Bond,Johnny Love Song In 32 Bars: The Johnny Bond Collection CD

Johnny Bond was a country singer, guitarist and songwriter, born in Oklahoma, who also appeared in more than 40 western movies during the later heyday of the genre in the 1940s and into the '50s, and during the '50s hosted a country music TV show with Tex Ritter. Based in Hollywood rather than Nashville, and with a style that encompassed elements of western swing and talking blues, as well as old-school "cowboy country", as he recorded in earlier years with his Red River Valley Boys, who initially included Jimmy Wakely and Spade Cooley, he adapted his approach towards rockabilly in the late '50s, and had a notable pop hit with "Hot Rod Lincoln" in 1960. This 56-track 2-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides from his releases during this era on the Okeh, Conqueror, Columbia, 20th Century Fox and Republic labels, plus some Standard Transcription recordings. It features all his pop and country chart entries from these years, including the Top 10 country hits "Divorce Me C.O.D.", "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed", "The Daughter Of Jole Blon", "Oklahoma Waltz", "Love Song In 32 Bars" and "Sick, Sober And Sorry", plus his Top 30 pop hit "Hot Rod Lincoln". He was a versatile and extrovert artist and this collection is an entertaining showcase for his particular brand of country.

1. I'm Gonna Be Long Gone 2. Baby, You're Through Foolin' Me 3. The Road Is Way Too Long 4. How Low Do The Blues Want To Go 5. You Don't Care 6. Der Fuehrer's Face 7. Love Gone Cold 8. One More Tear 9. Stars Of The Midnight Range 10. Heading Down The Wrong Highway 11. Baby You Gotta' Quit That Noise 12. Rainbow At Midnight 13. Divorce Me C.O.D. 14. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed 15. Don't Look Now (Your Broken Heart Is Showing) 16. Daughter Of Jole Blon 17. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette) 18. I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size 19. Oklahoma Waltz 20. Bartender's Blues 21. Cimarron 22. Tennessee Saturday Night 23. Till The End Of The World 24. Petal From A Faded Rose 25. Tennessee, Kentucky And Alabam' 26. Love Song In 32 Bars 27. Cherokee Waltz 28. Mean Mama Boogie 29. Barrel House Bessie 30. Cream Of Kentucky 31. Set 'Em Up Joe 32. Sick Sober And Sorry 33. Keep Your Cotton Pickin' Hands Off My Gal 34. In Old New Mexico 35. I Found You Out 36. Man Behind The Throttle 37. I Went To Your Wedding 38. Number Nine Blues 39. Let Me Go, Devil 40. Anybody's Baby 41. Peace Be Still 42. Sweet Mama Tree Top Tall 43. Ten Little Bottles 44. Stealin' 45. Louisiana Swing 46. Livin' It Up 47. Six Of One Half A Dozen Of The Other 48. The Little Rock And Roll 49. Laughing Back The Heartaches 50. Lay It On The Line 51. All I Can Do Is Cry 52. That's Just What I'll Do 53. Long Tall Shadow 54. Hot Rod Lincoln 55. Five Minute Love Affair 56. The Way A Star Is Born