Essential Country Love Songs

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Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Stand by Your Man
cover recording of:
Stand by Your Man
writer:
Billy Sherrill and Tammy Wynette
publisher:
Al Gallico Music Corp., EMI Al Gallico Music Corp., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Lynn Anderson2:43
2The Shelter of Your Arms
recording of:
The Shelter of Your Arms
lyricist and composer:
Shirley Collie
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
Willie Nelson2:47
3Angel of the Morning
Rita Remington3:09
4You’re the Nearest Thing to Love
recording of:
You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
lyricist:
Johnny Cash
writer:
Jim Atkins, John R. Cash and Hoyt Johnson
version of:
It’s a Little More Like Heaven
Johnny Cash2:42
5Walkin’ After Midnight
cover recording of:
Walkin’ After Midnight
lyricist:
Don Hecht
composer:
Alan Block and Don Hecht
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited, Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Patsy Cline2:34
6It’s Four in the Morning
recording of:
It’s Four in the Morning (1971 song)
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Chesnut
Faron Young2:46
7Ease the Want in Me
recording of:
Ease the Want in Me
lyricist and composer:
Fern Carr
Billie Jo Spears2:38
8Please Help Me, I’m Falling
recording of:
Please Help Me, I’m Falling
lyricist and composer:
Hal Blair and Don Robertson
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp., Carlin Music Corporation, Chappell & Co., Inc., Don Robertson Music Corp., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A and Ross Jungnickel, Inc.
Hank Locklin2:24
9Crying
cover recording of:
Crying
lyricist:
Joe Melson (in 1961) and Roy Orbison (in 1961)
composer:
Joe Melson and Roy Orbison
publisher:
Acuff Rose Music Ltd., Acuff Rose Music, Inc., Barbara Orbison Music Company, Copyright Control, MCA Music, Orbi-Lee Music, R-Key Darkus Music, Rondor Music, Rondor Music (Australia) P/L, Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (on 1961-08-16)
part of:
50/50
Waylon Jennings2:38
10Hey, Good Lookin’
recording of:
Hey, Good Lookin’ (on 1951-03-16)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (on 1951-03-16)
Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys2:57
11Help Me Make It Through the Night
cover recording of:
Help Me Make It Through the Night
lyricist and composer:
Kris Kristofferson
publisher:
BMG Songs Ltd., Combine Music Corp., EMI Songs Australia Pty. Ltd., EMI Songs Ltd., Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd. and KPM
sub-publisher:
Air Music Scandinavia AB
Jeannie C. Riley2:22
12My Mountain Dew
recording of:
My Mountain Dew
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich
publisher:
Charles Rich Music, Inc.
Charlie Rich3:11
13Crazy Baby
Freddy Fender2:18
14Train of Love
recording of:
Train of Love
writer:
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash2:24
15For the Good Times
vocals:
Kenny Rogers
cover recording of:
For the Good Times
lyricist and composer:
Kris Kristofferson
publisher:
Careers Music, Inc., Careers-BMG Music, Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd., Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd., Valentine Music Ltd. and Universal Music Careers (in 1968)
Kenny Rogers3:21
16I Can’t Stop Loving You
Kitty Wells2:15
17Crazy 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., Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (in 1956) and MCA Music Svenska AB (in 1978)
Jerry Lee Lewis2:39
18Heaven’s Just a Sin Away
cover recording of:
Heaven’s Just a Sin Away
writer:
Jerry Gillespie
publisher:
Big Yellow Dog Music
Lynn Anderson2:33
19Hungry for Love
vocals:
Patsy Cline
recording of:
Hungry for Love
writer:
Eddie Miller and W.S. Stevenson
Patsy Cline2:31
20Jealous Heart
recording of:
Jealous Heart (on 1944-09-20)
lyricist and composer:
Jenny Lou Carson
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (on 1944-07-18)
Tex Ritter2:57
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#TitleArtistLength
1Your Cheatin' Heart
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1952-09-23)
bass:
Floyd D. 'Lightnin'' Chance (on 1952-09-23)
drums (drum set):
Farris Coursey (on 1952-09-23)
electric guitar:
Chet Atkins (on 1952-09-23)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (on 1952-09-23)
guitar:
Hank Williams (on 1952-09-23)
steel guitar:
Don Helms (on 1952-09-23)
vocals:
Hank Williams (on 1952-09-23)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 28), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 213) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 237)
recording of:
Your Cheatin’ Heart (on 1952-09-23)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams
publisher:
Acuff Rose Music Ltd., Fred Rose Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (on 1952-10-31), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (from 2002 until 2021-01-06) and Sony Music Publishing (from 2021-01-06 to present)
Hank Williams2:45
2Crazy (live)
recording of:
Crazy (Willie Nelson song)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Loretta Lynn2:26
3Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
cover recording of:
Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
lyricist and composer:
Mel Tillis
publisher:
Cedarwood Publishing Company, Inc., Universal Cedarwood Publishing and Universal Music Publishing International Ltd.
Kenny Rogers2:56
4Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray
recording of:
Three Cigarettes (in an Ashtray)
writer:
Eddie Miller and W.S. Stevenson
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music
Patsy Cline2:17
5The Ways of a Woman in Love
recording of:
Ways of a Woman in Love
writer:
Bill Justis and Charlie Rich
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc.
Johnny Cash2:18
6The Cheatin' Kind
recording of:
The Cheating Kind
writer:
Bill Funderburk and Jim Seeley
Billie Jo Spears2:46
7Cold Cold Heart
recording of:
Cold, Cold Heart
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams
publisher:
Rightsong Music Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd. and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (on 1951-02-16)
Jerry Lee Lewis3:08
8A Man Can Cry
recording of:
A Man Can Cry
writer:
Wayne Duncan and Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender2:23
9Before the Next Teardrop Falls
cover recording of:
Before the Next Teardrop Falls
writer:
Vivian Keith and Ben Peters
publisher:
Shelby Singleton Music Inc.
Jeannie C. Riley2:35
10Oh, Pretty Woman
Leroy Van Dyke2:57
11Hello Walls
recording of:
Hello Walls
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Pamper Music, Inc. (on 1961-02-08)
Faron Young2:16
12Straight A's in Love
recording of:
Straight ‘A’s in Love
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash
Johnny Cash2:17
13Mexicali Rose
recorded at:
American Furniture Mart Studio in Chicago, Illinois, United States
recording of:
Mexicali Rose (on 1935-12-24)
lyricist:
Helen Stone
composer:
Jack Tenney
publisher:
W. A. Quincke & Co. (on 1923-03-10) and M.M. Cole Publishing Company (in 1935)
Gene Autry3:09
14I Don't Claim to Be an Angel
recording of:
I Don't Claim to Be an Angel
writer:
Jack Anglin and Jim Anglin
Kitty Wells2:59
15Goodnight Irene
Ernest Tubb3:03
16Always Late (with Your Kisses)
recording of:
Always Late (with Your Kisses)
writer:
Blackie Crawford and Lefty Frizzell
Lefty Frizzell3:09
17Oh, Lonesome Me
cover recording of:
Oh Lonesome Me
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson
publisher:
Acuff Rose Publications Ltd., Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc., Esperanza MV Frank Oldenburg e. K., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Johnny Cash2:31
18Sioux City Sue
Lefty Frizzell2:10
19Ballad of a Teenage Queen
Jack Clement2:19
20Treasure of Love
recording of:
Treasure of Love (in 1958)
writer:
The Big Bopper and George Jones
George Jones2:20