Golden Age of Country

Golden Age of Country

Includes two bonus CDs: "Hard to Find Hits"

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This classic country collection brings together the most influential country and western artists from country music’s golden age

Pioneering artists combined traditional mountain music with new instruments and sounds – launching their songs onto the national scene. Enjoy this unique collection of country’s original hits and hit makers. This one-of-a-kind set is the most comprehensive country music collection ever devoted to the classic hits of the ’50s and ’60s.

The Golden Age of Country collection includes all the classic country hits of the ‘50s and ‘60s together in one complete collection. You'll get 8 CDs filled with classic country, plus your 2 free bonus CDs of hard-to-find country hits, and free shipping and handling. That’s only $0.85 a song and a total savings of nearly $60! 

Featuring artists like…

  • Johnny Cash
  • Patsy Cline
  • George Jones
  • Kitty Wells
  • Ray Price
  • Eddy Arnold
  • Tammy Wynette
  • Glen Campbell
  • Willie Nelson

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Upgrade your order to the deluxe Golden Age of Country 18-CD collection. This set includes 8 more CDs featuring all the country music legends who defined the genre, with hits like “Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash, “Sing Me Back Home” by Merle Haggard, “A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation” by Marty Robbins, and many more!

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Featured Songs

  Song Title Artist Time
I Walk The Line Johnny Cash 2:45 CD 7
Crazy Patsy Cline 2:45 CD 1
El Paso City Marty Robbins 4:41 CD 5
Stand by Your Man Tammy Wynette 2:42 CD 5
Hey, Good Lookin’ Hank Williams 2:57 CD 1
Okie from Muskogee Merle Haggard 2:45 CD 7
Crazy Arms Ray Price 2:35 CD 3
Waltz across Texas Ernest Tubb 2:41 CD 1
Galveston Glen Campbell 2:39 CD 8
Mama Tried Merle Haggard 2:11 CD 8

Golden Age of Country: Waltz Across Texas

CD 1
  Song Title Artist Time
Hey, Good Lookin’ Hank Williams 2:57
White Lightning George Jones 2:48
You Ain’t Woman Enough Loretta Lynn 2:14
Walk On By Leroy Van Dyke 2:24
Waltz across Texas Ernest Tubb 2:41
Next in Line Conway Twitty 2:51
King of the Road Roger Miller 2:26
Crazy Patsy Cline 2:45
Love’s Gonna Live Here Buck Owens 2:00
Bye Bye Love The Everly Brothers 2:24
In the Jailhouse Now Webb Pierce 2:06
It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Kitty Wells 2:32
Blue Moon of Kentucky Bill Monroe 2:09
A Week in a County Jail Tom T. Hall 3:02
Mama Sang a Song Bill Anderson 3:28
There Goes My Everything Jack Greene 2:35
CD 2
  Song Title Artist Time
Lovesick Blues Hank Williams 2:45
Walkin’ After Midnight Patsy Cline 2:36
There Stands the Glass Webb Pierce 2:25
Makin’ Believe Kitty Wells 2:55
Ballad Of A Teenage Queen Johnny Cash 2:14
The Tennessee Waltz Patti Page 3:04
My Special Angel Bobby Helms 2:59
Tender Years George Jones 2:25
Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ Loretta Lynn 2:10
It’s Only Make Believe Conway Twitty 2:15
Trouble’s Back In Town The Wilburn Brothers 2:13
Still Bill Anderson 2:49
Three Hearts in a Triangle Roy Drusky 2:44
What Made Milwaukee Famous Jerry Lee Lewis 2:37
Dang Me Roger Miller 1:53
Rocky Top The Osborne Brothers 2:36

Golden Age of Country: Crazy Arms

CD 3
  Song Title Artist Time
Singing the Blues Marty Robbins 2:27
(When You Feel Like You’re in Love) Don’t Just Stand There Carl Smith 2:26
If You’ve Got the Money, I’ve Got the Time Lefty Frizzell 2:56
I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You Don Gibson 2:38
Crazy Arms Ray Price 2:35
Four Walls Jim Reeves 2:52
That’s All Right Elvis Presley 1:58
The Cattle Call Eddy Arnold 2:33
I’m Moving On Hank Snow 2:49
The Caroll County Accident Porter Wagoner 2:51
The Battle Of New Orleans Johnny Horton 2:33
A Boy Named Sue Johnny Cash 3:47
The Three Bells (Les Trois Cloches) The Browns 2:53
Waterloo Stonewall Jackson 2:30
My Elusive Dreams David Houston & Tammy Wynette 2:54
The End of the World Skeeter Davis 2:36
CD 4
  Song Title Artist Time
Heartaches by the Number Ray Price 3:01
Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins 2:18
The Last Thing on My Mind Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton 2:36
Once a Day Connie Smith 2:20
Kaw-Liga Charlie Pride 3:10
Jackson Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash 2:45
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail Buck Owens 2:11
Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line Waylon Jennings 2:24
May the Bird of Paradise Fly up Your Nose Little Jimmy Dickens 2:26
The Ballad of Jed Clampett Flatt and Scruggs 2:04
D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tammy Wynette 2:59
Pop a Top Jim Ed Brown 2:22
Abilene George Hamilton IV 2:13
Slow Poke Pee Wee King 3:02
This Ole House Stuart Hamblen 2:59
Last Date Floyd Cramer 2:29

Golden Age of Country: Honky Tonk Man

CD 5
  Song Title Artist Time
Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash 2:44
Oh Lonesome Me Don Gibson 2:33
El Paso City Marty Robbins 4:41
Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley 2:11
Pick Me Up on Your Way Down Charlie Walker 2:26
Detroit City Bobby Bare 2:48
He’ll Have to Go Jim Reeves 2:21
Make the World Go Away Eddy Arnold 2:40
Don’t Let Me Cross Over Carl Butler 2:57
Wolverton Mountain Claude King 3:00
Big Bad John Jimmy Dean 3:01
Stand by Your Man Tammy Wynette 2:42
Charlie’s Shoes Billy Walker 2:17
Flowers on the Wall The Statler Brothers 2:21
Skip a Rope Henson Cargill 2:37
Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger Charlie Pride 2:24
CD 6
  Song Title Artist Time
Wake Up Little Susie The Everly Brothers 2:00
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On Jerry Lee Lewis 2:55
Oh, Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely) Johnny & Jack 1:58
City Lights Ray Price 3:01
Honky Tonk Man Johnny Horton 2:14
Saginaw, Michigan Lefty Frizzell 3:04
Please Help Me, I’m Falling Hank Locklin 2:25
Daddy Sang Bass Johnny Cash 2:22
Walk through This World with Me George Jones 2:18
Almost Persuaded David Houston 2:56
I’ve Been Everywhere Hank Snow 2:35
Green, Green Grass Of Home Porter Wagoner 2:25
My Heart Skips A Beat Buck Owens 2:26
Don’t Touch Me Jeannie Seely 3:16
Hey Joe! Carl Smith 2:30
I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know The Davis Sisters 2:59

Golden Age of Country: The Wild Side of Life

CD 7
  Song Title Artist Time
I Walk The Line Johnny Cash 2:45
Sixteen Tons Tennessee Ernie Ford 2:38
The Wild Side Of Life Hank Thompson 2:45
You Win Again Jerry Lee Lewis 2:57
Young Love Sonny James 2:30
Okie from Muskogee Merle Haggard 2:45
The Race Is On George Jones 2:08
Wichita Lineman Glen Campbell 3:05
It’s Such a Pretty World Today Wynn Stewart 2:33
Wings of a Dove Ferlin Husky 2:19
Hello Walls Faron Young 2:24
We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds George Jones and Melba Montgomery 2:42
I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby The Louvin Brothers 2:08
Don’t Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes Skeets McDonald 2:46
Slipping Around Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely 2:14
Indian Love Call Slim Whitman 3:10

Golden Age of Country: Hillbilly Heaven

CD 8
  Song Title Artist Time
Mama Tried Merle Haggard 2:11
She Thinks I Still Care George Jones 2:51
I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven Tex Ritter 3:10
Funny How Time Slips Away Willie Nelson 3:03
Galveston Glen Campbell 2:39
My Baby’s Gone The Louvin Brothers 2:45
A Dear John Letter Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky 2:32
Shotgun Boogie Tennessee Ernie Ford 2:37
Squaws Along The Yukon Hank Thompson 2:30
Alone with You Faron Young 2:00
You Better Not Do That Tommy Collins 2:29
Gone Ferlin Husky 2:24
Girl On The Billboard Del Reeves 2:43
Old Rivers Walter Brennan 2:48
Right Or Wrong Wanda Jackson 2:39
You’re the Only World I Know Sonny James 2:13

Golden Age of Country: Hard to Find Hits

CD 9
  Song Title Artist Time
Why Baby Why Red Sovine & Webb Pierce 2:33
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy Red Foley 2:47
A Little Bitty Tear Burl Ives 2:05
Thanks a Lot Ernest Tubb 2:33
I Ain’t Never Webb Pierce 1:55
Lonesome 7-7203 Hawkshaw Hawkins 2:44
Six Days on the Road Sawyer Brown 2:54
I’m a Honky-Tonk Girl Loretta Lynn 2:17
From a Jack to a King Ned Miller 2:11
Laura (What’s He Got That I Ain’t Got?) Leon Ashley 2:36
Hello Vietnam Johnny Wright 3:08
You’re the Reason Bobby Edwards 2:40
Statue of a Fool Jack Greene 2:53
The Bridge Washed Out Warner Mack 2:19
For Loving You Bill Anderson & Jan Howard 2:46
CD 10
  Song Title Artist Time
Alabama Cowboy Copas 2:20
Fraulein Bobby Helms 2:53
Gonna Find Me a Bluebird Marvin Rainwater 2:33
Wishful Thinking Wynn Stewart 2:46
It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin’ Johnny Tillotson 2:50
Talk Back Trembling Lips Ernest Ashworth 2:36
Let’s Think about Living Bob Luman 2:04
Yes, Mrs. Peters Roy Drusky & Priscilla Peters 2:36
A Fallen Star Jimmy C. Newman 2:17
I Found My Girl in the USA Jimmie Skinner 3:00
No Help Wanted The Carlisles 2:28
Put It Off until Tomorrow Bill Phillips 2:35
That’s My Pa Sheb Wooley 2:26
There’s a Big Wheel Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper 2:19
Giddyup Go Red Sovine & Webb Pierce 3:55

Golden Age of Country: Sing Me Back Home

CD 11
  Song Title Artist Time
A Girl I Used To Know George Jones 2:43
Sing Me Back Home Merle Haggard 2:51
Looking At The World Through A Windshield Del Reeves 2:25
It’s the Little Things Sonny James 2:58
Ode to Billie Joe Bobbie Gentry 4:13
Gentle on My Mind Glen Campbell 2:59
The New Green Light Hank Thompson 2:10
I Love You Because Leon Payne 2:45
It Tickles Tommy Collins 2:30
So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed Merle Travis 3:02
Mule Train Tennessee Ernie Ford 3:05
Country Girl Faron Young 2:35
You’re Running Wild The Louvin Brothers 2:18
Second Fiddle (To An Old Guitar) Jean Shepard 2:15
Secret Love Slim Whitman 2:48
CD 12
  Song Title Artist Time
Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was On The Right) George Jones 2:16
The Bottle Let Me Down Merle Haggard 2:50
Touch Me Willie Nelson 2:15
By the Time I Get to Phoenix Glen Campbell 2:45
Honey Bobby Goldsboro 2:59
In the Middle of a Heartache Wanda Jackson 2:35
Behind A Tear Sonny James 2:05
Rub-A-Dub-Dub Hank Thompson 2:15
Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young Faron Young 2:19
Release Me Jimmy Heap 2:43
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) Tex Williams 2:56
When I Stop Dreaming The Louvin Brothers 2:32
The Ballad Of Davey Crockett Tennessee Ernie Ford 2:55
Rose-Marie Slim Whitman 2:21
Country Music Is Here To Stay Simon Crum 3:10

Golden Age of Country: Ring of Fire

CD 13
  Song Title Artist Time
Ring of Fire Johnny Cash 2:39
A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) Marty Robbins 2:31
(I’m So) Afraid of Losing You Again Charley Pride 3:49
Sea of Heartbreak Don Gibson 2:33
The Ways to Love a Man Tammy Wynette 2:29
Don’t Be Angry Stonewall Jackson 3:01
Mexican Joe Jim Reeves 2:39
I Love You a Thousand Ways Lefty Frizzell 2:47
I Don’t Hurt Anymore Hank Snow 2:58
There’s Been a Change in Me Eddy Arnold 2:17
Then and Only Then Connie Smith 2:26
Just Someone I Used to Know Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton 2:24
The First Thing Ev’ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev’ry Night) Jimmy Dean 2:11
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You Elvis Presley 2:42
Poison Love Johnny & Jack 2:23
CD 14
  Song Title Artist Time
Cross the Brazos at Waco Billy Walker 2:53
Devil Woman Marty Robbins 2:52
Misery Loves Company Porter Wagoner 2:37
What’s He Doing in My World Eddy Arnold 2:11
Singing My Song Tammy Wynette 2:24
Four Strong Winds Bobby Bare 2:47
I Forgot to Remember to Forget Elvis Presley 2:30
Gotta Travel On Billy Grammer 2:30
Mom and Dad’s Waltz Lefty Frizzell 3:05
Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way Carl Smith 2:51
The Same Ole Me Ray Price 2:46
Yakety Axe Chet Atkins 2:03
It Ain’t Me, Babe Johnny Cash & June Carter 3:06
I Guess I’m Crazy Jim Reeves 2:27
Would You Hold It Against Me Dottie West 2:41

Golden Age of Country: Don’t Worry

CD 15
  Song Title Artist Time
Blue Blue Day Don Gibson 1:56
Loose Talk Carl Smith 2:32
Send Me the Pillow You Dream On Hank Locklin 2:32
Don’t Be Cruel Elvis Presley 2:04
Understand Your Man Johnny Cash 2:43
All I Have to Offer You (Is Me) Charley Pride 3:03
Don’t Worry Marty Robbins 3:16
North to Alaska Johnny Horton 2:51
Distant Drums Jim Reeves 2:53
Your Good Girl’s Gonna Go Bad Tammy Wynette 2:03
Baby, Baby (I Know You’re a Lady) David Houston 2:20
I Wanna Play House with You Eddy Arnold 2:13
A Satisfied Mind Porter Wagoner 2:50
I Want to Be with You Always Lefty Frizzell 3:05
(Now and Then, There’s) A Fool Such As I Elvis Presley 2:38
CD 16
  Song Title Artist Time
Billy Bayou Jim Reeves 2:07
Always Late (With Your Kisses) Lefty Frizzell 3:07
Don’t Elvis Presley 2:51
Life to Go Stonewall Jackson 2:30
The Rhumba Boogie Hank Snow 2:51
My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You Ray Price 2:37
I Want to Go with You Eddy Arnold 2:42
Don’t Take Your Guns to Town Johnny Cash 3:03
The Cold Hard Facts of Life Porter Wagoner 3:15
Take Me to Your World Tammy Wynette 2:53
The Hurtin’s All Over Connie Smith 2:52
Begging to You Marty Robbins 2:31
A-Sleeping at the Foot of the Bed Little Jimmy Dickens 2:48
I Take the Chance The Browns 2:44
(How Much Is) That Hound Dog in the Window Homer & Jethro 2:45

Golden Age of Country: Heartbreak U.S.A.

CD 17
  Song Title Artist Time
Chug-A-Lug Roger Miller 2:06
Fist City Loretta Lynn 2:15
Darling, You Know I Wouldn’t Lie Conway Twitty 2:35
She’s Got You (Live) Patsy Cline 3:02
I Get The Fever Bill Anderson 2:21
If A Woman Answers (Hang Up The Phone) Leroy Van Dyke 2:23
All the Time Jack Greene 2:43
Truck Drivin’ Son-Of-A-Gun Dave Dudley 2:13
The Window Up Above George Jones 2:35
Roll Muddy River The Wilburn Brothers 2:15
Why Don’t You Love Me Hank Williams 2:26
One By One Kitty Wells w/ Red Foley 2:58
Too Old To Cut The Mustard The Carlisles 2:19
Love, Love, Love Webb Pierce 2:52
Goodnight Irene Ernest Tubb & Red Foley 3:02
CD 18
  Song Title Artist Time
Jambalaya (On The Bayou) Hank Williams 2:56
Birmingham Bounce Red Foley 3:03
Looking Back To See Justin Tubb w/ Goldie Hill 2:21
Slowly Webb Pierce 2:34
I Fall To Pieces Patsy Cline 2:50
Engine Engine #9 Roger Miller 2:20
The Image Of Me Conway Twitty 2:56
Woman Of The World (Leave My World Alone) Loretta Lynn 2:56
I’ll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee (Then I’ll Go) Claude Gray 2:13
Ballad Of Forty Dollars Tom T. Hall 3:01
She Still Comes Around (To Love What’s Left Of Me) Jerry Lee Lewis 2:29
Heartbreak U.S.A. Kitty Wells 2:40
Another Roy Drusky 2:43
Crying In The Chapel Rex Allen 3:06
8 X 10 Bill Anderson 2:48

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