This release continues the series of 4CD sets which comprises selected annual collections of the biggest US country hits of each year, and this expanded edition provides a fuller picture of the year than our existing 2CD set devoted to 1955 (ADDCD3014).
This great-value 108-track collection covers the year of 1955, during which time Billboard published three charts devoted to Country & Western Records – Best Sellers In Stores, Most Played in Juke Boxes and Most Played by Disc Jockeys - and it comprises every record which peaked in the Top 15 of those charts during the year. The pop landscape was about to undergo significant changes, with the advent of rock ‘n’ roll and rockabilly presaged during the year just by a couple of Elvis Presley records and one by Johnny Cash featuring in the Top 15. Apart from them, the familiar names still dominated the scene, some of them having long-running No. 1s during the year, notably Webb Pierce, Eddy Arnold, Carl Smith, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Hank Snow and Faron Young and others like Kitty Wells and Hank Thompson having several big hits, while artists like Jim Reeves were introducing new strands to the music with the development of the smoother “new Nashville” sound around this time, with vocal choruses instead of fiddles and steel guitars.
Needless to say there are also one or two highly collectable obscurities among the many one-hit wonders. It’s a fascinating and entertaining musical snapshot of the country scene as the music industry entered a dynamic new musical era, and with an in-depth 12,000+ word booklet with background notes on every record as well as full discographical and chart information, it gives a solid overview of the most popular country music of the year.
TRACKS
Disc 1 |
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Track |
Title |
Artist |
1 |
Are You Mine |
Myrna Lorrie & Buddy DeVal |
2 |
The Next Voice You Hear |
Hank Snow |
3 |
Loose Talk |
Carl Smith |
4 |
Born To Be Happy |
Hank Snow |
5 |
More Than Anything Else In The World |
Carl Smith |
6 |
Company's Comin' |
Porter Wagoner |
7 |
Time Goes By |
Marty Robbins |
8 |
Mainliner (The Hawk With Wings) |
Hank Snow |
9 |
Cattle Call |
Slim Whitman |
10 |
If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin') |
Faron Young |
11 |
I Feel Better All Over (More Than Anywhere's Else) |
Ferlin Husky |
12 |
Kiss-Crazy Baby |
Johnnie and Jack, The Tennessee Mountain Boys |
13 |
I Dreamed of A Hill-Billy Heaven |
Eddie Dean |
14 |
I Love You Mostly |
Lefty Frizzell |
15 |
Let Me Go, Lover! |
Hank Snow |
16 |
Little Tom |
Ferlin Husky |
17 |
Sure Fire Kisses |
Justin Tubb & Goldie Hill |
18 |
No, I Don't Believe I Will |
Carl Smith |
19 |
Hearts of Stone |
Red Foley |
20 |
Mister Sandman |
Chet Atkins |
21 |
Don't Forget |
Eddy Arnold |
22 |
I'm Gonna Fall Out of Love With You |
Webb Pierce |
23 |
In The Jailhouse Now |
Webb Pierce |
24 |
Making Believe |
Jimmy Work |
25 |
I Gotta Go Get My Baby |
Justin Tubb |
26 |
If Lovin' You Is Wrong |
Hank Thompson |
27 |
Untied |
Tommy Collins |
Disc 2 |
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Track |
Title |
Artist |
1 |
Annie Over |
Hank Thompson |
2 |
Cuzz Yore So Sweet |
Simon Crum |
3 |
That's All Right |
Marty Robbins |
4 |
Are You Mine |
Ginny Wright & Tom Tall |
5 |
Silver Bell |
Hank Snow & Chet Atkins |
6 |
That Do Make It Nice |
Eddy Arnold |
7 |
Makin' Believe |
Kitty Wells |
8 |
I've Been Thinking |
Eddy Arnold |
9 |
As Long As I Live |
Red Foley & Kitty Wells |
10 |
Ballad Of Davy Crockett |
Tennessee Ernie Ford |
11 |
Yonder Comes A Sucker |
Jim Reeves |
12 |
I'm Hurtin' Inside |
Jim Reeves |
13 |
Two Kinds Of Love |
Eddy Arnold |
14 |
Drinking Tequila |
Jim Reeves |
15 |
Wait A Little Longer Please, Jesus |
Carl Smith |
16 |
Please Don't Let Me Love You |
Hank Williams |
17 |
Would You Mind? |
Hank Snow |
18 |
Yellow Roses |
Hank Snow |
19 |
Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On |
Kitty Wells |
20 |
Old Lonesome Times |
Carl Smith |
21 |
No One Dear But You |
Johnnie and Jack, The Tennessee Mountain Boys |
22 |
Are You Mine |
Red Sovine & Goldie Hill |
23 |
The Ballad Of Davy Crockett |
Mac Wiseman |
24 |
I'll Baby Sit With You |
Ferlin Husky |
25 |
Daydreamin' |
Jimmy Newman |
26 |
In Time |
Eddy Arnold |
27 |
I Wanna Wanna Wanna |
Wilburn Brothers |
Disc 3: |
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Track |
Title |
Artist |
1 |
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young |
Faron Young |
2 |
Forgive Me, Dear |
Faron Young |
3 |
Make Believe ('Til We Can make It Come True) |
Kitty Wells & Red Foley |
4 |
Breakin' In Another Heart |
Hank Thompson |
5 |
Penny Candy |
Jim Reeves |
6 |
Baby Let's Play House |
Elvis Presley |
7 |
I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone |
Elvis Presley |
8 |
In The Jailhouse Now No. 2 |
Jimmie Rodgers |
9 |
A Satisfied Mind |
Porter Wagoner |
10 |
That's What Makes The Juke Box Play |
Jimmy Work |
11 |
The Kentuckian Song |
Eddy Arnold |
12 |
I Don't Care |
Webb Pierce |
13 |
Your Good For Nothing Heart |
Webb Pierce |
14 |
His Hands |
Tennessee Ernie Ford |
15 |
Take Possession |
Jean Shepard |
16 |
There She Goes |
Carl Smith |
17 |
Kisses Don't Lie |
Carl Smith |
18 |
Go Back You Fool |
Faron Young |
19 |
So Lovely Baby |
Rusty & Doug |
20 |
Blue Darlin' |
Jimmy Newman |
21 |
A Satisfied Mind |
Jean Shepard |
22 |
I'm Glad I Got To See You Once Again |
Hank Snow |
23 |
Cryin', Prayin', Waitin', Hopin' |
Hank Snow |
24 |
Daddy, Do You Know What |
Jim Wilson |
25 |
The Yellow Rose Of texas |
Ernest Tubb |
26 |
I'm In Love With You |
Kitty Wells |
27 |
When I Stop Dreaming |
The Louvin Brothers |
Disc 4: |
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Track |
Title |
Artist |
1 |
I Guess I'm Crazy |
Tommy Collins |
2 |
The Cattle Call |
Eddy Arnold |
3 |
You Oughta See Pickles Now |
Tommy Collins |
4 |
Just Call Me Lonesome |
Eddy Arnold |
5 |
All Right |
Faron Young |
6 |
Love, Love, Love |
Webb Pierce |
7 |
Satisfied Mind |
Red Foley & Betty Foley |
8 |
Maybelline |
Marty Robbins |
9 |
Most Of All |
Hank Thompson |
10 |
Don't Tease Me |
Carl Smith |
11 |
There's Poison In Your Heart |
Kitty Wells |
12 |
Here Today And Gone Tomorrow |
The Browns |
13 |
Beautiful Lies |
Jean Shepard |
14 |
If You Were Me |
Webb Pierce |
15 |
Cry! Cry! Cry! |
Johnny Cash |
16 |
I Walked Alone Last Night |
Eddy Arnold |
17 |
Why Baby Why |
George Jones |
18 |
I Thought of You |
Jean Shepard |
19 |
Sixteen Tons |
Tennessee Ernie Ford |
20 |
Wildwood Flower |
Hank Thompson with Merle Travis |
21 |
Don't Take It Out On Me |
Hank Thompson |
22 |
Honey, Honey Bee Ball |
Hank Thompson |
23 |
S.O.S. |
Johnnie and Jack, The Tennessee Mountain Boys |
24 |
It Tickles |
Tommy Collins |
25 |
Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) |
Ernest Tubb |
26 |
I've Kissed You My Last Time |
Kitty Wells |
27 |
The Richest Man (In The World) |
Eddy Arnold |