The Sons of the Pioneers - Tumbling Tumbleweeds: The Chart Years 1934-49 (CD)

The Sons of the Pioneers were one of the USA's earliest western singing groups, and the primary originators of what might be called "cowboy country", their songs, vocal harmonies and instrumental make-up influencing countless artists who followed them, although they were such a long-lived group that they were able to compete with many that they influenced. With their origins in California, they evolved from a vocal trio that comprised future cowboy movie star Roy Rogers, Canadian songwriter Bob Nolan, and Tim Spencer, signing to the newly-formed Decca label, before also starting to appear in western movies. This 53-track 2-CD set comprises selected A & B sides of their releases on the Decca, Vocalion, Columbia and RCA-Victor labels during this era, and features all their career pop and country chart entries, including the Top 10 hits "Tumbling Tumbleweeds", "Cool Water", "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima", "No One To Cry To", "Cigareetes, Whusky, and Wild, Wild Women", "Teardrops in My Heart" and "Room Full Of Roses". "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water" were such landmark songs that they were both hits twice with different recordings. The collection is a marvellous and captivating showcase for their extraordinarily sophisticated talent as a vocal harmony group allied to through songs which capture the spirit of the pioneer west in inimitable style.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Disc 1:
2. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
3. When Our Old Age Pension Check Comes to Our Door
4. Echoes from the Hills
5. Cajon Stomp
6. Roving Cowboy
7. The Hills of Old Wyomin'
8. A Melody from the Sky
9. Texas Star
10. Blue Bonnet Girl
11. Ride Ranger Ride
12. Empty Saddles
13. I'm An Old Cowhand
14. We'll Rest at the End of the Trail
15. Blue Prairie
16. One More Ride
17. Way Out There
18. Down Along the Sleepy Rio Grande
19. Just A-Wearyin' for You
20. When the Roses Bloom Again
21. I Wonder If She Waits for Me Tonight
22. Hear Dem Bells
23. Leaning on the Everlasting Arm
24. Lead Me Gently Home, Father
25. One More River to Cross
26. Cool Water
27. (Goodbye My Darlin') They Drew My Number

Disc: 2

1. You Broke My Heart
2. Private Buckaroo
3. Wagner Hoedown
4. I'll Be Around Somewhere
5. Cool Water
6. Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima
7. Forgive and Forget
8. Gold Star Mother with Silvery Hair
9. No One to Cry to
10. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
11. Cowboy Camp Meeting
12. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
13. Baby Doll
14. Cigareetes, Whusky and Wild, Wild Women
15. My Best to You
16. Teardrops in My Heart
17. Will There Be Sagebrush in Heaven?
18. Out in Pioneertown
19. A Hundred and Sixty Acres
20. Calico Apron, a Gingham Gown
21. Down Where the Rio Flows
22. The Missouri Is a Devil of a Woman
23. Too High, Too Wide, Too Low
24. Little Gray Home in the West
25. Room Full of Roses
26. Red River Valley
27. Let's Go West Again