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Classic Cowboy Country 1939-54
Classic Cowboy Country 1939-54

Texas Jim Robertson
Styles: Country
Catalogue Number: ADDCD3433
As his name implies, Texas Jim Robertson was a native of the Lone Star State, but made his start singing on radio in his teens while based in North Carolina and he subsequently moved to New York with the NBC network, acting as well as singing on radio. He made his first recordings in 1939, with a break of three years between sessions while he served in the Pacific during WWII, Picking up his career on his discharge, he had a run of country hits in the post-war years. He was a singer in the old-school cowboy style, with much of his repertoire redolent of Texan and western imagery, although he recorded several songs with interesting wartime reference points. This 52-track 2-CD set comprises selected A and B sides from his releases on the Bluebird, Victor, RCA and MGM labels from this era, and features all his career chart entries, including the Top 10 country hits “Filipino Baby”, “Rainbow At Midnight” and “Signed Sealed, Delivered”, and the Top 20 hit “Slipping Around”, the last coming in 1950, a few years before he moved from music to mainstream radio broadcasting in the 1950s. The collection comprises around half of the titles he released on singles during these years, so we trust it provides a nicely representative overview of his output, and it certainly offers an entertaining showcase for his highly distinctive and evocative style of country.

Disk 1:
Track Title Artist
1 Bouncin' Along Texas Jim Robertson
2 I'm Gonna Throw My Lasso Texas Jim Robertson
3 My Pony's Hair Turned Grey Texas Jim Robertson
4 Purple Night On The Prairie Texas Jim Robertson
5 Way Down In Texas Texas Jim Robertson
6 I'll Be Back In A Year, Little Darlin' Texas Jim Robertson
7 I'm Gonna Be Long Gone Texas Jim Robertson
8 Birmingham Woman Texas Jim Robertson
9 There's A Heart In The Heart Of The Rockies Texas Jim Robertson
10 Home On The Range Texas Jim Robertson With Male Quartet And Orch
11 The Cowboy's Dream Texas Jim Robertson With Male Quartet And Orch
12 Oh Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie Texas Jim Robertson With Male Quartet And Orch
13 In Texas For The Round-Up In The Spring Texas Jim Robertson With Male Quartet And Orch
14 Red River Valley Texas Jim Robertson With Male Quartet And Orch
15 Ridin' Old Paint Texas Jim Robertson With Male Quartet And Orch
16 The Texas Song Texas Jim Robertson With Male Quartet And Orch
17 When This War Is Over Texas Jim Robertson
18 Sweet Baby (Come Back Where You Belong) Texas Jim Robertson
19 Talk To The Boss In The Sky Texas Jim Robertson
20 Last Page Of Mein Kampf Texas Jim Robertson
21 Filipino Baby Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
22 Rainbow At Midnight Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
23 Land, Sky And Water Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
24 A Home Of My Own Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
25 It Takes A Long, Long Train With A Red Caboose Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
Disk 2:
Track Title Artist
1 Pal In Palo Alto Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
2 I Sure Got It From You Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
3 Miner's Song Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
4 Headin' Down The Wrong Highway Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
5 Signed, Sealed And Delivered Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
6 Lost Deep Down In The Bottom Of The Sea Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
7 Mountain Rosalie Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
8 In The Pines (The Longest Train I Ever Saw) Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
9 Sad Heart Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
10 Sundown In My Heart Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
11 Slipping Around Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
12 I Heard The Angels Weep Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
13 Revenge Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
14 I'm Back To Where I Started Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
15 Rubber Knuckle Sam (Leader of the Washboard Band) Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
16 One Kind Word Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
17 Jaw, Jaw, Yap, Yap, Yap! Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
18 If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
19 Don't You Angel Me Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
20 Wildcat Baby Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
21 Deadly Weapon Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
22 Gone Fishing Texas Jim Robertson With The Three Suns
23 Let Me In The Fontane Sisters With Texas Jim Robertson
24 (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle Texas Jim Robertson And The Panhandle Punchers
25 Beware Texas Jim Robertson
26 I Promise To Love You Texas Jim Robertson
27 Automatic Woman Texas Jim Robertson
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