As Lefty Frizzell is deemed to be to be the father of modern country singing, the same thing can be said about Rose Maddox's abiding influence on women in country. From the age of 12, Rose and her brothers Cal, Fred and Henry were 'America's Most Colourful Hillbilly Band', with sister Rose's sometimes plaintive, sometimes sassy voice establishing a template that would be followed by many of the biggest female stars of the 1950s and beyond - among them Wanda Jackson, Skeeter Davis and Jean Shepard.

When the family act disbanded in 1957 Rose carried on as a solo in much the same vein, and exuded much the same influence over a next generation of country women. Her solo 45s also helped to usher in a new era of the Bakersfield Sound as exemplified by the records of Buck Owens (with who Rose performs in this collection) Wynn Stewart and, slightly later on, Merle Haggard.

Rose had been performing for almost a quarter of a century when she made these recordings but they were her first hits and they conclusively helped to usher in a new era for female country recordings.

This Jasmine collection features many of the most popular numbers that Rose recorded in the first three years of her solo career, including the majority of her chart hits from 1959's 'Gambler's Love' onwards. Presented in the best possible sound, and from the best possible sources, it is a collection that no fan of late 50s/early 60s female country can afford to do without.

TRACKLIST

[02:16] 1. Rose Maddox - Gamblers Love
[02:39] 2. Rose Maddox - What Makes Me Hang Around
[02:26] 3. Rose Maddox - Custer's Last Stand
[01:55] 4. Rose Maddox - My Little Baby
[02:41] 5. Rose Maddox - I'm Happy Every Day I Live
[02:22] 6. Rose Maddox - I Lost Today
[02:39] 7. Rose Maddox - Please Help Me I'm Falling
[02:33] 8. Rose Maddox - Down, Down, Down
[02:03] 9. Rose Maddox - Billy Cline
[02:23] 10. Rose Maddox - Shining Silver, Gleaming Gold
[02:13] 11. Rose Maddox - Kissing My Pillow
[02:19] 12. Rose Maddox - I Want to Live Again
[02:34] 13. Buck Owens - Loose Talk (feat. Rose Maddox)
[02:26] 14. Buck Owens - Mental Cruelty (feat. Rose Maddox)
[02:49] 15. Rose Maddox - Conscience I'm Guilty
[03:36] 16. Rose Maddox - Lonely Street
[02:15] 17. Rose Maddox - There Ain't No Love
[02:41] 18. Rose Maddox - Your Kind of Lovin' Won't Do
[02:08] 19. Rose Maddox - Here We Go Again
[02:32] 20. Rose Maddox - Fool Me Again
[02:46] 21. Rose Maddox - Let's Pretend We're Strangers
[02:35] 22. Rose Maddox - Take Me Back Again
[02:09] 23. Rose Maddox - Sing a Little Song of Heartache
[02:23] 24. Rose Maddox - Ribbon in the Apple Tree
[02:34] 25. Rose Maddox - Lonely Teardrops
[03:26] 26. Rose Maddox - George Carter