Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music: Country & Western Hit Parade 1950 [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 9, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B001H7G32Y
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #58,879 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. RED FOLEY - Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy

2. GENE AUTRY - Blue Canadian Rockies

3. OLE RASMUSSEN - Sleepy Eyed John

4. LEFTY FRIZZELL - If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time

5. HANK WILLIAMS - Long Gone Lonesome Blues

6. CARL SMITH - I Overlooked An Orchid (While Searching For A Rose)

7. LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS - Hillbilly Fever

8. BOB WILLS - Faded Love

9. RED FOLEY - Sugarfoot Rag

10. TED DAFFAN - I've Got Five Dollars And It's Saturday Night

11. TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD & KAY STARR - I'll Never Be Free

12. HANK PENNY - Bloodshot Eyes

13. LEFTY FRIZZELL I Love You A Thousand Ways

14. HARDROCK GUNTER - Birmingham Bounce

15. STUART HAMBLEN - Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You)

16. MOON MULLICAN - I'll Sail My Ship Alone

17. JOHNNIE LEE WILLS - Rag Mop

18. BILLY STARR - Steppin' Out

19. SKEETS Mcdonald - The Tattooed Lady

20. ERNEST TUBB - Letters Have No Arms

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

For many years, we've been getting requests to do a truly definitive country series, but it wasn't until the success of our R&B/Soul series, Blowin' The Fuse (now Sweet Soul Music) that we decided we needed to do something comparable for country music. Now the first six volumes are complete, taking us from 1945-1950. The country series has been compiled with today's fans in mind. Yes, the big hits are there, but so are the classic performances that weren't necessarily big hits at the time, but became influential in the years ahead. Every volume has incredibly detailed behind-the-scenes stories, fabulously rare photos, and an ongoing history of country music set against the backdrop of the broader American music business. Definitive? You bet!

1950 features the breakthrough recordings by Hank Snow, Webb Pierce, Carl Smith, and Lefty Frizzell plus hits by Hank Williams, Red Foley, Eddy Arnold, Gene Autry, and Ernest Tubb. More classic bluegrass (like the original Foggy Mountain Breakdown) and fabulous hard-to-find classics like Billy Starr's Steppin' Out, Ole Rasmussen's Sleepy Eyed John, and Arkie Shibley's original hot rod classic Hot Rod Race.