Trapeze Catalogue Home / Shop / Trapeze Catalogue / Various Artists - The Greatest Country Hits Of 1961 (4CD) Various Artists - The Greatest Country Hits Of 1961 (4CD) Various Artists - The Greatest Country Hits Of 1961 (4CD) £19.00 Stock Status: Temporarily Out Of Stock Temporarily Out of Stock Add to your Wish List Information Specifications 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, the charts still had a familiar look about them for country fans. Many traditional established country stars were well-represented, like Ernest Tubb, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells and Ray Price. However, 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. Its 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. Disc 1 Track Title Artist 1 On The Wings of A Dove Ferlin Husky 2 I Missed Me Jim Reeves 3 Excuse Me Buck Owens 4 Fallen Angel Webb Pierce 5 Am I Losing You Jim Reeves 6 I Think I Know Marion Worth 7 You Can't Pick A Rose In December Ernest Ashworth 8 Wanting You (With Me Tonight) Jimmy Newman 9 North To Alaska Johnny Horton 10 Last Date Floyd Cramer 11 Are You Lonesome Tonight Elvis Presley 12 Polka On A Banjo Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs 13 Sweet Dreams Don Gibson 14 Forget The Past Faron Young 15 My Last Date (With You) Skeeter Davis 16 Window Up Above George Jones 17 One Step Ahead Of My Past Hank Locklin 18 Loving You (Was Worth This Broken Heart) Bob Gallion 19 Walk Out Backward Bill Anderson 20 Don't Worry (Like All The Other Times) Marty Robbins 21 Oh Lonesome Me Johnny Cash 22 Kissing My Pillow Rose Maddox 23 House Of Blue Lovers James O'Gwynn 24 Let Forgiveness In Webb Pierce 25 What About Me Don Gibson 26 Foolin' Around Buck Owens 27 I Want To Live Again Rose Maddox 28 I'd Rather Loan You Out Roy Drusky 29 Your Old Love Letters Porter Wagoner Disc 2 Track Title Artist 1 Odds And Ends (Bits And Pieces) Warren Smith 2 The Other Cheek Kitty Wells 3 I'll Have Another Cup Of Coffee Claude Gray 4 Louisiana Man Rusty & Doug 5 I'm Wondering Lou Smith 6 Please Mr. Kennedy Jim Nesbit and Lasses Sapper 7 The Blizzard Jim Reeves 8 You Don't Want My Love Roger Miller 9 Hello Walls Faron Young 10 Shorty Jimmy Smart 11 Crazy Bullfrog Lewis Pruitt 12 Sleepy-Eyed John Johnny Horton 13 The Twenty-Fourth Hour Ray Price 14 I Love You Best Of All Louvin Brothers 15 Heart Over Mind Ray Price 16 Sleep, Baby, Sleep Connie Hall 17 There'll Always Be Sadness Marion Worth 18 Forever Gone Ernest Ashworth 19 The Hand You're Holding Now Skeeter Davis 20 Everybody's Dyin' For Love Jimmy Newman 21 Family Bible George Jones 22 In Memory Of Johnny Horton Johnny Hardy 23 Lonelyville Ray Sanders 24 Thoughts Of A Fool Ernest Tubb 25 Three Hearts In A Tangle Roy Drusky 26 Mental Cruelty Buck Owens & Rose Maddox 27 Yearning Benny Barnes 28 Loose Talk Buck Owens & Rose Maddox Disc 3 Track Title Artist 1 From Here To There To You Hank Locklin 2 Wreck On The Highway Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper 3 Hello Fool Ralph Emery 4 One Way Street Bob Gallion 5 Oklahoma Hills Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys 6 Heartbreak U.S.A. Kitty Wells 7 There Must Be Another Way To Live Kitty Wells 8 Sweet Lips Webb Pierce 9 Mom And Dad's Waltz Patti Page 10 Beggar To A King Hank Snow 11 San Antonio Rose Floyd Cramer 12 When Two Worlds Collide Roger Miller 13 I Fall To Pieces Patsy Cline 14 What Would You Do? Jim Reeves 15 Little Miss Belong To No-one Margie Bowes 16 Tender Years George Jones 17 Three Steps To The Phone (Millions Of Miles) George Hamilton IV 18 Too Many Times Don Winters 19 Kisses Never Lie Carl Smith 20 Blue Blue Day Wilburn Brothers 21 Right Or Wrong Wanda Jackson 22 Cold Cold Heart Jerry Lee Lewis 23 My Ears Should Burn Claude Gray 24 Big River, Big Man Claude King 25 Conscience I'm Guilty Rose Maddox 26 Marines, Let's Go Rex Allen 27 I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven Tex Ritter 28 I Went Out Of My Way (To Make You Happy) Roy Drusky Disc 4 Track Title Artist 1 Diggy Liggy Lo Rusty & Doug 2 Walk On By Leroy Van Dyke 3 Did I Ever Tell You George Jones & Margie Singleton 4 You're The Reason Joe South 5 Sea Of Heartbreak Don Gibson 6 Optimistic Skeeter Davis 7 Stand At Your Window Jim Reeves 8 One Grain Of Sand Eddy Arnold 9 It's Your World Marty Robbins 10 Hangover Tavern Hank Thompson with The Brazos Valley Boys 11 Under The Influence Of Love Buck Owens 12 Walking The Streets Webb Pierce 13 Happy Birthday To Me Hank Locklin 14 Po' Folks Bill Anderson 15 Backtrack Faron Young 16 Big Bad John Jimmy Dean 17 Cozy Inn Leon McAuliffe 18 You're The Reason Bobby Edwards 19 The Restless One Hank Snow 20 You're The Reason Hank Locklin 21 To You And Yours (From Me And Mine) George Hamilton IV 22 Through That Door Ernest Tubb 23 How Do You Talk To A Baby Webb Pierce 24 Be Quiet Mind Del Reeves 25 Sweethearts Again Bob Gallion 26 Soft Rain Ray Price 27 Go Home Flatt & Scruggs 28 Big, Big Love Wynn Stewart Artist: Various Artists Discs: 4 EAN: 824046714123 Release: November 2019 Brand: Acrobat Product Code: ACQCD7141 Weight: 0.2kg
