VA - Greatest Country Hits Of 1960 (2021)

This release continues the series of 4-CD sets which comprises selected annual collections of the biggest US country hits of each year, and fills in a gap in the series at the start of the 1960s. This great-value 114-track collection covers the year of 1960, during which time Billboard published a country Top 30 called Hot C&W Sides, and it comprises every record which peaked in the top 25 places in that chart during the year, excluding a few records which are unavailable for copyright reasons. Despite the fact that the pop landscape had been transformed over the preceding years by rock ‘n’ roll and its aftermath, and with the new decade the British Invasion was only two or three years away, the charts still had a familiar look about them for country fans, with many traditional established country stars well-represented, like Ernest Tubb, Webb Pierce, Hank Snow, Hank Thompson, Kitty Wells and Ray Price, although the smoother Nashville sound certainly characterised many of the hits, especially from artists like Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Hank Locklin, Don Gibson, and Faron Young. There were also some hot new kids on the block like Buck Owens, Roy Drusky, and Jimmy Dean, along with some highly collectable obscurities among the many one-hit wonders. It’s a fascinating and entertaining musical snapshot of the country scene as it entered a new decade, and with an in-depth 12,000+ word booklet with background notes on every record, it gives a solid overview of the most popular country music of the year.

Track List:

CD1

01 - Don Gibson - I'm Movin' On
02 - George Jones - Money To Burn
03 - Kitty Wells - Amigo's Guitar
04 - The Browns - Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)
05 - Marion Worth - Are You Willing, Willie
06 - Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys - I Didn't Mean To Fall In Love
07 - Faron Young - Face To The Wall
08 - Faron Young - Riverboat
09 - Bill Anderson - Dead Or Alive
10 - Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go
11 - Webb Pierce - No Love Have I
12 - Stonewall Jackson - Mary Don't You Weep
13 - Jan Howard - The One You Slip Around With
14 - JIMMIE SKINNER - Riverboat Gambler
15 - Johnny Cash - Straight A's In Love
16 - Connie Hall - The Bottle Or Me
17 - Curly Putman - The Prison Song
18 - Mel Tillis - Georgia Town Blues
19 - Lewis Pruitt - Timbrook
20 - Johnny Sea - Nobody's Darling But Mine
21 - Johnny Cash - I Love You Because
22 - Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs And The Foggy Mountain - Crying My Heart Out Over You
23 - George Morgan - You're The Only Good Thing (That's Happened To Me)
24 - Wynn Stewart - Wishful Thinking
25 - Roy Drusky - Another (Just Like Me)
26 - Archie Campbell - Trouble In The Amen Corner
27 - Skeeter Davis - Am I That Easy To Forget-
28 - Claude Gray - Family Bible

CD2

01 - Elmer Snodgrass And The Musical Pioneers - Until Today
02 - Jimmy Newman - I Miss You Already
03 - Don Gibson - Just One More Time
04 - Marty Robbins - Big Iron
05 - Johnny Horton - Sink The Bismarck
06 - The Browns - The Old Lamplighter
07 - Hank Snow - Rockin', Rollin' Ocean
08 - Hank Thompson - A Six Pack To Go
09 - Stonewall Jackson - Life Of A Poor Boy
10 - Hank Locklin - Please Help Me I'm Falling
11 - Webb Perce - (Doin' The) Lovers Leap
12 - Stonewall Jackson - Why I'm Walkin'
13 - Johnny Cash - Smiling Bill McCall
14 - George Jones - Accidentally On Purpose
15 - Ray Price - One More Time
16 - Johnny Cash - Seasons Of My Heart
17 - Webb Pierce - Is It Wrong (For Loving You)
18 - Wilma Lee - Johnny, My Love (Grandma's Diary)
19 - Charlie Walker - Who Will Buy The Wine
20 - JIMMIE SKINNER - Lonesome Road Blues
21 - Buck Owens - Above And Beyond
22 - Faron Young - Your Old Used To Be
23 - Sonny James - Jenny Lou
24 - Kitty Wells - Left To Right
25 - Jeanne Black - He'll Have To Stay
26 - Freddie Hart - The Key's In The Mailbox
27 - Carl Belew - Too Much To Lose
28 - Ernest Ashworth - Each Moment (Spent With You)

CD3

01 - Gene Woods - The Ballad Of Wild River
02 - Ted Self - (Little Angel) Come Rock Me To Sleep
03 - The Fendermen - Mule Skinner Blues
04 - Loretta Lynn - I'm A Honky Tonk Girl
05 - Connie Francis - Everybody's Somebody's Fool
06 - Lewis Pruitt - Softly And Tenderly (I'll Hold You In My Arms)
07 - Jimmy Newman - A Lovely Work Of Art
08 - Marion Worth - That's My Kind Of Love
09 - Ray Godfrey - The Picture
10 - Buddy Paul - This Old Town (Is Such A Lonely Place)
11 - Jim Reeves - I Know One
12 - Hank Snow - Miller's Cave
13 - Bill Leatherwood - The Long Walk
14 - Laverne Downs - But You Used To
15 - Jim Reeves - I'm Getting Better
16 - Bill Anderson - The Tip Of My Fingers
17 - George Jones - Out Of Control
18 - Roy Drusky - Anymore
19 - Don Gibson - Far, Far Away
20 - Johnny Cash - Second Honeymoon
21 - Ernest Tubb - Ev'rybody's Somebody's Fool
22 - Adrian Roland - Imitation Of Love
23 - BOB WILLS - Heart To Heart Talk
24 - Charlie Ryan - Hot Rod Lincoln
25 - Skeeter Davis - (I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too
26 - Webb Pierce - Drifting Texas Sand
27 - Hank Thompson - She's Just A Whole Lot Like You
28 - Lou Smith - Cruel Love
29 - Kitty Wells - Carmel By The Sea

CD4

01 - Bobby Barnett - This Old Heart
02 - JIMMIE SKINNER - Reasons To Live
03 - Wilma Lee - This Ole House
04 - Jimmy Smart - Broken Dream
05 - Connie Hall - The Poison In Your Hand
06 - Warren Smith - I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today
07 - Connie Hall - It's Not Wrong
08 - Faron Young - There's Not Any Like You Left
09 - Ray Price - I Can't Run Away From Myself
10 - Bobby Helms - Lonely River Rhine
11 - Buck Owens - I've Got A Right To Know
12 - Billy Walker - I Wish You Love
13 - Skeets McDonald - This Old Broken Heart
14 - Ferlin Husky - Wings Of A Dove
15 - Bob Luman - Let's Think About Living
16 - Clyde Beavers - Here I Am Drunk Again
17 - Buck Owens - Excuse Me (I Think I've Got A Heartache)
18 - George Hamilton IV - Before This Day Ends
19 - Jimmy Newman - Wanting You With Me Tonight
20 - Ray Price - I Wish I Could Fall In Love Today
21 - Ernest Ashworth - You Can't Pick A Rose In December
22 - Alan Riddle - The Moon Is Crying
23 - Stonewall Jackson - A Little Guy Called Joe
24 - Ray Sanders With The Anita Kerr Singers - A World So Full Of Love
25 - Jim Reeves - Am I Losing You
26 - Jim Reeves - I Missed Me
27 - Webb Pierce - Fallen Angel
28 - Marion Worth - I Think I Know
29 - The Browns - Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On