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The Greatest Country Hits of 1958
The Greatest Country Hits of 1958

Various Artists
Styles: Country
Catalogue Number: ACQCD7084

This release heralds something of a re-launch of a series which up until now has comprised 2-CD sets in our ADDCD range featuring selected annual collections of the biggest US country hits of each year.

With the continuing success of our America’s Greatest Hits series, we have decided to fill in the gaps in our Greatest Country Hits range with 4-CD collections which enable us to provide a more in-depth spread across the Billboard Country charts of that year.

This great-value 120-track collection comprises every record that appeared in the various versions of the country charts during 1958 chart along with some B sides that tagged along with the featured hit. Until October 1958, Billboard published a “Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes” Top10, a “C&W Best Sellers In Stores” Top 15 and a “Most Played C&W by Disc Jockeys” Top 15. As of 20th October these were combined into a single “Hot Country and Western Sides” Top 30 chart.

 It features all the major country stars of the era, along with the increasing number of pop and rock ‘n’ roll artists whose hits were crossing over from the pop to the country charts.However, it also includes quite a few relatively obscure tracks which have not been widely available on CD.

With an in-depth 10-000+ word booklet with background notes on every record, it will be an in-demand item for country collectors.


Disk 1:
Track Title Artist
1 Great Balls Of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis
2 The Story Of My Life Marty Robbins
3 Raunchy Bill Justis
4 Anna Marie Jim Reeves
5 Uh-Huh-mm Sonny James
6 Raunchy Ernie Freeman
7 One Week Later Webb Pierce & Kitty Wells
8 Waitin' In School Ricky Nelson
9 I Found My Girl In The USA Jimmie Skinner
10 Ballad Of A Teenage Queen Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two
11 You Win Again Jerry Lee Lewis
12 I Beg Of You Elvis Presley
13 Love Bug Crawl Jimmy Edwards
14 Stood Up Ricky Nelson
15 Don't Elvis Presley
16 Lost To A Geisha Girl Skeeter Davis
17 Big River Johnny Cash
18 This Little Girl Of Mine Everly Brothers
19 Is It Wrong (For Loving You) Warner Mack
20 Breathless Jerry Lee Lewis
21 Please Pass The Biscuits Gene Sullivan
22 Should We Tell Him Everly Brothers
23 Once More Osborne Brothers & Red Allen
24 Curtain In The Window Ray Price
25 It's All Your Fault Ray Price
26 Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again Jimmie Rodgers
27 Just A Little Lonesome Bobby Helms
28 I Can't Stop Loving You Kitty Wells
29 She's No Angel Kitty Wells
30 Once More Roy Acuff
Disk 2:
Track Title Artist
1 Oh Lonesome Me Don Gibson
2 Your Name Is Beautiful Carl Smith
3 Pink Pedal Pushers Carl Perkins
4 Whole Lotta Woman Marvin Rainwater
5 Overnight Jim Reeves
6 Believe What You Say Ricky Nelson
7 House Of Glass Ernest Tubb
8 Whispering Rain Hank Snow
9 Stairway of Love Marty Robbins
10 Wear My Ring Around Your Neck Elvis Presley
11 Doncha' Think It's Time Elvis Presley
12 Stop The World (And Let Me Off) Johnnie & Jack
13 I Can't Stop Loving You Don Gibson
14 My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Ricky Nelson
15 Send Me The Pillow You Dream On Hank Locklin
16 Just Married Marty Robbins
17 What Makes A Man Wander Jimmie Skinner
18 All I Have To Do Is Dream Everly Brothers
19 Jacqueline Bobby Helms
20 Color Of The Blues George Jones
21 You'll Come Back Webb Pierce
22 I Love You More Jim Reeves
23 Cryin' Over You Webb Pierce
24 How Do You Hold A Memory Hank Thompson
25 Claudette Everly Brothers
26 I Guess Things Happen That Way Johnny Cash
27 Hey, Mr. Bluebird Ernest Tubb & The Wilburn Brothers
28 It's A Little More Like Heaven Hank Locklin
29 Blue Grass Skirt Hank Locklin
30 Secretly Jimmie Rodgers
Disk 3:
Track Title Artist
1 Make Me A Miracle Jimmie Rodgers
2 Every Time I'm Kissing You Faron Young
3 Jealousy Kitty Wells
4 High School Confidential Jerry Lee Lewis
5 Alone With You Faron Young
6 Hard Headed Woman Elvis Presley
7 Don't Ask Me Why Elvis Presley
8 Come In Stranger Johnny Cash
9 Big Wheels Hank Snow
10 When Kalin Twins
11 Splish Splash Bobby Darin
12 Rebel-'Rouser Duane Eddy
13 Patricia Pérez Prado
14 Blue Blue Day Don Gibson
15 Poor Little Fool Ricky Nelson
16 Blue Boy Jim Reeves
17 Bird Dog Everly Brothers
18 Invitation To The Blues Ray Price
19 Devoted To You Everly Brothers
20 Nothin' Needs Nothin' (Like I Need You) Marvin Rainwater
21 The Ways Of A Woman In Love Johnny Cash
22 She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More) Marty Robbins
23 You're The Nearest Thing To Heaven Johnny Cash
24 All Grown Up Johnny Horton
25 Falling Back To You Webb Pierce
26 Are You Really Mine Jimmie Rodgers
27 Look Who's Blue Don Gibson
28 I'll Make It All Up To You Jerry Lee Lewis
29 City Lights Ray Price
30 Half A Mind Ernest Tubb
Disk 4:
Track Title Artist
1 Talk To Me Lonesome Heart James O'Gwynn
2 Lonely Island Pearl Johnnie & Jack
3 Deep Purple Blues Ernest Tubb
4 Hey Sheriff Rusty & Doug
5 Tupelo County Jail Webb Pierce
6 Would You Care The Browns
7 I Hate Myself Faron Young
8 I Will Ferlin Husky
9 Squaws Along The Yukon Hank Thompson
10 All Over Again Johnny Cash
11 Scotland Bill Monroe
12 That's What I Tell My Heart Bob Gallion
13 A Mansion On The Hill June Webb
14 A Woman Captured Me Hank Snow
15 Touch And Go Heart Kitty Wells
16 Give Myself A Party Don Gibson
17 What Do I Care Johnny Cash
18 Pick Me Up On Your Way Down Charlie Walker
19 The Violet And A Rose Mel Tillis
20 If I Don't Love You (Grits Ain't Groceries) George Jones
21 Have Blues Will Travel Eddie Noack
22 Walking The Slow Walk Carl Smith
23 That's The Way I Feel Faron Young
24 Rock Hearts Jimmy Martin
25 He's Lost His Love For Me Kitty Wells
26 Treasure Of Love George Jones
27 I Want To Go Where No One Knows Me Jean Shepard
28 Ain't I The Lucky One Marty Robbins
29 One Night Elvis Presley
30 Blue Memories James O'Gwynn
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