This collection offers a substantial and thorough overview of his music and career

Jimmie Rodgers was one of the true pioneers of country music, often called 'The Father Of Country Music' as well as 'The Singing Brakeman' (he worked on the railroads before becoming a professional musician), who broke new ground with his landmark hillbilly recordings of the late 1920s and early '30s. His achievements were all the more remarkable, given that he died from tuberculosis in 1933 at the age of 35, having been first diagnosed with the disease in 1924. He has been cited as an inspiration by artists from all walks of popular music across the decades. He was especially famous for his trademark yodelling, with his recordings featuring a series of his renowned 'Blue Yodels'. This 110-track 5-CD collection comprises just about all his career releases, which came out on the Victor and Bluebird labels. It naturally features all his best known classics - 'In The Jailhouse Now', 'Brakeman's Blues', 'Waiting For A Train', 'Blue Yodel No. 1', 'Mule Skinner Blues' and more. He was a hugely important and influential personality whose impact in country, blues, R&B and rock 'n' roll is still making itself felt. This collection offers a substantial and thorough overview of his music and career, and an entertaining showcase for his unique and innovative music.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Sleep Baby Sleep
• Soldiers Sweetheart
• Away Out On The Mountain
• Blue Yodel - T For Texas
• In The Jailhouse Now
• Ben Dewberry's Final Run
• Brakeman's Blues
• My Lovin' Gal Lucille (Blue Yodel No. 2)
• Mother Was A Lady
• Treasures Untold
• Blue Yodel No. 3 (Evening Sun)
• Never No Mo' Blues
• Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea
• My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans
• Memphis Yodel
• Lullaby Yodel
• Waiting For A Train
• Blue Yodel No. 4 - California Blues
• I'm Lonely And Blue
• The Sailor's Plea
• My Little Lady
• You And My Old Guitar

Disc 2:

• My Carolina Sunshine Girl
• Desert Blues
• My Old Pal
• Daddy And Home
• Blue Yodel No. 5
• I'm Sorry We Met
• Frankie And Johnnie
• Everybody Does It In Hawaii
• Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues
• My Rough And Rowdy Ways
• Blue Yodel No. 6
• Yodeling Cowboy
• A Drunkard's Child
• Whisper Your Mother's Name
• Jimmie's Texas Blues
• Train Whistle Blues
• Hobo Bill's Last Ride
• That's Why I'm Blue
• Anniversary Blue Yodel (No. 7)
• Any Old Time
• He's In The Jailhouse Now No. 2
• High Powered Mama

Disc 3:

• Pistol Packin' Papa
• Those Gambler's Blues
• Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)
• Jimmie's Mean Mama Blues
• Mystery Of Number Five
• Nobody Knows But Me
• T.B. Blues
• Mississippi River Blues
• Jimmie The Kid
• My Blue Eyed Jane
• I'm Lonesome Too
• Travellin' Blues
• Moonlight And Skies
• Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family
• Standing On A Corner - Blue Yodel No. 9
• Looking For A New Mama
• What's It
• Why Should I Be Lonely
• Let Me Be Your Sidetrack
• Gambling Polka Dot Blues
• When The Cactus Is In Bloom
• Roll Along Kentucky Moon

Disc 4:

• For The Sake Of Days Gone By
• My Time Ain't Long
• Ninety Nine Year Blues
• Home Call
• She Was Happy Till She Met You
• Mississippi Moon
• Blue Yodel No.10 (Ground Hog Rootin' In My Back Yard)
• Down The Old Road To Home
• The Hobo's Meditation
• Rock All Our Babies To Sleep
• Mother, The Queen Of My Heart
• Miss The Mississippi & You
• In The Hills Of Tennessee
• Whippin' That Old T.B.
• No Hard Times - Blue Yodel
• Gambling Bar Room Blues
• Long Tall Mama Blues
• Peach Pickin' Time Down In Georgia
• Prairie Lullaby
• Sweet Mama, Hurry Home
• Blue Yodel No. 11 (Eight)
• Southern Cannon Ball

Disc 5:

• Land Of My Boyhood Dreams
• Mississippi Delta Blues
• Old Pal Of My Heart
• Yodeling Ranger
• I'm Free (From The Chain Gang Now)
• Old Love Letters
• Somewhere Down Below The Dixon Line
• Barefoot Blues - Blue Yodel No.12
• Cowhand's Last Ride
• Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel
• Fifteen Years Ago Today
• I've Ranged, I've Roamed And I've Traveled
• Why Did You Give Me Your Love
• My Good Gal's Gone Blues
• Why There's A Tear In My Eye
• Carter Family & Jimmie Rodgers In Texas
• I've Only Loved Three Women
• That Wonderful City
• The One Rose
• Yodeling My Way Back Home
• Take Me Back Again
• Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Country

Language: English

Run Time: 360 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 11/07/25

UPC: 824046752422