The History of Country Music: The Fifties, Volume Two

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1Slowly
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1953-11-29)
bass:
unknown, probably Ike Inman ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1953-11-29)
electric guitar:
Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1953-11-29)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler) (on 1953-11-29)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Doyle Wilburn (on 1953-11-29)
pedal steel guitar:
Bud Isaacs (on 1953-11-29)
piano:
Owen Bradley (on 1953-11-29)
vocals:
Webb Pierce (on 1953-11-29)
recording of:
Slowly (on 1953-11-29)
writer:
Tommy Hill (Nashville record producer and songwriter) and Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce4.52:32
2Billy Bayou
recording of:
Billy Bayou
lyricist and composer:
Roger Miller (US singer/songwriter/actor, “King of the Road”)
publisher:
Good Music Ltd. and Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
Jim Reeves2:06
3There’s Been a Change in Me
recording of:
There’s Been a Change in Me
lyricist and composer:
Cy Coben
Eddy Arnold2:13
4M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I
Red Foley2:31
5Hey Good Looking
recording of:
Hey, Good Lookin’ (on 1951-03-16)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-03-16)
Hank Williams42:54
6El Paso
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
recording of:
El Paso (on 1959-04-07)
lyricist and composer:
Marty Robbins
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Mariposa Music Inc. (publisher), Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
Marty Robbins54:41
7If You’ve Got the Money
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 18)
recording of:
If You’ve Got the Money I’ve Got the Time (in 1950)
writer:
Jim Beck (James Albert Beck, Country music producer - talent agent - record promoter - recording studio owner - A&R engineer - music publisher) and Lefty Frizzell (US country singer & songwriter)
Lefty Frizzell2:57
8The Three Bells
recording of:
The Three Bells
lyricist and composer:
Gilles (Swiss composer/vocalist/actor Jean Villard Gilles) (in 1939)
translator:
Bert Reisfeld (in 1948)
publisher:
Southern Music ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) and Southern Music Publishing Company Limited
translated version of:
Les Trois Cloches
The Browns2:51
9Oh Baby Mine
cover recording of:
(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely
lyricist and composer:
Pat Ballard
Johnnie and Jack1:56
10My Special Angel
recording of:
My Special Angel
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Duncan (US songwriter & producer from Texas)
publisher:
J. Albert & Son and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Bobby Helms2:58
11I’m Moving On
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1950-03-28)
double bass and double bass [bass]:
Ernie Newton (contrabassist) (on 1950-03-28)
fiddle:
Tommy Vaden (US country fiddler) (on 1950-03-28)
guitar:
Hank Snow (on 1950-03-28)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Jack Shook (on 1950-03-28)
steel guitar:
Joe Talbot (Steel guitar player and music industry executive) (on 1950-03-28)
vocals:
Hank Snow (on 1950-03-28)
recording of:
I’m Moving On (on 1950-03-28)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Snow
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Hank Snow42:50
12My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You
Ray Price2:35
13Hey Joe
Carl Smith2:30
14Eddy’s Song
recording of:
Eddy’s Song
writer:
Cy Coben and Charles R. Grean
Eddy Arnold2:24
15WaterlooStonewall Jackson2:28
16That Hound Dig in the WindowHomer & Jethro6:00
17Ballad of a Teenage Queen
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1957-11-12)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1957-11-12)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1957-11-12)
background vocals:
Bill Abbott (barbershop lead vocalist) (on 1957-11-22), Don Carter (barbershop baritone vocalist) (on 1957-11-22), Lee Holt (on 1957-11-22), Cyd Mosteller (on 1957-11-22), Nita Smith (on 1957-11-22) and Asa Wilkerson (on 1957-11-22)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1958)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1957-11-12, on 1957-11-22)
samples from:
The Fabulous Johnny Cash by Johnny Cash (country music legend)
recording of:
Ballad of a Teenage Queen (from 1957-11-12 until 1957-11-22)
lyricist and composer:
Jack Clement
Johnny Cash4.52:11
18Whole Lotta Shaking Going OnJerry Lee Lewis2:51

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