George Jones Sings Bob Wills
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George Jones Sings Bob Wills is an album by American
country music
artist
George Jones
. This album was released in 1962
on the United Artists Records
. This was Jones' first album with United Artists Records
.
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country music
Country music
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artist
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George Jones
George Jones
George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....
. This album was released in 1962
1962 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1962.-Events:* November 3 — Billboard renames its Hot C&W Sides chart "Hot Country Singles," a name it will keep for the next 27 years. The chart length remains 30 positions....
on the United Artists Records
United Artists Records
United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...
. This was Jones' first album with United Artists Records
United Artists Records
United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...
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Track listing
- "Bubbles in My Beer" (Tommy Duncan, Cindy Walker, Bob WillsBob WillsJames Robert Wills , better known as Bob Wills, was an American Western Swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader, considered by music authorities as the co-founder of Western Swing and universally known as the pioneering King of Western Swing.Bob Wills' name will forever be associated with...
) – 2:20 - "Faded LoveFaded Love"Faded Love" is a Western swing song written by Bob Wills, his father John Wills, and his brother, Billy Jack Wills. The tune is considered to be an exemplar of the Western swing fiddle component of American fiddle.The melody came from an old fiddle tune Bob learned from his father, John Wills....
" (Johnny Lee Wills, Bob Wills) – 2:39 - "Roly PolyRoly Poly (song)"Roly Poly" is a humorous Western swing standard written by Fred Rose in 1946. In the song, Roly Poly is a very active boy who eats continuously to keep his strength up. Each verse ends with:"Roly Poly" was first recorded by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys in 1946, staying on the charts for 18...
" (Rose) – 1:52 - "Trouble in Mind" (Jones) – 2:06
- "Take Me Back To TulsaTake Me Back to Tulsa"Take Me Back To Tulsa" is a Western swing standard song. Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan added words to one of Bob Wills old fiddle tunes in 1940. The song takes its name from the chorus:The song is a series of unrelated, mostly nonsense, rhyming couplets, i.e.:Modern covers of the song, in order to...
" (Duncan, Wills) – 1:56 - "The Warm Red Wine" (Walker) – 2:53
- "Time Changes EverythingTime Changes Everything (song)"Time Changes Everything" is a Western swing standard written by Tommy Duncan, the long-time vocalist with Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys. Written as a ballad, the lyrics tell of a failed romance and of the hurt that has healed. Each verse ends with:...
" (Duncan) – 2:54 - "Worried Mind" (Ted Daffan, Jimmie Davis) – 2:19
- "Silver Dew on the Bluegrass Tonight" (Burt) – 2:23
- "San Antonio RoseNew San Antonio Rose"San Antonio Rose"/"New San Antonio Rose" was the signature song of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. "San Antonio Rose" was an instrumental song written by Bob Wills, who first recorded it with the Playboys in 1938. Band members added lyrics and it was retitled "New San Antonio Rose"...
" (Wills) – 2:47 - "Steel Guitar RagSteel Guitar Rag"Steel Guitar Rag" is the seminal Western swing instrumental credited with popularizing the steel guitar as an integral instrument in a Western band....
" (Leon McAuliffe, Cliffie Stone, Merle TravisMerle TravisMerle Robert Travis was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and musician born in Rosewood, Kentucky. His lyrics often discussed the life and exploitation of coal miners. Among his many well-known songs are "Sixteen Tons", "Re-Enlistment Blues" and "Dark as a Dungeon"...
) – 2:22 - "Big Beaver" (Wills) – 2:36
External links
- George Jones' Official Website
- Record LabelUnited Artists RecordsUnited Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...