Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1996)

About this title: This 36-track double-CD set, running just under an hour and a half, effectively chronicles Johnny Horton's Columbia Records career. The first disc, which is in mono, traces Horton's honky-tonk work of 1956-1957, starting with "Honky Tonk Man." Though lacking the crossover appeal of his later work at the time, this is the material on which his reputation stands today, with people like Dwight Yoakam resurrecting it. The end of the first disc and the beginning of the second (which is in stereo) present the stylistic fishing expedition of Horton's commercially unsuccessful middle period, as be ... read more

Tracks:

1. Honky Tonk Man [Horton/Franks/Hause]
2. I'm a One Woman Man [Franks/Horton]
3. Take Me Like I Am [Franks/Horton]
4. I Don't Like I Did [King]
5. Hooray for That Little Difference [Inman]
6. I'm Coming Home [Franks/Horton]
7. She Knows Why [King/Horton]
8. Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need) [Blake/Adams]
9. Goodbye Lonesome, Hello Baby Doll [Emerson]
10. I'll Do It Everytime [Horton/Franks]
11. Let's Take the Long Way Home [Inman]
12. Lover's Rock [Burgess]
13. Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor [Harrell/Hazelwood]
14. The Wild One [Kilgore/Franks]
15. Hot in the Sugarcane Field [Horton]
16. Wise to the Ways of a Woman [Nash]
17. Out in New Mexico [Horton]
18. I Love You Baby [Bowshier]
19. All Grown Up [Hausey]
20. Got the Bull by the Horns [Boyd/Jones]
21. When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below) [Franks/Horton]
22. The Battle of New Orleans [Driftwood]
23. Lost Highway [Payne]
24. Cherokee Boogie [Mullican/Redbird]
25. The Golden Rocket [Snow]
26. Words [Horton]
27. Johnny Reb [Kilgore]
28. Sal's Got a Sugarlip [Driftwood]
29. The Electrified Donkey [Eaton/Husky]
30. Sink the Bismarck [Horton/Franks]
31. Ole Slew Foot [Hausey]
32. Sleepy-Eyed John [Atchison]
33. The Mansion You Stole [Horton]
34. North to Alaska [Franks/Horton]
35. Evil Hearted Me [Horton]
36. You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore [Horton]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.