Roy Acuff - The King of Country Music - The 45s 1957-1962 [CD]

JASMINE RECORDS

£10.49

Cat. no: JASMCD3788
Format: CD
Barcode: 604988378825
Release Date: 02 Dec 2022
Genre: Country

Roy Acuff is a legendary country music artist alongside other early legends Jimmy Rodgers and The Carter Family, he joined Hickory Records, the label he co-owned, in 1957 and this is the frst time his releases for the label between 1957 and 1962 have been compiled in such a comprehensive way

Includes country music classics like 'The Wreck On The Highway', 'The Great Speckled Bird', 'Wabash Cannonball' and 'Fireball Mail'. 26 tracks covering every Hickory label 7" single released by the artist between 1957 and 1962.

The accompanying booklet contains the recording dates, the original catalogue numbers, all writers' credits and a detailed history of Acuff's life and career, together with scans of adverts and record labels.

A package sure to be well received by fans of country music from the 1950s and 1960s, the original glory days of the genre.

Tracks: Once More / I Don't Care (If You Don't Love Me) / The One I Love (Is Gone) / Searchin' For Happiness / So Many Times / They'll Never Take Her Love From Me / Come And Knock (On The Door Of My Heart) / (Today) My Love Came Back To Me / Nero Played His Fiddle (While Rome Burned) / Write Me Sweetheart / Don't Know Why / Thanks For Not Telling Me / Mountain Guitar / Till No Longer You Cared (For Me) / Time Will Make You Pay / The Streamlined Cannon Ball / Lost John, He's Gone / Little Mary / Six More Days / Willie Roy, The Crippled Boy / Wabash Cannonball / The Old Age Pension Check / Lonely Mound Of Clay / Pins And Needles (In My Heart) / The Great Speckled Bird / Fireball Mail