Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: 1962

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Overview

Bear Family's fine ongoing series of country chart hits year by year is not only an eye-opening history of country music's various trends and fashions, it also serves as a reminder of how a pop music genre builds, grows, and evolves while still retaining its commercial viability and audience, and given country's longstanding lip service to tradition, it serves as proof to the old axiom that the more things change, the more they stay the same. This volume takes on 1962, and includes such enduring genre gems from that year as Hank Snow's "I've Been Everywhere," George Jones' immortal "She Thinks I Still Care," Flatt & Scruggs' "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" (which also shows country's inroads into television), Carl Butler's "Don't Let Me Cross Over," and Buck Owens' "Kickin' Our Hearts Around." ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	11/21/2011
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127169679
Rank:	111838

Tracks

1. I've Been Everywhere  - William Paul Ackerman  - Chester B. Atkins  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Charles "Chuck" Glaser  - Jim Glaser  - Tompall Glaser  - Marvin H. Hughes  - Roy Jr. Huskey  - Mildred Kirkham  - Geoff Mack  - Hargus "Pig" Robbins  - Clarence E. Snow  - Hank Snow  - Velma E. Williams Smith
2. She Thinks I Still Care  - Pappy Daily  - Steve Duffy  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  - Thomas Lee Jackson  - George Jones  -  Jordanaires  - Dickey Lee Lipscomb  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Hargus "Pig" Robbins
3. Wolverton Mountain  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Floyd Cramer  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  - Frank Jones  - Merle Kilgore  - Claude King  - Don Law  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Gerald Tomlinson  - Joe Zinkan
4. She's Got You  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Owen Bradley  - Patsy Cline  - Hank Cochran  - Floyd Cramer  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  - Walter Haynes  - Randy Hughes  -  Jordanaires  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Bob Moore  - William W. Pursell
5. Lonesome Number One  - Chester B. Atkins  - Floyd Cramer  - Don Gibson  -  Jordanaires  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Charles R. "Charlie" McCoy  - Morris Palmer  - Henry Strzelecki  - Velma E. Williams Smith
6. A Wound Time Can't Erase  - William Paul Ackerman  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Roy Jr. Huskey  - Stonewall Jackson  - Bill Johnson  - William D. Johnson  - Frank Jones  - Don Law  - Thomas Grady Martin  - William W. Pursell
7. Devil Woman  - Joe Babcock  - Jerry Byrd  - Louis Dunn  - Frank Jones  - Don Law  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Bob Moore  - Jack Pruett  - William Whitney Pursell  - Marty Robbins  - Don Winters
8. Mama Sang a Song  - Bill Anderson  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Owen Bradley  - Pete Drake  - Walter L. "Hank Sugarfoot" Garland  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  -  Kerr  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Bob Moore  - Hargus "Pig" Robbins
9. The Ballad of Jed Clampett  -  Flatt & Scruggs  - Lester Flatt  - Burkett H. "Buck" Graves  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  - P. Henning  - Frank Jones  - Don Law  - Earl Scruggs  - English P. Jr. "Jake" Tullock  - Paul Warren
10. (Love's) Ring of Fire  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Anita Carter  - June Carter  - Ray Edenton  - Jerry Kennedy  - Jerry Glenn Kennedy  - Merle Kilgore  - Bob Moore
11. My Name Is Mud  - Bill Anderson  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  - Kelton D. "Kelso" Herston  - Jerry Glenn Kennedy  - William D. "Buddy" Killen  - Charles R. "Charlie" McCoy  -  Merry Melody Singers  - James O'Gwynn  - Hargus "Pig" Robbins  - Shelby Singleton  - Ray Stevens
12. Another Day, Another Dollar  - Robert Allen Austin  - Joe Johnson  - Ralph Mooney  - Roy Nichols  - Helen "Peaches" Price  - Wynn Stewart
13. So Wrong  - Byron Theodore Bach  - Brenton Bolden Banks  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Owen Bradley  - Cecil Brower  - Howard Ralph Carpenter  - Patsy Cline  - Floyd Cramer  - Danny Dill  - Ray Edenton  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  - Randy Hughes  - Lillian Vann Hunt  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Bill McElhiney  - Carl Perkins  - Vernal E. Richardson  - Ed Tarpley  - Mel Tillis  - Joe Zinkan
14. Pride  - Stephen F. "Steve" Bass  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Floyd Cramer  - Jimmy Day  - Thomas Lee Jackson  - Frank Jones  - Don Law  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Darrell McCall  - Willie Nelson  - Ray Price  - Irene Stanton  - Herman Bland "Pete" Wade  - Wayne Walker  - Joe Zinkan
15. Misery Loves Company  - Chester B. Atkins  - Cecil Brower  - Floyd Cramer  - Jimmy Day  - Dorothy Ann Dillard  - Ray Edenton  - John W. Greubel  - Thomas Lee Jackson  - Anita Kerr  - Bob Moore  - Jerry Reed  - Porter Wagoner  - Don Warden  - Benny Williams
16. Don't Go Near the Indians  - Rex Allen  - Jerry Kennedy  - Lorene Mann  -  Merry Melody Singers  - Bob Moore
17. Charlie's Shoes  - Roy Baham  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Billy Byrd  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  - Don Law  - Thomas Grady Martin  - William Whitney Pursell  - Billy Walker  - Joe Zinkan
18. Don't Let Me Cross Over  - William Paul Ackerman  - Carl Butler  - Pearl Butler  - Pete Drake  - Penny Jay  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Claude J. Phelps  - William W. Pursell  - Gerald M. Rivers  - Alvin Sutton  - Joe Zinkan
19. Success  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Owen Bradley  - Cecil Brower  - Floyd Cramer  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  - Donald H. "Don" Helms  - Thomas Lee Jackson  - Loretta Lynn  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Bob Moore  - Johnny Mullins  - Teddy Wilburn
20. From a Jack to a King  - Bonnie Guitar  - Roy Lanham  - Ned Miller  - Fabor Robison
21. Touch Me  - Joe Allison  - Harold Ray Bradley  - Dorothy Ann Dillard  - Ray Edenton  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  - Kelton D. "Kelso" Herston  - Anita Kerr  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Willie Nelson  - Louis Dean Nunley  - Hargus "Pig" Robbins  - William Guilford Jr. Wright  - Joe Zinkan
22. Sally Was a Good Old Girl  - Hank Cochran  - Harlan Howard  - Bob Moore
23. A Girl I Used to Know  - Jack Clement  - Pappy Daily  - George Jones
24. Kickin' Our Hearts Around  - Robert Allen Austin  - George Jr. French  - Wanda Jackson  - Ralph Mooney  - Ken Nelson  - Buck Owens  - Wayne Stone  - Donald "Don Rich" Eugen Ulrich
25. Crazy Wild Desire  - Owen Bradley  - Cecil Brower  - Floyd Cramer  - Pete Drake  - Walter L. "Hank Sugarfoot" Garland  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Webb Pierce  - Norman Keith "Buddy" Spicher  - Mel Tillis  - Joe Zinkan
26. Adios Amigo  - Chester B. Atkins  - Byron Bach  - Brenton Bolden Banks  - Winifred S. Breast  - Cecil Brower  - Kenneth "Thumbs" Carlile  - Howard Ralph Carpenter  - Farris Coursey  - Floyd Cramer  - Dorothy Ann Dillard  - Solie Isaac Fott  - Ralph Freed  - Lillian Vann Hunt  - Jerry Livingston  - Bob Moore  - Louis Dean Nunley  - Jim Reeves  - Velma E. Williams Smith  - William Guilford Jr. Wright
27. Ruby Ann  - Roberta Bellamy  - Jerry Byrd  - Louis Dunn  - Frank Jones  - Don Law  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Jack Pruett  - William Whitney Pursell  - Marty Robbins
28. That's My Pa  - Jim Vienneau  - Sheb Wooley
29. P.T. 109  - Fred Burch  - Floyd Cramer  - Jimmy Dean  - Ray Edenton  - Walter L. "Hank Sugarfoot" Garland  - Murrey M. "Buddy" Jr. Harman  - Sam Hollingsworth  - Don Law  - Rufus Long  - Thomas Grady Martin  - Charles R. "Charlie" McCoy  - Bob Moore  - Marijohn Wilkin  - Joe Zinkan
30. Release Me  -  Kerr  - Bob Moore  - Cliff Parman  - Esther Phillips  - Lelan Rogers
31. I've Been Everywhere [Original Australian Version]  -  Lucky Starr

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Sheb Wooley   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ned Miller   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Hank Snow   Primary Artist
Wynn Stewart   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Marty Robbins   Primary Artist,Vocals
Rex Allen   Primary Artist,Vocals
Jim Reeves   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Anita Carter   Primary Artist,Vocals
Buck Owens   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
George Jones   Primary Artist,Vocals
Hank Cochran   Primary Artist,Vocals
Webb Pierce   Primary Artist,Vocals
Flatt & Scruggs   Primary Artist
Loretta Lynn   Primary Artist,Vocals
Lucky Starr   Primary Artist
Jimmy Dean   Primary Artist,Vocals
Porter Wagoner   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Ray Price   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Stonewall Jackson   Primary Artist,Vocals
Willie Nelson   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Billy Walker   Primary Artist,Vocals
Bill Anderson   Primary Artist,Vocals
James O'Gwynn   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Claude King   Primary Artist,Vocals
Carl Butler   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Don Gibson   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Esther Phillips   Primary Artist,Vocals
Patsy Cline   Primary Artist,Vocals
Stephen F. "Steve" Bass   Drums
William D. "Buddy" Killen   Bass
Byron Theodore Bach   Cello
Norman Keith "Buddy" Spicher   Fiddle
Charles "Chuck" Glaser   Choir/Chorus
Kenneth "Thumbs" Carlile   Guitar
Sam Hollingsworth   Bass
William W. Pursell   Organ,Piano
Billy Byrd   Guitar
Morris Palmer   Drums
Solie Isaac Fott   Violin
English P. Jr. "Jake" Tullock   String Bass
William Whitney Pursell   Piano
Wayne Stone   Drums
Helen "Peaches" Price   Drums
George French, Jr.   Piano
Ed Tarpley   Viola
William D. Johnson   Guitar (Steel)
Vernal E. Richardson   Violin
Gerald M. Rivers   Fiddle
Robert Allen Austin   Bass
Jerry Glenn Kennedy   Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Gerald Tomlinson   Guitar
Winifred S. Breast   Choir/Chorus
Thomas Grady Martin   Guitar,Ukulele,Guitar (Electric)
Donald H. "Don" Helms   Guitar (Steel)
Charles R. "Charlie" McCoy   Harmonica
Kelton D. "Kelso" Herston   Guitar
Burkett H. "Buck" Graves   Dobro
Harold Ray Bradley   Guitar,Bass (Electric),Guitar (Acoustic),6-String Electric Bass
Herman Bland "Pete" Wade   Guitar
Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr.   Drums
Donald "Don Rich" Eugen Ulrich   Fiddle
Tompall Glaser   Choir/Chorus
Darrell McCall   Guitar (Rhythm)
Paul Warren   Fiddle
Rufus Long   Piccolo
Joe Babcock   Choir/Chorus
Merry Melody Singers   Choir/Chorus
Pearl Butler   Vocals
Henry Strzelecki   Bass
Randy Hughes   Guitar (Acoustic)
Thomas Lee Jackson Jr.   Fiddle
John W. Greubel   Drums
Clarence E. Snow   Guitar,Vocals
Dorothy Ann Dillard   Choir/Chorus
Velma E. Williams Smith   Guitar
Brenton Bolden Banks   Viola,Violin
Farris Coursey   Drums
Joe Zinkan   Bass,Bass (Acoustic)
Lester Flatt   Guitar,Vocals
William Guilford Wright, Jr.   Choir/Chorus
Walter L. "Hank Sugarfoot" Garland   Guitar
Alvin Sutton   Guitar
Howard Ralph Carpenter   Viola,Violin
Louis Dunn   Drums
Bob Moore   Bass,Bass (Acoustic)
Jack Pruett   Guitar
Claude J. Phelps   Guitar
William Paul Ackerman   Drums
Marvin H. Hughes   Vibraphone
Roy Huskey Jr.   Bass
Roy Lanham   Guitar (Electric)
Roy Nichols   Guitar
Ray Edenton   Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm),Guitar (Acoustic)
Mildred Kirkham   Choir/Chorus
Don Warden   Vocals
Lillian Vann Hunt   Violin
Anita Kerr   Choir/Chorus
Bonnie Guitar   Guitar
Floyd Cramer   Piano
Walter Haynes   Guitar (Steel)
Hargus "Pig" Robbins   Piano
Jim Glaser   Choir/Chorus
Benny Williams   Guitar
Byron Bach   Cello
The Jordanaires   Choir/Chorus
Louis Dean Nunley   Choir/Chorus
Earl Scruggs   Banjo
Don Winters   Choir/Chorus
Cecil Brower   Fiddle,Violin
Jimmy Day   Guitar (Steel)
Pete Drake   Guitar,Guitar (Steel)
Jerry Byrd   Bass
Ralph Mooney   Guitar (Steel)
Teddy Wilburn   Guitar
The Anita Kerr Singers   Choir/Chorus

Technical Credits

Joe Johnson   Producer
Juergen Crasser   Mastering
Chester B. Atkins   Producer
Otto Kitsinger   Discography
Geoff Mack   Composer
Bill McElhiney   Arranger
Christian Zwarg   Transfers
Roy Baham   Composer
Johnny Mullins   Composer
Thomas Grady Martin   Leader,Contractor
Harold Ray Bradley   Leader
June Carter   Composer
Harlan Howard   Composer
Marijohn Wilkin   Composer
Danny Dill   Composer
Wynn Stewart   Composer
Marty Robbins   Composer
Jim Reeves   Leader
Buck Owens   Leader
Pappy Daily   Producer
Hank Cochran   Composer
Clarence E. Snow   Leader
Lorene Mann   Composer
Lelan Rogers   Producer
Wayne Walker   Composer
Russ Wapensky   Discography
Andreas Merck   Photo Scanning
R.A. Andreas   Photography,Illustrations
Fabor Robison   Producer
Ray Stevens   Arranger
Porter Wagoner   Leader
Ralph Freed   Composer
Mel Tillis   Composer
Ray Price   Leader
Merle Kilgore   Composer
Owen Bradley   Producer,Contractor
P. Henning   Composer
Willie Nelson   Composer
Dave Sax   Photography,Illustrations
Colin Escott   Liner Notes,Photography,Illustrations,Reissue Producer
Carl Perkins   Composer
Wanda Jackson   Composer
Dickey Lee Lipscomb   Composer
Jerry Livingston   Composer
Richard Weize   Discography
Jim Vienneau   Producer
Steve Duffy   Composer
Bill Anderson   Composer
Bill Johnson   Composer
Ken Nelson   Producer
Irene Stanton   Composer
Jack Clement   Composer
Claude King   Composer
Joe Allison   Producer
Fred Burch   Composer
Cliff Parman   Arranger
Frank Jones   Producer
Don Law   Producer
Don Gibson   Leader,Composer
Webb Pierce   Composer
Roberta Bellamy   Composer
Penny Jay   Composer
Ned Miller   Composer
Jerry Kennedy   Producer
Jerry Reed   Composer
Sheb Wooley   Composer
Shelby Singleton   Producer