Smith,Carl You Are The One: Biggest Hits 1951-1962 CD

CARL "Mr. Country" SMITH (also known as "The Gentleman Honky-Tonker") was one of the genre's most consistent hitmakers of the 1950s, notching up more than thirty Top 10 C&W records. Although he'd emerged from a Honky-Tonk background, Smith became one of the first Country singers to experiment with a more "cosmopolitan" style, which smoothed out a lot of the rougher edges and took him, musically, away from diehard traditional towards the late 50s Nashville Countrypolitan sound. His chart success continued well into the late 1970s, when he abruptly retired from singing to raise a family and breed horses, on his 500-acre ranch in Franklin, Tennessee. This compilation, which includes five #1s and more than a dozen further Top 5 records, features all but two of Carl's Top 10 Country hits between 1951-62 (we had to omit a couple of top tenners, as they simply wouldn't all fit).

1. Let's Live A Little 2. Mr. Moon 3. Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way 4. (When You Feel Like You're In Love) Don't Just Stand There 5. Are You Teasing Me 6. It's A Lovely, Lovely World 7. Our Honeymoon 8. That's The Kind Of Love I'm Looking For 9. Orchids Mean Goodbye 10. Just Wait 'Til I Get You Alone 11. Trademark 12. Do I Like It? 13. Hey Joe! 14. Satisfaction Guaranteed 15. Dog-Gone It, Baby, I'm In Love 16. Back Up Buddy 17. Go, Boy Go 18. Loose Talk 19. More Than Anything Else In The World 20. Kisses Don't Lie 21. There She Goes 22. You're Free To Go 23. I Feel Like Cryin' 24. You Are The One 25. Doorstep To Heaven 26. Before I Met You 27. Wicked Lies 28. Why, Why 29. Your Name Is Beautiful 30. Ten Thousand Drums 31. The Best Dressed Beggar (In Town)