Celebrating National Album Day 2026, 'Country Icons: From Hillbilly To Honky Tonk' offers an essential overview documenting the magnificent evolution of country music from rural mountain roots to a global popular culture phenomenon. Across fourteen landmark recordings, this collection captures the pivotal era where traditional folk tales, Appalachian ballads, and southern blues collided with electric instrumentation and radio broadcasting.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)

Jimmie Rodgers

2.Wildwood Flower

The Carter Family

3.Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Sons of the Pioneers

4.Stars and Stripes On Iwo Jima

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

5.Blue Moon of Kentucky

Bill Monroe

6.Hey Good Lookin'

Hank Williams

7.It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels

Kitty Wells

8.There Stands the Glass

Webb Pierce

9.I Walk the Line

Johnny Cash

10.Knoxville Girl

The Louvin Brothers

11.El Paso

Marty Robbins

12.Heartaches By the Number

Ray Price

13.Crazy

Patsy Cline

14.Wolverton Mountain

Claude King

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