S01E016

ArtistSongLabel & Cat #YearMonth
Chet AtkinsCanned HeatRCA Victor 20-24721947August
Hank WilliamsI Don’t Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)Sterling 2081947April
Johnnie & JackPoison LoveRCA Victor 48-03771950August
Lefty FrizzellIf You’ve Got The Money, I’ve Got The TimeColumbia 4-207391950September
Shot Jackson & His Dixie Dew BoysI Need You Like A Hole In The HeadPacemaker 10041950
The CarlislesNo Help WantedMercury 700281952November
Hawkshaw HawkinsReboundRCA Victor 47-57021954April
Merle KilgoreSeein’ Double, Feeling SingleImperial 82661954September
Tommy CollinsUntiedCapitol 30171954December
Carl SmithI Just Don’t Care AnymoreColumbia 214111955June
The Louvin BrothersI Don’t Believe You’ve Met My BabyCapitol 33001955December
Jean ShepardSad Singin’ and Slow Ridin’Capitol EAP 2-7281956January
Don GibsonOh Lonesome MeRCA Victor 47-71331957December
Patsy ClineWalkin’ After MidnightDecca 302211957February
Rusty & Doug KershawI Never Had the BluesHickory 10681957August
Johnny CashGuess Things Happen That WaySun 2951958April
Buck OwensTired of Livin’Capitol 42451959July
Webb PierceI Ain’t NeverDecca 309231959June

Notes / Credits / Personnel

  • Chet Atkins – “Canned Heat”: Atkins [guitar]; George Barnes [rhythm guitar]; Harold Siegel [bass]; Charles Hurta [fiddle]; Augie Klein [accordian]; Stephen Sholes [producer]; recorded 8/11/47 in Chicago
  • Hank Williams – “I Don’t Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)”: Hank Williams [vocal, guitar]; Zeke Turner [electric guitar]; Dale “Smokey” Lohman [steel]; Louis Innis [bass]; Tommy Jackson [fiddle]
  • Johnnie & Jack – “Poison Love”: with Tennessee Mountain Boys; Johnny Wright, Jack Anglin, Kitty Wells [high barytone vocal], Ray Atkins, Ernie Newton, Emory Martin, Dorris Paul Warren; Stephen Sholes [producer]
  • Lefty Frizzell – “If You’ve Got The Money, I’ve Got The Time”: Norman Stevens [guitar]; Jimmie Curtis [guitar]; Bobby Williamson [bass]; Pee Wee Stewart [fiddle]; Madge Sutee [piano]; Art Satherley and Don Law [producer]; recorded 7/25/50 at Jim Beck Studio, 1101 Ross Ave., Dallas
  • Shot Jackson & His Dixie Dew Boys – “I Need You Like A Hole In The Head”: Webb Pierce [vocal, guitar]; Buddy Attaway [guitar]; Shot Jackson [steel]
  • The Carlisles – “No Help Wanted”: Bill Carlisle [vocal, rhythm guitar]; Roy Sneed [electric guitar, vocal]; Betty Amos [rhythm guitar, vocal]; Chet Atkins [lead guitar]; ? [steel]; poss. Ernie Newton [bass]; Dee Kilpatrick [producer]
  • Hawkshaw Hawkins – “Rebound”: Ray Couture [guitar]; Al Chernet [guitar]; Herb Johnson [guitar]; Ernie Newton [bass]; Shorty Long [fiddle]; Bunny Shawker [drums]; Marty Gold [piano]; Stephen Sholes [producer]
  • Merle Kilgore – “Seein’ Double, Feeling Single”: Sonny James [fiddle]; unknown musicians; Lew Chudd [producer]; recorded 5/26/54 at Jim Beck Studio, 1914 Forest Ave., Dallas
  • Tommy Collins – “Untied”: Tommy Collins [vocal, rhythm guitar]; Buck Owens [guitar]; Lewis Talley [guitar]; Fuzzy Owen [bass]; Bill Woods [piano]; Ken Nelson [producer]
  • Carl Smith – “I Just Don’t Care Anymore”: as The Tunesmiths; Carl Smith [vocal, guitar]; Sammy Pruett [guitar]; Jimmy Smith [guitar]; Johnny Sibert [steel]; Junior Huskey [bass]; Buddy Harman [drums]; Dale Potter [fiddle]; Bill Simmons [piano]; Don Law [producer]; recorded at Jim Beck Studio, 1914 Forest Ave., Dallas
  • The Louvin Brothers – “I Don’t Believe You’ve Met My Baby”: Charlie Louvin [vocal, guitar]; Ira Louvin [vocal, mandolin]; Paul Yandell [guitar]; Eddie Hill [guitar]; Lightnin Chance [bass]; Marvin Hughes [piano]; Ken Nelson [producer]
  • Jean Shepard – “Sad Singin’ and Slow Ridin’”: Fuzzy Owen [guitar]; Buck Owens [guitar]; Lewis Talley [steel]; Clarence Roy Lee [bass]; John Cuviello [drums]; Jelly Sanders [fiddle]; Bill Woods [piano]; Ken Nelson [producer]
  • Don Gibson – “Oh Lonesome Me”: Don Gibson [vocal, guitar]; Chet Atkins [guitar]; Velma Smith [rhythm guitar]; Joseph Zinkan [bass]; Troy Hatcher [drums]; Floyd Cramer [piano]; Jordanaires [backing vocals]; Chet Atkins [producer]
  • Patsy Cline – “Walkin’ After Midnight”: Harold Bradley [guitar]; Grady Martin [guitar]; Don Helms [steel]; Bob Moore [bass]; Farris Coursey [drums]; Tommy Jackson [fiddle]; Owen Bradley [piano]; Owen Bradley [producer]
  • Rusty & Doug Kershaw – “I Never Had the Blues”: Doug Kershaw [vocal]; Rusty Kershaw [vocal]; Chet Atkins [guitar]; Hank Garland [guitar]; Ray Edenton [guitar]; Ernie Newton [bass]; Buddy Harman [drums]; Floyd Cramer [piano]; Jordanaires [backing vocals]
  • Johnny Cash – “Guess Things Happen That Way”: Luther Perkins [electric guitar]; Marshall Grant [bass]; James Van Eaton [drums]; Jimmy Wilson [piano]; Gene Lowry Singers [backing vocals]; Sam Phillips [producer]
  • Buck Owens – “Tired of Livin’”: Ralph Mooney [steel]; Al Williams [bass]; Pee Wee Adams [drums]; Jelly Sanders [fiddle]; George French [piano]; Ken Nelson [producer]
  • Webb Pierce – “I Ain’t Never”: Harold Bradley [guitar]; Ray Edenton [guitar]; Hank Garland [guitar]; Donald Johnson [steel]; Lightnin‘ Chance [bass]; Buddy Harman [drums]; Tommy Jackson, Dale Potter [fiddle]; Owen Bradley [piano]; Mel Tillis, Don Winters, The Jordanaires [backing vocals]; Owen Bradley [producer]