Jimmie Rodgers - Complete Us & UK Singles As & BS 1957-62 (CD)

Jimmie Rodgers, not to be confused with the pioneering hillbilly country artist of the early '30s, was a hugely successful artist in the pop charts during the late '50s and early '60s, his work transcending the barriers between pop, country, folk and R&B to give him a succession of major hits on both sides of the Atlantic. He was one of the many successful artists to emerge from the influential Arthur Godfrey Talent Show on radio, and was one of the first artists signed to Maurice Levy's Roulette label in 1957. Working with ace producers Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, he scored a No. 1 with his debut single "Honeycomb" and followed it up with "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine", "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again" and "Secretly", benefitting from a supply of fine songs by the top team of Al Hoffman and Dick Manning. This collection comprises the A and B side of all his releases through to 1962, when he enjoyed his last Top 30 success with a UK No. 5 with "English Country Garden". It's an enjoyable journey through the most important years of the career of an artist who successfully sat alongside the high-profile exponents of rock 'n' roll appealing to the middle ground of pop in the years before the British invasion.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Honeycomb
2. Their Hearts Were Full of Spring
3. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
4. Better Loved You'll Never Be
5. Oh Oh I'm Falling in Love Again
6. The Long Hot Summer
7. Secretly
8. Make Me a Miracle
9. Are You Really Mine
10. The Wizard
11. Woman from Liberia
12. Girl in the Wood
13. Bimbombey
14. You Understand Me
15. I'm Never Gonna Tell
16. Because You're Young
17. Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario
18. Wonderful You
19. Soldier, Won't You Marry Me
20. Tucumcari
21. The Night You Became Seventeen
22. Wistful Willie
23. It's Christmas Once Again

Disc: 2

1. Waltzing Matilda
2. T. L. C. Tender Love and Care
3. Just a Closer Walk with Thee
4. Joshua Fit the Battle Jericho
5. The Wreck of the John B
6. Four Little Girls in Boston
7. Come Along Julie
8. When Love Is Young
9. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
10. Every Time My Heart Sings
11. I'm on My Way
12. I'm Going Home
13. John Brown's Baby
14. A Little Dog Cried
15. English Country Garden
16. You Are Everything to Me
17. Wanderin' Eyes
18. No One Will Ever Know
19. Because
20. The Fox and the Goose
21. Rainbow at Midnight
22. Rhumba Boogie