 1946)
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)), Peer International Corporation (BMI), Southern Music Publishing ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys3:05
19Slippin' Around
recording of:
Slippin’ Around
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Tillman (in 1949)
Floyd Tillman2:46
20The Fields Have Turned BrownThe Stanley Brothers2:34
21Hillbilly Fever
recording of:
Hillbilly Fever
lyricist and composer:
Vaughn Horton
‘Little’ Jimmy Dickens2:56
22Always Late (With Your Kisses)
recording of:
Always Late (with Your Kisses)
writer:
Blackie Crawford and Lefty Frizzell (US country singer & songwriter)
Lefty Frizzell3:07
23Loose Talk
recording of:
Loose Talk
writer:
Freddie Hart (Country, Nashville Sound, US) and Ann Lucas
Carl Smith2:33
24Crazy Arms
recording of:
Crazy Arms
writer:
Ralph Mooney (in 1954) and Chuck Seals (in 1954)
publisher:
Champion Music Corp., Leeds Music, Songs of Universal, Inc., Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!) and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (in 1956)
Ray Price2:31
25Hop, Skip and Jump
The Collins Kids1:53
26The Battle of New Orleans
cover recording of:
The Battle of New Orleans (on 1959-01-27)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Driftwood
part of:
Grammy Award: Song of the Year nominees (number: 1960 winner)
is based on:
The 8th of January
Johnny Horton52:29
27El Paso
recording of:
El Paso
lyricist and composer:
Marty Robbins
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Hill & Range Songs, Inc., Mariposa Music Inc. (publisher), Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
Marty Robbins4:39
CD 2: Disc 2