George Jones and Tammy Wynette - 16 Biggest Hits

George Jones, George Jones & Tammy Wynette, Tammy Wynette | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 11, 2011)
• Original Release Date: August 10, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Epic/Nashville
• ASIN: B00000JT4D
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,157 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Take Me

2. The Ceremony

3. Let's Build A World Together

4. We're Gonna Hold On

5. Golden Ring

6. (We're Not) The Jet Set

7. Near You

8. We Loved It Away

9. God's Gonna Get 'Cha (For That)

10. Southern California

11. Two Story House

12. A Pair Of Old Sneakers

13. Something To Brag About

14. There's Power In Our Love

15. Keep The Change

16. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Their songs told their story, February 23, 2003

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This review is from: George Jones and Tammy Wynette - 16 Biggest Hits (Audio CD)

George and Tammy were already legends before they started recording duets. It was natural that they should, because country duets were very fashionable, thanks in no small measure to the successful recording partnership between Porter and Dolly. Unlike those two, George and Tammy were married to each other. Many of their biggest hits told of some aspect of their life together.

So, there is Take me (before marriage), The ceremony (the actual wedding), Let's build a world together (looking forward to years of happiness), Near you (wedded bliss), We're gonna hold on (problems in the marriage, but it can be saved), We loved it away (marriage beyond repair) and Two story house (we live in the same house, but we ignore each other). By the time they recorded Two story house, they had divorced and each had found a new marriage partner.

Of course, they did have other hits as well, including Golden ring (the saddest song they recorded as a duet), We're not the jet set and Southern California.

George and Tammy, along with Porter and Dolly, Conway and Loretta were one of the three great country pairings of the early seventies. All the essential duets can be found here, although they recorded a brilliant album in the nineties (One) which is not represented here. Buy that, too, if you can find it.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mr & Mrs Country Music For The Record, August 25, 1999

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This review is from: George Jones and Tammy Wynette - 16 Biggest Hits (Audio CD)

By the time they stepped into the CBS recording studio in 1971 George and Tammy had been married two years, he was already considered one of the great traditional artists in the genre and she was the industry's First Lady. They were sitting on top of the country music world. The downhill slide was only a few years away, but for a brief time they were country music's camelot ... they were the original "Mr. & Mrs. Country Music". Only a few of their duets went number one (GOLDEN RING, WE'RE GONNA HOLD ON) and some seemed to miss the mark all together (THE CEREMONY, A PAIR OF OLD SNEAKERS), but the simple joining of two of country music's most famous voices makes this BIGGEST HITS collection a haunting, biographical journey into the country music of yesterday that shouldn't be forgotten nor missed.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Good One, January 10, 2006

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Besides Conway & Loretta, noone sang a duet like George and Tammy........although I was partial to George and Melba Montgomery. George Jones is one of the most sincere stylists in Country Music history; and Tammy had the most "vulnerable" voices around. This album showcases the combining of these two legends, and out of 16 numbers, there's not a bad one here. All of the usual suspects are included: "Golden Ring", "...Hold On", and "Two Story House", as well as a few of their cover songs (which they made their own) like "Something to Brag About". Great recordings and mixing.