Greatest Country Hits Of 1950 / Various Greatest Country Hits Of 1950 / Various CD

This release continues the series which we re-established a couple of years ago and which comprises selected annual collections of the biggest US country hits of each year. This great value100-track 4-CD collection goes back to the start of the 1950s, when the relevant Billboard chart was called the Best Selling Retail Folk (Country & Western) Records, and apart from a few weeks at the start of the year, when there was a Top 15, was restricted to a published Top 10. The collection comprises many of the records which appeared in the chart during the year. Although there were many records which harked back to the styles of traditional hillbilly and western swing music, many of the artists featured were those who had established themselves during the late 1940s and would enjoy prolific hit-making careers during the '50s until the business changed significantly in the wake of the rock 'n' roll explosion. Artists like Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold, Red Foley, Ernest Tubb and Tennessee Ernie Ford are therefore well represented along with many artists whose musical legacy is less well-known these days, as well as pop artists like Margaret Whiting and Kay Starr making forays into the genre through duets with country stars, which makes it a fascinating snapshot of the business as a new decade dawned. With an in-depth 10,000+ word booklet with background notes on every record, it gives a solid overview of the most popular country music of the year.

1. Margaret Whiting ; Jimmy Wakely - Slipping Around 2. Mule Train (Tennessee Ernie Ford); 3. Anticipation Blues (Tennessee Ernie Ford); 4. C - H 5. I'll Never Slip Around Again (Margaret Whiting ; Jimmy Wakely); 6. Hank Williams - My Bucket's Got a Hole in It 7. Eddy Arnold - Will Santa Come to Shanty Town 8. Ernest Tubb - White Christmas 9. Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus 10. Hank Williams - Lovesick Blues 11. Hank Thompson ; His Brazos Valley Boys - Whoa Sailor 12. Eddy Arnold - I'm Throwing Rice at the Girl I Love 13. Mervin Shiner - Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me 14. Cry Baby Heart (George Morgan); 15. George Morgan - I Love Everything About You 16. I Won't Go Hunting, Jake, But I'll Go Chasin' Women (Stuart Hamblen); 17. Red Foley - Sunday Down in Tennessee 18. I Gotta Have My Baby Back (Red Foley); 19. Leon Payne - I Love You Because 20. I Love You Because (Leon Payne); 21. I Gotta Have My Baby Back (Floyd Tillman); 22. Careless Kisses (Red Foley); 23. Bob Wills - Ida Red Likes the Boogie 24. Bonaparte's Retreat (Pee Wee King); 25. Eddy Arnold - Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me 26. Eddy Arnold - Mama and Daddy Broke My Heart 27. Little Jimmy Dickens - a 28. Eddy Arnold - There's No Wings on My Angel 29. A - Sleeping at the Foot of the Bed (Little Jimmy Dickens); 30. Ernest Tubb ; Red Foley - Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age 31. Owen Bradley (Jack Shook ; Dottie Dillard) - Blues Stay Away from Me 32. Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age (Ernest Tubb ; Red Foley); 33. Blues Stay Away from Me (Owen Bradley with Jack Shook ; Dottie Dillard); 34. Rag Mop (Johnnie Lee Wills); 35. Ernest Tubb - I'll Take a Back Seat for You 36. Beyond the Sunset (Three Suns with Elton Britt ; Rosalie Allen); 37. Hank Williams - I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin' 38. Margaret Whiting ; Jimmy Wakely - Broken Down Merry Go Round 39. Ernest Tubb - Unfaithful One 40. Broken Down Merry Go Round (Margaret Whiting ; Jimmy Wakely); 41. Elton Britt ; Rosalie Allen - Quicksilver 42. Mervin Shiner - Peter Cottontail 43. Hank Williams - My Son Calls Another Man Daddy 44. Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome Blues 45. Eddy Arnold - Why Should I Cry 46. Eddy Arnold - Little Angel with the Dirty Face 47. Peter Cottontail (Johnnie Lee Wills); 48. Johnny Bond - Love Song in 32 Bars 49. Long Gone Lonesome Blues (Hank Williams); 50. Peter Cottontail (Jimmy Wakely); 51. Ernest Tubb - Give Me a Little Old Fashioned Love 52. Little Angel with the Dirty Face (Eddy Arnold); 53. Red Foley - Birmingham Bounce 54. Little Jimmy Dickens - Hillbilly Fever 55. Cactus Pryor - Cry of the Dying Duck in a Thunderstorm 56. Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Red Foley); 57. Give Me a Little Old Fashioned Love (Ernest Tubb); 58. Bud Messner - Slippin' Around with Jole Blon 59. Birmingham Bounce (Red Foley); 60. Ernest Tubb - Throw Your Love Away 61. Cry of the Dying Duck in a Thunderstorm (Cactus Pryor); 62. Choc'late Ice Cream Cone (Kenny Roberts); 63. Hank Snow - I'm Moving on 64. Red Foley ; Ernest Tubb - Goodnight Irene 65. Eddy Arnold - Enclosed, One Broken Heart 66. Ernest Tubb ; Red Foley - Hillbilly Fever No. 2 67. Choc'late Ice Cream Cone (Red Foley); 68. Cuddle Buggin' Baby (Eddy Arnold); 69. Jimmy Wakely - Mona Lisa 70. I'm Moving on (Hank Snow); 71. Eddy Arnold - the Lovebug Itch 72. Enclosed, One Broken Heart (Eddy Arnold); 73. Hillbilly Fever No. 2 (Ernest Tubb ; Red Foley); 74. Ernest Tubb - You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry 75. Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own (Kay Starr ; Tennessee Ernie Ford); 76. Mona Lisa (Jimmy Wakely); 77. Cincinnati Dancing Pig (Red Foley); 78. Margaret Whiting ; Jimmy Wakely - a Bushel and a Peck 79. Bob Wills - Faded Love 80. Eddy Arnold - a Prison Without Walls 81. Hank Williams - Nobody's Lonesome for Me 82. Lefty Frizzell - If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time 83. Gene Autry - Rudolph the Red 84. Daddy's Last Letter (Tex Ritter); 85. A Bushel and a Peck (Margaret Whiting ; Jimmy Wakely); 86. Ernest Tubb - Blue Christmas 87. A Prison Without Walls (Eddy Arnold); 88. Nobody's Lonesome for Me (Hank Williams); 89. Hank Snow ; His Rainbow Ranch Boys - Golden Rocket 90. Lefty Frizzell - I Love You a Thousand Ways 91. Arkie Shibley ; His Mountain Dew Boys - Hot Rod Race 92. Moanin' the Blues (Hank Williams); 93. Frosty the Snowman (Gene Autry); 94. Blue Christmas (Ernest Tubb); 95. Shotgun Boogie (Tennessee Ernie Ford); 96. Mockingbird Hill (Pinetoppers); 97. Golden Rocket (Hank Snow ; His Rainbow Ranch Boys); 98. I Love You a Thousand Ways (Lefty Frizzell); 99. Hot Rod Race (Arkie Shibley ; His Mountain Dew Boys); 100. Tennessee Waltz (Patti Page)