This great-value 110-track collection covers the year of 1962

This release continues the series of 4-CD sets which comprises selected annual collections of the biggest US country hits of each year. This great-value 110-track collection covers the year of 1962, during which time Billboard published a Top 30 which changed its name during the year from Hot C&W Sides to Hot Country Singles, and it comprises every record which appeared in the Top 15 of that chart during the year. Despite the fact that the pop landscape had been transformed over preceding years by rock 'n' roll and its aftermath, and was about to undergo another upheaval with the British Invasion, the charts still had a familiar look about them for country fans, with many traditional established country stars well-represented, like Webb Pierce, Porter Wagoner, Kitty Wells and Hank Snow, although the smoother Nashville sound certainly characterised many of the hits and there was more than a smattering of crossover artists who enjoyed big crossover hits, not least Leroy Van Dyke's long-running No. 1 'Walk On By'. Other big winners during the year with multiple hits were George Jones, Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Jimmy Dean, Jim Reeves, and there were some hot new kids on the block like Buck Owens, Willie Nelson and Johnny Tillotson, along with some collectable obscurities among the one-hit wonders. It's a fascinating and entertaining musical snapshot of the country scene during a dynamic era, and with an in-depth 12,000+ word booklet with background notes on every record, it gives a solid overview of the most popular country music of the year

Track Listing

• Leroy Van Dyke - Walk On By
• Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John
• Patsy Cline - Crazy
• Ray Price - Soft Rain
• Bobby Edwards - You're The Reason
• Jim Reeves - Losin' Your Love
• Buck Owens - Under The Influence Of Love
• Wanda Jackson - In The Middle Of A Heartache
• Marty Robbins - It's Your World
• Don Gibson - Lonesome Number One
• Webb Pierce - Walking The Streets
• Faron Young - Backtrack
• Jim Reeves - What I Feel In My Heart
• Webb Pierce - How Do You Talk To A Baby
• Claude King - The Comancheros
• Kitty Wells - Day Into Night
• Sheb Wooley - That's My Pa
• Carl Smith - Air Mail To Heaven
• George Jones - Tender Years
• Johnny Cash - Tennessee Flat-Top Box
• Lawton Williams - Anywhere There's People
• Porter Wagoner - Misery Loves Company
• Ferlin Husky - The Waltz You Saved For Me
• Burl Ives - A Little Bitty Tear
• Jimmy Dean - Dear Ivan
• Stonewall Jackson - A Wound Time Can't Erase
• Hank Locklin - Happy Journey

• Marty Robbins - Sometimes I'm Tempted
• Webb Pierce - Alla My Love
• Patti Page - Go On Home
• Buck Owens - Nobody's Fool But Yours
• George Jones - Aching Breaking Heart
• Patsy Cline - She's Got You
• Billy Walker - Charlie's Shoes
• Kitty Wells - Unloved Unwanted
• Jimmy Dean - To A Sleeping Beauty
• Jimmy Dean - Cajun Queen
• Eddy Arnold - Tears Broke Out On Me
• Shirley Collie & Wille Nelson - Willingly
• Faron Young - Three Days
• Leroy Van Dyke - If A Woman Answers
• Skeeter Davis - Where I Ought To Be
• George Jones - She Thinks I Still Care
• Johnny Horton - Honky Tonk Man
• Bill Anderson - Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands
• Jimmy Dean - P.T. 109
• Charlie Phillips - I Guess I'll Never Learn
• James O'Gwynn - My Name Is Mud
• Burl Ives - Funny Way Of Laughin'
• Walter Brennan - Old Rivers
• Claude King - Wolverton Mountain
• Don Gibson - I Can Mend Your Broken Heart
• Wilburn Brothers - Trouble's Back In Town
• Jim Reeves - Adios Amigos

• Ray Price - I've Just Destroyed The World (I'm Living In)
• Marty Robbins - Love Can't Wait
• Webb Pierce - Take Time
• Hank Snow - You Take The Future
• Faron Young - The Comeback
• Patsy Cline - When I Get Through With You You'll Love Me Too
• Webb Pierce - Crazy Wild Desire
• Willie Nelson - Touch Me
• George Jones & Margie Singleton - Waltz Of The Angels
• Jimmie Davis - Where The Old Red River Flows
• Johnny Tillotson - It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin
• Eddy Arnold - A Little Heartache
• Porter Wagoner - Cold Dark Waters
• Loretta Lynn - Success
• Stonewall Jackson - One Look At Heaven
• Johnny Cash - In The Jailhouse Now
• Hank Locklin - We're Gonna Go Fishing
• Stonewall Jackson - Leona
• Bill Anderson - Mama Sang A Song
• Marty Robbins - Devil Woman
• Buck Owens - Save The Last Dance For Me
• Ernest Ashworth - Everybody But Me
• Kitty Wells - Will Your Lawyer Talk To God
• Burl Ives - Call Me Mr. In-Between
• George Jones - Open Pit Mine
• George Hamilton IV - If You Don' Know I Ain't Gonna Tell You
• Jim Reeves - I'm Gonna Change Everything
• Billy Walker - Willie The Weeper

• Hank Snow - I've Been Everywhere
• Patsy Cline - So Wrong
• Judy Lynn - Footsteps Of A Fool
• Eddy Arnold - After Loving You
• Johnny Tillotson - Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On
• Ray Price - Pride
• Carl Belew - Hello Out There
• Rex Allen - Don't Go Near The Indians
• George Jones & The Jones Boys - A Girl I Used To Know
• Jimmy Dean - Little Black Book
• Webb Pierce - Cow Town
• Claude King - The Burning Of Atlanta
• George Jones & The Jones Boys - Big Fool Of The Year
• Buck Owens - Kickin' Our Hearts Around
• Del Reeves - He Stands Real Tall
• Little Jimmy Dickens - The Violet And The Rose
• Kitty Wells - We Missed You
• Bob Gallion - Wall To Wall Love
• Rose Maddox - Sing A Little Song Of Heartache
• Earl Scott - Then A Tear Fell
• Carl Butler - Don't Let Me Cross Over
• Orville Couch - Hello Trouble
• Eddy Arnold - Does He Mean That Much To You
• Marty Robbins - Ruby Ann
• Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Ballad Of Jed Clampett
• Burl Ives - Mary Ann Regrets
• Buck Owens - You're For Me
• Roy Drusky - Second Hand Rose

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Country

Language: English

Run Time: 287 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 10/05/18

UPC: 824046712921