Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns: The Soundtrack (deluxe edition)

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Tracklist

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1Honky Tonkin’
recording of:
Honky Tonkin’ (on 1947-11-06)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-16)
Hank Williams with The Drifting Cowboys3.752:43
2It’s Mighty Dark to Travel
recording of:
It's Mighty Dark to Travel
composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys2:52
3New Mule Skinner Blues
The Maddox Brothers & Rose3:07
4I’ll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)
recording of:
I’ll Hold You in My Heart (’Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) (on 1947-05-18)
lyricist and composer:
Eddy Arnold, Hal Horton (songwriter) and Tommy Dilbeck
publisher:
Adams, Vee & Abbott, Inc. (on 1947-05-15)
Eddy Arnold42:42
5Foggy Mountain Breakdown
recorded in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1949-12-11)
banjo:
Earl Scruggs (on 1949-12-11)
double bass [string bass]:
Howard Watts (bluegrass bassist, aka Cedric Rainwater) (on 1949-12-11)
fiddle:
Benny Sims (American fiddler) (on 1949-12-11)
guitar:
Lester Flatt (on 1949-12-11)
mandolin:
Curly Seckler (on 1949-12-11)
recording of:
Foggy Mountain Breakdown (on 1949-12-11)
composer:
Earl Scruggs
Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs with The Foggy Mountain Boys42:40
6Molly and Tenbrook
recording of:
Molly and Tenbrooks
composer:
Bill Monroe (“The Father of Bluegrass”)
publisher:
Bill Monroe Music
is based on:
Molly and Tenbrooks
The Stanley Brothers2:33
7Lovesick Blues (single version)
recorded in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1948-12-22)
bass:
Willie Thawl (US bassist) (on 1948-12-22)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler) (on 1948-12-22)
guitar:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1948-12-22)
guitar [lead guitar]:
James Grishaw (on 1948-12-22)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Louis Innis (on 1948-12-22)
mandolin:
Clyde Baum (on 1948-12-22)
steel guitar:
Jerry Byrd (Nashville A-Team) (on 1948-12-22)
vocals:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1948-12-22)
recording of:
Lovesick Blues (on 1948-12-22)
lyricist:
Irving Mills and Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01)
composer:
Cliff Friend (US composer, lyricist & pianist)
arranger:
Hank Williams (country music legend) (on 1949-11-01)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Jack Mills, Inc. (on 1922-04-03) and Mills Music, Inc. (from 1930 to present)
Hank Williams42:43
8I Saw the Light
live recording of:
I Saw the Light
lyricist and composer:
Lewis E. Jones (hymnist) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Ltd. (UK) (from 1948 to present), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 1948 to present) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-16)
Hank Williams32:13
9Hey, Good Lookin’
live recording of:
Hey, Good Lookin’
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-03-16)
Hank Williams3:19
10It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1952-05-03)
bass:
Johnnie Wright (US country music singer-songwriter) (on 1952-05-03)
fiddle:
Paul Warren (US fiddler) (on 1952-05-03)
guitar:
Jack Anglin (on 1952-05-03)
steel guitar:
Harold "Shot" Jackson (US country music guitar and dobro player) (on 1952-05-03)
vocals:
Kitty Wells (on 1952-05-03)
recording of:
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (on 1952-05-03)
lyricist and composer:
J.D. Miller (Louisiana songwriter and producer Joseph Denton Miller)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
quotes lyrics from:
The Wild Side of Life
cover recording of:
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (in 1952)
lyricist and composer:
J.D. Miller (Louisiana songwriter and producer Joseph Denton Miller)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
quotes lyrics from:
The Wild Side of Life
cover recording of:
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels (in 1979)
lyricist and composer:
J.D. Miller (Louisiana songwriter and producer Joseph Denton Miller)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
quotes lyrics from:
The Wild Side of Life
Kitty Wells52:30
11I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
recorded at:
E.T. Herzog Recording Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
part of:
Rolling Stone: 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time (2019 re-issued) (number: 2), Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 4), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 111) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 165)
recording of:
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (on 1949-08-30)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (2002–today), Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-10-31) and Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 2002 to present)
Hank Williams with The Drifting Cowboys4.252:45
12Jambalaya (single version)
bass:
Bob Moore (U.S. bassist and bandleader) (on 1956-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Farris Coursey (on 1956-07-30)
guitar:
Don Helms (on 1956-07-30), Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1956-07-30) and Jack Shook (on 1956-07-30)
piano:
Owen Bradley (on 1956-07-30)
vocals:
Brenda Lee (1960s American singer) (on 1956-07-30)
cover recording of:
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) (on 1956-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK), Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music Limited (UK), Fred Rose Music, Inc., Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1952-07-28)
Brenda Lee2:08
13New Step It Up and Go
The Maddox Brothers & Rose2:24
14I Walk the Line
producer:
Sam Phillips (founder of Sun Records)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (country music legend) (on 1956-04-02)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1956-04-02)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1956-04-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sun Entertainment Corporation (company credits only; do not use as release label!) (in 1956) and Sun Record Company (in 1956)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1956-04-02)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 30), Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1956 (number: 33) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 76)
recording of:
I Walk the Line (on 1956-04-02)
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher), Bug Music, Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two4.152:44
15Crazy Arms
Ray Price2:31
16Bye, Bye Love
recording of:
Bye Bye Love
writer:
Boudleaux Bryant and Felice Bryant
publisher:
House of Bryant Publications (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Sony ATV Acuff Rose Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
The Everly Brothers2:17
17The Long Black Veil
Lefty Frizzell3:08
18El Paso
recording of:
El Paso
lyricist and composer:
Marty Robbins
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Hill & Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Mariposa Music Inc. (publisher), Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
Marty Robbins4:38
19Night Life
Ray Price4:45
20Hello Walls
recording of:
Hello Walls
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Pamper Music, Inc. (on 1961-02-08)
Faron Young52:24
21I Fall to Pieces (single version)
recording of:
I Fall to Pieces
composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter) and Harlan Howard
Patsy Cline2:47
22Ring of Fire
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1963-03-25)
producer:
Frank Jones (producer for Columbia, often with Don Law; also singer/songwiter) and Don Law
performer:
The Carter Family (later generations of the family after 1943)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1963, in 1977)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 25), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 87), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 201) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 388)
cover recording of:
Ring of Fire (on 1963-03-25)
writer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Merle Kilgore
publisher:
Painted Desert Music Corporation
Johnny Cash4.252:35
23Crazy
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 Cline4.152:42
24I Can’t Stop Loving You
cover recording of:
I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You
lyricist and composer:
Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1958-02-07)
Ray Charles4:13
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