Ferlin Huskey - Singles Collection 1951-62 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Merle Travis was a significant personality and influential country music stylist as a singer, songwriter, and notably as a guitarist, to the extent that he had an instrumental technique named after him, called InchTravis pickingInch, which many musicians who came after him sought to emulate

We continue our series of releases of comprehensive hits collections by significant personalities from the US country scene during the post-war decades with an anthology devoted to the prolific hit-maker Carl Smith, husband of June Carter (later June Carter-Cash) and father of Carlene Carter. This great-value 50-track 2-CD set comprises all the entries in the US country charts which Carl Smith scored from his chart debut in 1951 through the decade and more that followed, including a remarkable run of 21 hits with consecutive singles during the '50s and a total of 30 Top 10 hits. It naturally includes his five No. 1s with InchLet Old Mother Nature Have Her WayInch, InchDon't Just Stand ThereInch, InchAre You Teasing MeInch, InchHey JoeInch and InchLoose TalkInch. Much of his output during the mid-'50s had a distinct rockabilly flavour, and echoed the sounds of the rock 'n' roll explosion of the time. He was one of the major figures of the country scene, and this is an excellent showcase for his consistently top class output during the key years of his chart career.

Johnny Horton was a honky-tonk country and rockabilly singer, who found international fame and chart when he recorded a run of InchsagaInch songs which crossed over into the pop charts in the US and UK in the late '50s into 1960, including InchThe Battle of New OrleansInch, InchSink The BismarckInch and InchNorth To AlaskaInch. Having actually gone to Alaska to search for gold in 1948, he got into country music via talent shows and had his own radio show as InchThe Singing FishermanInch, making his first records in 1962, recording over the years for the Cormac, Abbott, Mercury and Columbia labels. After his first country hit in 1956 with InchHonky Tonk ManInch had a run of hits including a country No. 1 in 1959 with InchWhen It's Springtime In AlaskaInch, followed by his pop breakthrough with InchThe Battle Of New OrleansInch. Having made the transition from being a down-home country singer, through the ranks of emerging rockabilly performers into the pop world, he was just about at the height of his fame when he was tragically killed in a car accident in 1960. This great-value 60-track 2-CD set, comprises A and B side from across his career with at least one side of all of his releases included, and it naturally features all of his country and pop chart successes, so it's a comprehensive overview of his work.