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------------------------------------------------------------Auctioneer

Artist: Leroy Van Dyke

Single: The Auctioneer, Dot Records (1957)
Words and Music by Leroy Van Dyke and Buddy Black
Arranged by Kirby Shaw
Recorded: 1956, Dot Records. Chicago Universal Studios

------------------------------------------------------------Blanket on the Ground

Artist: Billie Jo Spears

Album: Blanket on the Ground, United Artists UALA-390G

Single: United Artists 584

Recorded: 1974, American Studios, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Written By: Roger Bowling

Produced by: Larry Butler

Arranged By: Bill Justis

Session Personnel (album): Billy Sanford, Jim Colvard (lead guitar), Jimmy Capps, Ed Bruce (rhythm guitar), Pete Drake (steel), Bob Moore, Henry Strzelecki (bass), Buddy Harman, Kenny Malone (drums), Hargus Pig Robbins, George Richey, Larry Butler (piano), The Jordanaires (vocals).

Billie Jo Spears was born (1/4,/1937) in Beaumont,Texas. Spears landed a few hits during the 1970s, thanks to a sultry, bluesy voice. Billies first top-10 was Mr. Walker, It's All Over (No. 4, 1968). Her best known hit is "Blanket on the Ground" (No. 1, 1974). Although her commercial momentum faded slightly after Blanket on the Ground, she returned to the top-5 with Misty Blue (No. 5, 1975) and "What I've Got in Mind" (1975).

------------------------------------------------------------Catfish John

Artist: Johnny Russell

Album: Catfish John, RCA Victor APL1-1211

Single: RCA 74-0810

Recorded: Oct. 1975, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Produced by Roy Dea & Jerry Bradley

Session Personnel (album): Dale Sellers, Pete Wade, Reggie Young (lead guitar), Ray Edenton, Chip Young, Jimmy Capps, Jerry Shook (rhythm guitar), Harold Bradley (bass guitar), Hal Rugg, Pete Drake (steel), Hargus Pig Robbins, David Briggs, Ron Oates (piano), Bobby Emmons (organ), Tommy Cogbill, Bob Moore, Joe Zinkan, Mike Leech (bass), Buddy Harman, James Isbell, Snuffy Miller, Hayward Bishop (drums), Charlie McCoy (harmonica/vibes), George Tidwell (trumpet), The Jordanaires, The Lea Jane Singers (V).

Johnny Russell was a successful songwriter and performer for many years. His biggest hit was Red Necks White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer (No. 4, 1973). His second biggest hit was Catfish John (No. 12, 1972). Written by Bob McDill and Allen Reynolds, it was the only charted single from the album of the same title.

------------------------------------------------------------Champagne Ladies & Blue Ribbon Babies

Artist: Ferlin Husky

Album: ChampagneLadies and Blue Ribbon Babies, ABC Records 849 (1974)

Single: ChampagneLadies and Blue Ribbon Babies, ABC Records 12048

(No. 11, 1974)

Producer: Don Gant

Written byDallasFrazier and Arthur Leo Owens

Recorded: Woodland Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee (1974)

Session Personnel: John Lee Christophe Reggie Young, Bobby Thompson, Jimmy Colvard (guitar), Weldon Myrick (steel), James Isbell (durms), Billy Linneman, Henry Strzelecki (bass), Bobby Wood (piano), Unknown fiddle player.

------------------------------------------------------------Changing Sky

Artist: Willie Nelson

Album: Tougher Than Leather

Single: Changing Sky

Writer: Willie Nelson
Producers: Willie Nelson & Bee Spears
Recorded: Pedernales Recording Studio, Spicewood, Texas (1983)

Session Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar), Grady Martin, Jody Payne (guitar), Mickey Raphael (harmonica), Bee Spears (bass), Paul English (drums), Bobbie Nelson (piano), Johnny Gimble (fiddle, mandolin)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Color of the Blues

Artist: Willie Nelson

Album: There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight

United Artists, UALA 930H (1978)

Single: Color of the Blues

United Artists Records (1978)

Recorded: Unknown Recording Studio

Produced By: Unknown

Written By:Lawton Williams and George Jones

There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight was the second album (LP) that Nelson recorded for United Artists. Nelson also charted only two singles for the label, including the title cut of this LP. For Columbiait was quiet a different matter as Willie racked up twenty eight Top-10 singles for the label.

Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is a country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor and activist. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s and remains popular, especially in American popular culture.

Now in his seventies, Nelson continues to tour and has performed in concerts and fundraisers with other major musicians, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Dave Matthews. He also continues to record albums prolifically in new genres that embrace reggae, blues, jazz, folk, and popular music.

------------------------------------------------------------Country Green

Artist: Don Gibson

Album: Country Green, Hickory Records LSP-160 (1971)

Single: Country Green, HickoryRecords 1614 (No. 5, 1971)

Writer: Eddy Raven

Producer: Wesley Rose

Recorded: Studio Unknown

Don Gibson wasn't a household name outside of country music circles, but three of his songs, are instantly recognized by fans and musicians all across the globe. Throughout his career, Don composed nearly one-hundred-fifty songs.

His best known compositions, Sweet Dreams and I Can't Stop Loving You, are two of the most recorded songs. Don was a prolific songwriter and singer, who gave country music a boost when it was being invaded by the onslaught of rockabilly and rock 'n roll during the late-50s and early-60s.

Country Green was Gibson's 4th album on theHickorylabel. He spent eight years (1970 -- 1978) withHickoryand recorded 17 albums while on their roster. Don had eleven top-20 singles with Hickory Records and Country Green went to No. 5 in 1971.

Don Gibson was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1973 and inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Though Don passed away in 2003, he left behind a truly exceptional body of work, work that without the slightest exaggeration has touched the hearts of millions.

------------------------------------------------------------Deep Water

Artist: Carl Smith

Album: Deep water, Columbia Records CS-9622

Recorded: Capitol Studios, Nashville, Tennessee(1968)

Single: Columbia Records 44233

Written By: Fred Rose

Producer: Frank Jones

Carl Smith, one of the most successful and distinctive country artists to emerge in the 1950's, died Saturday (Jan. 16, 2010) at his home in Franklin,Tennessee, south of Nashville.

Carlo was 82. Carl Smith was a dominate force in country music throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, with 30 Top 10 hits. From his debut chart entry in 1951 through late 1955, he had 21 consecutive Top 10 singles. During his career, Carl scored 53 Top 20 hits, including five that went to No. 1.

------------------------------------------------------------Don't Go City Girl on Me

Artist: Tommy Overstreet

Album: Vintage '77, ABC/Dot Records DOSD-2071 (1977)

Single: Don't Go City Girl on Me, ABC/Dot 17697

(No. 5, 1977)

Song written By: Mike Kosser & Rafe VanHoy

Album produced By: Ron Chancey & Ricci Mareno

Recorded: 1977, Jack Clement Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Vintage '77 was the 8th album and Don't Go City Girl on Me was his eleventh and final top-10 single. Those singles were all recorded for Dot Records.

Tommy Overstreet: (9/10/1937) Tommy is a country singer often known simply as "T.O." by fans and radio disc jockeys. Overstreet has five top five hit singles in the Billboard country charts and 11 top 10 singles.

During the early 1970s the airwaves of country radio electrified listeners with the sound of "Gwen (Congratulations)" and "I Don't Know You Anymore," records that did not resemble anything else playing on radio at the time. His popularity peaked in the 1970s.

------------------------------------------------------------Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

Artist: Crystal Gayle

Album: We Must Believe In Magic, United Artists LA-771G (1977)

Single: Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, United Artists 1016

Recorded: Jack Tracks, Nashville, Tennessee, USA October 27, 1976

Producer: Allen Reynolds

Writer: Richard Leigh

Session Personnel: Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Charles Cochran (horns), remaining musicians are unknown.

Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue is a popular country-pop music song by Crystal Gayle, younger sister of Loretta Lynn.

Richard Leigh, the composer of Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, had been responsible for all three of Crystal Gayle's previous top-10 hits.

Producer, Allen Reynolds hired Hargus Pig Robbins to play keyboards and Robbins instantly devised the song's signature acoustic piano riff.

The song became a worldwide hit single. In the United States, it topped the Billboard country music chart and became Gayle's first (and biggest), crossover pop hit, reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks. The single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the album received Platinum status, the first by a female country singer.This was Crystal's only Gold single throughout her career.

The song became Gayle's signature piece throughout her career. In 1978, the song won Gayle a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. In 1999, the song was recognized by ASCAP as one of the ten most-performed songs of the 20th century.

Crystal Gayle had many more hit singles for the next ten years, such as Talking in Your Sleep, Half the Way, You and I (a duet with Eddie Rabbitt) and I'll Get Over You, but none have achieved the same level of success as Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.

In a 2004 Country Music Television interview, Crystal Gayle stated that Leigh wrote the song because his dog had one brown eye and one blue eye.

Source: Wikipedia, Roots of Country Music Archive Files, 2011.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Don't Let Me Cross Over

Artist: Carl & PearlButler

Album: Don't Let Me Cross Over, Columbia CS-8802 (Feb. 1963)

Single: Don't Let Me Cross Over, Columbia CS-42593 (No. 1, 1962)

Song Writer: Penny Jay

Producers: Don Law & Frank Jones

Recorded: Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Session Personnel: Unknown

Don't Let Me Cross Over spent eleven weeks at Billboard No. 1 and was the biggest song in country in 1962. The song catapulted the Butler's into the country music spotlight and they remained one of country music's most popular duos for the next two decades. The song was Carl's first recordings that featured Pear, who sang harmony on the chorus.

------------------------------------------------------------Dont Squeeze My Sharmon

Artist: Carl Belew

Album: Twelve Shades of Belew, RCA Records LSP-3919 (1967)

Single: Don't Squeeze My Sharmon (1967)

Written By: Carl Belew

Produced By: Chet Atkins & Felton Jarvis

Recorded: 1967, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Twelve Shades of Belew was the 3rd and final album that Carl recorded while associated with RCA Records. Carl was fortunate to have been recording music during an era whenNashville's recording studios employed cream of the crop session musicians. The following session personnel worked on Carl's Twelve Shades of Belew album.

Musicians: (Jerry Reed, Fred Carter, Wayne Moss, Ray Edenton ( guitar), Lloyd Green, Weldon Myrick ( steel guitar), Henry Strzelecki, Bobby Dyson (bass guitar), Buddy Harman, Jerry Carrigan (drums), Hargus Pig Robbins, Jerry Smith (piano), Charlie McCoy (harmonica), Anita Kerr, Dottie Dillard, Dolores Edgin, Louis Nunley, Bill Wright (vocals).

Carl Belew (4/21/1931 ~ 10/31/1990) Despite recording eight albums between 1960 and 1972, Carl is best remembered as a songwriter whose work was covered by an assorted group of artists ranging from Patsy Cline to Gene Vincent to Andy Williams. Born inSalina, Oklahoma, Carl first entered the recording studio in 1955.

By the following year, he gained his first widespread exposure thanks to appearances on a pair of California-based radio programs, Town Hall Party and The Cliffie Stone Show. In 1957, he performed on the Louisiana Hayride.

------------------------------------------------------------Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me

Artist: Jody Miller

Album: The Nashville Sound of Jody Miller

Capitol ST-2996 (1968)

Single: Don't You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me

Produced by Joe Allison

Recorded: Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Session Personnel: Grady Martin, Jerry Kennedy, Pete Wade, Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton(guitar), Bob Moore, Joe Zinkan (bass), Buddy Harman (drums), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Charlie McCoy (harmonica/organ), The Nashville "A" Strings.

Jody Miller began her career in the early 1960s as a folk/pop singer, singing in the Los Angeles area and appearing on Tom Paxton's television series. Miller released her first album on Capitol Records in 1964 and had a modest pop hit that year with He Walks Like a Man.

------------------------------------------------------------Flattery Will Get You Everywhere

Artist: Lynn Anderson

Album: With Love From Lynn, Chart CHS 1013 (1969)

Single: Flattery Will Get You Everywhere, Chart 1059 (No. 11, 1968)

Producer: Slim Williamson

Written by: Liz Anderson

Recorded: RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, Tennessee(1968)

------------------------------------------------------------Fool No. 1

Artist: Brenda Lee

Album: Ten Golden Years

Decca Records DL-74757 (1966)

Single: Fool No. 1 (1961)

Written By: Kathryn R Fulton

Produced By: Owen Bradley

Recorded Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Musicians: Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton (guitar), Bob Moore (bass), Buddy Harman, Douglas Kirkham (drums), Buddy Emmons (steel) Floyd Cramer (piano), Boots Randolph (saxaphone), Dottie Dillard, Anita Kerr, Louis Nunley, Bill Wright (Vocals)

------------------------------------------------------------ForthWorth, Dallas or Houston

Artist: George Hamilton IV

Album:ForthWorth, Dallas or Houston

RCA LSP-2972 (1964)

Single:ForthWorth, Dallas or Houston

RCA (No. 9, 1964)

Producer: Chet Atkins & Bob Ferguson

Writer: John D. Loudermilk

Recorded: RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, Tennessee (1962-1964)

Session Personnel: Grady Martin, Jerry Kennedy, Billy Byrd, Fred Carter (guitar), Ray Edenton, Velma Smith, Joseph Tanner (rhythm guitar), Harold Bradley (bass guitar), Pete Drake, Stuart Basore (steel), Henry Strzelecki, Roy Huskey, Floyd Chance (bass), Bobby Dyson (el. Bass), Buddy Harman, Willie Ackerman, James Isbell, Kenneth Buttrey, Leo Taylor (drums), Floyd Cramer, Hargus Pig Robbins, Bill Pursell (piano), Charlie McCoy (harmonica), Brenton Banks, Cecil Brower, Howard Carpenter, Lillian Hunt (Strings), Winifred Breast, Dottie Dillard, Douglas Kirkham, Louis Nunley, Anita Kerr, Norro Wilson, Bill Wrigh (Vocals).

George Hamilton IV was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolinaon June 18, 1937. At age 12 or 13, he saved his paper-route money and with his parents' permission, rode a bus toNashvilleto see the Opry. From his hotel room, George IV watched Red Foley and Ernest Tubb go into the National Life building to rehearse.

He went over to watch rehearsals and met Chet Atkins, who invited him backstage. While a 19-year-old student at the Universityof North Carolinaat Chapel Hill, George recorded A Rose and a Baby Ruth for Chapel Hill record label, Colonial Records. The song climbed to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

------------------------------------------------------------Gonna Burn Some Bridges

Artist: Ray Price

Album: For the Good Times, Columbia Records, C-30106 (1970)

Single: Gonna Burn Some Bridges, Columbia Records (unreleased)

Writer: Mel Tillis

Produced by: Don Law & Frank Jones

Recorded: Columbia Studios, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Session Personnel: Unknown

Ray Price dominated the charts for more then three decades, generating 46 Top-10 hits, including the 4th biggest song (Crazy Arms) in country music all-time. Price started out honing his skills as a Hank Williams' protg. When Hank died in 1953, Ray struck out on his own and formed the Cherokee Cowboys. During the next twenty years, Ray was a dominate force in country music, in terms of talent, chart hits and influence.

------------------------------------------------------------Gotta Lot of Rhythm in My Soul

Artist: Patsy Cline

Decca Records, SP 30929

Recorded: Jan. 9, 1959 (2:00pm - 5:00pm)

Writers: - Barbara Vaughn & W.S. Stevenson

Producers: W.S. Stevenson & Owen Bradley

Session Personnel: Patsy Cline (vocal), Jordanaires (vocals), Harold Bradley (6-string electric bass), Farris Coursey (drums), Floyd Cramer (piano), Hank Garland, Grady Martin(electric guitar), Bob Moore (acouustic bass)

Patsy Cline has been heralded, by colleagues and music critics alike, as one of the most influential and unique vocalists in the history of modern music. Cline came into the limelight after an appearance on the Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts television program in 1957, singing Walking After Midnight.

------------------------------------------------------------Heart We Did All We Could

Artist: Jean Shepard

Album: Heart We Did All We Could

Capitol ST - 2690 (1967)

Single: Heart We Did All We Could

Capitol 5822 (1967)

Writer: Ned Miller

Producer: Marvin Hughes

Recorded Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Session Personnel: Grady Martin, Pete Wade (guitar), Harold Bradley (guitar) Ray Edenton - (rhythm guitar), Hal Rugg (steel), Roy Huskey (bass) Buddy Harman (drums), Hargus Pig Robbins, Jerry Smith (piano)

Jean Shepar's moving treatment of this Ned Miller ballad of heartbreak was the perfect vehicle to carry it to the top of the country charts.

-----------------------------------------------------------Honey

Artist: Goldsboro, Bobby

Album:

Single: United Artist 50283

Written By: Bobby Russell

Honey is a song written by Bobby Russell. He first produced it with former Kingston Trio member Bob Shane. Then he gave it to Bobby Goldsboro who recorded it for his tenth album Honey. The song's protagonist mourns his deceased lover, beginning with him looking at a tree in their garden, remembering "it was just a twig" on the day that they planted it together, then reflecting on their relationship before turning to the day "the angels came."

Bobby Goldsboro was one of the most influential singer/songwriters of our time.Goldsboro's music, lyrics and performances have reached generations of fans since his start in themid-sixties.

------------------------------------------------------------How Can I Forget You

Artist: Faron Young

Album: The Young Approach

Capitol Records ST-1634

Single: How Can I Forget You

Written By: Alex Zanetis

Produced By: Ken Nelson

Recorded: Bradley Film and Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA, Jun. 1961

Session Personnel: Hank Garland, Grady Martin, Ray Edenton (guitar), Harold Bradley (bass guitar), Ben Shauefele (steel), Floyd Chance (bass), Buddy Harman (drums), Marvin Hughes (piano/vibes), Floyd Cramer (piano), Vocal accompaniment: The Jordanaires (Hoyt Hawkins, Hugh Jarrett, Neal Matthews, Gordon Stoker)

Faron Young (2/25/1932 ~ 12/10/1996) was a country music singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s and one of its most colorful stars. Hits including If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin' and Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young marked him as a honky-tonk singer in sound and personal style and his chart-topping singles Hello Walls and It's Four in the Morning showed his versatility as a vocalist. Young's singles reliably charted for more than 30 years. Faron is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

------------------------------------------------------------I Can't Forget You

Artist: Patsy Cline

Album: Patsy Cline

Decca Records,

Decca DL-8611 (1957)

Single: I Can't Forget You

Decca Records, (Unreleased)

Writers: Carl Belew & W.S. Stevenson
Produced by W.S. Stevenson & Owen Bradley
Recorded: Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee (1957)

Session Personnel: Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Jack Shook (guitar), Don Helms, Jimmy Day (steel), Bob Moore (bass), Farris Coursey (drums), Tommy Jackson (fiddle), Owen Bradley (piano), Anita Kerr, Dorothy Ann Dillard, Louis Nunley, William Wright (vocals).

Patsy Cline was a country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s. Since her death at the height of her career, she has been considered one of the most influential, successful, and acclaimed female vocalists of the 20th century.

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I Cant Get Over You to Save My Life

Artist: Lefty Frizzell

Album: The Legendary Lefty Frizzell

ABC Records ABC 799 (1973)

Single: I Cant Get Over You to Save My Life

ABC 11387 (No. 13, 1973)

Song Writers: Lefty Frizzell & Sanger D. Shafer

Producer: Don Gant

Recorded: Woodland Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee (1973)

Arrangemnts byBergen White

Session Personnel: Grady Martin, Harold Bradley, Pete Wade, Jimmy Capps, Bobby Thompson, Chip Young (guitar), Hal Rugg, Pete Drake (steel), Bobby Dyson, Bob Moore (bass), James Isbell, Buddy Harman (drums), Gordon Terry, Buddy Spicher, Johnny Gimble (fiddle), Ron Coates, Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Sheldon Kurland, Brenton Banks, Lennie Haight, Goerge Binkley, Martha McCrory, Gary Vanosdale, Marvin Chantry, Christian Teal, Steven Smith, Martin Kathan (strings), Abe Mulkey, Hurshel Wiginton, June Page, Dolores Edgin, Joe Babcock, Ricky Page, Hoyt Hawkins, Neal Matthews, Gordon Stoker, Raymond Walker (vocals).

Lefty Frizzell (Mar. 31, 1928 ~ Jul. 19, 1975), born William Orville Frizzell, was a country music singer and songwriter of the 1950s and a proponent of honky-tonk music. His relaxed style of singing was an influence on later stars Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, George Jones and John Fogerty. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

------------------------------------------------------------I Didnt Jump the Fence

Artist: Red Sovine

Album: The Nashville Sound, Starday SLP-396

Single: I Didn't Jump the Fence, Starday 794

Recorded: Starday Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, November, 1966.

Produced By: Tommy Hill

Written By: Gene Crysler

Clever lyric and exceptional Sovine delivery, make this Tommy Hill production a keeper. Flip side, Don't let my Glass Run Dry.

Red Sovine: Red was the last giant of country music's truck driving singers. Red trekked through the country music world for decades as a modest singer, but it was the song that hit shortly before his death, Teddy Bear that he will always be remembered for. The self-proclaimed King of the Narrations with his telling accounts about truck driving, are regarded as classic trucker jukebox selections.

About Tommy Hill: Tommy was one of Nashvillegreat record producers and record executive. Hill ran Starday Record for many years and continued to produce records over the past several years, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2002.

------------------------------------------------------------I Love Charley Brown

Artist: Connie Smith

Album: I Love Charley Brown

RCA Records, LSP-4002 (1968)

Single: I Love Charley Brown

RCA Records (Unissued)

Writer: DallasFrazier

Produced by Bob Ferguson

Recorded: RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, Tennessee (1968)

Session Personnel: Dean Porter, Lamar Watkins, Ray Edenton (guitar), Weldon Myrick (steel), Roy Huskey (bass), Buddy Harman, Jerry Carrigan (drums), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Johnny Gimble (fiddle), Bill Walker (vibes), Byron Bach, Harvey Wolfe (cello), John Kline, Howard Carpenter, Gary Vanosdale (viola), Brenton Banks, Martin Katahn, Shelly Kurland, Solie Fott, Lillian Hunt, Pierre Menard, Roby Story (violin), Dorothy Dillard, Priscilla Hubbard, Louis Nunley, Bill Wright (vocals).

Connie Smith is a country music artist who had a string of Top-10 hits mid-60s to the mid-70s. She began her career in 1963 after winning a local talent contest nearColumbus,Ohio, which attracted the attention of country songwriter Bill Anderson. After recording several demos for Andersonto to pitch to other artists, Smith was offered a contract by RCA Victor Records in 1964.

On her album, I love Charlie Brown, Connie Smith expanded her style a little from her usual country sound. It was a very popular album and had a high listing in the country charts.

The album contains twelve songs which Ms. Smith presents with the sincerety and enthusiasm that is her trademark.

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I Never Go Around Mirrors

Artist: Willie Nelson

Album: From Willie to Lefty

Columbia Records KC-34695 (1977)

Single: I Never Go Around Mirrors

Columbia Records (1977)

Recorded: Unknown Recording Studio

Produced By: Willie Nelson

Written By: Lefty Frizzell - Sanger D. Shafer

There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight was the second album (LP) that Nelson recorded for United Artists. Nelson also charted only two singles for the label, including the title cut of this LP. ForColumbiait was quiet a different matter as Willie racked up twenty eight Top-10 singles for the label.

------------------------------------------------------------I Really Don't Want to Know

Artist: Eddy Arnold

Album: Sings Them Again

RCA Victor LSP-2185 (1960)

Single: I Really Don't Want to Know

RCA 5525 (1954)

Written By: Don Robertson & Howard Barnes

Produced By: Chet Atkins

Recorded: Dec. 9, 1959, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Session Personnel: Chet Atkins, Ray Edenton, Velma Smith, Floyd Robinson (guitar), Leo Jackson (dobro), Bob Moore (bass), Buddy Harman (drums), Floyd Cramer (piano), The Anita Kerr Singers (Vocals)

I Really Don't Want to Know is a popular song recorded by Eddy Arnold and published in 1953. It entered the Billboard chart in January 1954 and topped out at No. 1. The best-known version of the song was recorded by Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1953, one of the top 100 songs of 1954. It was also recorded by other artists such as Elvis Presley (1971) and Tommy Edwards, whos version hit the pop Top-20 in 1960. A version by Johnny Rodriguez included some Spanish language lyrics.

Sings Them Again was the 13th album (LP) that Eddy Arnold recorded with the RCA label. The LP included the following songs: Bouquet Of Roses, Molly Darling, Lovebug Itch, I'll Hold You In My Heart, I Wanna Play House With You, It's A Sin, Anytime, I Walk Alone, You Don't Know Me, Heart Full Of Love, I Really Don't Want To Know,Texarkana Baby.

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I Was Coming Home to You

Artist: Lefty Frizzell

Album: Saginaw Michigan, Columbia Records CS-8969 (1962, 1964)

Single: I Was Coming Home to You, Columbia Records (1964)

Writers: Kendall Hayes & Jimmy Rule

Producers: Don Law & Frank Jones

Recorded: Columbia Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Session Personnel: Grady Martin (guitar), Harold Bradley (guitar/banjo), Ray Edenton, Wayne Moss (guitar), Joe Zinkan (bass), Buddy Harman, Willie Ackerman (drums), Floyd Cramer, Bill Pursell (piano/organ), The Jordanaires (vocals)

Lefty Frizzell (March 31, 1928July 19, 1975), born William Orville Frizzell, was an American country music singer and songwriter of the 1950s and a proponent of honky tonk music. His relaxed style of singing was an influence on later stars Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, George Jones and John Fogerty. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

------------------------------------------------------------I'm Still Loving You

Artist: Joe Stampley

Album: Im Still Loving You

Dot Records DPS-26020 (1974)

Single: Im Still Loving You

DOT-17485

Written By: Glenn Sutton & George Richey; Producer: Norro Wilson

Joe Stampley who was born on June 6, 1943 in Springhill, Louisiana, brought innovative shades of soul and rock to his enviable string of country hits during the 1970s and 1980s. It all came naturally for Joe, who began his career with a rock 'n' soul band called the Uniques.

During both careers, his sound was grounded in heartfelt country music, big beat rhythm and blues and the goodtime release of early rock 'n' roll. His greatest fame came via a series of bestselling novelty duets with fellow country star Moe Bandy.

------------------------------------------------------------It's Such a Pretty World Today

Artist: Wynn Stewart

Album: It's Such a Pretty World Today, Capitol ST-2737

Single: It's Such a Pretty World Today, Capitol 5831 (No. 1, 1967)

Producer: Ken Nelson

Writer: Dale Noe

Recorded: Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood(1965-1967)

Session Personnel: Roy Nichols (lead guitar), Buddy Cagle, Bobby Wayne, Eddie Drake, Roy Staggs (guitar), Ralph Mooney, Jimmie Collins (steel), Red Wooten, Dennis Hromek (bass), Helen Price, David Allen (drums ), George French, Bob Pierce (piano), The Anita Kerr Singers (vocals)

Wynn Stewart was one of the leading country music artists who helped develop the Bakersfield sound. His music had a driving beat with a strong and energetic vocal performance. Wynn made superb music during his heyday and released a string of singles that performed respectably, however he failed to remain in the national spotlight. Buck Owens and Merle Haggard were both influenced by Wynn's music, however and unfortunately his success never paralleled theirs.

About Roy Nichols (Oct. 21, 1932 -- Jul. 3, 2001) Roywas lead guitarist for Merle Haggard & the Strangers. He played back-up for Wynn Stewart for five years, before joining the Strangers, where he spent more than two decades.

------------------------------------------------------------It's the Little Things

Artist: James, Sonny

Album: Behind the Tear

Capitol Capitol ST-2415 (1965)

Single: It's the Little Things

Capitol Capitol

Writer: Arlie Duff

Produced by Marvin Hughes

Singer, songwriter Sonny James is best known for his 1957 smash hit, "Young Love." Dubbed the Southern Gentleman, Sonny used the popular Nashvillesound of the '60s to mold pop hits of the past into a style accessible to many. Although his recordings made the pop charts for a time in the late '50s, his success was crafted on the country charts.

------------------------------------------------------------Jolie Girl

Artist: Marty Robbins

Album: Greatest Hits

Columbia Records, Columbia KC - 31362 (1972)

Single: Jolie Girl

Columbia Records, 45215 (No. 7, 1970)

Writer: Ben Fowler

Producers: Don Law, Frank Jones, Bob Johnson

Recorded: Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Session Personnel: The session possibly consisted of the following musicians, but we have not confirmed this. Grady Martin (lead guitar), Hank Garland (guitar), Joe Zinkan (bass), Buddy Harman (drums), Floyd Cramer(piano/vibes).

Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. One of the most popular and successful country singers of his era, for most of his nearly four-decade career, Robbins was rarely far from the country music charts and several of his songs also became pop hits.

Marty was inducted into the Country Music hall of Fame in October 1982 and he passed away two months later.

------------------------------------------------------------Just For You

Artist: Ferlin Husky

Album: Just For You

Capitol ST-2870

Single: Just For You

Recorded: Capitol Studios, Nashville (1968)

Written By: Curly Putman & Larry Butler

Producer: Kelso Herston

Ferlin Husky became well-known as a country-pop chart-topper under various names, including Terry Preston and Simon Crum. In the 1950s and 60s, Husky had several hits, including "Gone" and "Wings of a Dove," each reaching number one on the country charts. In 2010, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

------------------------------------------------------------Love and Honor

Artist: Merle Haggard

Album: If We Make It Through December

Capitol Records ST-11276 (1974)

Single: Love and Honor

Capitol Records (unreleased) 1973

Writer: Merle Haggard

Producer: Ken Nelson & Fuzzy Owen

Recorded: Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee(1973)

Session Personnel: Roy Nichols(guitar/harmonica), Tommy Colins, Bobby Wayne, Ray Edenton, Dave Kirby, Ronnie Reno, Marcia Nichols (guitar), Norman Hamlett (steel/dobro), Dennis Hromek, Joe Zinkan, Johnny Meeks (bass), Biff Adam (drums), Johnny Gimble, Bill Woods (fiddle), Hargus Pig Robbins, Billy Liebert, Mark Yeary (piano), Bill Puett (horns).

During his career, Merle Haggard accumulated 38 number one singles, eighteen major music awards and composed dozens of songs. Haggard and his band The Strangers helped advance the Bakersfield Sound of the West Coast.

While Merle's music remained traditional country, his music was drawn from various forms of original American music and in the process he developed a distinctive style of his own. He wrote and recorded a body of songs that enabled him to rule the country music charts from the mid-60s through the mid-80s.

About Fuzzy Owen: Fuzzy Owen was a pivotal figure in the development of the Bakersfield sound -- while co-owner of the small but influential Tally label, he was the first to record Merle Haggard, later serving as the renowned singer/songwriter's longtime manager.

------------------------------------------------------------Mom and Dads Waltz

Artist: Frizzell, Lefty

Album: Mom and Dads Waltz

Harmony HS-11219 (1967)

Recorded: Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Producer: Don Law & Frank Jones

Session Personnel: Unknown

Lefty Frizzell (born Mar. 31, 1928) was a honky-tonk singer, who set the style for generations of vocalists that followed him. Frizzell smoothed out the rough edges of honky-tonk, giving it a contemporary sound.

------------------------------------------------------------Motels And Memories

TG Sheppard

Single: Motels And Memories

Melodyland ME6 - 403S1 (1976)

Single: Motels And Memories

Melodyland ME-6028F (1975)

Written By: Unknown

Produced By: Unknown

Recorded: 1975, Unknown Studio

Motels And Memories is a 1975 single by T.G. Sheppard, who recorded the song on the independent label, Melodyland (later Hitsville). It was Sheppard's third Top-10 hit on the country chart.

------------------------------------------------------------Mr. Ting-A-Ling (Steel Guitar Man)

George Morgan

Album: Red Rose From The Blue Side Of Town

MCA, 422 (1974)

Single: Mr. Ting-A-Ling (Steel Guitar Man)

MCA Records MCA 40069 (1973)

Writer: George Morgan

Produced by Joe Johnson

Session Personnel: Unknown

George Thomas Morgan (Jun. 28, 1924 ~ Jul. 7, 1975) was a country music singer from Waverly, Tennessee, but was raised in Barberton, Ohio. George is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame (1998). Morgan was, along with a few other contemporaries (most notably Eddy Arnold and Jim Reeves), referred to as a country crooner; his singing style being more similar to that of Bing Crosby or Perry Como than that of Ernest Tubb or Lefty Frizzell.

------------------------------------------------------------Oklahoma Hills

Artist: Hank Thompson

Album: Best of Hank Thompson

Capitol ST-1878 (1963)

Single: Oklahoma Hills

Capitol 4556 (1960)

Song written By: Jack Guthrie & Woody Guthrie

Produced By: Ken Nelson

Recorded: Dec. 15, 1960, Capitol Tower, Hollywood, California USA

Chart Position (No. 7, 1961)

Session Personnel: Merle Travis, Billy Gray (guitar), Pee Wee Whitewing, (steel), Billy Stewart (bass), Paul McGhee (drums), Curly Lewis (fiddle), Gil Baca (piano), Dubert Dobson (trumpet).

Hank Thompson (Sep. 3, 1925 -- Nov. 6, 2007): For over four decades, Hank Thompson wore a cheerful crown as the purveyor of honky-tonk swing, keeping the style alive with a top-notch band, fabulous showmanship, and a versatility that allowed him to expand his repertoire into romantic ballads and hardcore honky-tonk numbers. With hits peppering the charts from the late 1940s to the 1980s, Thompson wrote and performed up-beat songs to the highs and lows of western life.

October 21, 1989 marked a major milestone in Thompson's career, when he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. His induction was paved by many years of performing songs that kept him at the top of charts. Hank's chart run ended in 1982 with the accumulation of more than eighty charted singles.

------------------------------------------------------------One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)

Jerry Lee Lewis

Album: The Country Music Hall Of Fame Hits, Vol 2,

Smash SRS-67118 (1969

Single: One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)

Smash 2224 (No. 3, 1969)

Produced by: Jerry Kennedy

Writers: Eddie Dean, Dixie Dean, Hal Blair

Recorded: Feb. 26, 1969, Columbia Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Session Personnel: Jerry Lee Lewis (vocal/piano), Jerry Kennedy (lead guitar), Ray Edenton, Chip Young (rhythm guitar), Harold Bradley (bass guitar), Pete Drake, Lloyd Green (steel), Bob Moore (bass), Buddy Harman, Kenneth Buttrey (drums), Kenneth Lovelace (fiddle), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano/organ), The Jordanaires (Neal Matthews, Gordon Stoker, Raymond Walker, Hoyt Hawkins, Duane West), Dorothy Ann Dilard, Louis Nunley, Jeannie Ogletree, William Wright (vocals).

Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is a rock and roll and country music singer and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin and he afterwards made a transition to country music. Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. In 2008 He was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him number 24 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

------------------------------------------------------------Paper Rosie

Artist: Gene Watson

Album: Paper Rosie

Capitol Records, ST-11597 (1977)

Single: Paper Rosie

Capitol Records

Writer: Dallas Harms

Produced by Russ Reeder & Rob Webster

Recorded: 1976, Jack Clement Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Session Personnel: Dale Sellers, Jimmy Colvard, Dave Kirby, Harold Bradley (guitar), Lloyd Green (steel), Joe Allen (bass), Buddy Harman, Kenny Malone (drums), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Buddy Spicher, Tommy Williams (fiddle), Vocals: The Nashville Edition (Joe Babcock, Hurshel Wiginton, Dolores Edgin, Wendy Suits)

Along with Moe Bandy and Gary Stewart, Gene Watson was one of the old-school honky-tonk singers to emerge from theNashvilleranks during the 1970s. Genes songs were steady and reliable and exemplified his many years of experience playing inTexashonky-tonks.

Gene had a rich warm, captivating voice like that of Merle Haggard. The result was he could handle steamy ballads such as Love in the Hot Afternoon and follow with smooth up-tempo songs like Should I Come Home (Or Should I Go Crazy).

------------------------------------------------------------Please Let Me Prove (My Love for You)

Artist: Dave Dudley

Album: Dave Dudley Country

Mercury SR-61133 (1967)

Single: Please Let Me Prove (My Love For You) Mercury 72856

Writer: Jimmy Key

Producer: Jerry Kennedy

Recorded: Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Session Personnel: Jerry Kennedy (guitar, dobro), Harold Bradley, Ray Edenton, Jerry Shook (guitar), Pete Drake (steel), Bob Moore (bass), Buddy Harman (drums), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano).

When it comes to trucking songs, deep-voiced Dave Dudley was best-known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s. Dave was born on May 3, 1928, inSpencer,Wis.He played on semi-pro baseball teams until an arm injury forced an end to his athletic career in 1950. Moving toward a career in country music, he became a radio disc jockey, working at stations in Wisconsin.

------------------------------------------------------------Put Your Arms Around Her

Artist: Norma Jean

Album: Let's Go All the Way

RCA LSP 2961 (1964)

Single: Put Your Arms Around Her

RCA 8328 (No. 25, 1964)

Producer: Chet Atkins & Bob Ferguson

Written by: Bob Morris

Recorded: RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, Tennessee (1964)

Session Personnel: Wayne Moss, Jerry Reed (Guitar), Velma Smith (rhythm guitar) Weldon Myrick, Lloyd Green (steel), Buck Trent (banjo) Henry Strzelecki, Spec Rhodes (bass), Jerry Carrigan (drums) Hargus Pig Robbins, Jerry Smith (piano), Mack Magaha (fiddle)

------------------------------------------------------------

Reconsider Me

Artist: Ray Pillow

Album: People Music

Plantation PLP-6 (1970)

Single: Reconsider Me

Plantation25

Writers: Myra Smith & Margaret Lewis

Produced by Shelby Singleton

Recorded: Singleton Sound Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, 1969

Session Personnel: Jerry Kennedy (guitar/dobro), Chip Young (rhythm guitar), Pete Drake (steel), Bob Moore (bass), Buddy Harman (drums), Buddy Spicher (fiddle)

Ray Pillow (born July 4, 1937 in Lynchburg, Virginia) is a country music singer who has also worked as a music publisher and artist & reportorial (A&R) representative. During his recording career he placed eighteen singles on the Billboard country charts, with his highest-peaking song being the 1966 No. 9 single, I'll Take the Dog, a duet with Jean Shepard. After charting for the last time in 1981, Pillow founded Sycamore Records with Larry McFadden and later worked in the A&R department of Capitol Records.

------------------------------------------------------------Ribbon of Darkness

Artist: Connie Smiith

Album: Connie's Country

RCA Victor, LSP-4132 (1969)

Single: Ribbon of Darkness

RCA Victor 0101 (1969)

Writer: Gordon Lightfoot

Recorded: Mar 18-19, 1958, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Produced By: Bob Ferguson

Session Personnel: Dean Porter, Ray Edenton, Lamar Watkins (guitar), Weldon Myrick (steel), Roy Huskey (bass), Buddy Harman, Jerry Carrigan, Leo Taylor (drums), Hargus Pig Robbins( piano), Johnny Gimble (fiddle), Charlie McCoy (harmonica), Bill Walker (vibes), Byron Bach, Harvey Wolfe (cello), John Kline, Howard Carpenter, Gary Vanosdale (viola), Brenton Banks, Martin Katahn, Shelly Kurland, Solie Fott, Lillian Hunt, Pierre Menard, Roby Story (violin), Dorothy Dillard, Priscilla Hubbard, Louis Nunley, William Wright (vocals).

Connie's Country was the thirteenth album (LP) that Connie recorded for RCA. The LP contained twelve songs, including her popular version of Seattle and Today I Started Loving You Again. However, Ribbon of Darkness was the only charted song from the LP.

Connie Smith (b. 8/14/1941) Connie is a country music artist who had a string of Top-10 hits mid-60s to the mid-70s. She began her career in 1963 after winning a local talent contest near Columbus, Ohio, which attracted the attention of country songwriter Bill Anderson. After recording several demos for Anderson to pitch to other artists, Smith was offered a contract by RCA Victor Records in 1964.

------------------------------------------------------------
Satin Sheets

Artist: Jeanne Pruett

Album: Satin Sheets

MCA Records, MCA-338 (1973)

Single: Satin Sheets

MCA Records, MCA-40015 (No. 1, 1973)

Writer: John Volinkaty

Producer: Walter Hayness

Satin Sheets was recorded by Jeanne Pruett on her 1973 album of the same name, from which it was released in February 1973. The song was Pruett's only No. 1country hit.

Jeanne Pruett struggled for years under RCA Records in the 1960s, before signing with Decca Records in 1969. Decca then became MCA Records the year Satin Sheets was released. Pruett finally started charting the country list in 1971. By 1972, she was hitting the top- 40 with her self-penned Love Me. Satin Sheets was released as a single in February 1973. Writer Volinkaty, New Ulm, Minnesota said the idea came to him in 1970 while he was grocery shopping inMinneapolis. He went home and wrote this, his first song, in 30 minutes. It took 3 years to get someone to listen to it. He sent a tape to Jeanne and she listened.

Satin Sheets hit country radio in March 1973, aided by 1,600 pink satin sheets that Jeanne cut by hand and sent to radio programmers and music executives across the nation. The international hit topped the country charts that May.

The song was such a big hit it became a modest crossover hit, reaching No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. Satin Sheets went on to become Pruett's biggest hit and career hit, as well as a signature country tune of the 1970s. The song was revolutionary for country music at the time, for its open discussion of sex.

The song talks of how a housewife is unhappy with her marriage to a man who only gives gifts to his wife instead of giving her real love. An album of the same name was released that year. It topped the Top Country Albums chart as well. The album featured Pruett sitting on a pink bed, with pink satin clothes and satin sheets. Because of the song's success, Pruett was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry.

------------------------------------------------------------Seattle

Artist: Connie Smith

Album: Connie's Country

RCA Victor, LSP-4132 (1969)

Single: Seattle

RCA Victor 0101 (1969)

Session Personnel: Dean Porter, Ray Edenton, Lamar Watkins (guitar), Weldon Myrick (steel), Roy Huskey (bass), Buddy Harman, Jerry Carrigan, Leo Taylor (drums), Hargus Pig Robbins( piano), Johnny Gimble (fiddle), Charlie McCoy (harmonica), Bill Walker (vibes), Byron Bach, Harvey Wolfe (cello), John Kline, Howard Carpenter, Gary Vanosdale (viola), Brenton Banks, Martin Katahn, Shelly Kurland, Solie Fott, Lillian Hunt, Pierre Menard, Roby Story (violin), Dorothy Dillard, Priscilla Hubbard, Louis Nunley, William Wright (vocals).

Connie's Country was the thirteenth album (LP) that Connie recorded for RCA. The LP contained twelve songs, including her popular version of Seattle and Today I Started Loving You Again. However, Ribbon of Darkness was the only charted song from the LP.

Connie Smith (b. 8/14/1941) Connie is a country music artist who had a string of Top-10 hits mid-60s to the mid-70s. She began her career in 1963 after winning a local talent contest near Columbus, Ohio, which attracted the attention of country songwriter Bill Anderson. After recording several demos for Anderson to pitch to other artists, Smith was offered a contract by RCA Victor Records in 1964.

------------------------------------------------------------Seven Years With the Wrong Woman

Artist: Eddy Arnold

Album: All Time Favorites

RCA LPM-1223 (1956)

Single: Seven Years With the Wrong Woman

Song written By: Bob Miller

Produced By: Stephen Sholes

Recorded: Aug. 19, 1947, RCA Victor Studio 1, New York City, New York USA

Session Personnel: Hank Garland, George Barnes, Al Chernet, Jack Shook (guitar), Little Roy Wiggins (steel), Charles Green (bass), Marty Gold, Jack Kelly (piano), Eddie Litvin (organ), Buck Lambert (fiddle), Rollin Sullivan (mandolin)

Seven Years With the Wrong Woman is a song that Eddy Arnold popularized in the mid-'40s, but it never charted.

All Time Favorites was the second album (LP) that Eddy Arnold recorded with the RCA label. The LP included the following songs:

• Moonlight And Roses (Bring Mem'ries of You)
• Missouri Waltz, I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key)
• You Always Hurt The One You Love, I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes,
• It Makes No Difference Now, I'm Waiting For The Ships That Never Come In
• I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter, When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver
• Angry, Prisoner's Song, Seven Years With The Wrong Woman

------------------------------------------------------------She Went a Little Bit Farther

Artist: Faron Young

Album: Here's Faron Young

MercurySR-61174 (Jul. 1968)

Single: She Went a Little Bit Farther

Mercury 72774 (1968)

Songwriters: Merle Travis & Mack Vickery

Producer: Jerry Kennedy

Recorded: Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Session Personnel: Jerry Kennedy (guitar), Ray Edenton, Chip Young (rhythm guitar), Harold Bradley (bass guitar), Pete Drake, Lloyd Green (steel), Bob Moore (bass), Buddy Harman (drums), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Buddy Spicher, Johnny Gimble (fiddle), The Jordanaires (vocals)

She Went a Little Bit Farther wasreleased in March 1968. Itwas the first single from Faron's album Here's Faron Young. The song peaked at numberfourteen on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that year.

------------------------------------------------------------She's All I Got

Artist: Johnny Paycheck

Album: She's All I Got

Epic Records, E-31141 (1971)

Single: She's All I Got

Epic Records 10783 (No. 2, 1971)

Writers: Gary Bonds & Jerry Williams

Producer: Billy Sherrill
Recorded: Columbia Studio, Nashville, Tennessee (Aug. 1971)

Session Personnel: Billy Sanford, Pete Wade (guitar), Ray Edenton (rhythm guitar), Harold Bradley (bass guitar), Lloyd Green (steel), Roy Huskey (bass), Kenneth Butrey (drums), Buddy Spicher (fiddle), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano).

A one-time hell-raising renegade from Greenfield, Ohio, Johnny Paycheck took to playing music and raising hell at young age. Born Donald Eugene Lytle in Greenfield on May 31, 1937, Johnny was playing guitar at the age of six and singing professionally at the age of fifteen.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Slowly

Artists: George Morgan & Marion Worth

Album: Slippin' Around

Columbia CS-8997 (1964)

Single: Slowly

Columbia Records 43021

Writers: Webb Pierce & Tommy Hill

Produced by on Law & Frank Jones

Recorded: Mar. 25, 1964, Columbia Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Session Personnel: Grady Martin, Wayne Moss (lead guitar), Kelso Herston, Ray Edenton (rhythm guitar), Harold Bradley (bass guitar, Pete Drake (steel, Joe Zinkan (bass, Buddy Harman, Willie Ackerman (drums), Floyd Cramer (piano).

This song was Webb Pierce's second biggest chart single. It dominated the No. 1 spot fror seventeen weeks in 1954. Ten years later a number of duer acts recorded it, including George Morgan & Marion Worth and Jimmy Dean.

------------------------------------------------------------Something Pretty

Artist: Wynn Stewart

Album: Something Pretty

Capitol ST-02921 (1968)

Single: Something Pretty

Capitol 2137

(No. 10, 1968)

Song Writers: Charlie Williams & Bobby Wayne

Produced by: Ken Nelson

Recorded: Capitol Recording Studio, Hollywood, California, USA(1968)

Session Personnel: Wynn Stewart (vocal, guitar), Tommy Collins, Clarence White, Bobby George (guitar), Ralph Mooney (steel), Bob Morris (bass), Helen Price (drums), Bob Pierce (piano)

Wynn Stewart was among country music's most magnificent entertainers to come out of the West Coast circuit. He made superb music during his heyday of the 50's and 60's when he recorded for Challenge and Capitol. His music influenced both Merle Haggard and Buck Owens, yet his success never paralleled theirs. It was partly his fault. Not a driving personality and never a business person, Stewart was plagued by drinking and motivational problems that directly affected his career.

------------------------------------------------------------Step Aside

Artist: Faron Young

Album: Step Aside

Mercury SR-61337 (1971)

Single: Step Aside

Mercury 73191 (No. 6, 1971)

Written By: Ray Griff

Produced by Jerry Kennedy

Recorded: Aug. 1970, Mercury Custom Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Step Aside was the 16th album and 12th top-10 single that Faron recorded for Mercury Records to that point. Faron was fortunate to have been recording music during that era, because Nashville's recording studios employed some of the finest session musicians in the industry. The following session musicians worked on Young's Step Aside album.

Musicians: Jerry Kennedy (lead guitar), Ray Edenton, Chip Young, Odell Martin (rhythm guitar), Harold Bradley (bass guitar), Lloyd Green ( steel), Buddy Harman (drums), Bob Moore (bass guitar), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano/keyboards), Buddy Spicher, Johnny Gimble, Red Hayes, Henry Husinger, Jim Buchanan (fiddle), Vocals: The Nashville Sounds

Faron Young: (2/25/1932 ~ 12/10/1996): Faron Young was a country music singer and songwriter from the early 1950s into the mid-1980s and one of its most colorful stars. Hits including "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" and "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young" marked him as a honky-tonk singer in sound and personal style and his chart-topping singles "Hello Walls" and "It's Four in the Morning" showed his versatility as a vocalist. Young's singles reliably charted for more than 30 years. Faron is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

------------------------------------------------------------Sweetheart of the Year

Artist: Ray Price

Album: Sweetheart of the Year

Columbia Records CS-9822 (1969)

Single: Sweetheart of the Year

Columbia Records 44761

(No. 11, 1969)

Writers: Clyde Pitts & Van Givens

Produced by: Don Law & Frank Jones

Recorded: Columbia Records Studio, Nashville, Tennessee(1969);

Session Personnel: Unknown

Ray Price dominated the charts for more then three decades, generating 46 Top-10 hits, including the 4th biggest song (Crazy Arms) in country music all-time. Price started out honing his skills as a Hank Williams' protg.

When Hank died in 1953, Ray struck out on his own and formed the Cherokee Cowboys. During the next twenty years, Ray was a dominate force in country music, in terms of talent, chart hits and influence.

------------------------------------------------------------The Three Bells

The Browns

Album: Sweet Sounds By the Browns

RCA Victor LSP-2144 (1960)

Single: The Three Bells

RCA Victor 447-0573

Recorded: Jun. 1, 1959, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Producer: Chet Atkins

Writers: Bert Reinsford ~ Jean Villard

Session Personnel: Jim Ed, Maxine, Bonnie Brown (vocals), Chet Atkins (guitar), Bob Moore (bass), Buddy Harman (drums), Floyd Cramer piano), Anita Kerr, Dottie Dillard, Louis Nunley, Bill Wright (harmony vocals)

Jim Ed Brown came to fame as a member of the 1950s vocal group the Browns, where he was the band's lead vocalist. Jim Ed Brown and his older sister, Maxine, began performing while he was still in high school. In 1954, the duo signed a contract with Fabor, releasing five singles on the label.

Later that year, their sister Bonnie joined the duo and they became the Browns. From 1956 until 1967, the Browns were signed to RCA Records, where they had a number of moderately successful hit singles, highlighted by the 1959 number one "The Three Bells."

---------------------------------------------------------------------------There Goes My Everything

Artist: Jack Greene

Album: There Goes My Everything

Decca Records, Decca DL-74845 (1966)

Single: There Goes My Everything

Decca Records, Decca 32023 (1966)

Written byDallasFrazier

Producer: Owen Bradley

Recorded: Columbia Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Billboard Country Charts No. 1, 1966

CMA Single of the Year 1967

CMA Album of the Year 1967

Few casual country fans would recognize him today, but Jack Greene will forever go down in history as the first singer to be named Male Vocalist of the Year by the Country Music Association (CMA). Jack won on the strength of his signature hit, There Goes My Everything, which also won CMA Single of the Year and was the title track of his CMA award, Album of the Year.

------------------------------------------------------------There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder

Artist: Jimmie Davis

Album: You Are My Sunshine

Decca Records, DL-78896 (1959)

Single: There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder Decca 6105 (No. 1, 1945)

Producer: Owen Bradley

Writers: Jimmie Davis, Lee Blastic & Ekko Whelan

Recorded: Bradley Film and Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee (1959)

Session Personnel: Unknown

------------------------------------------------------------This Is My Year ForMexico

Artist: Crystal Gayle

Album: Crystal Gayle

United Artists LA-365G (Feb. 1975)

Single: This Is My Year ForMexico

United Artists 680 (No. 21, 1975)

Writer: Vince Matthews

Producer: Allen Reynolds

Session Personnel: Unknown

Crystal Gayle is the eponymous debut album by Crystal Gayle, although she had previously recorded material which was not released until later. The album peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and included three charting singles: Wrong Road Again, Beyond You and This Is My Year For Mexico.

Also included is her first rendition of When I Dream, which would become a big hit three years later on the release of her 1978 album When I Dream. The recording of Beyond You is the same one that reappears on 1979's We Should Be Together.

------------------------------------------------------------Three Hearts in a Tangle

Artist: Roy Drusky

Album: Anymore

Decca Records, Decca DL-74160 (1961)

Single: Three Hearts In a Tangle

Decca Records 31193 (1961)

Recorded: Bradley Film and Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Produced By: Owen Bradley

Written By: Ray Pennington - Sonny Thompson - Ray Starr

Session Personnel: Grady Martin, Harold Bradley , Ray Edenton (guitar), Pete Drake( steel) Bob Moore ( bass) Buddy Harman (drums), Floyd Cramer (piano), The Jordanaires ( vocals).

------------------------------------------------------------Tight Fittin Jeans

Artist: ConwayTwitty

Album: Mr. T

MCA Records, MCA 5204 (1981)

Single: Tight Fittin' Jeans

MCA 51137 (1981)

Written By: Mike Huffman

Produced By: Owen Bradley

Recorded: 1981, Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, Tennessee USA

Mr. T was the 42nd and final album that Conwayrecorded while associated with Decca/MCA Records. Tight Fittin'Jeans was his 26th number one single to that point in Twitty's career.

Conway (9/1/1933 ~ 6/5/1993) was born Harold Lloyd Jenkins in Friars Point, Mississippi. His father taught him guitar chords when he was just 4 years old. When he was 10 years old the family moved to Helena, Arkansas and he put together his first band, the Phillips County Ramblers that same year.

By the time Conway was 12 he had his own Saturday morning radio show. He was also an excellent baseball player and turned down an opportunity to sign with the Philadelphia Phillies joining the Army instead.

------------------------------------------------------------Tomorrow Never Comes

Artist: Skeets McDonald

Album: Goin Steady With the Blues: Capitol T-1040 1958

Recorded: Mar 18-19, 1958, Capitol Records Studio, Hollywood, California USA

Rroduced by Ken Nelson

Written By: Ernest Tubb & Johnny Bond

Skeets McDonald (Oct.1, 1915 ~ Mar. 3, 1968): was hardly considered a household name, but during the 1950s, he was an influential presence on the West Coasts thriving country music scene. Best-known for the Slim Willet penned song "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes," McDonald was a devoted honky-tonk singer and songwriter whose work helped bridge the gap between country and rock and roll.

------------------------------------------------------------Walking After Midnight

Artist: Patsy Cline

Album: Patsy Cline

Decca Records, Decca DL-8611 (1957)

Single: Walking After Midnight

Decca Records DL-30221

Writer: Don Hecht & Alan Block

Album: Patsy Cline, Decca Records DeccaDL-8611

Producers: W.S. Stevenson & Owen Bradley

Recorded: Music City Recording, Nashville (1957)

Session Personnel: Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Jack Shook (guitar), Don Helms, Jimmy Day (steel), Bob Moore (bass), Farris Coursey (drums), Tommy Jackson (fiddle), Owen Bradley (piano), Anita Kerr, Dorothy Ann Dillard, Louis Nunley, William Wright (Vocals)

Walkin' After Midnight is a song originally recorded by country music artist Patsy Cline. The song was originally given to pop singer Kay Starr. However, it was rejected by her record label.

The song was left unused until Hecht rediscovered the song when writing for Four Star Records. Originally Cline was not fond of Walkin' After Midnight, but after making a compromise with her label, she recorded it.

In January 1957, Cline performed the song on an episode of the CBS television program, Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. It garnered a strong response from viewers and was therefore rush-released as a single on February 11, 1957.

Walkin' After Midnight became Cline's first major hit single, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard country music chart and No. 12 on its pop chart. Although the song was her only hit until 1961, the single version sold over one million copies and is often included on authoritative lists of the all-time greatest songs in country music.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------What Makes Bob Holler

Artist: Leon McAuliffe

Single: What Makes Bob Holler

Vocals: Leon McAuliffe

Recorded: Columbia Records (Date unknown)

William Leon McAuliffe (Jan. 3, 1917 ~ Aug. 20, 1988) was a western swing musician and band leader famous for his steel guitar solos with Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys. McAuliffe achieved fame as a steel guitarist in the heyday of Western Swing.

Leon's now classic tune Steel Guitar Rag inspired Wills to spotlight McAuliffe by calling out, Look out, friends -- here'sLeon. Take it away, boys, take it away! McAuliffe began playing both Hawaiian and standard guitar at age fourteen.Leonbegan appearing on a local radio station as part of the group the Waikiki Strummers in 1931.

------------------------------------------------------------Wurlitzer Prize

Artist: Waylon Jennings

Album: Waylon And Willie

RCA Victor, APL1-2686 (Jan 1978)

Single: Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You)

RCA Victor RCA 11118

Produced by Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson

Writers: Chips Moman - Bobby Emmons

Recorded: American Studio, Nashville, Tennessee(1977)

Top Chart Position (No. 1, 1977)

Session Personnel: Reggie Young, Fred Carter, Tony Joe White, Gordon Payne (guitar), Ralph Mooney (steel/dobro), Mike Leach, Sherman Hayes, Bee Spears (bass), Ritchie Albright (drums), Bobby Wood, Barney Robertson (piano/keyboards), Don Brooks (harmonica)

If any one performer exemplified the outlaw country movement of the '70s, it was Waylon Jennings. Though he had been a professional musician since the late '50s, it wasn't until the '70s that Waylon, with his imposing baritone and stripped-down, updated honky-tonk, became a superstar.

------------------------------------------------------------Yesterday Just Passed My Way Again

Artist: Lefty Frizzell

Album: The Classic Style

ABC 861 (Jun. 1975)

Single: Yesterday Just Passed My Way Again

Song Writer: Unknown

Producer: Don Gant

Session Personnel: Unknown

Recording Studio: ABC Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

The early 1970s was a turbulent time for Lefty Frizzell. What held in store for one of honky-tonk's greatest practitioners: obesity, alcoholism, separation from his wife and the termination of his contract with Columbia(his label of 22 years).

However, the true great ones always rise above and his ABC sessions prove that Frizzell still had the charms of his youth; most importantly, a delectable, anguished, emotion-ridden voice. As a whole, this material recorded for ABC from Dec. 1972 to Oct. 1974 isn't quite as consistent as his 1950s Columbia work, but his vocal performances at least match up and often surpass his earlier work, filled with attractive nuances and deep passion. Yesterday Just Passed My Way Again ranks among his best work for ABC.

------------------------------------------------------------You Always Come Back To Hurting Me

Artist: Johnny Rodriguez

Album: Introducing Johnny Rodriguez

Mercury SR-61378 (1973)

Single: You Always Come Back To Hurting Me Mercury 73368 (No. 1, 1973)

Written by Tom T. Hall and Johnny Rodriguez

Produced by Jerry Kennedy & Roy Dea

Recorded: Mercury Custom Recording Studio, Nashville(1973)

Session Personnel: Jerry Kennedy (lead guitar), Ray Edenton, Chip Young, Jerry Shook (rhythm guitar), Harold Bradley and Bob Moore (bass guitar), Pete Drake (steel), Buddy Harman (drums), Hargus Pig Robbins (piano), Johnny Gimble, Buddy Spicher (fiddle).

Johnny Rodriguez (born December 10, 1951 in Sabinal, Texas) was the first famous Latin American country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds and even singing verses of songs in Spanish. In the 1970s and 1980s, he was one of country music's most successful male artists, recording a string of hit songs, such as You Always Come Back to Hurting Me, Desperado, Down on the Rio Grande and Foolin'. He has recorded six No. 1 country hits in his career.

------------------------------------------------------------You Comb Her Hair

Artist: George Jones

Album: Sings More New favorites

United Artists UAS-6338 (1964)

Single: You Comb Her Hair (No. 5, 1963)

United Artists 578

Produced by Pappy Daily

Writers: Harlan Howard, Hank Cochran

Recorded: Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA

Lyrics

I know that you're wondering who I dream about
And if I've met someone who thrills me so

Well I finally met a girl who turns me inside out
I'll tell you about her for you ought to know

You comb her hair every morning
And make sure she's dressed just right

You comb her hair every morning
And put her to bed every night

When she's around me sometimes I can hardly speak
I stammer and I walk right into doors

And just to hold her hand in mine makes me feel weak
Well You know her honey she's a friend of yours

Cause You comb her hair every morning
And make sure she's dressed just right

You comb her hair every morning
And put her to bed every night

------------------------------------------------------------You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had

Artist: Ed Bruce

Album: One to One

MCA Records, MCA-5188 (1981)

Single: You're the Best Break This Old Heart Ever Had

MCA Records, MCA 51210 (No. 1, 1981)

Writers: Wayland Holyfield and Randy Hatch

Producer: Tommy West

Recording Studio: Unknown

Session Personnel: Unknown

Ed Bruce is kind of a cult figure among country, a smooth-voiced, soft spoken singer-songwriter who hit his commercial peak in the early 1980s and then sort of edged out of the music arena.

Bruce was an original 'Fifties rockabilly singer, cutting a couple of singles for Sun Records during their post-Elvis phase. Then he moved to Nashvilleand started plugging away as a songwriter, recording his own albums intermittently, but with only middling success in the charts for the better part of two decades.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------57 Chevrolet

Artist: Billie Jo Spears

Album: Lonely Hearts Club

United Artists UALA-859G (1978)

Single: 57 Chevrolet

United Artists 1229 (No. 16, 1978)

Writer: Roger Bowling

Producer: Larry Butler

Recorded: Jack's Track Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee USA, Aug. 1977

Session Personnel: Billy Sanford, James Colvard, Jimmy Capps, Fred Carter, Pete Wade, Jerry Shook (guitar), Tommy Allsup (bass guitar), Pete Drake (steel), Bob Moore (bass), Buddy Harman (drums), Hargus Pig Robbins, Charles Cochran, Bobby Wood - (piano, keyboards), Sheldon Kurland, Steven Smith, Donald Teal, Carl Gorodetzky, Marvin Chantry,
Byron Bach, Gary Vanosdale, Wilfred Lehmann, Roy Christiansen, George Binkley (strings), Carol Montgomery, The Jordanaires (vocals).

57 Chevrolet hit the Billboard country chart on August 12, 1978 and stalled out at number 16.

With the sultry-voiced singer, Billie Jo Spears and the backing of the finest studio sidemen Nashville had to offer, this song had all of the right ingredients of a top-10 hit. Why then, did it stall out before even breaking into the top-10?

Spears herself was still very much in demand on the concert circuit and the car was by then a highly sought-after automobile.

Maybe country music wasn't ready for another novelty song. After all, the airwaves were just beginning to cool a little from C. W. McCall's gold single, Convoy and Red Sovine's gold single, Teddy Bear.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------Researched, compiled and written by Richard Bell, Roots of Country Music, Apr. 3, 2011.

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