Wakely,Jimmy Collection 1940-53 CD

Jimmy Wakely was one of the last of the "singing cowboys", personalities who combined their appearances in western movies with recording country and western records and appearing on radio and TV on shows like the Grand Ole Opry. His career in both media started in the late '30s, introduced to the big-time by Gene Autry and from 1939 to '59 he appeared in around 60 films. He was equally prolific on record, making his first records for Decca in the early '40s, and having moved to Capitol in the Mid-'40s recording for them through into the '60s. This great-value 84-track 3-CD set comprises selected A & B sides from the most successful era of his career, which encompassed all his fifteen country and pop hits as a solo artists and also the nine pop and country hits he had recording duets with the pop artist Margaret Whiting at the start of the 1950s, all of which made the Top 10 - we feature at least one side from the majority of his releases during these years. His thirteen Top 10 country hits featured here include the No. 1s "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)", "I Love You So Much It Hurts" as well as his No. 1 with Margaret Whiting "Slippin' Around". He was a versatile artist, his style enabling him to transcend the genres with ease, and this is a fine showcase for a major contributor to this particular genre.

1. Cimarron Roll on 2. Too Late 3. I'll Never Let You Go 4. Gone ; Left Me Blues 5. There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere 6. Standing Outside of Heaven 7. I'm Sending You Red Roses 8. You Can't Break the Chains of Love 9. Somebody's Rose 10. Everybody Knew It But Me 11. Too Many Sweethearts 12. Song of the Sierras 13. Where the Moon Plays Peek-A-Boo 14. Oklahoma Blues 15. Signed, Sealed and Delivered 16. Milk Cow Blues 17. For the Sake of Days Gone By 18. One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) 19. Walkin' the Sidewalks of Shame 20. Mine All Mine 21. I Love You So Much It Hurts 22. Forever More 23. Moon Over Montana 24. Till the End of the World 25. Oklahoma Hills 26. Someday You'll Call My Name 27. I Wish I Had a Nickel 28. Tellin' My Troubles to My Old Guitar 29. Slippin' Around 30. Wedding Bells 31. I'll Never Slip Around Again 32. Six Times a Week and Twice on Sunday 33. You're Only in My Arms 34. I Don't Know Why I Love You (But I Do Do Do) 35. The Touch of God's Hand 36. Broken Down Merry-Go-Round 37. The Gods Were Angry with Me 38. Peter Cottontail 39. Mr Easter Bunny 40. Let's Go to Church 41. Why Do You Say Those Things' 42. Home Town Rag 43. Fool's Paradise 44. Mona Lisa 45. Steppin' Out 46. A Bushel and a Peck 47. Beyond the Reef 48. Bandera Waltz 49. Pot of Gold 50. Silver Bells 51. My Heart Cries for You 52. Music By the Angels 53. Easter Parade 54. At the Close of a Long, Long Day 55. Beautiful Brown Eyes 56. Do Ya Write a Letter to Your Sweetheart' 57. Till We Meet Again 58. When You and I Were Young Maggie Blues 59. Old Soldiers Never Die 60. I Like the Wide Open Spaces 61. Don't Be Lonely 62. Star of Hope 63. Another Fool Steps in 64. The Solid South 65. I Don't Want to Be Free 66. Each Step of the Way 67. Won't You Ride in My Little Red Wagon 68. Keep a Light in Your Window Tonight 69. Give Me More, More, More 70. Goodbye, Little Girl 71. Just Because 72. If You Would Only Be Mine 73. There's a Cloud in My Valley of Sunshine 74. The Same Old Lovelight in Your Eyes 75. I Went to Your Wedding 76. Rainbow at Midnight 77. Lorelei 78. If You Knew What It Meant to Be Lonesome 79. Gomen-Nasai 80. Out of Sight, Out of Mind 81. When Love Goes Wrong 82. Too Late 83. Thanks 84. Tennessee Church Bells