At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight / Various At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight / Various CD

Time was when the Louisiana Hayride show at the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana was the place for country music fans to be on a Saturday night. Just sixty cents for adults (thirty for kids) bought the finest night's entertainment anytime, anywhere. This set is a front-row seat as Hank Williams takes to the stage, first as a relative newcomer and later as a troubled superstar. Elvis Presley brings rockabilly to the airwaves before anyone knew what he or his music was about. A parade of home-grown and out-of-town country hitmakers tussle with one another for encores, and encourage unknown newcomers who would wow the audience with their songs and performances most nights. These long-buried musical performances are brought to life in chronological order interspersed with some of the announcements, intros, ads, comedy routines and mistakes that went to make up a live show in those days. Not least, we can hear Elvis Presley's epoch-changing music as it was originally heard-as part of a country variety show. At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight - Eighteen CDs chronicle the weekly Hayride. Two bonus CDs sample some of the post-1960 shows together with commercial recordings made in the KWKH radio studios, promotional discs and transcribed shows from KWKH's early days. These 20 CDs comprise over 25 hours of music captured on-stage in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s at KWKH's legendary Louisiana Hayride radio show. At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight - Staged live in Shreveport, the Hayride featured national country music stars, soon-to-be legends, regional break-outs, and talented newcomers.

1. W.K. (Old Man) Henderson - Hello World 2. John McGhee with Frank Welling - Hello World, Doggone 3. Blind Andy (Jenkins) - Hello World Song (Don't You Go 'Way) 4. Jimmie Davis (Probably) - Hello World Doggone 5. Johnnie ; Jack - Raining on the Mountain 6. Kitty Wells - the Singing Waterfall 7. Johnnie ; Jack - Little Cabin Home on the Hill 8. Kitty Wells - Love or Hate 9. Kitty Wells, Johnnie Wright and Hank Williams - Dear Brother 10. Curley Williams ; Hank Williams - Time Has Proven I Was Wrong 11. Curley Williams ; Hank Williams - No Not Now 12. Hank Williams - My Bucket's Got a Hole in It 13. Tex Grimsley ; the Texas Playboys - Walking the Dog 14. Shot Jackson (Webb Pierce(- I Need You Like a Hole in the Head 15. Webb Pierce - I've Loved You Forever It Seems 16. Buddy Attaway - Freight Train Blues 17. Tillman Franks (Webb Pierce: Vocal) - California Blues 18. Tillman Franks (Webb Pierce: Vocal) - Hayride Boogie 19. Webb Pierce - I Got Religion Saturday Night 20. Tillman Franks (Faron Young: Vocal) - Hi Tone Poppa 21. Mac Wiseman - Tis Sweet to Be Remembered 22. Claude King - She Knows Why 23. Shot Jackson - If the Truth Was Known 24. Slim Whitman - Indian Love Call 25. Jim Reeves - Mexican Joe 26. Mitchell Torok - Caribbean 27. Carolyn Bradshaw - a Man on the Loose 28. The Browns - Looking Back to See 29. Jimmy and Johnny - If You Don't Somebody Else Will 30. Slim Whitman - Rose Marie 31. Hank Williams - Mind Your Own Business 32. Johnnie ; Jack and Paul Warren - Listen to the Mockingbird 33. Hank Williams - I'm a Long Gone Daddy 34. The Bailes Brothers - He Will Set Your Fields on Fire 35. Zeke Clements - Milk Cow Blues 36. Curley Williams - Georgia Steel Guitar 37. Harmie Smith - I'll Step Aside 38. Red Sovine - Signed, Sealed, Delivered 39. Cousin Emmy - I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again 40. Johnny ; Jack - (As Nimrod ; His Duck): Comedy Routine 41. Paul Warren - Jolly Blacksmith 42. Cousin Emmy - Shortnin' Bread 43. Cousin Emmy's Kinfolks String Band - Mountain Dew 44. Curley Williams' Georgia Peach Pickers - One Sided Affair 45. Curley Williams' Georgia Peach Pickers - China Boy 46. Beat the Band - Game for Audience Members - Beat the Band 47. Brother Homer (Bailes Brothers) - Sweeter Than the Flowers 48. The Bailes Brothers - You Go to Your Church and I'll Go to Mine 49. Station Identification - Station Identification 50. Slim Whitman - Whipporwill Yodel 51. Oklahoma Wranglers - Somebody's Been Beating My Time 52. Oklahoma Wranglers - Wrangler Boogie 53. T Texas Tyler - Irma 54. Webb Pierce - Wondering 55. Lucky Bob Davis - Water Baby Blues 56. Faron Young - the Good Lord Must Have Sent You 57. Eddy Arnold - I'm Throwing Rice 58. Eddy Arnold - Cattle Call 59. Horace Logan - Hayride Ad Sales Pitch (Horace Logan) 60. Intro Theme - Intro Theme 61. Jimmy Lee - Jimmy's Boogie 62. Goldie Hill - Why Talk to My Heart 63. Tommy Trent - No Muss, No Fuss, No Bother 64. Jerry Green - I Hate to Lose You Darlin' 65. Hank Williams - Jambalaya 66. Out Theme and Announcements - Out Theme and Announcements 67. The Maddox Brothers ; Rose - the Land Just Over the Stars 68. Red Sovine - That's Me Without You (; Jax Beer Ad and Logan Talk) 69. Tommy Hill - I Ain't Sittin' Where I Was 70. Jimmy Lee - Blowin' and Goin' 71. Hillbilly Barton - No Interest 72. Goldie Hill - Don't Send No More Roses 73. Bill Carlisle - Too Old to Cut the Mustard 74. Ginny Wright - How to Get Married 75. Elvis Presley - That's All Right (; Lucky Strike Talk and Intro) 76. Elvis Presley - Blue Moon of Kentucky 77. Dobber Johnson - Black Mountain Rag 78. Tibby Edwards - Much Too Young to Die 79. Jimmy Newman - Cry Cry Darlin' 80. Elvis Presley - Hearts of Stone 81. Elvis Presley - I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine 82. Elvis Presley - Little Mama 83. Elvis Presley - Shake Rattle and Roll 84. Jimmy Lee ; Wayne Walker - Lips That Kiss So Sweetly 85. The Browns - Draggin' Main Street 86. Jim Reeves - Red Eyed and Rowdy 87. Elvis Presley - Tweedlee Dee (; Talk and Outro) 88. Jimmy Newman - Blue Darling 89. Jeanette Hicks - Just Like in the Movies 90. Betty Amos - Yes Ma'am, Ma 91. Elvis Presley - I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone 92. Bill Peters - Ida Red 93. Billy Walker ; Jeanette Hicks - Which One of Us Is to Blame 94. Johnny Horton - Gone with the Wind This Morning 95. Hoot ; Curley - You Get What You Pay for 96. Jeanette Hicks and Hoot ; Merley: Lucky Strike Ad 97. Jeanette Hicks - Ain't That a Shame 98. Elvis Presley - Baby Let's Play House 99. Elvis Presley - Maybellene 100. Floyd Cramer ; Jimmy Day - Floyd and Jimmy Boogie 101. Jim Reeves - Yonder Comes a Sucker 102. David Houston - Squaws Along the Yukon 103. Billy Walker - I Can't Keep the Girls Away 104. Johnny Cash - Hey Porter 105. Johnny Cash - Luther Played the Boogie 106. Werly Fairburn - Stay Close to Me (; Theme and Logan 'Genial' Talk) 107. Betty Amos - Ivory Tower 108. Johnny Horton - Honky Tonk Man (; Talk About State Fair) 109. Hoot ; Curley and Jack Ford - Standing at the Station 110. Gary Bryant - Loose Talk 111. Jeanette Hicks - Slippin' and Slidin' 112. Talk and Outro - Talk and Outro 113. Dobber Johnson - Bill Cheatham (; Talk About Fiddle Tunes) 114. Jimmy Newman - I Want to Tell All the World 115. Sonny Trammell - San Antonio Rose 116. Betty Amos - I Want to Be Loved (; Talk About Louisiana Hayride) 117. Johnny Cash - So Doggone Lonesome 118. George Jones - You Gotta Be My Baby (; Theme and Frank Page) 119. Jeanette Hicks - My Blue Heaven 120. Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line 121. Slim Whitman - Dear Mary 122. Hoot ; Curley and Jack Ford - Old Time Religion 123. Jimmy Newman - Come Back to Me 124. Benny Barnes - the Waltz of the Angels 125. Benny Barnes - the Next Voice You Hear 126. George Jones - Why Baby Why 127. Rose Maddox - Tall Men 128. Werly Fairburn - It's Heaven (; Theme and Talk About Ark 129. Betty Amos - As Long As I'm Moving 130. Hoot ; Curley and Jack Ford - Mansion in the Sky 131. Johnny Horton - One Woman Man 132. Jeanette Hicks ; Jack Ford - Beautiful Brown Eyes 133. Buddy Attaway - Y'all Come 134. Jeanette Hicks - Searching 135. David Houston - Hasta Luego 136. Martha Lynn - I'm Goin' Huntin' Tonight 137. Jimmy Newman - Seasons of My Heart (; Intro About 9th Year) 138. Jeanette Hicks - Bo Weevil 139. Buzz Busby - Muleskinner Blues 140. Benny Barnes - Poor Man's Riches 141. Werly Fairburn - Everybody's Rocking 142. Outro and Theme - Outro and Theme 143. Jack Ford - Since I Met You Baby (; Intro Logan) 144. Betty Amos - I Dreamed 145. The Geezinslaw Brothers - Billboard Song 146. The Geezinslaw Brothers - Singin' the Blues 147. Jeanette Hicks ; James O'Gwynn - Yearning 148. Rusty ; Lita Carson - I'm Tired 149. Werly Fairburn - My Heart's on Fire 150. Werly Fairburn - Speak to Me Baby 151. Bob Gallion - We'll Never Say Goodbye, Just So Long 152. Bob Gallion - Hey Mr. Bartender 153. Tibby Edwards - Walking and Crying with the Blues 154. Johnny Mathis - Live and Let Live 155. King Sterling - What Will Your Answer Be' 156. Jack Ford - You're Still Mine 157. Jack Ford - Not Sure of You 158. James O'Gwynn - Playing Dominoes and Shooting Dice 159. Werly Fairburn - I Guess I'm Crazy 160. Jimmy ; Johnny - Sweet Love on My Mind 161. Johnny Horton - I'm Coming Home 162. Johnny Horton - Not Like I Did Before 163. Bob Gallion - You Gotta Have a Heartbreak (; Outro) 164. The Jordanaires - Working on a Building 165. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel 166. Elvis Presley - I Was the One 167. Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel 168. Elvis Presley - When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again 169. Elvis Presley - Long Tall Sally 170. Horace Logan Announcements (And Elvis Has Left the Ibulding) 171. The Geezinslaw Brothers - Orange Blossom Special 172. Buffalo Yount - Bile 'Em Cabbage Down (; Intro) 173. Jimmy ; Johnny - I'll Do It Every Time 174. Carl Belew - Lonely Street 175. Jack Ford - Lonesome Letter Blues 176. Hayriders - Little Maggie (; Talk and Theme Out) 177. Martha Lynn - I Can't Live Without Love 178. James O'Gwyn