Release Date: 03 March 2023
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988379426
Genres: Country
Description
Carl 'Mr Country' Smith (also known as 'The Gentleman Honky-Tonker') was one of the genre's most consistent hitmakers of the 1950s, notching up more than thirty Top 10 C&W records.
Although he'd emerged from a Honky-Tonk background, Smith became one of the first Country singers to experiment with a more 'cosmopolitan' style, which smoothed out a lot of the rougher edges and took him, musically, away from diehard traditional towards the late 50s Nashville Countrypolitan sound.
His chart success continued well into the late 1970s, when he abruptly retired from singing to raise a family and breed horses, on his 500-acre ranch in Franklin, Tennessee.
This compilation, which includes five #1s and more than a dozen further Top 5 records, features all but two of Carl's Top 10 Country hits between 1951-62 (we had to omit a couple of top tenners, as they simply wouldn't all fit).
Tracklisting
Tommy Hunt
Kay Barry / Maureen Evans
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Johnnie Ray
Eddie Cochran
Various Artists
Billie Holiday
Charlie Applewhite
Carl Smith
Carl Smith
Carl Smith
Carl Smith
