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The Best of Jimmie Rodgers | 
| Artist: Jimmie F. Rodgers
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 13117
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 70942
UPC: 081227094225
EAN: 0081227094225
ASIN: B0000032RW
Release Date: February 2, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Honeycomb - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Merrill, Bob | | • | Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Campbell, Paul [Son | | • | Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Hoffman, Al | | • | The Long Hot Summer - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Cahn, Sammy | | • | Secretly - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Hoffman, Al | | • | Make Me a Miracle - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Hoffman, Al | | • | Are You Really Mine - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Hoffman, Al | | • | The Wizard - Jimmie F. Rodgers, David | | • | Bimbombey - Jimmie F. Rodgers, M., David | | • | I'm Never Gonna Tell - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Hoffman, Al | | • | Ring-A-Ling-A-Lario - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Kent | | • | Wonderful You - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Stallman | | • | Tucumcari - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Olofson, William | | • | T.L.C. Tender Love and Care - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Clark | | • | Waltzing Matilda - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Paterson, A.B. | | • | Woman from Liberia - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Rodgers, Jimmie [2] | | • | It's Over - Jimmie F. Rodgers, | | • | Child of Clay - Jimmie F. Rodgers, Curtiss |
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Album Description
The first comprehensive CD collection of Jimmie Rodgers' original (not re-recorded) hits for Roulette, Dot, and A&M.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 20 more reviews...
 Great music I Remember from my Childhood June 21, 2008
Wandering Colorado Girl (Virginia)
I have searched everywhere for Jimmie Rodgers' "Honeycomb" album to no avail. My siblings and I nearly wore out the LP album as kids. It was great to find this complilation which has most of the songs from the original. I miss songs like his version of "Puff the Magic Dragon" and "Jimmy Brown." I love his smooth voice and the great stories he tells. Great listening.
The Best Of Jimmie Rodgers May 12, 2008
Peter A. Bourne (Hazelbrook, NSW, Austrailia)
This product was extremely clear considering the age of the recordings contained on the compact disc and I highly recommend this recording for Jimmie Rodgers fans of the current age.
 Jimmie Rodgers Greates Hits May 8, 2008
Mitchell S. Friedman (Walnut Creek, CA)
Jimmie Rodgers was one of the earliest "folk rockers" as he got material from Pete Seeger and other folk artists of the day. "Honeycomb" still reminds me of the 60's breakfast cereal. If you are interrested in this period, he might be an interesting pickup for you.
The Best of Jimmie Rodgers December 12, 2007
John D. Lawton (Glendora,CA USA)
I heard this album when I was a Teen, and it had 1 song that you very rarely hear, and again I was happy to see it on Cd at Amazon.
A pleasure long treasured and lost is mine again... October 16, 2007
William E. Adams (Hobbs, NM USA)
Most of these songs were issued on a Roulette LP around 1959, titled "Jimmie's Golden Year" if I recall it correctly. I wore that darn thing out between the age of 15 and age 17 or so, and memorized all the lyrics, although I can't sing aloud without shame. I bought the CD version earlier this month, and I just played it twice through in the car during a long drive. This is folk/pop, performed just about as well as it ever could be. I have heard many of these tunes performed by others, but Rodgers' versions are among the best. (Well, maybe the Clancy Brothers take on "Waltzing Matilda" is equal to his...different enough so that both versions are worth owning.) I like everything on this, but the more uptempo songs are the bigger successes, simply because they are fun to sing along with, whether silly or a love song. "Woman From Liberia" does not make much sense logically, and when I first purchased the record at about age 14, I didn't like it. A week or so later, it had become my favorite cut of all of them. I don't know why, it just makes me happy. There are moments when the "backing vocals" intrude on the joy of hearing Jimmie's pure voice, but that was common in pop and rock music in that era. The record companies did not even trust such distinctly wonderful voices as Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, Rosemary Clooney or Doris Day to carry many two-minute songs alone. If you want clean lyrics, clear singing, brisk accompaniment and a jolly good time, buy this before it goes out of print. Get a used copy if you have to. Jimmie is obscure now, having been tragically injured in a police incident around 1960 and coming back a couple of years later to a music industry which had moved past his best style. My, though, how good these performances are!
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