George Jones - Pure Country - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2015 collection of classic hits recorded by Country icon George Jones. Country music existed before and after George Jones, but there are very few artists who have left the kind of impact he did on the genre. HITS BY GEORGE includes 10 of the 270 songs George Jones recorded from 1965 thru 1971 on the Musicor Records tag. Jones' good-timin' Rockabilly classic titled InchWhite Lightnin'Inch was Jones' first #1-hit. It topped the charts in 1959 when it was first released. Ironically, Jones didn't even want to record the song because he felt like it compromised his pure Country image. Jones is back at his Country best on InchAccidentally on Purpose,Inch a #19-hit in 1960. It is one of many songs written by George Jones, a fact so often overshadowed by his incredible vocals. George Jones' beautiful, but heartrending, vocals on InchWindow Up AboveInch made it a huge #2-hit in 1960. Jones' touching InchTender YearsInch was a #1-hit in 1961. In 1962, InchShe Thinks I Still CareInch was another milestone #1-hit song for Jones. Enjoy George Jones at his best on each of these great Musicor recordings. Album Tracks 1. White Lightnin' 2 35 2. Accidentally on Purpose 2 36 3. Talk to Me Lonesome Heart 2 37 4. Window Up Above 2 40 5. Tender Years 2 15 6. When My Heart Hurts No More 2 37 7. Poor Man's Riches 2 00 8. Time Lock 2 30 9. Treasure of Love 2 18 10. She Thinks I Still Care 2 45

New Country Hits features Jones's first studio recording of InchTake MeInch, a song he co-wrote with Leon Payne and would record more famously with Tammy Wynette. The album also includes the hits InchLove BugInch (inspired by Buck Owens and the Bakersfield sound) and the self-pitying InchThings Have Gone To PiecesInch. Although he stuck to country music with a vengeance, Jones did his best to record a wide range of songs under the country umbrella, stating in the 1989 documentary Same Ole Me, InchI've always tried to be versatile. I've always tried to do up-tempos and novelties and ballads.Inch The album is also noteworthy for it's cover, which features the singers backing band the Jones Boys. Like Buck Owens' Buckaroos and Merle Haggard's Strangers, Jones worked with many musicians who were great talents in their own right, including Johnny Paycheck, who played bass and sang harmony with Jones before going on to his own stardom in the 1970s. Paycheck is seated next to Jones on the cover of the album.

George Jones was awarded the coveted Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 at age 77. It was a crowning touch to the career of the man who had 168 chart hits, more than any other recording artist in history. George Jones began his incredible run of hit recordings in 1955 when InchWhy Baby WhyInch landed at #5 on the record charts. It was one of five hits Jones recorded on the Starday Records tag. From 1965 thru 1971 Jones recorded 270 songs with Musicor Records, 29 of which were hits. Starday and Musicor are now owned by Gusto Records founder, Moe Lytle. Gusto is proud to The Best Of George Jones, a primo collection of Jones' original and best Musicor recordings. You will receive a full dose of the emotionally charged Country classics that made Jones famous. It includes his moving #2-hit from 1969, InchWhen The Grass Grows Over Me.Inch The same year his beautiful love song, InchI'll Share My World With You,Inch was a huge #2-hit. The song was a harbinger of Jones' marriage to Tammy Wynette, a fact that Country fans loved. Other hits include InchShe's MineInch (#6-hit, 1970), InchIf My Heart Had WindowsInch (#7-Hit, 1967), InchSay It's Not YouInch (#8-hit, 1968), InchTell Me My Lying Eyes Are WrongInch #13-hit, 1970) and InchNo Blues Is Good NewsInch (#72 Hit, 1962). Enjoy the greatest Country singer of them all as he sings his heart out on every song. Album Tracks 1. Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong 2. When the Grass Grows Over Me 3. Say It's Not You 4. Your Angel Steps Out of Heaven 5. No Blues Is Good News 6. I'll Share My World with You 7. Where Grass Won't Grow 8. She's Mine 9. Developing My Pictures 10. If My Heart Had Windows