Stonewall Jackson - Complete Releases 1957-62 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Country singer and guitarist Stonewall Jackson has enjoyed a career spanning six decades since making a huge impact in 1958 with his No. 1 country single InchWaterlooInch, and was still performing at the Grand Ole Opry as he turned 80. Hailing from South Carolina, Stonewall Jackson was his real name, inspired by the Confederate General Thomas InchStonewallInch Jackson. During a chart career which lasted into the 1970s Jackson racked up over 40 hits, often, especially during his early career, crossing over into the pop charts. This 44-track 2-CD comprises the A and B sides of all his singles for the Columbia tag from his recording debut in 1957 through to the end of 1962, along with the tracks from his first two albums InchThe Dynamic Stonewall JacksonInch and InchThe Sadness In A SongInch, highlighting the work of many of the finest country songwriters of the times. It naturally features all of the fourteen pop, country and UK hits which he had during this era, most notably the No. 1 country and Top 5 pop hit InchWaterlooInch, as well as other Top 10 successes like InchLife To GoInch, InchWhy I'm Walkin'Inch, InchA Wound Time Can't EraseInch and InchLeonaInch. It represents a thorough trawl across the key formative years of his career, and is an entertaining showcase for his distinctive talents Album Tracks 1. Knock Off Your Naggin' 2. Don't Be Angry 3. I Need You Real Bad 4. A Broken Heart, a Wedding Band 5. Tears on Her Bridal Bouquet 6. Gettin' Older 7. Grieving in My Heart 8. I Can't Go on Living This Way 9. Life to Go 10. Misery Known As Heartaches 11. Waterloo 12. Smoke Along the Tracks 13. Uncle Sam and Big John Bull 14. Igmoo (The Pride of South Central High) 15. Run 16. Mary Don't You Weep 17. Why I'm Walking 18. Life of a Poor Boy 19. Thirty Links of Chain 20. Sixteen Fathoms 21. A Little Guy Called Joe 22. I'm