Various Artists

 

 

Nashville Stars

5000 Miles Away From Home - Nashville Stars in Germany, 1957
BCD 16491- AH

At the height of the Cold War, there were hundreds of thousands of American troops stationed overseas, many of them in Germany. The USO arranged tours to boost the morale of troops stationed far from home, and in 1957 it contracted with RCA for almost the entire Nashville roster to go on a tour of Germany. The troupe included the Browns, Hank Locklin, Janis Martin, Jim Reeves, and Del Wood. The AFN taped one of the performances, and the result is a fascinating document. We hear Jim Reeves singing Courtin’ In The Rain, a song he was not otherwise known to have recorded, as well as Have I Told You Lately That I Love You. We also hear the Browns sing It Takes A Long Red Train With A Red Caboose, Hank Locklin reprise It Takes A Good Woman’s Love, and Tommy Hill sings (what else?) Fraulein. Janis Martin does a storming version of I’m Walkin’. Add a few instrumentals and it becomes a fascinating little time capsule. Travel was far more difficult in those days, and there was the ever-present threat of War. Against that background, we hear a group of country singers five thousand miles from home entertaining their fellow countrymen, and helping to bring country music to Europe. 

Intro THE BROWNS: It Takes A Long, Long Train With A Red Caboose HANK LOCKLIN: A Good Woman’s Love JANIS MARTIN: I’m Walking JIM REEVES: Have I Told You Lately That I Love You DEL WOOD: 12th Street Rag TOMMY HILL: Fraulein JIM REEVES: Courtin’ In The Rain LEO JACKSON: Wildwood Flower
 

And The Answer Is 1 

VOL 1, ...AND THE ANSWER IS
BCD 15791-AH

THOMPSON, Hank: Wild Side Of Life - WELLS, Kitty: It Wasn´t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - PIERCE, Webb: Back Street Affair - WELLS, Kitty: Paying For That Back Street Affair - PIERCE, Webb: There Stands The Glass - CODY, Betty: Please Throw Away The Glass - THOMPSON, Hank: Yesterday´s Girl - HILL, Goldie: I´m Yesterday´s Girl - DAVIS SISTERS: I Forgot More Than You´ll Ever Know - CODY, Betty: I Found Out More Than You Ever Knew About Him - ARNOLD, Eddy: I Really Don´t Want To Know - CODY, Betty: I Really Want You To Know - McDONALD, Skeets: Don´t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - HILL, Goldie: I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes - FRIZZELL, Lefty: Long Black Veil - WILKIN, Marijohn: My Long Black Veil - CLINE, Patsy: I Fall To Pieces - LYNN, Gerrie: I´ll Pick Up The Pieces - REEVES, Jim: Mexican Joe - BRADSHAW, Carolyn: The Marriage Of Mexican Joe - WILLIAMS, Hank: Jambalaya - HILL, Goldie: I´m Yvonne (From The Bayou) - SHEPARD, Jean & Ferlin Husky: A Dear John Letter - SHEPARD, Jean & Ferlin Husky: Forgive Me, John - LOCKLIN, Hank: Geisha Girl - DAVIS, Skeeter: Lost To A Geisha Girl - HELMS, Bobby: Fraulein - WELLS, Kitty: I´ll Always Be Your Fraulein
 

And The Answer Is 2

VOL.2, ...AND THE ANSWER IS
BCD 15792-AH

SCOTT, Jack: Burning Bridges - JEAN, Bobbie: You Burned The Bridges - BLANE, Marcie: Bobby´s Girl - SHERRY SISTERS: Stay Away From Bobby - ANKA, Paul: Diana - ANKA, Paul: Remember Diana - VINTON, Bobby: Roses Are Red - DARLIN, Florraine: Long As The Rose Is Red - PETERSON, Ray: Tell Laura I Love Her - MICHAELS, Marilyn: Tell Tommy I Need Him - FRANCIS, Connie: Who´s Sorry Now - SHIELDS: I´m Sorry Now - DOWELL, Joe: Wooden Heart - MARIE ANN: I Know Your Heart´s Not Made Of Wood - VEE, Bobby: Take Good Care Of My Baby - EMERY, Ralph: I´ll Take Good Care Of Your Baby - VINTON, Bobby: Mr. Lonely - HARRIS, Mikie: Little Miss Lonely - VEE, Bobby: Please Don´t Ask About Barbara - REGAL, Mike: Is It True What They Say About Barbara - GOLDSBORO, Bobby: Honey - LEWIS, Margaret: Honey (I Miss You Too) - BOONE, Pat: Are You Lonesome Tonight - CARPENTER, Thelma: Yes, I´m Lonesome Tonight - LEE, Brenda: Fool #1 - STEWART, Marc: No, You´re Not The Fool - MANN, Barry: Who Put The Bomp - LYMON, Frankie: I Put The Bomp
 

And The Answer Is 3

VOL.3, ...AND THE ANSWER IS
BCD 15793-AH 

CASH, Johnny : Ballad Of A Teenage Queen - TUCKER, Tommy : Return Of The Teenage Queen - WALKER, Billy : Charlie's Shoes - MOSBY, Jonie & Johnny : The Answer To `Charlie's Shoes' - REEVES, Jim : He'll Have To Go - BLACK, Jeannie : He'll Have To Stay - CLINE, Patsy : She's Got You - JUDY : She Can Have You - HOUSTON, David : Almost Persuaded - HARRIS, Donna : (He Was) Almost Persuaded - BARE, Bobby : Detroit City - RAY, Shirley : Why Don't Cha Come Home - KING, Claude : Wolverton Mountain - CAMPBELL, Jo Ann : I'm The Girl From Wolverton Mountain -  DYKE, Leroy van : Walk On By - SINGLETON, Margie : I'll Just Walk On By - ROGERS, Kenny : Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town - STEVENS, Geraldine : Billy, I've Got To Go To Town - MILLER, Roger : King Of The Road - MILLER, Jody : Queen Of The House - BARE, Bobby : 500 Miles Away From Home - TAYLOR, Mary : He's Comin' Home - HOWARD, Jan : Evil On Your Mind -  IVES, Burl : Evil Off My Mind - LOCKLIN, Hank : Please Help Me, I'm Falling - DAVIS, Skeeter : (I Can't Help You) I'm Fallin' Too - NELSON, Willie : Good Hearted Woman - CATO, Connie : Good Hearted Man - JENNINGS, Waylon : Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line - SHEPARD, Jean : Only Mama That'll Walk The Line

 

JOLE BLON
BCD 16618 AJ

Released at the same time as Harry Choates' double CD with the hit version of Jole Blon, is an all Jole Blon-CD. Among the great versions are Moon Mullican and Red Foley's New Pretty Blonde, Roy Acuff's (Our Own) Jole Blon, Johnny Bond's Daughter Of Jole Blon, Jesse James' When Jole Blon And Kilroy Got Married, and Sheb Wooley's Peepin' Through The Keyhole Watching Jole Blon.  Collectors will also be amazed by the original 1929 version by Amedee Breaux and other authentic French Cajun versions!

Harry Choates: Jole Blon (Pretty Blond) - Leo Soileau: Le Valse De Gueydan - Moon Mullican: New Pretty Blonde (New Jole Blon) - Red Foley: New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde) - Amédée Breaux: Ma Blonde Est Partié (My Blonde Went And Left Me) - Amidie Breaux: Jole Blonde - Luderin Darbone & The Hackberry Ramblers: Jole Blon - Eddie Shuler: Jolie Blonde - Happy Doc and the Boys: New Jolie Blond - Bud Messner: Slippin' Around With Jole Blon - Roy Acuff: (Our Own) Jole Blon - Johnny Bond: The Daughter Of Jole Blon - Jesse James: When Jole Blon And Kilroy Got Married - Dickie Jones: Jole Blon Like The Boogie - Hank Snow: When Mexican Joe Met Jole Blon - Wayne Raney: Jole Blon's Ghost - Jack Rivers: Shame, Shame On Jolie - Bob Wills: Jolie Blond Likes The Boogie - Moon Mullican: Jole Blon's Sister - Tommy Thompson: Dinner With Jole Blon - Sheb Wooley: Peeping Through The Key Hole (Watching Jole Blon) - Cliffie Stone: Peepin' Thru The Keyhole (Watching Jole Blon) - Moon Mullican: Jole Blon Is Gone, Amen - Betty Amos: Jole John - Waylon Jennings: Jole Blon - Charles Lee: Rock And Roll Jolie Blonde


 

Jimmie Rodgers Tribute

MEMORIES OF JIMMIE RODGERS
BCD 15938- AH

Jimmie Rodgers inspired countless musicians to try to imitate his distinctive song stylings. Gene Autry, Jimmie Davis, Cliff Carlisle, Red Foley and Stuart Hamblen were only a few of those who did.  With Rodgers' death on May 26, 1933, a series of tribute songs began to unfold. Whether inspired by genuine desire to show respect for the man who would become known as the 'Father of Country Music', or merely by a desire to cash in on a potential commercial bonanza, or some strange combination of both,  the tributes speak eloquently of the man and his music. Singers like Bradley Kincaid and radio stars Asher and Little Jimmie Sizemore, whose musical debts to Rodgers were minimal, were joined by those like Autry and Dwight Butcher, who were fans and, frankly, Rodgers imitators, in paying their musical respects over the next several years.  Also among them were W. Lee O'Daniels Light Crust Doughboys, with an eloquent vocal by Leon Huff, WLS star Kenneth Houchins, who faithfully captures the Rodgers sound. Even Rodgers' widow and her protégé, Ernest Tubb, recorded their own tributes, with several of them written by Rodgers' sister-in-law and longtime song source, Elsie McWilliams. 

In May 1953, twenty years after Rodgers' death, Tubb and another Rodgers devotee, Hank Snow, helped establish the Jimmie Rodgers Day celebrations as an annual event in Rodgers' hometown, Meridian, Mississippi.  The entertainment for the dinner program at the 1957 celebration was provided by Tubb, Snow, the Wilburn Brothers and Jim Reeves. Collector Eugene Earle captured the evening's entertainment on tape.  Now, another forty years later, it is available, mostly for the first time, together with some of the best of the contemporary tributes to Jimmie Rodgers. 

DWIGHT BUTCHER: When Jimmie Rodgers Said Goodbye GENE AUTRY: The Life Of Jimmie Rodgers - The Death Of Jimmie Rodgers - Good Luck Old Pal ('Til We Meet Bye And Bye)-When Jimmie Rodgers Said Goodbye W. LEE O'DANIEL: Memories Of Jimmie Rodgers BRADLEY KINKAID: Jimmie Rodgers Life - The Death Of Jimmie Rodgers - Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers Lament ASHER SIZEMORE & LITTLE JIMMIE: Little Jimmie's Goodbye To Jimmie Rodgers KENNETH HOUCHINS: When Jimmie Rodgers Said Goodbye - Good Luck Old Pal BRADLEY KINKAID: The Life Of Jimmie Rodgers - The Death Of Jimmie Rodgers ERNEST TUBB: The Last Thoughts Of Jimmie Rodgers - The Passing Of Jimmie Rodgers MRS. JIMMIE RODGERS: We Miss Him When The Evening Shadows Fall - My Rainbow Trail Keeps Winding On ERNEST TUBB: The Women Made A Fool Out Of Me WILBURN BROS: Nothing At All ERNEST TUBB & WILBURN BROS: Mr. Love HANK SNOW: Anniversary Blue Yodel JIM REEVES: Waitin' For A Train
 

Arizona Rockabilly

ROCKIN’ AND BOPPIN’ IN THE DESERT
ARIZONA ROCKABILLY, VOL. 1
BCD 16230 -AR

Located in the middle of a state known mostly for copper, citrus, cotton and the Grand Canyon, Phoenix, Arizona, was in a period of transition. In the 1950s, eletronics overtook its industry; Republicans swamped its politics and rock ‘n’ roll upturned its prodigious country and western scene. The small but fast-growing Phoenix was an unlikely candidate for status as the Memphis of the Southwest, but during the city’s golden age of 1955-1961 a small but prolific group of local record labels and recording studios produced some of the most memorable and enduring music of all time. 

‘Rockin’ And Boppin’ In The Desert’ brings the best records from that period together in one wild package, featuring rare and collectable tracks from Al Casey, Don Cole, Rusty Isabell, Gene Maltais, Jack Lane, Loy Clingman, Jimmy Dell, Joe D. Johnson, Rio Rockers and many more. This is the first package of Phoenix rockers and boppers and a great introduction to Arizona’s overlooked musical history. 30 songs by 30 singers, many on CD for the first time, make this Bear Family release a must for all you music fanatics out there.

JOE MONTGOMERY: Planetary Run  AL CASEY: If I Told You (Wouldn’t Know It All By Myself)  BOBBY BOSTON: Lazy Daisy  BENNY BANTA: Cry Little Girlie  BILLY BARNETT: Romp And Stomp  DON COLE: Stop  DICK ROBINSON AND HIS MAKEBELIEVERS: The Boppin’ Martian  THE TADS: Mixed Up Mama  LOY CLINGMAN: Rockin’ Down Mexico Way  JACK LANE: King Fool  RUSTY ISABELL: Firewater (Sew Dew)  LONESOME LONG JOHN ROLLER: Long John’s Flagpole Rock  JIMMY DELL: Teeny Weeny  JIMMY JOHNSON: Cat Daddy  LEONARD BROTHERS: Boppin’ Blue Jeans  GENE MALTAIS: The Bug  NEWTON RASCALS (WAYNE & JERRY NEWTON): Rascal Boogie  JOE D. JOHNSON: Rattlesnake Daddy  DOUG HARDEN: Dig That Ford  RIO ROCKERS: Mexican Rock ‘n’ Roll  JIM MURPHY: I’m Gone, Mama  CHEEK-O VASS: Bo-Peep Rock  JIMMIE GRAY: Chicksville USA  JUDY FAYE: Rocky-Rolly Lover Boy  DUANE TURLEY & DON COLE: Long Gone Cat  JIMMIE PATTON: Okie’s In The Pokie  ALVIE SELF: Let’s Go Wild  BOBBY & THE DEMONS: The Woo  Q-ZEEN: Rain On The Mountain  RITCHIE HART: The Great Duane

 

Sentimental Journey, Vol. 2 --- The Train Never Stops
BCD 16442 AR

Erwin Lehn: Sentimental Journey - Johnny Cash: Train Of Love - John D. Loudermilk: Blue Train (Of The Heartbreak Line) - Little Jimmy Dickens: Night Train To Memphis – Wilf Carter: Waitin' For A Train - Johnny Horton: The First Train Headin' South - Hank Snow: Chattanooga Choo Choo - Boxcar Willie: Lonesome Hobo - Texas Lone Star: Desperados Waiting For The Train - Marty Robbins: Ghost Train - Bill Ramsey: Midnight Train - Jimmy Martin: Train 45 - Jim Reeves: Yonder Comes A Sucker - Jim & Jesse: I Like Trains - Ed Bruce: Last Train To Clarksville - Merle Haggard: The Train Never Stops - Grandpa Jones: East Bound Freight Train - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs: Bummin' An Old Freight Train - Hank Thompson: This Train – Lawton Williams: Train Of Thought - Louvin Bros: Put Me On The Train To Carolina - Roy Acuff: Wabash Cannon Ball – John Denver: City Of New Orleans - Jon Emery: Hold That Train - Lesley Schatz: Gotta Go (Bremen Train) - Billy Vaughn: Sentimental Journey

 

Sentimental Journey, Vol. 3 ---  Last Train To San Fernando
BCD 16443 AR

For most of the last two centuries, trains have been the most important means of transportation. In Germany the TV series 'Eisenbahn-Romantik' has been broadcast for almost two decades now. For those who haven’t seen it, it’s a cult program that runs to around 460 episodes. Since the dawn of the railroad era there have been songs about trains, and Bear Family has already released two CDs covering this theme. Now there's a brand -new CD, 'Last Train To San Fernando,' including many excellent rock 'n’'roll tracks, some of which haven't been heard for ages.  Other tracks have been culled from the vaults and are available once more for the delectation of serious collectors. Of course, this is not the end of the line – so, all aboard!

Erwin Lehn: Sentimental Journey - Johnny Duncan: Last Train To San Fernando - Johnny Burnette Trio: The Train Kept A-Rollin' - Champs: Train To Nowhere - Teresa Brewer: If I Were A Train - Bill Haley: Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Sleepy Labeef: Mystery Train - Buck Griffin: Watchin' The 7:10 Roll By - Four Lovers: Night Train - The Monkees: Last Train To Clarksville - Velaires: Mule Train - Conway Twitty: Long Black Train - Jerry Lee Lewis: Night Train To Memphis - Lonnie Donegan: Rock Island Line - Bill Justis: Bop Train - Doris Day: Choo Choo Train - Laurie London: The Gospel Train - Vipers Skiffle Group: Streamline Train - Freddie Bell: Take The First Train Out Of Town - Tiny Bradshaw: The Train Kept A-Rollin' - Titus Turner: Twistin' Train - Rusty Draper: The Train With The Rhumba Beat - Valentines: The Woo Woo Train - Jon Emery: I Let The Freight Train Carry Me On - Rollee Mcgill: There Goes That Train - Billy Vaughn: Sentimental Journey

 

 

Shakin' Up North

SHAKIN’ UP NORTH - CANADIAN ROCKABILLY, VOL. 1
BCD 16289 -AR

Canada....home of snow, ice hockey, maple syrup, cod wars, Shania Twain ...and rock ‘n’ roll! Yes, the same megawatt stations that pumped early rock and R&B into the heart of the United States also pumped it into Canada, which is hardly surprising as 90 per cent of the Canadian population lives within 50 miles of the American border. Canadians were rocking and rolling from the beginning, except no one outside Canada knew about it until now. Canadian rock ‘n’ roll expert Wayne Russell assembled this 30 track compilation of the coolest rock ‘n’ roll from the coldest place on earth. The names may be unfamiliar, but this is authentic pedal-to-the-metal, slam-bam rock ‘n’ roll, as good as anything you’ll hear from anywhere else. Canada...rock ‘n’ roll’s last frontier! Titles include: Goin’ To Memphis, She’s A Square, Rock And Roll Riot, and more below.

GUIDO D’AMICO: Jimmy Boy - BARRY BOYD: Goin’ Home To Memphis - REG SMITH: Rock And Roll Lullaby - BOB & LUCILLE: Eeny Meeny Miney Moe -  RAY ST. GERMAIN: She’s A Square -  ROCK-A-TUNES: Woman Fever - BILLY GUITAR: Here Comes The Night - TED DAIGLE: Mary Lou -  BOB KING: Rockin’ Jukebox -  R. DEAN TAYLOR: At The High School Dance -  DICKIE DAMRON: Gonna Have A Party -  CLIFFY & JERRY: Go To Sleep Little Suzie -  JERRY PALMER: Come Along With Me -  JIMMY ORDGE: Easy Rockin’ Chair -  WES DAKUS: El Ringo -  DICKIE DAMRON: Rockin’ Baby -  JACK BAILEY: Oh What Love Is -  JOE KOZAK: Hillbilly Rock -  STOLTZ BROS.: Rock And Roll Riot -  JIM MORRISON: Ready To Rock -  BLUE TONES: Shake, Shake -  DICK DAMRON: That’s What I Call Livin’ -  BRAD REYNOLDS: Georgie Porgie -  HAL WILLIS: My Pink Cadillac -  TED DAIGLE: Red Hen Hop -  BUDDY BURKE: That Big Old Moon -  TREE TOPS: Walkin’ Home -  JERRY PALMER: Travelin’ Shoes -  ROCK-A-TUNES: You’re Some Kind Of Nice -  RHYTHM JESTERS: Rock To The Music
 

Hank Williams Tribute 

HANK WILLIAMS: SONGWRITER...TO...LEGEND
BCD 16286-AH

Here’s the ultimate Hank Williams collectors’ item timed to coincide with what would have been his 75th birthday. Throughout his life, Hank pitched songs to other artists that he never recorded himself. Now, for the first time, here are 17 songs that Hank wrote but never recorded commercially performed by the artists who originally recorded them.

These are the rarest of all Hank’s songs, and they include Rosco Hankins performing Hank’s very first published song from 1943, I’m Praying For The Day When Peace Will Come; Hank’s Alabama bandmember Braxton Shooford performing a song they wrote together, Rockin’ Chair Daddy; and Jimmie Davis singing two of the songs that he and Hank wrote together, Bayou Pon-Pon and Forever Is A Long, Long Time. Also included are Rex Griffin’s rarely heard version of Lovesick Blues that Hank copied note-for-note, and 12 Hank Williams tribute songs recorded in the years immediately after his death, by such artists as Johnnie & Jack, Ernest Tubb, the Cochran Brothers, Marvin Rainwater, and Jimmie Skinner.

ROSCOE HANKINS: (I’m Praying For The Day When) Peace Will Come - RED KIRK: Never Been So Lonesome - DENVER DUKE & JEFFREY NULL: Hank Williams Isn’t Dead - ROME JOHNSON: If I Didn’t Love You - RED SOVINE: You’re Barking Up The Wrong Tree Now - BRAXTON SHOOFORD: Rockin’ Chair Daddy - JIMMY SWAN: The Last Letter - ARTHUR ‘Guitar Boogie’ SMITH: In Memory Of Hank Williams - DENVER DUKE & JEFFREY NULL: Hank Williams, That Alabama Boy - MARVIN RAINWATER: Hearts Hall Of Fame - JOHNNIE & JACK: Hank Williams Will Live Forever - JIMMIE LOGSDON: Hank Williams Sings The Blues No More - ERNEST TUBB: Hank It Will Never Be The Same Without You - JIMMIE DAVIS: Bayou Pon-Pon - JIMMIE DAVIS: Forever Is A Long Long Time - KITTY WELLS: My Cold Cold Heart Is Melting Now - REX GRIFFIN: Lovesick Blues - BIG JIM DeNOONE: The Death Of Hank Williams- BIG BILL LISTER: The Little House We Built (Just O’er The Hill) - BIG BILL LISTER: Countrified - JIMMIE SKINNER: Singing Teacher In Heaven - MOLLY O’DAY: The Evening Train - CURLEY WILLIAMS: Honey, Do You Love Me, Huh - CARL SMITH: There’s  Nothing As Sweet As My Baby - CARL SMITH: Me And My Broken Heart - GEORGE MORGAN: A Stranger In The Night - LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS: I Wish You Didn’t Love Me So Much - RAY PRICE: I Lost The Only Love I Knew - RILEY CRABTREE: When Hank Williams Met Jimmie Rodgers - COCHRAN BROTHERS: Two Blue Singing Stars
 

Let's Go Jivin'

LET'S GO JIVIN' TO ROCK & ROLL
BCD 15533-AH 

SALVO, Sammy: Say Yeah - DELL, Jimmy: I´ve Got A Dollar - COMO, Perry: Love Makes The World Go Round (stereo) - DAVIS SISTERS: Rock-A-Bye Boogie - KING, Pee Wee: Plantation Boogie - SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Tennessee Rock And Roll - COMO, Perry: Hubba, Hubba, Hubba - MIKE PEDICIN QUINTET: Jackpot - MORGAN TWINS: TV Hop - RESTIVO, Johnny: The Shape I´m In (stereo) - SEDAKA, Neil: You Gotta Learn Your Rhythm & Blues - COMO, Perry: Kewpie Doll - KING, Pee Wee: Blue Suede Shoes - DAVIS SISTERS: Fiddle Diddle Boogie - MIKE PEDICIN QUINTET: You Gotta Go - COMO, Perry: Jukebox Baby - BAKER, Janet: Boom De De Boom - MICKEY & SYLVIA: Rock & Stroll Room - MIKE PEDICIN QUINTET: When The Cats Come Marching In - RAY, Wade: Idaho Red

 

Various Artists
Foreign Love Affair

CD DIGIPAC
BCD 16336 AR

Hank Locklin: Foreign Love Affair - Eddie Wilson: Dankeschön, Bitteschön, Wiedersehen - Hank Snow: Lili Marlene - Bobby Helms: Fraulein - Lawton Williams: Rhinelaender Waltz - Bobby Helms: Lonely River Rhine - George Morgan: Little Dutch Girl - Jimmie Logsdon: My Sweet French Baby - Johnny Six (Orval Prophet): Mademoiselle (My Used To Be) - Jim Reeves: Anna Marie - Webb Pierce: English Sweetheart - Hank Locklin: My Wild Irish Rose - Slim Whitman: I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen - Hank Locklin: Geisha Girl - Marty Robbins: I-Eish-Tay-Mah-Su - Ernest Tubb: Filipino Baby - Hank Snow: My Filipino Rose - Marty Robbins: Melba From Melbourne - Slim Whitman:Mexicali Rose - Marty Robbins:Kingston Girl - Marty Robbins: Bahama Mama - Hank Snow: Calypso Sweetheart - Wynn Stewart & Jan Howard: Yankee Go Home - Montana Slim: My French Canadian Girl - Lawton Williams: Foreign Love - Hank Locklin: Happy Journey

 

Various Artists
Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer

CD DIGIPAC
BCD 16718 AR

 It is one of the most familiar songs in all American music, and among the Top 20 all-time earners in the American record business. It has been a hit for Gene Autry, The Chipmunks, The Temptations, The Melodeers, Spike Jones, and Bing Crosby, and it has been recorded by literally hundreds of others. The story began in 1939 when the Montgomery Ward retail store chain wanted to give away a story book to its customers at Christmas, and assigned the job to Robert L. May. Ten years later, May's brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, wrote a song about May's creation, and it was an instantaneous smash. Perhaps the last great Christmas classic!Now it receives the deluxe treatment: the hit, the sequels, foreign versions, a sampling of other versions by artists as diverse as Perry Como, Johnny Horton, and the Cadillacs. 30 songs, the full story, and a cartoon by famous German cartoonist Ole Könnecke.

Gene Autry - Perry Como - Spike Jones and his City Slickers - Montana Slim - Giselle MacKenzie - Hank Snow - Dean Martin - Roy Smeck - Merle Haggard - Ray Conniff - Hank Thompson - The Platters - Hank Locklin - Ernest Tubb - Pat Boone - Lynn Anderson - Urbie Green - Burl Ives - Cadillacs - Dolly Parton - Bobby Helms - Fats Domino - The Three Suns - The Crystals - The Chipmunks - plus:  - Jen Roger: Le p'tit renne au nez rouge - John Hendrick: Rudolf, das kleine Rentier - Chuck Berry: Run Rudolph Run - Johnny Horton: They Shined Up Rudolph's Nose - Homer & Jethro: Randolph, The Flat-Nosed Reindeer

 

bcd16729

Various Artists
Town Hall Party

BCD 16729 AH

Joe Maphis & The Town Hall Band: Town Hall Shuffle
The Collins Kids: Just Because
Freddie Hart: Lonesome Love
Dortha Wright: Cold, Cold Heart
Johnny Bond : Oklahoma Waltz
Jenks Tex Carman: Each Minute Seems A Million Years
Joe Maphis & The Town Hall Band: Tennessee Two Step
Tex Ritter: Wagon Wheels
Les 'Carrot Top' Anderson : My Little Red Wagon
Joe & Rose Lee Maphis: Sweeter Than The Flowers
Bobby Charles: Kentucky Waltz
Entire Cast: Wait For The Light To Shine