Fathers of Country Music

Fathers of Country Music
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The Fathers of Country Music Collector's set features 18 maverick musicians who shaped country music as we know it today.  

Legends like Gene Autry, Hank Williams, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers, Ray Price and Johnny Cash, sing the songs that rocketed them up the country charts and touched millions with humor and heartbreak, honky-tonk antics and hometown sweethearts - moving story-songs about life as they saw it.

The Fathers of Country 3CD boxed set features 70 original hit recordings from country's leading men. 

Plus, an 18 page booklet that charts their careers  and unique contribution to country music.

  • 3 CD boxed set
  • 18 country music giants
  • 70 classic songs
  • Digitally remastered hit recordings for better than ever sound!

Here's what you get...

Old Love Letters

Old Love Letters

Good old fashioned country love songs:  I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms) - Eddy Arnold * Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - Ray Price * Beautiful Dreamer - Slim Whtiman * Hey, Good Lookin' - Hank Williams * Yellow Rose of Texas - Roy Rogers, plus 18 more!

CD 1

Track title
Artist
1
Indian Love Call
Slim Whitman
2
I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can HOld You In My Arms)
Eddy Arnold
3
Goodnight, Irene
Red Foley with Ernest Tubb
4
With This Ring I Thee Wed
Hank Snow and his Rainbow Ranch Boys
5
Just A Little Lovin' Will Go A Long Way
Eddy Arnold
6
I'll Forgive You, But I Can't Forget
Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys
7
Tennessee Border
Tennessee Ernie Ford
8
Cincinnati Lou
Hank Williams and his Drifting Cowboys
9
Sweet Temptation
Merle Travis
10
Don't Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes
Ray Price
11
Hey, Good Lookin'
Hank Williams and his Drifting Cowboys
12
I Love You Because
Ernest Tubb
13
Rainbow At Midnight
Ernest Tubb
14
Secret Love
Slim Whitman
15
Rose-Marie
Slim Whitman
16
You Are My Sunshine
Gene Autry
17
Yellow Rose Of Texas
Roy Rogers
18
You're From Texas
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
19
Footprints In The Snow
Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys
20
South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way)
Gene Autry
21
Old Love Letters
Jimmie Rodgers
22
It's Been So Long Darling
Ernest Tubb
23
Beautiful Dreamer
Slim Whitman
Cattle Calls and Cannonballs

Cattle Calls and Cannonballs

Singing the work-a-day life of cowboys and country folk:  Cattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy - Red Foley * Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams and his Drifting Cowboys * Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford * Ghost Riders In The Sky - Gene Autry * Don't Fence Me In - Roy Rogers and 21 more!

CD 2

Track title
Artist
1
Ballad of Davy Crocket
Tennessee Ernie Ford
2
A Four Legged Friend
Roy Rogers
3
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
Red Foley
4
Wake Up, Irene
Hank Thompson and his Brazos Valley Boys
5
Rub-A-Dub-Dub
Hank Thompson and his Brazos Valley Boys
6
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed!
Merle Travis
7
I'm Moving On
Hank Snow and his Rainbow Ranch Boys
8
Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
Hank Williams and his Drifting Cowboys
9
Sixteen Tons
Tennessee Ernie Ford
10
The Golden Rocket
Hank Snow and his Rainbow Ranch Boys
11
Orange Blossom Special
Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys with Pete Pyle
12
Ghost Riders In The Sky
Gene Autry
13
Danny Boy
Slim Whitman
14
Old Shep
Red Foley
15
Don't Fence Me In
Roy Rogers
16
The Cattle Call
Eddy Arnold
17
Smoke On The Water
Red Foley
18
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke That Cigarette!
Tex Williams and his Western Caravan
19
The Gold Rush Is Over
Hank Snow and his Rainbow Ranch Boys
20
Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell A Woman
Tex Williams and his Western Caravan
21
New Spanish Two Step
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
22
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Gene Autry
23
Wabash Cannonball
Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys
24
The Rhumba Boogie
Hank Snow and his Rainbow Ranch Boys
25
Kentucky Waltz
Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys
26
Soldier's Last Letter
Ernest Tubb
Jealous Hearts

Jealous Hearts

21 classic country songs about the fine line between love and worse:  I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash * Crazy Arms - Ray Price * High Noon (Do Not Foresake Me) - Tex Ritter * Walking The Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb * Love Sick Blues - Hank Williams * Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - Roy Acuff and 17 more!

CD 3

Track title
Artist
1
I Walk The Line
Johnny Cash
2
Crazy Arms
Ray Price and the Cherokee Cowboys
3
I Don't Hurt Anymore
Hank Snow and his Rainbow Ranch Boys
4
Bouquet of Roses
Eddy Arnold
5
The Wild Side Of Life
Hank Thompson and his Brazos Valley Boys
6
Talk To Your Heart
Ray Price
7
Jealous Heart
Tex Ritter and his Texans
8
You Will Have To Pay
Tex Ritter
9
Divorce Me C.O.D.
Merle Travis
10
There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder
Tex Ritter and his Texans
11
The Leaf Of Love
Tex Williams and his Western Caravan
12
Suspicion
Tex Williams and his Western Caravan
13
New San Antonio Rose
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
14
Tennessee Waltz
Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys
15
High Noon (Do Not Foresake Me)
Tex Ritter
16
Shame On You
Red Foley
17
Mexicali Rose
Gene Autry
18
Walking The Floor Over You
Ernest Tubb
19
Love Sick Blues
Hank Williams and his Drifting Cowboys
20
It's Been So Long Darling
Ernest Tubb
21
The Precious Jewel
Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys
22
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys