Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Mississippi Cotton Pickin' Delta Town
2. My Eyes Can Only See as Far as You
3. All I Have to Offer You Is Me
4. She's Too Good to Be True
5. Just Between You and Me
6. She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory
7. Day the World Stood Still
8. I Ain't All Bad
9. All His Children
10. Shoulder to Cry On
11. (I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again
12. Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone
13. It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer
14. Let the Chips Fall
15. Someone Loves You Honey
16. Kiss an Angel Good Morning
17. You're My Jamaica

Disc 2:

1. Whole Lotta Things to Sing About
2. Where Do I Put Her Memory
3. Amazing Love
4. I'm Just Me
5. Brand New Bed of Roses
6. Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger
7. Don't Fight the Feelings of Love
8. Easy Part's Over
9. Kaw-Liga
10. Never Been So Loved (In All My Life)
11. Burgers and Fries
12. Then Who Am I
13. You're So Good When You're Bad
14. Roll on Mississippi
15. I Know One
16. Wonder Could I Live There Anymore
17. Snakes Crawl at Night

Disc 3:

1. Mountain of Love
2. I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me
3. When I Stop Leaving (I'll Be Gone)
4. You Win Again
5. Night Games
6. You Almost Slipped My Mind
7. More and More
8. Me and Bobby McGee
9. Piroque Joe
10. I Don't Think She's in Love Anymore
11. More to Me
12. Missin' You
13. I'll Be Leaving Alone
14. Wings of a Dove
15. Power of Love
16. Crystal Chandeliers

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #113107 in Music
• Released on: 2004-09-20
• Number of discs: 3
• Formats: Box set, Import
• Dimensions: .65 pounds

Album Description
UK 3-CD set. Charley Pride was the first African-American country superstar, and these days it's hard to believe that his earliest records, like his 1965 debut 'Snakes Crawl At Night', (written by Mel Tillis) were originally released without his picture on the 45 sleeve. By 1967 and 'Just Between You And Me', however, country fans knew him and embraced him. This compilation, which includes those two songs, features 29 Number One country hits, each sung by Pride in his unmistakable twangy baritone. 50 tracks in total. BMG. 2006.

Customer Reviews

The forgotten country superstar
This compilation originally appeared in Australia, where it was titled Legendary. Now released in Britain, it has a slightly different title (Legends) and different packaging, but the same music.

Charley Pride had nearly thirty number one hits on the American country charts, as well as many other big hits, yet his music his poorly represented on CD in comparison with much less successful singers. This Australian set is the most comprehensive collection available. It would seem that Charley is better remembered in Britain and Australia than in his homeland. For those who do remember, there is much pleasure to be had from the fifty tracks here. The collection covers the whole span of his years at RCA from the sixties to the eighties.

Everybody has his or her own favorites. Crystal chandeliers (the final track here) was not released as a single in America, but it has become his most famous song elsewhere. The other tracks will be familiar to Americans and include Mississippi cotton picking delta town, All I have to offer you is me, Just between you and me, Is anybody going to San Antone?, Kiss an angel good morning, I'm just me, Does my ring hurt your finger? and Snakes crawl at night.

With songs like these, how is it that there seems to be so little interest in Charley's music compared to some of his contemporaries? I can't answer that, but it is likely that this will remain the strongest collection of Charley's music on CD although the American double CD (Anthology) is also an excellent collection.