Jimmie Rodgers, was a hugely successful artist in the pop charts during the late '50s and early '60s,

Jimmie Rodgers, not to be confused with the pioneering hillbilly country artist of the early '30s, was a hugely successful artist in the pop charts during the late '50s and early '60s, his work transcending the barriers between pop, country, folk and R&B to give him a succession of major hits on both sides of the Atlantic. He was one of the many successful artists to emerge from the influential Arthur Godfrey Talent Show on radio, and was one of the first artists signed to Maurice Levy's Roulette label in 1957. Working with ace producers Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, he scored a No. 1 with his debut single 'Honeycomb' and followed it up with 'Kisses Sweeter Than Wine', 'Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again' and 'Secretly', benefitting from a supply of fine songs by the top team of Al Hoffman and Dick Manning. This collection comprises the A and B side of all his releases through to 1962, when he enjoyed his last Top 30 success with a UK No. 5 with 'English Country Garden'. It's an enjoyable journey through the most important years of the career of an artist who successfully sat alongside the high-profile exponents of rock 'n' roll appealing to the middle ground of pop in the years before the British invasion.

Track Listing

• Honeycomb
• Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring
• Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
• Better Loved You'll Never Be
• Oh Oh I'm Falling In Love Again
• The Long Hot Summer
• Secretly
• Make Me A Miracle
• Are You Really Mine
• The Wizard
• Woman From Liberia
• Girl In The Wood
• Bimbombey
• You Understand Me
• I'm Never Gonna Tell
• Because You're Young
• Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario
• Wonderful You
• Soldier, Won't You Marry Me
• Tucumcari
• The Night You Became Seventeen
• Wistful Willie
• It's Christmas Once Again

• Waltzing Matilda
• T. L. C. Tender Love And Care
• Just A Closer Walk With Thee
• Joshua Fit The Battle Jericho
• The Wreck Of The John B
• Four Little Girls In Boston
• Come Along Julie
• When Love Is Young
• The Little Shepherd Of Kingdom Come
• Every Time My Heart Sings
• I'm On My Way
• I'm Going Home
• John Brown's Baby
• A Little Dog Cried
• English Country Garden
• You Are Everything To Me
• Wanderin' Eyes
• No One Will Ever Know
• Because
• The Fox And The Goose
• Rainbow At Midnight
• Rhumba Boogie

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Pop/Rock

Language: English

Run Time: 142 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 06/09/15

UPC: 824046312725