 | Super Hits by Kris Kristofferson
Buy used from: $0.01 See my BEST OF KRISTOFFERSON list.
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 | Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be) by Willie Nelson
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $6.25 See my BEST OF WILLIE NELSON
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 | The Definitive Collection by Don Williams
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $7.99 See my BEST OF DON WILLIAMS
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 | A Man Called Hoss
Buy used from: $69.45 His best album. See my BEST OF WAYLON JENNINGS.
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 | 42 Ultimate Hits by Kenny Rogers
Buy new: $13.97 / Used from: $7.25 See my BEST OF KENNY ROGERS
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 | Peace in the Valley by B.J. Thomas
Buy used from: $20.00 We all know his many pop hits but this is a superb gospel album. Equally good is only available on vinyl: AMAZING GRACE.(Best song on it: HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW)
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 | Picture in a Frame by Kimmie Rhodes
See my DISCOVER THE MUSIC OF KIMMIE RHODES
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 | Mac Davis: Very Best and More by Mac Davis
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.74 See my MALE VOCALISTS FOR THE TIME CAPSULE
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 | The Best of Michael Martin Murphey by Michael Martin Murphey
Buy new: $5.98 / Used from: $1.82 This CD definitely does NOT include his best work. For a
better guide, see my MALE VOCALISTS FOR THE TIME CAPSULE.
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 | King Of The Road: The Genius Of Roger Miller by Roger Miller
Buy new: $36.99 / Used from: $20.89 Best known for his novelty hits but wrote a few really good serious songs: Old Friends, and Leaving's Not The Only Way To Go, Lock Stock and Teardrops, Sorry Willie.
Check my Listmania: ROGER MILLER SONGWRITER: HIS SERIOUS SENSITIVE SIDE.
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 | The Essential Roy Orbison by Roy Orbison
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $11.97 I grew to appreciate him more just before he died than I did during his heydey, which was a bit before my formative years. Both his solo work and his collabs with The Traveling Wilbury's.
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 | Greatest Hits by Leann Rimes
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.99 My favorite is still her hit at 15: BLUE.
Wish she'd get back to her country roots.
Topnotch country singer, average pop artist.
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 | Greatest Hits by Lee Ann Womack
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $4.49 I'm not a BIG fan, but I do really love her song A LITTLE PAST LITTLE ROCK and I also like her biggest hit I HOPE YOU DANCE.
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 | Beth Nielsen Chapman - Greatest Hits by Beth Nielsen Chapman
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.30 Singer but best-known as a successful songwriter. Three excellent Willie Nelson songs(It'll Come To Me, Ain't Necessarily So,Nothing I Can Do About It Now) and big hit 'This Kiss' for Faith Hill
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 | Come Away with Me by Norah Jones
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.70 I like SOME of her stuff, especially her duet version of LONESTAR(with Willie Nelson) and the song EASY AS THE RAIN,
which she did as a member of The Little WIllies(CD). But I also know why some critics refer to her as SNORA Jones. Not much variety in her quiet gentle presentation (so far).
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 | The Essential Rodney Crowell by Rodney Crowell
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $6.58 Good songwriter. Wrote one of my favorite love songs: TILL I GAIN CONTROL AGAIN. Several good recordings of it .. Willie Nelson/Kimmie Rhodes duet, Willie solo,Emmylou Harris, Crystal Gayle, Van Morrison. See my LOVE SONGS FOR
THE TIME CAPSULE.
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 | Songs of the Old West by Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $24.75 Dale Evans wrote HAPPY TRAILS, one of the BEST SONGS WRITTEN BY WOMEN(see my Listmania of that title). Roy remains one of my heroes both for his career and personal life, and Dale was a big part of that.
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 | Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits by Johnny Horton
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.87 Several good hits before he died in a plane crash:
Battle of New Orleans, North To Alaska, All For The Love Of A Girl, Sink The Bismark
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 | The Best of Dan Seals by Dan Seals
Buy new: $5.98 / Used from: $3.17 After split from England Dan and John Ford Coley, career reborn as country artist. Hits 'Meet Me In Montana'(with
Marie Osmond), Bop, and One Friend. Sadly, died recently from lymphoma.
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 | Wave on Wave by Pat Green
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $1.08 Just for the title song.
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 | The Best of Johnny Lee by Johnny Lee
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.98 The only song of his that I've paid attention to and liked was his updated duet version of YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS, which seems unavailable on any CD, only on a 45, or maybe via MP3 download?
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 | Buddy Holly Gold by Buddy Holly
Buy new: $14.97 / Used from: $10.59 Young rockabilly star had many familiar hits before his
untimely death in a plane crash.
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 | Buddy & Julie Miller by Buddy & Julie Miller
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 | The Essential Bob Wills 1935-1947 by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.19 Pioneer of country swing. Before my time.
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 | The Best of Tex Ritter by Tex Ritter
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $2.49 Notable hits DO NOT FORSAKE ME(High Noon theme), HILLBILLY HEAVEN and the Christian talksong DECK OF CARDS. Father of actor John Ritter.
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 | 17 Greatest Hits by Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.42 Hits in the 80's with his brothers.
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 | 50 Number Ones by George Strait
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $9.99 Oops!. I mistakenly left this guy off my list initially because I've never found his work very interesting. But he's undeniably among the top 5 kings of country.
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 | 20 Great Story Songs by Jimmy Dean
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $4.67 Big Bad John, and To a Sleeping Beauty are his most famous.
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 | Hellooo Baby!: The Best of the Big Bopper, 1954-1959 by The Big Bopper
Buy new: $8.96 / Used from: $3.14 A minor rock'n'roll star, big hit Chantilly Lace. Died in same plane crash with Buddy Holly and Richie Valens.
Also wrote hit 'Running Bear' by Johnny Preston
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 | High, Low And In Between/Late Great by Townes Van Zandt
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.90 Wrote IF I NEEDED YOU(best version by Don Williams and Emmylou Harris, and PANCHO AND LEFTY done well by both Emmylou and the duo of Willie Nelson/Merle Haggard
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 | Lyle Lovett Live In Texas
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $2.61 Non-country music fans may remember his brief marriage to
Julia Roberts.
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 | Clint Black - The Greatest Hits by Clint Black
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.96 Anyone besides me think he resembles Roy Rogers?
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 | Other Voices, Other Rooms by Nanci Griffith
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $2.40 |
 | Asleep at the Wheel - 20 Greatest Hits by Asleep at the Wheel
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $6.75 Popular country band.
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 | The Definitive Collection by Tanya Tucker
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $8.44 She's had a long popular career since becoming a star at 13 with the original Delta Dawn.
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 | The Essential Guy Clark by Guy Clark
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.89 |
 | Ultimate Collection by Jerry Jeff Walker
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $8.25 I'm not a fan but he's a major figure. Non-country non-folkies know his pop hit 'Mr Bojangles'.
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 | 50 Years of Hits by George Jones
Buy new: $23.99 / Used from: $22.10 He's an icon, but not my cup of tea. Sorry. Too much whine and twang.
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 | The Definitive Collection by Delbert McClinton
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $9.45 Renowned blues singer
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 | The Definitive Collection 1983-1997 by Steve Earle
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $7.78 Sorry I had no room left to highlight Barbara Mandrell,
Ray Price, Billy Ray Vaughn, Miranda Lambert, Kelly Clarkson, Brooks and Dunn, ZZ Top
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