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Time Life proudly presents Golden Age of Country the most comprehensive collection devoted to the country music of the '50s and '60s. This collection brings together the most influential country & western artists of the decades that truly represented the "golden age" in country music history. You'll get 158 hits from country legends like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, George Jones, Kitty Wells and more!
Plus, get a special bonus volume, 2 CDs of "hard to find hits." These songs were popular in their time but rarely anthologized, a true find for any classic country fan!
ABOUT THIS ERA:
Early country music originated in the Appalachian mountains in the 1930's and was primarily acoustic, orchestrated with banjos and fiddles. The genre moved into the "golden age" as then-called "mountain music" moved out of the mountains and into the mainstream, popularized by institutions such as the Grand Ole Opry. Traditional country music of the golden age blended the sound of mountain music with new instrumentation, such as the pedal steel guitar. Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner and Loretta Lynn were all artists that epitomized this era. The golden age of country music continued into the late 1960's, it's longevity attributed to the explosion of the "Nashville sound" in country music. Here, traditional country artists were combining honky-tonk lyrics with big-band orchestration, backed by strings and horns. Artists like Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold and George Jones were best known for this type of sound. Much of the success of the crossover country music of today can be attributed to the golden age of this era, where artists first experimented with merging traditional sounds with popular music trends of the time to generate a wider appeal.
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Golden Age of Country: Waltz Across TexasGeorge Jones: White Lightning * Patsy Cline: Crazy * Conway Twitty: Next in Line * Bill Anderson: Mama Sang a Song * Kitty Wells: Makin' Believe * Johnny Cash: Ballad of a Teenage Queen. 32 songs in all!
Golden Age of Country: Crazy ArmsRay Price: Crazy Arms * Jim Reeves: Four Walls * Stonewall Jackson: Waterloo * Connie Smith: Once a Day * Johnny Cash and June Carter: Jackson * Buck Owens: I've Got a Tiger by the Tail. 32 songs in all!
Golden Age of Country: Honky Tonk ManMarty Robbins: El Paso * Eddy Arnold: Make the World Go Away * Tammy Wynette: Stand by Your Man * Jimmy Dean: Big Bad John * Johnny Horton: Honky-Tonk Man * Porter Wagoner: Green, Green Grass of Home. 32 songs in all!
Golden Age of Country: The Wild Side of LifeHank Thompson: The Wild Side of Life * Glen Campbell: Wichita Lineman * Jerry Lee Lewis: You Win Again * Sonny James: Young Love * Tennessee Ernie Ford: Sixteen Tons * The Louvin Brothers: I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby. 16 songs in all!
Golden Age of Country: Hillbilly HeavenWillie Nelson: Funny How Time Slips Away * Del Reeves: Girl on the Billboard * Tommy Collins: You Better Not Do That * Wanda Jackson: Right or Wrong * Ferlin Husky: Gone * Tex Ritter: I Dreamed of a Hill-Billy Heaven. 16 songs in all!
Golden Age of Country: Collector's BoxStore all the hits from your Golden Age of Country collection in this collector's box!
Golden Age of Country: Hard to Find HitsErnest Tubb: Thanks a Lot * Burl Ives: A Little Bitty Tear * Dave Dudley: Six Days on the Road * Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper: There's a Big Wheel * Jimmy Newman: A Fallen Star. 2 bonus CDs of rare, hard-to-find hits. 30 songs in all!
