Contemporary Country: The Early ’80s – Hot Hits

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1My Baby Thinks He’s a Train
cover recording of:
My Baby Thinks He’s a Train
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Preston
Rosanne Cash3:14
2I’m Just an Old Chunk of Coal (but I’m Gonna Be a Diamond Someday)
John Anderson3:41
3Bobbie Sue
The Oak Ridge Boys2:53
4Love Is on a Roll
recording of:
Love Is on a Roll
writer:
Roger Cook (US‐based British singer, songwriter and producer) and John Prine
Don Williams3:39
5Tennessee Whiskey
George Jones2:55
6Always on My Mind
Willie Nelson3:33
7Theme From the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol’ Boys)
Waylon Jennings2:11
8Party Time
T.G. Sheppard3:37
9Pickin’ Up Strangers
Johnny Lee2:21
10You Win Again
Charley Pride3:03
11Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
Merle Haggard4:16
12Mountain Music
Alabama3:42
13Guitar Man
recording of:
Guitar Man
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Reed
publisher:
Sixteen Stars Music (BMI-affiliated) and The International Music Network
Elvis Presley2:49
14Common Man
John Conlee2:43
15Older Women
Ronnie McDowell2:48
16Dancin’ Cowboys
The Bellamy Brothers3:21
179 to 5
producer:
Gregg Perry (American producer, arranger, songwriter and keyboardist)
baritone saxophone:
Kim S. Hutchcroft (in 1980)
bass guitar:
Abraham Laboriel (in 1980)
drums (drum set):
Richard Schlosser (drummer) (in 1980)
guitar:
Jeff Baxter (in 1980) and Martin K. Walsh (in 1980)
percussion:
Leonard Castro (in 1980)
piano:
Larry Knechtel (in 1980)
saxophone:
Tom Saviano (in 1980)
trombone:
William Reichenbach (jazz trombonist) (in 1980)
trumpet:
Jerry Hey (in 1980)
background vocals:
Anita Ball (in 1980), Denise Maynelli (in 1980) and Stephanie Spruill (American soul/disco singer, songwriter, and percussionist) (in 1980)
vocals:
Dolly Parton (in 1980)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG Entertainment (in 1980) and Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since 2009; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1980)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 191)
recording of:
9 to 5 (in 1980)
lyricist and composer:
Dolly Parton
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Dunbar Music Canada Ltd. (Canadian publisher), Fox Fanfare Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music and Velvet Apple Music
part of:
The 53rd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1980 nominee)
Dolly Parton3.552:46
18Fire & Smoke
Earl Thomas Conley3:16
19Two Story House
George Jones & Tammy Wynette2:43
20Any Day Now
Ronnie Milsap3:42
21The Sweetest Thing (I’ve Ever Known)
recording engineer:
Joe Chiccarelli
associate producer:
Otha Young
producer:
Richard Landis
mixer:
Michael Verdick
arranger:
Charles Calello
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Capitol Records, Inc. (not for release label use; US company behind the “Capitol Records” imprint) (in 1981)
mixed at:
Location Recorders, Inc. in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) (on 1980-10-20)
lyricist and composer:
Otha Young
Juice Newton24:08
22She Left Love All Over Me
Razzy Bailey3:13