Red Foley - Complete Us Country Hits 1944-59 (CD)

2014 3X CD comprehensive anthology of Red Foley's best-loved & most successful recordings circa 1944-1959. Foley was one of the most important and influential personalities in country music in the two decades following World War II, not only racking up a remarkable string of hits records, but also becoming a major radio and TV personality, his smooth and polished performances helping to take the music to the mass audience of middle America. He is reputed to have sold over 25 million records, and was instrumental in having the music dubbed country rather than hillbilly. His style was by no means pure country and crossed over into the middle ground, as wells as R&B, boogie and rockabilly, as well as gospel music, several of his hits having a religious flavor his "Peace in the Valley" was a million-selling country gospel hit in 1951. This collection comprises all 62 of the country and pop hits he had from the inception of the Billboard country charts in 1944 through to his final Top 30 entry in 1959 he had just four minor chart entries thereafter. It includes all his hit duets with Ernest Tubb, Kitty Wells and his daughter Betty Foley, and features twelve No. 1's with just about every track a Top 10 hit.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Smoke on the Water
2. There's a Blue Star Shining Bright in a Window Tonight
3. Hang Your Head in Shame
4. I'll Never Let You Worry My Mind
5. Shame on You (Lawrence Welk Champagne Music (Voc. Red Foley))
6. At Mail Call Today (Lawrence Welk Champagne Music (Voc. Red Foley))
7. Harriet (Red Foley with Roy Ross ; His Ramblers)
8. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? (Red Foley with Roy Ross ; His Ramblers)
9. That's How Much I Love You (Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys)
10. New Jolie Blonde (Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys)
11. Freight Train Boogie (Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys)
12. Never Trust a Woman (Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys)
13. Tennessee Saturday Night (Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys)
14. Blues in My Heart (Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys)
15. Candy Kisses
16. Tennessee Border (Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys)
17. Two Cents, Three Eggs and a Postcard
18. Tennessee Polka
19. I'm Throwing Rice at the Girl I Love
20. Sunday Down in Tennessee
21. Tennessee Border No. 2 (Ernest Tubb ; Red Foley)

Disc: 2

1. Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age (Ernest Tubb ; Red Foley)
2. I Gotta Have My Baby Back
3. Careless Kisses
4. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
5. Sugarfoot Rag
6. Steal Away
7. Birmingham Bounce
8. Choc'late Ice Cream Cone (Red Foley and the Dixie Dons)
9. Mississippi (Red Foley and the Dixie Dons)
10. Just a Closer Walk with Thee (Red Foley with the Jordanaires)
11. Goodnight Irene (Red Foley and Ernest Tubb with the Sunshine Trio)
12. Hillbilly Fever No. 2 (Red Foley and Ernest Tubb)
13. Cincinnati Dancing Pig
14. Our Lady of Fatima (Red Foley ; Anita Kerr Singers)
15. My Heart Cries for You (Evelyn Knight and Red Foley)
16. Hot Rod Race
17. Hobo Boogie
18. The Strange Little Girl (Red Foley and Ernest Tubb with Anita Kerr Singers)
19. Peace in the Valley (Red Foley with the Sunshine Boys Quartet)
20. Alabama Jubilee (Red Foley with the Nashville Dixielanders)
21. Too Old to Cut the Mustard (Red Foley ; Ernest Tubb)

Disc: 3

1. Milk Bucket Boogie
2. Salty Dog Rag
3. Midnight
4. Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
5. Hot Toddy
6. No Help Wanted No. 2 (Ernest Tubb ; Red Foley)
7. Slaves of a Hopeless Love Affair
8. Shake a Hand (Red Foley ; Anita Kerr Singers)
9. Put Christ Back Into Christmas
10. As Far As I'm Concerned (Red Foley and Betty Foley)
11. Jilted
12. One By One (Kitty Wells ; Red Foley)
13. I'm a Stranger in My Home (Kitty Wells ; Red Foley)
14. Hearts of Stone (Red Foley ; Anita Kerr Singers)
15. As Long As I Live (Kitty Wells ; Red Foley)
16. Make Believe 'Til We Can Make It Come True (Kitty Wells ; Red Foley)
17. A Satisfied Mind (Red Foley and Betty Foley)
18. You and Me (Kitty Wells ; Red Foley)
19. No One But You (Kitty Wells ; Red Foley)
20. Travelin' Man