Pick Me Up on Your Way Down (1999)

About this title: Charlie Walker is remembered for his 1958 hit "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down," but he charted over two dozen hits in his long career that included stints with Imperial, Decca, Columbia, Epic, RCA, and Capitol. Pick Me Up on Your Way Down is a five-disc box set that collects Walker's complete recordings from his earliest, tentative efforts for Imperial through the end of his tenure with Epic in the late '60s. Walker was a honky-tonker in the Texas dancehall tradition second only to Ray Price in his use of the shuffle beat, but he varied his approach enough so that a set of this length doesn't ... read more

Tracks:

1. I'm Looking for Another You [Walker/Wayne]
2. Stolen Kisses [Pierce/House/Monroe]
3. Flaming Jewels [Walker/Wayne]
4. Two Red Lips [Walker/Wayne]
5. By Rights You Belong to Me [Walker/Wayne]
6. Out of My Arms [Walker/Wayne]
7. Flock of Memories [Walker/Mercer/Jacks]
8. What You Sayin' Your Lovin' For [Walker/Long]
9. I've Never Been Out of Texas (But I've Seen Everything) [Walker/Thomas]
10. Stay Away from My Heart [Walker]
11. You Don't Need No Other Daddy But Me [Wallace]
12. Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy [McCracken]
13. When You Know What You Have Lost (And You Know You Still Care) [Walker/Wayne]
14. It Takes That to Satisfy Me [Wallace]
15. The Chocolate Song [Walker]
16. Hurry Back Home [Payne]
17. Only You, Only You [Walker/Newman]
18. You Can't There from Here [Hazelwood]
19. Remembering [Walker]
20. Stepping Stones [McCracken]
21. Stand Still [Tanner]
22. Cheaters Never Win [Payne]
23. I'm Not Mixed up Anymore [Newman]
24. Gentle Love [Newman]
25. No Sorrow Tonight [Walker/Willet]
26. Dancing Mexican Boy [Jones]
27. I'll Never Let It Show [Beard/Willet]
28. Take My Hand (I'll Understand) [Beard/Willet]
29. Two Empty Arms [Anderson/Walker]
30. Pick Me Up on Your Way Down [Howard]
31. Do You Care for Me [Warren/Foster]
32. Who's Giving Who Heartaches Now [Griffin/Price/Walke]
33. I'll Catch You When You Fall [Howard]
34. I Don't Mind Saying [Page]
35. Broken Hearts Will Haunt Your Soul [Sanders/Ruth]
36. Bow Down Your Head and Cry [Traditional]
37. When My Conscience Hurts the Most [McAlpin/Vanadore]
38. Who Will Buy the Wine [Mize]
39. I Go Anywhere (To Forget You) [Walker]
40. Take Back Your Old Love Letters [Price]
41. A Way to Free Myself [Walker/Hayes]
42. Right Back at Your Door [Stovall/George]
43. Facing the Wall [Walker/Mills]
44. I Walked Out of Heaven (When I Walked Out of You) [Howard]
45. Good Deal, Lucille [Terry/Miller/Therio]
46. Louisiana Belle [Willis/Ginger/Willi]
47. Life Goes On (I Wonder Why) [Howard]
48. I Only Meant to Borrow (Not to Steal) [Twitty/Wilburn]
49. Running Back to You [Baham]
50. One in Every Crowd [Anderson]
51. What's Wrong With Me [Howard]
52. There's Where Katie Waits [Putman]
53. Truck Driving Man [Fell]
54. Close All the Honky Tonks [Simpson]
55. The Bad Things I Do [Foster/Rice]
56. I Am Nothing [Foster/Rice]
57. Last Call for Alcohol [Rollins]

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