Johnny Bond - Love Song In 32 Bars: The Johnny Bond Collection 1941-60 (CD)

Johnny Bond was a country singer, guitarist and songwriter, born in Oklahoma, who also appeared in more than 40 western movies during the later heyday of the genre in the 1940s and into the '50s, and during the '50s hosted a country music TV show with Tex Ritter. Based in Hollywood rather than Nashville, and with a style that encompassed elements of western swing and talking blues, as well as old-school "cowboy country", as he recorded in earlier years with his Red River Valley Boys, who initially included Jimmy Wakely and Spade Cooley, he adapted his approach towards rockabilly in the late '50s, and had a notable pop hit with "Hot Rod Lincoln" in 1960. This 56-track 2-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides from his releases during this era on the Okeh, Conqueror, Columbia, 20th Century Fox and Republic labels, plus some Standard Transcription recordings. It features all his pop and country chart entries from these years, including the Top 10 country hits "Divorce Me C.O.D.", "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed", "The Daughter Of Jole Blon", "Oklahoma Waltz", "Love Song In 32 Bars" and "Sick, Sober And Sorry", plus his Top 30 pop hit "Hot Rod Lincoln". He was a versatile and extrovert artist and this collection is an entertaining showcase for his particular brand of country.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. I'm Gonna Be Long Gone
2. Baby, You're Through Foolin' Me
3. The Road Is Way Too Long
4. How Low Do The Blues Want To Go
5. You Don't Care
6. Der Fuehrer's Face
7. Love Gone Cold
8. One More Tear
9. Stars Of The Midnight Range
10. Heading Down The Wrong Highway
11. Baby You Gotta' Quit That Noise
12. Rainbow At Midnight
13. Divorce Me C.O.D.
14. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
15. Don't Look Now (Your Broken Heart Is Showing)
16. Daughter Of Jole Blon
17. Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)
18. I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size
19. Oklahoma Waltz
20. Bartender's Blues
21. Cimarron
22. Tennessee Saturday Night
23. Till The End Of The World
24. Petal From A Faded Rose
25. Tennessee, Kentucky And Alabam'
26. Love Song In 32 Bars
27. Cherokee Waltz

Disc: 2

1. Mean Mama Boogie
2. Barrel House Bessie
3. Cream Of Kentucky
4. Set 'Em Up Joe
5. Sick Sober And Sorry
6. Keep Your Cotton Pickin' Hands Off My Gal
7. In Old New Mexico
8. I Found You Out
9. Man Behind The Throttle
10. I Went To Your Wedding
11. Number Nine Blues
12. Let Me Go, Devil
13. Anybody's Baby
14. Peace Be Still
15. Sweet Mama Tree Top Tall
16. Ten Little Bottles
17. Stealin'
18. Louisiana Swing
19. Livin' It Up
20. Six Of One Half A Dozen Of The Other
21. The Little Rock And Roll
22. Laughing Back The Heartaches
23. Lay It On The Line
24. All I Can Do Is Cry
25. That's Just What I'll Do
26. Long Tall Shadow
27. Hot Rod Lincoln
28. Five Minute Love Affair
29. The Way A Star Is Born