Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs
Artist: Bill Anderson
The Bill Anderson Story
Artist: Bill Anderson

The 24-track collection The Bill Anderson Story contains the bulk of Anderson's major hits, including the number one singles "Mama Sang A Song," "Still," and "I Get the Fever," as well as songs of his that were made famous by other performers. Several hits are missing, yet The Bill Anderson Story offers an effective introduction to the popular... Read More

Yakety Sax!
Artist: Boots Randolph

Boots Randolph's signature tune, "Yakety Sax," was inspired by the sax solo in the Coasters' "Yakety Yak," and is much better known than its modest chart placement might suggest. Randolph had recorded "Yakety Sax" for RCA several years earlier without success, but his Monument recording clicked in 1963 and the accompanying gold-selling album... Read More

The Guitar Genius
Artist: Chet Atkins

The Guitar Genius is one strange album -- good, but strange -- beginning with its title. Of course there's plenty of guitar here, but there's also a surprising number of pieces that rely on vocals. It opens up with Chet Atkins' delightfully bluesy instrumental rendition of "Heartbreak Hotel," a song on whose original recording session with Elvis... Read More

Christmas with Chet Atkins
Artist: Chet Atkins
Community Score: 8.00

One of the most underrated holiday platters of all-time, Christmas with Chet Atkins shows the father of country-rock guitar performing 16 holiday standards in his own incomparable style. Although the uptempo stuff such as "Jingle Bell Rock" and "Winter Wonderland" are excellent readings, it's in the slower-paced selections that Atkins really... Read More

Gentleman Jim: 1955-1959 - BEAR FAMILY
Artist: Jim Reeves

This four-disc set, which contains 110 tracks, has Reeves's first ventures into pop as well as some of his best country performances of such favorites as "Am I Losing You?," "Just Call Me Lonesome," "According to My Heart," and others. A discography accompanies the set. ~ All Music Guide, All Music Guide Read More

Twelve Songs of Christmas
Artist: Jim Reeves
Community Score: 10.00

The '60s C&W sound is still great in the '90s. ~ David A. Milberg, All Music Guide Read More

Dang Me! (Roger and Out)
Artist: Roger Miller

This was the first album released from a whole gob of tracks cut over a marathon two-day recording session. The title song was so totally bizarre and out of step with all the British Invasion material of the day that it was something of a shock how much of a hit it became. Roger Miller's talent was so unique, and the results so different than... Read More

Big Bluegrass Special
Artist: Glen Campbell

Anyone who only knows Glen Campbell's country-pop hits like "Wichita Lineman" will find his first album a revelation. Recorded in the midst of the college folk boom, Big Bluegrass Special paired off Campbell with Dale Fitzsimmons and Carl Tanberg, aka the Green River Boys, doing songs by Merle Travis, Cliffie Stone, Bob Nolan, and the Delmore... Read More

George Jones & Gene Pitney
Artist: Gene Pitney

When George Jones left United Artists to join Musicor in 1965, it was decided to start off with a duet recording session with teen idol (and labelmate) Gene Pitney. The session resulted in two duet albums -- George Jones & Gene Pitney and It's Country Time Again -- as well as a solo country album by Pitney, The Country Side of Gene Pitney. Bear... Read More