Various Artists: Greatest Country Hits Of 1961 - COMPACT DISCS

Various Artists: Greatest Country Hits Of 1961 - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Greatest Country Hits Of 1961 Artist: Various Artists Label: Acrobat Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 824046714123 Genre: Country Release Date: 2019 12 13 Number of Discs: 4 This release continues the series of 4 CD sets which comprises selected annual collections of the biggest US country hits of each year. This great value 113 track collection covers the year of 1961, during which time Billboard published a country Top 30 called Hot C&W

Title: Greatest Country Hits Of 1961
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Acrobat
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 824046714123
Genre: Country
Release Date: 2019-12-13
Number of Discs: 4

This release continues the series of 4-CD sets which comprises selected annual collections of the biggest US country hits of each year. This great-value 113-track collection covers the year of 1961, during which time Billboard published a country Top 30 called Hot C&W Sides, and it comprises every record which appeared in the top 22 places in that chart during the year, excluding one or two records which are unavailable for copyright reasons. Despite the fact that the pop landscape had been transformed over the preceding years by rock 'n' roll and it's aftermath, and with the new decade the British Invasion was only a couple of years away, the charts still had a familiar look about them for country fans, with many traditional established country stars well-represented, like Ernest Tubb, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells and Ray Price, although the smoother Nashville sound certainly characterised many of the hits and there was more than a smattering of artists who enjoyed big crossover hits, notably Leroy Van Dyke returning to the charts with his long-running No. 1 "Walk On By", as well as Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Hank Locklin, and Faron Young. There were also some hot new kids on the block like Buck Owens, Roy Drusky, and Jimmy Dean, along with some collectable obscurities among the one-hit wonders. It's a fascinating and entertaining musical snapshot of the country scene during a dynamic era, and with an in-depth 12,000+ word booklet with background notes on every record, it gives a solid overview of the most popular country music of the year.

Tracks:
1.1 Ferlin Husky - On The Wings of A Dove
1.2 Jim Reeves - I Missed Me
1.3 Buck Owens - Excuse Me
1.4 Webb Pierce - Fallen Angel
1.5 Jim Reeves - Am I Losing You
1.6 Marion Worth - I Think I Know
1.7 Ernest Ashworth - You Can't Pick A Rose In December
1.8 Jimmy Newman - Wanting You (With Me Tonight)
1.9 Johnny Horton - North To Alaska
1.10 Floyd Cramer - Last Date
1.11 Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome Tonight
1.12 Lester Flatt ; Earl Scruggs - Polka On A Banjo
1.13 Don Gibson - Sweet Dreams
1.14 Faron Young - Forget The Past
1.15 Skeeter Davis - My Last Date (With You)
1.16 George Jones - Window Up Above
1.17 Hank Locklin - One Step Ahead Of My Past
1.18 Bob Gallion - Loving You (Was Worth This Broken Heart)
1.19 Bill Anderson - Walk Out Backward
1.20 Marty Robbins - Don't Worry (Like All The Other Times)
1.21 Johnny Cash - Oh Lonesome Me
1.22 Rose Maddox - Kissing My Pillow
1.23 James O'Gwynn - House Of Blue Lovers
1.24 Webb Pierce - Let Forgiveness In
1.25 Don Gibson - What About Me
1.26 Buck Owens - Foolin' Around
1.27 Rose Maddox - I Want To Live Again
1.28 Roy Drusky - I'd Rather Loan You Out
1.29 Porter Wagoner - Your Old Love Letters
2.1 Warren Smith - Odds And Ends (Bits And Pieces)
2.2 Kitty Wells - The Other Cheek
2.3 Claude Gray - I'll Have Another Cup Of Coffee
2.4 Rusty ; Doug - Louisiana Man
2.5 Lou Smith - I'm Wondering
2.6 Jim Nesbit and Lasses Sapper - Please Mr. Kennedy
2.7 Jim Reeves - The Blizzard
2.8 Roger Miller - You Don't Want My Love
2.9 Faron Young - Hello Walls
2.10 Jimmy Smart - Shorty
2.11 Lewis Pruitt - Crazy Bullfrog
2.12 Johnny Horton - Sleepy-Eyed John
2.13 Ray Price - The Twenty-Fourth Hour
2.14 Louvin Brothers - I Love You Best Of All
2.15 Ray Price - Heart Over Mind
2.16 Connie Hall - Sleep, Baby, Sleep
2.17 Marion Worth - There'll Always Be Sadness
2.18 Ernest Ashworth - Forever Gone
2.19 Skeeter Davis - The Hand You're Holding Now
2.20 Jimmy Newman - Everybody's Dyin' For Love
2.21 George Jones - Family Bible
2.22 Johnny Hardy - In Memory Of Johnny Horton
2.23 Ray Sanders - Lonelyville
2.24 Ernest Tubb - Thoughts Of A Fool
2.25 Roy Drusky - Three Hearts In A Tangle
2.26 Buck Owens ; Ruth Maddox - Mental Cruelty
2.27 Benny Barnes - Yearning
2.28 Buck Owens ; Ruth Maddox - Loose Talk
3.1 Hank Locklin - From Here To There To You
3.2 Wilma Lee ; Stoney Cooper - Wreck On The Highway
3.3 Ralph Emery - Hello Fool
3.4 Bob Gallion - One Way Street
3.5 Hank Thompson ; The Brazos Valley Boys - Oklahoma Hills
3.6 Kitty Wells - Heartbreak U.S.A.
3.7 Kitty Wells - There Must Be Another Way To Live
3.8 Webb Pierce - Sweet Lips
3.9 Patti Page - Mom And Dad's Waltz
3.10 Hank Snow - Beggar To A King
3.11 Floyd Cramer - San Antonio Rose
3.12 Roger Miller - When Two Worlds Collide
3.13 Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces
3.14 Jim Reeves - What Would You Do'
3.15 Margie Bowes - Little Miss Belong To No-one
3.16 George Jones - Tender Years
3.17 George Hamilton IV - Three Steps To The Phone (Millions Of Miles)
3.18 Don Winters - Too Many Times
3.19 Carl Smith - Kisses Never Lie
3.20 Wilburn Brothers - Blue Blue Day
3.21 Wanda Jackson - Right Or Wrong
3.22 Jerry Lee Lewis - Cold Cold Heart
3.23 Claude Gray - My Ears Should Burn
3.24 Claude King - Big River, Big Man
3.25 Rose Maddox - Conscience I'm Guilty
3.26 Rex Allen - Marines, Let's Go
3.27 Tex Ritter - I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven
3.28 Roy Drusky - I Went Out Of My Way (To Make You Happy)
4.1 Rusty ; Doug - Diggy Liggy Lo
4.2 Leroy Van Dyke - Walk On By
4.3 George Jones ; Margie Singleton - Did I Ever Tell You
4.4 Joe South - You're The Reason
4.5 Don Gibson - Sea Of Heartbreak
4.6 Skeeter Davis - Optimistic
4.7 Jim Reeves - Stand At Your Window
4.8 Eddy Arnold - One Grain Of Sand
4.9 Marty Robbins - It's Your World
4.10 Hank Thompson with The Brazos Valley Boys - Hangover Tavern
4.11 Buck Owens - Under The Influence Of Love
4.12 Webb Pierce - Walking The Streets
4.13 Hank Locklin - Happy Birthday To Me
4.14 Bill Anderson - Po' Folks
4.15 Faron Young - Backtrack
4.16 Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
4.17 Leon McAuliffe - Cozy Inn
4.18 Bobby Edwards - You're The Reason
4.19 Hank Snow - The Restless One
4.20 Hank Locklin - You're The Reason
4.21 George Hamilton IV - To You And Yours (From Me And Mine)
4.22 Ernest Tubb - Through That Door
4.23 Webb Pierce - How Do You Talk To A Baby
4.24 Del Reeves - Be Quiet Mind
4.25 Bob Gallion - Sweethearts Again
4.26 Ray Price - Soft Rain
4.27 Flatt ; Scruggs - Go Home
4.28 Wynn Stewart - Big, Big Love

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