VA - The Nashville Sound Of Success: The Country #1's 1958-1962 (2016)

The five years from the beginning of 1958 to the end of 1962 were crucial to the genesis of country music as it moved away from a traditional hillbilly and western sound to something altogether more cosmopolitan in construction. The arrival of 'The Nashville Sound' with vocal groups and strings replacing steel guitars and fiddles, brought country music into the mainstream and resulted in an enormous amount of crossover action between the country chart and the Hot 100. 'The Nashville Sound Of Success' charts the progress, and the international acceptance of Country music between 1958 and 1962 by presenting - in chronological order - every record to make #1 on the Billboard Country chart during that period. Not all of the records were recorded in Nashville, but all of them play a vital part in telling the story of Country music's first quantum leap towards becoming the commercial product it is considered to be in the 21st century. 2 CDs filled with some of the biggest names in Country music - including Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Faron Young, Don Gibson and many more - singing some of their most beloved classic hits, and all resented in the best possible sound, from the best possible sources. As vintage country compilations go, this one takes a lot of beating. What's not to enjoy about 'The Nashville Sound Of Success'?

TRACKLIST

CD1

01. Marty Robbins - The Story Of My Life
02. The Browns - The Three Bells
03. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire
04. Johnny Cash - Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
05. Don Gibson - Oh Lonesome Me
06. Marty Robbins - Just Married
07. The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
08. Johnny Cash - Guess Things Happen That Way
09. Faron Young - Alone With You
10. Don Gibson - Blue Blue Day
11. The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog
12. Ray Price - City Lights
13. Jim Reeves - Billy Bayou
14. Johnny Cash - Don't Take Your Guns To Town
15. Johnny Horton - When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)
16. George Jones - White Lightning
17. Johnny Horton - The Battle Of New Orleans
18. Stonewall Jackson - Waterloo
19. Faron Young - Country Girl
20. Ray Price - The Same Old Me
21. Marty Robbins - El Paso

CD2

01. Jim Reeves - Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go
02. Hank Locklin - Hank Locklin - Please Help Me, I'm Falling
03. Cowboy Copas - Cowboy Copas - Alabam
04. Ferlin Husky - Ferlin Husky - Wings Of A Dove
05. Johnny Horton - Johnny Horton - North To Alaska
06. Marty Robbins - Marty Robbins - Don't Worry
07. Faron Young - Faron Young - Hello Walls
08. Kitty Wells - Kitty Wells - Heartbreak U.S.A.
09. Patsy Cline - Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces
10. George Jones - George Jones - Tender Years
11. Leroy Van Dyke - Leroy Van Dyke - Walk On By
12. Jimmy Dean - Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
13. Porter Wagoner - Porter Wagoner - Misery Loves Company
14. Sheb Wooley - Sheb Wooley - That's My Pa
15. Patsy Cline - Patsy Cline - She's Got You
16. Billy Walker - Billy Walker - Charlie's Shoes
17. George Jones - George Jones - She Thinks I Still Care
18. Claude King - Claude King - Wolverton Mountain
19. Marty Robbins - Marty Robbins - Devil Woman
20. Bill Anderson - Bill Anderson - Mama Sang A Song
21. Hank Snow - Hank Snow - I've Been Everywhere
22. Carl Butler - Carl Butler - Don't Let Me Cross Over
23. Marty Robbins - Marty Robbins - Ruby Ann
24. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - The Ballad Of Jed Clampett