The Wilburn Brothers - Collection 1954-62 (CD)

The Wilburn Brothers were a popular and successful country duo whose chart career spanned fifteen years, during which they had more than fifteen hits in the Billboard country charts. Hailing from Arkansas they had a high profile as child performers, appearing as The Wilburn Children on The Grand Ole Opry when they were about ten years old. They were regulars on The Louisiana Hayride before being drafted to serve in the Korean War, after which they returned to music and toured with Faron Young and Webb Pierce until signing to Decca in 1954. This great-value 59-track 2-CD set comprises most of their A & B sides for Decca during this era, plus selected titles from their albums "Teddy And Doyle", "Side By Side", "Livin' In God's Country", "The Big Heartbreak", "Sing" & "City Limits". It features their fifteen Top 30 country chart entries from these years, including the Top 10 hits "Go Away With Me", "I'm So In Love With You", "A Woman's Intuition", "Somebody's Back In Town", "Which One Is To Blame", "Trouble's Back In Town". It also features their Top 10hit with Webb Pierce, "Sparkling Brown Eyes", and their two Top 10 hits with Ernest Tubb, "Mister Love" and "Hey Mr. Bluebird". It's a substantial and entertaining overview of the first era of their career, and an excellent showcase for their distinctive talent as their style evolved as country music changed with the impact of rock 'n' roll.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Sparklin' Brown Eyes
2. If You Love Me
3. A Little Time Out For Love
4. Carefree Moments
5. Let Me Be The First One To Know
6. One Day Later
7. The Waltz You Saved For Me
8. I Wanna Wanna Wanna
9. My Heart Or My Mind
10. Temptation Go Away
11. Mixed Up Medley: a. I Told Them All About You b. No Foolin' c. Put Your Arms Around Me Honey (I Never Knew Any Girl Like You)
12. You're Not Play Love
13. Look Around, Take A Look At Me
14. Deep Elem Blues
15. I'm So In Love With You
16. Go Away With Me
17. Great Big Love
18. I'm Setting You Free
19. Nothing At All
20. That's When I Miss You
21. I Know You Don‘t Love Me Anymore
22. Cry, Cry, Darling
23. Leave Me
24. Mister Love
25. I Got Over The Blues
26. I Close My Eyes
27. Oo Bop Sha Boom
28. My Baby Ain't My Baby Any More
29. How Do We Know

Disc: 2

1. Hey Mr Bluebird
2. Faded Love
3. I Want To Live And Love
4. May You Never Be Alone
5. Till I'm The Only One
6. Cry Baby Cry
7. Which One Is To Blame
8. The Knoxville Girl
9. Somebody’s Back In Town
10. I Love Everybody
11. A Woman's Intuition
12. Livin' In God's Country
13. Throw Out The Lifeline
14. The Big Heartbreak
15. The Next Best Thing
16. Thirty Links Of Chain
17. Empty Arms
18. The Best Of All My Heartaches
19. Someone Else's Love
20. Blue Blue Day
21. No Legal Right
22. I Loved You Then
23. I Wind Back Up With You
24. Tag A Long
25. Gift Of The Blues
26. Trouble's Back In Town
27. Breakin' In A Brand New Broken Heart
28. Burning Bridges
29. Young But True Love
30. The Sound Of Your Footsteps