Locklin,Hank Singles Collection 1948-62 CD

Hank Locklin was one of the early exponents of the honk- tonk style of country, although his biggest successes came during the late '50s and early '60s with hits like Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On and Please Help Me I'm Falling during the time when the boundaries between country and pop were becoming increasingly blurred. This great-value 58-track 2-CD set focuses entirely on his singles output during the first fifteen years or so of his career during which his reputation was established and he had his biggest hits, from his early singles for the Gold Star label in 1948, and through his years with the Four Star label, when he had his initial hits, including the country No. 1 Let Me Be The One, until he joined RCA in 1953for whom he had his major successes. It naturally features the thirteen country and pop hits he had during this period, including, as well as those mentioned above, From Here To There To You, Geisha Girl, It's A Little More Like Heaven and Happy Birthday To Me, and comprises the majority of his A sides during that time with a good sprinkling of selected B sides as well. It's therefore an entertaining cross-section of his work, and offers an interesting insight into how his style developed during what was one of the most dynamic eras in the history of popular music.

1. Rio Grande Waltz 2. You've Been Talking in Your Sleep 3. Please Come Back and Stay 4. I Worship You 5. The Same Sweet Girl 6. Knocking at Your Door 7. Send Me the Pillow (That You Dream on) 8. I'm Lonely Darling 9. Our Love Will Show the Way 10. Are You Treating Your Neighbor As Yourself 11. Fifty Miles of Elbow Room 12. Midnight Tears 13. Paper Face 14. Come Share the Sunshine with Me 15. The Holy Train 16. No One Is Sweeter Than You 17. A Year of Time 18. The Song of the Whispering Leaves 19. Your House of Love Won't Stand 20. Stumpy Joe 21. Tell Me You Love Me 22. Down Texas Way 23. Who's Knocking at My Heart 24. Alone at a Table for Two 25. Crazy Over You 26. Let Me Be the One 27. I'm Tired of Bumming Around 28. Your Heart Is An Island 29. Who Am I to Cast the First Stone 30. Why Baby, Why' 31. A Good Woman's Love 32. Seven or Eleven 33. You Can't Never Tell 34. She's Better Than Most 35. 14 Karat Gold 36. Goin' Home All By Myself 37. Geisha Girl 38. Livin' Alone 39. Send Me the Pillow You Dream on 40. Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me 41. It's a Little More Like Heaven 42. Blue Grass Skirt 43. That Inner Glow 44. The Upper Room 45. I Gotta Talk to Your Heart 46. Foreign Car 47. Border of the Blues 48. Blues in Advance 49. Please Help Me I'm Falling 50. My Old Home Town 51. One Step Ahead of My Past 52. From Here to There to You 53. You're the Reason 54. Happy Birthday to Me 55. Happy Journey 56. I Need You Now 57. We're Goin' Fishin' 58. Wabash Cannonball