Birth of a Legend: The Truly Complete Starday & Mercury Recordings 1954-1961

~ Release by George Jones (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1	I’m Ragged but I’m Right (alt) cover recording of: Ragged but Right lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) and George Jones (US country music vocalist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 12149)	George Jones		2:18
2	You Gotta Be My Baby (take 1) recording of: You Gotta Be My Baby lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:25
3	You Gotta Be My Baby (take 2) recording of: You Gotta Be My Baby lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:44
4	You Gotta Be My Baby (take 3) recording of: You Gotta Be My Baby lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:41
5	I’ve Got Five Dollars and It’s Saturday Night cover recording of: I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night lyricist and composer: Ted Daffan	George Jones		2:08
6	Run Boy	George Jones		2:10
7	Heartbreak Hotel (short ending) recording of: Heartbreak Hotel writer: Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden and Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”) publisher: Belwin Mills Music Ltd., Durden Breyer Publishing, EMI Harmonies Limited, EMI Mills Music Limited (PRS for Music-affiliated), Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Unichappell Music sub-publisher: ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)	George Jones		1:48
8	Yes I Know Why cover recording of: Yes, I Know Why lyricist and composer: Webb Pierce	George Jones		2:09
9	’Cause I Love You recording of: ’Cause I Love You writer: Danny Dill and Webb Pierce	George Jones		2:08
10	You Gotta Be My Baby recording of: You Gotta Be My Baby lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:36
11	Rock It recording of: Rock It lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:13
12	Rock It (alt) recording of: Rock It lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:12
13	How Come It recording of: How Come It lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:24
14	Boat of Life recording of: Boat of Life lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:03
15	Taggin’ Along recording of: Taggin’ Along lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:59
16	Yearning cover recording of: Yearning writer: Eddie Eddings and George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones & Jeanette Hicks		2:47
17	Yearning (alt) cover recording of: Yearning writer: Eddie Eddings and George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones & Jeanette Hicks		2:44
18	I’m With the Wrong One recording of: I'm With the Wrong One lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones & Jeanette Hicks		2:25
19	Sweet Dreams cover recording of: Sweet Dreams lyricist and composer: Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician) publisher: Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1955-12-28)	George Jones		2:06
20	I Take the Chance cover recording of: I Take the Chance writer: Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin	George Jones & Jeanette Hicks		2:38
21	Any Old Time cover recording of: Any Old Time (“any old time you want to come back home”) lyricist and composer: Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) publisher: Peer International Corporation (BMI) (in 1974)	George Jones		1:39
22	Gonna Come Get You recording of: Gonna Come Get You lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:28
23	Gonna Come Get You (alt) recording of: Gonna Come Get You lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:33
24	Just One More recording of: Just One More lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:41
25	No Money in This Deal recording of: No Money in This Deal lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones		2:23
26	I’m With the Wrong One (edit) recording of: I'm With the Wrong One lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones & Jeanette Hicks		2:08
27	I’m With the Wrong One recording of: I'm With the Wrong One lyricist and composer: George Jones (US country music vocalist)	George Jones & Jeanette Hicks		2:19
28	You’re Running Wild	George Jones		2:20
29	Singing the Blues cover recording of: Singing the Blues lyricist and composer: Melvin Endsley (in 1956) publisher: Acuff Rose Opryland Ltd. (UK) and Acuff-Rose Music Limited (UK)	George Jones		1:56
30	Wasted Words cover recording of: Wasted Words lyricist and composer: Don Gibson (US songwriter and country musician)	George Jones		2:11
31	One Woman Man cover recording of: I’m a One‐Woman Man writer: Tillman Franks and Johnny Horton publisher: Universal Cedarwood Publishing	George Jones		1:49
32	Before I Met You	George Jones		1:36
33	Go Away With Me cover recording of: Go Away With Me lyricist and composer: Dan Welch (“Sober”)	George Jones		1:45
34	Radio Spot 1, 1956	George Jones		0:22
35	Radio Spot 2, 1956	George Jones		0:21
36	Radio Spot 3, 1956	George Jones		0:19

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