BEAR FAMILY APRIL 2008

INTERNATIONAL RELEASES APRIL 2008
	BCD 17030	VARIOUS	Juke Joint Boogie - 33 1/1 Edition Country & Rockabilly Classics	CD with 16-page booklet
	BCD 16781 AH	PATSY CLINE	Stop, Look And Listen Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight	CD with 44-page booklet
	BCD 16990 AH	COWBOY COPAS	Settin' Flat On Ready Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight	CD with 40-page booklet
	BCD 16988 AH	HAWKSHAW HAWKINS	Car Hoppin' Mama - Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight	CD with 36-page booklet
	BCD 16131 AH	HAYDEN THOMPSON	Rock-A-Billy Gal - The Sun Years, plus	CD with 48-page booklet
	BCD 16310 AR	BOBBY DARIN	Bobby Rocks	CD digipac with 48-page booklet
	BCD 16537 CH	PORTER WAGONER	The Cold Hard Facts Of Life	3-CD digipac with 60-page booklet
	BCD 16721 AH	VARIOUS	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 21 - Rockabilly & Rock'n'Roll From The Vault Of Atlantic Records	CD with 52-page booklet
	BCD 16981 AR	PHIL PHILLIPS	Sea Of Love incl. 9 previously unissued masters	CD digipac with 36-page booklet
	BCD 16863 FH	VARIOUS	Let Me Be Your Sidetrack The Influence of Jimmie Rodgers	6-CD mini box with 188-page booklet

SOURCE

http://www.bear-family.de/indexframes/index_english.htm

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Juke Joint Boogie 33 1/1 Edition - Country & Rockabilly Classics



VARIOUS ARTISTS
Juke Joint Boogie 33 1/1 Edition - Country & Rockabilly Classics
CD with 16-page booklet
BCD 17030
Label: Bear Family Records
EAN: 4000127170309
ISBN: 978-3-89916-391-9
Tracks: 33
Playing time: 78:27
Genre: Rockabilly / Country
EUR 5,00


LIMITED EDITION


More information about the history of Bear Family Records.
CD

1. JOHNNY SEAY: Blue Moon Of Kentucky
2. BEN HEWITT: Border City Call Girl
3. JANIS MARTIN: Hard Times Ahead
4. BENNY BARNES: Happy Little Bluebird
5. SKEETS McDONALD: Big Family Trouble
6. RUSTY YORK: The Girl Can't Help It (2)
7. TOM TALL & GINNY WRIGHT: Boom Boom Boomerang
8. TOMMY BLAKE: Shake Around (2)
9. BOOTS RANDOLPH: Greenback Dollar
10. RED FOLEY: Plantation Boogie
11. SANFORD CLARK: The Fool ('66)
12. DAVE RICH: Tuggin' On My Heart Strings
13. BOBBY WILLIAMSON: A Little Bit Of This
14. CHARLINE ARTHUR: I Heard About You
15. HOWARD CROCKETT: If You'll Let Me
16. DEAN REED: Pistolero
17. BONNIE GUITAR: Mister Fire Eyes (2)
18. JIMMIE SKINNER: Born To Be Wild
19. GLEN GLENN: It Rains Rain
20. NEWTON BROS.: Rock & Roll Lullabye
21. HOMER & JETHRO: Houn' Dawg (1)
22. JACK GUTHRIE: This Troubled Mind Of Mine
23. JIMMY WORK: Crazy Moon
24. TOMMY COLLINS: Watcha Gonna Do Now
25. NITA, RITA & RUBY: Rock Love
26. TIBBY EDWARDS: C'es Si Tout
27. JOHNNY BOND: All I Can Do Is Cry
28. MARGARET ELLIOT: This Wallflower's Gonna Bloom
29. ROY HALL: Don't Stop Now
30. FREDDIE HART: Juke Joint Boogie
31. EDDIE CLETRO: First Class Second Hand Woman
32. ORVAL PROPHET: Goodbye Katie, Bar The Door
33. BILL HALEY: Candy And Women (previously unissued)

March 5, 1963 In memoriam - forty-five years ago country music stars died in plane crash


When popular Kansas City country DJ Cactus Jack McCall was killed in an auto accident, his family was destitute. To help raise funds, many of Music City's top entertainers offered their services for a gala benefit on Sunday, March 3, 1963. The headliner was Patsy Cline, then riding high in both the country and pop charts. Joining her on the bill were Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, George Jones and Billy Walker. Cline, Copas and Walker planned to return to Nashville the following day in a Piper Comanche piloted by Randy Hughes, Cline's manager/guitarist and Copas's son-in-law. But early Monday morning Walker learned his father suffered a heart attack and was not expected to live. With the Kansas City airport fogged in, only commercial flights were allowed to arrive and depart. Knowing that Hawkins booked a reservation to
Nashville on an outbound flight, Walker approached the lanky singer about using his ticket. Hawkins agreed, even though he was reluctant to fly with the relatively inexperienced Hughes.

Tuesday morning the weather was no better, but Cline, Copas, Hawkins and Hughes were anxious to return to Nashville. After getting clearance to take off that afternoon, the plane briefly stopped in Little Rock then headed to Dyersburg, Tennessee, to refuel. The Comanche took off at 6:07 p.m. for the final leg of the trip, which normally would take no longer than fifty minutes. The weather was turbulent, and thunderstorms pelted the area. By 7 p.m. the plane was still eighty-five miles outside of Nashville. As it approached Camden, Tennessee, a farmer noticed the small plane overhead, revving its motor in an apparent attempt to climb. Shortly after it left his sight, he heard it strike nearby treetops and then silence. The next morning the wreckage was found scattered across in a rugged area three miles west of town. There were no survivors.While en route to a March 7 prayer service for Cline, Jack Anglin, the tenor-singing half of Johnnie and Jack, was killed in a car accident. Forty-five years later, the country music community still grieves over this enormous loss.
If Cline's star still shines brightly, Copas and Hawkins' names have largely faded from public memory. The majority of their early King records have been out of print for decades, and most LP and CD reissues suffered from excessive reverb or superfluous overdubs. They deserve better.

Bear Family Records remembers these legendary singers with three new releases in its critically acclaimed 'Gonna Shake This Shack' series.

PATSY CLINE

Stop, Look And Listen - Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
CD with 44-page booklet
BCD 16781 AH
EAN: 4000127167811
ISBN: 978-3-89916-383-4
Country / Rockabilly
Tracks: 31
Playing Time: 71:58


EUR 15,74

Though her reputation rests on seductive, easy-listening ballads, Patsy Cline frequently cut catchy uptempo tracks during the first five years of her brief recording career. This release culls the best of them, including her 1957 country hit Walking After Midnight, rockers like Stop, Look And Listen and bouncy numbers like Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round. For years these sides have been released scattershot across countless CD anthologies padded with filler. Now they're collected onto one compact disc, all songs digitally remastered from the original session tapes. The set also includes previously unissued recordings.

CD

1. I Don't Wanta (1956)
2. Stop, Look And Listen (alt.)
3. Ain't No Wheels On This Ship (We Can't Roll)
4. Stop The World (And Let Me Off)
5. Never No More
6. Honky Tonk Merry Go Round
7. Lovesick Blues
8. I Love You, Honey
9. Turn The Cards Slowly
10. Too Many Secrets
11. Walking Dream
12. There He Goes
13. Gotta Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul
14. In Care Of The Blues
15. Let The Teardrops Fall
16. Hungry For Love
17. Walkin' After Midnight
18. Love, Love, Love Me Honey Do
19. Today, Tomorrow And Forever
20. Don't Ever Leave Me Again
21. Try Again
22. A Poor Man's Roses (Or A Rich Man's Gold)
23. How Can I Face Tomorrow
24. I'm Moving Along
25. Crazy Dreams
26. I Don't Wanta (1957) (alt.)
27. Stop, Look And Listen
28. Love, Love, Love Me Honey Do (alt.)

BONUS:

1. For Rent
2. Side By Side
3. Stupid Cupid

COWBOY COPAS
Settin' Flat On Ready - Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
CD with 40-page booklet
BCD 16990 AH
EAN: 4000127169907
ISBN: 978-3-89916-384-1
Country / Rockabilly
Tracks: 34
Playing Time: 85:57
EUR 15,74


With a career dating back to the late '30s, Lloyd 'Cowboy' Copas was one of country music's great stylists. After signing with King Records in 1946, Copas rose to prominence with a string of hit singles, his distinctive high baritone voice grabbing nickels in jukeboxes across the Southeast and Midwest. Though most of his records were pure, unadulterated country, Copas showed a versatility that few singers could match. He recorded with Elliot Lawrence's big band and later cut some edgy rockabilly. This single-disc collection culls the best of Copas's upbeat tracks for King, along with scarce
material from his short-lived stints with Dot.

CD

1. Circle Rock
2. My Autobiography
3. South Pacific Shore
4. A Thousand Miles Of Ocean
5. New Filipino Baby
6. Blue Kimona
7. Cryin' Doll
8. (Won't You Ride In) My Little Wagon
9. Jamboree
10. Alabam
11. Settin' Flat On Ready
12. Just A Little Tiny Bit (& Kathy Copas)
13. Crazy Over You
14. Three Strikes And You're Out
15. How Much Do I Owe You
16. Tragic Romance
17. I'll Pay The Price (The Rest Of My Life)
18. Feelin' Low
19. Don't Shake Hands With The Devil
20. Hangman's Boogie
21. Texas Red
22. Look What I Got
23. Tell Me More
24. Roly Poly
25. Opportunity Is Knockin' At Your Door
26. Tennessee Senorita
27. Are You Honest
28. Peaches And Cream
29. Tennessee Flat Guitar
30. I Can't Stop Loving You
31. Night Plain To Memphis
32. Don't Let Them Change Your Mind
33. Faithful And True Love
34. Below The Mason Dixon Line

HAYDEN THOMPSON: Rock-A-Billy Gal - The Sun Years, plus


HAYDEN THOMPSON
Rock-A-Billy Gal - The Sun Years, plus
CD with 48-page booklet
BCD 16131 AH
Label: Bear Family Records
EAN: 4000127161314
ISBN: 978-3-89916-377-3
Tracks: 35
Playing time: 82:16
Genre: Rockabilly / Rock'n'Roll
EUR 15,74

• A ten-year retrospective of one of the unsung Sun Records heroes!
  
• Previously unissued Sun recordings!
  
• He was there at the beginning... watching Elvis in Mississippi in 1955... and he's still wowing crowds at revival shows!
  

Hayden Thompson is one of the last of the surviving original rock'n'rollers, and he's still a mighty impressive performer on the rockabilly revival circuit. He might not have had any hits, but he had credentials and style to spare. He was there at the epicentre of rockabilly back when nobody knew quite what it was or what to call it. He was born within a few miles of Elvis Presley, he saw Elvis at the dawn of his career, he made his first record within a few months of Elvis, and he was on the legendary Sun Records. His 1956 recording of Love My Baby is acknowledged as classic rockabilly. It comes no finer.
This collection covers Hayden Thompson's first decade of recording: Here are both sides of all five singles issued between 1954 and 1962... all of them fabulously rare, along with most of the songs unissued at the time, plus eight previously unissued versions of the much-admired and much-emulated classic rockabilly sides Hayden cut at Sun in 1956 and '57

CD:
1. Love My Baby
2. Rock-A-Billy Gal
3. Fairlane Rock
4. One Broken Heart
5. Blues Blues Blues
6. Oh Mama (Mama Mama Mama)
7. You Are My Sunshine
8. Don't You Worry
9. Congratulations To You, Joe
10. Call Me Shorty
11. I'll Hold You In My Heart
12. Goin' Steady
13. Kansas City
14. Frankie And Johnny
15. Brown Eyed Handsome Man
16. The Key To My Kingdom
17. Your True Love
18. Kansas City
19. I Guess I'd Better Be Moving Along
20. This Old Windy City
21. Lonely For My Baby
22. I Wanna Get Home
23. Train From Chicago (16:88)
24. Act Like You Love Me
25. I Feel The Blues Coming On
26. Love My Baby
27. One Broken Heart
28. Dream Love
29. Tom Thumb
30. Whatcha Gonna Do
31. Summers Almost Over
32. Queen Bee
33. Pardon Me
34. Love My Baby
35. Rock-A-Billy Gal

BOBBY DARIN: Rocks



BOBBY DARIN
Rocks
CD digipac with 48-page booklet
BCD 16310 AR
Label: Bear Family Records
EAN: 4000127163103
ISBN: 978-3-89916-380-3
Tracks: 36
Playing time: 82:02
Genre: Rock'n'Roll
EUR 18,36

• Samples the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter's early career
  
• Features two of Bobby's first recordings
  
• Includes rare alternate takes
  
• Features musicians including King Curtis, Sam 'The Man' Taylor, Hank Garland and Neil Sedaka
  
• Exclusive photos, discography, and notes including interviews with several of Bobby's early friends and collaborators
  

Splish Splash wasn't the beginning for Bobby Darin, nor was it just a flirtation with rock 'n' roll. Raised in a Manhattan tenement, Walden Robert Cassotto found a way to escape – through his music. Forming a band in high school, he first played pop hits of the early '50s and standards; then he moved to calypso and folk before becoming one of rock 'n' roll's pioneers, cutting records reminiscent of Elvis Presley, Fats Domino and Little Richard, and writing what became one of Buddy Holly's biggest hits – Early In The Morning.
This collection draws from sessions originally released on Decca, Atco, Brunswick and Capitol; and recorded in New York, Nashville and Los Angeles. In addition to hits like Splish Splash, Dream Lover and Early In The Morning, the album includes She's Tanfastic, originally issued as a tanningcream
promotion, and Clementine, a swinging big-band precursor to Sinatra's Old MacDonald. If Mack The Knife is the beginning and end of Bobby Darin to you, you're in for a big surprise.

CD:



1. Bullmoose (original 45 version)
2. Splish Splash
3. Mighty Mighty Man
4. Judy, Don't Be Moody
5. I Want You With Me
6. Pretty Betty
7. Early In The Morning
8. Plain Jane
9. Queen Of The Hop
10. I Ain't Sharin' Sharon
11. Wear My Ring
12. Pity Miss Kitty
13. I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five and Ten Cent Store)
14. You Know How
15. Dream Lover
16. Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name
17. Now We're One
18. Keep A Walkin'
19. Don't Call My Name
20. All The Way Home
21. Brand New House
22. She's Tanfastic
23. Oo-Ee Train
24. Multiplication
25. You're Mine
26. Sorrow Tomorrow
27. So Mean
28. Bullmoose (LP version)
29. Ruby Baby
30. Since You've Been Gone
31. Rock Island Line
32. Silly Willie
33. Queen Of The Hop (alternate take)
34. Splish Splash (alternate take)
35. Plain Jane (alternate take)
36. Clementine

PORTER WAGONER: The Cold Hard Facts Of Life



PORTER WAGONER
The Cold Hard Facts Of Life
3-CD digipac with 60-page booklet
BCD 16537 CH
Label: Bear Family Records
EAN: 4000127165374
ISBN: 978-3-89916-381-0
Tracks: 70
Playing time: 176:57
Genre: Country
EUR 49,90

• First CD release of six best-selling concept albums that gave the late country music superstar Porter Wagoner a cult following: 'Confessions Of A Broken Man' (1966); 'Soul Of A Convict' (1967); 'The Cold Hard Facts Of Life' (1967); 'The Bottom Of A Bottle' (1968); 'The Carroll County Accident' (1969); and 'Down In The Alley – Skid Row Joe' (1970).
  
• Seventy gripping 'slice of life' songs and recitations including such memorable Top 5 'Billboard' country chart hits as Green, Green Grass Of Home; Skid Row Joe; The Cold Hard Facts Of Life; and The Carroll County Accident.
  
• Features a rogue's gallery of murderers, philanderers, depressives, death-row inmates, unrepentant barflies, panhandling winos and other losers.
  
• Includes extensive notes covering these fascinating albums and Wagoner's life and career.
  

Invigorated by a critically acclaimed new album, invitations to open at major venues for Neko Case and The White Stripes, and a guest appearance on CBS-TV's 'The Late Show with David Letterman,' country music icon Porter Wagoner was riding on a late-career resurgence when he died October 26, 2007 after a brief illness.

Mainstream audiences best knew the lanky, rhinestone-suited singer as a symbol of 'old Nashville' and a longtime member of The Grand Ole Opry. Longtime country music fans remembered Wagoner as the popular television personality who gave Dolly Parton her big break. But a younger audience embraced him for the dark, nightmarish concept albums he made for RCA Victor during the late sixties. 'Confessions Of A Broken Man,' 'The Bottom Of The Bottle' and 'Down In The Alley' introduced Wagoner's alter ego, 'Skid Row Joe.' Once a successful family man, Joe was a disheveled, panhandling alcoholic. 'Soul Of A Convict' revealed the world of prison inmates and their long-suffering families. 'The Cold Hard Facts Of Life' explored the minds
and motivations of murderers, philanderers and the down-and-out. 'The Carroll County Accident' was built around Wagoner's country and pop chart hit about two respected citizens, a fatal wreck and a missing wedding ring.

With songs penned by such writers as Bill Anderson, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and Mel Tillis, Wagoner's mind-numbing country noir sagas are filled with as much despair as any low-budget grindhouse movie or cheesy paperback novel. Since their original release, these albums gained a cult following among the psychotronic set, alt-country fans and the Goth subculture. After being out of print for more than two decades, they're available once again in glorious stereo from the original two-track mixdown tapes.

CD 1:

CONFESSIONS OF A BROKEN MAN

1. Men With Broken Hearts
2. I Just Came To Smell The Flowers
3. May You Never Be Alone
4. Skid Row Joe
5. Take Me Back And Try Me One More Time
6. How Far Can I Go?
7. I'm A Long Way From Home
8. Confessions Of A Broken Man
9. My Tears Are Overdue
10. I've Been Down That Road Before
11. Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine
12. My Last Two Tens

SOUL OF A CONVICT

1. Boston Jail
2. The Convict And The Rose
3. I Relived My Life Today
4. I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
5. Let Me In
6. The Big River Train
7. The Snakes Crawl At Night
8. They're All Going Home But One
9. Folsom Prison
10. Soul Of A Convict
11. Green Green Grass Of Home
12. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

CD 2:

THE COLD HARD FACTS OF LIFE

1. The First Mrs. Jones
2. Words And Music
3. The Cold, Hard Facts Of Life
4. Sleep
5. Hundred Dollar Funeral
6. If I Could Only Start Over
7. Tragic Romance
8. Try Being Lonely
9. I'll Get Ahead Some Day
10. I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye
11. Shopworn
12. Julie

THE BOTTOM OF THE BOTTLE

1. Wino
2. Daddy And The Wine
3. Swinging Doors
4. The Bottom Of The Bottle
5. In The Shadows Of The Wine
6. She Burnt The Little Roadside Tavern Down
7. The Bottle Let Me Down
8. One Dime For The Wine
9. Wine
10. Turn The Juke Box Up Louder
11. I Threw Away The Rose
12. Bottle, Bottle

CD 3:

THE CARROLL COUNTY ACCIDENT

1. The World Needs A Washin'
2. Banks Of The Ohio
3. Sing Me Back Home
4. Barefoot Nellie
5. Sorrow Overtakes The Wine
6. Black Jack's Bar
7. The Carroll County Accident
8. Rocky Top
9. Your Mother's Eyes
10. King Of The Cannon County Hills
11. I Lived So Fast And Hard
12. Fallen Leaves

DOWN IN THE ALLEY

1. Here's A Toast To Mama
2. Sidewalks Of Chicago
3. The Silent Kind
4. The Alley
5. The Town Drunk
6. Mama
7. Bottle Of Wine
8. One More Dime
9. I Judged A Man
10. When I Drink My Wine

VARIOUS ARTISTS: That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 21 - Rockabilly & Rock'n'Roll From The Vault Of Atlantic Records



VARIOUS ARTISTS
That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 21 - Rockabilly & Rock 'n' Roll From The Vault Of Atlantic Records
CD with 52-page booklet
BCD 16721 AH
Label: Bear Family Records
EAN: 4000127167217
ISBN: 978-3-89916-324-7
Tracks: 29
Playing time: 65:23
Genre: Rockabilly / Rock'n'Roll
EUR 15,74

• The recent death of Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun has focused attention on his incredible
  achievement in making Atlantic the greatest independent label ever.
  
• Atlantic's Fifties rockabilly/rock'n'roll recordings have never been properly documented until now!
  
• Includes the original versions of Judy (popularized by Elvis) and Rave On (later popularized by Buddy Holly), as well as incredibly rare early recordings by David Gates, founder of the 1970s soft rock band, Bread. Plus Bill Haley's Comets.
  
• Bear Family's 'That'll Flat Git It' has been running for 15 years, and is getting better and better!
  

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Atlantic Records is one of the great labels in American popular music. From classic R&B singers like Joe Turner, LaVern Baker, and The Drifters to soul stars like Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, and Solomon Burke, and classic rock artists like the Rolling Stones, Yes, Led Zeppelin, and many others, Atlantic has been at the forefront of popular music since its inception in 1948. As an early sixtieth birthday present, we're reissuing 29 recordings that Atlantic probably forgot they ever made! It's the one side of the label's long story that has never been told: the attempt to score rock hits during the late 1950s that started with a failed attempt to sign Elvis. This collection includes the fabulous original version of a song that Elvis later covered, Judy, as well as the original version of a song that Buddy Holly later recorded, Rave On. Additionally, it features incredibly rare early recordings by David Gates, founder of the 1970s soft rock band, Bread, as well as Bill Haley's Comets, recording as the Kingsmen. Then, as always with 'That'll Flat Git It,' there are the great unknowns, many of whom have their story told here for the first time along with their music being reissued for the first time. Many series run out of steam after just a few volumes, but 'That'll Flat Git It' just keeps getting better and better. We began it in 1992, we now have 25 volumes, and more are in preparation!


CD

1. HAL WILLIS: My Pink Cadillac
2. DAVID GATES: Swingin' Baby Doll
3. AL HENDERSON: Ding Dong Dandy
4. TEDDY REDELL: Judy
5. GLENN REEVES: Rockin' Country Style
6. BOBBY BRANT: Piano Nellie
7. BUDDY THOMPSON: This Is The Night
8. KINGSMEN: Weekend
9. DEAN BEARD: Rakin' And Scrapin'
10. JIMMY SIMMONS: Too Hot To Handle
11. MAD MAN TAYLOR: Rumble Tumble
12. BARBARA GREENE: Long Tall Sally
13. RAY & LINDY: Big Betty
14. PAT & THE SATELLITES: Jupiter C
15. HAL WILLIS: Bop-A-Dee Bop-A-Doo
16. DAVID GATES: Walkin' And Talkin'
17. AL HENDERSON: Mary Jane
18. DEAN BEARD: Party Party
19. KINGSMEN: Better Believe It
20. TEDDY REDELL: Can't You See
21. GLENN REEVES: Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
22. SONNY WEST: Rave On
23. BUDDY THOMPSON: I've Got A Good Thing Going
24. MAD MAN TAYLOR: Rock 'n' Roll Espanole
25. BRACEY EVERETT: The Lover's Curse
26. BARBARA GREENE: Slippin' And Slidin'
27. CASTLE KINGS: Jeanette
28. JUNIOR THOMPSON: Jungle Girl
29. KINGSMEN: The Cat Walk

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Let Me Be Your Sidetrack - The Influence of Jimmie Rodgers



VARIOUS ARTISTS
Let Me Be Your Sidetrack - The Influence of Jimmie Rodgers
6-CD mini box with 188-page booklet
BCD 16863 FH
Label: Bear Family Records
EAN: 4000127168634
ISBN: 978-3-89916-376-6
Tracks: 159
Playing time: approx: 475 min.
Genre: Country / Oldtime
EUR 94,41


There is no shortage of legendary figures in country music. Arguably, none has been more influential than Jimmie Rodgers. In a career that spanned less than six years (1927-1933), Rodgers recorded 110 songs. 108 of those were subsequently recorded by other artists, a tradition that began in the late 1920s and continues to this day. That is a 'cover ratio' unmatched by any of country music's historic figures, including Hank Williams.
Rodgers' influence extended far beyond songwriting. The Singing Brakeman also provided a blues-infused approach to performance that became a stylistic template for the careers of countless country singers. Rodgers' recordings remind us that hybrid music began well before Elvis Presley and Sun Records.

On the 75th anniversary of Jimmie Rodgers' death, Bear Family Records documents the extent of his influence by gathering together a remarkable collection of cover recordings by artists ranging from country icons like Gene Autry, Jimmie Davis, Hank Snow, Lefty Frizzell, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Bill Monroe, Merle Haggard and Ernest Tubb to pop and rock legends like Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Rick Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis and Jerry Garcia. Comprising a total of 159 tracks on six CDs, this unprecedented collection begins to do justice to Jimmie Rodgers' staggering legacy. The mini-box also offers Bear Family's usual lavish production values and attention to detail, including rare vintage photographs and detailed notes
by music historians Carey Ginell, Tony Russell, and Dave Samuelson.

A companion piece to Bear Family's six-disc collection of Jimmie Rodgers' own recordings (BCD 15540), this is the ultimate and richly deserved tribute to Rodgers' influence within and beyond country music. For fans of either country or popular music, this collection is truly essential fare.

CD 1:

1. Rex Griffin: Sweet Mama Hurry Home
2. W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys: Yodeling Ranger
3. Gene Autry: Hobo Bill's Last Ride
4. Bill Boyd: The Wind Swept Desert (Desert Blues)
5. Buddy Jones: Any Old Time
6. The Callahan Brothers: T. B. Blues No. 2 (T. B. Blues)
7. The Monroe Brothers: In My Dear Old Southern Home (Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea)
8. Red River Dave (Dave McEnery): Daddy And Home
9. Cliff Carlisle: Blue Yodel No. 6
10. Bob Wills: Never No More Hard Times Blues (No Hard Times)
11. Gene Autry: Blue Yodel No. 5
12. The Sons Of The Pioneers: The Yodeling Cowboy
13. Roy Acuff & his Smoky Mountain Boys: Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8)
14. Darby & Tarlton: Once I Had A Sweetheart (Soldier's Sweetheart)
15. The Nite Owls: Frankie And Johnny (You'll Miss Me In The Days To Come)
16. Hank, The Yodeling Ranger: Polka Dot Blues (Gambling Polka Dot Blues)
17. The Shelton Brothers: She Was Happy Till She Met You
18. Dwight Butcher: Nobody Knows But Me
19. Bob Wills: Mississippi Delta Blues
20. Doc Hopkins: Mother The Queen Of My Heart
21. Brown's Musical Brownies: The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)
22. Bill Cox: California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4)
23. Gene Autry: High Powered Mama
24. Lummie Lewis & His Merrymakers: Travelin' Blues
25. Harry Hillard: I'm Looking For A Brand New Mama (Looking For A New Mama)
26. Howard Keesse & Loy Bodine: A Sailor's Plea

CD 2:

1. Roy Bledsoe: She's In The Jailhouse Now (In The Jailhouse Now)
2. Rice Brothers Gang: My Carolina Sunshine Girl
3. Gene Autry: Pistol Packin' Papa
4. Tune Wranglers: Sweetest Girl in the World (My Blue Eyed Jane)
5. Pie Plant Pete (Claude Moye): Waiting for the Railroad Train (Waiting for A Train)
6. Bill Monroe: Blue Yodel No. 7
7. The Light Crust Doughboys: Prairie Lullaby
8. Roy Rogers: Hadie Brown (My Little Lady)
9. Monroe Brothers: The Old Man's Story (Why There's A Tear In My Eye)
10. Bill Cox: My Rough And Rowdy Ways
11. Clayton McMichen: Prohibition Blues (Prohibition Has Done Me Wrong)
12. Ross' Rhythm Rascals: Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues
13. Cliff Carlisle: Memphis Yodel
14. Joe Steen: Ben Dewberry's Final Run
15. Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys: Mean Mama Blues (Jimmie' Mean Mama Blues)
16. Dwight Butcher (Slim Oakdale): No Hard Times
17. Jimmie Davis: Roll Along Kentucky Moon
18. Gene Autry: In The Jailhouse Now, No. 2
19. Jack & Leslie: Mississippi River Blues
20. Harry Hillard: Blue Yodel No. 9
21. Texas Ruby: Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)
22. Frankie Marvin (Frankie Wallace): Away Out On the Mountain
23. Buell Kazee: Gambling Blues (Those Gambler's Blues)
24. Howard Keesee: My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans
25. Jess Hillard: Blue Yodel No. 10 (Ground Hog Rootin' In My Baxk Yard)
26. Beverly Long: The Soldier's Sweetheart

CD 3:

Pop & Blues:

1. Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra: Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)
2. Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra: Away Out On The Mountain
3. Tal Henry: My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans
4. King Oliver: Everybody Does It In Hawaii
5. Memphis Sheiks: In The Jailhouse Now
6. Gene Kardos: In The Jailhouse Now
7. George Hall: The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)
8. The Rhythm Wreckers: Never No Mo' Blues
9. John Sellers: Let Me Be Your Sidetrack
10. Harry Belafonte: Muleskinner (Blue Yodel No. 8 - Muleskinner Blues)
11. John Jackson: T.B. Blues
12. Harmonica Frank Floyd: Blue Yodel No. 6
13. Brenda Boykin & Home Cookin': Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas)

French versions:

14. Roy Gonzales: Anuiant et blue (Lonely And Blue)
15. Rayne-Bo Ramblers: Dor, baby, dor (Sleep Baby Sleep)

Australian Artists:

16. Tex Morton: Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes
17. Glenn Davis: Let Me Be Your Sidetrack
18. Hawking Brothers: Old Pal Of My Heart
19. Rick & Thel Carey: She Was Happy Till She Met You
20. Buddy Williams: Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea
21. Slim Dusty: Any Old Time
22. Reg Lindsay: Jimmie The Kid

German versions:

23. Peter Alexander & Bill Ramsey: Missouri Cowboy (Blue Yodel No. 8 – Muleskinner Blues)
24. Roland Heinrich & die Rumtreiber: Das Land meines Kindheitstraums (Land Of My Boyhood Dreams)
25. Roland Heinrich & die Rumtreiber: Ich such mir eine neue Frau (I'm Looking For A New Mama)
26. Roland Heinrich: Und jetzt ist er im Knast (In The Jailhouse Now)

CD 4:

1. Webb Pierce: In The Jailhouse Now
2. Hank Snow: I've Ranged, I've Roamed, I've Traveled
3. Ernest Tubb: I'm Free (From The Chain Gang Now)
4. Lefty Frizzell: Sleep, Baby, Sleep
5. Slim Rhinehart: For The Sake Of Days Gone By
6. Jack Guthrie: Blue Yodel, #3 (Evening Sun Yodel)
7. Gary Williams: Hobo's Meditation
8. Jimmie Skinner: Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel
9. Johnny Cash: The Mystery Of Number Five
10. Bill Monroe: Sailor's Plea
11. Hank Snow: My Good Gal's Gone Blues
12. Lefty Frizzell: Blue Yodel, #2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
13. Wilf Carter: Cowhand's Last Ride
14. Patsy Montana: Treasures Untold
15. Merle Travis: Blue Yodel #1 (T For Texas)
16. Gary Williams: Jimmie's Texas Blues
17. Jim Reeves: Waiting For A Train
18. Tommy Duncan: Never No' Mo' Blues
19. Red Foley: I'm Sorry We Met
20. Hank Snow: Ninety Nine Years Blues
21. Lefty Frizzell: Why Should I Be Lonely
22. Jimmie Skinner: I Miss The Mississippi And You
23. Dwight Butcher: Old Love Letters (Bring Memories Of You)
24. Jimmy Hinchee: Rock All The Babies To Sleep
25. Gary Williams: Gambling Bar Room Blues
26. Ernest Tubb: The Wonderful City
27. Slim Rinehart: Mississippi Moon
28. Lonnie Donegan: Blue Yodel #8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
29. Jack Elliott: Whippin' That Old T. B.
30. Pete Seeger: Blue Yodel #1 (T For Texas)

CD 5:

1. Merle Haggard: Down The Old Road To Home
2. Hank Snow: Land Of My Boyhood Dreams
3. Grandpa Jones: Lullaby Yodel
4. Jerry Lee Lewis: Waiting For A Train
5. The Fendermen: Blue Yodel #8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
6. Hank Snow: Everybody Does It In Hawaii
7. Jessie Clifton: Long Tall Mama Blues
8. Elton Britt: (When It's) Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia
9. Bob King: You And My Old Guitar
10. Molly O'Day: (15) Years Ago
11. Hank Snow: Home Call
12. Jack Guthrie: When The Cactus Is In Bloom
13. Marty Robbins: My Mother Was A Lady
14. Jimmie Skinner: Moonlight And Skies
15. Ernest Tubb: The Drunkard's Child
16. Hank Snow: Southern Cannon Ball
17. Gary Williams: In The Hills Of Tennessee
18. Lefty Frizzell: I'm Lonely And Blue
19. Merle Haggard: Train Whistle Blues
20. Dolly Parton: Blue Yodel #8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
21. Wilf Carter: Whisper Your Mother's Name
22. Rick Nelson: Big Chief Buffalo Nickel (The Desert Blues)
23. Gary Williams: My Time Ain't Long
24. Claude King: Pistol Packing Papa
25. Dick Curless: Waiting For A Train
26. Jimmie Skinner: Somewhere Down Below The Mason Dixon Line
27. Hank Snow: Blue Yodel, #12 (Daybreak Blues)
28. Ernest Tubb: Why Did You Give Me Your Love
29. Eddie Noack: My Old Pal
30. Grandpa Jones: Brakeman's Blues (Yodeling The Blues Away)
31. Connie Francis & Hank Williams, Jr.: Blue Yodel #8 (Mule Skinner Blues)

CD 6

1. Dean Mitchell: Blue Yodel #11
2. Dean Mitchell: I'm Lonesome Too
3. Dean Mitchell: I've Only Loved Three Women
4. Dean Mitchell: Take Me Back Again
5. Dean Mitchell: That's Why I'm Blue
6. Dean Mitchell: What's It
7. Dean Mitchell: Yodeling My Way Back Home
8. Bono: Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes
9. Alison Kraus: Any Old Time
10. Dickey Betts: Waiting For A Train
11. Mary Chapin Carpenter: Somewhere Below The Mason Dixon Line
12. David Ball: Miss The Mississippi And You
13. Bob Dylan: My Blue Eyed Jane
14. Willie Nelson: Peach Picking Time In Georgia
15. Steve Earle: In The Jailhouse Now
16. Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, John Kahn: Blue Yodel #9
17. Iris DeMent: Hobo Bill's Last Ride
18. John Mellencamp: Gambling Bar Room Blues
19. Van Morrison: Mule Skinner Blues
20. Aaron Neville: Why Should I Be Lonely
21. Dwight Yoakam: T For Texas