Rose Maddox – Sing A Little Song Of Heartache – The Solo Singles 1953-62 – 2CD

Rose Maddox was a country singer, songwriter and fiddle player from Alabama, whose family migrated to California in the 1930s, where she started singing on radio and formed a band with her brothers, who performed and recorded for a decade after WWII as the Maddox Brothers & Rose. When the group broke up in 1957, she started a solo career and enjoyed a string of chart entries over the next few years as she built a reputation as an extrovert, dynamic performer, blending hillbilly, rockabilly and gospel in a highly distinctive musical mix. This 58-track 2-CD collection comprises most of the A&B sides of her singles on Columbia and Capitol during these years, plus bonus tracks from her Capitol album “One Rose”. It features her No. 3 country hit “Sing A Little Song Of Heartache” and her other sol country hits from this era “Gambler’s Love”, “Kissing My Pillow”, “I Want To Live Again” and “Conscience I’m Guilty”, plus her Top 10 duet hits with Buck Owens "Mental Cruelty" and "Loose Talk". She was an artist who had an impact far beyond the degree of her success, with Emmylou Harris saying she has not has the attention she deserves and Dolly Parton citing her as an early influence. This collection offers a substantial overview of a key era of her solo career and is an entertaining showcase for her particular style of country.

Track Listing:

CD1: Rose Maddox: 1. The Nightingale Song -   2. I'd Rather Die Young -   3. I'm A Little Red Caboose (On The Choo-Choo Train Of Love) -   4. Wasted Years -   5. Kiss Me Like Crazy -   6. Just One More Time -   7. Birthday Card Song (The Card That You Sent On My Birthday) -   8. Breathless Love -   9. Marry Me Again -   10. Poor Little Heartbroken Rose -   11. Waltz Of The Pines -   12. Life That You've Led -   13. I Wonder If I Can Lose The Blues This Way -   14. There's No Right Way To Do Me Wrong -   15. Wild, Wild Young Men -   16. Second Choice -   17. Humming Bird -   18. Words Are So Easy To Say -   19. Wild Wind -   20. Was There A Teardrop -   21. Hasty Baby -   22. When The Sun Goes Down -   23. Tall Men -   24. Hey Little Dreamboat -   25. Burrito Jo -   26. False Hearted -   27. Looky There Over There -   28. Your Sweet Mean Heart -

CD2: Rose Maddox: 1. Take A Gamble On Me -   2. 1-2-3-4 Anyplace Road (Somewhere USA) -   3. I'll Go Steppin' Too -   4. Let Those Brown Eyes Smile At Me -   5. Gambler’s Love -   6. What Makes Me Hang Around -   7. Custer's Last Stand -   8. My Little Baby -   9. Lost Today -   10. I'm Happy Every Day I Live -   11. Please Help Me I'm Falling -   12. Down, Down, Down -   13. Shining Silver Gleaming Gold -   14. Billy Cline -   15. I Want To Live Again -   16. Kissing My Pillow -   Buck Owens and Rose Maddox: 17. Mental Cruelty -   18. Loose Talk -   Rose Maddox: 19. Conscience I'm Guilty -   20. Lonely Street -   21. There Ain't No Love -   22. Your Kind Of Lovin' Won’t Do -   23. Here We Go Again -   24. Fool Me Again -   25. Let's Pretend We're Strangers -   26. Take Me Back Again -   27. Sing A Little Song Of Heartache -   28. Tie A Ribbon In The Apple Tree -   29. Honky-Tonkin' -   30. Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me -