Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Whiskey Is the Devil (In Liquid Form) - The Bailes Brothers
2. My Heart Echoes - The Bailes Brothers
3. Turn Your Radio On - King Sacred Quartet
4. Move It on Over - Hank Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
5. On the Banks of the Old Pontchartrain - Hank Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
6. Sing Tom Kitty - Johnnie & Jack
7. Brown's Ferry Boogie - Zeke Clements
8. I'll Not Be Around - Harmie Smith
9. Has the Devil Got a Mortgage on You? - The Bailes Brothers
10. Just A-Pickin' and A-Singin' - Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers
11. Woe Is Me - Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers
12. New Mississippi River Blues - York Brothers
13. Hamtramck Mama - York Brothers
14. Love or Hate - Kitty Wells
15. Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet - Kitty Wells
16. Why Don't You Haul off and Love Me - Wayne Raney
17. Please Don't Let Me Love You - Red Sovine
18. Your Papa Ain't Steppin' Anymore - Sheb Wooley & His Calumet Indians
19. Whoa Sailor - Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys
20. Anniversary of a Broken Heart - Hank Snow
21. Hora Sta Cotton Picker - Paul Howard & His Arkansas Cotton Pickers
22. For Old Times Sake - Johnnie & Jack
23. Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
24. High Geared Daddy - Webb Pierce & His Southern Valley Boys
25. Big Fat Papa - Zeb Turner
26. Since You've Been Gone - Boots Woodall & His Radio Wranglers
27. I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky - Slim Whitman
28. Birmingham Jail - Slim Whitman

Disc 2:

1. Shuffle on Down - Tex Grimsley & His Texas Show Boys
2. Walking the Dog - Tex Grimsley & His Texas Show Boys
3. You're Barking Up the Wrong Tree Now - Red Sovine
4. Boogie's Fine Tonight - Paul Howard & His Arkansas Cotton Pickers
5. I Almost Lost My Mind - Floyd Tillman
6. Shackles and Chains - Riley Crabtree
7. Dog Hauled Around - Billy Wallace
8. Hillbilly Bessie - Oakie Jones
9. Poison Love - Johnnie & Jack
10. Court of Justice - Teddy Wilburn
11. Just You Wait and See - Mercer Brothers
12. If Nickels Were Dimes - Mercer Brothers
13. Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses) - Lefty Frizzell
14. Wondering - Webb Pierce
15. Love Song of the Waterfall - Slim Whitman
16. I'm Sitting on Top of the Word - Buddy Attaway
17. Freight Train Blues - Buddy Attaway
18. Tend to Your Business - Clyde Moody
19. I'll Still Write Your Name in the Sand - Mac Wiseman & The Country Boys
20. Four Walls Around Me - Mac Wiseman & The Country Boys
21. Hi-Tone Poppa - Tillman Franks
22. Settin' the Woods on Fire - Hank Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
23. South - The Maddox Brothers & Rose
24. Rock All Our Babies to Sleep - The Maddox Brothers & Rose
25. No Place to Hang My Hat - Mercer Brothers
26. It Ain't No Use - Mercer Brothers
27. Anything Your Heart Desires - Billy Walker
28. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Hank Williams

Disc 3:

1. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells
2. I Heard the Jukebox Playing - Kitty Wells
3. Take It Like a Man - Claude King & His Hillbilly Ramblers
4. She's My Baby - Claude King & His Hillbilly Ramblers
5. You Can't Get the Country out of the Boy - Shot Jackson & His String Band
6. Why Talk to My Heart - Goldie Hill
7. I Let the Stars Get in My Eyes - Goldie Hill
8. I'm Doing a Peach of a Job - Texas Bill Strength And His Saddlepals
9. Candy Kisses - George Morgan
10. Stumpy Joe - Hank Locklin
11. Go Ahead and Go - Jimmy Lee
12. Paper Boy Boogie - Tommy Trent
13. Stop Your Bawlin' Baby - Charlie Adams
14. I Heard the Jukebox Playing - Faron Young
15. Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes - Slim Willet & The Brush Cutters
16. First Train Headin' South - Johnny Horton
17. Mexican Joe - Jim Reeves and the Circle O Ranch Boys
18. No Help Wanted - The Carlisles
19. Liniment & Turpentine - Hoot & Curley
20. If You Love Me Let Me Know - Tibby Edwards
21. Cry Cry Darlin' - Tibby Edwards
22. Oh I Like It - Carolyn Bradshaw
23. Say No No No - Carolyn Bradshaw, Louisiana Hayride Band
24. Million Dollars Worth of Memories - Hoot & Curley
25. Bimbo - Jim Reeves
26. Butterfly Love - Jim Reeves
27. Caribbean - Mitchell Torok
28. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know - The Davis Sisters

Disc 4:

1. Life That I'm Living - Tommy Hill
2. Rose Marie - Slim Whitman
3. Then I'll Stop Loving You - Jim Reeves
4. S.S. Lureline - Johnny Horton
5. All for the Love of a Girl - Johnny Horton
6. Maybellene - Elvis Presley
7. Can't You Won't You - Jimmy & Johnny
8. Drinking Tequila - Jim Reeves
9. Diggy Liggy Lo - Jimmy C. Newman
10. Good Deal Lucille - Moon Mullican
11. Ridin' the Sunshine Special - Johnny Morton
12. I Understand (Just How You Feel) - Jack Ford
13. Everybody Needs a Little Lovin' - Merle Kilgore
14. It Ain't My Baby (And I Ain't Gonna Rock It) - Rudy "Tutti" Grayzell, Louisiana Hayride Band
15. Yankee Dime - Jack Ford
16. Tweedle Dee - Elvis Presley
17. Nothin' But Lovin' - Werly Fairburn
18. Daydreamin' - Jimmy C. Newman
19. Gone! Gone! Gone! - Carl Perkins
20. What Am I Worth - George Jones
21. Why Baby Why - George Jones
22. Lie Detector - Arlie Duff, Anita Kerr Singers
23. Hate Me Not - Al Terry
24. Now Is the Time for Love - Wayne Walker
25. So Lovely Baby - Rusty & Doug
26. Cry Cry Cry - Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two,
27. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #101976 in Music
• Released on: 2006-07-17
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Import
• Dimensions: .56 pounds

Customer Reviews

Great collection, great history
The Louisiana Hayride radio show was broadcast from a theatre in Shreveport Louisiana for twelve years (1948 to 1960.) It's still there. They still have musicians performing there on the occasion. But it will always be connected most strongly with this groundbreaking radio programme.

A popular music show, many hillbilly/ country, western swing, folk, rockabilly/ rock&roll artists were brought to national attention via this show. Some famous performances include Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presely, Jimmy Reeves, etc.

Even if you don't appreciate for the music's sake, this collection represents an important period in the development of American music. It also documents a shift in popular music; you can hear rock&roll being created.

For one hundred-eleven songs, this is well worth the money. My only real complaint is that there needs to be some Jimmy and Johnny!

Too good to pass up.
Even if you have a pretty darn good libray of real country music, this collection offers a number of delightful surprises. From familiar names like Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Floyd Tillman, Johnny Horton and Webb Pierce (to name a few), to the more obscure like Tex Grimsley, Boots Woodall, Teddy Wilburn and the Mercer Brothers, the great tunes just keep coming! Do yourself a favor and pick up this set, it's a bargain!

A Problem Solved
This excellent album provided me with an answer to a problem which was causing some concern. I am directing a production set in Louisiana in the 1980s. How do I set the mood before curtain-up and how do I maintain this during the show. These four CDs gave me all the material I needed to create the atmosphere needed. Not only that it's just plain 'great listening'