Skinner,Jimmie Collection 1947-62 CD

Jimmie Skinner was a country singer, guitarist and songwriter from Kentucky whose roots were in bluegrass music and who forged a successful career as a hit-making country artist. His chart career began in the 1940s as he performed in his sparse, down-home style and continued through to 1960, despite making very few compromises to the changing tastes and styles within the genre until his later sessions. He was also unusual in that alongside his performing career he ran a well-known retail and mail order music store in Cincinnati, Jimmie Skinner's Music Center, doing regular radio broadcasts from the shop window. He recorded prolifically, and this 57-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides from his releases on the Red Barn, Radio Artists, Capitol, Decca and Mercury labels during the 15-year span of this era, featuring at least one side of most of his releases in those years, and including duets with Connie Hall. It features all ten of his country hits, including the Top 20 entries "Tennessee Border", "I Found My Girl in the USA", "What Makes A Man Wander", "Dark Hollow", "John Wesley Hardin", "Riverboat Gambler" and "Reasons To Live". It represents a substantial cross-section of his output during the primary era of his career, and is an entertaining showcase for a highly distinctive artist.

1. On the Wrong Side of the Tracks 2. Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello 3. Doin' My Time 4. Will You Be Satisfied That Way 5. Tennessee Border 6. You've Been a Little Careless 7. There Won't Be Much More Time 8. You're Going to Be on the Receiving End 9. Don't Give Your Heart to a Rambler 10. I'm Gonna Put You in My Pocket 11. Here's My Good-Bye to You 12. Yesterday's Winner Is a Loser Today 13. Jimmie's Yodel Blues (A Tribute to Jimmie Rodgers) 14. You Don't Know My Mind 15. If There Was No You 16. Dad Too, Is Lonely 17. It's My World 18. Running Out of Time 19. It's All the Same to Me 20. It's Bargain Day (In Broken Hearts) 21. Kentucky and You 22. 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered 23. When the Book of Life Is Read 24. Women Beware (Of the Rambling Kind) 25. Dreaming My Weary Life Away 26. I Ain't Got Time 27. Singing Teacher in Heaven 28. Help Me to Find My Broken Heart 29. I've Got a Lot of Love, Baby 30. I'm Allergic to Your Kisses 31. What a Pleasure 32. My Broken Heart Is Startin' to Show 33. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 34. Blame the Right One 35. Beautiful 36. Steppin' Out on You 37. Dime a Dozen 38. Muddy Water Blues 39. Another Saturday Night 40. Born to Be Wild 41. Hafta Do Somethin' 'Bout That 42. I Found My Girl in the USA 43. What Makes a Man Wander 44. We've Got Things in Common 45. Where Do We Go from Here 46. Dark Hollow 47. Walking My Blues Away 48. John Wesley Hardin 49. Riverboat Gambler 50. Lonesome Road Blues 51. Reasons to Live 52. Careless Love 53. Hem of His Garment 54. Don't Let Love Get You Down 55. Big City 56. Hundred Proof Heartaches 57. One Dead Man Ago