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The Bakersfield Sound (Country Music Capital of the West 1940-1974)

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1.01. Lloyd Stalcup - The Cotton Picker's Song

1.02. Homer Pierce - Darlin' Baby

1.03. Jack Bryant - Sunny Cal

1.04. Mary Sullivan - Sunny California

1.05. Wayne Dinwiddie - Home in the Government Camp

1.06. The King Family - Get Along Down to Town

1.07. Lloyd Reading - Home in San Antone

1.08. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Opening Theme - Seven Come Eleven

1.09. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Get Along Home Cindy

1.10. Elwin Cross & His Arizona Wranglers - Back in Dear Old Oklahoma

1.11. Maddox Brothers & Rose - Okie Boogie

1.12. Bob Manning - Reading Your Letter with Tears in My Eyes

1.13. Leon Payne - Lost Highway

1.14. Tex Marshall, Bill Woods - Hittin' the Trail

1.15. Leo Butler - When the Leaves Come Tumbling Down

1.16. Bill Woods & His Orange Blossom Playboys - Have I Got a Chance with You

1.17. Maddox Brothers & Rose - Water Baby Blues (Aka Water Baby Boogie)

1.18. Terry Preston - (A Pretty Woman Is A) Deadly Weapon

1.19. Terry Preston - I Want You So

1.20. Herb Henson - Funny Book

1.21. Jimmy Thomason - Honey Baby

1.22. Jimmy Thomason - Your Love Was Like the Weather

1.23. Hillbilly Barton - You Made Me Love You

1.24. Ebb Pilling & His Ozark Squirrel Shooters - Ozark Polka

1.25. Bill Woods & His Orange Blossom Playboys - A Heart Break Ago

1.26. Fuzzy Owen & Bonnie Owens - A Dear John Letter

1.27. Bill Woods & Rita Goodwin - A Dear John Letter

1.28. Billy Mize feat. Bill Woods & His Orange Blossom Playboys - Pusan

1.29. Ferlin Husky - Hank's Song

1.30. Joe & Rose Lee Maphis - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)

1.31. Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky - Dear John Letter

10.01. Buck Owens - Y'All Come - Tall Dark Stranger

10.02. Tony Booth - Lonesome 7-7203

10.03. Buddy Alan - Fishin' on the Mississippi

10.04. Susan Raye - L.A. International Airport

10.05. Buck Owens & His Buckaroos - Johnny B. Goode

10.06. Bonnie Owens - Number One Heel (Take 14)

10.07. Merle Haggard - If I Had Left It Up to You (Take 4 with False Start)

10.08. Merle Haggard - If I Had Left It Up to You (False Starts)

10.09. Merle Haggard - If I Had Left It Up to You (False Starts)

10.10. Merle Haggard - I'n Not Looking for An Angel

10.11. Merle Haggard - Second Fiddle

10.12. Vancie Flowers & Rita Lane - Strange

10.13. Vancie Flowers & Rita Lane - Tears in My Beer

10.14. Billy Mize - Misery

10.15. Billy Mize - The Name of the Game Is Heartaches

10.16. Red Simpson - I'd Be a Good Time Charlie

10.17. Red Simpson - Fit for a King

10.18. Johnny Barnett - Which One Is to Blame

10.19. Junior Stonebarger & Jelly Sanders Band - Release Me

10.20. Fuzzy Owen & Bill Wood's Band - My Ears Should Burn (When Fools Are Talked About)

10.21. Bill Woods & Don Rich - Truck Drivin' Man

10.22. Tommy Collins - Be Serious Ann

10.23. Joe & Rose Lee Maphis - Christmas Time's a Comin'

10.24. Lewis Talley - Blue Christmas

10.25. Louise Lovett - Lonely Christmas Call

10.26. Merle Haggard - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

2.01. Tommy Collins - You Better Not Do That

2.02. Dallas Frazier - Ain't You Had No Bringin' Up at All

2.03. Bud Hobbs - Louisiana Swing

2.04. Forrest Lee & Clete Stewart - When I Hold You

2.05. Buck Owens - Down on the Corner of Love

2.06. Dave Stogner & His Western Rhythmaires - Stepping Stones

2.07. Herb Henson & Joyce Yours - Out of Line

2.08. Semie Moseley - When the Saints Go Marching In

2.09. Jean Shepard - Take Possession

2.10. The Farmer's Boys - It Pays to Advertise

2.11. Wynn Stewart - Why Do I Love You So

2.12. Tommy Duncan - Crazy Mixed Up Kid

2.13. Johnny Taylor - Sad Sad Saturday Night

2.14. Wanda Jackson - I Gotta Know

2.15. Billy Mize - Who Will Buy the Wine

2.16. Al Coker & The Coker Family - Baby I Like Your Style

2.17. Louise Duncan - Wherever You Are

2.18. Sid Silver - Bumble Rumble

2.19. Andy Morris - I Need Her Love

2.20. Dusty Payne - I Want You

2.21. Fuzzy Owen - Your Every Thing (I Wish That She Could Be)

2.22. Bonnie Blue Bell - I Never Thought

2.23. Jan Howard - What Time Tomorrow

2.24. George Rich - Drivin' Away My Blues

2.25. Bill Woods - Ask Me No Questions

2.26. Fuzzy Owen - Beware of a Stranger

2.27. Skeets McDonald - Keep Her Off Your Mind

2.28. Dave Stogner - Yes Sir

2.29. Harlan Howard - Fun on the Freeway

2.30. Cliff Crofford - A Night for Love

2.31. The Farmer's Boys - Someone to Love

2.32. Buck Owens - Come Back to Me

3.01. Reuben Chapman, Coy Baker & His Band - I'm Sorry Too

3.02. Don Thompson feat. Coy Baker & His Band - Empty Days and Lonely Nights

3.03. Phil Brown - You're a Luxury

3.04. Skeets McDonald - Steady Lovin'

3.05. Johnny Bond - I Like That Kind

3.06. Henry Sharpe - Crazy Moon

3.07. Gene Martin & The Desert Stars - Pair of Empty Arms

3.08. Herb Henson - You'al Come

3.09. Lewis Talley - Letters Have No Arms

3.10. Buck Owens - Second Fiddle

3.11. Billy Mize & Cliff Crofford - When

3.12. Billy Mize - You Can't Take Your Love Out of This Boy

3.13. Billy Kaundart - I Removed Your Ring

3.14. Larry Bryant - Keep Right on Tryin'

3.15. Buck Owens - Tired of Livin'

3.16. Joe Hall - Cold Hearted Woman

3.17. Charles Owen - Stage Coach

3.18. Rip Goodman & Marcia - If I Could Only Tell You

3.19. George Latta - Our Hearts

3.20. Buck Owens - Til These Dreams Come True

3.21. Billy Mize & Cliff Crofford - Living Up to My Name

3.22. Don Markham & The Marksmen - Goose, Pt. 1

3.23. Bonnie Owens - Just for the Children's Sake

3.24. Wally Lewis - My Baby Walks All Over Me

3.25. Wynn Stewart - Playboy

3.26. Al Brumley - Someone's Gonna Get Hurt

3.27. Jackie Kelley - Door of Temptation

3.28. Jelly Sanders - Fiddlin' Country Style

3.29. Buck Owens & Rose Maddox - Loose Talk

3.30. Jimmy Patton - What Will I Do (With All These Memories)

3.31. Tommy Dee - Loving You (On Someone Else's Time)

3.32. Custer Bottoms, Jack & Jerry - Why Tell Me

4.01. Buck Owens - King of Fools

4.02. The Marksmen - Scratch

4.03. Jerry Cornelius & The Golden Eagles - It's My Turn to Cry

4.04. Wayne Morris - I Can't Stop Lovin'

4.05. Wayne Morris - I Pretend

4.06. Bill Woods - Truck Drivin' Man

4.07. Billy Bledsoe - My Last Night in Town

4.08. Leon Hart - New Home Sweet Home

4.09. Kenny Hays - Crossing My Fingers

4.10. Kenny Hays - Foolish Notions

4.11. Georgia Lynn - On Your Wedding Day

4.12. Tommy Lewis - Go Where You Wanna Go

4.13. Vancie Flowers - Private Party

4.14. Buck Owens - There's Gonna Come a Day

4.15. Anita Cross - Why Should I Cry Again

4.16. Bonnie Owens - Waggin' Tongues

4.17. Rollie Webber - Painting the Town

4.18. Johnny Barnett - Second Fiddle

4.19. Johnny Barnett - Too Old to Hurt

4.20. Merle Haggard - Skid Row

4.21. Bill Meyers - Good-Bye Mr. Blues

4.22. Buck Owens - If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'

4.23. Billy Bledsoe - Tell Me Why

4.24. Bob Morris - Put Your Arms Around Him

4.25. Roy Nichols - Silver Bells

4.26. Buck Owens - Act Naturally

4.27. Merle Haggard - Life in Prison

4.28. Bobby Durham - My Past Is Present

4.29. Bobby Durham - Queen of Snob Hill

4.30. Vancie & Rita - Tears in My Beer

4.31. Rose Stassi - Out of My Mind

5.01. Buck Owens - Close Up the Honky Tonks

5.02. Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens - Slowly But Surely

5.03. Bob Hortter - Working Overtime

5.04. Jim Whitlock - S.O.S.

5.05. Buck Owens - Fallin' for You

5.06. Merle Haggard - If I Had Left It Up to You

5.07. Merle Haggard - I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can

5.08. Merle Haggard - I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can

5.09. Tommy Duncan & Larry Thornton - I Wish I Hadn't Called You

5.10. Jim Ward - Red Wine

5.11. Lewis Talley - More Wine, More Women, More Song

5.12. Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens - I'll Take a Chance

5.13. Don Rich & The Buckaroos - I'm Layin' It on the Line

5.14. Buck Owens - There Never Was a Fool

5.15. Doyle Holly & The Buckaroos - After You Leave Me

5.16. Dee Mize - Just Leave My World Alone

5.17. Billy Mize - Walking My Fool

5.18. Liz Anderson - (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers

5.19. Tommy Collins - If You Can't Bite, Don't Growl

5.20. Jeanie O'Neal - Alcohol and Tears

5.21. Bobby Durham - Home Is Where I Hang My Head

5.22. Red Simpson - Jeannie with the Light Brown Cadillac

5.23. Merle Haggard - Swinging Doors (Alternate Take)

5.24. Kay Adams - Roll Out the Red Carpet

5.25. Dick Curless & Kay Adams - Old Standby

5.26. Buck Owens - House of Memories

5.27. Buck Owens - Tiger By the Tail

5.28. Vicki Lester - Fool Me Again

5.29. Ray Salter - The Bad Guy Gets the Girl

5.30. Billy Mize - Pappy Was a Clever Man

5.31. Jeanie O'Neal - Correspondence Course in Love

6.01. Bobby Austin - Apartment #9

6.02. Buck Owens - Open Up Your Heart

6.03. Dick Curless - A Good Job - Huntin' and Fishin'

6.04. Gary Paxton - Goin' Thru the Motions

6.05. Red Simpson - I'm Actin' Like My Old Self Again

6.06. Kay Adams - Little Pink Mack

6.07. Doyle Holly - The Dumb Thing

6.08. Merle Haggard - Someone Told My Story

6.09. Red Simpson - Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves

6.10. Barbara Mandrell - Queen for a Day

6.11. Ronnie Sessions - I Guess You're Finally Satisfied

6.12. Merle Haggard - Mixed Up Mess of a Heart

6.13. Joe & Rose Lee Maphis - A Lifetime of Love

6.14. Del & Sue Smart - I'm So Mad at Me

6.15. Merle Haggard - Drink Up and Be Somebody

6.16. The Buckaroos - You'll Never Miss the Water (Til the Well Runs Dry)

6.17. Bob Morris - The First Thing I Think Of

6.18. Faye Hardin - Only the Strong Can Survive

6.19. Merle Haggard - You Don't Have Very Far to Go

6.20. Bobby Austin - I'm Not Looking for An Angel

6.21. The Buckaroos - Chicken Pickin'

6.22. Doyle Holly & The Buckaroos - A Foolish Notion

6.23. Merle Haggard - I Made the Prison Band

6.24. Oscar Whittington - 50 Year Waltz

6.25. Del & Sue Smart - Love That Just Won't Stop

6.26. The Gosdin Brothers - Hangin' On

6.27. Suzi Arden - Who Do You Go To

6.28. Ronnie Sessions - There Never Was a Fool

6.29. Merle Haggard - Where Does the Good Times Go

6.30. Joe Maphis - Pickin' and Guitin'

6.31. Rose Lee Maphis - Country Girl Courtship

6.32. Wayne Wilson - I'd Rather Be Hurt By You

7.01. Buck Owens - The Heartaches Have Just Started

7.02. Gene Moles - Fingerlickin'

7.03. Al Brumley - I'm Goin' Crazy

7.04. Bill Handy & Jelly Sanders Combo - Don't Leave Me Cryin'

7.05. Leo Stephens - Walking in My Sleep Crying Over You

7.06. Tom Rose - It's Over

7.07. Buck Owens & Buddy Alan - Let the World Keep on a Turnin'

7.08. Merle Haggard - Too Many Bridges to Cross Over

7.09. Dean Sanford - Too Young to Grow Old Over You

7.10. Tommy Wiggins - Calling All Lovers

7.11. Larry Daniels & The Buckshots - Buckshot

7.12. Bonnie Owens - Lead Me On

7.13. Leon Copeland - I'm Out of My Mind

7.14. Clarence White - Buckaroo

7.15. The Sanland Brothers - Vaccination for the Blues

7.16. Red Simpson - You Put My World Back Together

7.17. The Strangers - Hammin' It Up

7.18. Bob Ross - Lucy Clowers

7.19. Ronnie Sessions - (I Used to Live) the Life of Riley

7.20. Barbara Cheatwood - Married Man

7.21. Billy Mize - Make It Rain

7.22. Cliff Crofford - Mention My Name

7.23. Buck Owens - Sam's Place

7.24. Merle Haggard - California Cotton Fields

7.25. Rodney Lay - Not Going Back to Jackson

7.26. Glenda Blackwell - I Want to Live in Your House

7.27. Tom Tall - Pitty Pitty Patter

7.28. Judy Hall - My Old Used to Be

7.29. Ira Allen - Love Is Me

7.30. Faye Hardin - Mistakes I've Made

7.31. Harold Cox & The Sooners - Pumpkin Center

7.32. Jerry Dallas - Tears of Joy (Are A-Croppin' Out on Me)

7.33. Stan Farlow - Devil River

8.01. Merle Haggard - Mama Tried

8.02. The Strangers - Stealin' Corn

8.03. Truitt Cunningham - Forgive and Forget

8.04. Buck Owens & Susan Raye - Cryin' Time

8.05. Buck Owens - Bring Back My Peace of Mind

8.06. The Sanland Brothers - Cowboy Convention

8.07. Don Rich & The Buckaroos - Guitar Pickin' Man

8.08. Don Rich - Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right)

8.09. Buddy Alan - A Whole Lot of Somethin'

8.10. Merle Haggard - I'm a Good Loser

8.11. Bobby Wayne & The Strangers - California on My Mind

8.12. Buck Owens - Reno Lament

8.13. The Hagers - Your Tender Loving Care

8.14. Henry Sharpe - There Is No Easy Way

8.15. Lewis Talley - Because You Can't Be Mine

8.16. Mike Beagles - She Don't Care Now

8.17. Dave Rich - Night Life Is My Weakness

8.18. Merle Haggard - Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)

8.19. Sharon Haley - Heartbreak Mountain

8.20. Mayf Nutter - Never Ending Song of Love

8.21. Tony Booth - Cinderella

8.22. Red Simpson - I'm a Truck

8.23. Johnny Campbell - Mr. Conscience

8.24. Vancie Flowers - How Dark Is My Journey

8.25. Merle Haggard - Bring It on Down to My House

8.26. Kenni Huskey - Number One Heel

8.27. Sonny Anglin - Today's Tomorrow's Yesterday

8.28. Merle Haggard - I'm Tired of Your Understanding Ways

8.29. Kenny Vernon - I Bought the Shoes (That Just Walked Out on Me)

9.01. Buck Owens - Arms Full of Empty

9.02. Susan Raye - Love Sure Feels Good in My Heart

9.03. Homer Joy - Streets of Bakersfield

9.04. Merle Haggard - I Know An Ending When It Comes

9.05. Buck Owens - Something's Wrong

9.06. Doyle Singer & The Buckaroos - Young Widow Brown

9.07. Tide Cartwright - Cheater's Ground

9.08. Blackjack Duran - I Laid Back Down

9.09. Arlo Guthrie - This Troubled Mind of Mine

9.10. Merle Haggard - The Emptiest Arms in the World

9.11. Kenneth Johnson - Beer Drinkers of America Unite

9.12. Buck Owens & Susan Raye - Sweethearts in Heaven

9.13. Laurel Lee - Mountain of Fortune and Fame

9.14. Red Simpson - Bill Woods from Bakersfield

9.15. Thad Tillotson - Good Ole Country Sound

9.16. Freddie Hart - If You Can't Feel It (It Ain't There)

9.17. Carlyle Graham - Foolish Man

9.18. Kay Austin - The Lord Rested on Sunday

9.19. Cliff Crofford - Every Time I Hear the Fiddle Play

9.20. Merle Haggard - Holding Things Together

9.21. David Frizzell - I'm the Bartender's Best Friend

9.22. Lawanda Lindsey - I Ain't Hangin' Around

9.23. Toby Keeney - Going Back to Oklahoma

9.24. Walt Pascoe - That Little Glass of Milk

9.25. Roger Spanke - Betty Jane

9.26. Sandy Thomas - Antique in My Closet

9.27. Dennis Payne - Do You Believe in Me

9.28. Debi Hawkins - Teach Me How to Love

9.29. Merle Haggard - Mirrors Don't Lie

9.30. Tony Booth - A Different Kind of Sad