Detailed Description
In 1978 some of country music’s most celebrated stars assembled to pay tribute to fifty years of great music in a seven-hour major television event that aired over the course of five months. With outstanding performances and behind-the-scenes footage taken from the vaults of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, this two-volume DVD set is hosted by Charley Pride and features Ernest Tubb, Eddy Arnold, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Crystal Gayle, Conway Twitty, Roger Miller, Tom T. Hall, Ray Price, Loretta Lynn, Johnny Cash, Gene Autry, Kitty Wells, Bill Monroe, and many more.
Track list:
HOUR 1 — HOSTED BY GLEN CAMPBELL
- Rhinestone Cowboy – GLEN CAMPBELL
- Wabash Cannon Ball – ROY ACUFF & HIS SMOKY MOUNTAIN BOYS
- I’ll Get Over You – CRYSTAL GAYLE
- Introduction/Clip: Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine – GENE AUTRY
- Back In The Saddle Again – GLEN CAMPBELL
- Southern Nights – GLEN CAMPBELL
- Louisiana Man – DOUG KERSHAW
- I’ll Go To My Grave Loving You – STATLER BROTHERS
- You And Me – TAMMY WYNETTE
- Your Love Put A Song In My Heart – JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ
- Take These Chains From My Heart – RAY CHARLES
- Bye Bye Love – GLEN CAMPBELL/RAY CHARLES
- MEDLEY: Gentle On My Mind/Honey Come Back/By the Time I Get To Phoenix/Wichita Lineman/Galveston/Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.) – GLEN CAMPBELL
HOUR 2 — HOSTED BY DOLLY PARTON
- Here You Come Again – DOLLY PARTON
- Blue Moon Of Kentucky – BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS
- Muleskinner Blues – DOLLY PARTON/BILL MONROE & HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS
- Our Love Is Home Grown – EARL SCRUGGS REVUE
- PATSY CLINE MEDLEY: Walkin’ After Midnight/Sweet Dreams/Back In Baby’s Arms/Crazy – LORETTA LYNN
- I Just Wish You Were Someone I Love – LARRY GATLIN & THE GATLIN BROTHERS
- Cowgirl And The Dandy – DOLLY PARTON
- CARTER FAMILY MEDLEY: Keep On The Sunny Side/Wildwood Flower/Will The Circle Be Unbroken/
- Hello Stranger – THE CARTERS WITH JAN HOWARD
- If You’re Ever In Nashville – CARLENE CARTER
- BOB WILLS MEDLEY: Texas Playboy Theme/Bob Wills Special/Ida Red/Faded Love/Roly Poly/San Antonio Rose – MERLE HAGGARD & BOB WILLS’ TEXAS PLAYBOYS
- MEDLEY: The Seeker/All I Can Do/Jolene/Two Doors Down/I Will Always Love You – DOLLY PARTON
HOUR 3 — HOSTED BY ROY CLARK
- Rocky Top – ROY CLARK
- JIMMIE RODGERS TRIBUTE/JIMMIE RODGERS MEDLEY: In The Jailhouse Now/Jimmie Rodgers’ Last Blue Yodel/Waiting For A Train – ERNEST TUBB
- Comedy Routine – ROY CLARK/MINNIE PEARL
- It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – KITTY WELLS
- You’re The One – OAK RIDGE BOYS
- Ruby Don’t Take Your Love To Town – MEL TILLIS
- Behind Closed Doors – CHARLIE RICH
- Folsom Prison Blues – JOHNNY CASH
- One Piece At A Time (with clip) – JOHNNY CASH
- Orange Blossom Special – ROY CLARK/JOHNNY CASH
- Ghost Riders In The Sky – ROY CLARK
- Winter Walking – CHET ATKINS
- Nashville Brass Hoedown – DANNY DAVIS & THE NASHVILLE BRASS/STONEY MOUNTAIN CLOGGERS
- HANK WILLIAMS MEDLEY: Hey Good Lookin’/Your Cheatin’ Heart/Cold, Cold Heart/I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry/I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You)/You Win Again/I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry/I Saw The Light/Jambalaya – GLEN CAMPBELL/ROY CLARK/DOLLY PARTON
HOUR 4 — HOSTED BY CHARLEY PRIDE
- Is Anybody Goin’ To San Antone? – CHARLEY PRIDE
- Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’ – CHARLEY PRIDE
- Take This Job And Shove It – JOHNNY PAYCHECK
- Woman To Woman – BARBARA MANDRELL
- Uncle Dave Macon Tribute – BARBARA MANDRELL
- Clip: Take Me Back To My Old Carolina Home – UNCLE DAVE MACON
- Marie La Veau – BOBBY BARE
- Someone Loves You Honey – CHARLEY PRIDE
- TEX RITTER MEDLEY: Green Grow The Lilacs/Boll Weevil/High Noon – JIMMY DEAN
- Little Junior – GARY STEWART
- #1 With A Heartache – LA COSTA
- Gotta Quit Lookin’ At You Baby – DAVE & SUGAR
- MEDLEY: The Snakes Crawl At Night/Just Between You And Me/The Easy Part’s Over/Tennessee Girl/(I’m So) Afraid Of Losing You Again/Don’t Fight The Feelings Of Love/Crystal Chandeliers – CHARLEY PRIDE
HOUR 5 — HOSTED BY TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD
- MEDLEY: Glad Rags/Ballad Of Davy Crockett/River Of No Return/That’s All/
- The Roving Gambler/I’ll Never Be Free – TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD
- MEDLEY: Country Is/Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine/The Year That Clayton Delaney Died/I Love/Country Is – TOM T. HALL
- Harper Valley P.T.A. – JEANNIE C. RILEY
- Think About Me – FREDDY FENDER
- Grandfather’s Clock – JOHN McEUEN
- Bach’s Gavotte From English Suite No. 3 In G Minor, BWV 808 – JOHN McEUEN
- MEDLEY: Po’ Folks/I Love You Drops/Still – BILL ANDERSON
- Sixteen Tons – TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD
- Let My Love Be Your Pillow – RONNIE MILSAP
- Only One Love In My Life – RONNIE MILSAP
- Snowbird – ANNE MURRAY
- You Needed Me – ANNE MURRAY
- Wolverton Mountain – CONWAY TWITTY
- The Grandest Lady Of Them All – CONWAY TWITTY
- RED FOLEY MEDLEY: Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy/Just A Closer Walk With Thee/Peace In The Valley – TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD
HOUR 6 — HOSTED BY CRYSTAL GAYLE
- One More Time – CRYSTAL GAYLE
- Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue – CRYSTAL GAYLE
- You Are My Sunshine – JIMMIE DAVIS
- Baby It’s You – JANIE FRICKE
- Take Me Back To Tulsa – ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
- For The Good Times – RAY PRICE
- Why Have You Left The One You Left Me For? – CRYSTAL GAYLE
- MEDLEY: Chug-A-Lug/Dang Me/England Swings/You Can’t Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd/Engine, Engine #9/King Of The Road – ROGER MILLER
- I Don’t Want To Have To Marry You – JIM ED BROWN/HELEN CORNELIUS
- I Love You, I Love You, I Love You – RONNIE McDOWELL
- Heaven’s Just A Sin Away – THE KENDALLS
- MEDLEY: Summertime/Let Me Be There/Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)/As Usual/I’ll Get Over You – CRYSTAL GAYLE
HOUR 7 — HOSTED BY EDDY ARNOLD
- Welcome To My World/Country Lovin’ – EDDY ARNOLD
- Slow Poke – PEE WEE KING
- Tennessee Waltz – PATTI PAGE
- Release Me – PATTI PAGE
- MEDLEY: I Can’t Stop Loving You/Legend In My Time/Oh Lonesome Me – DON GIBSON
- Foggy Mountain Breakdown – LESTER FLATT & THE NASHVILLE GRASS
- JIM REEVES MEDLEY: He’ll Have To Go/Four Walls/Mexican Joe – EDDY ARNOLD
- MEDLEY: The Cattle Call/Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me - EDDY ARNOLD