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The Greatest Country Hits of 1959 [ CD / Album ]

The Greatest Country Hits of 1959

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  • Released Date: 15 Jan 2016

  • Genre: Country

Our Take

Ah, the golden year of 1959, where country music was as smooth as a buttered biscuit on a Southern Sunday morning. Various Artists have compiled a delightful assortment of tunes from this era in "The Greatest Country Hits Of 1959," and let me tell you, it's a real hootenanny of a time.

From the twangy guitars to the heartfelt lyrics about lost love and pickup trucks, this album has it all. Tracks like "The Three Bells" by The Browns and "White Lightning" by George Jones will have you tapping your cowboy boots and crying into your moonshine simultaneously.

But it's not all honky-tonk and heartbreak, oh no. "Black Land Farmer" by Frankie Miller brings some good old-fashioned rockabilly vibes to the mix, making you want to grab your partner and do-si-do around the barn.

Overall, "The Greatest Country Hits Of 1959" is a delightful trip down memory lane, reminding us of a simpler time when country music was all about storytelling and good ol' fashioned fun. So grab your cowboy hat, saddle up, and take a ride through the musical past with this charming collection. Yeehaw!

Track Listing

Disc: 1
1. Country Music Is Here to Stay
2. Billy Bayou
3. Life to Go
4. You're Making a Fool Out of Me
5. Come Walk With Me
6. I've Run Out of Tomorrows
7. Dark Hollow
8. My Baby's Gone
9. Problems
10. I'd Like to Be
11. Which One Is to Blame
12. Cigarettes and Coffee Blues
13. What Am I Living For
14. When It's Springtime in Alaska
15. That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome
16. Gotta Travel On
17. Don't Take Your Guns to Town
18. Dark Hollow
19. So Many Times
20. The Best Years of Your Life
21. That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome
22. The Knoxville Girl
23. Long Time Ago
24. Who Cares?
25. Last Night at a Party
26. My Reason for Living
27. Beyond the Shadow
28. Yankee Go Home


Disc: 2
1. White Lightning
2. Gotta Travel On
3. I'm in Love Again
4. Mommy for a Day
5. All the Time
6. Chip Off the Old Block
7. Knoxville Girl
8. Set Him Free
9. Luther Played the Boogie
10. Hanging Tree
11. Poor Old Heartsick Me
12. Home
13. Doggone That Train
14. A Thousand Miles Ago
15. Thanks a Lot
16. How Can I Think of Tomorrow?
17. Am I That Easy to Forget
18. So Soon
19. Battle of New Orleans
20. That's the Way It's Gotta Be
21. Blackland Farmer
22. Frankie's Man, Johnny
23. Heartaches By the Number
24. Frankie's Man, Johnny
25. I Cried a Tear
26. You Dreamer You
27. Lonesome Old House
28. Big Midnight Special
29. Anybody's Girl
30. Waterloo


Disc: 3
1. It's All My Heartache
2. Long Black Veil
3. Somebody's Back in Town
4. I'll Catch You When You Fall
5. Chasin' a Rainbow
6. Tennessee Stud
7. Draggin' the River
8. You Take the Table (And I'll Take the Chairs)
9. Ninety-nine
10. Come and Knock On the Door of My Heart
11. Cabin in the Hills
12. Half Breed
13. Your Wild Life's Gonna Get You Down
14. Who Shot Sam
15. Ten Thousand Drums
16. I Ain't Never
17. Katy Too
18. Country
19. Grin and Bear It
20. Partners
21. Three Bells
22. John Wesley Harding
23. I Got Stripes
24. Sailor Man
25. Little Dutch Girl
26. Soldier's Joy
27. Sal's Got a Sugar Lip
28. Five Feet High and Rising
29. Johnny Reb
30. Jimmy Brown the Newsboy


Disc: 4
1. Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
2. Til I Kissed You
3. Old Moon
4. My Love and Little Me
5. Under Your Spell Again
6. Homebreaker
7. Family Man
8. Same Old Me
9. The Last Ride
10. I'm Beginning to Forget You
11. Deck of Cards
12. Are You Willing, Willie
13. Next Time
14. There's a Big Wheel
15. A Woman's Intuition
16. Amigo's Guitar
17. Riverboat
18. El Paso
19. Under Your Spell Again
20. Chain Gang
21. Face to the Wall
22. Scarlet Ribbons
23. He'll Have to Go
24. Money to Burn
25. I'm Movin' On
26. No Love Have I
27. Timbrook
28. Big Harlan Taylor

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Various Artists

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