Country USA: 1961

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I Fall to Pieces
vocals:
Patsy Cline
part of:
Rolling Stone: 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time (2019 re-issued) (number: 40) and Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 72)
cover recording of:
I Fall to Pieces
composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter) and Harlan Howard
Patsy Cline52:50
2Heart Over Mind
recording of:
Heart Over Mind
lyricist and composer:
Mel Tillis
Ray Price2:45
3Walk on By
recording of:
Walk On By (Leroy Van Dyke song) (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
Kendall Hayes (country music songwriter)
publisher:
Lowery Music Co. Inc.
Leroy Van Dyke42:22
4Don’t Worry
recording of:
Don’t Worry
lyricist and composer:
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins3:13
5Sleepy‐Eyed John
cover recording of:
Sleepy Eyed John
lyricist and composer:
Tex Atchison
Johnny Horton2:36
6My Last Date (With You)
producer:
Chet Atkins
recording of:
My Last Date
lyricist:
Boudleaux Bryant and Skeeter Davis
composer:
Floyd Cramer
version of:
Last Date (original instrumental version)
Skeeter Davis42:35
7Foolin’ Around
recording of:
Foolin Around
written in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard and Buck Owens
publisher:
Central Songs, Inc.
Buck Owens2:39
8The Window Up Above
recording of:
Window Up Above (on 1960-04-13)
lyricist and composer:
George Jones (US country music vocalist)
publisher:
Fort Knox Music Inc., Glad Music Publishing and Recording LP, Pappy Daily Music and Trio Music Company
George Jones42:36
9Po’ Folks
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-04-24)
producer:
Owen Bradley
vocals:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality) (on 1961-04-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.)
recording of:
Po’ Folks (Bill Anderson’s song) (on 1961-04-24)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Anderson (US country singer, songwriter & TV personality)
publisher:
Leeds Music Ltd.
Bill Anderson2:47
10Beggar to a King
recording of:
Beggar to a King
lyricist and composer:
The Big Bopper
Hank Snow2:50
11Heartbreak U.S.A.
recording of:
Heartbreak U.S.A.
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
Kitty Wells2:39
12Sweet Dreams
recording of:
Sweet Dreams
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1955-12-28)
Don Gibson2:17
13Hello Walls
recording of:
Hello Walls
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Pamper Music, Inc. (on 1961-02-08)
Faron Young42:25
14Louisiana Man
recording of:
Louisiana Man
lyricist and composer:
Doug Kershaw (American fiddle player, singer and songwriter from Louisiana)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI)
Rusty & Doug Kershaw2:36
15I Dreamed of a Hill‐Billy Heaven
recording of:
I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven
writer:
Eddie Dean (Country artist) and Hal Sothern (US guitar player and composer)
Tex Ritter3:11
16Three Hearts in a Tangle
cover recording of:
Three Hearts in a Tangle
writer:
Ray Pennington and Sonny Thompson (US R&B bandleader and pianist)
Roy Drusky2:44
17Oklahoma Hills
recording of:
Oklahoma Hills
composer:
Jack Guthrie and Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Hank Thompson2:45
18Crazy
producer:
Owen Bradley
vocals:
Patsy Cline
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1961)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 3), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 85) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 195)
recording of:
Crazy (Willie Nelson song) (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
Patsy Cline4.152:44
19Big Bad John
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios (aka the "Quonset Hut") in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-08-18)
recording of:
Big Bad John (1961 song) (on 1961-08-18)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Dean
writer:
Roy Acuff
Jimmy Dean43:03
20Your Old Love Letters
cover recording of:
Old Love Letters
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Bond (country music guitarist, singer, songwriter and historian)
Porter Wagoner2:14
21Tender Years
recording of:
Tender Years
composer:
Darrell Edwards
publisher:
Glad Music Co. and Glad Music Ltd.
George Jones2:25
22Right or Wrong
recording of:
Right or Wrong (1961 song)
lyricist and composer:
Wanda Jackson (aka the Female Elvis)
Wanda Jackson2:38
23Sea of Heartbreak
recording of:
Sea of Heartbreak
lyricist:
Hal David
composer:
Paul Hampton (US singer/songwriter composer and actor)
publisher:
Sonet Music AB
Don Gibson2:35
24Under the Influence of Love
recording of:
Under the Influence of Love (Howard & Owens country song)
lyricist:
Harlan Howard
composer:
Buck Owens
publisher:
Central Songs, Central Songs, Inc., Good Ol Harlan Songs and Legacy of Harlan Perry Howard, LLC
Buck Owens2:19

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Release group

part of:Country USA (Time-Life Music) (number: 1) (order: 1)