Chartbusters USA: Special Country Edition

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Overview

The "Special Country Edition" of Ace's ongoing Chartbusters USA series focuses on country singles that crossed over into the Billboard Hot 100 during the 1960s. Some of these songs became enduring popular standards (George Jones' "The Race Is On," Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee," Roger Miller's "Chug-A-Lug," the Statler Brothers' "Flowers on the Wall," Buck Owens' "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail," Jeannie C. Riley's "Harper Valley P.T.A."), while a few others are country standards (David Houston's "Almost Persuaded," Henson Cargill's "Skip a Rope," Jim Reeves' "Distant Drums," Eddy Arnold's "Make the World Go Away," Jerry Lee Lewis' "What's Made Milwaukee Famous [Has Made a Loser Out of Me]"), but the fun in the collection is the middle ground: songs that evoke their era. This could either be Chet Atkins' skipping, tongue-in-cheek spin on Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax," Hank Williams, Jr. first entering the charts with a cover of his dad, Porter Wagoner's gothic tragedy "The Carroll County Accident," Tommy Cash's lush protest "Six White Horses" -- or Johnny Cash's vigorous "Understand Your Man" or Bobby Bare's "Miller's Cave," two songs that point the way toward '70s outlaw country. All combined, it's a snapshot of '60s country-pop, music that always felt as country as it did pop. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	12/02/2016
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667078023

Tracks

1. The Race Is On  - George Jones  - Don Rollins
2. What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)  - Jerry Lee Lewis  - Glenn Sutton
3. Long Gone Lonesome Blues  - Hank Jr. Williams
4. Understand Your Man  - Johnny Cash
5. I Wanna Live  - Glen Campbell  - John D. Loudermilk
6. Skip a Rope  - Henson Cargill  - Jack Moran  - John Palumbo
7. Miller's Cave  - Bobby Bare  - Jack Clement
8. Almost Persuaded  - David Houston  - Billy Sherrill  - Glenn Sutton
9. Okie from Muskogee  - Roy Burns  - Merle Haggard  -  Haggard
10. Begging to You  - Marty Robbins
11. Mr. Walker, It's All Over  - Gene Crysler  - Billie Jo Spears
12. Distant Drums  - Jim Reeves  - Cindy Walker
13. The Carroll County Accident  - Bob Ferguson  - Porter Wagoner
14. Chug-A-Lug  - Roger Miller
15. Singing My Song  - Billy Sherrill  - Glenn Sutton  - Tammy Wynette
16. Girl on the Billboard  - Walter Haynes  - Hank Mills  - Del Reeves
17. Make the World Go Away  - Eddy Arnold  - Hank Cochran
18. Six White Horses  - Tommy Cash  - Larry Murray
19. All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)  - Dallas Frazier  - A.L. Owens  - Charley Pride
20. Flowers on the Wall  - Lew DeWitt  -  Statler Brothers
21. Yakety Axe  - Chet Atkins  - Boots Randolph  - James Rich  - Merle Travis
22. Harper Valley P.T.A.  - Tom T. Hall  - Jeannie C. Riley
23. I've Got a Tiger by the Tail  - Harlan Howard  - Buck Owens
24. The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev'ry Night)  - Jimmy Dean  - Ruth Roberts

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Billie Jo Spears   Primary Artist
Tammy Wynette   Primary Artist
David Houston   Primary Artist
Henson Cargill   Primary Artist
Bobby Bare   Primary Artist
Glen Campbell   Primary Artist
George Jones   Primary Artist
Buck Owens   Primary Artist
Merle Haggard & the Strangers   Primary Artist
Tommy Cash   Primary Artist
Chet Atkins   Primary Artist
Jim Reeves   Primary Artist
Marty Robbins   Primary Artist
Hank Williams, Jr.   Primary Artist
Johnny Cash   Primary Artist
Charley Pride   Primary Artist
Del Reeves   Primary Artist
Eddy Arnold   Primary Artist
Porter Wagoner   Primary Artist
Jimmy Dean   Primary Artist
Roger Miller   Primary Artist
The Statler Brothers   Primary Artist
Jerry Lee Lewis   Primary Artist
Jeannie C. Riley   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Jimmy Dean   Composer
John Palumbo   Composer
Johnny Cash   Composer
Marty Robbins   Composer
A.L. Owens   Composer
Buck Owens   Composer
Hank Cochran   Composer
Dallas Frazier   Composer
Jack Moran   Composer
Billy Sherrill   Composer
Roy Burns   Composer
Merle Travis   Composer
John D. Loudermilk   Composer
Lew DeWitt   Composer
Ruth Roberts   Composer
Gene Crysler   Composer
James Rich   Composer
Tony Rounce   Liner Notes
Roger Miller   Composer
Tammy Wynette   Composer
Larry Murray   Composer
Cindy Walker   Composer
Jack Clement   Composer
Hank Williams, Jr.   Composer
Boots Randolph   Composer
Paul Jeffrey   Package Design
Walter Haynes   Composer
Don Rollins   Composer
Bob Ferguson   Composer
Harlan Howard   Composer
Glenn Sutton   Composer
Hank Mills   Composer
Duncan Cowell   Mastering
Tom T. Hall   Composer
Merle Haggard   Composer