Allen,Rex Arizona Cowboy: Selected Singles 1946-62 CD

Rex Allen was one of the later era of Singing Cowboys, whose career encompassed not only being a recording artist but also having a high profile as a star of western movies and TV series, and later as a narrator on many Disney productions. Born in Arizona, he made his start as a singer, becoming known as "The Arizona Cowboy", which became the title of one of his first films after signing to Republic Pictures. Although most of his hits were in his early career he maintained his popularity and visibility to have more hits at the beginning of the 1960s. This great-value 55-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides of his singles on the Mercury, Decca & Buena Vista labels from these years. Initially recording with his groups The Dawn Busters, The Prairie Ramblers and The Arizona Cowboys, he later recorded solo, in a duet with Tex Williams, with The Anita Kerr Singers and with various orchestras in later times. It features his 1953 No. 4 "Crying In The Chapel", and 1962 No. 4 "Don't Go Near The Indians", along with his other hits from this era "Sparrow In The Treetop", a No. 10, "Afraid", a No. 14 and the movie song "Marines, Let's Go", a No. 21. He was a versatile and distinctive artist, a talented writer as well as performer, and this collection offers an entertaining showcase for his varied output across the most significant 15 years of his career.

1. Disc 1: 2. Curtains of Sorrow 3. Atomic Power 4. Texas Tornado 5. Driftwood on the River 6. Queen of the Rodeo 7. Foggy River 8. Take It Back and Change It for a Boy 9. Loaded Pistol, Loaded Dice 10. Teardrops in My Heart 11. Chime Bells 12. Tears on My Old Guitar 13. Tennessee Tears 14. Afraid 15. Over Three Hills 16. Blues in My Mind 17. Tag Along 18. Put Your Arms Around Me 19. Softly and Tenderly 20. Yodelin' Crazy 21. Too-Lee-Rollum 22. You Drifted 23. Naggin' 24. The Roving Kind 25. Sparrow in the Tree Top 26. Mister and Mississippi 27. Hot Time in New Orleans Tonight 28. Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old 'Tucky Home 29. Is He Satisfied 30. Till the Well Runs Dry 31. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 32. No One Will Ever Know 33. Crying in the Chapel 34. If God Can Forgive You, So Can I 35. Somewhere 36. In the Chapel in the Moonlight 37. This Ole House 38. I'm Learning to Live Without You 39. Tomorrow's Just Another Day to Cry 40. That's What Makes the Juke Box Play 41. The Albino, Pink-Eyed Stallion 42. The Last Roundup 43. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine 44. Drango 45. Westward Ho the Wagons! 46. Money, Marbles and Chalk 47. Blue Dream 48. Invitation to the Blues 49. I Know the Reason Why 50. Lazy River 51. I Couldn't Care Less 52. Morgen (One More Sunrise) 53. Forever and Ever 54. I Love You So Much It Hurts 55. Marines Let's Go