King,Pee Wee & His Golden West Cowboys Pee Wee King Collection 1946-58 CD

Pee Wee King was a singer, bandleader, accordionist and fiddle player who was a highly successful country artist of the post-war era, specialising in western swing and dance music with his band The Golden West Cowboys. He was famously associated with the hit song "The Tennessee Waltz" which he wrote with his featured singer Redd Stewart, and which was recorded by many other artists. He was of Polish descent, and specialised in polkas and waltzes, introducing them into his country repertoire, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1937, introducing on-stage dancers and flashy stagewear. He did not make his first records until 1946, but soon racked up a string of hits. This excellent-value 83-track 3-CD set comprises selected A & B sides of his releases on the Bullet and RCA-Victor label during this era, and features at least one side of a significant proportion of his 100 or so releases from these years, which represented the primary heyday of his recording career. It features all his ten career chart entries, including the pop & country No. 1 "Slow Poke", and the Top 10 country hits "Tennessee Waltz", "Tennessee Polka", "Bonaparte's Retreat", "Silver And Gold", "Busybody", "Bimbo" and "Changing Partners". The recordings range across the spectrum of country music from pure western swing through country-pop ballads and novelty material to polkas, waltzes and old-time country dances, along with the familiar staples of lifestyle-related cowboy music. It's a thoroughly entertaining showcase for one of the genre's highly influential performers

1. Tennessee Central Number 9 2. Steel Guitar Rag 3. Texas Toni Lee 4. Kentucky Waltz 5. I Hear You Knockin' 6. Ten Gallon Boogie 7. Don't Feel Sorry for Me 8. Tennessee Waltz 9. Rootie Tootie 10. Gotta Climb Those Golden Stairs 11. Juke Box Blues 12. Everytime I Feel the Spirit 13. Forty-Nine Women 14. Quit Honkin' That Horn 15. New York to New Orleans 16. Bull Fiddle Boogie 17. The Ghost and Honest Joe 18. Bonaparte's Retreat 19. The Waltz of Regret 20. I Lost My Love (The Color Song) 21. Tennessee Tears 22. Alabama Moon 23. Get Together Polka 24. Tennessee Polka 25. The Nashville Waltz 26. You Call Everybody Darlin' 27. Black Eyed Susie (Divide the Ring) 28. Fire on the Mountain (Dip and Dive) 29. Devil's Dream 30. Rag Mop 31. Blame It All on Nashville 32. Birmingham Bounce 33. What, Where and When 34. Cincinnati Dancing Pig 35. We're Gonna Go Fishin' 36. Mop Rag Boogie 37. River Road Two Step 38. Helegged, Hilegged 39. No One But You 40. The Strange Little Girl 41. Slow Poke 42. Two Roads 43. Silver and Gold 44. Ragtime Annie Lee 45. Busybody 46. I Don't Mind 47. Two Faced Clock 48. Spanish Two-Step 49. My Adobe Hacienda 50. Steel Guitar Rag 51. San Antonio Rose 52. The One Rose 53. The Crazy Waltz 54. Railroad Boogie 55. Screwball 56. Last Night on the Back Porch 57. Your Kisses Aren't Kisses Any More 58. Ricochet 59. Changing Partners 60. Bimbo 61. Deck of Cards 62. Huggin' My Pillow (And Dreaming of You) 63. Backward, Turn Backward 64. Indian Giver 65. Keep Your Eye on My Darling 66. I Can't Tell a Waltz from a Tango 67. Tweedle Dee 68. You Can't Hardly Get Them No More 69. Woodchopper's Ball 70. Melody of Love 71. Plantation Boogie 72. Beauty Is As Beauty Does 73. Seven Come Eleven 74. Peek a Boo Waltz 75. Blue Suede Shoes 76. Hoot Scoot 77. Absolutely Positively 78. I'll Be Walking Alone in the Crowd 79. A Catchy Tune 80. Congratulations, Joe 81. Unbreakable Heart 82. You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling in Love) 83. So Tired